Are you worried yet.

[Saigon]

It was meant to be Humour with a little bit of Truth.

A Moderator, the role to act as a responsible neutral participant, someone who does not take any particular side, one who does not pursue his own agenda, political or otherwise.

 

[Zep]

Actually, Moderator: someone who makes sure that the rules of an internet discussion are not broken, for example by removing any threatening or offensive messages.

Being a Mod doesn’t mean you stop having an opinion, or posting things that some may not agree with. More that you try to enforce a set of rules. One of which, round here anyway, is that you can express yourself freely. There are many views about many politicians, personally I think they are all equally contemptible.

 

[Wattie]

In September last year (I think) I offered to donate plasma having had Covid in March.

However, when I was tested for antibodies they were almost non-existent (although they were there).
It was suggested that antibodies only last up to 6 months. So it's quite possible that you have had Covid, just your antibodies no longer show up.

How the vaccine works is beyond my pay grade.

Is it possible that antibody “duration” is directly proportionate to the amount of alcohol one consumes?
Asking for a friend.

 

[Wattie]

It was meant to be Humour with a little bit of Truth.

And it was.

 

[Wattie]

Anyone read this?
Telegraph

 

[GeoffCapes]

Is it possible that antibody “duration” is directly proportionate to the amount of alcohol one consumes?
Asking for a friend.

Possibly. I read last year that alcohol (whisky in particular) was good at fighting the effects of Covid.
I don't know if that means "the more you drink, the less you feel it (or anything)".

 

[Gazcw]

Possibly. I read last year that alcohol (whisky in particular) was good at fighting the effects of Covid.
I don't know if that means "the more you drink, the less you feel it (or anything)".

I think Trump said you had to inject it into your eyeballs whilst your nuts were held tightly in a vice. He can't be wrong.

 

[GeoffCapes]

I think Trump said you had to inject it into your eyeballs whilst your nuts were held tightly in a vice. He can't be wrong.

Nah, you're thinking of Eyeball Paul in Kevin & Perry Go Large!

Trump said you had to snort bleach or something similar. Whilst having your nuts held tightly by a vice.

 

[Felonious Crud]

Nah, you're thinking of Eyeball Paul in Kevin & Perry Go Large!

Trump said you had to snort bleach or something similar. Whilst having your nuts held tightly by a vice.

Close. He said you had to snort bleach or something similar. Whilst having your nuts held tightly by a vice.

 

[MarkMas]

India doesn’t operate a dual nationality, but Pakistan does on the other hand.

Well, it doesn't, but it also kinda does.

Overseas Citizenship of India - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[MarkMas]

A Moderator, the role to act as a responsible neutral participant, someone who does not take any particular side, one who does not pursue his own agenda, political or otherwise.

As Zep says, it seems reasonable that mods on this forum are, and should be, allowed to express their own views. Even if that means constantly reposting crappy, irrelevant and unamusing memes whining about the PM, I suppose.

 

[Rwc13]

As Zep says, it seems reasonable that mods on this forum are, and should be, allowed to express their own views. Even if that means constantly reposting crappy, irrelevant and unamusing memes whining about the PM, I suppose.

Some may have nothing better to post.....?

 

[Felonious Crud]

As Zep says, it seems reasonable that mods on this forum are, and should be, allowed to express their own views. Even if that means constantly reposting crappy, irrelevant and unamusing memes whining about the PM, I suppose.

I just checked with Mrs Crud and she says it's fine if I express my own views as long as I confirm with her in advance what they are.

 

[Koz]

Well, it doesn't, but it also kinda does.

Overseas Citizenship of India - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Hmmm not sure I follow your point.

Despite the name, OCI status is not citizenshipand does not grant the right to vote in Indian elections or hold public office. The fact you don’t have citizenship clearly suggests it’s not a passport. I think you may be getting confused by the way it looks.

 

[Vampyrebat]

Close. He said you had to snort bleach or something similar. Whilst having your nuts held tightly by a vice.

What ever it was he said, he won't be saying it on Twitter or Facebook now...

 

[MarkMas]

Hmmm not sure I follow your point.

Despite the name, OCI status is not citizenshipand does not grant the right to vote in Indian elections or hold public office. The fact you don’t have citizenship clearly suggests it’s not a passport. I think you may be getting confused by the way it looks.

