How are we getting through it?

[Techno II]

Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion have been creeping up* regarding the number of cases per 100,000 in the last few days.....Which I would guess is something to do with the schools starting to re-open....and was probably inevitable.

Nothing that I feel terribly concerned about.....But I'll be watching 'the map' with interest.

Cheers - Phil

*These are both from pretty low numbers per 100,000.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

To give you a boost Phil, none of the 90 odd kids we tested at Halewood one got a positive resuklt, caused by a mixed up phone number, so net result 0 positive.

[Techno II]

That's damn good news, Ian. 

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Better news - just had from that nice Tony? Hancock - no need to sheild from 01/04/21 not that I was......

[Techno II]

I've almost given up listening to/watching "The News".

It gets very confusing  watching what's happening in the land of the Saesneg....when we do something slightly different, here.

Yesterday, I got VERY tired..(TRULY)...observing the rules over here.

Two households ..up to four people, can meet outside...(In a private 'garden').....That's OK.... we've got bloomin' acres of land.
Young 'R' from 'up the road' came down to pick up a couple of dozen eggs, along with her two and a half year old son 'J'.

'R' chatted to Von outside..(Social distancing..naturally)...and I kept an eye on 'J' for about 15 minutes.

No wonder 'R' looks so bloomin' tired...I couldn't believe how a little lad could move SO fast....and keep asking questions in such a short space of time.

I truly was shattered by the time it was time for them to go home.

"Can I leave him here, Phil ?"......NO.... BOG OFF !

I know I'm older than J's grandad.....by a few weeks.....and I felt even older by the time R & J went home. 

Cheers - Phil.

[Westmarcher]

Now you have some idea what its like being a grandparent, Phil. We have our grandson two days a week and sometimes it is exhausting.
But, thankfully, there's the two of us and we can play our own form of tag wrestling with one taking a rest while the other chases after the boy!   

[jimduncanuk]

Now you have some idea what its like being a grandparent, Phil. We have our grandson two days a week and sometimes it is exhausting.
But, thankfully, there's the two of us and we can play our own form of tag wrestling with one taking a rest while the other chases after the boy!   

Maybe we should form a granddads club.

[Raider4]

Had the jab yesterday morning. 36 hours now and absolutely no side effects, no soreness, no swelling, nothing. So, lucky me.

And we have a 4½ year old grandson. Love him to bits, but I'm also very glad we only see him twice a week .

[Techno II]

If I got worn out in just 15 minutes.....I can just imagine that being the case ! 

'R' is due to have her jab soon, and she's really worried that she might have a reaction like her husband.
He ended up almost flattened for a couple of days. *
'R's fear is that if she reacts the same way.... how will she cope with the little lad ?

Pleased you've had your jab, Martyn. 

Cheers - Phil 

* He's definitely the worst I've heard of, of all the folk that I know who have already had the jab.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

One theroy is that the worse the reaction the better the effect of the injection. The presenter of Inside Health on R4 had a bad reaction, lasted 2-3 days.

[steve_holmes_11]

One theroy is that the worse the reaction the better the effect of the injection. The presenter of Inside Health on R4 had a bad reaction, lasted 2-3 days.

To be really pendantic, replace "Better the effect" with "Stronger the immune response".

I could try to explain the difference, but would probably increase misunderstanding and waste 30 minutes of your time.
Suffice it to say the two are almost the same, provided your immune system is in good order.

[Ben Waterhouse]

Just finished my shift at the Jabbing Centre, nice and steady flow through. We are doing 400 to 500 a day, seven days a week. 100% of over 80s now jabbed here and 88% of the over 55s. Onward and upward!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Great stuff Ben 

[Techno II]

Well done that man !

Cheers - Phil.

[steve_holmes_11]

Weather has been Scorchio down the Costa del Clyde.

A great opportunity to:
* Scarify more moss off the lawn.
* Scrape moss of the north elevation roof.
* Change bedding, launder and hang outside.
* Assemble and varnish new furniture.

[Steve J]

Scarifying and forking the lawn on my list for this coming week, as I've been trampling on it a bit too much of late and it's looking a bit sad.

[Big Insect]

Planting red onions on the allotment for me on Sunday
Saturday is waiting in for Dyno-rod plumber to turn up to fix plumbing leak - so that means soldier painting time 

[Last Hussar]

One theroy is that the worse the reaction the better the effect of the injection. The presenter of Inside Health on R4 had a bad reaction, lasted 2-3 days.

This is true. If the Vaccine kills you, you DEFINATELY won't catch Covid.

[Orcs]

Weather has been Scorchio down the Costa del Clyde.

A great opportunity to:
* Scarify more moss off the lawn.
* Scrape moss of the north elevation roof.
* Change bedding, launder and hang outside.
* Assemble and varnish new furniture.

I would like to deal with the moss on our lawn, but I am afraid thatv there is do much of it it would end up looking like the Somme with a few blades of grass. Its probably pointles anyway as the water table is quite high and the lawn gets very damp.  Still at least its green

[fsn]

Had the Oxford vaccine, today.

No side effects, just, the desire to use, commas, more than, usual.  I am, my, same, beautiful, self.