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I agree. But it's absurd to be expected to register for sitting on a bench, outside, with no one else from outside your group/family.
I am pleased the organisation is being made more local, though I laughed out loud when I read Dido Harding's explanation. Surely the finest piece of doublespeak ever crafted.
Is the right answer.
Not so much a restriction, more advice, but:
www.spirefm.co.uk
Although I am led to believe that there is a certain subculture that has, ahem, involved face masks for some time.
Coronavirus: Wear a face mask during sex and avoid kissing to reduce COVID-19 risk, charity says
People having sex with anyone outside their household should wear a face mask and avoid kissing during intercourse to prevent getting coronavirus, a charity has warned.
www.spirefm.co.uk
Although I am led to believe that there is a certain subculture that has, ahem, involved face masks for some time.
Oh, that's ridiculous! It brings to mind the Jasper Carrot sketch with a condom on a banana (or was it a carrot?).
Where do these people come from? It's as ridiculous as the charity a few years ago that was making an apparently serious suggestion that I've should ask a baby's permission before changing a nappy.
Had my temperature taken at the barbers today "31.6, perfect". Errr, I should be dead...
Where do these people come from? It's as ridiculous as the charity a few years ago that was making an apparently serious suggestion that I've should ask a baby's permission before changing a nappy.
Had my temperature taken at the barbers today "31.6, perfect". Errr, I should be dead...
Not so much a restriction, more advice, but:
...Coronavirus: Wear a face mask during sex and avoid kissing to reduce COVID-19 risk, charity says
People having sex with anyone outside their household should wear a face mask and avoid kissing during intercourse to prevent getting coronavirus, a charity has warned.
That might be in some 'profession's' safety at work COVID-19 risk planning. The more respected outfits already have planning for STDs so why not respiratory transmission?
Bletchleyite
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In any case didn't the late, great George Formby sing of a more COVID-secure method of enjoyment some time ago?
Not a restriction, but there was this advice from Canada:
www.bccdc.ca
Safer Social Interactions
Social interactions are important for our well-being. Everyone can make decisions on how to spend time with others in a way that feels best for them.
Not a restriction, but there was this advice from Canada:
Safer Social Interactions
Social interactions are important for our well-being. Everyone can make decisions on how to spend time with others in a way that feels best for them.
But also....wear a mask.
I shared this amongst my friends. We all thought it was hilarious and to be honest it's starting to show how out of touch some people are.
"it's just advice" - yes, it is. Advice that's going to be ignored.
It's one of those where you have to wonder whether it was written in all seriousness, or whether its authors were taking the piss and seeing how far they could go and still get it accepted as genuine advice!
One of my local swimming pools recently "reopened" on 6th August.
I say "reopened" in inverted commas because there are no showers, changing rooms or lockers.
I thought you were supposed to shower before entering the pool for hygiene reasons.
The closure of the changing rooms doesn't make any sense, because in the FAQs section of the website it says:-
Do changing rooms/toilets pose an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission?
As long as you follow social distancing and cleanliness guidelines, there is no increased risk.
So why are the changing rooms closed then?
But the most ridiculous rule of all is:-
"Please bring a towel to dry off and be prepared to go home in your swim wear and clothes over the top if changing rooms are not available"
Great, so I am supposed to go home in wet swimming shorts with a pair of trousers over the top, which is not very comfortable or hygenic.
There are also no lockers, so you are supposed to leave valuables unguarded in your bag at the poolside.
And I can't imagine many women will be happy about getting changed in public by the poolside.
But, don't worry, at least they are keeping us all safe from the dreaded killer virus, which of course is killed by the chlorine in the swimming pool, so there is little to no risk of transmission.
Quite honestly, I don't know why they bothered reopening.
I say "reopened" in inverted commas because there are no showers, changing rooms or lockers.
I thought you were supposed to shower before entering the pool for hygiene reasons.
The closure of the changing rooms doesn't make any sense, because in the FAQs section of the website it says:-
Do changing rooms/toilets pose an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission?
As long as you follow social distancing and cleanliness guidelines, there is no increased risk.
So why are the changing rooms closed then?
But the most ridiculous rule of all is:-
"Please bring a towel to dry off and be prepared to go home in your swim wear and clothes over the top if changing rooms are not available"
Great, so I am supposed to go home in wet swimming shorts with a pair of trousers over the top, which is not very comfortable or hygenic.
There are also no lockers, so you are supposed to leave valuables unguarded in your bag at the poolside.
