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RE: The Rant Thread - cee_jay - 08-11-2021
(08-11-2021, 09:24 PM)quickbeam Wrote:It was to a point. There were parts which were ridiculous, but other parts terrifying.(07-11-2021, 05:20 PM)quickbeam Wrote: I have The Conjuring on my box to watch.
Okay, that was scary.
RE: The Rant Thread - Diamonds of Frost - 09-11-2021
(08-11-2021, 09:24 PM)quickbeam Wrote:It is!!!! I remember driving home from the cinema in the dark on quiet roads and having to pull in to get a hold of myself(07-11-2021, 05:20 PM)quickbeam Wrote: I have The Conjuring on my box to watch.
Okay, that was scary.
RE: The Rant Thread - Kol - 09-11-2021
(09-11-2021, 03:29 PM)Diamonds of Frost Wrote:First time I watched it I thought, yeah this is spooky, second time not so much, maybe I was expecting the scares. Very good movie though. There are 2 sequels (or maybe prequels) I haven't seen them and a spin off movie series Annabelle, haven't seen them either.(08-11-2021, 09:24 PM)quickbeam Wrote: Okay, that was scary.It is!!!! I remember driving home from the cinema in the dark on quiet roads and having to pull in to get a hold of myself
Insidious is another good horror series which is kinda spooky.
RE: The Rant Thread - cee_jay - 09-11-2021
(09-11-2021, 03:50 PM)Kol Wrote:The thoughts of Annabelle freak me out. I don't know what it is about scary dolls.(09-11-2021, 03:29 PM)Diamonds of Frost Wrote: It is!!!! I remember driving home from the cinema in the dark on quiet roads and having to pull in to get a hold of myselfFirst time I watched it I thought, yeah this is spooky, second time not so much, maybe I was expecting the scares. Very good movie though. There are 2 sequels (or maybe prequels) I haven't seen them and a spin off movie series Annabelle, haven't seen them either.
Insidious is another good horror series which is kinda spooky.
RE: The Rant Thread - quickbeam - 09-11-2021
She appears in The Conjuring too and that was plenty enough of her for me!
RE: The Rant Thread - jp liz v1 - 10-11-2021
Use a bloody indicator people please on your vehicle, bad road rage today need to rant vent
RE: The Rant Thread - ari101 - 10-11-2021
Covid sucks...
*I may or may not have Covid but Covid sucks equally regardless
RE: The Rant Thread - ari101 - 10-11-2021
(10-11-2021, 07:52 PM)ari101 Wrote: Covid sucks...
*I may or may not have Covid but Covid sucks equally regardless
No Covid here, but it still sucks
At least my would be close contacts can get on with their plans
Phew! 
The rules say I am still stuck until 48hours with no symptoms... Not like I don't have other medical stuff needing doing that this will delay...
RE: The Rant Thread - Leg End Reject - 10-11-2021
Hope you feel better soon anyway, ari!
RE: The Rant Thread - ari101 - 10-11-2021
(10-11-2021, 09:28 PM)Leg End Reject Wrote: Hope you feel better soon anyway, ari!
Thanks, I have a sneaking suspicion feeling properly better will require new meds, which I can't go get until I stop coughing, so hopefully the coughing is unrelated to the need for the new meds...
RE: The Rant Thread - nothing - 10-11-2021
Eeeep! Glad it's not Covid ari!
RE: The Rant Thread - aaronjennings - 10-11-2021
(10-11-2021, 09:22 PM)ari101 Wrote:(10-11-2021, 07:52 PM)ari101 Wrote: Covid sucks...
*I may or may not have Covid but Covid sucks equally regardless
No Covid here, but it still sucks
At least my would be close contacts can get on with their plans
The rules say I am still stuck until 48hours with no symptoms... Not like I don't have other medical stuff needing doing that this will delay...
Glad you don't have it, Ari
I know it sounds crazy, but every time I've had a test done, I've been more concerned about how a positive result would affect my close contacts, rather than the potential implications of having it myself, even before vaccines were available
RE: The Rant Thread - jp liz v1 - 11-11-2021
(10-11-2021, 07:52 PM)ari101 Wrote: Covid sucks...
