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Torquemada posted:Just lol if you think we won’t spend a massively disproportionate amount of money making sure this doesn’t happen. Yeah that’s an actual thing https://www.eventindustrynews.com/n...emmBHlN7o7RkXPY
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TTerrible posted:Yeah I work in this industry and this has been absolutely apocalyptic. Everything was cancelled by the start of March and the news was dribbled out from then on. A few things have rescheduled to October but everyone knows they aren’t happening. Likewise. I’m hoping that we’re small enough and have a focus on design skills and a background in other tech enough to adapt better than some of the bigger incumbents but it’s a loving scary time. PRG were already in the shitter from buying VER and all the bad stuff that came with that, word is they were on the verge of bankruptcy anyways. Solotech are huge of course but this coming after they just put a huge outbound expenditure on buying all of SSE and co isn’t ideal either. The most fun part is that if the big boys do go belly up, there’ll be tons of premium kit on the used market for peanuts - which will likely just push the already far too low prices down even further for the little scraps that are likely to be left. Industry chat aside, people maybe don’t realise how many people are employed by the events world and the peripheries of hospitality, nor how many other industries rely on the fringes and access to adjacent markets. I can’t see the government doing any specialist stimulus though, footie is obviously way more important or just has better lobbying power.
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Angelwolf posted:I also heard about that 99 year old who is walking 100 laps around his garden before his 100th birthday to raise money for the NHS and has raised over £19 million so far. Hats off to the geezer, but it’s pretty embarrassing that the NHS is something that is portrayed as a charity and not funded by taxes and our bloody government
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Cloner of the Elks posted:Jose please rename thread to UK Sausage Roll Lockdown: 2020 The only Sausage Roll better than Greggs is the one at Tebay or Gloucester services. Fight me.
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Apr 25, 2020 19:08
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Ragnar Gunvald posted:I gotta admit, I would love to see this last till the end of the month at least but I just don't see it happening. I think that's the right move... Going for a walk is not “part of the problem” - it’s essential to not going utterly batshit crazy in your house. If you’re concerned, then do the walk wearing a mask - homemade, if necessary - and gloves. It’ll make people stay the gently caress away at the very least. Of course, so does forgetting to shower because what day is it again? My housemates have fully given up and are just having people round to hang out. I spent all of yesterday locked in my room, furious with them and the situation. This is my house, they sublet, but I’m not the kind of monster to hang the threat of eviction over them even if it was legally possible right now. Stern words were had, but I’m very grateful that my company’s new premises is at the point where I can move my home office there. Just me, I’m the founder, and it’s 10,000sqft to myself with a canal walk there and back, so I’m pretty confident the exposure risk is lower than sitting here with morons traipsing in and out of the house every day under bullshit excuses.
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May 3, 2020 12:37
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Roblo posted:Has to be done, and I'll do it, but spare a thought for us goons who live on our own. Pisses me off that there are people who are ignoring the lockdown so they can hang around a friend's house, when I haven't seen my fiance for almost 2 months now. Exactly why I’m trying to be understanding but there’s some boundaries that have been way overstepped. I’m also a registered key worker as part of a charity relief effort for events workers, supplying equipment to hospices and a loving testing centre. My girlfriend is also in Brazil and my parents in Italy, so I have no idea when I get to see my nearest and dearest again. It’s the selfishness that gets me. I hope you get some face to face contact soon pal. A brief doorstep to end of pathway chat for a timed 15 minutes won’t hurt if you can see a friend briefly on a short walk. There’s doing what is necessary for your mental health and taking the raw piss like my housemates. Don’t feel guilty about doing the former.
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May 3, 2020 13:47
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Fatkraken posted:I'm in! Me three! Never baked anything before, so setting myself a semi-reasonable challenge to do something simple but delicious. Three 8” pans ordered. Expect my “Nailed It!” soon - I don’t have PMs or forums discord, so if someone would please be so kind as to hook me up on the latter it would be appreciated.
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May 3, 2020 19:26
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Jose posted:i'm done The first place I ever got taken for a Parmo was in Teesside, and they told me they came in two sizes - regular, and “for her”. With a sarcastic portion of salad, and on a bed of fries no less.
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May 4, 2020 20:33
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Galewolf posted:I know there are some freelance UK goons here so just wanted to let you guys know that banks started "Bounce Back Loans" (gubmint backed, 12 months interest free, no penalties if you want to pay it back , up to 6 years repayment) if you are not eligible for director furlough pay or small business grants it's worth checking out. All the banks online portals are crashed since yesterday morning and it’s not applicable for any accounts that have multiple signatories as yet. I would plan to apply sooner rather than later even if you feel it isn’t necessary right now, as the payments won’t come super quick if the other stuff is anything to go by. The 12 month interest free also seems to not be enforced. Rates offered to us are low, but not zero.
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May 6, 2020 18:42
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mossyfisk posted:I don't understand what 'actively encouraging people to go to work' means? Word is they expected far fewer companies to furlough their staff and not in anywhere near the numbers that ended up happening. So this is a “correction”.
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May 11, 2020 18:15
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Aginor posted:Supposedly we'll still get the 80% regardless of whether the employer pays the 20% or not is what I understand. Employers are “expected to contribute” from August and they’re saying people should be working part time from then too. Strong & solid messaging as ever.
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May 12, 2020 14:15
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Chris Pistols posted:Who else loves THE GRAPH SECTION of the daily briefing? Really throws off the BSL signer. That’s because they don’t bother to label the axes, have a legend, or any indication of the actual numbers being shown.
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May 13, 2020 18:35
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Butterfly Valley posted:Just when I think sectarianism can't get any loving stupider Actually Yorkshire Tea is only great if you have relatively soft water. If you live somewhere with hard water, like central Manchester, then Lancashire Tea is better. I used to live with a guy who only drank tea. No water. Tea and beer. We’d go through one of those jumbo 2000 bag packs from Costco every month. I’m very glad I never saw the colour of his urine. He also co-wrote Simply Red’s “Holding Back The Years” but got gently caress all royalties. Maybe he chugged sweet milky tea 24/7 to counter his rampant bitterness at that injustice.
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Jun 3, 2020 01:15
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Cerv posted:it's not going to happen sorry. but the longer they put off announcing that, the longer they don't have to issue any refunds. Most definitely isn’t. This is my industry. Losing Glastonbury is also a huge blow to many other sectors, it’s all fun sniping at it out of envy or misunderstandings but the impact to a huge swaths of our country’s escapism outlets will be felt for many years to come. That little bit more anger at work, the little bit more disconnected feeling from your personal projects. Everyone’s got a vice of some kind, and that’s important to have to release the pressure of daily bullshit. Don’t hate on others just because their preference doesn’t vibe with yours, or we all end up as curtain twitching closet Tories.
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Jun 5, 2020 18:44
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Dell_Zincht posted:Road traffic is back to normal, lockdown is officially over. Near mine that’s because they’ve turned four lane roads into two lanes, using cones labelled SOCIAL DISTANCING.
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Whorelord posted:the weather in somerset for the weekend when glastonbury should've been on better be poo poo or i'm going to be very sad Today is the day we’d normally be heading to site for the build, and judging by history it would be well on the way to be a horrifically wet one. I actually bailed for the show last time the build weeks were this sodden. Anyway, you can join the Lost Horizons thing in gloriously dystopian VR on July 3rd and 4th if you’re a fan of the South East Corner (Shangri-La etc)
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