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No of course not, why would that even be a question ? If you did have a cough or something similar pre-Covid-19 then yes you would wear a mask, me included, we call it civic responsibility. I'm not sure now many times people need to hear this before it sinks in, masks will NOT stop you from...

Well anecdotally, here it works, the data shows that too. Masks are not compulsory here either, they have helped lower the infection rate. Th HK Police force do not enforce anything. Masks are not compulsory Masks will not 100% stop contraction or infection, nobody has ever said that. They...

Reading this thread makes me realise why the infection rates and death rates are still so high in UK as people just don't seem to get it. Masks do help to reduce the infection rate and help prevent (not stop) the spread of this virus. Do I have medical proof that everyone seems to think MUST be...

Drove a service bus inside a Chinese PLA camp in Hong Kong, the route 6A used to terminate inside the Stanley Fort camp (British Army before 1997) until they moved the terminus to outside the main gate some time later. The young guys on the gate I think took a photo with me, such a long time ago...

Yonks ago when working for Tyne and Wear PTE (it was probably Busways by then) at Byker, we'd replaced one of those horrible Bright Tech destination displays and I was giving the bus a run down Shields Road in Byker to check for rattles etc. Anyway as it was not yet programmed with the local...

I should have been back in UK these 2 weeks but of course had to cancel the plans. Qatar were incredibly slow in getting things resolved, weeks and weeks of no replies so eventually after around 6 weeks or asking, last week I gave up asking for a refund and went for the voucher option and lo and...

Virgin Atlantic would be asking for a commercial loan under commercial conditions but the trouble is what would the loan be secured against ? Do Virgin Atlantic own their aircraft or are they simply leased, or have they already been used to secure other loans? They have already used the landing...

Timetable world (< click the link) shows a price of 64 Shillings (so £3 4s) for an ordinary single journey in second class a few years back in 1965. Under 14s were half price and under 3 were free. So whilst not exactly what you need I guess it may be a ballpark figure with no doubt increases...

Clare Grogan from Altered Images. Oh my what an absolutely gorgeous lady she was and still is !!. Wonder if I still have a chance ?? hahaha.

Most phones, laptops / electronic device of your choice have a built in calculator, FYI if you're using Chrome (other browsers are available) just (for example open a new tab and) put the figures into the search bar and it'll give you the result. The search bar is also good for looking up...

As a non-UK resident, but British, when I pay by my HSBC card in UK it always makes me laugh when the machine spits out a receipt that needs a signature. Some (most) people accept this and do what needs to be done, (I sign, smile and go (smile is extra btw)) but one petrol station lady near...

Still quite a few Jet 2 flights heading for the Canaries though.

Seeing the impact of the Coronavirus on the aviation industry, just as a random stat for you from Hong Kong where we have had this Coronavirus for about 2 months now, today there were around 100 passenger aircraft departures instead of the more usual 600+ or so from HKG, meaning a truly massive...

Depends where you come from. There are new public housing estates and holiday camps being used to house those with forced quarantine on some arrivals, these are highly secured and cordoned off and no visitor entry or occupant leaving allowed. To be honest unless you are in one of these places...

From an Asian perspective on this, well a Geordie living in Asia, we've had this thing in Hong Kong now for well over 2 months and life still goes on. People are going to work though it should be noted quite a few do still work from home, people will self isolate if ill, restaurants and shops...

Yonks ago it was a 10 minute service on the South Shields line pretty much all of the day, what happened to push it out to 12. ?

Been happening for weeks here in Hong Kong but the panic buying has abated of late. Supermarkets now are overstocked as everyone has hundreds of the damned things. They are 'buy 1 pack - get 1' in some places to shift them. This gem is how ridiculous it became a few weeks ago here...

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Living in Hong Kong as I do I can only say this place is nuts. There has been pandemonium in so many areas with people literally fighting over face masks, bags of rice and the infamous armed robbery for 60 packs of bog rolls. I've seen and witnessed tens of thousands of people queuing up for...

I was on sister aircraft and fellow scrapee 9V-SKB 4 years ago this month on part of a trip from HKG-PER, of the 4 aircraft I was on, that was the oldest. Looks like I may be too late to get a bit of that bird....