The TPU UK Clubhouse

[AusWolf]

So, I'm dual citizen as I was born in Ontario and married my wife from the UK 3 years ago, we both have dual citizenship and have homes and families both in the UK and Canada but what is going on everywhere right now is completely crazy, she travelled back to the UK last year to attend her grandfathers funeral and has been unable to return to Canada since, as they implemented lockdown not long after the funeral and since then even when things opened up, she couldn't travel back to Canada as it has been on the red list and she hasn't had her vaccines as she has had anaphylactic shock from previous injections, I know someone who has offered me a route to the UK at great cost to myself, roughly 15k CA$, I'm desperate to be with her again , what will happen to me if I do this and get caught? I have no life without her so the risk is worth it, I just want to come where she is and I will quarantine, stay wherever they want me to

As far as I know, you can come, but you'll be put into a quarantine hotel for a week, which will set you back £1700. Total BS if you ask me, and I can feel your pain. My parents live in Hungary, and I haven't seen them for almost 2 years now. Attending a football (soccer) game is totally fine, though. You definitely can't catch the plague from 5000 strangers. But seeing family! Now that's a serious crime.

It all makes me wonder when people are going to get fed up and stand up against their stupid governments (not just in the UK, but all around the world). When are people going to realise that the 21st century isn't the all-loving, all-encompassing utopia that history teachers tell them it is? That our leaders are just as full of sh** as they were a hundred, or a thousand years ago.

 

[the54thvoid]

So, I'm dual citizen as I was born in Ontario and married my wife from the UK 3 years ago, we both have dual citizenship and have homes and families both in the UK and Canada but what is going on everywhere right now is completely crazy, she travelled back to the UK last year to attend her grandfathers funeral and has been unable to return to Canada since, as they implemented lockdown not long after the funeral and since then even when things opened up, she couldn't travel back to Canada as it has been on the red list and she hasn't had her vaccines as she has had anaphylactic shock from previous injections, I know someone who has offered me a route to the UK at great cost to myself, roughly 15k CA$, I'm desperate to be with her again , what will happen to me if I do this and get caught? I have no life without her so the risk is worth it, I just want to come where she is and I will quarantine, stay wherever they want me to.

Canada is on green list.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-kingdom-quarantine-no-longer-required-international-travel-1.6154861

Just a test to book and you're good to go.

Canadians travelling to the United Kingdom will not be required to quarantine upon arrival as of Monday, regardless of whether they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

 

[AusWolf]

Canada is on green list.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-kingdom-quarantine-no-longer-required-international-travel-1.6154861

Just a test to book and you're good to go.

Happy news. In that case, I'll take back what I said. Not about the world's governments, though.

 

[mb194dc]

Happy news. In that case, I'll take back what I said. Not about the world's governments, though.

It's an interesting point, travel restrictions have achieved precisely nothing with regards to stopping Covid variants. The probability of them ever doing so in an open economy like the UK is zero. So why have them?

 

[AusWolf]

It's an interesting point, travel restrictions have achieved precisely nothing with regards to stopping Covid variants. The probability of them ever doing so in an open economy like the UK is zero. So why have them?

Exactly!

My other point comes from having recovered from covid recently. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't bad at all. I felt extremely tired and weak, had a light headache for 2-3 days, and I lost my taste and smell. That's it. Free holiday spent at home, playing on my computer, thank you very much! I'm not an expert, but I guess if you have a fairly capable immune system, you only go through very mild symptoms. With that thought, why don't we prioritise staying healthy and boosting our immune systems in whichever way we can instead of giving in to the artificially created fearmongering, staying home for no reason, wearing stupid masks that restrict our breathing and eating the same unhealthy shit as ever?

 

[Space Lynx]

Exactly!

My other point comes from having recovered from covid recently. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't bad at all. I felt extremely tired and weak, had a light headache for 2-3 days, and I lost my taste and smell. That's it. Free holiday spent at home, playing on my computer, thank you very much! I'm not an expert, but I guess if you have a fairly capable immune system, you only go through very mild symptoms. With that thought, why don't we prioritise staying healthy and boosting our immune systems in whichever way we can instead of giving in to the artificially created fearmongering, staying home for no reason, wearing stupid masks that restrict our breathing and eating the same unhealthy shit as ever?

I have been mentioning vitamin C / Zinc infusion drips over on the covid data thread. They are proven to increase the amount of Vitamin C in your body like a hundredfold more than taking Vitamin C pills, really a shame its not being studied more. Might be nothing to it... but still worth a try imo.

 

[the54thvoid]

Exactly!

My other point comes from having recovered from covid recently. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't bad at all. I felt extremely tired and weak, had a light headache for 2-3 days, and I lost my taste and smell. That's it. Free holiday spent at home, playing on my computer, thank you very much! I'm not an expert, but I guess if you have a fairly capable immune system, you only go through very mild symptoms. With that thought, why don't we prioritise staying healthy and boosting our immune systems in whichever way we can instead of giving in to the artificially created fearmongering, staying home for no reason, wearing stupid masks that restrict our breathing and eating the same unhealthy shit as ever?

There is a lot of retrospective thinking required in a lot of the current discussion. It took a lot of deaths from a lot of infections, as well as asymptomatic infections and vaccines to get us to this point.

Hindsight is s wonderful thing and clearly travel restrictions and vaccinations were the answer. Vaccines reduce deaths in those who are vulnerable. And don't forget long Covid.

 

[AusWolf]

There is a lot of retrospective thinking required in a lot of the current discussion. It took a lot of deaths from a lot of infections, as well as asymptomatic infections and vaccines to get us to this point.

