O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Ram59]

I want to visit a relative in Germany..... and raid the local vineyards while I'm there as some of my stocks are very low.

The border is open so I could drive there. No hotels open though and the relative lives in a tiny flat. Also there's the little matter of quaraintine for 10 days a) when I get there and b) when I get back.....

I could drive there and back in a day but that would entail 9 hours driving in total.....

Simply not worth the hassle.

That was like Plymouth away in the FA Cup quarter final in the mid eighties, 0-0, that wasn't worth it the hassle, either.

[Geoff Parkstone]

I'd look at it like this MA. I'd love to visit my mum 2.5 hours away, who I haven't seen since the summer. But even with no cross border or quarantine aspect I wouldn't.

Even if she did have some wine for me as delayed Xmas present, especially if it were German wine (although I believe the stuff they keep for domestic market is a grade up on Blue Nun)

[MadAmster]

I'm not au fait with all German wines but I do know, from personal experience, that the wines from the Nahe Valley, especially the vineyards in the general area of Bad Sobernheim and Bad Kreuznach produce some excellent wines. One of them was asked to produce a sparkling Rose for Charles and Di's wedding. Not all of it got sent to England Some 15 or so years ago I was treated to a glass of it and very nice it was too.

[Andy_Faber]

That was like Plymouth away in the FA Cup quarter final in the mid eighties, 0-0, that wasn't worth it the hassle, either.

That was on a different level of not being worth the hassle

[Geoff Parkstone]

Mind you the replay wasn't too great either

[Ram59]

Mind you the replay wasn't too great either

Coming home from that replay, was my lowest ebb as a Derby fan, we'd failed to lift a winding up order earlier that day and many of us felt that only by reaching the final at Wembley, could the club be saved from extinction. The nature of the goal that beat us didn't help, direct from a corner, Cherry in goal was never forgiven by many, just like Keogh many years later. Having said that, if it hadn't been for Cherry's wonder save in the first game, there wouldn't have been a replay. He didn't help his cause with various comments quoted by the media, after he left the club.

[Andy_Faber]

Coming home from that replay, was my lowest ebb as a Derby fan, we'd failed to lift a winding up order earlier that day and many of us felt that only by reaching the final at Wembley, could the club be saved from extinction. The nature of the goal that beat us didn't help, direct from a corner, Cherry in goal was never forgiven by many, just like Keogh many years later. Having said that, if it hadn't been for Cherry's wonder save in the first game, there wouldn't have been a replay. He didn't help his cause with various comments quoted by the media, after he left the club.

That's uncanny Ram, I felt exactly the same walking away from that game. The only slight difference is I actually felt WORSE at 4;40 the following saturday when the final whistle fell on what appeared to be Jaka Banovic 0 Brighton 3, I mention the rubber-faced Aussie keeper because he was the only Rams player who appeared to give a **** that afternoon.

Grim times

[ramAnag]

You two do realise that this is the ‘Covid’ thread and you’re still moping about something that happened nearly forty seven years ago don’t you?

[Ram59]

You two do realise that this is the ‘Covid’ thread and you’re still moping about something that happened nearly forty seven years ago don’t you?

Sorry RA, I got side tracked. It looks like we're going to be in lockdown until the vaccinations take effect, let's hope that this is something that the government and/or others don't mess up. Hopefully, the over 80s will have been vaccinated by the end of this month and have some kind of immunity by the middle of February. That will reduce by more than 50% the number of people needing hospital treatment and with healthcare staff being in the same tranche, enable the hospitals get back to normal staffing levels, even if 90,000 short, Swale.

[ramAnag]

Sorry RA, I got side tracked. It looks like we're going to be in lockdown until the vaccinations take effect, let's hope that this is something that the government and/or others don't mess up. Hopefully, the over 80s will have been vaccinated by the end of this month and have some kind of immunity by the middle of February. That will reduce by more than 50% the number of people needing hospital treatment and with healthcare staff being in the same tranche, enable the hospitals get back to normal staffing levels, even if 90,000 short, Swale.

No worries, just made me laugh. I share your hopes.