After Covid

[Cervelo]

Rip off Ireland at its finest dry haircut now 18 euro was 14

Back in the 80's I made the mistake of using "Wash & Gone" and by the mid 90's there was very little left for the Barber to cut.
IIRC back then a dry cut (#1 all over) was just under £10 Punts in the Trinity Barber every couple of weeks,
So I'm quite surprised that 25+ years later it's only gone up by a relative small amount!!
Nowadays the Gillette Fusion does both face and head and I never had a bad hair day since 95
Well except for the day I used a Merkur single blade razor

 

[almostthere]

Up until a few years ago I got my hair cut in a barber's in the Stillorgan area. Dry cut, old pharts rate, €8. Unfortunately one of the staff nicked one of my ears and cut it when using their comb. Another staff member would occasionally cough over you as he clipped away. Two years on and this cut has never fully healed....almost but not fully.

This barber's is no longer there but I had moved on elsewhere anyhow, and now pay €15. There are still barber's offering the old pharts rate of below €10.

 

[Leo]

There was nothing anecdotal about the 2 examples I saw and paid for or is it only your word that's gospel.My claim is that it's now dearer to live in Ireland and wages haven't gone up .It's my claim that businesses haven't increased wages to minimum wage earners but have increased prices making Ireland unaffordable for said workers.Its your claim that it's justified .

I didn't see you provide any evidence, so how is it not anecdotal?

You accusing these businesses of operating a rip-off (cheating people out of money) without any evidence or acknowledgement that costs across the board are rising, that's unfair on those businesses. You then going on to say that it's now dearer to live in Ireland, do you not acknowledge that these business owners would have to charge more in order to cover those increasing costs?

 

[seamus m]

How is within 24 hour result covid test between 120 euro and 140 euro in Ireland ,only 60 to 70 in Spain, denmark and Sweden .these are what I've seen and paid so far.we are hardly been ripped off

 

[joe sod]

Looks like the end date of the Covid pandemic in Ireland is October. Most of the restrictions will be lifted in September, the last remaining ones like nightclubs will open in October and NPHET will also be disbanded in October, Hoorah

 

[odyssey06]

Looks like the end date of the Covid pandemic in Ireland is October. Most of the restrictions will be lifted in September, the last remaining ones like nightclubs will open in October and NPHET will also be disbanded in October, Hoorah

I'll believe it when we get through the winter!

 

[SlugBreath]

I read that despite being one of the European countries with the highest take up of vaccinations we have one of the highest incidents of Covid infection. Israel, the poster boy is not doing too good either. The UK is also very high.

Why is this the case? Let's hope that all those vaccines while protecting us against serious illness have not weakened us in some other way.

 

[Cervelo]

I read that despite being one of the European countries with the highest take up of vaccinations we have one of the highest incidents of Covid infection. Israel, the poster boy is not doing too good either. The UK is also very high.

Why is this the case? Let's hope that all those vaccines while protecting us against serious illness have not weakened us in some other way.

I could be wrong but I think Ireland has gone from being the best in Europe to the worst 3 times now and I'm beginning to think along the lines that it's going to be "living with Covid" rather than "After Covid"
For me It's a bit of a head melt as I'm beginning to question whether I'm going to be able to travel to Spain this November now that the talk seems to be focusing on the actual efficacy of the vaccines we have got and if & when we're going to get our booster shots
I'm not worried about the actual vaccine per se I'm more worried about getting covid and what the long term effects on me would be or any of the poor unfortunates who have already got it and are now suffering with Long Covid.
Strange and worrying times indeed.

 

[almostthere]

For me It's a bit of a head melt as I'm beginning to question whether I'm going to be able to travel to Spain this November now that the talk seems to be focusing on the actual efficacy of the vaccines we have got and if & when we're going to get our booster shots

We have been browsing flights in recent weeks. After two years of not flying and being nervous fliers we are reluctant to get on a plane again. We have said that this is a foolish way of thinking so we came to the conclusion that we will take an initial short flight to Northern France or Netherlands. Try a smaller airport without the crowds.
Then we read of the crowds, the queues, the form filling, vouchers, the yobs, etc. Lots of reasons not to travel............but we need to travel......we want to travel.....
I hope we can get some sort of booster vaccine. Apparently we will be glowing after we get it.
Family members have travelled and no problems. Other family members have stayed at home, following all the precautions and a couple have come down with colds, sniffles etc but not Covid. You wonder....where did they get these colds/sniffles/sore throats...from?

Cervelo, you want to get back on your bike again. Leper can avoid the crowds in his apartment......the only way we can do these things is by doing them.....

 

[joe sod]

I read that despite being one of the European countries with the highest take up of vaccinations we have one of the highest incidents of Covid infection. Israel, the poster boy is not doing too good either. The UK is also very high.

Why is this the case? Let's hope that all those vaccines while protecting us against serious illness have not weakened us in some other way.