Hindsight is s wonderful thing and clearly travel restrictions and vaccinations were the answer. Vaccines reduce deaths in those who are vulnerable. And don't forget long Covid.

I don't know. It's hard to believe in an illness that produces as many different symptoms as there are people catching it - including vaccinated ones. It's also hard to believe that travel restrictions are the answer when many countries were in total lockdown even before covid had a chance to spread, but it did spread nonetheless.

 

[the54thvoid]

New Zealand stamped it out by using travel restrictions. But they dropped the ball with vaccinations. Delta snuck in and ruined the honeymoon. Australia is incredibly strict with lockdowns and their rates are low, deaths also. Again, dropped ball with vaccines

The UK adopted a different approach. Chaotic border policy allowed an influx. Spread like nuts. But we pushed hard on vaccines. That's why we're pretty much open now. And I believe it's how it should be.

 

[AusWolf]

New Zealand stamped it out by using travel restrictions. But they dropped the ball with vaccinations. Delta snuck in and ruined the honeymoon. Australia is incredibly strict with lockdowns and their rates are low, deaths also. Again, dropped ball with vaccines

The UK adopted a different approach. Chaotic border policy allowed an influx. Spread like nuts. But we pushed hard on vaccines. That's why we're pretty much open now. And I believe it's how it should be.

As long as we have the traffic light system, I won't say we're open. I'm still not allowed to visit my parents without spending ridiculous amounts of money on tests and quarantining, which annoys me infinitely more than covid ever will.

 

[the54thvoid]

Right now:

I can't justify buying one but damn.....

 

[mb194dc]

If wanted a 3080ti anytime over next 6 months would buy one now for sure.

Got a 6800xt in August as an early Christmas present from Scan for £960. Don't expect stock to improve much over the autumn and winter... that is for sure.

 

[the54thvoid]

I've got a 2080ti and the TPU review has my card as being 5dB lower in volume. For me that makes the FE card a no-go.

 

[phill]

Well, I've just literally checked Scan.....

At those prices..... Damn!! The ones linked from Nvidia are a bargain!!

 

[the54thvoid]

I believe Scan is the partner that sells them. But only via the Nvidia site.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Just saw a advert for Win 11 on TV(UK)

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Right now:

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I can't justify buying one but damn.....

Thats alright - if you buy one. my friend might take your 2080 off you. I know he definitely wants something more powerful but he's caught right smack bang in the middle of a family emergency so might not be able to part with the cash right now, but where and when it clears he may be on the look out for one again.

Meanwhile:

 

[kurosagi01]

Well, I've just literally checked Scan.....

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At those prices..... Damn!! The ones linked from Nvidia are a bargain!!

Ironically you could have got them at MSRP if you went to Scan BBQ last saturday(11/09/2021) as they had 790 RTX cards from 3060ti-3090.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

How the fuck did the pair of fuckwits, Harry and Megan get on Time cover. How the fuck are they influential. Pair of babies.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

How the fuck did the pair of fuckwits, Harry and Megan get on Time cover. How the fuck are they influential. Pair of babies.

Because they fit in with the current MSM's agenda and topics when it comes to reporting/signal boosting

The fact that they are rich and former Royals means less to the MSM then the point they are trying to argue or campaign for.

But you're right. Nobody really cares for what these two have to say unless it's Oprah.

In the ex-royals case, it's also a way for them to make money.

Apparently, they have sold some sort of rights to amazon or Netflix to create a TV series about them.

 

[the54thvoid]

By MSM you mean the Meghan hating Daily Mail, Daily Express, Standard etc? No, of course not.

Yet, shockingly, they're all mainstream. Or do you just mean the lefty types. Please, let's not degenerate the proud UK clubhouse into the sort of sewer drivel you find in conspiracy. After all, if you don't generally believe the mainstream media, then clearly, the US never made it to the moon. And the Queen is definitely a lizard creature from space.

I mean c'mon, this is the alternative to our mainstream media.

David Icke: Holocaust denying, 5G conspiracist, anti-vaxxer, and lizard people-illuminati pot stirrer.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

By MSM you mean the Meghan hating Daily Mail, Daily Express, Standard etc? No, of course not.

Yet, shockingly, they're all mainstream. Or do you just mean the lefty types. Please, let's not degenerate the proud UK clubhouse into the sort of sewer drivel you find in conspiracy. After all, if you don't generally believe the mainstream media, then clearly, the US never made it to the moon. And the Queen is definitely a lizard creature from space.

I mean c'mon, this is the alternative to our mainstream media.

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David Icke: Holocaust denying, 5G conspiracist, anti-vaxxer, and lizard people-illuminati pot stirrer.

David icke is a fuckwit 1st class

 

[the54thvoid]

A sad day.

Sir Clive Sinclair: Computing pioneer dies aged 81

The inventor, entrepreneur and ZX Spectrum creator died at his London home following a long illness.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[lexluthermiester]

A sad day.

Sir Clive Sinclair: Computing pioneer dies aged 81

The inventor, entrepreneur and ZX Spectrum creator died at his London home following a long illness.

www.bbc.co.uk

Indeed. Sad day..

 

[the54thvoid]

Watching OCUK up to their usual tricks. For a while they had the Galax(y) HOF 3080ti at about £1399, then it dropped to £1349, then back up to £1499, and now it's risen to £1699. I would not be surprised if they soon have it back on at about £1399 but have it listed as 'was £1699'.

I'll update when it happens.