TradeShark Diary, 14th May 2020

Not a bad day at all. The Tennis Point exhibition matches started again today. Liquidity is enough to trade them although I am still reducing stakes a little. They’re still exhibitions after all. I missed the first match which would have been decent to trade and there were a couple of very one sided matches although I got on Hanfmann around 2.00 and he barely put a foot wrong. Hassan also won easily and you could get 1.84 very early. I even made a bit with two football matches.

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Charlie ate most of his breakfast this morning. He is still looking a bit sorry for himself. I have read today that walking helps a dog’s digestion. Two months on just 1 walk a day maybe isn’t ideal for him when he is used to 2 or 3. The change of exercise rules mean I can walk them more often. That’s great for them and also for me!

Since lunchtime I have been at my desk and have seen 4 drug deals and 3 families blatantly ignoring lock down. Some of the rules seem a little inconsistent but not mixing with groups from other households is common sense.

Sue and I had a lively debate last night about people getting onto packed buses and trains. She was saying that Boris had made a mistake in relaxing the lockdown rules. I said that the rules were pretty clear and that you should only use public transport if you could follow social distancing. People should take responsibility for themselves. If a bus turns up and it’s packed then you don’t get on.

Sue said that if you had to get to work and didn’t want to be late then you would get on.

No! As we’re not being tested we don’t know if we have the virus or not. If you do not know that you are clear then it’s not just about you. You also don’t know if everyone on the bus is clear so you take responsibility for :

  • Your safety.
  • The safety of your family/household as you might get infected
  • The safety of everyone on the bus as if you’re infected you can pass it on to 40 other people

I accept that a lot of people do not think that way. It’s all about them. We can’t control what others do but we can choose to do the right thing ourselves.

Last night’s walk saw 3 fox sightings and a badger! Unfortunately 2 of the foxes and the badger were too far away for the camera and this is the best I could get from the other.

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Stay safe.

 
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TradeShark Diary, 12th May 2020

Yesterday was great! I had the house to myself and I can’t remember the last time the street was so quiet. Really relaxing and just what I needed.

I watched Boris in the house of commons at 3 pm. The Speaker really fancies himself doesn’t he? I mean I know he’s a Yorkshire lad but I bet they kicked him out and took his Yorkshire passport off him. There isn’t really that much that has changed in the lock down rules for most of us. There are changes for business that will cause them problems if they have to try and re-open with social distancing. It sounds like they really aren’t sure of the guidance. For the rest of us we can exercise as many times as we like and it is suggested that we wear masks in places that don’t make social distancing possible such as street parties. That sort of thing. I don’t understand why they are allowing people to drive somewhere to exercise. You can drive as far as you like. That makes little sense to me and gives a lot of scope for abuse.

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You can now have a picnic in the park or just sunbathe as long as you stay 2 m apart. However if you want to meet with someone from another household you can’t do it at your home and you can only meet with 1 person at a time. So you can lie on the grass 2 m away from total strangers but can only meet 1 member of your family. I wonder how many people will meet groups of relatives and if questioned will say they have never met these people before in their lives?

I did catch a fox on camera last night. It’s hardly Animal Planet. When I take the dogs out if we see plenty of wildlife I might take the dogs home and then go back out with the camera. Last week we saw a huge badger and a fox fighting. As we came round the corner we were quite close but Charlie went nuts and they ran off. They were close to a crossing that is regularly used by foxes and I have seen badgers use it before. I could hear them in the bushes so we hung around for quite a while trying to catch them running across the road. I was getting cars slowing down as they went past. Maybe I looked suspicious. I read on facebook that a body had been found near there earlier that day.

I recorded a new commentary to the other 2010 webinar today. I remembered an idea I had in December for adding commentary to other people’s videos. I had a quick look on youtube and found a couple of likely candidates so watch out for those!

Quiet night in I think. Stay safe.

 
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