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I was cutting the front lawn last week before the lockdown, and the local churchwarden passed. We chatted; since services had been suspended, she organised volunteers from the congregation to each phone several of the local elderly daily and check up on them. The parish council has organised...

Derek 'Blaster' Bates - local lad! (Well - local-ish. He was from the swamps down south Cheshire.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IciZXalxSus Plenty more where that came from!

I too have distinct qualms about much media coverage of almost anything these days. Too much air-time (or paper) to fill is a problem already mentioned, but I think there's something else worth a thought. Most 'media' people come from the same background - university humanities degrees - and...

By strange coincidence, we had a thread on that very subject a few weeks ago; backed-hand-saw-sizes-t121600.html

As I quite enjoy these diversions into arcane trivia, I too have doing a bit of research, though my feeble efforts in no way compare with Andy's. Holtzappfel does refer to "back-saws" with the hyphen (p714), though as Andy stated, he does seem to prefer "parallel saws with backs". George Ellis...

You'd have thought they'd have checked the size of the discharging orifices before sizing the pipes, wouldn't you?

About 1/4" is correct. More reading here; http://www.badaxetoolworks.com/retension-a-backsaw.php

Thanks for the notification, Nigel. I've just checked my bank's website; limited opening hours for most branches on Monday to Friday, closed weekends, other branches temporarily closed.

As I see it, the job of the scientists and medics is to advise government, who will also be seeking advice from economists in the Treasury and elsewhere, listening to Parliament and public opinion, observing actions and effects internationally, and then reaching a decision as to the best course...

It's a bit of a fine line between saving lives by lock-down, and causing severe hardship and premature deaths by trashing the economy. Gummint is trying to balance on that tightrope. No easy 'right' answers to that conundrum.

Let's hope none of those laptops have viruses. (Sorry - couldn't resist!)

Cut out junk food, ready meals and sugary drinks. Eat three meals a day, don't snack between them. Eat until hunger is satisfied, then stop. Eat lots of fresh fruit an veg, fresh meat, fresh fish, eggs, bit of dairy. Stay hydrated - water, tea, coffee, but not canned soft drinks. Cut down...

My next door neighbour was singing the praises of Aldi the other day. I wonder what she wants with a MIG welder?

Thanks for that, Nelsun. It's one of most informative and measured articles I've seen on the matter. Well worth a read, folks.

Seen elsewhere; "Single man with toilet roll would like to meet single girl with hand sanitiser for good clean fun."

In fairness, I'm not sure that point is that selfish. It's almost certainly going to be true to some extent, and not selfish because you won't be the only taxpayer contributing. Hopefully we can minimise the additional Sovereign debt by bringing the epidemic under control as quickly as...

Possibly false optimism, sadly. According to Radio 4's PM Programme, reported deaths in last 24hrs 743. No mention of number of new cases, though. Edit to add - new cases 5,249 - a slight increase on previous two days.

Seen elsewhere - a possible tiny glimmer of optimism from Italy. The number of reported new cases has declined for the last couple of days. https://order-order.com/2020/03/24/glim ... ay-passed/

New measures to combat coronavirus. All non-essential shops shut. Only leave home for essential reasons (buy food, medicines, etc) or once a day for exercise. All gatherings of more than two people banned, except for funerals. Sweeping police powers. Review after three weeks. Strewth. Not...

That is precisely what I (and most of the others, I think) am NOT talking about. Take the time to watch the YouTube interview I posted. Francis Foster makes the point that for some children growing up in less than perfect conditions, the structure of school can offer the one safe place they...