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Well my Mrs is ill so as she works with lots of people had to go and get a test this morning. Fun next few days ahead doing f all.

Related to tiers and think we are heading for 3 here so going out won't be any fun.

I see the Police are stepping up their game in fining people too.

Rich B wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:18 pm

Explosive Newt wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:43 ambeing a general adult nurse is a unforgiving, underpaid and generally crap job.

I see where you're going with this, we should start employing more children to be nurses.

There is, as far as I can tell, a general plan to employ people who really shouldn’t be nurses as nurses. Usually through bank agencies etc. So yes, in a manner of speaking.

Didn't we previously have quiet a few EU nationals as nur.....oh, never mind.

Being a hospital nurse must be the toughest job out there. The ones working for a GP or who are specialists and do minor operations are ok but I don’t think I could do the hospital ward stuff for any amount of money.

Mito Man wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:01 pm Being a hospital nurse must be the toughest job out there. The ones working for a GP or who are specialists and do minor operations are ok but I don’t think I could do the hospital ward stuff for any amount of money.

Mrs Mike has just started back at university this week to get her nursing degree. Now that the kids are both in high school its something she's been wanting to do for ages.

Explosive Newt wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:50 pm

Rich B wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:18 pm

Explosive Newt wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:43 ambeing a general adult nurse is a unforgiving, underpaid and generally crap job.

I see where you're going with this, we should start employing more children to be nurses.

There is, as far as I can tell, a general plan to employ people who really shouldn’t be nurses as nurses. Usually through bank agencies etc. So yes, in a manner of speaking.

Experience of nurses is that they are either angels who need a massive pay rise with the wonderful work they do or are mardy wastes of space who need cunt punting to a den full of hungry hyenas.

Dave!

Well my WFH is now permanent as they're closing our office. Not C19 related, we're assured, but actually related to office attendance numbers in '18 and '19. We were told about 3 weeks ago and at the start of this week I went into clear out mine and my brother's lockers. I won't miss the occasional commute, nor the town the office was in, but I will miss the mix of office (and seeing colleagues), WFH and client visits. Now I just have WFH until this pandemic thing is out the way, followed by a client meetings again some time next year.

Mito Man wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:01 pm Being a hospital nurse must be the toughest job out there. The ones working for a GP or who are specialists and do minor operations are ok but I don’t think I could do the hospital ward stuff for any amount of money.

Yeah - nurses either go into specialism (anything from minor ops to sorting out peoples' heart pills in the community) or management roles (charge nurse / sister up to running a hospital). The really switched on ones seem to move out of general adult (shop floor ward nursing) asap - like junior doctors they see it as time spent as a stepping stone to other things.

Broccers wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:49 pm Well my Mrs is ill so as she works with lots of people had to go and get a test this morning. Fun next few days ahead doing f all.

Released after 48 and bit hours of binge watching motorbike racing so wasn't too bad.

I do have some friends who are locked in for 2 weeks who actually have someone with a really bad cough cold who is c19 positive. Honestly don't know how people cope as it must send you mental especially as there are 2 adults and 2 kids.

https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/nhs-sta ... 49.article

The difficult trick of making something even worse than no recognition at all.

Rich B wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:00 pm

Hilarious - masks aren't required when seated anyway, and they've just reduced the limited number of people going to their establishment even further

Plenty of medical reasons why wearing a mask is a problem which don't make COVID any more of a threat to your health; blocked sinuses, for instance.

We've received a text to say that one of our children has been in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with covid, so should self-isolate for 14 days and the whole household should do similar if they begin to exhibit symptoms.

All we need to know now is which one of our children it is and it will be a useful text to have received.

Ascender wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:48 pm We've received a text to say that one of our children has been in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with covid, so should self-isolate for 14 days and the whole household should do similar if they begin to exhibit symptoms.

All we need to know now is which one of our children it is and it will be a useful text to have received.

Thats a load crap isnt it. I'd take both / all for a test so you arent stuck in the house for 2 weeks.

Manchester seems to be in a pickle - wanted 65 million, offered 60 after 55 initial - declined and now have 20 mill only.

Broccers wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:52 pm

Ascender wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:48 pm We've received a text to say that one of our children has been in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with covid, so should self-isolate for 14 days and the whole household should do similar if they begin to exhibit symptoms.

All we need to know now is which one of our children it is and it will be a useful text to have received.

Thats a load crap isnt it. I'd take both / all for a test so you arent stuck in the house for 2 weeks.

Manchester seems to be in a pickle - wanted 65 million, offered 60 after 55 initial - declined and now have 20 mill only.

Yep - doh!

Hancock is shocking

Well this Gtr Manchester thing is a total shitshow for both sides isn't it?

On the one hand I compeltely agree with Andy Burnham's arguments, but on the other he's just foregone £40m+ on the grounds of principle. Money that the very businesses he's making the case for could very much do with. There was a case to be made for keeping the moral high ground but still walking away with more cash. The amount offered was still massively more than the Liverpool City Region

And I don't buy it that he's doing this for entirely altruistic reasons, contrary to the many that seem to think he's the second coming of Christ. But that's by the by, as it's the businesses and people of Manchester that matter the most and both sides have fvcked it.

They have said theyll be sending the 60 anyway, just not to Andy lol.

As expected we are highest high level. I am wondering, as they seem to be not mentioning tiers so much, what the maximum level will end up being.

Also, as Leicester have been on a tight lockdown for 2 months and the numbers are sill going up, what they expect this to actually achieve?