I’m delighted Aberdeen got on-board with the suggestion the SPFL refrain from making a quick decision to curtail the Premiership season. In a letter to the other 11 SPFL teams, the League and SFA, they want to explore every way possible to complete the remaining league and Scottish Cup fixtures, while keeping a full 2020-21 fixture programme.
There is no reason for the SPFL, or our governments, to act quickly to cancel the season, and every reason to monitor what happens in countries where plans to relax lockdown have been prepared.
Chairman Dave Cormack outlined objectives and concerns, including the health of players and their ability to perform during a heavy fixture burden without affecting the outcome of games. His optimism is commendable, but almost certainly misplaced.
Players are in a demographic considered among the safest from the worst consequences of virus, but playing football games will spread Covid among squads. Fixtures cannot be fulfilled if your squad is ill with Covid, or isolating because they have been exposed to the virus. Recuperation time from an illness with such consequences is also likely to be substantial for an athlete (this remains uncertain as no athlete has yet recuperated and returned to competition).
I would love to see the season end competitively. We will not be able to attend games, but we would be able to watch Celtic win the title on the field, see Hearts relegated the way nature intended and watch Newco play their home games in Paisley.
Instead of cramming lots of games into the available time, I suspect the first year football returns will see lots of fixture cancellations and competition overruns. We have yet to get our heads around where the world is right now, but there’s no reason Aberdeen cannot look into possibilities. Wait until June, realise what you should have known for months and call it then.
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SCANIEL .
I’ve been getting the injection for a couple of years, and i’ve never missed an appointment,but I was shocked when the receptionist gave me her answer.
Oldtim,
I would phone them again, Your health is more important than worrying about upsetting some receptionist. There will be contingencies for this sort of thing. My elderly neighbour had to have an injection which he gets every 6 months I think, and the surgery arranged to have a practice nurse brought in specially to do this as the regular nurse was off at the time it was due.
Old Tim, There is also an alternative Oral B12 tablet, which some Docs reckon is an acceptable substitute for the injection.
Even if they are not taking appointments they will have to discuss the situation with you and at least get you on the tablets to keep things at bay.
Don’t blow your top but don’t take any shit either,
Oldtim
If they don’t give u an appointment phone me after you speak to surgery and I’ll phone them
DAVID66.
My chemist sends me the medicine thats to be injected,I then take the medicine with me when I get the appointment,They should have given me the injector along with the medicine, Anyone can inject a bit of medicine into the upper arm, only thing you have to remember is if you inject into the left arm you have to inject the right arm the next time.
Impossible to keep well but Thanks Big Man. Watched Ozark because the Gilbert’s moved there. Worried about Tom Bionic.
I know he is good. I know Ozark is outstanding.
Sleep paralysis isnae a laughing matter.
Old tim – I may have that wrong and I can only apologise, but bottom line is my sis n law is getting injection tomorrow.
So I would get back onto my doctors and make sure you get it.
Good luck
D. :)
CORKCELT.
I wish they had given me tablets. I take 14 tablets daily, another one or two would not bother me.
Test
When attacks happen just Say You Believe.
Like most others my original preference was to see the entire number of games played,however the amount of creative obstacles being presented,the latest being the request for investigation in Parliament,worries me that the longer this goes on,the possibility of dirty tricks increases.
As a result the sooner we get the Title awarded the more relaxed I will become.
For example Aberdeen,I wish this guy would realise how daft his comments are,reduce attendances to increase ” the match day experience ” yet me and others are consigned to Section P,which is actually behind the goal line and freezing at any time,meanwhile circa 5k seats empty.
Sorry no votes for him.
Hopefully tomorrow.
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 23RD APRIL 2020 7:39 PM
STEPHBHOY67
Big FF is going nowhere.
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If celtic need to pay anything like 5 million for him during these times you can bet your last pound he will ot be here.
Right – time for commonsense to prevail over this namby-pamby overreaction.
Restart the season on 09 May.
Play 2 games a week and finish by 06 June.
Matches involving Celtic, Hibs, Hearts, Sevco and Aberdeen to be played behind closed doors.
Matches involving the rest to proceed as normal as hardly anyone turns up to watch anyway.
Sorted.
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BT.
David66.
I’ll give them a call tomorrow regarding another appointment,I may get lucky and get one.sorry for the time it took to answer your post,but as I went to send the post the Computer shut down, it took a while to get back on.
I’m sorry if my typing is full of mistakes I broke my reading glasses and can’t get them fixed, all optitions are closed at the moment.
Trying to type without specs has given me a bloody sore head and I’ll have to call it a day.
Thanks to everyone who answered my post. Thank you very much for your advice.
Stephbhoy67
I agree £5m would prohibitive (although a bargain in normal times) but I fancy PL to do rather better than that.
I got a look at a proposed SPFL reconstruction document,
have to say right away i dont know if its legitimate or not,
but if it is its even worse than the current set up.