Well, I agree OCI is not exactly citizenship, but it is quite close, and seems like a workaround to avoid changing the constitution. While it is certainly debatable, the issue was not 'who is voting where' but are 'foreigners' travelling between the UK and India, and then the point was made that you can't be a dual UK-India citizen so anyone making that journey is a 'foreigner' one way or the other (unlike, say, a UK-Pakistan dual). But OCI seems to be a lot more than just a residency permit, so someone might legitimately consider themselves both British and Indian (not just emotionally but legally) and travel between the two without exactly being a 'foreigner' in either.

 

[Koz]

Well, I agree OCI is not exactly citizenship, but it is quite close, and seems like a workaround to avoid changing the constitution. While it is certainly debatable, the issue was not 'who is voting where' but are 'foreigners' travelling between the UK and India, and then the point was made that you can't be a dual UK-India citizen so anyone making that journey is a 'foreigner' one way or the other (unlike, say, a UK-Pakistan dual). But OCI seems to be a lot more than just a residency permit, so someone might legitimately consider themselves both British and Indian (not just emotionally but legally) and travel between the two without exactly being a 'foreigner' in either.

I have both a British Passport and OCI. For me I consider myself to be British, I was also born here. From my understanding the PIO card which later changed to OCI card was as a result of the NRI (Non Resident Indian) community across the world being fed up with only getting 5 year visas as was originally offered. They voiced their concerns with the Govt of India and had ‘muscle’ because of the foreign remittances that were sent back to India by these NRI’s. I found it funny when I applied for my PIO card I had to prove I was of Indian Origin. My parents have sadly both passed away and held British Passports entering the UK in 1959. I couldn’t get hold of their birth certificates from India and therefore was originally refused the PIO. I only managed to get it on the basis that my wife is still an Indian Passport holder after coming to the UK as the daughter of a Diplomat some 30 years ago and never feeling the need to relinquish her identity. Incidentally if the ‘proverbial’ hit the fan whilst in India, my only help would come from the British Embassy......hopefully.

 

[MarkMas]

I have both a British Passport and OCI. For me I consider myself to be British, I was also born here. From my understanding the PIO card which later changed to OCI card was as a result of the NRI (Non Resident Indian) community across the world being fed up with only getting 5 year visas as was originally offered. They voiced their concerns with the Govt of India and had ‘muscle’ because of the foreign remittances that were sent back to India by these NRI’s. I found it funny when I applied for my PIO card I had to prove I was of Indian Origin. My parents have sadly both passed away and held British Passports entering the UK in 1959. I couldn’t get hold of their birth certificates from India and therefore was originally refused the PIO. I only managed to get it on the basis that my wife is still an Indian Passport holder after coming to the UK as the daughter of a Diplomat some 30 years ago and never feeling the need to relinquish her identity. Incidentally if the ‘proverbial’ hit the fan whilst in India, my only help would come from the British Embassy......hopefully.

The whole citizenship/nationality/identity thing is very strange for people who have moved around. When I was growing up in Singapore, some 'very British' guys my age were highly surprised to be called up for Singapore National Service, having lived there basically all their lives. One 'white British' friend became virtually stateless when his UK passport expired, as he had been born in KL, and both his parents in Madras (as it was) and he struggled to show to the British HC why he was in any sense British at all! Both my sons are dual UK / US Citizens, even though neither of them really has any meaningful connection to the USA - they will get a nasty surprise when they get a call from the IRS or the Draft Board! My mother, born and raised in the Netherlands was a dual, but renounced her Dutch citizenship, saying "It's because I just can't get on with Dutch people".

 

[MarkMas]

Some may have nothing better to post.....?

Ah, but we all think what our own posts are really important and valuable. That's how it works.
Meanwhile, the important thing about apostrophes is that you should always.....

 

[CatmanV2]

The whole citizenship/nationality/identity thing is very strange for people who have moved around. When I was growing up in Singapore, some 'very British' guys my age were highly surprised to be called up for Singapore National Service, having lived there basically all their lives. One 'white British' friend became virtually stateless when his UK passport expired, as he had been born in KL, and both his parents in Madras (as it was) and he struggled to show to the British HC why he was in any sense British at all! Both my sons are dual UK / US Citizens, even though neither of them really has any meaningful connection to the USA - they will get a nasty surprise when they get a call from the IRS or the Draft Board! My mother, born and raised in the Netherlands was a dual, but renounced her Dutch citizenship, saying "It's because I just can't get on with Dutch people".

When I had my second (might have been my first individual) passport issued in (from memory) 82 I was classed as a British Subject. This please my parents not at all given that I was born in an RAF hospital on an RAF base....

It was changed, and I've not had a problem since.

C