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The story is getting mainstream attention in the UK now too, it’s currently on the BBC homepage and the 6th most read story - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68104198

31 minutes ago, WyattSheepMask said:

 

I would imagine all the hotels have jacked up their prices already

With the o2 and London in general getting big events regularly and having plenty of hotel capacity, would this be less of an issue than in Cardiff?  I haven’t been to any big shows in London so genuinely don’t know the impact it would have.

25 minutes ago, Healy52003 said:

I have a small feeling someone's after fucking up with the seating chart. If you search on TM now the diagram on the left side of the ticket selection has a big titan tron and ramp in front of the North Stand 

I’ve just checked & I’m still getting the same chart you posted a couple of days ago

Ticketmaster was really bad for me this morning - got to the confirm payment stage multiple times & it crashed when confirming & kicked me back out again.  Finally managed to get some but they are more expensive and aren't as good as the ones I lost.  I didn't want to risk leaving it until the general sale when there would be even more people trying to get through

It’s a good point, there isn’t a stage set up on the seating plan.  Do we think they’re using the black line out from L9 as the entrance?  They’ve done similar set ups for the rumble recently

3 minutes ago, MVP RULZ said:

Section L22 Row 20

You did well… up I just briefly had a £112 option but row 19 in the upper tier

1 minute ago, MVP RULZ said:

Mine are the £112 ones so they were on sale, how many though is hard to say.

Where about did that get you?

I can’t get any in the £112 seats to come up, keeps suggesting the more expensive ones instead.  I’m wondering if they’ve held the mid range ones back until the general sale

1 hour ago, Egg Shen said:

has anyone received an email about the presale?

I haven’t had one yet.

Ticketmaster is saying doors open at 3pm with the show starting at 5.30pm, when the show was announced the start was listed as 7pm.  Does anyone know what’s going on with timings?  If it is 5.30pm, I might need to book an extra night on the Friday.  The Saudi shows start at 5pm (UK time) so they have history for doing an early showing in USA:

WHEN IS WWE CLASH AT THE CASTLE AT PRINCIPALITY STADIUM IN CARDIFF, WALES?

WWE Clash at the Castle emanates from Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. Doors will open from 15:00 and the event will start from 17:30.

1 hour ago, Chili said:

There isn't an MH thread anymore so yeah, I'm on Universal Credit still. I'm not fit to work yet, but I'm hoping to at least get some help rebuilding my CV with the National Careers folk. Anyone know if they're shit? I very much would like anything that isn't retail (11 years of that) or anything that involves ringing old people selling stuff as the idea just makes me feel sad. The other issue is, I don't want a 'career' just something eventually that doesn't mean I'm massively anxious spending anything with so little money. 

I find everything really frustrating at the moment. I've lived in Manchester for over three years and just finally got a bike fixed. But I've got nowhere to go or really anyone to see. I keep catastrophising and it's difficult. 

It’s a couple of years since I was in Manchester but NCS wasn’t great in that area, they may have improved now but there were a variety of other organisations offering CV help that were better than NCS so I’d have a look around.  If you send your work coach a message they should be able to signpost you to some.  Also, there will be a bunch of provision that the jobcentre has access to who can support you, even if you’re not fit for work at the moment they can help with CV, cover letters etc. (It’s classed as taking steps to prepare yourself for work, no pressure but support at the rate you’re comfortable with) so you could ask for details of them when you feel up to it.

1 hour ago, garynysmon said:

As I understand it, Wales is ahead of the other UK nations in vaccinations. Yet I'm 37 and not due to have my second jab until the end of the month.

If that's the case then surely there are hoardes of people in their 30s and 40s not fully vaccinated in England at this juncture? The idea of lifting all restrictions at this point would scare me a little. Surely another month or so would make a world of difference?

Wales focussed on getting everyone their first vaccine whereas England started prioritising the 2nd dose so a lot of people in England have now had both doses.  The younger age brackets were delayed a bit in getting the first vaccine while they focussed on the 2nd round but they’ve been able to get the 1st one for a few weeks now so a lot of the youngsters will be waiting for their 2nd now.

1 hour ago, Slapnut said:

Got my first dose of the Oxford yesterday and it’s knocked me for six. I’m aching all over, got a temperature, feel both hot and cold, and my blood sugars are dangerously high.

Still, one step closer to something resembling normality!

My mum had the same reaction (except the blood sugar), it lasted 24 hours & then she was back to normal.  Hopefully it’ll pass quickly for you too.

10 minutes ago, Murtz said:

I didn't have to do the 15 minute wait with the Oxford vaccine. I'm assuming you got the Pfizer one?

My mum had the Oxford one on Saturday & had to wait 15 minutes but wasn’t observed. They told her she could wait in her car but her insurance wouldn’t cover her during the 15 minutes so not to leave until that was finished.

I have mine this evening & am getting worried about the after effects. My mum felt awful for the 24 hours after her jab, I’ve booked tomorrow off work in case I get the same.

The BBC here puts on a medley of programme snippets as a filler when the local news should be on (because it’s not in HD) & I’ve been trying to work out for ages what one of the programmes was because it looked good.  I’ve just googled years & years after reading the comments in here & that’s the show I was trying to find.  Definitely going to give it a go. 
 

I've been looking forward to It’s A Sin since the trailers started over Christmas.  I’m glad it’s getting such good reviews, can’t wait to watch it.

