The Round Table

Are you worried about holidays

Watching the repetitive news on TV am I the only one who sees all the crass discussions about people needing to know when they can book a holiday, or are people so unconcerned about the state of their own health that holidays take priority!Wouldn’t i...

Covid-19 chaos?

I guess everyone is sick to death of hearing about this, that and the other about covid-19? People are blaming "The Government" for more or less everything BUT....... what do you expect the government to do? OK, so some of them are waffling about lik...

Captain Tom, gone?

Is this true? A breaking news story:- BREAKING Captain Sir Tom Moore dead: NHS fundraising hero and WW2 veteran dies after Covid fight - Daily Star

When it's all over?

That's the covid pandemic. When it's all over, how much will things have changed? Will some firms decide that having huge expensive offices is an expense they can do without and continue with employees working from home? Some people might have found ...

The "new" covid mutation.

Why has the World descended on the UK like a ton of bricks over this supposedly "new" covid-19 mutation? It was first detected back in April in Brazil. In that time hasn't it had chance to spread everywhere? It seems to me that they're appearing to "...

Does anyone now sell on eBay but used to sell on Amazon ?

Interested to hear of any eBay seller who has moved over from being a seller of any sort on Amazon.

Three cheers for ALDI.....

..... and possibly Morrison's. For giving their store assistants a pay rise for keeping the shelves filled and the checkouts open through all the problems we've had with Covid. I'd say the same about Morrison's but their reckoning was so convoluted t...

Electric cars?

Have you got one? A hybrid or fully electric? It's said that the sale of new petrol or diesel cars will be "banned" by 2030. Is that realistic? What are the practicalities of such vehicles? Some straightforward electric cars look like glorified bubbl...

Blood Oxygen levels?

Now they've started something?:- Covid: How a £20 gadget could save lives - BBC News Your oxygen saturation level varies depending upon what you're doing and now they're advising people with a level of 93-94% to speak to their GP and if the level dro...

Crackpot ideas?

I've just read this page:- Humans could move to 'floating asteroid belt colony' housing millions of people within 15 YEARS (thesun.co.uk) Some people live in a World of fantasy I'm sure? It takes us ages to get anywhere beyond this Planet never mind ...

Links?

Has something changed on here? I just tried to post a link but I got the headline instead of the link:- Jailed music producer Phil Spector dies at 81 - BBC News I see it works as a link though?

Wear a Mask.

Why I am wearing a mask - I am educated enough to know that I could be asymptomatic and still give you the virus. No, I don’t “live in fear” of the virus; I just want to be part of the solution, not the problem. I don’t feel like the “government is c...

Brexit never gonnae happen they way you think!

Never in a way you brexiters thought it would. All the chamelons have been exposed,tight majority vote.Country and goverment in chaos. It's the money men that will decide as always! What made you think they'd let the people decide-never have done in ...

Covid-19 Vaccination Timescale .........

now what was it the Scottish and Uk government kept harping on about when something went wrong and they had to find someone else to blame ! Oh yes "we were following the science advice etc".Well obviously not this time because the people who manufact...

Entertaining or frightening?

At first look an entertaining demonstration of how robotics is advancing but how long before guns are attached?

Odd paypal home page :-)

Look at the below Paypal home page."Let's make it one to remember""This Christmas might be different"Look at the shapes formed in purple by the marching cartoon people.It's a warning I tell you.If this message is deleted I will have to assume both th...

Click & collect problem ....

I have 4 skirts from the same seller [brand new] who has posted them in seperate packets ..? [save postage i guess] ..they have all arrived at the click & collect shop ..however EBAY have only sent me 3 ECP Codes when there should be 4 ..because of t...

Deal or sell-out?

So, they've "agreed" some sort of trade deal with the EU eh? Hmmmmm, so now we wait to see what the details are? I suppose both sides will be claiming some sort of "victory"?

Resolved! The unbelievable thickness of Trump

.... Injecting with disinfectant, putting UV sterilizing light inside the body......?! **bleep**Even more stupid and ignorant garbage being uttered by this fool. He should be laughed out of the White House. Sensible Americans must be so embarrassed.

Herd Immunity?

This morning I saw part of a discussion on the BBC news channel about herd immunity between two "experts", one a proponent of herd immunity and the other a detractor. I understand we can develop some sort of an immunity to some diseases but others ca...

Another milestone passed?

The Winter solstice was just after 10am so now we can look forward to each day being lighter for longer I remember as a kid playing out in the snow with the other kids 'till "late" in January because it seemed so light. When I finally went home and g...

A tragic day.

It was 23 years ago that Diana died. I remember the first newsflash that said Dodi was dead and Diana was injured. Sadly....... she died.......... There's a song now on the choons thread, play it?

Has anyone ever had their Paypal account limited? Having trouble getting it resolved

Hello. I received an email from Paypal on December 10th stating that my Paypal account was limited. I was requested to log in and provide identity documentation. I have been using Paypal for over 10 years and have never previously been asked for this...

Christmas shopping.....

Done, wrapped and needs to be boxed up for postage.Christmas cards bought, written and sitting in envelopes ready for posting.Calendars bought and addressed, sitting in envelopes ready for posting.Now comes the expensive bit ! the posting hahaha whic...

Covid-19 vaccine .....

Now that the vaccination programme is about to be rolled out soon, are you in the yay, nay or maybe after you see some results of others taking it camp if you are offered it ?Personally I am in the yay camp if it gets me back to some kind of normalit...

Resolved! JOKES

LETS START 2014 OF WITH A NEW JOKE THREAD..

First Sighting

First Sighting I Seen Him Today .

Politicians?

What's your take on them (of any persuasion)? Asked a straightforward question which to most people would have a "yes" or "no" answer and a politicion will launch in to a two minute (or longer!) ramble which is absolutely non-committal. At the end of...

Another for Astro.

Astro wanted a thread so people could argue. So far there's not been much argument on the first one so is that because of the sometimes difficulty signing in or have all the argumentative type's gone? Anyway, anyone wanna argue about builders? Are th...