On Hysteria

[BillMasen]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...xtreme-measures-coronavirus-panic-takes-hold/

 

[lonewolf]

that's a bit extreme.

 

[BillMasen]

that's a bit extreme.

London the place where we managed to corral the nations sad, lame, lazy, lefties and loons, probably count on one hand the number of Londoners with an ounce of common sense.

 

[lonewolf]

AH London! now it makes perfect sense, anyone who thinks living amongst 8.6 million other people with questionable health habits, to say nothing of cultural practices, is the sensible thing to do wants their head examined.

 

[JackDW]

The answer to the shortage of masks. Notice she is not wearing gloves. She will end up giving herself the virus when she uses her bare hands to remove the bucket.

 

[BillMasen]

London is dirtier and more unhygienic today than it was in medievil times, its squalid at best. Try drinking the reprocessed urine that is London tap water, its foul. Londons air is filthy and polluted.

 

[Brent S]

London is dirtier and more unhygienic today than it was in medievil times, its squalid at best. Try drinking the reprocessed urine that is London tap water, its foul. Londons air is filthy and polluted.

Well, you certainly shouldn’t be the poster child for the London tourism board! Lol. Shame, I always wanted to see some of the historic buildings and sights there.

 

[BillMasen]

Well, you certainly shouldn’t be the poster child for the London tourism board! Lol. Shame, I always wanted to see some of the historic buildings and sights there.

Oh they lurve American tourists, so much so they advise Americans to cover their passports up with Canadian covers, They love overcharging you as well, There is a millon times more fascinating history OUTSIDE of Londonistan than inside, Napoleonic forts, Castles galore, ancient monuments like Tintagel or Stone Henge, Offas dike, York minister, Museums etc AND outside London its much cheaper, cleaner, friendlier and British. try the Shambles in York.

 

[Brent S]

It’s all good. With the virus right now I am going to take a break from any travel plans for a while. And a cruise would absolutely be the last choice of vacations I’d take now. Maybe in a year or so though.

 

[TexasFreedom]

I had seen that picture. So... how does she exchange air? Have to at some point. But it is 100% effective against airborne droplets... until she passes out.

 

[lonewolf]

it has always been said that London water has been through 4 people before it comes out of the tap, and its horrible HARD water too not fit to drink.

 

[GaRp58]

I always wanted to see some of the historic buildings and sights there.

Go to Google Earth and stay healthy Brent.....been there, done that. Save your time, money, health and fantasy pics in your head. You will regret it maybe, GP

 

[Maverick]

It’s all good. With the virus right now I am going to take a break from any travel plans for a while. And a cruise would absolutely be the last choice of vacations I’d take now. Maybe in a year or so though.

Never liked cruise ships, you lose to much control. Plus they are incubator. You're better off renting a boat and sailing it yourself and if you're not a sea bearing sort then it will be a hell of adventure to talk about... or not.

 

[Brent S]

Never liked cruise ships, you lose to much control. Plus they are incubator. You're better off renting a boat and sailing it yourself and if you're not a sea bearing sort then it will be a hell of adventure to talk about... or not.

I love food, and for that reason alone the cruises I have been on were awesome. Of course they were trouble free too luckily. Agreed that when something goes wrong on a cruise you are trapped. And I thought the regular gastrointestinal diseases were bad on them but this virus makes them look good.

 

[Brent S]

Go to Google Earth and stay healthy Brent.....been there, done that. Save your time, money, health and fantasy pics in your head. You will regret it maybe, GP

Yeah, the travel channel shows the best places and views all disease and hassle free! Lol. There is something to traveling to new places though. Seeing it first hand, tasting new foods, swimming in a clear ocean, and finding new adventures can be pretty cool.

 

[GaRp58]

Seeing it first hand, tasting new foods, swimming in a clear ocean, and finding new adventures can be pretty cool.

Definitely Brent. Go see the world and enjoy its beauty so long as possible. I have been to every capital city in western Europe except Copenhagen and Lisabon. Madrid is too dried up,Barcelona prettier, and Valencia a dream, especially the 3rd week of March. Paris too expensive, Oslo beautiful, Stockholm a beautiful harbor city, Budapest, you can still see the bullet holes in buildings from the 1956 uprisings. Amsterdam is the place to be around the 15th to the 20th of April, tulip season. London is really only
1 square mile, the rest is all the little towns which grew together over time. Paris is extreme in the poor and rich which live so close together and still ignore each other, the drive from Paris to the Atlantic Ocean has the most beautiful collection of palaces and castles you could ever imagine. Berlin is friendly except Neu Köln, (ruled by the turkish). I love Zagreb, it had the very first streetcars in the world...the British countryside is contagiously pretty. Some of the most beautiful women in Europe live in Poland and the Ukraine. The Black Forest is great to backpack and Switzerland has quite friendly citizens who will invites you in quickly to show how proud they are of their lovely homes, (it is not possible to build a new house there, without including your own bunker, with light, water and toilet...)
All in all, I would rather admire any piece of land in America, just without the cities and people. Nature, where-ever, cannot ever be boring or as dangerous as most of the cities I have visited here. But, travel as much as possible, learn a few words in each country and make the people there happier since you at least try to say something to them in their own language. GP