46 minutes ago, wordsfromlee said:

I've posted in here a couple of times about the local COVID conspiracy gang of idiots in my town. Well last week one of them contracted COVID and died the next day.

The Guardian wrote a piece about him and how COVID conspiracies are causing major risk to peoples lives.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/23/gary-matthews-duped-by-lying-anti-vaxxers-his-death-is-at-their-door

(The Charlie Parker they talk about in the article is the unicycling leader that I've spoken about previously)

The guy who died used to work in my office (before my time), people who worked with him said he was always a bit odd & didn’t like engaging with anyone

5 minutes ago, Vamp said:

People can't enter library buildings to look at or collect books.

They can enter library buildings to go to support groups, for childcare or to use computers. 

Its possible that people might not be able to apply for jobs at job centres but will be able to at libraries. 

it sounds like that’ll be the case.  Jobcentres haven’t opened enough for people to apply for jobs on the computers, there may be some exceptions for big offices but in general the computers can only be used by vulnerable customers in exceptional circumstances- to make claims, complete mandatory UC changes etc.  Our office is average size & we can only have 2 customers in at anytime so we can’t have people using computers for long periods because it’ll mean other people can’t come in for appointments 

2 minutes ago, Vamp said:

New "I'm not sure you're taking this seriously" work discussion is regarding self isolating. 

Essentially if you self isolate and then get a negative test result it *can* count against you in a sickness review. It *might not* and HR are taking a "pragmatic" approach. But they haven't defined what that means. 

We had something similar at work too (public sector) & they ended up saying it would get recorded as sickness but wouldn’t count towards our sickness records in relation to warnings.

I’m over a week into self isolation now & we’re fairly certain my mum did have Coronavirus.  Thankfully she only had mild symptoms but had to monitor her oxygen levels for a few days when she was breathless.  I’m not sure if I’ve had it though, I’ve had a couple of odd days & hour spells where I don’t feel right but no fever or major cough although my mum didn’t either.

During the government update on Friday last week they announced my job role was eligible for testing but my manager checked & was told that they weren't expecting the guidance on how to get a test arranged until next week by which time my 14 days isolation would have ended so I wasn’t likely to actually get tested.  

I’m scared, pissed off & need to vent - apologies in advance for the ramble.

I live with my mum (moved back in last year to help her with the household after my stepdad left), we’re both key workers so were still going to work. My office has been really good with social distancing & I’ve been obsessively washing my hands thoroughly, staying home when I’m not at work & doing anything I can to try & avoid catching Covid.  

At mums work they’ve been awful with making changes to accommodate social distancing, she’s complained to managers & made suggestions to improve things but nothing much has changed so she’s told me a few times she’s going to go off with stress until it improves but never went through with it.  Her work have had at least 6 people who have gone off with symptoms, some tested & confirmed cases, some hospitalised but the company has kept the cases quiet so people only find out weeks later.  Mum has still gone out a few times for non essential shopping (garden & DIY stuff) & hasn’t changed her hand washing standards - obviously she does wash her hands but not for 20 seconds, every time she comes home etc.

Mum started with symptoms of a cold yesterday & was sent home from work this morning to self isolate so I’m now off for 14 days too.  She hasn’t actually isolated from me though - she’s still downstairs, pottering about, touching things & coughing so now I’m at home waiting to inevitably get sick.  Mum’s spent the last few hours messaging colleagues & telling me all the horror stories from the ones there who have it - weeks of being seriously ill, hospital trips, people who don’t have any risk factors suffering really badly with it.  I’m overweight so am pretty fucked when I get it & honestly, I’m petrified.

Sorry for the rant, I’m so pissed off that she carried on going to work & didn't do anything to protect herself from getting sick which has now put us both at risk.

I’m sorry to hear your news @Hannibal Scorch 

I’ve had an email from ticketmaster today saying that as the show has been cancelled, they will be issuing refunds automatically within 30 days

Could they actually get away with just cancelling?  I assumed they’d have to do it with an empty stadium because of sponsorship, partners etc. but I don’t know what their options would be.  I can’t imagine they’ve ever been in this type of situation before with potentially having to cancel Mania?

46 minutes ago, Thunderplex said:

Indecently, middle of last week, I put a notice on my desk stating that due to the current issues with various viruses, I would not be participating with handshakes at the moment (especially not with relatives at home time, waits for cheap pop, doesn’t happen, carry on), and no offence intended.  Was told to remove it this morning as it was “promoting panic”.

I was planning to ask my manager if we could put up similar signs in my office but I have a feeling it won’t go down well

Presale day was a nightmare, I had constant error messages for about 2 hours whenever I tried to buy anything.  I eventually got section 122 for Mania, I’ve got the end seat so hoping to dodge any obstacles - I was in the same section last year & had a clear view.  Tickets are definitely way more expensive than last year, the seat I had last year was over double the price this year so I’m further back this time to get to the sensible prices.

I finally managed to get the combo tickets a week after they went on sale when ticketmaster finally let international sales through, I’m in the top section but directly opposite the ring above the hard camera block.  They did the combos last year & it makes it so much easier.

The travel packages went on sale yesterday - https://travelpackages.wwe.com/event/wrestlemania-36

Confirms that HOF will be on Thursday, Smackdown is Friday, Takeover is back to Saturday night

The Daily Mail (I know) have picked up the story - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7652231/Nearly-200-WWE-wrestlers-crew-held-hostage-Saudi-Arabia.html