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I know we have to take some of the media reports with a pinch of salt but this headline surprised me "Bail out for EFL clubs" The media is saying that division one and two players may be put on furlough and be entitled to government help to supplement wages to a maximum of 2,500 pounds a month. I really hope than no taxpayer funds go to the Premier and Championship league prima donnas that get mega money. They should have stashed enough away from their multi million salaries to look after themselves. The should be no money going to the oligarchs that own the clubs either. It also seems th

That's it Affer "Right Hand Unconquerable" Never met Don Whillans but he, Joe Brown and Chris Bonnington were among the finest rock climbers in the world. Unfortunately Don died relatively young.

This is the Aussie version, made from artificial sassafras flavouring liquorice root, vanilla beans and molasses. Sarsaparilla is popular here None of them are to my taste. Much prefer this companies rum Image from the Australian Beer and Wine guide

Brew and DJ360 In Adelaide as of midday today(6 hours ago) all pubs, clubs, licenced areas of hotels, cinemas, casinos, night clubs, indoor places of worship, gyms and indoor sporting venues are closed, cafes and restaurants can only offer a take away service. The politicians say they have done this because people are continually ignoring the social distancing rules. In our part of the state this morning there were groups of people in cafes all sitting close together in ignorance or deliberate flouting of the rules right up to midday. I have a solution...……… just shoot one of

Very few climb names come to mind after all these years Affer but two that do are the right hand impossible? on Stanage Edge, I tried this on a climbing course with the great climber Joe Brown. It was my first climb in my new Cletts Masters climbing shoes, thought I was the bees knees but the climb was a real struggle and I came off a number of times. Then Joe climbed it, he looked like he had a ladder propped up against the rock face, made it look so easy. The other was at Black Rocks Cromford, the Railway Slab, the challenge there was to climb it in normal hiking boots, it was a doodle in Cl

Kenny Rogers. The Gambler has been dealt his final hand and has died aged 81. Yet another part of the soundtrack of my youth gone. Thanks for the music Kenny. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51986611

Brilliant photo Trogg. That brought back many memories of climbing on Curbar and Froggat Edge and finishing the day with several pints at the Devonshire Arms in Baslow before heading home.

A bit late on this one but never the less hope you had a fantastic day and I wish you many more together

Thanks for the tip Mess, from now on I'll double my intake of quinine via two large G&T's a day only to help improve my immunity you know. Next thing we know the numpties will be panic buying tonic water. I am sure that technology exists to stop these greedy selfish people doing multiple visits around all the shops in the area. We have had people driving 300+ kilometres to shop in regional areas, failing that I'd shoot the idiots that are panic buying it would improve the IQ of the planet.

Having a coffee in an almost empty bakery yesterday I overheard some old blokes talking about Covid 19 and one said quite emphatically that the Chinese should foot the bill for what is happening as they alone started this pandemic through their disgusting habits. Interesting viewpoint!

Don't worry Phil, You will soon be galloping off to the Waggon for a pint or two - Keep well

Just been looking at the photos of Maid Marian Way construction on the Post website. I only have two words for what the cretins in the council did bloody vandals. Definition of a vandal "A person that deliberately destroys or damages property belonging to others"

I see a lot of people who say "I would survive the virus so I am taking my chances" The way I see it is that if I get the virus and survive I might carry it to someone who wont. That is the real problem

Do you have drive thru bottle shops (off licenses) in the UK? I don't have to get out of the car to replenish supplies of grog, effectively minimising risk when stocking up on the essentials of life.

Woolworths here have announced that they are having dedicated shopping hours for oldies between 7:00am and 8:00am, nice gesture, but if they think I am getting up at that time to go shopping they must be feckin mad. Current Australian stats 298 cases, 27 recovered and unfortunately 5 people have died. This is out of a population of 25 million. The hotspot appears to be NSW, (Sydney?) with 134 cases not surprising given that it is the state with the largest population and the density of people in Sydney. In our little corner of Oz we have 20 cases out of a population of 1.75 mill

I think it may be time to provide some data. I admit that * may be distorted by under-reporting or limited testing. Our thoughts should be with Nonna and Italy in general as for some reason they have been badly affected. Yes we need to be sensible/cautious/careful based on our individual circumstances but absolutely no need for panic buying (and why toilet rolls) Country Total Cases Cases per million of population Italy 17,650 292 Posn 1 out of the top 40 and by far the worst

Thankfully my wife's mum always wrote on the back of the family photos who, where and when. We should do the same with our digital memories by changing the file name from jpg**** to who where and when as they are archived. Strangely enough we often get out the old albums but rarely look at the photos on our computer drives

Yes Chinese investment is global and as I said part of the "long game" the Chinese are playing but I doubt that many other countries are as reliant on China as we are. Exports - "Rocks and Crops" Australia is China's quarry, Iron ore (unprocessed which we later buy back as steel and processed goods)) gas (at significantly cheaper prices than we can buy it here) coal, both thermal and metallurgical account for AU$79 billion of exports. Agricultural, forestry and fishery products account for a further AU$14 billion Imports - Manufactured Goods AU$21 billion As far as trading partn

Totongirl, I know it is not a NCT Atlantean but is this the sort of bus you are looking for? It is an ex NSW Transport bus Photo Daily Telegraph

In the case of Australia I totally disagree with you Brew. The incompetent clowns that run this county have allowed Chinese owned interests to buy electricity utilities, water pipelines, vast tracts of productive farmlands, large parts of our dairy industry and even leased Darwin Harbour to the Chinese. They goaded the automotive industry into leaving Australia and when they did they cried "woe is me how could you do this after all the help we have given you". I know you will say it is market forces but if you look hard you can still find Australian manufactured products and it is as

Due to the Covid 19 virus supermarkets have announced the following per person purchase restrictions until further notice. Tesco - 2 Hand Sanitisers and a single pack of toilet rolls Sainsbury's - 1 Hand Sanitiser, 500g of rice and 1 pack of toilet rolls Waitrose - 1kg of rice, 1kg of dried pasta, 4 toilet rolls and 2 hand sanitisers CO-OP - 2 Hand sanitisers, 12 toilet rolls and no limit on rice or pasta Aldi - A Mig Welder, a set of pans, a pink sports bra and a pair of wellies

Apart from those that contract the virus and for the many that will die as a result there will be countless thousands (millions?) who will suffer hardship as a result of losing their jobs or having their working hours reduced. Those on casual or zero hours contracts will be the first to be impacted as employers contract and lay off staff particularly in tourism and hospitality and then later in the manufacturing and retail sectors as supplies from China dry up. Already in Australia those looking to rebuild after the devastating fires are facing shortages of materials. The economic dry's h

I am waiting for the extreme looney god botherers to tell us that Covid 19 is a plague and pestilence wrought upon us by an angry god for what we are doing.

One of the best things they could do here is to turn off social media comments with regard to Covid 19. The fact that semi literate numpties believe all they read in "anti social media" fuels misinformation, panic buying and the like.

Would not need to use the quote function so much if they brought back the post numbers. I'm guessing that a lot of people use the "quote button +" at the end of the post which quotes all that is posted instead of highlighting just the bit they want and quote that. Re Letsavagoo's lawnmower part, if you could make a sketch of the old part you could get a new one 3D printed in metal if it is not too big. Not that expensive. If you have the right app on your smart phone the 3D printing company could use the photos to make the mathematical model needed for 3D printing.