P&O Cruisers - What are things like where YOU are?

[terrierjohn]

1 minute ago, Harry Peterson said:

Incredible.  UK public rates our performance almost as badly as Americans rate theirs.  This is not good, and probably accounts for a lot of the non-compliance.
 

You're correct again Harry, clearly the average British poll respondent is quite dim.

[Harry Peterson]

Just now, wowzz said:

What non-compliance? 

People who choose to ignore the rules/guidelines.

[Harry Peterson]

1 minute ago, terrierjohn said:

You're correct again Harry, clearly the average British poll respondent is quite dim.

I’d say he or she is quite perceptive.

[davecttr]

2 minutes ago, wowzz said:

What non-compliance? 

non-compliance like the young adult on the bus the other day who got on, sat down and pulled his mask off his nose for the entire journey. Or the young family last week with the mother loudly proclaiming she could not wear a mask for medical reasons which apparently applied to her adult friend as well. She could have at least have muzzled her kids which were running about screaming. A typical disfunctional family. Did I believe her reason for no mask - NO

[terrierjohn]

8 minutes ago, Harry Peterson said:

I’d say he or she is quite perceptive.

As Mandy would say, "you would wouldn't you".🙂

[Adawn47]

20 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said:

Now that sounds even better.🥳

 

Any chance of sharing the recipe?

Of course. Do you use imperial or metric measurements

Avril

[Eglesbrech]

3 minutes ago, davecttr said:

non-compliance like the young adult on the bus the other day who got on, sat down and pulled his mask off his nose for the entire journey. Or the young family last week with the mother loudly proclaiming she could not wear a mask for medical reasons which apparently applied to her adult friend as well. She could have at least have muzzled her kids which were running about screaming. A typical disfunctional family. Did I believe her reason for no mask - NO

I think that the government should have provided an official exemption card to those folks with real and genuine health reasons for not wearing a mask, via GPS who would have health records. It would help the genuine to avoid abuse and stop abuse of the system by those with no reason who just use it as an excuse.

 

Same with the idiots attending raves, big parties etc. Fine them all (or spray them all with a dye so they are shamed - yes I am perhaps getting a bit right of Genghis Khan now 😈)

 

 

[Eglesbrech]

6 minutes ago, Adawn47 said:

Of course. Do you use imperial or metric measurements

Avril

Either fine but prefer imperial.

[grapau27]

33 minutes ago, kalos said:

Good man and remember to keep them salts low too Graham 

When it comes to an expensive drink, mines a Benecol pot these days 

Hope your  results are good from today's scan you had .

Thanks Kalos.

I never put salt on anything and rarely drink alcohol.

From being a big meat eater now bar chicken I eat a vegetarian diet.

Result is I have lost 2 stone in weight and have a total cholesterol of 2.5.

I just wish I made these changes a year ago and I wouldn't have had an NSTEMI ( mild heart attack)

How are you doing Kalos?

I pray you get your heart treatment plan back into action.

Regards Graham. 

Edited September 1, 2020 by grapau27

[grapau27]

10 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said:

I think that the government should have provided an official exemption card to those folks with real and genuine health reasons for not wearing a mask, via GPS who would have health records. It would help the genuine to avoid abuse and stop abuse of the system by those with no reason who just use it as an excuse.

 

Same with the idiots attending raves, big parties etc. Fine them all (or spray them all with a dye so they are shamed - yes I am perhaps getting a bit right of Genghis Khan now 😈)

 

 

They are putting us all at risk so they should be shamed.

[Eglesbrech]

2 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Thanks Kalos.

I never put salt on anything and rarely drink alcohol.

From being a big meat eater now bar chicken I eat a vegetarian diet.

Result is I have lost 2 stone in weight and have a total cholesterol of 2.5.

I just wish I made these changes a year ago and I wouldn't have had an NSTEMI ( mild heart attack)

How are you doing Kalos?

I pray you get your heart treatment plan back into action.

Regards Graham. 

That is remarkable Graham. Well done.

 

[grapau27]

Just now, Eglesbrech said:

That is remarkable Graham. Well done.

 

Thank you Eglesbrech,I appreciate your sentiments.

Graham.

[kalos]

Sometimes I read some of these polls and even if they are off a dot Gov site, I still 

take them half hearted.

This is where it gets more difficult when I read an American based poll telling us how 

we are thinking in the UK and other parts of the world as well.

I'm not saying the poll is wrong or right but where do they get this information from 

for all of these countries ?

Has anyone who posts on here been contacted by Pew research centre or any other 

come to that ,where you think "Oh yes I took part in that "

The only places that ask my opinion are the electrical stores wanting me to do a online survey 

on how good is my new toaster ?  They never ask me am I happy with how I'm coping with the covid 

living in the UK . Nope they are more interested in how happy my new toaster makes me feel and mark

it out of 10 stars !

