Let's have some chit chat :)

[cocopop3011]

4 hours ago, Afi4wins said:

I get a black screen...just as I would whenever I try to access casinos that are restricted to my countries. The odd thing is, it is NOT MY ISP that is blocking Askgamblers website, because I can still access other forum sites like LCB and Casinomeister, so this is really puzzling!

The last time I could get access was on July 7th, then everything went dead the next morning. I now need to use VPN to get to this forum site, which is a big nuisance for me, because my local casino site gets blocked off because the VPN is using a Los Angeles IP.

Switching the VPN on and off is a turn off, so I hope this issue could be resolved as soon as possible.

 

Oh dear! Did you say you have already reported this Afi? 

[Afi4wins]

1 hour ago, cocopop3011 said:

Oh dear! Did you say you have already reported this Afi? 

Yes, Valdes and his team has been working on this issue but still hasn't resolve it as yet.

[Flatzem]

 

[Blackjax]

10 minutes ago, Flatzem said:

 

@cocopop3011 is not going to like this. She has a thing for Boris you know. If Boris Johnson divorces his current wife our Cocopop is ready to marry him.

[Flatzem]

10 minutes ago, Blackjax said:

@cocopop3011 is not going to like this. She has a thing for Boris you know. If Boris Johnson divorces his current wife our Cocopop is ready to marry him.

guess she won't like the bin bag sign in this photo.

[Afi4wins]

I was watching a western movie last night, Magnificent 7, when I saw something that caught my eye...

I was thinking, oh boy, was our Cocopop formerly a costume designer? Then I saw the 'e' instead of the 'o'... 

 

[Afi4wins]

I guess our Cocopop hasn't seen this yet... 

[Flatzem]

Britain’s supermarkets are struggling to ensure adequate food supply after reports of panic hoarding due to what the British press calls “ping-demic” – a reference to being “pinged” by the NHS test-and-trace system.

We noted on Monday that ping-demic was likely to “lead to food shortages,” and that is precisely what is happening today.

The Independent reports UK’s largest supermarkets are experiencing shortages after the number of people getting “pinged” on the NHS Test and triggered mass confusion.

The NHS app sent a half-million alerts last week, notifying users they have to quarantine for ten days because of possible close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

This has caused a supply chain shock and disruptions as hundreds of thousands of people panic buy food and fuel to survive the quarantine.

British newspapers and social media users published pictures of empty supermarket shelves.

“We’re very concerned about the situation,” Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told Sky News when asked about panic hoarding at supermarkets. “We’re monitoring the situation.”

Sainsbury’s, Britain’s second-largest supermarket group, warned about supply shortages:

 

 

@cocopop3011 anything to say about this ? or anyone else in the UK ?

 

[pinnit2015]

Sainsbury's today - got everything, certainly not the 'selected' images like the Mail (and others)have pulled: ditto for Tesco's on the Friday. 

S.bury's seem to have the least affected supply chain - they don't appear overly worried. Iceland's issue is workers. 

Always dubious of these pictures being pulled - pre-covid that's what Asda looks like most Fridays, so, meh. No doubt there are regional variances for whatever reason - i highly doubt we'll see mass starvation, just temp reductions on products. 

Anyone wanting home improvements atm forget it - the building trades supply chain is up the left in many areas: cement, timber all in short supply and when u can get it, coming in at x3 the normal prices. And those prices will likely not drop when the supply chain catches up (est 4 months)

 

[ValDes]

On 7/19/2021 at 11:21 AM, Afi4wins said:

Yes, Valdes and his team has been working on this issue but still hasn't resolve it as yet.

Hey man and sorry for the late response, was OOO last week. 

Still no news from the tech team mate. Will ping them straightaway and remind again. 

[Afi4wins]

1 hour ago, ValDes said:

Hey man and sorry for the late response, was OOO last week. 

Still no news from the tech team mate. Will ping them straightaway and remind again. 

Thanks Guru-san. Really strange why it's taking so long for this issue to be resolved...hope that will come very soon.

[cocopop3011]

I'm experiencing a very slow forum today, is anyone else? Other sites seem fine, but navigating in here is very delayed. Sorry if eveyone else too, I'll report tomorrow if the issue persists.

[Blackjax]

10 minutes ago, cocopop3011 said:

I'm experiencing a very slow forum today, is anyone else? Other sites seem fine, but navigating in here is very delayed. Sorry if eveyone else too, I'll report tomorrow if the issue persists.

I thought it was just me. Like in the beginning when you click on site it loads slow and then when its about to finish it stays on around 75% loading point and then the site glitches and then lands on page. This is what has been happening since yesterday. 

Yesterday afternoon for me the forum was down as well. You know when that hat guy with spanner in hand shows up with site going through maintainance message. That appeared for 2 hours.

[Blackjax]

@Fiekie247 I just remembered you mentioning Astropay in one of the messages. Have you downloaded the Astropay app?

