why on earth would anyone pay for a brass in Mitcham? Two Bacardi Breezers and 10 B&H was the going rate (until they stopped selling them in tens - then it turned into a cost/benefit analysis)

Yes it shut about 2 years ago,.think an Irish fellas took it over?was never that impressed with that wetherspoons,but I'm told it was good for a beer burger and brass😂

Is The White Lion Of Mortimer shut? Funnily enough, that place busts two myths - one of only two Wetherspoons pubs in the country that serves a decent pint of cider and isn't full of absolutely hideous old, smelly scum.

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CW thanks! It appears there are still under a 1000 deaths in Japan with a population of some 126 million Thay are doing something right.

Only pub I would set foot in mitcham is the Windmill. Although not sure what become of the old wetherspoons that shut?

spit - I take it that you weren't in Sunny Mitchikai last night?

Waggy - I thought that you weren't going to the SWC?

The media built it up as super Saturday, I bet they are gutted all they can show are some well behaved people in Soho probably having a late pride celebration and not a load of rowdy lads fighting in over crowded pubs.

Russ - at this point don't worry about the R Rate. The case load in the community is too small for it to actually work. We're at the point where raw case numbers need to be considered ahead of it

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Thanks, Lukeyboy.

Silk-yes I agree with that although as you say the Tokyo metro makes the London Underground look tame

Apart from their ludicrous train journeys to work the Japanese do seem to social distance more naturally - bowing instead of handshakes, some wear face masks naturally (though if it helps prevent the spread I do not know).

If Keefy is about, I was in Japan in March and they weren’t complying with the stay at home, in fact they locked down quite late, also there was talk they were falsifying death rates to try and get Tokyo Olympics this year not next

SA - get in quick and have a bet with Hash on that. Easiest pint you'll ever win.

I can't see us expanding ever. Personally I'm not interested in getting to the PL and I think even if we get to the Championship it will take a fair amount of time as our budget will still be in the lower half in L1.

I have been struggling with what makes me think about lifting covid measures as being bad asked last night. I've concluded that about 1in5 are real dicks with the whole aspect of the virus. I've seen it in supermarkets, on walks and in parks where the people just carry on with their normal touchy feely, or the purely disrespectful ways. So 4in 5 generally are doing it right. On the local news earlier a copper who had just came off duty tweeted a post which basically said that they feared and it was confirmed that intoxicated people were incapable of socially distancing.

Naz, debentures can be moved season to season if the debenture holder wished. So if there is a brand new stand with 20 rows they could move first (there is no way that is going to happen unless we can fluke our way to the PL just for purely cash purposes)

I'd guess if you have a debenture for, say, Row H Seat 17 before expansion, you would be entitled to that legally afterwards. You might be able to exchange it for a different seat but that would be your legal right. Probably all theoretical as I can't imagine expansion in the next 10 years.

*but* it shows...

That’s a very good point, Naz. I would be surprised if we did expand the stands by 2031, it shows the debenture scheme has plenty of flaws.

One thing I do sympathise with the Govt on is that it makes sense to loosen lockdown where it helps the economy but to keep other measures in place where it doesnt. It makes more sense to allow shops to open but still restrict other social contact, than to loosen rules around social contact but keep shops closed. Even though there may be similar risks, one helps the economy, and one doesn't (and doing both would increase risks even further).

Wu - "Doesn’t seem that the general public were sensible enough last night in many places." Can hardly have been a surprise to anyone. VE Day, Beaches, BLM, Raves, general civil disobedience.

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