Coronavirus = empty roads

[Antony Moxey]

Boosted LS1 said:

I've said no such thing. My understanding is that I can walk, ride, excercise out doors. Which part of that can't you comprehend given that I'm alone?

The part where you seem to be suggesting ‘ride’ means riding a motorbike to a remote location to carry out your exercise of choice. Apologies if I’ve got that wrong, however the government’s instructions about unnecessary journeys shouldn’t be ignored just because we think we know better and it’s only us on our own.

[Alextodrive]

Boosted LS1 said:

Yes, stay away from people and don't touch anything. That's what we've been told.

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

"Stay at home
Only go outside for food, health reasons or work (but only if you cannot work from home)
Stay 2 metres (6ft) away from other people
Wash your hands as soon as you get home"

[Boosted LS1]

Health reasons, imo walk the dog, take some fresh air, ride a bike, take exercise. Stay away from people and gel frequently. I spend 22 hours a day at home and live alone. Tomorrow I'll walk for 2 hours on my own and pose zero risk to anybody.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-5202274...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/26/can-wa...

Edited by Boosted LS1 on Thursday 26th March 21:35

[Alextodrive]

Boosted LS1 said:

Health reasons, imo walk the dog, take some fresh air, ride a bike, take exercise. Stay away from people and gel frequently. I spend 22 hours a day at home and live alone. Tomorrow I'll walk for 2 hours on my own and pose zero risk to anybody.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-5202274...

Now you're just making me jealous.

[Doofus]

Boosted LS1 said:

Health reasons, imo walk the dog, take some fresh air, ride a bike, take exercise. Stay away from people and gel frequently. I spend 22 hours a day at home and live alone. Tomorrow I'll walk for 2 hours on my own and pose zero risk to anybody.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-5202274...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/26/can-wa...

Edited by Boosted LS1 on Thursday 26th March 21:35

It doesn't fking matter! Why can't you just do as you're told, like reasonable people do?

[Boosted LS1]

Because I'm not as stupid as you, blindly following the panic and adding hysteria to it. The PM says we can go out for a walk, run etc. Take one form of exercise a day and this is what I'm doing whilst being safe about it. It's not difficult.

Read the first link and see what you're guilty of.

[Solocle]

I could go for a 200 mile cycle without contravening government instructions. It's a distance I've done before (twice), and the advice is to do your usual exercise.

Will I? Hell no. Doing 200 miles in your proverbial backyard is just going to get boring. If I don't do it that way, there's a significant risk that I'm going to run out of energy and need picking up... which is an unnecessary journey.

I'm not going to curtail my distance unnecessarily - bread and butter 40 to 60 mile rides are still on the cards. Hell, if I feel adventurous, I could do 80-100. I don't necessarily need to stay on my doorstep for those distances, as long as I carry a suitable number of spares, and a suitable quantity of food and drink.

[Zoobeef]

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[Justin Case]

Boosted LS1 said:

But I'm not being selfish. Why can't you grasp this? I'm out on my own, away from others and generally minding my own business. Those are the facts. If the sheeple want to follow the herd then sure, that's a risk. However I'm not one of those sheople.

Can't you realise that if everyone is as selfish as you, and you are, then you won't be on your own but amongst many others with the greater risk of transmission.

[Doofus]

Boosted LS1 said:

Because I'm not as stupid as you, blindly following the panic and adding hysteria to it. The PM says we can go out for a walk, run etc. Take one form of exercise a day and this is what I'm doing whilst being safe about it. It's not difficult.

Read the first link and see what you're guilty of.

I walk my dog each day, and so does my wife. We are doing so from our front door, without making any unnecessary journeys. We're not 'blindly following the panic'; we're doing what every single one of us has been asked to do. Most of us are doing it because all the evidence suggests it's the right thing ro do, and we don't see this as some sort of Billy Big bks contest, as you seem to do.

I'm not being hysterical, I'm being incredulous.

[Boosted LS1]

^ I agree with you (smartypants) and watch the news avidly etc for updates but some on here are in serious panic mode and need to get a grip on reality. The main theme is to avoid other people and practice very high hygene standards. We're probably all going to have this virus at some point and it'll effect us in different ways. We need especially to avoid older people or people with issues. One day we may have built up immunity or have a vaccine. It's still important to try to live some sort of a good life for it's mental health benefits.

Edited by Boosted LS1 on Thursday 26th March 22:15

[Zoobeef]

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[Boosted LS1]

Justin Case said:

Boosted LS1 said:

But I'm not being selfish. Why can't you grasp this? I'm out on my own, away from others and generally minding my own business. Those are the facts. If the sheeple want to follow the herd then sure, that's a risk. However I'm not one of those sheople.

Can't you realise that if everyone is as selfish as you, and you are, then you won't be on your own but amongst many others with the greater risk of transmission.

Don't be silly. I walk alone not where there will be crowds of people. I go bird watching and like nature. The crowds usually like costa st and maccy D's nearby.

[Boosted LS1]

Doofus said:

Boosted LS1 said:

Because I'm not as stupid as you, blindly following the panic and adding hysteria to it. The PM says we can go out for a walk, run etc. Take one form of exercise a day and this is what I'm doing whilst being safe about it. It's not difficult.

Read the first link and see what you're guilty of.

I walk my dog each day, and so does my wife. We are doing so from our front door, without making any unnecessary journeys. We're not 'blindly following the panic'; we're doing what every single one of us has been asked to do. Most of us are doing it because all the evidence suggests it's the right thing ro do, and we don't see this as some sort of Billy Big bks contest, as you seem to do.

I'm not being hysterical, I'm being incredulous.

So why complain about me going outside?

[Zoobeef]

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[anonymous-user]

Isn't it that the prevelance of self entitlement, means a lot think the rules/guidelines don't apply to them, only to others no matter what.

[kiethton]

Zoobeef said:

Which dont show anything like what you're fear mongering.

^^^ this.

A function of our household from and population we’ll not get to Italy/Spain levels

[Boosted LS1]

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[kiethton]

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[Boosted LS1]

Antony Moxey said:

Boosted LS1 said:

I've said no such thing. My understanding is that I can walk, ride, excercise out doors. Which part of that can't you comprehend given that I'm alone?

The part where you seem to be suggesting ‘ride’ means riding a motorbike to a remote location to carry out your exercise of choice. Apologies if I’ve got that wrong, however the government’s instructions about unnecessary journeys shouldn’t be ignored just because we think we know better and it’s only us on our own.

I have a pushbike not a motorbike ffs. Really!