Cerberus

They have - and yet Biden is older than the four men who came before him, which I guess might be unprecedented.

Time to uncross those fingers dude !

The Falklands?

Yeah, the nearest Tesco Extras and Sainsburys Locals will have been stripped of their stock.

Supermarkets sell plenty of flowers - sometimes corner shops too.

Well there is a precedent - of sorts. I believe the Duchess of Windsor didn't attend the funerals of George VI or Queen Mary. Furthermore she wasn't pregnant, and there wasn't a worldwide pandemic raging. Talking of which, wouldn't they have to quarantine? Are the Royals exempt from such rules?

Heartbreaking figures continue to come from Italy, with another 627 reported dead today - just 45 here, and that a 'spike' after low Easter figures. 638 in Poland and 311 in Hungary, a country of nine million people - which would be the equivalent of over 2000 in the UK. A couple of weeks ago Italy's per-million figure was about 100 behind Britain's - tomorrow they will overtake us, as Slovakia did earlier today. The third wave sweeping Europe means that three million Covid deaths is now a formality. Did anyone here predict that a year back? Pessimistic projections come from SAGE meanwhile, predicting a late-summer surge - in hospitalisations and deaths - following the easing of restrictions in June. Cases will go up, no doubt, but won't almost everyone have been vaccinated by then? If we're going to die anyway, what was the point?

Has it been made clear whether these would be made available to those who have only had the first dose, or would you have to be doubly jabbed? If your first dose is given in May, you won't be getting the next until August, which is most of the summer gone. Bit tough if you only wanted to get away for a weekend or sit in a pub garden with a few friends (and yes I know that pubs won't be asking for them next week. Anyone planning on going, by the way?).

94 year old not on telly much - who'd have thought it ... it's almost as if people are allowed to retire.

Quite hard not to get close now. Will sign off with a round 50. Cheers everyone, and thanks PB. Let's hope the numbers keep going down.

Tuesday 53.

Is today's score. I think I'm still in the lead though, for now. Only 3800-odd cases too - I'd expect that to go back up, though. Monday 27.

Apparently they booked a table for 26. Waiter: "but there are only 13 of you!" JC: "Yeah, we're all going to sit on one side."

I was about to put him in the cricket thread, but knowing that he won an England footie cap, I thought I'd check here first. Wicket-keeper who had a brief run as Kent's first choice between the retirement of Godfrey Evans and the emergence of Alan Knott.

58 today. Nobody spot on, but several close as you'd expect. Not sure if we will get the Third Wave frankly - isn't it just our second wave, exported to mainland Europe? If we get it back again it seems it will just criss-cross the Channel indefinitely. Anyway a low 24 for Sunday.