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[Marty]

12 minutes ago, clochette said:

France is suspending the astra zeneka vaccines. It was the main brand used and will set the vaccination calendar back...

Same thing's happened here in Ireland. Apparently four people in Norway developed blood clots after receiving it. But the suspicion is that they probably weren't as a result of the vaccination. Fingers crossed that the data will prove it to be safe, and it gets reinstated quickly.  

Edited March 15, 2021 by Marty
typo

[clochette]

@Bucket1 and his couch buddy

[dughlas]

9 hours ago, Marty said:

Happy Monday, everyone!  

Heading out soon to get the car retested, after it failed its NCT (National Car Test) a few weeks back. They'll only be testing what it failed on, a ball joint on the front suspension, which has been replaced. So it will pass, and I'll be legal again for twelve months.  

It's important to always have the car study before a big test like that. Wait!?! What do you mean you'll be legal? Just who's front suspension failed the test?

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Walrus spotted for the first time ever in Ireland

The marine mammal was discovered on the rocks along Valentia Island in Kerry

It's just there hoping for a free beer on St Paddy's.

[dughlas]

6 hours ago, Headstall said:

Happy Monday, all.    

I wish...

Well if I'm not at home what's the point to knocking on my door? I'm not gonna answer. Now if you promised to stop by if I stay home I promise to comply. 

[Marty]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

It's important to always have the car study before a big test like that. Wait!?! What do you mean you'll be legal? Just who's front suspension failed the test?

I assume you mean (in the text I emboldened) to have a pre-test garage check. Which I did. The mechanic noted two things that might have caused it to fail, the worn ball joint and a worn drop link, aka: anti-roll bar link. It failed the test just on the worn ball joint but, just to be on the safe side, I asked the mechanic to also replace the drop link when he was doing the repairs.

I deliberately put the word "legal" in italics in my original message, as I actually was legal between failing the test and presenting it for a retest within 30 days of failing the initial test. Had the fault been considered extremely serious by the test centre, I would not have been allowed to drive away, but arrange it to be lifted (not driven) to a repair centre, or else just decide to scrap the car.

I trust my mechanic, having dealt with him (and his father before him) for over 20 years now. Had the faults been serious he would have insisted on repairing them before the test. His thoughts were to let them fail it on one or both of the faults as the car is now twelve years old, so the chances were that if he had repaired them beforehand, they would just have found something else to fail it on. I was prepared to trade it in for a newer model had he (or the test centre) found faults that were going to cost too much to put right.

[Albert1434]

Sorry Dughlas he isn't for you he isn't wearing Plaid 

Edited March 15, 2021 by Albert1434

[dughlas]

17 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Sorry Dughlas he isn't for you he isn't wearing Plaid 

Check his boxers ...

[Marty]

18 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Sorry Dughlas he isn't for you he isn't wearing Plaid 

Ah sure, dughlas  would probably decide the back and white check at the bottom of the high vis vest is close enough to plaid.

And it's not as though our dug would expect him to stay in his clothes, anyway....  

 

[clochette]

7 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Check his boxers ...

He doesn't wear any. I've kept it like a war treasure

[Valkyrie]

4 hours ago, clochette said:

France is suspending the astra zeneka vaccines. It was the main brand used and will set the vaccination calendar back...

Why are they suspending it? 

[Valkyrie]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

Same thing's happened here in Ireland. Apparently four people in Norway developed blood clots after receiving it. But the suspicion is that they probably weren't as a result of the vaccination. Fingers crossed that the data will prove it to be safe, and it gets reinstated quickly.  

Gotcha. I'll keep my fingers crossed too   

[Valkyrie]

Well, my mom's feeling worse today   When she tested positive, the doctor told her she'd start to feel worse over the next few days.  She has a fever now and some congestion.  Still tired.  My aunt gave her a pulseoximeter to measure her oxygen levels.  They dipped overnight, but are back up again now.  

[Marty]

3 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

Why are they suspending it? 

Four people in Norway developed blood clots after receiving it.

It's precautionary. The European Medicines Authority are meeting tomorrow to discuss it, and will probably declare it safe. Four clots in millions of doses given is probably just a coincidence. People get blood clots all the time.

Edited March 15, 2021 by Marty
typo

[Marty]

Just now, Valkyrie said:

Well, my mom's feeling worse today   When she tested positive, the doctor told her she'd start to feel worse over the next few days.  She has a fever now and some congestion.  Still tired.  My aunt gave her a pulseoximeter to measure her oxygen levels.  They dipped overnight, but are back up again now.  

Keeping my fingers crossed she makes a full recovery, Val.  ❤️

[Marty]

7 hours ago, Headstall said:

Happy Monday, all.    

I wish...

I can't help but wonder what he plans to with whatever he's holding in his left hand...  

Whatever it is, I think he's planning to video it with the phone he's holding in the other hand.  

(And I'm not even going to ask just which door he is thinking of knocking on. )  

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

Why are they suspending it? 

A few cases of blood clots. Thr European Medical Agency will give a report Wednesday and will see for there

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

Well, my mom's feeling worse today   When she tested positive, the doctor told her she'd start to feel worse over the next few days.  She has a fever now and some congestion.  Still tired.  My aunt gave her a pulseoximeter to measure her oxygen levels.  They dipped overnight, but are back up again now.  

I hope she'll keep feeling better

[clochette]

Things are worsening here in france. The coast around Nice and the Pas-de-Calais and Moselle regions are under lockdown on the weekends since the last 3 weeks. The parisian region has been under high watch to join the lockdown club. This weekend the prime Minister said the limiter Paris would be an incidence rate of 400. It reached 404 today... add the vaccine calendar delay due to the astra zeneka thing...

Thing is Paris being the head of the country (economically and by the number of people) and adding the regions already under lockdown... well might as well putting the whole country under lockdown. We'll know more during the week

Edited March 15, 2021 by clochette

[Albert1434]

Parts of Italy are again in lockdown 

[Bucket1]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

Check his boxers ...

He wasn’t wearing any

[Bucket1]

2 hours ago, clochette said:

He doesn't wear any. I've kept it like a war treasure

 

[Albert1434]

Aloha Bucket great minds

[Marty]

1 hour ago, clochette said:

Things are worsening here in france. The coast around Nice and the Pas-de-Calais and Moselle regions are under lockdown on the weekends since the last 3 weeks. The parisian region has been under high watch to join the lockdown club. This weekend the prime Minister said the limiter Paris would be an incidence rate of 400. It reached 404 today... add the vaccine calendar delay due to the astra zeneka thing...

Thing is Paris being the head of the country (economically and by the number of people) and adding the regions already under lockdown... well might as well putting the whole country under lockdown. We'll know more during the week

Fingers crossed things improve.  

[Marty]

14 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

He wasn’t wearing any

No. Clo stole them.

Didn't you hear?