Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Together with my membership pack, a Census letter arrived. Those 10 years went a bit too quick for my liking... Anyway, it seems they want you do complete this online, as there is no form as there was 10 years ago. Anyone else done the online thing, anything I need to watch for?. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 I have done mine and it was straight forward enough. What did surprise was all the different "genders" for people and what they identify with. I can remember the days when it was "male and female". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) said: I have done mine and it was straight forward enough. What did surprise was all the different "genders" for people and what they identify with. I can remember the days when it was "male and female". I thought you had to wait til the 21st? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Maybe I because I don't get out much but surely there ARE only two genders - unless science has somehow intervened. But I know what you mean - sign of the times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Rush Motorsport said: I thought you had to wait til the 21st? But it does give the option of filling in beforehand if you know who will be in the property on the 21st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Just now, Rush Motorsport said: I thought you had to wait til the 21st? I must admit, having the cover letter to hand it does say "Complete the census on Sunday the 21st March 2021 or as soon as possible after" Now how is that going to work with 60 million folks logging onto a webite at the same time?. The Gov website crashed the day the tier system was announced... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 24 minutes ago, OldStager said: Together with my membership pack, a Census letter arrived. Those 10 years went a bit too quick for my liking... Anyway, it seems they want you do complete this online, as there is no form as there was 10 years ago. Anyone else done the online thing, anything I need to watch for?. Richard Giving away too many secrets to the ONS... The gender question, there was a high court ruling on this earlier this week. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/09/guidance-on-sex-question-in-uk-census-must-be-changed-high-court-rules I haven't opened mine yet but if there is no actual paper form then I'm going out for 24 hours on March 21st. Should be quite a challenge for my father who, at 92 tomorrow, does not own a PC or a smart-phone. Not sure what he's supposed to do if there is no paper form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Blatman said: Giving away too many secrets to the ONS... The gender question, there was a high court ruling on this earlier this week. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/09/guidance-on-sex-question-in-uk-census-must-be-changed-high-court-rules I haven't opened mine yet but if there is no actual paper form then I'm going out for 24 hours on March 21st. Should be quite a challenge for my father who, at 92 tomorrow, does not own a PC or a smart-phone. Not sure what he's supposed to do if there is no paper form. The cover letter does not say this, but I think if you haven't filled it in a reasonable timespan, they will send you a paper form, as they pointed out they want to save paper and save the tax payer the costs of printing etc ( yeah right...) but anyway, the old boy over the road has no tech at all - just a landline phone.. so yeah what do they do?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 50 minutes ago, OldStager said: Maybe I because I don't get out much but surely there ARE only two genders - unless science has somehow intervened. But I know what you mean - sign of the times. Last I read there's 68 different genders now. Must make dating interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Stuart said: Last I read there's 68 different genders now. Must make dating interesting 68, you got to be kidding - this is planet earth we are talking about isn't it ? - just incase I seem to have been teleported to some far flung star system ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 17 minutes ago, OldStager said: 68, you got to be kidding - this is planet earth we are talking about isn't it ? - just incase I seem to have been teleported to some far flung star system ! Here you go. https://www.healthline.com/health/different-genders#why-it-matters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 42 minutes ago, Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) said: Here you go. https://www.healthline.com/health/different-genders#why-it-matters OMG. Have you read some of those, I mean for pete's sake who would want to be called a Gender m...u...c...k... Come enough is enough surely. Defined as Similar to the term gender bender, it involves the act of combating or dismantling the gender binary and stereotypes through a gender identity, expression, or presentation that challenges existing norms and expectations in a given cultural context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Quite frankly, I think I need to call that teleporter service, this planet has gone nuts 😄 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Actually I should point out, because what I said could be read a few ways, I am NOT anti gay or anything like that, it's just I don't understand why we humans have to have so many labels for what is an essentially a male / female description. Just in case folks think I am not with the 21st century. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Moving on from the gender thing please. I have just filled the website in, no mention about HAVING to do it on the 21st, but as has been said above needs to be filled out for the circumstances at that date. Took 11 mins start to finish and not as detailed as the 2011 one was, that one asked how many cars I owned ?. Very painless and I wanted to do it now in case of a mad rush on the 21st when the website is bound to crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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