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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,814
    edited August 2020
    pinno said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    You whinging and whining in post after post is beyond ironic

    [Serious whinge alert]

    TBH, this whole censored for tat is getting so tedious, predictable and repetitive.
    It's the same protagonists post after post shouting from their respective (and entrenched) soap box's.
    And now unfortunately, this thread will disappear from my bookmarked list too.
    Plus, we've gone from over moderation to a complete lack of moderation.
    I've clearly hit a raw nerve with the whiney ****ers :smiley:

    Edit: also careful what you wish for: remember what it was like on here when certain people were moderators, the power went to their heads and they got a Napoleon complex/traffic warden attitude.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,814
    rjsterry said:

    Kind of ironic that the OP changed the thread title because he was upset at it going off topic and since the title change it has been totally derailed.

    It would be back on topic if the title hadn't been changed...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    People whinging about the title change.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,814
    kingstongraham said:

    People whinging about the title change.

    This could get a bit circular...

    Thread seems bang on topic given the current title, so maybe the OP wants to change it back?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    The idea is good but you have been badly let down by Google Translate
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Sorry, what?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine understanding that some people die from it and others show no symptoms at all, and pretending not to.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine a virus that overwhelmed the NHS and left 40k dead yet some think we should have let it rip through.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,814
    edited August 2020
    darkhairedlord said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine a virus that overwhelmed the NHS and left 40k dead yet some think we should have let it rip through.
    When did it overwhelm the NHS?
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    Stevo_666 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine a virus that overwhelmed the NHS and left 40k dead yet some think we should have let it rip through.
    When did it overwhelm the NHS?
    I got the feeling that the official viewpoint is that they have coped, collectively. But I'll bet that some individuals working in there feel differently.


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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,490
    Is there irony in this thread not having any?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    pblakeney said:

    Is there irony in this thread not having any?

    Ironically, it became more ironic when the title was changed from ironic to whingeing.
    Prior to that, whilst titled ironic, it was primarily whingeing.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Stevo_666 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine a virus that overwhelmed the NHS and left 40k dead yet some think we should have let it rip through.
    When did it overwhelm the NHS?
    NHS was overwhelmed before C19
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,814
    morstar said:

    pblakeney said:

    Is there irony in this thread not having any?

    Ironically, it became more ironic when the title was changed from ironic to whingeing.
    Prior to that, whilst titled ironic, it was primarily whingeing.
    Looks like we're back on topic either way :smile:
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,814
    capt_slog said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine a virus that overwhelmed the NHS and left 40k dead yet some think we should have let it rip through.
    When did it overwhelm the NHS?
    I got the feeling that the official viewpoint is that they have coped, collectively. But I'll bet that some individuals working in there feel differently.
    Feedback from two friends of mine who are NHS doctors who have been working in the front line these last few months is that they have coped. Possibly not ironic though, now that the title has changed back.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Stevo_666 said:

    capt_slog said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine a virus that overwhelmed the NHS and left 40k dead yet some think we should have let it rip through.
    When did it overwhelm the NHS?
    I got the feeling that the official viewpoint is that they have coped, collectively. But I'll bet that some individuals working in there feel differently.
    Feedback from two friends of mine who are NHS doctors who have been working in the front line these last few months is that they have coped. Possibly not ironic though, now that the title has changed back.
    I'm sure some have had bugger all to do on account of cancelling all the appointments all the icu beds being taken.
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    morstar said:

    pblakeney said:

    Is there irony in this thread not having any?

    Ironically, it became more ironic when the title was changed from ironic to whingeing.
    Prior to that, whilst titled ironic, it was primarily whingeing.
    Thread being/staying on topic never worries anyone else in any other thread from what I've noticed :)


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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,270
    Eddy Merckx is a bit of a fat boi.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,270
    Brit commentators (Hatch and Smith) on Tour de Wallonie whingeing about the state of Belgian roads. Tried UK roads anytime recently?
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,814
    darkhairedlord said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    capt_slog said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine a virus that overwhelmed the NHS and left 40k dead yet some think we should have let it rip through.
    When did it overwhelm the NHS?
    I got the feeling that the official viewpoint is that they have coped, collectively. But I'll bet that some individuals working in there feel differently.
    Feedback from two friends of mine who are NHS doctors who have been working in the front line these last few months is that they have coped. Possibly not ironic though, now that the title has changed back.
    I'm sure some have had censored all to do on account of cancelling all the appointments all the icu beds being taken.
    Just passing on what I've heard from medical professionals. Maybe ironic that you don't respect their opinion despite their current hero status ;)
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Stevo_666 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    capt_slog said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine a virus that overwhelmed the NHS and left 40k dead yet some think we should have let it rip through.
    When did it overwhelm the NHS?
    I got the feeling that the official viewpoint is that they have coped, collectively. But I'll bet that some individuals working in there feel differently.
    Feedback from two friends of mine who are NHS doctors who have been working in the front line these last few months is that they have coped. Possibly not ironic though, now that the title has changed back.
    I'm sure some have had censored all to do on account of cancelling all the appointments all the icu beds being taken.
    Just passing on what I've heard from medical professionals. Maybe ironic that you don't respect their opinion despite their current hero status ;)
    You didn't give a medical professional's opinion, you gave your's.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,814
    darkhairedlord said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    capt_slog said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    darkhairedlord said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Imagine there being a virus so deadly you need to be tested to confirm you have or have had it...