Have you been playing that Astro Coins game? I hope you are bro. Dont miss out.

[Afi4wins]

3 hours ago, cocopop3011 said:

I'm experiencing a very slow forum today, is anyone else? Other sites seem fine, but navigating in here is very delayed. Sorry if eveyone else too, I'll report tomorrow if the issue persists.

Yep, same here with me on my VPN...it's taking much longer to load a new page, or to go to the next topic.

[Fiekie247]

Last night was the worse on the forum. Today was much better. I could browse any part of Askgamblers, but not the forum. Was struggling to post my links for my reviews, as it timed out and i lost it.

[Fiekie247]

1 hour ago, Blackjax said:

@Fiekie247 I just remembered you mentioning Astropay in one of the messages. Have you downloaded the Astropay app?

Have you been playing that Astro Coins game? I hope you are bro. Dont miss out.

Yeah I do

Already got my first 30 USD free gift card for 6k coins

[cocopop3011]

On 7/25/2021 at 10:52 PM, Flatzem said:

Britain’s supermarkets are struggling to ensure adequate food supply after reports of panic hoarding due to what the British press calls “ping-demic” – a reference to being “pinged” by the NHS test-and-trace system.

We noted on Monday that ping-demic was likely to “lead to food shortages,” and that is precisely what is happening today.

The Independent reports UK’s largest supermarkets are experiencing shortages after the number of people getting “pinged” on the NHS Test and triggered mass confusion.

The NHS app sent a half-million alerts last week, notifying users they have to quarantine for ten days because of possible close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

This has caused a supply chain shock and disruptions as hundreds of thousands of people panic buy food and fuel to survive the quarantine.

British newspapers and social media users published pictures of empty supermarket shelves.

“We’re very concerned about the situation,” Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told Sky News when asked about panic hoarding at supermarkets. “We’re monitoring the situation.”

Sainsbury’s, Britain’s second-largest supermarket group, warned about supply shortages:

 

 

@cocopop3011 anything to say about this ? or anyone else in the UK ?

 

Sorry Flatzem, completely missed this. Seen loads on Facebook, personally I’ve not seen any shortage of food at all on my area. Find it rather strange there’s even a shortage 

[cocopop3011]

5 hours ago, Blackjax said:

I thought it was just me. Like in the beginning when you click on site it loads slow and then when its about to finish it stays on around 75% loading point and then the site glitches and then lands on page. This is what has been happening since yesterday. 

Yesterday afternoon for me the forum was down as well. You know when that hat guy with spanner in hand shows up with site going through maintainance message. That appeared for 2 hours.

Yes there were some known issues previously, I’m assuming it’s still ongoing. But will check for you guys tomorrow and will report back, unless Guru beats me to it. 

[pinnit2015]

The shortages are a little more nuanced that some of the media are portraying; mix of some Brexit, staff shortages via over zealous Covid apps but also things like IR35 which has affected drivers, plus a few other things

Either way, no one is for starving here (unless their parents have drunk their salaries)

Reactions of some people out and about are like we'll be chewing the leg off a cat in a few weeks; pretty laughable with the carefully selected photo's.  Heard someone say, no oranges! But there are apples and mango? Yes. Ok, cool. 

[pinnit2015]

How mangos turned into mango casino i dunno

Might see if i can get approved for  a Curacao licence for that one

Only joking - as if anyone gets rejected for one of those 

[ValDes]

Hi fellas  

Hope you had a great weekend! 

Sorry for the forum browsing issues lately, seems like we had minor issues. Could you please let me know if it's working okay today. If not, pls feel free to take a screenshot and send via PM. Thanks! 

[Afi4wins]

1 hour ago, ValDes said:

Hi fellas  

Hope you had a great weekend! 

Sorry for the forum browsing issues lately, seems like we had minor issues. Could you please let me know if it's working okay today. If not, pls feel free to take a screenshot and send via PM. Thanks! 

Yes, everything is working fine and back to normal on my side Guru-san...INCLUDING my accessing this forum problem, which is now resolved...so a big thank you to Guru-san and his team! Great work as usual. 

[cocopop3011]

5 hours ago, Afi4wins said:

Yes, everything is working fine and back to normal on my side Guru-san...INCLUDING my accessing this forum problem, which is now resolved...so a big thank you to Guru-san and his team! Great work as usual. 

Good stuff Afi, I am so happy to hear this. Much less hassle I'd imagine. I don't know if your VPN is the same but mine is limited on data which is a pain.

[Afi4wins]

9 hours ago, cocopop3011 said:

Good stuff Afi, I am so happy to hear this. Much less hassle I'd imagine. I don't know if your VPN is the same but mine is limited on data which is a pain.

All free VPNs have a daily data limit. I used Hola before, without any daily restrictions, but now has one, so I changed over to IOBit's iTop VPN, which has a 700MB daily limit. Can't even watch a blocked movie in full. A nuisance indeed.