OT67,
I’ve spoken to my wife who says her practice has a similar policy regarding Vit B12 injections at the moment. She disagrees with them but her hands are tied. She says to call them back but you may get the same answer. On the plus side going without it for another month should not cause a major problem.
If you have pernicious anaemia it would be a waste of time taking the tablets as you will not absorb them so don’t be fobbed off with that one.
She says some practices are encouraging patients to self administer the injections or to get someone to do it for them, which she disagrees with as there is no guarantee it will be done properly.
She has sent me these links for you:
https://pernicious-anaemia-society.org/pernicious-anaemia-society/covid-19-letter-to-health-ministers-and-injections-being-stopped/
https://pernicious-anaemia-society.org/articles/b12-injections-stopped-in-parts-of-uk-due-to-covid-19-virus/
OT67,
From the above link this may be the best alternative. You place it under your tongue until it is dissolved and it enters the blood stream that way. Oral supplements (tablets) are no use if your gut cannot absorb them.
Option #3 – Sub-Lingual Lozenges
Consider using Sub-Lingual Lozenges (with hydroxocobalamin or methylcobalamin) which are available from online health shops and in some high street health shops. They are available in different strengths and are placed under the tongue where the vitamin enters the bloodstream via a membrane that is found under the tongue or in the cheeks. Many of our members use these as a first choice to supplement between injections, or even instead of as the absorption takes place in the mouth rather than taking a chance of passive diffusion in the stomach.
Oldtim
Surely someone local can get you a set of reading glasses?
OT67,
Places like Poundland do half decent reading glasses for peanuts. If you know what your prescription is let me know and I’ll buy you a couple of pairs and post them to you. My mate, same profession as me, buys his out of Primark. 😀
I bought a couple of pairs and they are alright. I’m sure Poundland is open because they sell food and bog roll.😉
Pog..,
dry roasted or salted peanuts?
Would love to be a slug on the carpet in the old blue room at Snake Mountain. What turmoil will they have to deal with at the next board meeting. I’m sure in their warped minds they know that nine in a row is complete.
Do they start worrying about facing the Armageddon of The TEN or having to explain to Natalie the cleaner from Iona street that they can’t afford her wages this month ?
Decisions Decisions !
Pogmathonyahun / OldTim67
Poundland stores are, in the main, still open. I know that for a fact as one of my sons manages one of their stores. Pog – loved your line “…Poundland do half decent reading glasses for peanuts.” I think, without a shadow of a doubt that those particular glasses will retail for one pound (aka a Sevco).
I have reading glasses scattered all over my house – several Poundland pairs and others (a bit better and sturdier) from Primark which I think were a whopping £2.50. Although they are all over my house, as soon as I come across one pair the rest are much easier to find ;-)
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 23RD APRIL 2020 9:50 PM
Pog..,
dry roasted or salted peanuts?
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Dry Roasted – don’t do salt, no good for my hypertension.😉😂
JOBO BALDIE,
I’ll admit my Poundland specs are a bit lightweight but I prefer them like that. The reason I put in peanuts is I have a running joke with my son when we go to Poundland – “how much does that cost?”
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 23RD APRIL 2020 9:09 PM
Stephbhoy67
I agree £5m would prohibitive (although a bargain in normal times) but I fancy PL to do rather better than that.
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If we can get him for a song then fair enough, but he will be going back to his parent club until football resumes for sure. No way we spend until we know when the league will restart/ new season starts.
HH
Are we there yet?
You’d think I’d get tired of watching YouTube clips of us spanking the Huns.
Not a hope in Hades.
I’d as soon as give up breathing.
David66
Drinking poo in the gairden?
Are you trying to build up your immune system. 😉😂
Watching the nightly Trump comedy show ‘very close to a vaccine…’ is the latest one
!!BADA BING!! on 23RD APRIL 2020 11:01 PM
Watching the nightly Trump comedy show ‘very close to a vaccine…’ is the latest one
a vaccine to cure trump.
rejoice
The old farmer said,”Well,as i see it,Donald Trump is like a “post tortoise”,not being familiar with the term,the doctor asked him what a”post tortoise”was.
The old farmer said,”When your driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with atortoise balanced on top,thats a post tortoise.The old farmer saw the puzzled look on the doctors` face so he continued to explain “You know he didnt get up there by himself,he doesn`t belong up there,he doesn`t know what to do while hes up there,hes elevated beyond his ability to function,and you just wonder what kind of dumb-ass put him up there to begin with
HH
Shug- VG
SHUGGIEBHOY67
That’s brilliant!
Morning bhoys n ghirls
Quiet nightshift, must all be on sentinel Celts
Bright clear morning here in Tyre
Maybe head out for a bit of fresh air
KTF
G’day BLANTRYE TIM just looked in there to see if any of you bhoys
were up early, great now i can talk to the son of a legend.
Beautiful day here in Oz, wee barbie in the garden, it’s Fritag so that’s
the start of a rid biddy weekend.
Wo hooo here we go.
Ten in a row.
H.H . Mick
Reading back now, SHUGGIEBHOY 67 brilliant and so apt.
H.H . Mick