I think because the young and unvaccinated are getting infected, they had no exposure before due to the very restrictive regime we had for the last 18 months in comparison to Europe where people have already been exposed to covid. In Israel and UK they have many cases due to how quickly they opened everything up after vaccinations.
The one thing from all this is that nobody got it right look at Australia and new zealand they are now at the back of the queue even though they were the poster boys a year ago

 

[joer]

It just goes to show how unpredictable Covid is . We will have to live with and respect it.

 

[kinnjohn]

It just goes to show how unpredictable Covid is . We will have to live with and respect it.

I am in Austria on holiday,
Very few using masks, all opened up and back to the new normal, the only difference now is everywhere you go where there are crowds people are using covid trackers all the time to track their movements
In restaurants, each table has a tracker barcode which you scan and upload on your phone, they use the same system everywhere people meet,

 

[joer]

I am in Austria on holiday,
Very few using masks, all opened up and back to the new normal, the only difference now is everywhere you go where there are crowds people are using covid trackers all the time to track their movements
In restaurants, each table has a tracker barcode which you scan and upload on your phone, they use the same system everywhere people meet,

It is a good idea . Do you think that might catch on here?

 

[kinnjohn]

It is a good idea . Do you think that might catch on here?

I am surprised no one in the Media or catering sector or the Government or any of the political parties have not suggested using a system like the use in Austria to open up fully in Ireland before now,
Austria test school children Monday Wednesday Friday during school term, rather than pushing vaccination they have settled into testing unvaccinated people when they require testing,

 

[Purple]

rather than pushing vaccination they have settled into testing unvaccinated people when they require testing,

That's a bit silly. It makes far more sense to vaccinate people.

 

[Majka.21]

Back in the 80's I made the mistake of using "Wash & Gone" and by the mid 90's there was very little left for the Barber to cut.
IIRC back then a dry cut (#1 all over) was just under £10 Punts in the Trinity Barber every couple of weeks,
So I'm quite surprised that 25+ years later it's only gone up by a relative small amount!!
Nowadays the Gillette Fusion does both face and head and I never had a bad hair day since 95
Well except for the day I used a Merkur single blade razor

gotta use a quality razor when shaving the head

 

[kinnjohn]

I am surprised no one in the Media or catering sector or the Government or any of the political parties have not suggested using a system like the use in Austria to open up fully in Ireland before now,
Austria test school children Monday Wednesday Friday during school term, rather than pushing vaccination they have settled into testing unvaccinated people when they require testing,

That's a bit silly. It makes far more sense to vaccinate people.

(I posted on the wrong thread should be in the Travel would you go section,)

Purple,It makes far more sense to you and me,

But there are others who feel different for many reasons from anti-Vaccination
to people who think the most Vulnerable around the World should be vaccinated first ahead of young people who possibly got covid and never realize they had it,
The Vulnerable in Vienna are getting their booster shots already,

I already posted on this site how grateful I was to receive my Vaccination several months ago,
Which speaks for itself,

The people who set us up on the local web-based tracy app and booked the apartment We stayed in, were an east European family of six who worked in Ireland up until the 2010 crash,( Friends of one of the people in our group,)

the parents and one of the children are Vaccinated the other are not, one is old enough to make up her own mine, the two younger children because their parents decided not to vaccinate them at this stage,

The day we arrived the Family took us for a walk stopping for Ice cream at a highly recommended local ice cream outlet,

I saw firsthand the local tracy app in action, for the first time, the QR codes are posted up every you go so you can scan them if you are going to spend more than 15 minutes in the company of people who are not part of your group,

I noticed the one who decided not to be Vaccinated seemed to be using the local app once she stopped for any length of time I only found out later she was not vaccinated,

Tourists have free use of all Covid testing facilities provided to locals,

I think I have posted enough for now on this site,

 

[Cervelo]

Strange how the mind works sometimes, last night we went out for a meal to celebrate a friends birthday
It was the first time myself and Mrs C were in a restaurant since our last meal out in Madrid beginning of March 2020
Nothing fancy Elephant & Castle because the birthday girl loves chicken wings and had never been to an Elephant & Castle!!
Anyhow we've just asked for the bill and my throat starts to feel sore and my brain starts to go into overdrive
Did I wash my hands correctly, did I use enough sanitizer, did I touch something and then touch my face etc etc
A few minutes later I'm in the car saying to Mrs C "I don't want to alarm you but my throat is very sore"
To which she replied" I'm not surprised, I haven't seen you talk that much in the last two years"

So it would appear not only do I have to get use to having people in close proximity to me, now I also have retrain my throat for sustained conversation over the dinner table

 

[Purple]

people who think the most Vulnerable around the World should be vaccinated first ahead of young people

I'm one of the people who believes that.

 

[Bronco Lane]

I read that despite being one of the European countries with the highest take up of vaccinations we have one of the highest incidents of Covid infection. Israel, the poster boy is not doing too good either. The UK is also very high.

Why is this the case? Let's hope that all those vaccines while protecting us against serious illness have not weakened us in some other way.

Yes, I wonder why our infection rates are so high compared to other countries in Europe despite over 80% of our population aged over 12 being vaccinated.

My own family and friends have come down with sore throats, runny noses, headaches and tiredness in recent weeks. They have all had Covid tests and none tested positive. All vaccinated.

It's like a summer flu.