Relaxation of Restrictions, Part VIII *Read OP For Mod Warnings*

acequion

gmisk wrote: »

My other half just back from Aldi doing the weekly big shop....it was hopping....seemingly on a Sunday they have special buys...today was a load of eejits fighting over ski gear....

Why are you calling them "a load of eejits"? What makes you think you have the right to judge people you obviously don't even know?

If I was your other half I'd be getting on with my shopping and minding my own business.

MonkstownHoop

acequion wrote: »

Why are you calling them "a load of eejits"? What makes you think you have the right to judge people you obviously don't even know?

If I was your other half I'd be getting on with my shopping and minding my own business.

Going to a shop to buy Ski gear in Ireland during a pandemic is a definition of an eejit

BredonWimsey

acequion wrote: »

Why are you calling them "a load of eejits"? What makes you think you have the right to judge people you obviously don't even know?

If I was your other half I'd be getting on with my shopping and minding my own business.

in fairness - I am intrigued as to why people are fighting over ski gear - inquiring minds want to know


are ski goggles - the new toilet roll :pac:

BredonWimsey

BredonWimsey wrote: »

in fairness - I am intrigued as to why people are fighting over ski gear - inquiring minds want to know


are ski goggles - the new toilet roll :pac:

and where do they think they are going with these new ski goggles....hmmmmmm

Tazz T

One look at this thread and you can tell it's not the ski gear that they're fightin over....

gmisk

Widdensushi wrote: »

You are more likely to catch covid at home than in a big supermarket

Considering it's me my husband and the dog...that's it since March last year...I sincerely doubt that.

JRant

It's grossly unfair to be talking about severe restrictions for the next number of months (until late June according to MM) while at the same time having no control measures at all on people entering the State.

We've seen the results of trying this already and it does not work.

walus

I know it is only Sky News and in the context of Australia but some of the things mentioned are universal i.e. cost-benefit analysis for alternative scenarios (with and without vaccine), epidemiological models that badly exaggerated the risk, but worth watching nevertheless. On the strategy undertaken to deal with this ‘pandemic’: https://youtu.be/kGBEaYEtiys

“The problem for politicians now is to reverse course without loosing their jobs. I don’t know how they plan to do it” - he says.

I think I know how - they are not planning to change anything, they will continue down this rabbit hole. The moment alternative strategy works, they make their positions redundant.

acequion

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Going to a shop to buy Ski gear in Ireland during a pandemic is a definition of an eejit

No I don't think so. Or is the day completely gone when you can go to a shop to buy what the fcuk you want without a bunch of nosy parkers judging you??

BredonWimsey

Tazz T wrote: »

One look at this thread and you can tell it's not the ski gear that they're fightin over....

you'll have to spell it out a little - not sure what u mean - its way too early in the day to be asking people to read through the lines of a obscure one liner contribution.

BredonWimsey

acequion wrote: »

No I don't think so. Or is the day completely gone when you can go to a shop to buy what the fcuk you want without a bunch of nosy parkers judging you??

its the fighting part - why were they fighting? over ski gear in a pandemic. blows my mind.

BredonWimsey

walus wrote: »

I know it is only Sky News and in the context of Australia but some of the things mentioned are universal i.e. cost-benefit analysis for alternative scenarios (with and without vaccine), epidemiological models that badly exaggerated the risk, but worth watching nevertheless. On the strategy undertaken to deal with this ‘pandemic’: https://youtu.be/kGBEaYEtiys

“The problem for politicians now is to reverse course without loosing their jobs. I don’t know how they plan to do it” - he says.

I think I know how - they are not planning to change anything, they will continue down this rabbit hole. The moment alternative strategy works, they make their positions redundant.

yeah but in ireland we all know what the political alternative is. either way we are doomeedddddd

Dr. Bre

BredonWimsey wrote: »

its the fighting part - why were they fighting? over ski gear in a pandemic. blows my mind.

I am sure the poster is over exaggerating on the fighting part

Lundstram

Question for people. Would you take a 2/3 week long severe lockdown with airports and ports closed to try get to zero Covid or close to it? Obviously NI border shut or do it alongside them. Or even do it as a whole with all of the UK.

Mandatory quarantine thereafter for arrivals needs to happen too. The hard part will be staying at zero or close to it.

At this stage I think I would. Nothing but bad news about vaccines now so it's looking like it'll be close to or 2022 before normality resumes.

gmisk

acequion wrote: »

Why are you calling them "a load of eejits"? What makes you think you have the right to judge people you obviously don't even know?

If I was your other half I'd be getting on with my shopping and minding my own business.

People fighting over ski gear....in the middle of a pandemic? I stand entirely by my comment....eejits is putting it mildly

Thankfully you're not.

Kunta Kinte

acequion wrote: »

No I don't think so. Or is the day completely gone when you can go to a shop to buy what the fcuk you want without a bunch of nosy parkers judging you??