I think they were happy with my response .." Sometimes life is really bad and I drag my sorry butt out of 

bed ,with a heavy sigh make my way downstairs , put the kettle on and then I spot my toaster and think -

life's not so bad at least I own this amazing toaster -That can make toast --aint life brill."

Anyone else like polls as well ? 

 

[grapau27]

13 minutes ago, kalos said:

Sometimes I read some of these polls and even if they are off a dot Gov site, I still 

take them half hearted.

This is where it gets more difficult when I read an American based poll telling us how 

we are thinking in the UK and other parts of the world as well.

I'm not saying the poll is wrong or right but where do they get this information from 

for all of these countries ?

Has anyone who posts on here been contacted by Pew research centre or any other 

come to that ,where you think "Oh yes I took part in that "

The only places that ask my opinion are the electrical stores wanting me to do a online survey 

on how good is my new toaster ?  They never ask me am I happy with how I'm coping with the covid 

living in the UK . Nope they are more interested in how happy my new toaster makes me feel and mark

it out of 10 stars !

I think they were happy with my response .." Sometimes life is really bad and I drag my sorry butt out of 

bed ,with a heavy sigh make my way downstairs , put the kettle on and then I spot my toaster and think -

life's not so bad at least I own this amazing toaster -That can make toast --aint life brill."

Anyone else like polls as well ? 

 

We have never been asked for our comments on opinion polls.

We are often asked in shops etc to email in to praise them.

[Adawn47]

20 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said:

Either fine but prefer imperial.

Me too. 

I first make a cooked pastry case in a 9 1/2'' loose bottom flan or quiche tin.

Filling,

3/4 pt milk

4 1/2 oz creamed coconut

3 egg yolks

4 1/2 oz caster sugar

1 3/4 oz plain flour

1 oz desicated coconut

1oz candied chopped pineapple

2 tbsp pineapple juice, rum or Malibu

1/2 pt whipping cream

Bring the milk and creamed coconut to just below boiling point, stirring to melt the coconut. Whisk the yolks and sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy then whisk in the flour. Carefully pour the milk mixture over the yolks stirring all the time. Pour back into the pan and stir over a gentle heat until thick. Leave to cool but not set. Stir in the coconut, pineapple and juice or rum. Spread into the flan case, cover with the whipped cream and decorate with any remaining pineapple. Chill in the fridge, and if you're brave enough to take it out of the flan tin😉, serve on a nice plate. Be warned, it's very moreish.

Avril

[Adawn47]

45 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

How are you doing Kalos?

I pray you get your heart treatment plan back into action.

Regards Graham. 

A wish that we all have for such a lovely uncomplaining man.

Avril

[Eglesbrech]

6 minutes ago, Adawn47 said:

Me too. 

I first make a cooked pastry case in a 9 1/2'' loose bottom flan or quiche tin.

Filling,

3/4 pt milk

4 1/2 oz creamed coconut

3 egg yolks

4 1/2 oz caster sugar

1 3/4 oz plain flour

1 oz desicated coconut

1oz candied chopped pineapple

2 tbsp pineapple juice, rum or Malibu

1/2 pt whipping cream

Bring the milk and creamed coconut to just below boiling point, stirring to melt the coconut. Whisk the yolks and sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy then whisk in the flour. Carefully pour the milk mixture over the yolks stirring all the time. Pour back into the pan and stir over a gentle heat until thick. Leave to cool but not set. Stir in the coconut, pineapple and juice or rum. Spread into the flan case, cover with the whipped cream and decorate with any remaining pineapple. Chill in the fridge, and if you're brave enough to take it out of the flan tin😉, serve on a nice plate. Be warned, it's very moreish.

Avril

Brilliant, thanks. I’ll give this a try, sounds lovey.

 

Copied and saved.

[Harry Peterson]

37 minutes ago, kalos said:

Sometimes I read some of these polls and even if they are off a dot Gov site, I still 

take them half hearted.

This is where it gets more difficult when I read an American based poll telling us how 

we are thinking in the UK and other parts of the world as well.

I'm not saying the poll is wrong or right but where do they get this information from 

for all of these countries ?

Has anyone who posts on here been contacted by Pew research centre or any other 

come to that ,where you think "Oh yes I took part in that "

The only places that ask my opinion are the electrical stores wanting me to do a online survey 

on how good is my new toaster ?  They never ask me am I happy with how I'm coping with the covid 

living in the UK . Nope they are more interested in how happy my new toaster makes me feel and mark

it out of 10 stars !

I think they were happy with my response .." Sometimes life is really bad and I drag my sorry butt out of 

bed ,with a heavy sigh make my way downstairs , put the kettle on and then I spot my toaster and think -

life's not so bad at least I own this amazing toaster -That can make toast --aint life brill."

Anyone else like polls as well ? 

 

I take your point entirely about little known polling organisations, or biased organisations with independent sounding names that are actually fronts for a particular viewpoint.

 

Pew Research Center, though, appears to be entirely reputable and comes out well when you dig around a little.  It's very well known in America - probably the equivalent of our YouGov.

