thats the reason i packed in drinking. never got my head round drinking in the house even at christmas. everytime i did drop off for a pint on my way home it always ended up with a long session for me as someone i knew always popped in then someone else and it was hear we go again time. agree on the all day opening thing. alcohol consumption seems to have got worse since that as the later closing times have done. must be on my own but never got this rushing against the clock thing. never check my watch when drinking to work out how much time is left to get more ale down me. it just used to happen anyway. never bothered anyone i knew to be honest when the bell went.

wonder if they will open the vic to all fans on a non matchday as well to enjoy the match day experiance and non car owners to receive fuel vouchers for their vehicle to help the economy.

That made me laugh Mr Horden.
Fancy an ex referee being derogatory about dodgy decision making.
You couldn't make it up. lol.

I just dream of a pint of draught Bass sparking in front of me.

I had a lovely pint of amstel at the Kaleido bar,Puerto Marina today after my virtual walking tour.

Interesting choice. A very nice pint of Bass can be had in the Sun Inn on Stockton High Street. There was a time when lots of pubs in Middlesbrough were Bass pubs back in the day , difficult to find these days.

Especially on Linthorpe road.

Yes the Sun or the Wellington Wolviston or Masham Hartburn.
Bass was well represented in teesside in 70s but for various reasons they have few pubs now.
Its 4.4 % on the GPI index so you get some bang for your buck. Also the effects the next morning reduce the need for trips to the clinic for colonic irrigation if that's your game.

17th May fans allowed back in sports stadiums.
Goin by our fixtures only last game v Dover on 29th will our fans be back in the Vic.
If Dover fulfill fixtures!?.
Otherwise it has to be a top 5 finish to get a home game bfor Wembley.
Probably 30% capacitys till next season.
UTP.

Dover won't happen.

17th May.. a Monday

Saturday 15th May - Pools are at Aldershot, 20 mins on the train from me. Fingers crossed for some revising of the 17th.
22nd May - Pools at Sutton - 40 mins on the train. I'll have to see what their capacity is.


Mind you, I'd trade both to see Pools at Wembley!

Read an article yesterday that euros can have 30% capacity at Wembley.
Imagine it would be the same for National League PO Final.
Anyway a glimmer of hope that better days r on the way after a winter that seems to have been the longest ever.
UTP.

England v Scotland should be tasty.

This fixture 18th June Friday 8pm KO.
Next day vanarama PO Final if date doesn't change.

I'll settle for not going if it means we've won the league outright!

i,m possibly the same unless we could guarentee winning the wembley game. it would be great to witness that and heal the wounds of cardiff finally.

Vaccine jab has finally started to kick in.
Better times on the way but condolences to the thousands of people this brutal virus has taken to the boneyard.

Looks like ya Vaccine card will be required to enter a pub.Makes sense to make the pub a safer place to go.
Mite be tough on younger adults but they can spend 50 years in the pub afta July.

Fans allowed back in grounds at reduced capacitys from May.
Maybe vaccine cards required to enter football grounds and facemasks for younger fans who won't of been jabbed.
Should be no reason why next season can start off with near full capacitys.

Anyway what will be will be.

We've all got use to paying a quid a can down the supermarket kpg..who the hell is going to pay for a round of drinks when they open?

66p a can of Fosters in our local Sainsbury's last week.
Totally got abused while getting a suntan bfor the king's Lynn game last week

add to that i can see things being card payment only.

Whoever set up the contact for the uks supply of vaccine needs a knighthood.

It's a bit on the weak side for us darlo boys..was there anything else on offer?

Zero deaths recorded for yesterday.
Proof that the Vaccine is working.

Get me 2nd jab on Sunday 12:50 then straight on the lash for our Q/F winning game v Bromley.



UTP.

[quote="kevin pooles gloves"]Zero deaths recorded for yesterday.
Proof that the Vaccine is working.

Get me 2nd jab on Sunday 12:50 then straight on the lash for our Q/F winning game v Bromley.



zero deaths but people like SAGE still looking for excuses to put june 22nd back. just do not get it. what else do they want the population to actually do.

Don't you start doing it!! It's the 21st June, Boris promised me and I've booked the day off to celebrate the end of Covid..... FACT

If its the AZ jab the second one takes 2 weeks to get you from 30% to 60 % protected.

Green,Amber ,Red !!!...just remember it can all change very quickly if you fancy a dirty weekend abroad .

funny how the traffic always moves better if those sodding traffic lights actually pack in working.

Truth is getting stranger than fiction at this point. Originally we were told that lockdowns were to protect the old and vulnerable and save the NHS from being overwhelmed by patient numbers. Now all the old and vulnerable who will accept the jab are double vaccinated and there's less than a thousand people in hospital with Covid - a number that went up by exactly 2 last week, but that didn't stop various experts from flapping their gums about the need not to end the lockdown on June 21st.

I still think anti-vaxxers and the like are cranks, but there was a massive demo in London last week against the lockdown that was barely reported in the media. You do start to wonder if there's an agenda running that is more about power and control than public heath. The priority should be getting the economy fully back on its feet and allowing people the freedom to live their lives as they used to.

agree. do not like this new term anti vaccers either. in the past people were able to put their case on not being vaccinated without labels being put on them. even medics and scientists have been silenced for having a point of view that differs from the government one. even journalists with an anti government point of view have been silenced and their platforms taken down for this non compliance. i would not be swayed one way if one person said this or that. yes, lets see the end of restrictions for those who want them. those that do not can still use distancing measures and wear their face muzzles on a voluntary basis and live a controlled life as they see fit.

