24/04/20

[Maik]

It's all in the titles...



Courtesy of a librarian with a bit too much time on their hands

[Maik]

The Rolling Stones release Living In a Ghost Town, first original music since 2012

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/23/the-rolling-stones-release-living-in-a-ghost-town-first-original-music-since-2012



https://youtu.be/LNNPNweSbp8?t=1

[Maik]

Unearthed Ancient British chieftain and probable shaman reveal secrets about old burial rituals

It’s one of the most fascinating archaeological discoveries in southern Britain in recent years. Significantly, the duo formed part of a remarkable social and political process which changed human history – and still shapes our world today.

The probable chieftain or prestigious leader – a man in his thirties or forties – had been interred underneath the centre of a large funerary mound which had been constructed specifically for him inside his own personal 20m diameter ditched enclosure.

The key evidence for his high status is the unusually fine material buried with him for his journey to the next life.

He had been buried in around 2,200BC with a 20cm long copper dagger (with a pommel made out of whalebone), an amber bead, a flint knife, an iron pyrites and flint fire-lighting kit, four special cowhide “rugs” and an extremely fine archer’s wrist guard made of a particularly valued stone quarried or gathered near the top of a mountain in the Lake District.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeology-anicent-british-chieftain-shaman-burial-ritual-a9480321.html

[Maik]

Billion pound battle for holiday refunds reaching crunch point

A £7 billion battle for holiday refunds is reaching crunch point.

As coronavirus struck, there was a global travel shutdown with millions of trips cancelled.

The law is clear that customers are entitled to a rapid refund.

They don't have to wait. They don't have to accept a voucher. And they don't have to settle for just re-booking.

Behind the scenes, things are not nearly so straightforward.

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-04-22/coronavirus-holiday-refunds-customers-waiting-for-refunds-which-refund-passengers/

[Maik]

Super markets sales surge in Greece since beginning of coronavirus pandemic

Super markets in Greece saw their turnover jump by 30.7 percent since the coronavirus epidemic began, between Feb. 24 and up until April 12, with total turnover during the specific period reaching 1.36 billion euros among the best-selling categories of goods.

https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1592604/super-markets-sales-surge-in-greece-since-beginning-of-coronavirus-pandemic

[Maik]

Shoppers swap clothes for alcohol amid record sales drop

UK retail sales fell a record 5.1% in March as many stores shut up shop in the face of the coronavirus lockdown.

The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the steepest sales fall since it started collecting the data in 1996.

Food and online shopping rose, and alcohol sales jumped by 31%. But clothes sales tumbled by 34%.

Online shopping as a proportion of all retail reached a record high of 22%.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52408885

[Maik]

Easyjet passengers with upcoming flights can swap them for ‘anytime, anywhere’ trips
Exclusive: the so-called 'Martini' offer means a passenger with a £40 hop across the Irish Sea and back could swap for a £900 return to Cyprus

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/easyjet-passengers-flights-swap-future-trips-coronavirus-a9481366.html

[Maik]

Coronavirus: Disinfectant firm issues warning after Trump comments

A leading disinfectant producer has issued a strong warning not to use its products on the human body after Donald Trump suggested they could potentially be used to treat coronavirus.

Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Lysol and Dettol, said "under no circumstance" should its products be injected or ingested.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52411706

[HiFi]

The Rolling Stones release Living In a Ghost Town, first original music since 2012

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/23/the-rolling-stones-release-living-in-a-ghost-town-first-original-music-since-2012



https://youtu.be/LNNPNweSbp8?t=1

Marginally better than Paul McCartney still trying to sing......

[Colleywobble]

Coronavirus: Disinfectant firm issues warning after Trump comments

A leading disinfectant producer has issued a strong warning not to use its products on the human body after Donald Trump suggested they could potentially be used to treat coronavirus.

Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Lysol and Dettol, said "under no circumstance" should its products be injected or ingested.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52411706

Is this bloke real???

[TonyD]

Easyjet passengers with upcoming flights can swap them for ‘anytime, anywhere’ trips
Exclusive: the so-called 'Martini' offer means a passenger with a £40 hop across the Irish Sea and back could swap for a £900 return to Cyprus

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/easyjet-passengers-flights-swap-future-trips-coronavirus-a9481366.html

Sounds like a deal....but you can only swap with a flight on the current schedule, and realistically that means up to the end of THIS summer's flights for Med destinations.
However good the offer sounds, the risk of becoming infected on the actual plane journey, and the prospect of ITU treatment is an unprepared location, can't easily be dismissed
Regardless, anyone want to bet when holiday destinations are going to open their airports to flights from the UK? This season? 2022?

[Maik]

Regardless, anyone want to bet when holiday destinations are going to open their airports to flights from the UK? This season? 2022?

On the one hand, they want tourism, and the UK is a big market for Greece. On the other hand, they don't want anyone with the lurgies.

Usual scenario: just send yer money.

[Maik]

Is this bloke real???

You'd need a warped imagination to invent Trump.

Perhaps he'll try the disinfectant injections personally.

[Jolly Roger]

Regardless, anyone want to bet when holiday destinations are going to open their airports to flights from the UK? This season? 2022?

On the one hand, they want tourism, and the UK is a big market for Greece. On the other hand, they don't want anyone with the lurgies.

Usual scenario: just send yer money.

Greece could be open for business quite soon, but only for the domestic market. The same will apply to most countries as they open up. International travel will be restricted for some time to come and then only with 'health passports'.

[Maik]

Unfortunately, domestic tourism won't fill all the tourist accommodation or provide all the needed jobs. If it did then Greece wouldn't want to be invaded by foreigners every summer.

Health passport  Not sure it's a flyer - a bit like a MOT / KTEO, it 'proves' the person didn't have the lurgie on the day the test was undertaken.

[Alan]

Works for pets, but only because its evidence of preventative treatment, so until there is a COVID 19 vaccine it would be of limited value,

[expat]

Greece could be open for business quite soon, but only for the domestic market. The same will apply to most countries as they open up. International travel will be restricted for some time to come and then only with 'health passports'.

WHO or whatever they are called, have already said that this so called passport is a complete nonsense, and is a license to spread the virus, if it is even possible that you can get a test, there is nothing to stop you picking up this virus a day later, then spreading it!