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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.0&return_msg=42797.8"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.11">11–16</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42797.8">Freedom Day</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42797_8_16_10"> <a name="a42797_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_42797_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">26 Jul 2021 07:46</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 26 Jul 2021 08:55"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.8">42797.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.7">42797.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote">True. It may be my imagination, though, but I feel there's an air of righteousness about the non-wearers.</div> <br /> Would agree, but also feel like it could be my imagination.<br /> <br /> Another trip to B&Q yesterday, high levels of mask wearing.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.8&return_msg=42797.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42797.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42797_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_42797_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">26 Jul 2021 10:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">9 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.9">42797.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Oddly enough I'm seeing more mask wearing and social distancing since we opened up coupla weeks ago, on the subway and in some neighborhoods / shopping districts.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.9&return_msg=42797.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42797.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42797_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_42797_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">26 Jul 2021 21:48</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 27 Jul 2021 08:52"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.10">42797.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.5">42797.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well I've never been at 7am so don't know how much is location versus the types of people that shop late. <p>I'm fairly sure levels were higher a year ago and have gradually declined, but I can't remember too clearly and wouldn't stake anything important on that. </p><p>One correlation might be people in groups being even less likely (compared to individuals/couples), but I guess that's self-selective given the request not to do that in the first place.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.10&return_msg=42797.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42797.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42797_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_42797_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">27 Jul 2021 08:59</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 27 Jul 2021 15:42"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.11">42797.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.8#a42797_10" target="_self">42797.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I was a bit later this morning - only by 30 minutes though. More uncovered faces, but probably still only 1 in 10. <br /> <br /> What I do see at that time is people doing things like building work etc. who are going to start at 8:00. They often arrive in groups of 2 or 3 and often didn't bother with masks when it was compulsory. I suppose there's peer pressure as well.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.11&return_msg=42797.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42797.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42797_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_42797_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: milko<span class="message_time">27 Jul 2021 14:54</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 27 Jul 2021 19:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.12">42797.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.8#a42797_11" target="_self">42797.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The ones who are still wearing a mask, but with their nose sticking out or something, they boggle my mind a bit. Like, if you really don't want to, it's OK, Freedom Day has come! This weird non-useful half measure presumably makes you look a bit of a dickhead to 'both sides' of the mask wearing debate.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.12&return_msg=42797.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42797.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42797_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_42797_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">27 Jul 2021 20:13</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: milko <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Jul 2021 11:27"></span></span> <span class="message_count">13 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.13">42797.13</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.8#a42797_12" target="_self">42797.12</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ah! Hah hah... yes! The ones like the granny I saw today, pushing her trolley with a couple of grand-kids in tow, wearing her mask on her chin like a sort of good-luck token or religious indulgence. There's a Tesco superstore bod, who always wore his mask like that, although now he is maskless - so I guess the management aren't insisting that staff wear them.<br /> <br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.13&return_msg=42797.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42797.13"> <span class="rating">+1/1</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42797_14"></a><div class="message" id="message_42797_14"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Gobfounded (YVE)<span class="message_time"> 2 Aug 2021 23:05</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Aug 2021 09:06"></span></span> <span class="message_count">14 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.14">42797.14</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.1">42797.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Things are slowly changing, up here. We had the highest figures in the country for a few days but they have come down, since schools broke up.<br /> <br /> Sure enough, I did a big shop in M&S, this morning, and ended up telling the woman behind me that she was welcome to pay for my shopping, since she was standing right in front of the card reader so I couldn't reach it. <br /> <br /> I haven't missed that one single bit. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.14&return_msg=42797.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42797.14"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42797_15"></a><div class="message" id="message_42797_15"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 3 Aug 2021 09:09</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Gobfounded (YVE) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 5 Oct 2021 15:21"></span></span> <span class="message_count">15 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.15">42797.15</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.8#a42797_14" target="_self">42797.14</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Long time etc. Yve. How's things? How's the Wibblys little and large (although I suppose the gap has closed by now)?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.15&return_msg=42797.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42797.15"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42797_16"></a><div class="message" id="message_42797_16"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Gobfounded (YVE)<span class="message_time"> 5 Oct 2021 15:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 5 Oct 2021 15:30"></span></span> <span class="message_count">16 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.16">42797.16</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42797.8#a42797_15" target="_self">42797.15</a></div> <div class="message_body"> They're large and extra large, these days. I'm just the small insignificant woman who pushes food towards them at regular intervals. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42797.16&return_msg=42797.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42797.16"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>