 

[Brent S]

Definitely Brent. Go see the world and enjoy its beauty so long as possible. I have been to every capital city in western Europe except Copenhagen and Lisabon. Madrid is too dried up,Barcelona prettier, and Valencia a dream, especially the 3rd week of March. Paris too expensive, Oslo beautiful, Stockholm a beautiful harbor city, Budapest, you can still see the bullet holes in buildings from the 1956 uprisings. Amsterdam is the place to be around the 15th to the 20th of April, tulip season. London is really only
1 square mile, the rest is all the little towns which grew together over time. Paris is extreme in the poor and rich which live so close together and still ignore each other, the drive from Paris to the Atlantic Ocean has the most beautiful collection of palaces and castles you could ever imagine. Berlin is friendly except Neu Köln, (ruled by the turkish). I love Zagreb, it had the very first streetcars in the world...the British countryside is contagiously pretty. Some of the most beautiful women in Europe live in Poland and the Ukraine. The Black Forest is great to backpack and Switzerland has quite friendly citizens who will invites you in quickly to show how proud they are of their lovely homes, (it is not possible to build a new house there, without including your own bunker, with light, water and toilet...)
All in all, I would rather admire any piece of land in America, just without the cities and people. Nature, where-ever, cannot ever be boring or as dangerous as most of the cities I have visited here. But, travel as much as possible, learn a few words in each country and make the people there happier since you at least try to say something to them in their own language. GP

I agree nature is more awe inspiring than any cities or man made objects but both have their beauty. I am jealous of anyone in Europe. The travel there with being able to see so many different cultures so close is pretty cool. Hopefully we will get a vaccine for this virus before too long and the world will get back to normal travel wise.

 

[GaRp58]

Prep for the worst and hope for the best bro. Someone will always survive. I hope you get over here, it is worth it. We jump to Switzerland to shop or France just for lunch. Drive thru Austria to get to my BOL in Hungary...only 3-4 hours each way, spend the night and get breakfast somewhere, under $50. Just be ready to pay up to $7.50 a gallon for gasoline and $5 for a coffee on the Highway. Gary

 

[Brent S]

Prep for the worst and hope for the best bro. Someone will always survive. I hope you get over here, it is worth it. We jump to Switzerland to shop or France just for lunch. Drive thru Austria to get to my BOL in Hungary...only 3-4 hours each way, spend the night and get breakfast somewhere, under $50. Just be ready to pay up to $7.50 a gallon for gasoline and $5 for a coffee on the Highway. Gary

Hell, Starbucks coffee is more than that here now. Sucks on the gas though. Owning a car is definitely more expensive there. Here I just saw 1.98 a gallon yesterday.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Hell, Starbucks coffee is more than that here now. Sucks on the gas though. Owning a car is definitely more expensive there. Here I just saw 1.98 a gallon yesterday.

I just filled up with gas @1.89 gallon

 

[user 6493]

London,,,,,,,home to one of history's most notorious killers ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Jack the Ripper,,,need I say more

 

[Brent S]

I just filled up with gas @1.89 gallon

Awesome. I never thought I would see less tha 2.00 a gallon again. Any way you look at it though we have gas for a fraction of what the rest of the world does.

 

[Maverick]

Ya Brent...
you're not in Washington, lucky you! It's $2.98 them SOBs

 

[Brent S]

Ya Brent...
you're not in Washington, lucky you! It's $2.98 them SOBs

I learned years ago that gas is the same price nationwide. The state, county and cities add taxes that make the differences. That’s a heck of a difference though!

 

[user 6493]

when it comes to taxes any taxes the Gay Coast is the worst

 

[Maverick]

when it comes to taxes any taxes the Gay Coast is the worst

Truth

 

[lonewolf]

£1.27 a LITRE here, that's 5 litres to the gallon for our American readers.

 

[DrHenley]

£1.27 a LITRE here, that's 5 litres to the gallon for our American readers.

Did you mean to say £5 per gallon? (actually £4.81 but close enough for government work, LOL)

A gallon is 3.7854 litres.
£1.27/litre * 3.7854 litres/gallon = £4.81/gallon
Exchange rate currently is $1.3/£
£4.81*$1.3/£ = $6.25/gallon

 

[BillMasen]

Did you mean to say £5 per gallon? (actually £4.81 but close enough for government work, LOL)

A gallon is 3.7854 litres.
£1.27/litre * 3.7854 litres/gallon = £4.81/gallon
Exchange rate currently is $1.3/£
£4.81*$1.3/£ = $6.25/gallon

Doc an IMPERIAL gallon is bigger than a US gallon, In the UK a gallon is 4.54 litres
So £1.27 x 4.54 = £5.76 = $7.52 a gallon

 

[DrHenley]

May I remind you that you said:

5 litres to the gallon for our American readers

American readers don't use Imperial gallons when buying gas.