That's a bit random, no?
Chinese "Devil Virus" - anyone worried?
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So for those in the UK, what steps do you have to take to be able to take the vaccine? And do you get special privileges if you do? Will they allow you to go out?
I think people are contacted when the group they are in becomes eligible for a vaccine. It is generally age order but also with at risk groups.
No special privileges as far as I am aware. The majority of the population won't be offered it for ages yet.
There are no restrictions in the UK that require people to stay at home at the moment anyway.
Thanks.
I thought you weren’t allowed to mingle with people outside your group?
Oh, you can't meet people inside and you can meet a limited number of people outside. It depends on the tier. Pubs and restaurants are shut in some places anyway.
Sorry, I was referring to stay at home restrictions. I am pretty anti social to be honest so I haven't paid much attention to the rules of 6, bubbles etc etc.
Meanwhile in Melbourne - I can now wear my face mask as a hat, protecting my bald head from The Lying Rag, all the shops are open and pubs & restaurants are cranking up.
Fuck off.
In theory they are supposed to review it next Wednesday and any changes would be from next Saturday, so you should be okay really. In reality, who fucking knows!
I always imagine Ireland to be a bit like Scotland..
News - Margaret Keenan
Most viewers - That's a catholic name
News - was born Margaret O'Something
Viewers - definitely a catholic name
... Went to school at Our Lady's High school
... Bloody told you she was Catholic.. didn't I tell you?
That's definitely Northern Ireland, not so much the south as it (was) about 95% Catholic.
In NI you can nail someone's religion with 2 or 3 easy questions: 1) What's your name? 2) Where are you from? and if needed 3) What school did you go to?
In your case I would only need to get as far as "Where are you from" to come to a fairly accurate conclusion...
For those of us (me) who are ignorant of this stuff, any examples and explanations etc?
Well if it would come in on the Saturday after the review Wed you should be able to get the Friday & at least Sat daytime on the lash.
Nationalists/Republicans tend to have Irish first names or really Catholic names like Bernadette and John Paul. They also tend to pronounce H as haitch. This is partly down to the school system as lots of nationalists are also Catholics and go/went to schools connected with the church.
Unionists/Loyalists tend to have more typically British names and pronounce the letter H as aitch.
This is all a generic guide, there are always exceptions, some of the hardest Loyalists out there are also fluent Irish speakers and some of the hardest Republicans have names like George Mainwaring.
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This lad here is looking his knees done.
If you’ve never read Martin Dillon’s book on the Shankhill Butchers - it’s worth a read - actually all his books are.
Arguably one of the reasons Lenny Murphy did what he did, was because - with that name, where he grew up - it’s no wonder he turned into what he was.
Everything within that book - probably succinctly encapsulates the whole fucking shit show that Norn Iron was.
I’m not entirely sure it’s got substantively better - but I’ve only spent 2 out of the last 30 years there.
There was a point at the end of the 90’s where it felt vibrant- but it feels even more depressing every time I go back.
It seems to be that the current arrangement helps Sinn Fein and the DUP to keep themselves in jobs and it won't change anytime soon, unless something changes it for them. Although the DUP shot themselves in the feet when they overplayed their Brexit hand.
I'm a lifelong Catholic but when I was 15 (1970) someone told me Everton were the Catholic team in Liverpool. They were going well at the time and in fact won the title that season. Both these things made me more determined than ever to stay a Red and not rat out the club I'd chosen. One of my best decisions ever.
I've heard this before, but I'm not sure if there's anything to it. Is there?
Growing up in Dublin, I never really "got" religion and my Jewish upbringing annoyed me EXCEPT it got me out of the whole Catholic/Protestant internecine war.........nobody gave a fuck if you were Jewish.
I expect there is if you go back far enough, what with the blueslime having started out as St.Domingo's Boys Club or some such. What I don't know is how current it still was in 1970, let alone now. We'd moved away from Liverpool over a decade earlier.
In our time on R4 this morning, where Melvyn Bragg usually bangs on about something vaguely interesting for 45 mins... well today someone just casually said that The Methodists had started Everton FC and Aston Villa. Never heard that before and don't shout at me. It's just what some professor of theology said
As for any current religious affiliations with the clubs, there are none and there hasn't been any in my lifetime. I'd also heard that Everton were meant to be the catholic club, but never from anyone who seemed to know why or have any other info than that. Much like the people's club stuff, pretty sure it's BS. Especially as I have now googled and the St Domingo church that started the club was Methodist, which is a splitter bunch of Anglicans. There's no doubt that Liverpool's founder was a protestant, a tory and the lord mayor. But this was all a lonnnnnng time ago and totes irrelevant.