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Post by lollygagger on Apr 2, 2020 11:40:42 GMT
Well, little Greta did say that we needed to address global warming, and everybody applauded this wise sage but as soon as Mother Nature pops up and says "Ok Greta, I've got just the thing to give you a hand with that" those same people started crapping themselves. Come to think of it, she's been very quiet of late. Are they crapping themselves? Or is it politically a bit soon to gloat. Or are they still harking on as ever but side lined to obscurity by current media focus.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 12:07:21 GMT
I would have thought that it would be a fact that poverty is a key factor in if you live or die with any killer disease. So I canβt imagine covid19 being any different. I was just thinking that groups of people who have always lived in relative poverty might actually know what to do about this sort of thing and possibly have a better survival rate. Yes, that witch-doctor bloke probably knows some really good spells. Personally my lucky rabbit's foot does for me. Actually I don't know anything about survival rates but my prediction is that there will be more poor folk than rich ones afterwards .
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Post by bodger on Apr 2, 2020 12:07:52 GMT
It would make an interesting study after this outbreak of Covid 19 has passed to investigate if poverty contributed to the probability of death. Obviously some rich (and poor) people can completely self isolate in very comfortable surroundings but it seems there have been some well known celebrities, which usually means good money, dying as well. Is it a disease which disproportionately kills poorer people, or maybe not. I suppose it would be tricky to get hold of the data but it also raises the question on how much demographic information governments do in fact hold on an individual level. I s'pose that folk who live in a high rise with just the balcony outside their front door as their own open space are more likely to meet on the stairs, congregate in the lobby, and may be less well educated such that they do not fully understand why we should socially distance ourselves.
on the other hand prosperous folk with a detached house and a big garden probably feel they are immune from an illness that is caught out on the street, and will be a little bit too relaxed about the lock-down.
your project for the summer in view that I happen to know you have been furloughed from the Cheltenham-Vauxhall team for the duration. Don't ask me how I know that.
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 2, 2020 12:55:37 GMT
"Extinction Rebellion Midlands also told the BBC in a statement it was a "fake Twitter account" and the group had requested its removal."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:27:06 GMT
Good intentions are never worse than bad intentions regardless of old phrases. People DOING things to help others is much better. The full saying apparently is "Hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works" (not biblical according to WiKi). An intention is not a deed.Β Β Money and words don't really DO anything unless they are used to get others to DO stuff. Animals manage without either, they make life 'interesting' though. Never really got into poetry though, although lyrics have been known to make me cry. Maybe I'm human after all..or a fluffy bunny...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:28:38 GMT
An intention is not a deed. Money and words don't really DO anything unless they are used to get others to DO stuff. Animals manage without either, they make life 'interesting' though. Never really got into poetry though, although lyrics have been known to make me cry. Maybe I'm human after all..or a fluffy bunny... Let me know how you get on with your next diesel fill without money to pay for it π€
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:42:37 GMT
Money and words don't really DO anything unless they are used to get others to DO stuff. Animals manage without either, they make life 'interesting' though. Never really got into poetry though, although lyrics have been known to make me cry. Maybe I'm human after all..or a fluffy bunny... Let me know how you get on with your next diesel fill without money to pay for it π€ Agreed, it's almost impossible to escape the monetary system. It's very clever isn't it. However, provided you have access to water, shelter and can grow food it's possible to survive if the shit really hit the fan. The only trouble is that there will be plenty of people out there willing to take it off you by force. So unless we live on a desert island we're stuffed! Money and words (law) do give us a sense of stability and security but just look at how much they can be abused to control.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:46:39 GMT
An intention is not a deed. Money and words don't really DO anything unless they are used to get others to DO stuff. Animals manage without either, they make life 'interesting' though. Never really got into poetry though, although lyrics have been known to make me cry. Maybe I'm human after all..or a fluffy bunny... Its a funny thing but I'm almost certain you had some sort of point to make there.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:47:33 GMT
Depending where you used your boat it seems likely that the infrastructure would become unuseable long before the oil based fuel would be lost.
Different for offshore I suppose but then there is always the option to have a rag and stick arrangement.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:49:32 GMT
Money and words don't really DO anything unless they are used to get others to DO stuff. Animals manage without either, they make life 'interesting' though. Never really got into poetry though, although lyrics have been known to make me cry. Maybe I'm human after all..or a fluffy bunny... Its a funny thing but I'm almost certain you had some sort of point to make there. Yeah maaan I thought so too maybe it was too deep maaan.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:52:27 GMT
Money and words don't really DO anything unless they are used to get others to DO stuff. Animals manage without either, they make life 'interesting' though. Never really got into poetry though, although lyrics have been known to make me cry. Maybe I'm human after all..or a fluffy bunny... Its a funny thing but I'm almost certain you had some sort of point to make there. TBH, I wasn't sure of the relevance of your post so I thought I'd be irrelevant too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:54:07 GMT
I lie awake at night dreaming of being irrelevant.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:55:15 GMT
Depending where you used your boat it seems likely that the infrastructure would become unuseable long before the oil based fuel would be lost. Different for offshore I suppose but then there is always the option to have a rag and stick arrangement. I have an idea. If I run out of diesel I could get a horse. Has it been done before?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 14:56:15 GMT
No.
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Post by duncan on Apr 4, 2020 10:33:55 GMT
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