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Looking for some advice. I keep getting "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners stuck in my head but with the words "Come On Eileen" replaced by the words "Covid-19". What should I do?

Does the Netherlands have a better safety net for people to take time off work when they are ill or have family members who are, I imagine that would help a lot.

It does, however being self-employed still doesn't come with much.

The dole and sick pay tend to be better than the UK for sure.

don't know that Sweden is any less/more sociable than their Nordic counterparts?

In descending sociable order, gross generalisation of course:

1) Danes
2) Norwegians
3) Swedes
4) Finns

Maybe squeeze Ålanders between Danes and Norwegians? I´ve nothing to say about folks in Iceland, Greenland, Føroyar or Svalbard as sadly I´ve never been. I´m an Ostrobothnian myself.

Start singing 'My Sharona' but replace Sharona with Corona.

Playing the My Sharona riff has been my goto on guitar whilst on mute in long meetings.

Thanks, likely now spoilt!

To be fair, this is one of the symptoms listed on the NHS website.

People keep mentioning the Houseparty app to me but I don't know what it is really.

Looking for some advice. I keep getting "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners stuck in my head but with the words "Come On Eileen" replaced by the words "Covid-19". What should I do?

You should learn the rest of the words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE0TGFVquvM

You're welcome.

My sister (frontline doc currently at home recovering from virus - tested positive) shared this.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/08/icu-doctor-covid-crisis-hospital

Unsure what to do with this one, so any advice welcomed.

Our dodgy, cro-magnon steroid-fuelled Dorito-man neighbour has this week sold two cars out on the street outside our flat, neither of which are taxed according to DVLA (can't tell if stolen or not, but given his previous, I wouldn't doubt it). The first was a family - with three small kids - who spent about 25 minutes with him, the wife going on a test ride with Dorito-man whilst the dad (who, it transpired, was "too fucked to drive") wrestled his kids into the car, repeatedly clearing his nostrils about 12" from their faces whilst shouting various obscenities at his tiny children. The partner returns 15 minutes later with Dorito-man, and they sit in the car for about 5 minutes whilst she hands over a massive pile of readies, and then he counts it. Then this morning he is at it again, two lads show up and they go over the car, checking the bodywork, Dorito-man hopping into the driver's seat to rev the engine. At no point during the 20 minute transaction are they more than a foot apart. Dorito-man is wearing black disposable gloves; what a champ.

Now, I am aware the cops probably have better things to do than indulge curtain-twitchers like me, but a few years back we had to prevent this guy from successfully knocking shit out of and strangling his girlfriend outside our flat - he was on some kind of steroid/coke rage and is absolutely fucking massive - by shouting at him and calling the cops. He took off whilst we consoled his girlfriend, who was reeking of booze but utterly traumatized, but she told us he had taken her passport, her cash cards and basically wouldn't let her leave. I recieved a court summons a few weeks later but the case was thrown out, depressingly due to lack of evidence or, I suspect, her dropping the charges. He disappeared for a few months but was back with a huge black Range Rover, minus the woman. We've also seen him quite clearly dealing drugs in the same street. We live on a side street off a main road, with prostitutes working one street over, so it ain't Knightsbridge, we know that.

What to do? We've been incredibly careful to self-isolate as much as possible for the last four weeks as I have an immune system issue, and we are lucky to have a balcony - where all the above can be viewed from a few floors up - but I worry that this bloke is just wilfully carrying on his nefarious business whilst other twats join him. He is, of course, well known to the cops as was clear when I was interviewed about the assault a wee while back.

Sounds pretty shit tbh. Stay the f away and just keep your distance in general? Report anything illegal to the fuzz and hope for the best?

There was a link upthread about reporting people who doesn't follow guidelines, perhaps use that as well?

Nacho Cheese or Cool Ranch?

Dickheads gone be dickheads.

Sounds like a lot of people I thankfully left behind in Fife. Unless the police do anything nothing will change sadly.

I do feel for you but I’m sure you know that that’s the reality of it.

It's a tough one. From LBC: "Whether you choose to report people with breaking guidelines is up to how dangerous you feel the situation is - are they causing a danger to themselves or other members of the public?" I couldn't give a fuck if he's causing a danger to himself, and his customers don't seem to give a fuck about their health either, but there's every chance we could be in the same shop as these pricks having taking every precaution.

I was born in Kirkcaldy, so ken fine how many folk dinnae gie a fuck! And yes, that's just life I suppose. Even reprobates have to compensate for lack of income, and I reckon we can maintain a safe distance until we need to buy a dodgy motor/gram of marching powder..

Flamin' Twat flavour.

Oh you nasty nasty.

Pretty much that, you can only had it over to the authorities who sadly these idiots think they’re above.

They say the meek shall inherit the earth. It won’t be it’ll be these cockroaches nothing kills the bastards.

I recieved a court summons a few weeks later but the case was thrown out, depressingly due to lack of evidence or, I suspect, her dropping the charges.

FYI victims can't drop charges in the UK, only the CPS or police.

Why is he called Dorito man? Does he enjoy eating them or does he resemble one somehow?

As demonstrated in the very sad Caroline Flack case...

Fair dos, IANAL.

He's that weird triangle shape, massive shoulders and chest, tapering to wee skinny pegs.

Great quote from someone on the radio this morning with regard to this:

Cats can act as surfaces.