How are we getting through it?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

My Bad! Was thinking about the TV 'Compare the Meerkat' ads in my 'haze'! THEY need an RPG! 

RPG7 or RPG2... yes they are enough to put you off using the site !

[Raider4]

RPG7 or RPG2... yes they are enough to put you off using the site !

No worse than the gocompare opera singer.

[Heedless Horseman]

No worse than the gocompare opera singer.

Katana Shave, there... Oh No... just pliers, lets not be Nasty! 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

No worse than the gocompare opera singer.

I'm going to get shouted at for this one, but he IS WELSH !

[DecemDave]

A lass that I know 'hated' the temps in a 'modern' insulated New Build... just couldn't get it to cool.

Have the same problem. 2019 completion.  Special windows to maximise solar gain and everything insulated so the building simply does not let heat go.  Dropped from 25C at 10pm all the way down to 24c at 4.00 am.   Glorious in winter and the standard that the Greens want us all to aspire to.  Except I am seriously considering proper aircon which is kind of defeating the benefit.   

[Steve J]

Our house a 1960 mid-terrace that is SSE facing. today I left the windows and curtains closed all morning so the heat build up was minimal and you really notice the difference. Thank God for a breeze this afternoon which appears to be blowing in the right direction to cool the bedrooms down tonight.

[Techno II]

I'm going to get shouted at for this one, but he IS WELSH !

Really nice bloke...Spoken to him about half a dozen times on local radio.

Cheers - Phil.

[Steve J]

Well in South Glos we have had a 60% increase in cases in a week and now are at our highest ever level of infections, with hospitalisations on the rise too . I imagine it's going to get an awful lot worse before it gets better.

[Techno II]

A couple of days ago, Pembs. had the lowest figure per 100,000 of anywhere in the whole of the UK.....We now appear to be catching up with every one else...(our increase was around 90%...but we were starting with a relatively low base)

Nowhere near as bad as the NE of England , parts of which seem to be going ber-zerk (sic).

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Shopping yesterday most peps in ASDA were wearing masks

[Techno II]

I'm going to keep wearing one for months...even after we're told we don't have to.

Be interesting to see what Tesco's is like this morning regarding 'shortages', after the papers appear to be trying to start a panic....again.

I'll guess that those members of Joe Public who have the intelligence of a Toilet Duck, will be fully loading their trolleys with loo-rolls again.

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Most peps on Merseyrail were obeying the rules - masks still required. Also at least 50% in shops.

[Raider4]

Shopping yesterday most peps in ASDA were wearing masks

Just been to Morrisons - almost no one in there except the staff setting up for the day. I'd say 90% of those were not wearing a mask.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Probably lots of mask wearing cause it makes shoplifting easier 

[Raider4]

Probably lots of mask wearing cause it makes shoplifting easier 

I did wonder about that. Places like shops & banks can't be too happy about people wandering in & out with their faces mostly covered.

My son used to work in a pub that banned people wearing hats, because it made them difficult to identify on the CCTV.

[Steve J]

Very few customers or staff at Lidl and Asda wearing masks today. Given the steep rise in cases here you would have thought it wise to keep wearing them. We certainly are.

[Techno II]

Have to say...Never seen the carpark at Tesco's, in Cardigan, as full at the time I normally go in.    (Excluding Christmas  )

Yes.....There are certain (but very few) 'really specific' items/brands that aren't there, just at the mo'.....But there are plenty of alternatives....Let's face it..this often happens anyway.

Shelves were empty of Tesco's own brand of dog food....(SHOCK HORROR PROBE  ).....(Got the boys some Pedigree Chum.....Damn the extra 50p. )

Paracetamol tablets.....none of those..but plenty of the 'caplets'.

..and that really was about it....The shelves will be full again in no time at all !

I did hear one shopper, complaining to a friend about someone she obviously thought was a tourist......."YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER TROLLEY.....OVERFLOWING, IT WAS....TALK ABOUT PANIC BUYING."

Bloody media, and platforms like Faceache.

Cheers - Phil.

[Raider4]

First item on radio news: "Supermarkets are urging customers not to panic buy".

I wonder what will happen now . . . ?

[Techno II]

Urm.... .....No, I just can't guess, Martyn 

Cheers- Phil. 

(P.S. If anyone wants loo rolls...gimme a shout.... One roll...£100* to you, sir.....Bargain !...They won't be around for long, Sir..Get'em while you can.....* Plus P&P, of course..This to be negotiated.)

[Orcs]

First item on radio news: "Supermarkets are urging customers not to panic buy".

I wonder what will happen now . . . ?

Again, even at the height of it last year, the only thing I could not get were Loo rolls and hand sanitizer.  Fortunately we buy loo roll in bulk (well 24 roll pack) so had plenty. Work put up Sanitizer stations al over the place with 1 litre bottles in them....Decanted a bot and I was sorted.

Now if we ran out of MDF for bases, or model paints I would be concerned, although I have so much paint, I might have to do another project if a particular colour ru out.