Are you still getting take away deliveries?

[Orang Utan]

This is the sensiblest thing I’ve seen on here for ages.
Threads reminded me how much I do miss a curry though. From spice of India on Coldharbour Lane. Always cooked fresh, never mean with ingredients, I hope they’re doing ok.

i imagine takeaways are doing better rather than worse

 

[bimble]

i imagine takeaways are doing better rather than worse

Doesn’t sound like it from this thread? Actually you’re probavly right, people are squeamish but home all the time.

 

[Orang Utan]

Doesn’t sound like it from this thread?

people can't get groceries delivered, so i imagine they're ordering more meals to be delivered? I am certainly using them more - from almost never to twice in the past month

 

[bimble]

Apparently in the early days of the pandemic everyone stopped eating at Chinese restaurants. Hopefully they got bored of that.

 

[Geri]

Yes we are, we normally pay online but give a tip in cash. The first time, we put the money in an envelope and stuck it to the door, but the second time I just gave it to him as usual and washed my hands after. I imagine he takes sufficient precautions and if he didn't want it he could have refused it.

 

[Cid]

Doesn’t sound like it from this thread? Actually you’re probavly right, people are squeamish but home all the time.

You should see the wait times on Deliveroo etc.

E2a: also I think the vast majority of people... especially under 40/healthy aren’t that squeamish. Certainly most of my friends are... not unconcerned as such... but certainly not that worried about personal health (I realise there are wider implications, just saying what I’m observing).

 

[mod]

9g

This is the sensiblest thing I’ve seen on here for ages.
Threads reminded me how much I do miss a curry though. From spice of India on Coldharbour Lane. Always cooked fresh, never mean with ingredients, I hope they’re doing ok.

Whats you fav / go to dish?

 

[xenon]

No. We haven’t previously supported local takeaways, and aren’t about to start ordering kebabs with chips and gravy just because there’s a pandemic.

Apart from the gravey, it's the opposite of this^

Yeah. I wipe the boxes with hot soapy water or disinfectant, usually. I could say it's cos I feel it's important to support the local businesses etc, which it is but I still like not cooking and it's something to look forward to of a weekend.

 

[Looby]

Apparently in the early days of the pandemic everyone stopped eating at Chinese restaurants. Hopefully they got bored of that.

My friend’s idiot boyfriend suggested they shouldn’t order Chinese but was happy to eat dominos straight from the box. Plus he’s a carer so at risk but not from fucking chicken chow mein.

 

[scifisam]

I think the takeaways that refused everything except cash payments are probably doing the worst. That might not necessarily be a bad thing, because the odds are they were cash in hand types who don't pay as much tax as they should and don't treat their employees well.

I'm not counting greasy spoon type cafes in that though. They're usually family-run and the type of food they make can't be delivered except to really nearby. They're fucked. There's a couple I love that I really hope manage to reopen after all this, but I somehow expect this will be the end for them. A lot of pubs will probably go too, but they don't tend to be small businesses that have been in the same family for generations.

Perhaps the council could give them a rates rebate for a few months or something. I mean, it's not like if they close down they're going to be replaced by anything that does contribute to council coffers.

 

[Looby]

One Chinese place we used were still asking for card payments at the door. I selected cash on the order form and called to pay. They seemed surprised.

 

[bimble]

9g


Whats you fav / go to dish?

Ooh do you live near them? I loved .. 'Chingri of chittagong'. Just went to look at their website and they are closed.

 

[Cid]

I think the takeaways that refused everything except cash payments are probably doing the worst. That might not necessarily be a bad thing, because the odds are they were cash in hand types who don't pay as much tax as they should and don't treat their employees well.

I'm not counting greasy spoon type cafes in that though. They're usually family-run and the type of food they make can't be delivered except to really nearby. They're fucked. There's a couple I love that I really hope manage to reopen after all this, but I somehow expect this will be the end for them. A lot of pubs will probably go too, but they don't tend to be small businesses that have been in the same family for generations.

Perhaps the council could give them a rates rebate for a few months or something. I mean, it's not like if they close down they're going to be replaced by anything that does contribute to council coffers.

There’s a rates relief program in place for hospitality/leisure businesses. They will probably also be eligible for a rates-based grant: £10k-£25k depending on their rates bill (or lack of it).

 

[scifisam]

There’s a rates relief program in place for hospitality/leisure businesses. They will probably also be eligible for a rates-based grant: £10k-£25k depending on their rates bill (or lack of it).

Does a greasy spoon count as hospitality/leisure?

One of the ones I'm most fond of almost definitely owns the building they're in (they live in the flat above it - well, some of them do), but rates for cafes are really high.

 

[Cid]

Does a greasy spoon count as hospitality/leisure?

One of the ones I'm most fond of almost definitely owns the building they're in (they live in the flat above it - well, some of them do), but rates for cafes are really high.