    Imagine a virus that overwhelmed the NHS and left 40k dead yet some think we should have let it rip through.
    When did it overwhelm the NHS?
    I got the feeling that the official viewpoint is that they have coped, collectively. But I'll bet that some individuals working in there feel differently.
    Feedback from two friends of mine who are NHS doctors who have been working in the front line these last few months is that they have coped. Possibly not ironic though, now that the title has changed back.
    I'm sure some have had censored all to do on account of cancelling all the appointments all the icu beds being taken.
    Just passing on what I've heard from medical professionals. Maybe ironic that you don't respect their opinion despite their current hero status ;)
    You didn't give a medical professional's opinion, you gave your's.
    No, I passed their view on to you.
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  • pblakeney
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    Really reassuring. 😂
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    [Here we go, here we go, here we go...]

    FWIW and even though medical professionals have said that the NHS has 'coped', many many appointments and follow up treatments for other conditions have been postponed and there have been people with acute condition that have died because they didn't get chemo or they went undiagnosed. Routine procedures which we take for granted; smear tests, bowel screening, breast screening: all those preventative tests which can be critical to early diagnosis etc have been delayed.
    Ask those medical professions what repercussions as a result of the pre-occupation, staff usage, cancellation of surgical procedures, appointments, follow up treatment, ICU capacity etc due to C19 and see what response you get.

    My eye clinic appointment was cancelled and i've no idea when the next one will be.
    My annual haematology appt. and blood test was delayed 6 months.

    I'm not complaining because AFAIK, i'm okay despite the above but i'm simply underlining that it isn't simply how the NHS has coped with C19 directly, it's how other services have been compromised as a result.

    We won't know the full extent of those repercussions for a while yet.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    pinno said:

    [Here we go, here we go, here we go...]

    FWIW and even though medical professionals have said that the NHS has 'coped', many many appointments and follow up treatments for other conditions have been postponed and there have been people with acute condition that have died because they didn't get chemo or they went undiagnosed. Routine procedures which we take for granted; smear tests, bowel screening, breast screening: all those preventative tests which can be critical to early diagnosis etc have been delayed.
    Ask those medical professions what repercussions as a result of the pre-occupation, staff usage, cancellation of surgical procedures, appointments, follow up treatment, ICU capacity etc due to C19 and see what response you get.

    My eye clinic appointment was cancelled and i've no idea when the next one will be.
    My annual haematology appt. and blood test was delayed 6 months.

    I'm not complaining because AFAIK, i'm okay despite the above but i'm simply underlining that it isn't simply how the NHS has coped with C19 directly, it's how other services have been compromised as a result.

    We won't know the full extent of those repercussions for a while yet.

    NHS was overwhelmed before Covid19, it should be a debate about degrees of overwhelmed
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    surrey_commuter said:

    pinno said:

    [Here we go, here we go, here we go...]

    FWIW and even though medical professionals have said that the NHS has 'coped', many many appointments and follow up treatments for other conditions have been postponed and there have been people with acute condition that have died because they didn't get chemo or they went undiagnosed. Routine procedures which we take for granted; smear tests, bowel screening, breast screening: all those preventative tests which can be critical to early diagnosis etc have been delayed.
    Ask those medical professions what repercussions as a result of the pre-occupation, staff usage, cancellation of surgical procedures, appointments, follow up treatment, ICU capacity etc due to C19 and see what response you get.

    My eye clinic appointment was cancelled and i've no idea when the next one will be.
    My annual haematology appt. and blood test was delayed 6 months.

    I'm not complaining because AFAIK, i'm okay despite the above but i'm simply underlining that it isn't simply how the NHS has coped with C19 directly, it's how other services have been compromised as a result.

    We won't know the full extent of those repercussions for a while yet.

    NHS was overwhelmed before Covid19, it should be a debate about degrees of overwhelmed
    This does tally up with my own personal experience in January.

    Let an 'urgent' case (me) wait until it became an 'emergency' before I could be seen.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    pblakeney said:

    Is there irony in this thread not having any?

    I would change the title back to whingers with egos.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,866
    Has anyone mentioned people losing their sh!t about about being unable to stop people crossing the channel in ruber dinghys are the same people losing their sh!t about a song featuring the line "Britannia ruling the waves" rather heavily?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited August 2020
    veronese68 said:

    Has anyone mentioned people losing their sh!t about about being unable to stop people crossing the channel in ruber dinghys are the same people losing their sh!t about a song featuring the line "Britannia ruling the waves" rather heavily?

    Fairly sure the lyric is more of a command "Britania rule the waves" not "Britannia rules the waves" but, and i appreciate you probably don't either, who gives a sh!t. It's a manufactured argument about nothing.

    Sing it if you want. Just be chill when I'm singing along to 36 Chambers.
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