*I may or may not have Covid but Covid sucks equally regardless
Take Care Plenty Vit C and D @ari101
RE: The Rant Thread - Diamonds of Frost - 11-11-2021
(09-11-2021, 03:50 PM)Kol Wrote:I've seen Annabelle. It wasn't of the same level as The Conjuring for me. Insidious though......that scared the living daylights out of me. Have you seen Sinister? That's another one. Scenes from it still pop in to my head completely out of the blue. Scary films can do that to me.(09-11-2021, 03:29 PM)Diamonds of Frost Wrote: It is!!!! I remember driving home from the cinema in the dark on quiet roads and having to pull in to get a hold of myselfFirst time I watched it I thought, yeah this is spooky, second time not so much, maybe I was expecting the scares. Very good movie though. There are 2 sequels (or maybe prequels) I haven't seen them and a spin off movie series Annabelle, haven't seen them either.
Insidious is another good horror series which is kinda spooky.
RE: The Rant Thread - quickbeam - 12-11-2021
When the film you'd recorded on to your box, and were looking forward to watching, doesn't actually record properly and just freezes half way through
RE: The Rant Thread - nothing - 12-11-2021
(12-11-2021, 08:45 PM)quickbeam Wrote: When the film you'd recorded on to your box, and were looking forward to watching, doesn't actually record properly and just freezes half way through
Nooooooo!
RE: The Rant Thread - nothing - 12-11-2021
Fuuuuuu, anxiety just skyrocketed by making the mistake of looking at today's numbers.
Deep breaths. Doing all I can.
RE: The Rant Thread - quickbeam - 12-11-2021
(12-11-2021, 09:33 PM)nothing Wrote: Fuuuuuu, anxiety just skyrocketed by making the mistake of looking at today's numbers.
Deep breaths. Doing all I can.
It's a worry. I'm a natural hermit so can't see it effecting me personally, but on a more general level, it just doesn't seem to be improving.
RE: The Rant Thread - E.N. - 12-11-2021
(12-11-2021, 09:33 PM)nothing Wrote: Fuuuuuu, anxiety just skyrocketed by making the mistake of looking at today's numbers.
Deep breaths. Doing all I can.
I don't have the numbers to hand, but a chunk of today's numbers were due to a backlog in reporting. I saw it mentioned in the last few days that it would happen. Numbers are still high, but they're not as bad as the headline looks
RE: The Rant Thread - nothing - 12-11-2021
Thanks EN, that makes it less scary. Just have to keep doing my best, and not taking any unnecessary risks.
QB, I am reasonably hermit-ish myself, happily spend time by myself.
RE: The Rant Thread - Diamonds of Frost - 12-11-2021
(12-11-2021, 09:55 PM)nothing Wrote: Thanks EN, that makes it less scary. Just have to keep doing my best, and not taking any unnecessary risks.It can be such an anxious time for so many people.
QB, I am reasonably hermit-ish myself, happily spend time by myself.
Are you scared of getting Covid and/or transmitting it?
RE: The Rant Thread - nothing - 12-11-2021
(12-11-2021, 10:46 PM)Diamonds of Frost Wrote:(12-11-2021, 09:55 PM)nothing Wrote: Thanks EN, that makes it less scary. Just have to keep doing my best, and not taking any unnecessary risks.It can be such an anxious time for so many people.
QB, I am reasonably hermit-ish myself, happily spend time by myself.
Are you scared of getting Covid and/or transmitting it?
Both, though more so passing it on.
RE: The Rant Thread - Diamonds of Frost - 12-11-2021
(12-11-2021, 11:07 PM)nothing Wrote:Its an awful thought, that you might cause someone to get sick.(12-11-2021, 10:46 PM)Diamonds of Frost Wrote: It can be such an anxious time for so many people.
Are you scared of getting Covid and/or transmitting it?
Both, though more so passing it on.
The way I look at it is that if I try really really hard to not be the cause of illness in others, then what does that mean for my life? I think of all the times I must have passed the flu on and it be passed to me.
The pandemic will settle in time. For now you just keep doing you and minding you and other people will have to take responsibility for themselves.
