So how do they propose to lock up the over 70s?

Discussion in 'Bulletin Board' started by Mr Badger, Mar 16, 2020.

  1. Bak

    Baka Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 16, 2014
    Messages:
    5,622
    Likes Received:
    5,618
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    None taken: you're absolutely correct.
     
  2. dreamboy3000

    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2005
    Messages:
    59,169
    Likes Received:
    25,888
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    DB3K Towers
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    News sites mention isolating over 70s.

    BBC News yellow ticker and Radio 1 Newsbeat didn't mention age and just said most vulnerable.

    Most vulnerable is more sensible than putting a age on it. So someone in their 30s with heart issues or 40s with COPD can still go out and about. But someone in their 70s who might still run half marathons has to stay indoors.
     
  3. BarnsleyReds

    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2013
    Messages:
    11,916
    Likes Received:
    14,154
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    XenForo - Xenith Reds
    Over 70s are classified as ‘most vulnerable’ along with anyone under 70 with existing conditions etc.
     
    dreamboy3000 likes this.
  4. TitusMagee

    TitusMagee Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 2, 2018
    Messages:
    8,778
    Likes Received:
    13,611
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Silkstone Common
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    He said in press conference that they could exercise providing they keep a safe distance from others. If she wants to take her dog I say let her providing it is doable in terms of not coming into close contact with others :)
     
    BFC Dave likes this.
  5. tosh

    tosh Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2008
    Messages:
    6,122
    Likes Received:
    3,010
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    North Sea
    Style:
    Barnsley Dark
    What a load of b****x.
     
  6. exiled

    exiled Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2006
    Messages:
    8,620
    Likes Received:
    8,613
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Melton Mowbray.....Pies n Cheese.
    Home Page:
    Style:
    Barnsley
    Oh yes.
    I'm a supermarket manager, been in the business over 30 years so thought I'd seen it all until this last week and day by day it gets worse.
    Stupid doesn't even come close and many on here will be guilty. I don't know where all these panic buyers are cos all my customers are " just doing my normal weekly shop"..........£350 later would suggest not.
    Classic one today......little kid in the trolley " mummy why are we buying all this stuff, the trolleys not normally this full", Mums reply "well well everyone else is doing it" !

    A society of lemmings.
     
    ScubaTyke, cudeth red and TitusMagee like this.
  7. Til

    Tilertoes Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 11, 2015
    Messages:
    4,430
    Likes Received:
    3,072
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Really? My mother’s got a degree in midwifery, nursing and psychology having worked in the nhs for 45 years. What are yours in soft bellend?
     
  8. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    43,090
    Likes Received:
    31,468
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    On Sofa
    Style:
    Barnsley
    With a leather belt, a gimp harness, a truncheon and a quarter pound of KY.
     
  9. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    43,090
    Likes Received:
    31,468
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    On Sofa
    Style:
    Barnsley
    I'll answer for him: Chemistry and Accountancy. And he didn't say everyone but he has a massive point.
     
  10. BarnsleyReds

    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2013
    Messages:
    11,916
    Likes Received:
    14,154
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    XenForo - Xenith Reds
    Where do I sign up?
     
  11. BarnsleyReds

    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2013
    Messages:
    11,916
    Likes Received:
    14,154
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    XenForo - Xenith Reds
    Hates the wednesday, hates United, he's got a massive point.
     
  12. Che

    Chef Tyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 17, 2005
    Messages:
    19,554
    Likes Received:
    12,573
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    West Stand Bogs
    Home Page:
    Style:
    Barnsley
    Can we just get one thing clear, it isn’t about ‘locking them up’

    the media and to some extent the government is going wrong with the semantics here and not explaining things properly

    Vulnerable classes of people can still go out, but need to be sensible and keep their distance.
     
    Plankton Pete likes this.
  13. Til

    Tilertoes Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 11, 2015
    Messages:
    4,430
    Likes Received:
    3,072
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    His entire statement reeks of disrespectful rhubarb towards a generation of people that deserve better.
    Absolutely ridiculous.
     
  14. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    43,090
    Likes Received:
    31,468
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    On Sofa
    Style:
    Barnsley
    A generation that systematically fc*ked mine and subsequent generations over with the the most selfish voting our planet will ever know. When we had a viable alternative.
     
  15. BarnsleyReds

    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2013
    Messages:
    11,916
    Likes Received:
    14,154
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    XenForo - Xenith Reds
    Why does the generation that has polluted the planet, melted the ice caps and generally pulled the ladder up from behind them deserve better?

    There are inspirational and wonderful people from that generation, I’m not saying there aren’t, but the generation as a whole does not deserve better.

    The generation that came before them, they deserve all the admiration and respect.
     
  16. Til

    Tilertoes Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 11, 2015
    Messages:
    4,430
    Likes Received:
    3,072
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Have you lost your ******* mind? Like millions of people my parents have never voted Tory in their lives yet seem to be getting tarred with the same brush you’re randomly waving about. How you blame an entire generation for something I’ve no idea. Especially when they’re currently at very high risk of succumbing to this disease. Jesus wept
     
  17. kir

    kirkhamtyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    2,118
    Likes Received:
    1,323
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Kirkham (Between Preston and Blackpool)
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    The over 70s can just ignore the advice. Jeremy Corbyn says so.
     
  18. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    43,090
    Likes Received:
    31,468
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    On Sofa
    Style:
    Barnsley
    Sorry, because your parents din't vote Tory then our rights weren't taken away. Nothing was eroded. We have exactly the same privileges as your parents, who I was clearly talking about. None of it happened and I've lost my mind.
     
  19. BarnsleyReds

    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2013
    Messages:
    11,916
    Likes Received:
    14,154
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    XenForo - Xenith Reds
    A generation is judged on the difference in the world they inherit and the world they leave for their grandchildren, not on individuals
     
  20. Til

    Tilertoes Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 11, 2015
    Messages:
    4,430
    Likes Received:
    3,072
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    **** me, based on that logic, my generation will go down as a bunch of scrounging claimants who’s country was run by a warmonger for votes(thatcher) and a war crminal(Blair). The majority of us that lead decent, law abiding, hardworking lives will be totally forgotten as we never made the news
     
    BFC Dave likes this.

Share This Page