davecttr Posted December 22, 2020 #201 Share Posted December 22, 2020 51 minutes ago, zap99 said: Not allowed to do that in restaurants any more. They should be stunned first. What!, Nans 😨 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted December 22, 2020 #202 Share Posted December 22, 2020 48 minutes ago, davecttr said: What!, Nans 😨 This Nan would rather be frozen than stunned. Cryogenics is the way forward I understand🥶 Avril 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted December 22, 2020 #203 Share Posted December 22, 2020 2 hours ago, zap99 said: Not allowed to do that in restaurants any more. They should be stunned first. Yes stunned by chilling then dispatched quickly and cleanly once insensible. Not only was boiling extremely cruel, it made the meat tough as well as the poor creatures were shocked. I seldom take the lobster on a formal night on a ship as it is tough and tasteless compared to fresh but right now even I have fond memories of that as it would mean being on a ship! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted December 22, 2020 #204 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Eglesbrech said: Yes stunned by chilling then dispatched quickly and cleanly once insensible. Not only was boiling extremely cruel, it made the meat tough as well as the poor creatures were shocked. I seldom take the lobster on a formal night on a ship as it is tough and tasteless compared to fresh but right now even I have fond memories of that as it would mean being on a ship! I absolutely agree. Very cruel. Unfortunately years ago we didn't understand that. As for taking one to formal night.......🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare P&O SUE Posted December 22, 2020 #205 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I saw someone on the lunchtime news earlier saying they were getting their lorries to go through Rotterdam rather than Calais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted December 22, 2020 #206 Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 minute ago, P&O SUE said: I saw someone on the lunchtime news earlier saying they were getting their lorries to go through Rotterdam rather than Calais. And Harwich, but you can't just magic up availability overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx buoy Posted December 22, 2020 #207 Share Posted December 22, 2020 32 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said: Yes stunned by chilling then dispatched quickly and cleanly once insensible. Not only was boiling extremely cruel, it made the meat tough as well as the poor creatures were shocked. I seldom take the lobster on a formal night on a ship as it is tough and tasteless compared to fresh but right now even I have fond memories of that as it would mean being on a ship! They’re tough and tasteless on the ships because they use cheap Canadian/US imports similar to what you can buy in supermarkets for next to nothing. Easy way of telling them from British native lobsters is the colour brown as opposed to dark blue before cooking and when cooked the natives go bright orange whilst the cheap ones stay brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted December 22, 2020 #208 Share Posted December 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, Manx buoy said: They’re tough and tasteless on the ships because they use cheap Canadian/US imports similar to what you can buy in supermarkets for next to nothing. Easy way of telling them from British native lobsters is the colour brown as opposed to dark blue before cooking and when cooked the natives go bright orange whilst the cheap ones stay brown Absolutely. We buy them straight out of the creel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee-ess Posted December 23, 2020 #209 Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/20/2020 at 6:45 PM, zap99 said: I hope you get to stay in a lower tier, but fear you are right. There won't be a virus barrier on the A3. Merry Christmas from infected Woking. Well we didn't last long in Tier 2 - we are Tier 4 from Boxing Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted December 23, 2020 #210 Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 minute ago, bee-ess said: Well we didn't last long in Tier 2 - we are Tier 4 from Boxing Day You can now join the Surrey solidarity movement and we can now go the the devil's punch bowl for our Boxing Day rave. Don't worry, we won't 🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieC Posted December 23, 2020 #211 Share Posted December 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, bee-ess said: Well we didn't last long in Tier 2 - we are Tier 4 from Boxing Day Ditto, along with Andy and several others, I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee-ess Posted December 23, 2020 #212 Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 minute ago, AnnieC said: Ditto, along with Andy and several others, I imagine. Yes the Tier 4 area looks really big on the Map now. I think the Govt should be looking at what is classified as an 'essential shop'. I cannot see how Garden Centres are allowed to open in Tier 4 or how M&S can sell clothes etc for 16 hours a day as our local one does just because it also sells food. The amount of shops that are allowed to open now seems far more than the original summer lockdown. Sorry, just my little rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted December 23, 2020 #213 Share Posted December 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, bee-ess said: Yes the Tier 4 area looks really big on the Map now. I think the Govt should be looking at what is classified as an 'essential shop'. I cannot see how Garden Centres are allowed to open in Tier 4 or how M&S can sell clothes etc for 16 hours a day as our local one does just because it also sells food. The amount of shops that are allowed to open now seems far more than the original summer lockdown. Sorry, just my little rant. I agree, we closed our retail shops in December but many of our competitors didn't, apparently carpets are essential? Our fitters can still work, our contracts department can still trade and we can still sell in people's houses, none of this was allowed in the first lockdown... Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel57 Posted December 23, 2020 #214 Share Posted December 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, bee-ess said: Well we didn't last long in Tier 2 - we are Tier 4 from Boxing Day West Sussex is the same. Straight from Tier 2 to Tier 4. 😢 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger88 Posted December 23, 2020 #215 Share Posted December 23, 2020 These new health protocols are intended to take a better control and monitoring of the Covid situation. I think they will share it with the ministry to update the info regarding the sick individuals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted December 23, 2020 #216 Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, AndyMichelle said: I agree, we closed our retail shops in December but many of our competitors didn't, apparently carpets are essential? Our fitters can still work, our contracts department can still trade and we can still sell in people's houses, none of this was allowed in the first lockdown... Andy I'm glad that your business wont be drastically affected in tier 4 Andy, I do hope the other restrictions wont impact you too severely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger88 Posted December 23, 2020 #217 Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 8:25 PM, P&O SUE said: I saw someone on the lunchtime news earlier saying they were getting their lorries to go through Rotterdam rather than Calais. Its sounds more like a fairy tale. Such a thing will very rarely pop up on the radio. In any case I really believe that soon we will get some good news or some other news confirming it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted December 23, 2020 #218 Share Posted December 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, terrierjohn said: I'm glad that your business wont be drastically affected in tier 4 Andy, I do hope the other restrictions wont impact you too severely. Being honest John, I would rather shut the doors until we are all safe, but it will inevitably cost jobs, so have to try to plod on through. Andy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted December 23, 2020 #219 Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 5:57 PM, Manx buoy said: They’re tough and tasteless on the ships because they use cheap Canadian/US imports similar to what you can buy in supermarkets for next to nothing. Easy way of telling them from British native lobsters is the colour brown as opposed to dark blue before cooking and when cooked the natives go bright orange whilst the cheap ones stay brown I caught this one in Nova Scotia, well somebody caught it for me actually. A bit brown instead of blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete14 Posted December 23, 2020 #220 Share Posted December 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Roger88 said: Its sounds more like a fairy tale. Such a thing will very rarely pop up on the radio. In any case I really believe that soon we will get some good news or some other news confirming it ??????????????????????????????????????????????? 🤔😴 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete14 Posted December 23, 2020 #221 Share Posted December 23, 2020 2 hours ago, AndyMichelle said: Being honest John, I would rather shut the doors until we are all safe, but it will inevitably cost jobs, so have to try to plod on through. Andy To be honest Andy, if you had a branch in Stoke on Trent, I think I would choose you whenever I needed carpets. You seem to be just the sort of person who should be running a business employing and looking after skilled workers as well as your customers. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted December 23, 2020 #222 Share Posted December 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, pete14 said: To be honest Andy, if you had a branch in Stoke on Trent, I think I would choose you whenever I needed carpets. You seem to be just the sort of person who should be running a business employing and looking after skilled workers as well as your customers. Thank you Pete, that's nice of you to say. It's difficult to get the balance right at the moment but we seem to be doing ok and should be able to ride the storm without redundancies, which is an achievement in itself. Andy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted December 23, 2020 #223 Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, pete14 said: ??????????????????????????????????????????????? 🤔😴 I read it three times and then just gave up🥴 Avril 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted December 23, 2020 #224 Share Posted December 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: I read it three times and then just gave up🥴 Avril I think learning Chinese is easier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted December 23, 2020 #225 Share Posted December 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, grapau27 said: I think learning Chinese is easier. Or double Dutch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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