National Parks No mention of the Lake District! Link Edited
A new thread in which to discuss SARS-CoV-2 and COVID 19 and the various vaccines. How long it will last I have no idea but on past performance some seem able to dispose of threads much faster than we can dispose of the virus. To kick it off: As I understand it regarding the current vaccines, particularly the OAZ offering,…
Just thought I would flag up that Openreach (BT) intend to switch off analogue phone lines by 2025. I appreciate that a lot of people don't bother with home phone line as they can manage with their mobile phones. Landlines will switch over to VOIP which means they they will work through the Internet. How quite this will…
Sorry to hear tonight that the grand old Sir Tom Moore is in hospital with Covid 19, wishing you well Captain Tom.
Yesterday an acquaintance forwarded to me a link to the NHS booking system for the Covid jab telling me that she had booked her two appointments. Her daughter, who appears to have both condoned and encouraged her mother, phoned me last night to ask if I had now booked my place. I queried with her when her mother had…
Just seen on the BBC website that they are thinking about raising the contactless card payment limit from £45 to £100. It seems that COVID has seen a massive increase in the use of contactless payment. I tend to use it whenever I can but I imagine not all are so keen? David
When I reach the 30-day period before insurance expires, I begin to research best premium for the coming year. To start, I ask current insurer for the renewal price. This year Admiral raised the premium from £811 approx. To a little over £1100. Challenging it brought it down to £933 - but I said I wasn’t satisfied and…
Clocks go forward next week. Not sure how far but 4 - 6 months will do me this time.
Some good news. It seems one of the trial vaccines offers 90% protection against the virus. The developers have applied for an emergency approval to use the vaccine by the end of the month. UK has an order in place for 30m doses.
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