Are you worried yet.

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Scaf said:
Should we be worried about the reports coming out of Chile, 50% adult population vaccinated but just another rise in infection and entering lockdown.
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Don't worry. Found some. Interesting. Should we be worried? Probably not yet. Concerned and cautious? IMHO Yes
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That's probably it , 8000 people with deep pockets
Maybe they think everything is open

One reason I won't be going abroad until the world has returned to normal , I'm not spending £££ to be controlled and dictated to with the added risk of being stuck there for months
 
Wack61 said:
That's probably it , 8000 people with deep pockets
Maybe they think everything is open

One reason I won't be going abroad until the world has returned to normal , I'm not spending £££ to be controlled and dictated to with the added risk of being stuck there for months
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Exactly! The point of a holiday is to relax and be free. If it's all inconvenience, rules and bollox there's little pleasure in it.
 
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Felonious Crud said:
I trust a minimum spend has been imposed on their trip. Anything less than £2,000 of gross spend per foreign person allowed to enter our sceptered isle would be inadequate.

Honestly, though, what do they do when they get here? Even we're bored!
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Twas always the way.
My wife (Brazilian) has to not only pay enormous prices for the right to pay taxes in this country every two and a half years, plus an NHS surcharge (despite already paying for it through her taxes), but she has to make do with a civil service who can mess up, lose, wrongly turn down, generally fail to do what it says on the tin, with no recourse, no money back for failed/bodged applications, and no legal standing, and which can take months with no real clue as to how it is going.

However, if you drop a million their way they can courier your citizenship over to you that afternoon.
 
Nayf said:
Twas always the way.
My wife (Brazilian) has to not only pay enormous prices for the right to pay taxes in this country every two and a half years, plus an NHS surcharge (despite already paying for it through her taxes), but she has to make do with a civil service who can mess up, lose, wrongly turn down, generally fail to do what it says on the tin, with no recourse, no money back for failed/bodged applications, and no legal standing, and which can take months with no real clue as to how it is going.

However, if you drop a million their way they can courier your citizenship over to you that afternoon.
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Sounds about right , isn't it pretty much the same in the US though, I seem to remember reading if you have a certain amount of cash and start a business employing an american you're straight in, flashing lights at immigration with a green card not far behind
 
lifes2short said:
"fighting" could be the operative word ;)
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I went out to the local pub once during the eat out fiasco and that was only because I'd forgotten about it

i didn't recognise anyone in the pub at all so they must've come from all over

The 2 managers are both female , in order to minimise the threat they were on door duty as a drunk is less likely to hit a woman

It was like herding cats , they came in one door but didn't want to walk round the pub when their table was just outside the door so they started arguing

The one way system wasn't , because it was cheap families of 6 were ordering 3 course meals so the wait for food was 30 minutes when we got there , as we left it was an hour.

Next time we went it was a normal night and it was empty , 6-8 people in the whole pub so I doubt they'll be doing that again
 
My local which is a very small pub by any standards, has a covered patio anyway and has extended that over the garden (about 50’ x 50’).
Bookings only for the first 2 weeks, you book by phoning the landlord on his mobile and if he knows you, your in, if not - no chance.
I expect to be able to have comfortable socially distanced drinks with people I know and recognise but have not really seen for 4-6 months.
 
Scaf said:
My local which is a very small pub by any standards, has a covered patio anyway and has extended that over the garden (about 50’ x 50’).
Bookings only for the first 2 weeks, you book by phoning the landlord on his mobile and if he knows you, your in, if not - no chance.
I expect to be able to have comfortable socially distanced drinks with people I know and recognise but have not really seen for 4-6 months.
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Our (not very) local is booking only. Won't be going. Would rather be out in the garden.

We have some bookings when we can get into the restaurant, though!

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Scaf said:
My local which is a very small pub by any standards, has a covered patio anyway and has extended that over the garden (about 50’ x 50’).
Bookings only for the first 2 weeks, you book by phoning the landlord on his mobile and if he knows you, your in, if not - no chance.
I expect to be able to have comfortable socially distanced drinks with people I know and recognise but have not really seen for 4-6 months.
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This is me arriving a little late at my local pub on the 13th when it opens:

https://imgur.com/5jwWzTT
 
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