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Anyone watch BBC Breakfast this morning. One whinging woman moaning about having to work from home ( looked like a big house) and having her 5 year old keep interrupting her, and also wants to know when she can send kids back to school. Absolutely incredible selfishness.

Marcus. My condolences to you, Nans are precious are as all family, may she be at peace.

Quite agree RR Over 20 years ago I was a Sales Manager at BT and we were pushing Video conferencing then. why has it not taken off ?

Quite agree with you JM. I am a pensioner of 69 and wife is 67. When I retired !! I knew to get the extra's in life we would have to work so we got a job with local taxi firm to take a disabled child to school. I drive and the wife is the guide. It brings in a reasonable top up to our pension to enjoy the luxuries in life ( like a ST in the South Stand !!) With the Coronavirus spreading, our little girls mum has decided to take her out of school so effectively putting us both out of work, we totally understand her reasons and applaud her for putting her daughter first. Queue calling Sedgemoor Council yesterday re our Council Tax. Curt answer: You will still have to keep paying it but suggest you contact Age Uk to see what can be done. Call Age UK. Ansaphone message and still not heard. Outcome: Whatever Doris and his ministers say, at grass roots sweet FA happens and you have to take control so today I am cancelling all SOrders and DD's and if they want the money they can come round to my place where I will be self isolating. Common sense would say that all your creditors should have sympathy and allow maybe a 3 month 'holiday' on payments you regularly make, mortgage, c/tax, hp payments, etc, but whoever said that we have common sense running this country its down to every individual to look after THEIR family doing whatever is necessary through these difficult times ( and I in 69 years have never experienced the like, even in recessions which in 1990 wiped out my own company - hence no private pensions) Best of luck mate and to everyone who will strive to put food on their families table

Couldn't make it up

Fair play RF. I'm 69 but luckily no underlying probs ( I hope !!). Will be in South Stand tomorrow

I have an uncle of 96 (97 in may) and my aunt is 96 and already am thinking of not visiting them because I dont want to think I could be a carrier. I am 69 and in good health but all the media 'hype' which changes daily as their thirst for news does not abate and it is them that will cause the hysteria. I believe we are facing a problem and it is not nonsense as you rightly say.

Same here Tone, money grabbing leeches

Reg, look at other thread and your duty is to go to WSM. ????

Very true EMB, tearing our beloved game apart with pure greed

A very sad news report but one we knew would be coming. It must be so stressful for Emiliano's and the pilot's family and everyone who was close. The face of Neil Warnock on the news, obviously grieving, shows us that football is only a game, and we as a soccer family should feel this pain as well. I only hope the bodies of Emiliano and the Pilot are soon found so the families can be left in peace to say goodbye to their loved ones. Tragic. Very Tragic.

We will all have to wait and see I'm afraid but it doesnt look good

But if it sank, you wouldn't see any evidence in a lot of cases. The Pilot and Emiliano would be still strapped in if it went in fast, so like the Air France that went into the Atlantic a few years back, it may take some finding.

Red, concur with that. As stated earlier I used to own a Cessna Aerobat which I operated from Lulsgate.Because I rented it back to the flying club, it was on what was called a Public Transport C of A. This entailed an annual check plus a check every 60 days , even if it had not been flown. It got costly in this country ( because of the engineering fees, hangarage etc ) so I had to sell it. I have flown 6 seaters to France and once , loaded with passengers, and duty free in the hold, whilst doing pre take off checks, a magneto fault was highlighted, so back to the flying club and abandon of trip. The call is always with the Pilot and I for one flew safe as I valued my life, but being trained in the RAF helped. I flew many variants up to a Jet Provost but the simple laws are still there. Weather. State of aircraft. Is the pilot certified on Night flying and also Instrument Flying. Slowly we will know the truth so until we hear the total facts, we can only make assumptions based on our knowledge.

Yep Phil, still ride Lammies and Vespa's. Am an old but bold ex RAF technician and from the word go, safety was my main concern. Sadly can tell you stories of guys who were not so safety conscious . My old man was Fleet Air Arm Aircrew so I inherited a confidence in what I was flying ( as I used to do Aerobatics) and was actually taught by a lady instructor who adhered to the rules. Can understand your feelings though.

NR, not always the case. I owned a 2 seater Cessna Aerobat and had a few 'hairy moments' but it never let me down. Like everything mechanical, if you keep it in good order, it wont bite you in the bum. Many factors are involved in the loss of an aircraft and as usual, the media love to speculate without having the facts and for those we will have to wait.

Really Really sad to hear this. I used to fly out of Lulsgate for years when I had a PPL and used to fly down to France and the Channel Islands. It never looks a lot of water on maps but believe me, when you are flying over it in a prop aircraft it is as vast as the Atlantic to a 747. It seems strange that no SOS was sent by the pilot as when I used to go down there I always flew at 10,000 feet minimum on Radar and Instruments and was in constant contact with French or London Radar. I expect the outcome will be known soon but it doesnt look good and my prayers are with the Pilot and Emiliano.

Totally Agree Portland, was always going to be a real tough one and am sure its just going to be a blip

EXCELLENT WIN. thats me shouting from windy B-O-S

Hopefully we have turned that corner and another monkey off our back winning at Portman Road, lets look positively towards the rest of the season and enjoy our football once again

Just got in after losing RB signal in Wells. COYR, will enjoy my tea now

Same here mate, enjoying my football again under LJ

Have them on Reg, will be in about 2.15 before the match

Superb Win over another bogey team. Onwards and upwards COYR

flint yet again