See Lib Dems put out there usual Monday type by election report, these usually say its neck and neck. No different today Cons 40, Lib Dem 39, Labour 12, others 9. Each time they do this the result 3 days later is a win for them. Will it repeat again? Actually I think they are comfortably ahead, 4-5%, the Labour votes going to be in single figures. Probably wrong, hey ho.
Just had my booster at the village pharmacy. 2 queues - one for pre-booked and one for drop ins. All very efficient. They checked me in and jabbed me within 2 minutes. Lots of people just turned up for jabs, many of them looked under 40 and some under 30. It is a small pharmacy so just one person jabbing but there were 3 large plastic clinical waste tubs full of used syringes that I could see. I got Moderna.
I imagine today's vaccine number is going to be big but as others have said we need to be doing almost 1M/day. Previous record was I think 800k earlier in the year.
Surely the problem with Peloton is that you buy the bike and then you never buy one again, I get they try to work around that with subscriptions but it's not like a phone, or a car that you have to replace.
It's a bike you sit on and ride - and people keep bikes for a long time
Peleton bikes are junk. Anybody who can drop serious Watts bombs will trash the bottom bracket in them in no time.
Why not just go for a bike ride? I have never understood the appeal of biking in your own living room.
Rain. Ice. Traffic.
I don't have one, but the appeal is obvious.
A friend has a stand he can attach one of his road bikes to and then cycles on his living room while he watches TV. This is healthier than knitting and raiding the box of chocolates while catching up on Doctor Who.
Apparently the lorry driver shortage is now being changed from critical to just severe, in line with loads of other European countries. As if by magic, the market pushed up salaries and an extra 40k drivers were recruited for domestic deliveries.
I'm sure I remember being told this would never happen and that we'd all end up having to kill and cook the nearest rat or squirrel this Christmas but happily the economics of supply and demand are as sound as ever. There's reports that driver wages are still rising because there's some shortages and that companies are finally investing in better hub/spoke infrastructure for their supply chains rather than relying on some unfortunate guy driving 27 hours from Italy and then 27h back to Italy.
Having told the government to stop fucking around they finally woke up and we've avoided the worst of it, yes. Have just been on the phone with our logistics partner, their solution to having had had to explode their labour costs is to expand their distribution business. Take on even more drivers and win more contracts to pay for them. Works for them but it is last man standing.
Of course we can't see 35-50% pay rises for drivers and not see it flow through to end users. Hence the massive inflationary pressure that is now here starting to make its presence felt...
Just been in for booster jab. Why @NicolaSturgeon. @HumzaYousaf am I being asked by a nurse about my ethnicity? One question survey, am I white Scottish or white British? No other questions. This is blatant political data collection and wholly inappropriate in a hospital setting!!
Surely the problem with Peloton is that you buy the bike and then you never buy one again, I get they try to work around that with subscriptions but it's not like a phone, or a car that you have to replace.
It's a bike you sit on and ride - and people keep bikes for a long time
Peleton bikes are junk. Anybody who can drop serious Watts bombs will trash the bottom bracket in them in no time.
Why not just go for a bike ride? I have never understood the appeal of biking in your own living room.
AIUI there's a sort of imitation sat nav on the front of the thing and you can pretend you're riding through Paris or Bangkok and waving at the girls. Or doing something insane, like cycling from Calais to Rome.
Or something like that.
People do things like download their fitbit steps into a spreadsheet which tells them how far they've walked to Mordor.
The NHS App currently shows none available for delivery, however its worth checking on the app to see if your local chemist has some available for collection. Enter your post code - my regular and nearest one came up as having stock, fill in your details and get a collection code which you must show when picking them up. When I did I was asked if I wanted one or two packs.
I went online and got a collection code about 11.30a.m. Just picked up 2 packs from the pharmacy - assistant said there had been a rush.
Now done my DIY LFT - negative. Will try to report the result on-line.
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Actually I think they are comfortably ahead, 4-5%, the Labour votes going to be in single figures. Probably wrong, hey ho.
I imagine today's vaccine number is going to be big but as others have said we need to be doing almost 1M/day. Previous record was I think 800k earlier in the year.
I don't have one, but the appeal is obvious.
A friend has a stand he can attach one of his road bikes to and then cycles on his living room while he watches TV. This is healthier than knitting and raiding the box of chocolates while catching up on Doctor Who.
Of course we can't see 35-50% pay rises for drivers and not see it flow through to end users. Hence the massive inflationary pressure that is now here starting to make its presence felt...