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I’m not worried enough by coronavirus (not worried at all, actually) to start taking extra precautions. Reasons? I’m already past the “span of a man” at three score years and eleven, so wouldn't be losing all that much if I were to peg it. And, there are a lot worse things to die of (thinking cancer or MS, or any number of horrible drawn-out ways to die) than a relatively quick one like flu - losing my marbles and ending up in nappies in a care home like my pore 'ole mum, for one. Anyway, some thousands of people die of ordinary seasonal flu every year. I might be one of them :roll:

There’s a polish saying that roughly translates as “If you were born to be hanged, then you won't drown”. But that's just me. If I was young, with family & kids depending on my life, it would of course be a different matter.

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I think we all need to self quarantine. So load up get on yer bikes and head for the hills :-bd
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:-bd nicely written stu. Im as fed up listening to the corona bull as i am this bloody RAIN now. How long before muppets start panic buying food?
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Mike wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:19 pm :-bd nicely written stu. Im as fed up listening to the corona bull as i am this bloody RAIN now. How long before muppets start panic buying food?
They already did...
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lune ranger wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:23 pm
Mike wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:19 pm :-bd nicely written stu. Im as fed up listening to the corona bull as i am this bloody RAIN now. How long before muppets start panic buying food?
They already did...
Wasn't there a prepping thread on here recently?
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ootini wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:27 pm
lune ranger wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:23 pm
Mike wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:19 pm :-bd nicely written stu. Im as fed up listening to the corona bull as i am this bloody RAIN now. How long before muppets start panic buying food?
They already did...
Wasn't there a prepping thread on here recently?
Sounds like a conspiracy to me :???:
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Wasn't there a prepping thread on here recently?
I've ordered my mini grappling hook and am now thinking of ways to use it - best idea so far is to swing it about my head in the hope of fending off dribby, snotty folk :-bd
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voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:31 pm The North America hand built bicycle show has been cancelled

https://bikepacking.com/news/nahbs-post ... ronavirus/

Delayed edit - Mountain Mayhem also cancelled...
200 murders a year in Dallas, and 5 people die everyday in the UK on the roads, but it's 'Flu you need to worry about. :lol:
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whilst there is a risk there is also a need for 24 hour a day sensationalist media to have a story for few weeks
For example 5 live does a phone from 9-10 [ I switch it off] and this week its been on the virus each day.
If/when it becomes a pandemic and dangerous I will give it some thought till then no.
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I did my first panic buy last night tbf. £96 of tins, cat food, bog roll etc. Probably do another run tomorrow and that should do it. Aiming to have about 10 weeks worth of food in the house. :cool:

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Baggsy a tin of whiskas
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HALF a tin Phil.
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Thats it... Am gonna go and get 5 packs of Mackerel in virgin olive oil...
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -the-world
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Who else zoomed in to see what was on the list...
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Escape Goat wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:16 pm Who else zoomed in to see what was on the list...
Me...
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redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:26 pm
Escape Goat wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:16 pm Who else zoomed in to see what was on the list...
Me...

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Andy, if you think you're gonna survive on cat food for 10 weeks you are sooooo-o-o-oooo gonna need that bogroll......
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Oh, and Fray Bentos chicken????? Are they seriously still in business?! I remember when (*) the height of sophistication was an FB chicken and mushroom pie. Maybe it still is where Andy lives :smile: .

That's quite an eclectic list there actually. I'm quite taken with the deodorant purchase. Mmmm, got to smell nice as I set fire to the petrol-filled moat :smile: .

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The cat is going to catch food for us both if my own stocks eventually run out Reg,

And I've got a feeling that Fray B's are a clear indicator of panic buying so I'm only going to get one or two at once, lest anyone becomes suspicious.
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:lol:

Contemplating further, my post of Feb 14th re prepping and viruses was obviously a sight more prescient than I thought at the time. We've changed BDS's forum name to HOTT so I think I'm next with 'Nostradamus'....
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redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:34 pm
Thanks btw for getting your wifes input on here. Who'd have thought Bearbones forum has (almost) direct access to The WHO
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RIP wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:12 am :lol:
I think I'm next with 'Nostradamus'....
If I were you :shock: I’d predict rain, with your history it would almost certainly be correct.
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Just popped out to get a packet of bikkies, couldn't believe empty shelves in various food shops.
Particularly tinned foods and BIKKIES!!!
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I feel...errr.... Sane😵
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