Thinking of getting vaccinated?

[SaferRides]

The long term dire effects of the vaccine are yet to materialise.

Probably because there aren't any. The short term effects weren't great for some people, but not nearly as bad as COVID could be.

Berries has got me a bit worried about reusing my Pump water bottles though...

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[Berries]

Berries has got me a bit worried about reusing my Pump water bottles though....

Yeah, could not find it in my history but the jist of it was that some recent research suggests that you should not actually reuse those items due to the minute amounts of leaching or deterioration of the plastic that seeps into the liquid you put into it. All this bottled water is a mugs game pushed by Coca Cola anyway. Why does anyone need to carry water around with them?

Hey, we're all fucked anyway, I would not worry about it too much.

[Stylo]

This thread sure gets the attention huh. Even more so than the Trump thread.

The Author ?

[pritch]

Dying from what? 60 million people die each year in any case

We were talking specifically about COVID. Try and keep up.

[SaferRides]

The Author ?

Check the first post, it's was started in 2013.

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[onearmedbandit]

The Author ?

Nah the title, it'll be picked up by web crawlers.

[Berries]

There were 92 viewing the Trump thread at one point the other day.

[Dean]

I guess you mean "the long term effects of the vaccine are yet to materialise." otherwise you are already buying into all this bollocks.


Fine. Nothing wrong with being worried about an unknown. I am guessing though that you didn't get vaccinated so not really sure what you are worried about.

Personally I couldn't give a monkeys. I can think of a lot more things that have the potential to bring my life to an end; the alpine fault giving way, the amount of plastic we ingest, running out of drinkable water, being eaten by a shark, high siding my bike coming out of my favourite left hander. Can't find the link but earlier today I was reading about the dangers of reusing plastic water bottles and the plastic tubs your take away curries come in. These are all real issues, life is too short to make up other ones to fret over.

The long term effects of life are dire. We are all going to die.

We can agree to see what happens.
Watch this space!

Seriously - how did you feel about the COVID lockdown/restrictions. Were you ok that the government imposed that on you so swiftly? Multiple times. Complete control over your life. And would you be opposed to it happening again?

[Berries]

Seriously - how did you feel about the COVID lockdown/restrictions. Were you ok that the government imposed that on you so swiftly? Multiple times. Complete control over your life. And would you be opposed to it happening again?

To be honest I had a great lock down. I got to spend quality time with my family, ride quiet roads due to being essential to someone and eased myself into the working from home routine which I now do full time.

I missed my Friday lunchtime beers, but was willing to forgo that for a few weeks for the common good of not having people near and dear to me dropping down dead. And I used the time to get into gin anyway so no great loss.

Stockpiling now for the next one - poultry-farms-fuck-here-we-go-again

[SaferRides]

Stockpiling now for the next one - poultry-farms-fuck-here-we-go-again

Eggs?

It was just a matter of time after it arrived in Australia. It's not going to be fun for the poultry industry.

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[F5 Dave]

Viruses are not considered living. They have no brain. Their modus operandi is pretty simple. The question is; are they smarter than humans?

We can either use our collective wisdom to organise ourselves to be less vulnerable. Or we can prattle on about civil liberties and the gummermint.

[pritch]

To be honest I had a great lock down. [/U]

Yeah, lockdown at my place wasn't much different to normal. There's a big section, a tree, and a riverbank. Some had it tough though. A musician I used to see on Twitter lived in an upstairs apartment. He was basically locked in a couple of rooms with his income stopped completely. Imagine being stuck in an upstairs apartment with kids. Still, even that would be better than dying slowly as you struggle in vain to suck in some air. COVID was not a pleasant way to die.

[SaferRides]

To be honest I had a great lock down. I got to spend quality time with my family, ride quiet roads due to being essential to someone and eased myself into the working from home routine which I now do full time.

Nice, but not all of us had that experience in 2020.

The Great Auckland Lockdown of 2021 was a bit more fun, though. Had some epic rides on almost deserted back roads.



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[Dean]

To be honest I had a great lock down. I got to spend quality time with my family, ride quiet roads due to being essential to someone and eased myself into the working from home routine which I now do full time.

I missed my Friday lunchtime beers, but was willing to forgo that for a few weeks for the common good of not having people near and dear to me dropping down dead. And I used the time to get into gin anyway so no great loss.

Stockpiling now for the next one - poultry-farms-fuck-here-we-go-again

Fair enough, although missing Friday beers - how on earth did you give that up???

Remember though many did not share the same experience as you. Some could not attend funerals of loved ones, see loved ones for special events (weddings etc), see loved ones in hospital such as when giving birth or in terminal care. Some lost their jobs. Some lost their minds. The list goes on…

Let’s not forget the Nazi germany experience of “show me your papers”. Couldn’t go anywhere or do anything without that vaccination card. Despite the fact everyone should have an intrinsic right to object to what they put in their body.

My irk here lies in the principle, that our basic human right (freedom) was stripped from us so easily.
And because they were so successful in doing so - it will happen again for events causing much less risk than COVID - give an inch take a mile…

Time will tell.

Anywho, I am off to my Thursday beers!

[onearmedbandit]

Couldn’t go anywhere or do anything without that vaccination card.

Hmmm I definitely don't remember that part of the Covid experience.