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Post by LJG on Jul 21, 2021 7:29:26 GMT
Fair enough. Pirate isn't going to debate it though. This is to counter the uncertainty of covid vax testing period? Surely the revised flu jab is just a slight mod each time? The side effects and long-term risks will be known. It isn't compulsory either. So the well tested, but yearly tweaked vax for the flu (which is a coronavirus) is OK because it has good results and low side effects. But the variant that treats erm... coronavirus isn't alright? There is cognitive dissonance going on somewhere. In the interests of following forum rules and not spreading disinformation about covid: 1. Flu is not a coronavirus. The common cold is mainly caused by two types of coronavirus but not flu. 2. The covid vaccine is not a variant of the flu jab. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines, new technology, which injects a piece of genetic code into your body to teach it to fight off covid. The flu jab is generally a vector vaccine which injects harmless strains of the flu virus into your body to prepare it to fight off the real thing.
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Post by LJG on Jul 20, 2021 16:38:46 GMT
Boris's announcement yesterday means you will be required to show a vaccine passport - negative test will not be sufficient. Even stood outside? We are talking festivals, fairgrounds, waterparks, campsites? Crazy. At "entertainment venues" which is being taken to include football matches.
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Post by LJG on Jul 20, 2021 16:25:01 GMT
Slight exaggeration..its 8 isn't it? Did we ever get what the rules are up the mem? Masks or tests results or double jabs? I've missed it if it was revealed? In all seriousness, 37(?) pages on I'm still none the wiser about how I watch Rovers post Covid! Boris's announcement yesterday means you will be required to show a vaccine passport - negative test will not be sufficient.
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Post by LJG on Jul 20, 2021 9:40:12 GMT
Like I said the driving licence analogy doesn't quite fit on account of it is easier to choose not to drive than it is to choose to effectively be outside normal society. What all of this ignores is borderline cases. One example (I'm sure there are others) - there are not firm answers around the vaccine and breastfeeding mothers. The risks of covid to mother and child are known and assessable. The risks of the vaccine to the breastfed child are largely unknown and unquantifiable - my wife and I have been asking and searching extensively but the answers just aren't there. On that basis the weight of the decision comes down on the side of known risks vs the unknown. With that being the case my wife will probably not have the vaccine for at least another six months. So, it seems like the upshot of that is that she must accept that she cannot partake in normal life for that time. She would like to attend the odd Rovers game, certainly would like to go to the pub, we don't know yet but she may be prevented from visiting certain shops or shopping centres. It is a massive removal of liberty and, as was my original point, people who have some scepticism of it aren't anti-vaxxers or conspiracy theorists just for that reason. Genuine question re: the shops/shopping centres - has there been talk one way or another about the idea of vaccine passport being used in those settings? I've only heard it mentioned in terms of sports/pubs/events so curious if I've missed something I think the two key factors to this idea of depriving people from 'normal' life come down to 1) how long the vaccine passport is in effect for, and 2) what services/occasions/aspects of life it is limited to I'd completely agree with any push back against a permenant vaccine passport, equally I'd agree if it was being introduced for essential services like supermarkets, pharmacies, etc., but to my knowledge neither of those are the case at the moment? So aside from the 'conspiracy theory' angle I'm struggling to see the justification for push back against this at this point in time - people can obtain vaccine passport and attend 'non essential' things like Rovers games for now, or not get one and not attend At a point where consensus is that the risk has reduced significantly enough to do away with them, if there's an attempt to keep them in place then push back against the decision at that point; if there is a later attempt to extend these into essential services like supermarkets then push back against the decision at that point; but is there really an immediate rationale to oppose this scheme so heavily? I don't get it In partial answer to your question about shops etc President Macron proposes that in order to visit a relative in hospital, a shopping centre or cinema or to travel by air or long-distance by train a vaccine passport will be required. www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-make-covid-19-shot-mandatory-health-workers-bfm-tv-2021-07-12/Boris now says they are required for all entertainment venues and a negative lateral flow test will not suffice. www.reuters.com/world/uk/entertainment-venues-england-make-customers-use-vaccination-passports-the-times-2021-07-09/
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Post by LJG on Jul 19, 2021 19:28:09 GMT
youtube.com/shorts/6al6G2FEDHg?feature=share Is that really necessary? youtube.com/shorts/6al6G2FEDHg?feature=share Boom!!!
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Post by LJG on Jul 19, 2021 19:24:15 GMT
Please can you be more welcoming of new members to the forum. Thankyou. youtube.com/shorts/6al6G2FEDHg?feature=share
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Post by LJG on Jul 19, 2021 19:16:39 GMT
Ah shucks, beaten to it by LJG.
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Post by LJG on Jul 19, 2021 19:13:56 GMT
What an attention seeking load of sh**e. Why are you under the impression anyone cares what you do? More bait taken and this time it's not my bait! 😁 BOOM!!!
