Bernievarian
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No need to pamper me, I was just thinking about others ...
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I couldn't agree more Ricardo.
I was born right at the end of the war so only vaguely remember the rationing etc - I remember being in the butcher's with my mum and giving him our ration book for stamping up (can't remember what I was doing yesterday morning though!) - My parents were moderately well off and so once my Dad had returned from the Far East and opened up the family business again there was not much I wanted for during my upbringing. The sixties and seventies were times of excesses and I was earning good money so again we (by then married and starting our family) wanted for very little. The strange thing was that all these "things" I'd acquired seemed to give me very little satisfaction or peace of mind and I started thinking "Now in my 40's and is this it? Is this all there is going to be to my life? Things were not helped by both our parents all dying within 4 years of each other which I think slightly unhinged me for a year or more. I had expected to feel very distressed when they died but was not ready for the feeling of abandonment and loss of supportive back up.
I realize now that this must be what people call "mid life crisis". It went on for a number of years until I got up one morning and though to myself "Come on Jock, this won't do, you're making yourself miserable with this" So I decided to start thinking "good thoughts". But how to do this? for me it started with counting my blessings (I'm not deeply religious) and that kicked off with thinking about my wonderful wife and how lucky I was to have her and all the happiness we'd enjoyed together. This led on to thinking about how lucky we'd been to have 3 wonderful children who were fit and healthy. Then I realized how fortunate we were to have a lovely wee house and I seemed to be earning enough to keep our "boat" afloat and we had our car. And so on and so on. This then eventually led on to a great reduction in "wanting things".
The outcome of all this is I now have a deeply restful feeling of contentment. Unfortunately, now my kids are older, I worry about them a fair bit, but it's a different type of worry and not deeply unsettling. So I think the "secret of life" is to be contented and count your blessings and all the good things in your life. Yes You need to have aspirations, especially when you are young, but don't let them become obsessions. Then when you're older just accept where you are, enjoy what you can, and don't measure yourself against others and what they have.
Motorcyclist Colin
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Ricardo
Grazie. Stai al sicuro e buona fortuna.
Jock
I've found I am happiest when I want what I've got and not when I get what I (think) I want
. I think you have come to that conclusion; yes?
Judderbar
How's your translation of abbreviations in German?
Just asking
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Grazie. Stai al sicuro e buona fortuna.
Jock
I've found I am happiest when I want what I've got and not when I get what I (think) I want
. I think you have come to that conclusion; yes?
Judderbar
How's your translation of abbreviations in German?
Just asking
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Yes, absolutely Colin, you put it most concisely!
says Healthy mum but look at the size of her, that's not healthy
Read the comments on that article, if it’s not said there, then it doesn’t apply. Basically is the usual Sun trying to sell papers with scare stories
This might be about to change, basically most of their infected so far have been younger, but there are signs now of it ramping up in the elderly in Germany.
This is simple video on sky news which explains the situation https://youtu.be/rxd-3qg__Ks
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"Chris 3234" asked what are the Germans doing differently. The Germans love order and regulations.and the vast majority of them have obeyed the Governments instruction regarding 'self-isolation'---a lot of people in the UK haven't (and, unbelievably some still don't). America is going to suffer very badly due to their perception of 'personal freedom'--something the people in the "Far Eastern" countries have a totally different attitude about. And it is the Far Eastern countries (particularly South Korea) that seem to have a better handle on the problem and how to control its spread and eradicate it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEJ3VOA76qQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0u-lU1-63U
Certainly makes you think...........................
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0u-lU1-63U
Certainly makes you think...........................
also in Germany they thank their Health service by funding it instead of clapping:idea:
Is it true that because i qualify for full business rates relief I will be getting an automatic payout (grant not loan)
of £10k because of covid 19?
of £10k because of covid 19?
Not sure it's automatic but I believe anyone claiming business rates relief can claim the £10k
OP
OP
Bit late to give money to the NHS now, all the stuff they need has sold out and many staff dead! over 300 suicides by NHS nurses in past seven years. over 400 doctors died by suicide in just four years.
Now even more dying because they dont have any PPE, if a builder went to work with no PPE they would get chucked off site, but we expect our NHS staff to work with out it.
if there is all this money about now, why wasn't it given to them before.
The £5m boris is spending on sending a letter to everyone in the uk telling them everything they already know will go a lot further than the £10k they probably wont pay out anyway.
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Crumbs, now that's a statistic that really frightens me. Mrs J was on a ventilator, antivirals and intravenous antibacterials (I think that's what they were?) for more than a week when she had the pneumonia following our Flue "A" New Year experience. (we both got the flue but only she went on to get pneumonia).
I've historically fought off colds and "proper" flue (twice for sure) and seem to not tend to suffer "festering" when I cut myself on something dirty - like for instance a car part. So I believe - perhaps mistakenly - that I have a robust immune system which should allow me as good a chance as any of my peers to fight this new virus. Mrs J seems to be not so fortunate and this gives me considerable cause for worry.
1 in 4 NHS doctors sick with Covid19 virus or self isolating,
Sorry. That figure just cannot be correct. I will check. It must be a mistake. I removed my post. It has to be wrong.
there are no official figures, some are a lot lower.
https://www.physiciansweekly.com/mortality-rate-of-covid-19-patients-on-ventilators/
also a lot of them will have already had bad lungs, so try not to worry too much
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Don't panic too much. The actual figure, especially in the UK, is about 45 - 50% of people who require a ventilator will go on to die. That said these are the most sick people, and the normal mortality rate for ICU is in the region of 36 - 40%.
Still a horrible statistics but not as bad a people say and not massively higher than normal figures.
Glad to here Mrs Jock recovered from her experience and hope you're both held up at home, and putting your feet up.
I checked the ventilator mortality rate for covid-19.
Studies from China were from 70% to 86%
Supposedly the best study from the UK puts it at 66% for those requiring ventilators compared to 48% of those who entered the ICU.
https://www.physiciansweekly.com/mortality-rate-of-covid-19-patients-on-ventilators/
Studies from China were from 70% to 86%
Supposedly the best study from the UK puts it at 66% for those requiring ventilators compared to 48% of those who entered the ICU.
https://www.physiciansweekly.com/mortality-rate-of-covid-19-patients-on-ventilators/
