wealdstone 3,454 Posted July 21, 2020 As some may know following months of silence they offered to refund my money. This has never been about money but rather the deafening silence from the bosses. Having now heard from them I am quite happy for money to be held over till next season. "Deo Volente" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 2,254 Posted July 21, 2020 Hope you got an assurance that there will actually be a Peterborough Speedway team in 2021 before you agreed to hold over the money until next season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crump99 4,474 Posted July 21, 2020 2 hours ago, scoobydoo said: Hope you got an assurance that there will actually be a Peterborough Speedway team in 2021 before you agreed to hold over the money until next season. Given that there could be a second spike during close season (the real one), social distancing and/or other restrictions could be with us for the foreseeable future until or unless a vaccine and better treatments appear then I'd still wouldn't bet on viable speedway as we know it happening in 2021 anyway? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,692 Posted July 21, 2020 The whole season written off because of a flu like virus. The UK has truly gone mad... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crump99 4,474 Posted July 22, 2020 8 hours ago, Blupanther said: The whole season written off because of a flu like virus. The UK has truly gone mad... As people return to some sort of normality (within the current restrictions), socialise more in groups and spend more time indoors then review the statement after New Year. The UK is not alone is it? The whole world has to be seen to have gone mad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,692 Posted July 22, 2020 15 minutes ago, Crump99 said: As people return to some sort of normality (within the current restrictions), socialise more in groups and spend more time indoors then review the statement after New Year. The UK is not alone is it? The whole world has to be seen to have gone mad. Most of the world, some countries have not panicked and remained pretty normal ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crump99 4,474 Posted July 22, 2020 52 minutes ago, Blupanther said: Most of the world, some countries have not panicked and remained pretty normal ... Well this is not the thread for stats, theories and conspiracies on Covid-19 so we'll leave it there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve0 5,517 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Blupanther said: Most of the world, some countries have not panicked and remained pretty normal ... The number of deaths suggest that this was not just flu and I don’t think any decision makers panicked. Lots of things could have been done better and some things don’t seem logical - but better to be safe I say Edited July 22, 2020 by Steve0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,692 Posted July 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, Steve0 said: The number of deaths suggest that this was not just flu and I don’t think any decision makers panicked. Lots of things could have been done better and some things don’t seem logical - but better to be safe I say We will just have to disagree on that then ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bald Bloke 3,284 Posted July 23, 2020 http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.38175.2&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crump99 4,474 Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/22/2020 at 9:47 AM, Blupanther said: Most of the world, some countries have not panicked and remained pretty normal ... I'm bored, so which ones are those? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 2,254 Posted July 23, 2020 Scotland & Wales 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,692 Posted July 24, 2020 19 hours ago, Crump99 said: I'm bored, so which ones are those? Sweden, South Korea and Japan to some extent, along with some other smaller countries. They went for herd immunity amongst the young and never closed the schools or infringed on civil liberties. And more importantly, along with Poland they never cancelled the speedway season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crump99 4,474 Posted July 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Blupanther said: Sweden, South Korea and Japan to some extent, along with some other smaller countries. They went for herd immunity amongst the young and never closed the schools or infringed on civil liberties. And more importantly, along with Poland they never cancelled the speedway season Well let's start at the beginning. Doing a Sweden/Covid-19 search on Google today doesn't make pretty reading if you're using that as a benchmark. South Korea and Japan are chalk and cheese compared to to UK and South Korea had a head-start after its inadequate dealing with an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2015. Japan is a funny one but (Coronavirus: Japan's mysteriously low virus death rate) makes interesting reading. A tenuous SARS type of herd immunity from the off and their pretty standard use of face masks regardless is arguably not comparing like with like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,692 Posted July 24, 2020 Sweden’s approach and it’s success will become evident in a years time, especially if it reappears in the winter. Time will tell... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites