Lockdown Landlords

The lockdowns have hit the pubs and clubs more than most industries (unfairly in my opinion, but enough of that) ...

Sheffield Pubs And Landlord In Lockdown Disagreement

  ... and while the big chains have taken a hit, they all seem to have survived for now.

Who Gets The Last Laugh

Back in 2018 Lauren Moore's dad Ian, wrote her a CV before she sat her 'O' Level GCSE's ....

A Fathers CV Kick Up The Arse ....

.... to show his 16 year daughter her, what little she had going for her, if she didn't put in the work at school.

A Real Pain

So here we are again ......

Abbey Road Under Covid-19 Lock-down ....

Half the country in ĺock-down, aka tier 3, or in the case of Greater Manchester, apparently being allowed to ignore the governments instructions while the Mayor argues about it.

Great Beer Disasters Past And Present

Beer, or rather the lack of it via licensed premises, aka The Public House ....

A Beer Sentiment Shared By Many On Social Media ......

was mine, and many of my acquaintances, biggest bugbear about the coronavirus lockdown, and for us was something of a personal disaster ... So even the pubs reopening in a socially distanced manner is only a partial fix.

The New Normal Sucks

I have to add a quick post to mark the reopening of pubs in England today, after 13 weeks closure ....

Pubs With Restrictions Are Not Going To Be Fun .....

..... though not in Scotland or Wales yet.

Rich Beyond The Dreams Of Avarice (Or The Donald)

We often hear that President Donald Trump has liked to describe himself as a 'Billionaire' .....

Trump - Thinking Like A Billionaire

.... this despite the fact that he often revels in paying only the level of taxes that even a non millionaire might be pleased to pay (possibly that's why he's a billionaire?).

New Recession- Historic Fears

In another of those, there ain't nothing new under the sun moments

UK Historic GDP ...... A Mixed Picture.

.... as we face the worse  recession since records began in 1706, a new book entitled 'Poverty Of Disaster' has discovered that some things never change.

Not Just A Lockdown Statistic

Well we are now many weeks into the lockdown ....

We Are In Danger Of Thinking Of Just The Statistics ......

... so many in fact, that I sometimes find it hard to actually recall when exactly the 'New Normal'  started, or what life was like before the Coronavirus erupted onto an unprepared world.

Breaking Cover

So I had to finally break cover  .....

If There Was Any Justice, All Hoarders Would Get Coronavirus .....

and go shopping after a weeks isolation ....

Lessons Not Learnt

In view of the fact that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) first emerged in China, in an outbreak between November 2002 and July 2003, and that this was later traced back to transmission from cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Yunnan province .....

Don't Blame the Bats ....
Blame Those Who Eat Them.

.... then the Chinese government have long been aware of this virus transmission route, being a serious risk to its population.

Home Alone

I never thought I would be writing a selfie post entitled "Home Alone" aka A Week Of Lockdown ....

A Prisoner Of Corona

.... about me 'social distancing'  .... defined as totally avoiding any face to face contact with the rest of the population.

Lonely Planet

With the draconian enforceable self isolation measures that have been adopted worldwide .....

A Sad Sight - A Pub Closed

..... comes some possibly unexpected and unwanted side effects.

Not The Bubonic Plague

Well despite the fact that its not the bubonic plague (which oddly after exposure also has flu-like symptoms) .... YET ....

The Black Death - A Real Pandemic That
Brought The World To An End ......Almost.

... it might as well be, as we have decided to lock the world down, because of what is still just an aggressive flu like variant.

When Stupidity Reigns

Religions can be a comfort to some people ....

Religions Can Be A Comfort Even When Death And Illness Stalk The Land.

.... Especially when death and illness stalk the land.