Going to buy Ski gear is not essential shopping. Disgraceful, considering the current circumstances that the shop is even selling it TBH. Is the shop actually breaking the rules by doing so?

Tazz T

BredonWimsey wrote: »

you'll have to spell it out a little - not sure what u mean - its way too early in the day to be asking people to read through the lines of a obscure one liner contribution.

People are frustrated. They're are posters on here doing the same thing over things that really mean nothing

BredonWimsey

Tazz T wrote: »

People are frustrated. They're are posters on here doing the same thing over things that really mean nothing

good point.

gmisk

Dr. Bre wrote: »

I am sure the poster is over exaggerating on the fighting part

People arguing and roaring at each other over ski gear....not physically fighting but shouting and arguing right beside each other atm..bizarre imo

BredonWimsey

gmisk wrote: »

People arguing and roaring at each other over ski gear....not physically fighting but shouting and arguing right beside each other atm...

thats insane. i mean if it was a PS5 i could understand but ski goggles, head warmers.. i mean come on.

BredonWimsey

Lundstram wrote: »

Question for people. Would you take a 2/3 week long severe lockdown with airports and ports closed to try get to zero Covid or close to it? Obviously NI border shut or do it alongside them. Or even do it as a whole with all of the UK.

Mandatory quarantine thereafter for arrivals needs to happen too. The hard part will be staying at zero or close to it.

At this stage I think I would. Nothing but bad news about vaccines now so it's looking like it'll be close to or 2022 before normality resumes.

Yes totally would. and its what we should have been doing in short stints instead of what been done and another 6 months they are saying i mean come on

iamwhoiam

gmisk wrote: »

People fighting over ski gear....in the middle of a pandemic? I stand entirely by my comment....eejits is putting it mildly

Thankfully you're not.

I thought Aldi and Lidl were not allowed have the middle aisle offers during this lockdown ?

gmisk

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I thought Aldi and Lidl were not allowed have the middle aisle offers during this lockdown ?

https://www.aldi.ie/c/specialbuys
Well they are still doing it...so I am guessing they are allowed.

hynesie08

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I thought Aldi and Lidl were not allowed have the middle aisle offers during this lockdown ?

Sort of, they can sell tools, electronics, anything classed as essential, so no ski gear unless you're talking about de icer.......

hynesie08

gmisk wrote: »

https://www.aldi.ie/c/specialbuys
Well they are still doing it...so I am guessing they are allowed.

So by ski gear, you mean jackets and hoodies? In January? In a snow warning? Those bastards.....

gmisk

hynesie08 wrote: »

Sort of, they can sell tools, electronics, anything classed as essential, so no ski gear unless you're talking about de icer.......

I am missing the de icer....
https://www.aldi.ie/c/specialbuys/dates/2021-01-24?sort=popular&q=%3Apopular%3AtransactionalStatus%3Atransactional%3AtransactionalStatus%3Anontransactional%3AEvent%3AWinter+Gear&lowerBound=1&upperBound=23&text=

Penfailed

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Going to a shop to buy Ski gear in Ireland during a pandemic is a definition of an eejit

Not when it's snowing outside.

BredonWimsey

hynesie08 wrote: »

So by ski gear, you mean jackets and hoodies? In January? In a snow warning? Those bastards.....

a snow warning haha it melted in 5 seconds - u gotta love irish meteorology and the panic buyers thinking we will be snowed in :pac::pac::pac::pac:

CalamariFritti

Lundstram wrote: »

Question for people. Would you take a 2/3 week long severe lockdown with airports and ports closed to try get to zero Covid or close to it? Obviously NI border shut or do it alongside them. Or even do it as a whole with all of the UK.

Mandatory quarantine thereafter for arrivals needs to happen too. The hard part will be staying at zero or close to it.

At this stage I think I would. Nothing but bad news about vaccines now so it's looking like it'll be close to or 2022 before normality resumes.

I would actually but its never going to be 2/3 weeks. More like 2/3 months. And I'm not going along with that.

Also I think people dont really understand zero covid and especially what zero shutdown means. I think people think ah well just leave everyone at home for 2/3 weeks. But that 'everyone' thing is a pipe dream. You still need care and medical services, ambulances, police, fire brigade. Then you need water, electricity, other infrastructure. Agriculture, livestock, constructions sites and numerous technical and infrastructure project s cant be just left dormant for 2 months. Then you need supply chains for food and other essential stuff. numerous other things I cant think of right now. And before you know it you have about a third of the people still going to work. Then the question arises how are they going to that if they have two small children at home.

I think people are over simplifying this.

BredonWimsey

Penfailed wrote: »

Not when it's snowing outside.

its melting LOL :pac::pac::pac::pac: not laughing at you just laughing at the panic buyers