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woolybanana

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  1. Visitors are cleaning the hull out of my house. I did it before they arrived, apparently it is not enough. Who the heck does more than pass the vacuum cleaner under the beds. I shall emigrate to grubbier climes!
  2. I am sure that B in B, that arch Brexiteer will agree that this particular strain was sent by the French to fabricate an excuse to shut the frontier before 1st January to force the British to agree to a bad deal over, particularly, fish!? And to muck up Xmas.
  3. In which case it is all over Europe and further by now. EU panic by the look of it. Borees tried to give everyone an Xmas break but it didnt work. Now it will be lockdown until baccination time.
  4. Extraordinary debate. Boris ( for whom I do not carry a torch), reacts to this new strain of covid in the only sensible way he could, by shutting everything down. On the advice of the scientists. He understood that the population was getting fed up but what else could he do, let the virus run rampant through the country which may happen anyway thanks to those clowns who decided to ‘get away’ for a few days, knowing of the danger. Please tell me what else he could have done, given that covid is leading the dance?
  5. Checked and they seem to have got the wrong,house! OK, suits me.
  6. The cost of medicines to governments is always pretty opaque but here is a link to a list of prices which some Belgian minister poster online. It was quickly withdrawn as the drug companies were furious: This is the list of what the EU is paying: Oxford/AstraZeneca: €1.78 (£1.61). Johnson & Johnson: $8.50 (£6.30). Sanofi/GSK: €7.56. Pfizer/BioNTech: €12. CureVac: €10. Moderna: $18. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/18/belgian-minister-accidentally-tweets-eus-covid-vaccine-price-list
  7. Judith, how do you know that wimmin have lost out over men during COVID?
  8. Clearly that is what happens when you have a woman in charge! ??
  9. Is Norman the one with his back t9 the camera, seeking anonymity? Better that way in case the gendarmes are looking in!
  10. How am I supposed to know if I have been near an infected person? They dont wear labels or badges or wear big signs round their necks. One has a test to make sure, surely?
  11. Chessie, I have some indirect experience of psychotic illness as my late ex-wife went through many years of it which put huge strain on my kids and me as listener and adviser. Let rip if you want to.If ypu dont, you will go nuts. There are loads of good folk on here who can offer ‘ listening ‘and good pointers as to ways forward. For what it is worth, I think it is essential that you involve others now, both professionals and family as your husband is getting beyond your ability to care for him, is putting you and himself in danger and will eventually break you down physically and mentally. I think you will find that doing this will provide you with immediate soulagement, a sense that a burden shared is a burden halved, so to speak. And should provide you with ways forward in terms of care and treatment. And do involve the family.
  12. Touch wood, my Xmas has been saved. My daughter and grandson can come, they can’t stop her. That is the opinion of a seniot commissaire de police and a judge ( they are friends and former neighbours of hers). But they will have to go back on Boxing day so they can quarantine and boyo wont miss more than a day of school.
  13. Perhaps we should be saying odd job person? Though the thought of Oddjob as a lady does make I smile!
  14. The following are almost or already extinct I wonder if their names had anything to do with it? the Chiriqui harlequin frog, which has not been recorded since 1996 despite extensive searches,; the wizened harlequin frog, not recorded since 1986 ; and craugostor myllomyllon, which has no common name and is known only from a single female specimen collected in 1978.
  15. Hope your neighbours dont mind. Remember that ponds are EXTREMELY DANGEROUS for young kids!
  16. Ah, France at its best. Of course, if they manage to wait until the season they would have to get all the frog spawn out of the pond as well. I suspect that even if they fill in the pond that the frogs will return for the next few years anyway.
  17. Rumour has it that the Belgians are gonna impose a 10km limit from home imminently, which totally ruggers our Xmas plans. This because they have not really got the thing under control for reasons which escape me.
  18. Ask around you. My neighbours almost always know who does what in the area.
  19. Do you have the reference number from last year? If so, try emailing the tax people. I have found them prompt and very courteous, even jovial in my interactions with them.
  20. Substitute Willy for Achilles then it makes perfect sense?
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