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Post by LJG on Jul 19, 2021 19:10:39 GMT
I may be retiring as GGMI. I will be taking over the position of resident GGMI going forwards. GGMI out on a six month loan to Gasheads.org. What an attention seeking load of sh**e. Why are you under the impression anyone cares what you do?
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Post by LJG on Jul 19, 2021 19:09:19 GMT
I fully expect to read those links and see threads about how the owners are doing something which means Rovers won't exist next season and that all the squad needs is a proven 20 goal a season striker and we'll be all set for promotion. The more things change, the more they stay the same ...
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Post by LJG on Jul 19, 2021 11:05:03 GMT
I've never been very good at social interaction so I've never posted much, but been reading Rovers forums since 2005. You don't seem to see many posters from that era on here these days: Steve Slade, William Bloke, the mad Welsh lady with dogs who's name I've forgotten etc. Anyone on here from that era, any other good memories people want to share? Sorry if it offends but do think the forum was better back in those days. I can’t be sure of the year but it was when we had an official club forum and around 2 years before it closed down. I really enjoyed posting there and it started the FFSC with Jon the Stripe running it. Got closed down around the time of the Wycombe away victory, where most thought we would be safe. I had never even heard of a forum prior to that. Did it? I was sure it was open until the end of the season and nearly every single piece of content was overwhelmingly negative towards Higgs following relegation? I always thought the rumours about players thing was just an excuse for Higgs not to have to read criticism of himself anymore. I could be wrong though. Memory is a funny thing. Edit: Yes it was after the end of the 2014 season: www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2014/may/club-has-decided-to-suspend-the-forum-on-the-official-website/
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Post by LJG on Jul 19, 2021 10:52:23 GMT
I have been on here for circa 10 years I think. I was on the old official forum before it went after the fuss with things get leaked Re the relegation that season (Norburn?). Remember some old forum members Road an, Ras, South Stand Ultra, Twerton Boy, Joey B. Sure there are loads more. Ras wanted me over here actually (assumingly because of my box office qualities). Ras sent that same message to all the old OF users he could find on the AF.
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Post by LJG on Jul 18, 2021 20:13:03 GMT
I was The King of Wessex on 606 and Not606. Aaaahhh - right! I wonder what happened to CJS? And King Harolds Nose, The Arrow in his Eye and all the rest? Someone calling themselves Captain Jack Sparrow texts into Radio Bristol now and then and I think it's the same chap. Just checked and he is still active on not606 as recently as yesterday. I've not posted on there in decades though. Edit: oldtimer, bluebaldee and MassiveAttack are also still active on not606
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Post by LJG on Jul 18, 2021 8:43:05 GMT
Some names from the past. Didlesknowmydad.Large baps for a bloke. Tobagogas. Eclectic Blue. Badhand. ZFC. Croscombegas. Anymore? Mo Raj Gashead1986 (I think) Bryan Seymour Smith Edit I think ZFC joined here as Saabgas/Jaggas before finally being banned. Didn't you troll him a bit? He deserved it mind. Isn't ZFC Pirate aka Wes? Or am I getting mixed up?
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Post by LJG on Jul 18, 2021 8:40:44 GMT
Started on 606 in about 06/07 with the likes of Captain Jack Sparrow; then that ended soon after so over to the old official forum. When that closed the old AF and then quickly here with a bit of two timing for a while. I used 606 but I'm sure I used something else as well. One had live chat during games, which was a real hoot because there was no time to get your comment out there before it was outdated and lost in a flurry of new comments. Great fun though. 606 was good for inter-club banter.
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Post by LJG on Jul 18, 2021 8:38:34 GMT
Started on 606 in about 06/07 with the likes of Captain Jack Sparrow; then that ended soon after so over to the old official forum. When that closed the old AF and then quickly here with a bit of two timing for a while. Pretty much the same as me then I was The King of Wessex on 606 and Not606.
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Post by LJG on Jul 17, 2021 19:02:52 GMT
Started on 606 in about 06/07 with the likes of Captain Jack Sparrow; then that ended soon after so over to the old official forum.
When that closed the old AF and then quickly here with a bit of two timing for a while.
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Post by LJG on Jul 16, 2021 15:36:00 GMT
I can't see the back of it anywhere Go on the shop website.
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Post by LJG on Jul 16, 2021 15:34:02 GMT
Joey Barton has said not a single one of this kit's designers would have made it at Fleetwood and that they need taking out in the street and shooting.
He wants to surgically cut out the massive sponsor section of the shirt out like a cancer.
He's adamant that next season kit design will be his domain and his alone.
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Post by LJG on Jul 16, 2021 10:57:29 GMT
I love the shade of blue. Throw back to 2007 quarters and the 1897-1900 hoops.
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