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Honestly this not being able to go into Gloucestershire thing is what is going to make my dad lose the plot. Not lockdown, not pubs closing, not not seeing his daughters and grandsons for christmas, He's taken everything so far but they've crossed the line now. HE CAN'T GO TO GLOUCESTERSHIRE :mog: .

I'm hysterical.
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That's so horrible Bean. People like that are just waiting to be challenged so they can have a go.
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Eugh, I hate space stealers at the best of times, never mind now.
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Ugh, god. I would hate that too (the aggressive mask denier, I'm not so bothered about not being allowed into Gloucestershire :)) )
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Turtle Bean wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:28 pm Blackburn is still Tier 3 obviously. I was in Aldi at lunchtime and behind me in the queue was a man with no mask standing deliberately and aggressively close to me. I felt quite upset. I hardly ever go into Blackburn as it is full of mask deniers.
That’s horrid! Surely the shops dont let maskless people in? It’s quite strict in the shops here (although I don’t know about Aldi so maybe it’s down to the individual shops?
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Masks aren't compulsory though and anyone can say they have a medical reason to not wear one.
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I think we should all show a bit of support for smalexdad and be indignant about Gloucestershire. :))
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I don't want to be racist, but why would Smal's dad have angst about going there?
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Oh! Maybe he's actually part of GCHQ!


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kiwi wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:26 pm Tbh I wish they had put us in Tier 2 so that no-one is tempted to come down for a bit of 'freedom'. I still won't be going out anywhere.
I've just read that visitors from Tier 2 will have to follow the rules of their area, not the rules of Tier 1. So I can go to the pub & have just a drink, a visitor from Tier 2 will have to buy a meal with their drink. How the hell is that meant to be monitored? :ruby:
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Marth wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:47 pm I don't want to be racist, but why would Smal's dad have angst about going there?
No, he's indignant he CAN'T go into Gloucestershire anymore :))
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smalex wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:58 pm
Marth wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:47 pm I don't want to be racist, but why would Smal's dad have angst about going there?
No, he's indignant he CAN'T go into Gloucestershire anymore :))
Sorry, I missed out the "not". What's in Gloucestershire?
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kiwi wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:55 pm
kiwi wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:26 pm Tbh I wish they had put us in Tier 2 so that no-one is tempted to come down for a bit of 'freedom'. I still won't be going out anywhere.
I've just read that visitors from Tier 2 will have to follow the rules of their area, not the rules of Tier 1. So I can go to the pub & have just a drink, a visitor from Tier 2 will have to buy a meal with their drink. How the hell is that meant to be monitored? :ruby:
Well not much of this can be monitored really :))
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In theory that means I can't go to my son's wedding....In reality, I am going.
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Exactly Lola, it's ridiculous!
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kiwi wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:55 pm
kiwi wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:26 pm Tbh I wish they had put us in Tier 2 so that no-one is tempted to come down for a bit of 'freedom'. I still won't be going out anywhere.
I've just read that visitors from Tier 2 will have to follow the rules of their area, not the rules of Tier 1. So I can go to the pub & have just a drink, a visitor from Tier 2 will have to buy a meal with their drink. How the hell is that meant to be monitored? :ruby:
That’s patently unenforceable surely? But bonkers enough to be true clearly.

My workplace is offering mass testing pre-Christmas and you can book two tests which is good. I’m not seeing my parents at Xmas but if I was I would be very tempted to have the tests done. It does go to show that if mass testing actually worked and could be rolled out properly then suddenly lots of things could be opened up again.
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Marth- Nothing much :lol: It just seems to be the straw that has finally broken him. 'I can't go to STONE* anymore!'

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Marth wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 6:06 pm
smalex wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:58 pm
Marth wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:47 pm I don't want to be racist, but why would Smal's dad have angst about going there?
No, he's indignant he CAN'T go into Gloucestershire anymore :))
Sorry, I missed out the "not". What's in Gloucestershire?
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Marth wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 6:06 pm
smalex wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:58 pm
Marth wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:47 pm I don't want to be racist, but why would Smal's dad have angst about going there?
No, he's indignant he CAN'T go into Gloucestershire anymore :))
Sorry, I missed out the "not". What's in Gloucestershire?
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It is awful. My wedding venue people reinvented things to offer dine and stay (or just dine) and now one of the venues is in T3 so they can't even restart doing that. It honestly must be like being relentlessly punched in the face. The stress of it.
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