Who’s going to work today?

[difflock]

1 hour ago, donnk said:

fitter dinner ladies in the local borstal.

So, Donnk, how would you so well informed as to the sexual attributes of Borstal dinner ladies  .  .  .

[Jack.P]

Been doing hedges this week .taking care though to try and minimise the risk ,

Probably won’t be working next week though unless an ideal job comes in 

Bit alarming to read on the news about a healthy 21yr old died of it .

 

 

[Khriss]

17 minutes ago, felixthelogchopper said:

Ah, it was the shortage of human life that confused me.

Yea... they have that problem in Harlow ? k

[AJStrees]

One thing that concerns me, is if shops are all shut and roads cleared in cities. There will inevitably start being a rat problem imo. 

 

Once rats get the idea that human action has stopped then they may well start taking over in cities especially, they stay away while there is human activity, but once quiet there could well become a fairly large rate infestation.

 

I don't mind rats myself, out in the country the brown rat abounds, but in cities, the black rat is always hiding in some dark alley. 

 

Just a thought. 

[Big J]

45 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

This may have been already posted but it gives some of us the go ahead to work.

 

Following representations by Confor to the UK Government, a Defra spokesperson has confirmed:

“Those involved in the supply chain of wood for key goods (including, but not limited to pallets, heating, packaging, tissue paper, timber harvesting, sawmills) should be considered key workers. Only necessary workers, producing key goods, should continue to attend workplaces. Working from home should be encouraged for administrative staff.”

Confor chief executive Stuart Goodall said: “I welcome this vital clarification of the key role of the forestry and wood processing supply chain in providing wood products to support an important range of essential products.

 

Thanks for that Beau.

 

As much as we're enjoying having the little darlings around all day, every day, I might have a conversation with the school this week about possibly returning them at some point. In all honesty, I think they'd appreciate some return to routine.

[Mick Dempsey]

8 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

One thing that concerns me, is if shops are all shut and roads cleared in cities. There will inevitably start being a rat problem imo. 

 

Once rats get the idea that human action has stopped then they may well start taking over in cities especially, they stay away while there is human activity, but once quiet there could well become a fairly large rate infestation.

 

I don't mind rats myself, out in the country the brown rat abounds, but in cities, the black rat is always hiding in some dark alley. 

 

Just a thought. 

 

8 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

One thing that concerns me, is if shops are all shut and roads cleared in cities. There will inevitably start being a rat problem imo. 

 

Once rats get the idea that human action has stopped then they may well start taking over in cities especially, they stay away while there is human activity, but once quiet there could well become a fairly large rate infestation.

 

I don't mind rats myself, out in the country the brown rat abounds, but in cities, the black rat is always hiding in some dark alley. 

 

Just a thought. 

The black rat has all but disappeared from the Uk, because of the brown rat.

Unless your using it as a euphemism.

Edited March 25, 2020 by Mick Dempsey

[AJStrees]

11 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

 

The black rat has all but disappeared from the Uk, because of the brown rat.

Unless your using it as a euphemism.

Interesting I had always thought the black rat as the sewer rat and the brown rat as the countryside rat, but seemingly I was wrong. Which I am quite surprised about, I have only been wrong twice before in my life, so this will be a day to remember. 

 

No but seriously. Growing up in the country and finding what looked to be the largest rat I have ever seen  with what seemed to be large red eyes, nibbling through a large bag of muesli in the pantry was quite a shock at the time. These days you see them on farms or poisoned by the pest control bloke. 

 

Didn't realise the black rat had been taken out by the brown. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Must have been a very middle class rat, to have a taste for muesli.

[AJStrees]

13 minutes ago, EdwardC said:

Don't panic. There's already an infestation because there is very little control, you just don't see it. The fast food outlets which are a major source of food, don't you just feel sorry for the little furry criters, are shutting which will result in the poor things starving. I expect rubbish collections, including the collection of dead bodies, will continue. Should their populations increase, it's not a bad thing, black rats are rare.

Well said. Yes I am pretty sure the rats are already everywhere, its just that with people not in their shops and streets without people, the rats will probably get a little bit more adventurous. I don't live anywhere near a city. I just don't particularly want the plague to start over again. Or the fire of London. 

 

 

[AJStrees]

7 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Must have been a very middle class rat, to have a taste for muesli.

Well it was probably upper class as it just happened to be a big bag of Alpen probably bought from Safeways.