The media just won't accept the road map as was laid out, whereby there are five weeks between each stage, four weeks to assess the data from the previous stage and one week to prepare the nation as to the result. We will be told on June 14th. Meanwhile the media are interviewing anybody and everybody in the hope of stirring the crap.
They pushed for a road map and now they want the result before it is finalised
If people don't want to be vaccinated then fine but I don't want to be sat in the theatre, cinema or football ground next to them without exercising my right to choose not to. So a way has to be found to identify them in my opinion.

yes, something like a 21st century star of david sown onto our clothes with a lepers bell round the neck.

Your suggestion not mine but If people choose not to have the vaccine, which is their right, surely other people have the right to know.
You obviously don't want a star of David type badge or the Leper's bell and I agree with you, so what would be amenable to you? How would you solve the problem?

I suppose tattoos are out of the question too.
Some kind of secure credit card type would be ok by me which is issued for a limited fixed time period by parliament.Once this pandemic ends they can be discontinued and thrown away.
I predict another 2 years of some kind of restrictions. This is not over until its over world wide. Spanish flu took 3 year.

How is the acceptable casualty rate formulated for lifting of Covid restrictions?

the question is, what problem is there. with a large majority getting the jab i do not think its a big issue. if it was then the mass media would be all over the situation for a start. if i get it and die then thats it. something will get us all in the end. just hope i do not develop a serious heart condition or cancer at the moment. there is more to fear from that at the present moment of time. thing is it does not get the everyday publicity that the virus does. now they want to jab kids. there has been more knifed to death in london than those who died of the virus. we all know why they do not make a big deal on that one.

If people don't want to be vaccinated then fine but I don't want to be sat in the theatre, cinema or football ground next to them without exercising my right to choose not to. So a way has to be found to identify them in my opinion.[/quote]




I see Tony Blair is getting in on the act now,but you called it first mr derwent.

I suppose tattoos are out of the question too.
Some kind of secure credit card type would be ok by me which is issued for a limited fixed time period by parliament.Once this pandemic ends they can be discontinued and thrown away.
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Scream!!Donald Sutherland(Invasion of the Body Snatchers)remember it ??. point em out in the street is the way forward.

What is the problem you ask.
The problem is the variants and the possibility that one of them could become deadly and eliminate the effectiveness of the vaccines. At that point all the people who have refused the vaccines will be able to transmit the new variant, once again resulting in thousands of deaths.
That is the problem the vaccines are thwarting but they need us all to take part.
Who was it that said "none of us are safe until we are all safe"
The Government are trying their level best to avoid anything mandatory and all parties are urging participation in the vaccine programme.
Children aren't in much danger from the virus but they are classed as super spreaders, which is why vaccinating them is on the table.
The vaccine appears to be the only major combatant against the virus and it's transmission capabilities so, until there is an effective alternative, we don't really have a choice. Common sense and responsibility for the community at large is the order of the day. Unless of course we are happy to transmit death to others and cause lockdown after lockdown.
I'm afraid the Government will have to intervene eventually.

this subject is getting like brexit was. people have made their minds up one way or another and will not change them. just wonder if this is an example of everything to come. two sides that will never agree and start calling out the opposite ones. BLM is just the same. no debate nowadays its one way or the other i think from now on.

Unlike Brexit the choice we have with the vaccines is a choice between a limited loss of life and a possible return to the thousands of deaths we witnessed last year and the danger of returning to the lockdown cycle. There is no doubt that vaccinations save lives and there is no doubt that the vast majority of people presently catching the virus, going into hospital or dying are not fully vaccinated. If we put the vaccinated count against the non vaccinated count the gap would be much larger than the 52 v 48 result the referendum produced.
I do get the point you are making, Mr Accy.
However, as a fellow Poolie and Bunker friend, you catching the virus would sadden me and you passing it on to others would sadden you.So I urge you, with the best possible motives, to get yerself protected.
I'll buy you a pint as a reward !!!!!

you are joe biden and i claim my pint, as long as its not sodding lager that is.

Covid cases about the same as Feb/Mar but deaths down from about 300 to 9 a day.
Vaccine working.
Time for the government to focus on getting the NHS waiting list of people waiting for treatment down

exactly. my take for the last 18 months has been other illnesses still available. once it was all about deaths but now they are concentrating on the fact that cases have gone up. doubt we,ll ever win till cases and deaths are below zero.

I think they are concentrating on cases simply because they are wary of this new variant and are desperate to avoid further lockdowns. There are arguments raging over which direction to take and opinions differ.
They have to be cautious and ultimately Boris has to make the decision on whether to continue or not on June 21st or even partly follow the road map. Whichever way he goes he will be criticised because that is the way the media want it. The BBC will wheel out the most disgruntled with whatever decision he arrives at. People like Michael O'Leary of Ryanair for example.
Personally I think Boris will continue with the road map, whilst retaining certain restrictions. That is just a guess of course, unless he rings me to confirm my guess. At which point i will share the info with all of you.

Will Freedom Day happen on July 19th.
For a Season Ticket Boom all over the country or will it go tits up again.

Tits up again at the last second, very very deadly Tajikistan variant on the way, so deadly the media haven't invented it yet!

really for people who are not interested in sporting events, foreign holidays and do not mind distancing from people and wearing face muzzles we do have freedom. the reason why its reported that not the whole country is behind the end of restrictions. mind you i have not met any of these. what worries me the most over all this is the increasing use of this teccy stuff that has come about. increasingly going cashless with the ability to trace our movements and actions much more than pre virus days. then there seems the right to so call cancel opinions of people who do not follow the line of others, especially minorities with the biggest gobs.

We are putting a camera in your garden shed Mr Accy.

So be careful when you go in there to bounce one off.