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Decades ago I worked in retail and the Christmas period was where we made around two thirds of our money.
That so many shops have been forced to close over this period, even if their staff are furloughed(wages paid by the government), does not bode well for many businesses.
It's all very well not having to pay your staff but you need to make money as a business to pay the rent etc in order to keep a viable small business going.
The UK government may well be pumping billions of sterling into the economy, however there has to be a limit to this and once we are "back to normal" taxes are going to have to pay for this.
The problem I see is that there will be so many closed businesses and people dependent on government support, due to losing jobs, that it's too frightening for the UK government to think about how that tax will be raised.
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GuyThiebaut wrote: ...and people dependent on government support...
I cringe at the thought of even more government control. No country deserves that.
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GuyThiebaut wrote: The problem I see is that there will be so many closed businesses and people dependent on government support, due to losing jobs, that it's too frightening for the UK government to think about how that tax will be raised.
That might be applied in other countries too... Germany is going to face the very same problem.
They are now pumping money to keep "zombie" business, that won't survive anyways once "back to normal" (if... a BIG IF... that happens at all). So the only real result is, delaying the BOOOOOOMMM to the economy. But with the difference, that later there won't be so much money as now to take care of all those that will be bumped.
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France was already broke before, so this just add-up one little stone on the debt mountain.
On a serious note, I was really surprised that so many companies could not survive a 2-month lockdown. If you do not have treasury to survive 2 months, how are you running your business...
Not everything is going bad, ask Bezos. The shame is that governments shuts down physical stores but keep online business alive - this is unfair.
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Rage wrote: The shame is that governments shuts down physical stores but keep online business alive - this is unfair.
Yeah. Totally agree.
And the worst (although now it is being pretty obvious and a lot of voices are raising) is that they are having a huge increase in benefits using the postal service (first need job, so no lockdown) people working in the logistics malls and, and, and... but not paying any taxes at all in those lands.
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No one benefits from a lockdown. This virus doesn't care and will simply wait for the lockdown to end.
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obermd wrote: No one benefits from a lockdown. This virus doesn't care and will simply wait for the lockdown to end.
So true...
But I think that the real point is not to avoid, but to keep the numbers in a level where they can be handled with, and even that is complicated.
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Bicep - Atlas[^]
A song I just (semi-)randomly found on YouTube.
Send it to a cousin because I thought he might like it too, turned out to be one of his favorite groups already!
Apparently, Bicep have been active since 2009, but they've mainly released singles (like most DJ's do).
They're no strangers in the house and techno scene either, however I didn't know them.
I've little to say about this one, except that it was hard to pick any one track for the SOTW as I like them all.
Their self-titled album on Spotify is awesome, with Glue and Aura being two exceptional highlights.
Atlas is one of their newest tracks (and I just found out they released a new track today) from what I presume is from an upcoming album.
Looking forward to hearing more of them!
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Nice! Here's a catchy Chemical Brother's tune: Snooprah
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Nice one, haven't listened to the Chemical Brothers in quite some time.
Used to be one of my favorites too.
My favorite songs would have to be Setting Sun and Let Forever Be.
Further is their last album I've heard and K+D+B is another awesome track.
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I just found "Inner Universe" by Yoko Kanno ft. Origa[^]
Maybe interesting for you?
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Love that song.
I even think it's been SOTW before, a couple of years back
The original Ghost in the Shell anime is awesome too.
Always loved this song, which shows footage of the movie, but isn't actually a soundtrack of it: Wamdue Project - King of My Castle[^]
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Checking
EDIT: No possible.... they want me to log in to confirm I am an adult.
EDIT2: I found another clip... it probably shows other footage, since here no loging needed.
And... THANK YOU... I have danced this song so often (but other versions)... and never knew the name...
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Rave – mingle with the American (7)
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ENTHUSE?
[edit]
Thinking about it, delete the question mark:
Rave
– EN (Printers mark, a gap that is half an EM)
mingle with (anag)
the TH E
American US
If that is the solution, that's a damn clever clue! 
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Not as clever as you think!  But right answer.
Rave - ENTHUSE
mingle with - a bit more specific than just anagram, not sure what the word is for interspersing letters in the same order
the TH E
American EN US (as in en-US; the hyphen was in there just to plant a seed...) Anyhow, you're it for Monday 
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Damnit, I spent ages trying to see if the two spaces on either side of the hyphen were the same size ...
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tomorrow's clue then: foe –— why?
answer: en em y
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or
_____ dispute or argument loses direction in a rectilinear yard.
answer: quad (w)rangle
or
 (the final frontier) [too easy]
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Remdesivir, ..., should not be used in hospitals because there is no evidence it works, the World Health Organization has advised.
But it has obvious side-effects.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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It makes your hair even more orange.
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And makes your hair dye run.
Quote: If you don't know what I'm talking about, you're lucky
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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I actually thought all the pics were 'shopped until I saw a video.
Wow! 
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Gerry Schmitz wrote: And makes your hair dye run.
That wasn't hair dye. Crazy Grandpa is so full of sh*t it's coming out of his ears!
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No fools like old fools.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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