Steve Cotterill

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Sorry to hear that Woz. Never easy, but in these circumstances with restrictions on visiting patients and limits on funerals (could only have 10 at my mum's last April) it gives it an extra twist of the knife.

I attended my first 'Zoom' funeral last week. It was very strange, like watching a TV funeral if not for the fact that I knew most of the people there.

Most funerals I have been to involve meeting and chatting with fellow bereaved about the person who has passed. Sharing memories. So it becomes more of a celebration of their life. With people not being present to share their respects and condolences it must make the whole thing more difficult for those attending.  

Strange days and difficult times we are living through.

Quoted from LH

That was a very sarcastic comment by me. Here’s another: Those protocols are clearly working.

Sarcasm doesn't always work when there's no tone with it.

Quoted from RonMariner

I attended my first 'Zoom' funeral last week. It was very strange, like watching a TV funeral if not for the fact that I knew most of the people there.

Most funerals I have been to involve meeting and chatting with fellow bereaved about the person who has passed. Sharing memories. So it becomes more of a celebration of their life. With people not being present to share their respects and condolences it must make the whole thing more difficult for those attending.  

Strange days and difficult times we are living through.

Exactly. Also when your family is scattered far and wide, as I’m sure many Grimsby families are, it’s a way of everyone coming together again and celebrating their own shared history.

Quoted from DB

Thank you, I falsely assumed that all people on here were sensible.

This isn't North Korea. People can disagree/red cross you. Get over it.

Quoted from smokey111

This isn't North Korea. People can disagree/red cross you. Get over it.

I disagree.

The funeral issue has been ignored to some extent but it’s been a massive deal. My mum works at a funeral directors, they haven’t been more or less busy than normal but if a person comes in who tested positive for Covid the protocols are strict and it effects everything else, embalming, the way the body is care for, the funeral and so on.

Funerals are more celebratory now, or so it feels and as Kingston said, they’re often a vessel to bring family from far and wide together...that has gone.

We’ve got a colleague at work who’s brother and wife are currently in a battle as her mum/dad, not entirely died of a myriad of health reasons, of which they were expecting but attended a hospital for a routine appointment, was tested, tested positive and has subsequently died so it impacts on everything. Her own consultant categorically states that Covid was not the cause. Now they have all those things to contend with.

All very complex and ultimately upsetting.

Quoted from smokey111

This isn't North Korea. People can disagree/red cross you. Get over it.

Couldn't agree more this is not North Korea. That said if you have conversation with someone and you disagree you tell them why, and visa versa. If you e mail or write to someone and disagree you explain why.

So when you get a X somebody disagrees,. No problem we all have different views but like the dictatorship of North Korea, and Kim, these cowards don't give a reason.

I'm over it and don't give a dam, but from a rational point of view it is always nice to know WHY; as opposed to nothing, no opinion, just thought I'd press a key, it's a wind up, init good that's done one on im. And on and on

At the end of the day I post because I have supported the mariners, through thick and thin. These morons post a X for a laff.

Smokey thank you for your views and am very please you said them. Sometimes people agree and sometimes they don't and I wish more people would add their name to a post. That way you can respect them for their views like I do you.

Quoted from DB

Couldn't agree more this is not North Korea. That said if you have conversation with someone and you disagree you tell them why, and visa versa. If you e mail or write to someone and disagree you explain why.

So when you get a X somebody disagrees,. No problem we all have different views but like the dictatorship of North Korea, and Kim, these cowards don't give a reason.

I'm over it and don't give a dam, but from a rational point of view it is always nice to know WHY; as opposed to nothing, no opinion, just thought I'd press a key, it's a wind up, init good that's done one on im. And on and on

At the end of the day I post because I have supported the mariners, through thick and thin. These morons post a X for a laff.

Smokey thank you for your views and am very please you said them. Sometimes people agree and sometimes they don't and I wish more people would add their name to a post. That way you can respect them for their views like I do you.

Honestly mate, let it wash over you. So much more going on in the world to expend our energy on. You are clearly a passionate person and take the time to explain your point of view and the rationale behind it. There are plenty of posters on here that I often disagree with and can't envisage having a pint with, but you shouldn't judge a book etc.

However, the Mail reading, immigrant bashing ones............nah, would rather rearrange my sock drawer.

Quoted from DB

Couldn't agree more this is not North Korea. That said if you have conversation with someone and you disagree you tell them why, and visa versa. If you e mail or write to someone and disagree you explain why.

So when you get a X somebody disagrees,. No problem we all have different views but like the dictatorship of North Korea, and Kim, these cowards don't give a reason.

I'm over it and don't give a dam, but from a rational point of view it is always nice to know WHY; as opposed to nothing, no opinion, just thought I'd press a key, it's a wind up, init good that's done one on im. And on and on

At the end of the day I post because I have supported the mariners, through thick and thin. These morons post a X for a laff.

Smokey thank you for your views and am very please you said them. Sometimes people agree and sometimes they don't and I wish more people would add their name to a post. That way you can respect them for their views like I do you.

Some people cross poss simply because they don’t like you. I get that, even when I’m stating an unarguable fact. If I said 1 and 1 is 2 I’d get a Red Cross from some sad git. Maybe I’d wound them up some time in the past - I can be very argumentative and hold some unpopular views.

I think in your case people took against you because of the way you joined, making all sorts of, err hem, ‘challenging’ comments. Also the timing was against you because we’d recently had new posters who were clearly Fenty Trolls so you were tarred with the same brush.