RE: The Rant Thread - Necro - 13-11-2021
I really wish they would stop reporting case numbers as a meaningful figure now with 92% of the population fully vaccinated. Because it isn't and all it does is scare people.
The important figures are hospital and ICU numbers and if you look at those from yesterday they've increased by just 6 from 543 to 549, and ICU numbers have decreased by 1 from 97 to 96.
That's a truer state of where we are at in terms of the battle with this thing, when the last bad wave hit us in January there was TRIPLE the amount of people in hospital. This is only from 11th Jan, I think it actually got worse...
https://www.thejournal.ie/hospital-numbers-covid-11-january-2021-5321678-Jan2021/
I know the raw figures can seem overwhelming but it's so important to see how far we've come in battling this bloody thing. Yes we're seeing a bit of another wave but it's nothing like it was before because of a single key element and that's vaccination.
RE: The Rant Thread - Leg End Reject - 13-11-2021
Irish media is obsessed with reporting case numbers and death numbers. RTE online today said that the oldest person to die with Covid was 105. That's a great age, but let's be honest, that person was an outlier already, Covid or not.
We can't live in fear, overall deaths per year haven't increased. Yes, we follow guidelines, but we have to live too. A lot of infected people are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms, the majority of those with severe symptoms have comordities or are not vaccinated. We'll get through this.
RE: The Rant Thread - E.N. - 13-11-2021
(13-11-2021, 12:47 AM)Necro Wrote: I really wish they would stop reporting case numbers as a meaningful figure now with 92% of the population fully vaccinated. Because it isn't and all it does is scare people
Absolutely. Real bugbear of mine.
Hospital numbers, like you say, are what really matters now, and they're nowhere near as scary (albeit they are rising)...
RE: The Rant Thread - quickbeam - 15-11-2021
(13-11-2021, 12:13 PM)E.N. Wrote: Absolutely. Real bugbear of mine.
Hospital numbers, like you say, are what really matters now, and they're nowhere near as scary (albeit they are rising)...
RE: The Rant Thread - E.N. - 15-11-2021
(15-11-2021, 10:03 PM)quickbeam Wrote:(13-11-2021, 12:13 PM)E.N. Wrote: Absolutely. Real bugbear of mine.
Hospital numbers, like you say, are what really matters now, and they're nowhere near as scary (albeit they are rising)...
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RE: The Rant Thread - Leg End Reject - 15-11-2021
(15-11-2021, 10:22 PM)E.N. Wrote:RTE quoted a consultant saying half of those in a serious condition are unvaccinated and the other half were vaccinated people at high risk.(15-11-2021, 10:03 PM)quickbeam Wrote:
If we go into another lockdown we should be allowed to kill* unvaccinated people!
*frustrated joke
RE: The Rant Thread - quickbeam - 15-11-2021
Ahh, so it's not really "hospital numbers are all that really matters" any more?
I'm being facetious of course. I don't *really* care since I don't come in contact with anyone anymore anyway.
RE: The Rant Thread - nothing - 15-11-2021
I've managed to stay put for a few days, it's helping with the anxiety levels, but I'll have to go into classes on Wednesday, so trying not to even think about the unvaxxer numpty in the room as they sit far from me. Or the under nose maskers on the buses. It's fine. It's fine. Just in the one day this week as there's a gallery visit on Thursday that I'm not going to. I'm not panicking. Nope. Deeeeep breaths!
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RE: The Rant Thread - E.N. - 15-11-2021
(15-11-2021, 10:49 PM)quickbeam Wrote: Ahh, so it's not really "hospital numbers are all that really matters" any more?
I'm being facetious of course. I don't *really* care since I don't come in contact with anyone anymore anyway.
No, I was being silly. They do matter and the fact they're going up is definitely a concern. Personally, I'm not doing that much anyway, but I am going to carry on as normal. I wouldn't disagree with or criticise anyone for being nervous and more cautious though
RE: The Rant Thread - Leg End Reject - 15-11-2021
I'll be honest, I'm more worried about more restrictions than Covid itself. I'm lucky not to have underlying health issues, but hopefully another booster will be made available for all who do.
Having said that I think people need to seriously think about work nights out and keep their socialising to their families and close friends.
