Thirsty Relic 214 #2857 Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, whiteowl said: If you order a "substantial" meal, be it a Scotch Egg or not, do you have to eat it? 🤔 .. and if you don't eat it, nobody can penalise you, especially after you've already had your beer! Of course, you could take a homeless person in, claim he/she is your sibling, order 2 pints and 2 scotch eggs, drink the beer while your companion eats the eggs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid 220 #2858 Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, whiteowl said: If you order a "substantial" meal, be it a Scotch Egg or not, do you have to eat it? 🤔 Can you have a pint with your meal, then when u have finished your meal, have another 6 pints? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell 863 #2859 Posted December 2, 2020 2 hours ago, taxman said: But still we don't have answers to the major question. Scotch Egg...substantial meal or not? with 7 pints of ale yes 👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baron99 796 #2860 Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, taxman said: But still we don't have answers to the major question. Scotch Egg...substantial meal or not? I've been in a few fancy restaurants in my time & there would be more calories in a scotch egg than in some of the 3 courses I've eaten - and paid a lot more for. At the end of the day, if the pubs you usually visit already do food in 'normal' times, than I'd say what the publican usually sells, should be good enough to be classed as substantial. Even if it's just a chip butty. Edited December 2, 2020 by Baron99 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid 220 #2861 Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, West 77 said: No. You're allowed to finish your drink after you've finished your meal but not allowed to order another drink. The pub will want you to leave as soon as possible after you've finished your meal in order to have space to accommodate others wishing to have a meal. But if its after 8pm there wont be many people eating, they would normally be drinkers in the pub. So the landlord will turn a blind eye, if every meal is sold with 6 pints. Or they may just serve drinks like normal, either that or go bust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B 1,414 #2862 Posted December 2, 2020 So, a vaccine is close. What is the reason antivaxers are against it? Serious question, there seem to be a lot of them out there, but I can't find a cohesive reason for their objections. Is it something I should worry about? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
onewheeldave 22 #2863 Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Anna B said: So, a vaccine is close. What is the reason antivaxers are against it? Serious question, there seem to be a lot of them out there, but I can't find a cohesive reason for their objections. Is it something I should worry about? As always, many of the people being labelled as antivaxers are not at all antivax, but question or oppose a particular aspect of a vaccination, or oppose a particular vaccination- in this case there is a lot of opposition to the covid vaccination being made compulsory, either in the sense of 'everyone has to, by law, have it', or, 'you don't have to have it, but if you don't, you can't go to concerts/restaraunts/travel etc, etc.' Many of those who object to the vaccine being compulsory, or who question the safety of this particular vaccine, will not be remotely 'antivaxxer', in that they happily use other vaccines, nevertheless, they will be labelled as such. Edited December 2, 2020 by onewheeldave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M 1,625 #2864 Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Anna B said: So, a vaccine is close. What is the reason antivaxers are against it? Serious question, there seem to be a lot of them out there, but I can't find a cohesive reason for their objections. Is it something I should worry about? It's a good question that's not easily answered. I have certainly been assuaged by the information I've heard about the vaccine, particularly about its speed of development. However the arguments of anti vaxxers that I've heard go way beyond mad conspiracy theories. I think some of them are undoubtedly people who are easily led, naive, and lack information. Some have a world view that is paranoid. I do wonder if there is some Russian troll farm, disseminating all these fanciful ideas. We know that Russia has a penchant for spreading misinformation. EDIT: I was going to mention that some of the more fanciful ideas being peddled are to be found on the David Icke Forum. But after just trying a link to that site, I've found that it's been taken down. Probably a good thing, however many of the believers in the more extreme conspiracy theories will see this as further evidence that the establishment is trying to silence them, and that they are right all along Edited December 2, 2020 by Mister M Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Thirsty Relic 214 #2865 Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, onewheeldave said: As always, many of the people being labelled as antivaxers are not at all antivax, but question or oppose a particular aspect of a vaccination, or oppose a particular vaccination- in this case there is a lot of opposition to the covid vaccination being made compulsory, either in the sense of 'everyone has to, by law, have it', or, 'you don't have to have it, but if you don't, you can't go to concerts/restaraunts/travel etc, etc.' Many of those who object to the vaccine being compulsory, or who question the safety of this particular vaccine, will not be remotely 'antivaxxer', in that they happily use other vaccines, nevertheless, they will be labelled as such. great post! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tinfoilhat 11 #2866 Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Anna B said: So, a vaccine is close. What is the reason antivaxers are against it? Serious question, there seem to be a lot of them out there, but I can't find a cohesive reason for their objections. Is it something I should worry about? Apart from needles, no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MuteWitness 10 #2867 Posted December 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Thirsty Relic said: great post! exactly what they said. Emma Kenny was called antivax for questioning it's use on children. Anyone who has questions is called "antivax". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tinfoilhat 11 #2868 Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, onewheeldave said: As always, many of the people being labelled as antivaxers are not at all antivax, but question or oppose a particular aspect of a vaccination, or oppose a particular vaccination- in this case there is a lot of opposition to the covid vaccination being made compulsory, either in the sense of 'everyone has to, by law, have it', or, 'you don't have to have it, but if you don't, you can't go to concerts/restaraunts/travel etc, etc.' Many of those who object to the vaccine being compulsory, or who question the safety of this particular vaccine, will not be remotely 'antivaxxer', in that they happily use other vaccines, nevertheless, they will be labelled as such. It won't be the government who say "you can't do xyz without a vaccine" it will be private enterprise under threat of higher insurance premiums. You are free of course to spend your money elsewhere. That said you aren't allowed to travel to certain countries already if you haven't a jab against yellow fever for example. Does that worry you? 2 minutes ago, MuteWitness said: exactly what they said. Emma Kenny was called antivax for questioning it's use on children. Anyone who has questions is called "antivax". Emma Kenny is a nut bag. Children are vaccinated against other diseases. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...