And I can't imagine many women will be happy about getting changed in public by the poolside.
But, don't worry, at least they are keeping us all safe from the dreaded killer virus, which of course is killed by the chlorine in the swimming pool, so there is little to no risk of transmission.
Quite honestly, I don't know why they bothered reopening.
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That's utterly ridiculous. I've really missed swimming, and it's still a month before pools can reopen in Scotland, but there's no way I'd bother with those restrictions.
Pools are awash with disinfectant anyway!
Pools are awash with disinfectant anyway!
Our local swimming pool is now open for booked 50 minute sessions. I've just booked one for Monday.One of my local swimming pools recently "reopened" on 6th August.
I say "reopened" in inverted commas because there are no showers, changing rooms or lockers.
I thought you were supposed to shower before entering the pool for hygiene reasons.
The closure of the changing rooms doesn't make any sense, because in the FAQs section of the website it says:-
Do changing rooms/toilets pose an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission?
As long as you follow social distancing and cleanliness guidelines, there is no increased risk.
So why are the changing rooms closed then?
But the most ridiculous rule of all is:-
"Please bring a towel to dry off and be prepared to go home in your swim wear and clothes over the top if changing rooms are not available"
Great, so I am supposed to go home in wet swimming shorts with a pair of trousers over the top, which is not very comfortable or hygenic.
There are also no lockers, so you are supposed to leave valuables unguarded in your bag at the poolside.
And I can't imagine many women will be happy about getting changed in public by the poolside.
But, don't worry, at least they are keeping us all safe from the dreaded killer virus, which of course is killed by the chlorine in the swimming pool, so there is little to no risk of transmission.
Quite honestly, I don't know why they bothered reopening.
There is an expectation that swimmers arrive with swimwear on under their normal clothes so that they can leave their possesions poolside. Lanes are up to eight per two 25m lane pair. Showers and cubicles for use after the swim are available as normal. Everybody there (including women) seem quite happy with the arrangement.
Wild swimming is a a sport, and it's rather exciting!
It gets even more farcical.
The pool I was referring to was Ladywood Leisure Centre in Birmingham.
Another pool near to me is Harborne Leisure Centre, which is reopening on 1st September and is going to allow people to use the changing rooms, lockers and showers as normal.
Presumably the nasty virus knows to stay away from the rather affluent suburb of Harborne, and go and infect everyone in the rather less affluent suburb of Ladywood.
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I'm very tempted to try it, along with some wild camping.
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So I can go for a swim for health and exercise, but to get there and back I must sit on the bus wearing my trunks and a face covering. Towel tucked under arm. Awesome!
More jobsworthery...
www.cravenherald.co.uk
Road signs installed in Craven to reinforce Covid-19 safety measures
CORONAVIRUS safety measures are being reinforced in Craven with the help of roadside signs being put up by North Yorkshire County Council.
www.cravenherald.co.uk
Please read what I said again:
" There is an expectation that swimmers arrive with swimwear on under their normal clothes "
So yes, you will be sitting on the bus with your trunks on, - but none of the other passengers will know unless you tell them. As far as the towel and anythinng else you are carrying, it isn't necessary to put that under your arm unless you are wearing your school uniform.
The fact that you are going for a swim does not change the requirement to wear a face covering on public transport.
"Clean your car regularly" - I thought the date was 1st April! I had thought about a spoof mask for my little Smart car, but now realise that Coronaphobes would think it was a real thing!!!More jobsworthery...
Road signs installed in Craven to reinforce Covid-19 safety measures
CORONAVIRUS safety measures are being reinforced in Craven with the help of roadside signs being put up by North Yorkshire County Council.
That takes the prize
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I've just heard on the radio that KFC are ditching their "Finger Lickin' Good" slogan due to current hygiene advice.
I had to laugh at this. As a lover of some of this country's finest curries that we are blessed with here in Bradford, I wonder if the thought police will be going after eating with chapati or roti, or even with your hands....
birchesgreen
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PR stunt, and very well done too
I think I'd rather take my chances with the previous KFC serving suggestion than risk sanitiser ingestion...
Westcountryman
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I think this must be a publicity stunt. If you sanitise your hands before eating and you only touch the (presumably) clean packaging and the food, you shouldn't be contaminated. So in my view, no risk.
You have to take your facemask off to lock you fingers though
Bletchleyite
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You have to take it off to eat even if you do so with a knife and fork?
But they're not addressing the really important issue which is that they changed the fries a while back to vastly inferior ones
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