Covid-19

[FierceKitty]

There's quite a buzz about toxic shock and tampons, Kitty. It's just people want what the people get, and we have had bright white associate d with clean so tampons are bleached (in general), and the manufacturers have zero interest in hitting profits by moving from that.

You should get a moon cup instead

Same defence could be used for Thalydomide (had a narrow escape there myself). It wouldn't be hard for a new law to get through....

[Sunray]

We get a lot of our meat, fish and veg through delivery services from local suppliers and distributers (farm shops and the like). So far they're still going so ended up with a decent amount of stuff, e.g. a crate if seasonal veg every other week. Always good to support local produce and business when you can. Alas not many "corner shops" left around me these days, not sure Spar and Lidl count!

The Spar group is a franchise collective that a lot of small independent traders joined in the 1970s.  Many are still "family owned" . It gives the small shop bigger buying power. 

[Kiwidave]

Was mildly amused to see in Waitrose the other day: empty shelves where the packaged pasta used to be, but their pack-it-yourself pasta/grains section full to the brim!

People are weird...

[Smoking gun]

Went into a local department store yesterday, no isopropyl alcohol, fairly quiet and easy to keep a distance from other shoppers until I went to the counter to pay. I left a reasonable space between myself and the customer at the till, them a woman turned up with three kids she couldn't keep under control, one of the kids walked into the space I'd left to distance myself. He was shouted out by his mother and promptly wandered off, then the woman moved so close to me I could feel her breath on the back of my neck while her kids ran around whilst being shouted out. Obviously the concept of social distancing was far above her understanding.

I'm staying in from now on, because there are too many idiots about, until I have to collect my groceries from "Click and collect" as there are no home delivery slots available.

Regards,
Martin

[flamingpig0]

Same defence could be used for Thalydomide (had a narrow escape there myself). It wouldn't be hard for a new law to get through....

That reminds me.
Back in secondary school I had a teacher who constantly go on about how people should emphasis all the could the vaccine had done and not harp on about the bad side of it!!!
Her other great obsession as  belief a convoy should go at the speed of the fastest ship not the slowest- even as an 11 year old based upon my reading of commando war comics I knew she was talking crap

[mollinary]

Have just seen the Government' s impressive Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, on the latest 'dreaded lurgi'' announcement.. Is he the Covid generation's Ian McDonald?

[petercooman]

Now awaiting to hear whether our son will be on the list who has to stay indoors and keep social distancing in the home for 12 weeks. Hard enough for us but as he has autism and learning difficulties and is very touchy feely, this could be a real challenge for him. As my wife has to go into work in school, she will have to sleep on her own etc so as to minimise any risk to us who have to stay in .

Best of luck!

[Norm]

It is official - the UK Government has told us to stay at home .... and paint lead!

Non-essential shops to close .... so only food outlets and wargame and hobby shops are open

Only travel to work if absolutely necessary ..... i.e. to open up the wargame shop.

Gyms are to close ...... thank goodness!

You can go for one walk a day for exercise ....... make it a short walk, there is wargaming to get back to!

gatherings of no more than 2 ...... a special measure, so you don't have to solo wargame!

[mmcv]

It is official - the UK Government has told us to stay at home .... and paint lead!

Non-essential shops to close .... so only food outlets and wargame and hobby shops are open

Only travel to work if absolutely necessary ..... i.e. to open up the wargame shop.

Gyms are to close ...... thank goodness!

You can go for one walk a day for exercise ....... make it a short walk, there is wargaming to get back to!

gatherings of no more than 2 ...... a special measure, so you don't have to solo wargame!

[steve_holmes_11]

It is official - the UK Government has told us to stay at home .... and paint lead!

Non-essential shops to close .... so only food outlets and wargame and hobby shops are open

Only travel to work if absolutely necessary ..... i.e. to open up the wargame shop.

Gyms are to close ...... thank goodness!

You can go for one walk a day for exercise ....... make it a short walk, there is wargaming to get back to!

gatherings of no more than 2 ...... a special measure, so you don't have to solo wargame!

That's the spirit Norm!!

[Big Insect]

They have still not suspended trading on the London Stock Exchange - so all of Boris' old trader mates can make a quick buck out of short-selling perfectly good stocks, knackering the longer-term value of gilts and all our hard earned pension money just spirals down the plug-hole - crazy!

(Sorry ... rant over ... I'll get my coat!) 

[fsn]

It is official - the UK Government has told us to stay at home .... and paint lead!

Non-essential shops to close .... so only food outlets and wargame and hobby shops are open

Only travel to work if absolutely necessary ..... i.e. to open up the wargame shop.

Gyms are to close ...... thank goodness!

You can go for one walk a day for exercise ....... make it a short walk, there is wargaming to get back to!

gatherings of no more than 2 ...... a special measure, so you don’t have to solo wargame!

Absolutely. Pendraken is an essential service.

[hammurabi70]

They have still not suspended trading on the London Stock Exchange - so all of Boris' old trader mates can make a quick buck out of short-selling perfectly good stocks, knackering the longer-term value of gilts and all our hard earned pension money just spirals down the plug-hole - crazy!

(Sorry ... rant over ... I'll get my coat!) 

No joke; I am in the process of getting my pension crystallised so this could readily cripple my income for my pensionable years.

[FierceKitty]

That reminds me.
Back in secondary school I had a teacher who constantly go on about how people should emphasis all the could the vaccine had done and not harp on about the bad side of it!!!
Her other great obsession as  belief a convoy should go at the speed of the fastest ship not the slowest- even as an 11 year old based upon my reading of commando war comics I knew she was talking crap

Hmmm, I encountered a senior teacher - I think the cretin's a headmaster now - at a Bangkok private school who assured a class that the rotation of the earth was the cause of gravity (itself an iffy concept by now).

[Techno]

Went into our relatively small Tescos, they had most things except Hand gel and Rice.

Only allowing you two of anything, apart from loo roll  which was more than sufficient for what I wanted. they did have a strange way of implementing this though. I bought some soup and you were allowed two tins of every flavour, so I could have bout nearly 20 tin of soup.

Some things seem to be getting cheaper - 24 non branded loo rolls £4 (Might have been like sandpaper though and I have a delicate bottom  )   4 tin pack of tuna £2.33

I noticed that about the soups yesterday, too, Mark.....They were even on special offer  "3 for £1".

You're going to really struggle when the only brand of loo-roll left is "Kleenex Wet & Dry".

It is official - the UK Government has told us to stay at home .... and paint lead!
Non-essential shops to close .... so only food outlets and wargame and hobby shops are open
Only travel to work if absolutely necessary ..... i.e. to open up the wargame shop.

That's a thought.....Will GW have to close all their shops for a while ?

Cheers - Phil