RE: The Rant Thread - Diamonds of Frost - 15-11-2021
(15-11-2021, 10:52 PM)nothing Wrote: I've managed to stay put for a few days, it's helping with the anxiety levels, but I'll have to go into classes on Wednesday, so trying not to even think about the unvaxxer numpty in the room as they sit far from me. Or the under nose maskers on the buses. It's fine. It's fine. Just in the one day this week as there's a gallery visit on Thursday that I'm not going to. I'm not panicking. Nope. Deeeeep breaths!It is transmissible even when vaccinated so try not to worry too much about those who aren't vaccinated. They aren't more likely to pass it to you but if you give it to them then its possible they may be sick.
RE: The Rant Thread - Diamonds of Frost - 15-11-2021
I couldn't give less of a damn about Covid right now. It has turned this country in to a land of division and anger. We have become obsessed with health and illness. Some have lost all reason when it comes to saving lives and don't understand that people die, particularly the elderly.
Caution is chosen over living. When my number is up I don't want to regret not enjoying life as best I can.
RE: The Rant Thread - nothing - 15-11-2021
(15-11-2021, 11:31 PM)Diamonds of Frost Wrote:(15-11-2021, 10:52 PM)nothing Wrote: I've managed to stay put for a few days, it's helping with the anxiety levels, but I'll have to go into classes on Wednesday, so trying not to even think about the unvaxxer numpty in the room as they sit far from me. Or the under nose maskers on the buses. It's fine. It's fine. Just in the one day this week as there's a gallery visit on Thursday that I'm not going to. I'm not panicking. Nope. Deeeeep breaths!It is transmissible even when vaccinated so try not to worry too much about those who aren't vaccinated. They aren't more likely to pass it to you but if you give it to them then its possible they may be sick.
With the person I know, they're most likely to catch it too, given their lifestyle and general disregard for others, and therefore more likely to pass it on. I can't help what worries me.
RE: The Rant Thread - Diamonds of Frost - 15-11-2021
(15-11-2021, 11:28 PM)Leg End Reject Wrote: I'll be honest, I'm more worried about more restrictions than Covid itself. I'm lucky not to have underlying health issues, but hopefully another booster will be made available for all who do.You won't want to go to the Foggie Christmas party in a luxury hotel in Paris so??
Having said that I think people need to seriously think about work nights out and keep their socialising to their families and close friends.
RE: The Rant Thread - Diamonds of Frost - 15-11-2021
(15-11-2021, 11:52 PM)nothing Wrote:You can't. All you can do is look after yourself as best you can Nothing. I mean more than just being safe regarding Covid. Look after all of you x(15-11-2021, 11:31 PM)Diamonds of Frost Wrote: It is transmissible even when vaccinated so try not to worry too much about those who aren't vaccinated. They aren't more likely to pass it to you but if you give it to them then its possible they may be sick.
With the person I know, they're most likely to catch it too, given their lifestyle and general disregard for others, and therefore more likely to pass it on. I can't help what worries me.
RE: The Rant Thread - nothing - 16-11-2021
(15-11-2021, 11:56 PM)Diamonds of Frost Wrote:(15-11-2021, 11:52 PM)nothing Wrote: With the person I know, they're most likely to catch it too, given their lifestyle and general disregard for others, and therefore more likely to pass it on. I can't help what worries me.You can't. All you can do is look after yourself as best you can Nothing. I mean more than just being safe regarding Covid. Look after all of you x
doing my best to keep the anxiety down (sometimes a good rant sorts it!) and to mind myself physically as much as I can, plus covid safety as much as I can (also helps the anxiety). Obviously can't control what anyone else does, but can't help but get frustrated at times.
RE: The Rant Thread - Leg End Reject - 16-11-2021
(15-11-2021, 11:54 PM)Diamonds of Frost Wrote:Now, now, let's not be hasty here! I said work nights out. Book me a suite please.(15-11-2021, 11:28 PM)Leg End Reject Wrote: I'll be honest, I'm more worried about more restrictions than Covid itself. I'm lucky not to have underlying health issues, but hopefully another booster will be made available for all who do.You won't want to go to the Foggie Christmas party in a luxury hotel in Paris so??
Having said that I think people need to seriously think about work nights out and keep their socialising to their families and close friends.