Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

as mentioned above, no problem with a Japanese toilet.

Yep and that's my general rule. But there's a public health call here about whether it's better for the NHS if people keep cycling outside to stay fit or stay at home so they don't use precious NHS resources if they fall off.

Plus when you're doing sport it's different - e.g. snottier - to general life. Ideally there'd be some context specific advice but I appreciate they can't write advice for everything.

There has been some interesting discussion about this in recent Cycling Podcast episodes.

no problem with a Japanese toilet

Gonna start importing these bad boys for the next societal collapse

(that was supposed to be a reply to @sohi )

You accidentally replied to the right person though, I've wanted one for ages.

Possibly a controversial opinion but I reckon that Panasonic > TOTO.

food becomes scarce.

Is it really though? I mean is anyone genuinely without anything to eat in their home?

Sorry I was just copying what I replied earlier and didn't look close.

I am knee deep in other stuff.

This is the ine: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults

Says 2m apart. And advises against social mixing.

That is encouraging and kind of what I've been repeating to myself like a mantra all week, if they're looking stocked again I'll be reassured.

And virus apart it seems ironic to say cycling accidents may put an extra burden on the NHS in case of an accident, when its so deserted at the moment its probably the safest city cycling ever at the moment. Here's Oxford St today, Saturday just before 1pm, pretty amazing really, even quieter than the Christmas day rides, so much more pleasant and safer than normal.

Piccaddilly Circus

Also in view of the fatality and injury statistics I would have said they should be banning driving before cycling if they want to reduce an extra NHS burden, but funny not heard any mention of that yet.

wow how it should always be, pedestrianised.

A local fruit and veg/everything else for your cupboard store near ours had some gaps a day or so ago. They're back up to fully stocked today,

Mostly in reply to @user75204

I will be doing some solo road riding. I’m not accident prone or doing anything extreme.

I (personally) wouldn’t go and ride trails, it’s too muddy anyway right now. I know I’m far more likely to fall when off-road and whilst a hospital visit is unlikely I’d rather help in a pandemic un-injured.

Well as mentioned I had no stocks so needed to go shopping, after 4 supermarkets and none of them having any, and I mean ANY, bread, meat, all freezer veg and meat gone, all tinned food mostly gone, no rice, no pasta I was getting a bit worried. Adding herbs to dog food soon to make it palatable?

The thing with food is the need for it is pretty immediate, and seeing the borderline fights and pushing and shoving across the country this week, those with it are all right Jack, those without, not so much.

Just started a late shift on the district line, we are doing 4hr stretch ,30 min break the back on for 4hrs.
Slightly pissed off there are tourists taking selfies and people travelling who are blatantly not key workers etc

I'm sure it's not what you meant, as 'pedestrianisation' is often used in a loose way meaning something like 'civilising' a street, but if Oxford Street became pedestrianised, you wouldn't be able to ride a bike along there any more--not necessarily because it might be prohibited, but simply because there wouldn't be any space for riding.

Oxford Street clearly needs changes, but I don't think pedestrianisation is the answer.

(I do think it's worth making that distinction, by the way, and not nit-picking, so apologies in advance if you think it is.)

Deliveroo staking a claim that it's workers are key-workers...

The term is starting to become meaningless.

got my usual two-weekly veg box delivered as per normal yesterday thankfully as sincerely cannot be fucked going anywhere near a supermarket atm. Local shop been rinsed too. Favourite cafe has closed indefinitely, although hopefully won't have to lay off their staff.

Sitting freezing in my garden reading of lots of camper-van owning worstcunts heading for the highlands and stripping local shops up there too... hopefully the selfish arseholes among us will bear the brunt of their own shitty choices and not the locals who rely on what's already a skeleton medical provision up there. Would support the second homers being triaged out as a matter of principle at this point tbh.

I think they may be in this case. It's a reliable way to get food when you're in self isolation.

ye, those pay by delivery contractless, expendible people you leverage your x billion valuation from? pity they're not so key that they get proper pay and conditions!

Problem is the efficiency, they hardly shift a lot of food, one meal at a time, have a very dubious attitude to self preservation...

I get they could be useful in some capacity but it's not the version from the olden days.

I'm almost glad now that we still haven't gotten around to re-doing our early 80s funky beige'n'brown bathroom...

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Wow Aldi was a trip.

Half the shop stripped bare.

Encouragingly (for me) heaps of veggie/vegan options still.
Fruit and vegetable stocks seem healthy too.

Had to laugh at seeing every alt-milk variant out. I still have a few cartons so I bought lots of their fully-stocked top-tier icecream instead.

Yeah fair point.

And in honesty, I'd be happy for it to be 100% pedestrian + disabled access.

Problem is the efficiency, they hardly shift a lot of food, one meal at a time, have a very dubious attitude to self preservation...

About a dozen ppl an hour I guess. There will be plenty of demand.

What do you know of their self preservation? If they don’t work they themselves (sooner or later) don’t eat and kitchens close.

Surely it's time for supermarkets to become click and collect only. Drive up, show a QR code through the window and a trolley gets rolled toward you down a shallow slope.

Could be problematic for some people