 

The chart in question was published by the Spectator, so I doubt there's any bias against a Conservative government!

[grapau27]

7 minutes ago, Adawn47 said:

A wish that we all have for such a lovely uncomplaining man.

Avril

Absolutely agree 100%.

Graham.

[kalos]

29 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Thanks Kalos.

I never put salt on anything and rarely drink alcohol.

From being a big meat eater now bar chicken I eat a vegetarian diet.

Result is I have lost 2 stone in weight and have a total cholesterol of 2.5.

I just wish I made these changes a year ago and I wouldn't have had an NSTEMI ( mild heart attack)

How are you doing Kalos?

I pray you get your heart treatment plan back into action.

Regards Graham. 

Still waiting for the specialists Graham but I don't mind as I feel OK most 

of the time .End of this month it will be a year ago they discovered the fault.

I think I said the last scan I had showed my heart output had raised from 20%

back up to 49% with the cocktail of tablets I now take .

They say I never had a heart attack but had heart failure which came as a shock to me

as I had no symptoms you would expect.

Same as you I eat chicken , turkey and fish and avoid processed foods ,no alcohol or fizzy drinks .

I love my salads and Mrs Kalos homemade meals .

I was never really overweight and  cholesterol levels were always good ,so on my next check up

hopefully I have stayed stable in my condition .

Thank you for your kind concern about me Graham , I think I'm doing ok .

 

[Adawn47]

35 minutes ago, kalos said:

Sometimes I read some of these polls and even if they are off a dot Gov site, I still 

take them half hearted.

This is where it gets more difficult when I read an American based poll telling us how 

we are thinking in the UK and other parts of the world as well.

I'm not saying the poll is wrong or right but where do they get this information from 

for all of these countries ?

Has anyone who posts on here been contacted by Pew research centre or any other 

come to that ,where you think "Oh yes I took part in that "

The only places that ask my opinion are the electrical stores wanting me to do a online survey 

on how good is my new toaster ?  They never ask me am I happy with how I'm coping with the covid 

living in the UK . Nope they are more interested in how happy my new toaster makes me feel and mark

it out of 10 stars !

I think they were happy with my response .." Sometimes life is really bad and I drag my sorry butt out of 

bed ,with a heavy sigh make my way downstairs , put the kettle on and then I spot my toaster and think -

life's not so bad at least I own this amazing toaster -That can make toast --aint life brill."

Anyone else like polls as well ? 

 

Nope, never been asked for an opinion, only as you say,  online about something I've purchased. I don't answer them, just delete them. I never read them anyway. I'm big enough to decide for myself.

Avril

[Dermotsgirl]

24 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

We have never been asked for our comments on opinion polls.

We are often asked in shops etc to email in to praise them.

You can apply to organisations like You Gov  go on their panel, then they select a cross broad cross  section of people to reply to their surveys. 
 

I did it years ago and used to make about £150 a year from it. Handy for the Radley bag fund 
 

[grapau27]

2 minutes ago, kalos said:

Still waiting for the specialists Graham but I don't mind as I feel OK most 

of the time .End of this month it will be a year ago they discovered the fault.

I think I said the last scan I had showed my heart output had raised from 20%

back up to 49% with the cocktail of tablets I now take .

They say I never had a heart attack but had heart failure which came as a shock to me

as I had no symptoms you would expect.

Same as you I eat chicken , turkey and fish and avoid processed foods ,no alcohol or fizzy drinks .

I love my salads and Mrs Kalos homemade meals .

I was never really overweight and  cholesterol levels were always good ,so on my next check up

hopefully I have stayed stable in my condition .

Thank you for your kind concern about me Graham , I think I'm doing ok .

 

You eat all the right things and I sincerely hope you have stayed stable and hopefully improved.

Best wishes Kalos.

Graham.

[wowzz]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

They are putting us all at risk so they should be shamed.

If the level of non-compliance is that bad, you would expect the number of CV19 cases to be dramatically increasing, but thus is palpably not the case. 

Everyone was talking about how the rush to the beaches a few weeks ago was going to lead to hundreds more deaths, and yet, here we are, with minimal CV19 deaths. More people are dying from standard flu than CV19 at present!

Yes, I wear a mask, but I'm certainly not going to worry unduly if someone walks past me in Aldi without one.

 

[grapau27]

13 minutes ago, wowzz said:

If the level of non-compliance is that bad, you would expect the number of CV19 cases to be dramatically increasing, but thus is palpably not the case. 

Everyone was talking about how the rush to the beaches a few weeks ago was going to lead to hundreds more deaths, and yet, here we are, with minimal CV19 deaths. More people are dying from standard flu than CV19 at present!

Yes, I wear a mask, but I'm certainly not going to worry unduly if someone walks past me in Aldi without one.

 

Do you have any health issues?

I had a heart attack at Xmas and lots of other people have health issues too.