Coronavirus & stuff

You'd have to physically restrain me from going to a pub beer garden on a blistering hot day.

Gimme that thatchers haze cider on tap

That's not a growth wrote:

Jenuall wrote:I don't think I've got any interest in "going out" for a good while yet, we need the tidal wave of "Bantz Bois" to wear itself out before things might be back down to an acceptable background level of twattery.

I think we'll need a few hot weekends before we get past that point, unfortunately.

strawberry float, if the May Bank Holidays aren't pissing it down they're going to be horrendous.

Yeah whilst on the one hand it was a shame that easter weekend had such nice weather but we couldn't take advantage of it, the reality is that the first bit of sunshine we get on a weekend or bank holiday is going to be an absolute nightmare

You won't have to interact with the 'banter bois' cause it's all table service. This is the best time to go to the pub if you aren't someone who likes the more busy, social places.

I think if you are within about 50m of the bantz then you won't have a choice but to be impacted by it!

Jenuall wrote:I think if you are within about 50m of the bantz then you won't have a choice but to be impacted by it!

The legend of banter just died, they'll be in mourning paying their respects right now

Just got vaccinated

Signed up to be called if they had spares at the end of the day and had a call today at 4.30pm. Now here's hoping it cures my long covid...

Hopefully so, gooseberry fool that it's lasted this long for you.

Tomous wrote:Just got vaccinated

Signed up to be called if they had spares at the end of the day and had a call today at 4.30pm. Now here's hoping it cures my long covid...

Fingers crossed for you but what's this about an end of day spares list? How does someone sign up to it?

Grumpy David wrote:

Tomous wrote:Just got vaccinated

Signed up to be called if they had spares at the end of the day and had a call today at 4.30pm. Now here's hoping it cures my long covid...

Fingers crossed for you but what's this about an end of day spares list? How does someone sign up to it?

It's area specific, I was forwarded one for the Birmingham area by a friend. Left details and had a call this afternoon.


I don't think every NHS Trust does it, I know friends in Cardiff have had luck doing it there.

Tomous wrote:Just got vaccinated

Signed up to be called if they had spares at the end of the day and had a call today at 4.30pm. Now here's hoping it cures my long covid...

I'm wondering if this is the missed call I had today around that time as I signed up for this kind of thing as well!

Jenuall wrote:

Tomous wrote:Just got vaccinated

Signed up to be called if they had spares at the end of the day and had a call today at 4.30pm. Now here's hoping it cures my long covid...

I'm wondering if this is the missed call I had today around that time as I signed up for this kind of thing as well!

It was from a private and they basically said can you get here in 20 minutes, so if they don't get through to someone I guess they'll work down the list until they run out of time.

Which vaccine did you get, Tom?

The blood clot one

Tomous wrote:The blood clot one

Tomous tomorrow:

Tomous wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:

Tomous wrote:Just got vaccinated

Signed up to be called if they had spares at the end of the day and had a call today at 4.30pm. Now here's hoping it cures my long covid...

Fingers crossed for you but what's this about an end of day spares list? How does someone sign up to it?

It's area specific, I was forwarded one for the Birmingham area by a friend. Left details and had a call this afternoon.


I don't think every NHS Trust does it, I know friends in Cardiff have had luck doing it there.

Essentially access on the spares list is "who you know" then? I can't just go to my local NHS hospital website to register or hover around the entrance like a vaccine scavenger (affectionately used!).

I'm surprised that you got the Oxford vaccine since the concept of spares I thought applied to BioNtech's vaccine as once you open the packaging it's a race against time to use all of the doses in the vial. I didn't think refrigerator vaccines went bad so having leftover doses at the end of the day just means they get used at some stage rather than ending up in the bin.

Grumpy David wrote:

Tomous wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:

Tomous wrote:Just got vaccinated

Signed up to be called if they had spares at the end of the day and had a call today at 4.30pm. Now here's hoping it cures my long covid...

Fingers crossed for you but what's this about an end of day spares list? How does someone sign up to it?

It's area specific, I was forwarded one for the Birmingham area by a friend. Left details and had a call this afternoon.


I don't think every NHS Trust does it, I know friends in Cardiff have had luck doing it there.

Essentially access on the spares list is "who you know" then? I can't just go to my local NHS hospital website to register or hover around the entrance like a vaccine scavenger (affectionately used!).

I'm surprised that you got the Oxford vaccine since the concept of spares I thought applied to BioNtech's vaccine as once you open the packaging it's a race against time to use all of the doses in the vial. I didn't think refrigerator vaccines went bad so having leftover doses at the end of the day just means they get used at some stage rather than ending up in the bin.

I think the AZ vaccine still comes in vials of multiple doses and once the vial is opened/seal broken then it can't be put back into refrigeration.

Lagamorph wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:

Tomous wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:

Tomous wrote:Just got vaccinated

Signed up to be called if they had spares at the end of the day and had a call today at 4.30pm. Now here's hoping it cures my long covid...

Fingers crossed for you but what's this about an end of day spares list? How does someone sign up to it?

It's area specific, I was forwarded one for the Birmingham area by a friend. Left details and had a call this afternoon.


I don't think every NHS Trust does it, I know friends in Cardiff have had luck doing it there.

Essentially access on the spares list is "who you know" then? I can't just go to my local NHS hospital website to register or hover around the entrance like a vaccine scavenger (affectionately used!).

I'm surprised that you got the Oxford vaccine since the concept of spares I thought applied to BioNtech's vaccine as once you open the packaging it's a race against time to use all of the doses in the vial. I didn't think refrigerator vaccines went bad so having leftover doses at the end of the day just means they get used at some stage rather than ending up in the bin.

I think the AZ vaccine still comes in vials of multiple doses and once the vial is opened/seal broken then it can't be put back into refrigeration.

Yeah this is correct.

Apparently people having haircuts is newsworthy.

NHS Covid Vaccine booking site is now open to 45+ year old as of this morning.

Lagamorph wrote:NHS Covid Vaccine booking site is now open to 45+ year old as of this morning.

The covid vaccine is doing a marvellous job at making me still feel young.