I believe so, under hospitality afaik. It’s a broad category for everything from restaurants to event catering. Rates I suppose depends on city... but essentially if you get small business rates relief (rateable value up to £15k) you’re eligible for £10k grant. If your rateable value is between that and £51k you’re eligible for £25k grant.

E2a: these are universal grants, but assessed by local councils I think.

 

[William of Walworth]

We haven't had any takeaway since long before "all this" started, because festivaldeb loves cooking , and otherwise we love fresh soup in cartons as well as various similarly easy things .....
But ...

We’ll still get our payday Friday curry though.

... we'll be doing this as a one-off next Friday, 1st May, to celebrate payday and to celebrate the end of a successful Dry April. (It's not only a curry we plan to have delivered! )

We'll probably be pretty careful about which takeaway to pick though (there's at least three options because we live centrally).

And after reading this thread, I'll handle what's delivered very carefully -- and wash hands even more thoroughly than usual before eating!

 

[scifisam]

I believe so, under hospitality afaik. It’s a broad category for everything from restaurants to event catering. Rates I suppose depends on city... but essentially if you get small business rates relief (rateable value up to £15k) you’re eligible for £10k grant. If your rateable value is between that and £51k you’re eligible for £25k grant.

E2a: these are universal grants, but assessed by local councils I think.

OK. I'm not going to try to filter all the other covid articles to find out if you're right or not and will just hope that you are

 

[Cid]

OK. I'm not going to try to filter all the other covid articles to find out if you're right or not and will just hope that you are

Well, I mean there’s currently £2.5k in my bank account from a share of the small business rates relief one, so I’m pretty damn sure about that

Provisions are here, should you find yourself extremely bored.

 

[scifisam]

Well, I mean there’s currently £2.5k in my bank account from a share of the small business rates relief one, so I’m pretty damn sure about that

Provisions are here, should you find yourself extremely bored.

Clicked through (took abut ten seconds with your link TBF) and yeah, it does include cafes. Ta. Hopefully one of the main cafes I'm thinking of will survive, then. Obvs that's a minor issue, but it's one of the friendliest, most welcoming places I've ever been to, so uplifting I can't really describe it without sounding like I'm making it up. When I took my ex's depressive Dad there he left with a huge smile and a weird sense of wonder that such places and people still exist. I don't like the idea of it closing.

But man the country is going to be fucked with basically nobody paying tax.

 

[Roadkill]

But man the country is going to be fucked with basically nobody paying tax.

Tbf, the impact of the lockdown in that sense is going to be much like a major war, with a precipitous drop in the tax take and equally sharp increase in spending. Government will run a massive deficit, and as a result the national debt will increase. However, that's not necessarily a cause for concern: the national debt was something like 250% of GDP at the end of World War II (as opposed to about 90% now) and it was simply brought down slowly over the following decades. The real risk isn't so much from the figures themselves, as whether the Tories will use them as an excuse to revert to type and slash spending, as that evil cunt George Osborne has already been advocating.

 

[scifisam]

Tbf, the impact of the lockdown in that sense is going to be much like a major war, with a precipitous drop in the tax take and equally sharp increase in spending. Government will run a massive deficit, and as a result the national debt will increase. However, that's not necessarily a cause for concern: the national debt was something like 250% of GDP at the end of World War II (as opposed to about 90% now) and it was simply brought down slowly over the following decades. The real risk isn't so much from the figures themselves, as whether the Tories will use them as an excuse to revert to type and slash spending, as that evil cunt George Osborne has already been advocating.

I was wondering about national debts. Most of the countries affected have debts owed to each other. Is there any chance of them, or at least some of them, making a mutual agreement to cancel national debt payments, or, more realistically, delay them for some time? Didn't something similar happen after WWII?

The major stumbling block there would probably be the US.

 

[Roadkill]

I was wondering about national debts. Most of the countries affected have debts owed to each other. Is there any chance of them, or at least some of them, making a mutual agreement to cancel national debt payments, or, more realistically, delay them for some time? Didn't something similar happen after WWII?

The major stumbling block there would probably be the US.

Most debts aren't to other countries but private investors, some domestic and some overseas. They'll carry on lending so long as they're confident the government remains creditworthy, although they might ask for higher interest payments.

In the case of the UK this will just play out on a national level, but it'll be very different in continental Europe, where there's already the makings of a major split in the EU over 'corona bonds.'

 

[hash tag]

This is the first takeaway we have had in years (we got it parked cooked and heated it up at home)

 

[fishfinger]

This is the first takeaway we have had in years (we got it parked cooked and heated it up at home)View attachment 209092

What is that thing next to the Yorkshire pud?

 

[hash tag]

Nut loaf

 

[wayward bob]

sunday lunch fail

 

[WouldBe]

No point having takeaways delivered as the shop is just across the road.

Although my neighbours get them to deliver.