How are we getting through it?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Normality - any problems you have are your own - to miss quote Douglas Adams

[Leman]

Got my first unit up for painting. Lockdown supposedly ending on 19th here in Nederland, but I think it will be extended whilst the vaccination programme is rolled out. I now have a very nice Polish made paint station set up that happily takes 60 of my Vallejo paints, with anothe 8 tucked away in the painting area. Also brush and tool holders. Very useful and easily moved with hand holds. so plenty to keep me occupied through lockdown and cold weather.

[Steve J]

A nice walk this morning over the hills and through the woods to get some fresh air, as it's too cold to enjoy a bike ride. However walk spoilt somewhat by a group of 5 ladies taking their dogs for a walk, when you are only meant to 'exercise' with one other person not from your family . Some people just don't get it!

[FierceKitty]

A nice walk this morning over the hills and through the woods to get some fresh air, as it's too cold to enjoy a bike ride. However walk spoilt somewhat by a group of 5 ladies taking their dogs for a walk, when you are only meant to 'exercise' with one other person not from your family . Some people just don't get it!

Perhaps they were named Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia? One family, then.

[mmcv]

Our regional restrictions at one point said that indoor and outdoor gatherings were restricted to only 6 people from one household. This could have made things awkward for big families...

They have since corrected it.

[Leman]

I suppose the girls were rather like a pride of lionesses, and somewhat prejudiced towards restrictions. I am afraid that whatever we do evolution will win out.

[paulr]

 

[Techno II]

I heard a little 'segment' on the radio this morning, where a supermarket 'operative' working in Leeds, said that she, and her colleagues refer to the face-masks that a lot of people wear as ' Chin-warmers'.

Says it all.....  

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Quite a few with none at all in Birkenhead...

[Raider4]

I heard a little 'segment' on the radio this morning, where a supermarket 'operative' working in Leeds, said that she, and her colleagues refer to the face-masks that a lot of people wear as ' Chin-warmers'.

A colleague floated the idea of getting a mask made with the passive-aggressive message

It goes
O V E R
the nose

printed on it.

[Steve J]

Yep, I'm constantly amazed at how many people's noses are not covered by a mask .

[Techno II]

Pretty good in Techno tower's area.

Very few folk 'seem to refuse' wearing a mask...and they MAY have a genuine reason for not wearing one....But not all of them.

Von's just fielded a call from her Mum's care home......Two of the residents have now tested positive for Covid-19...Hey Ho !

I would never give anything but massive praise for the care home.....They've done SO well.

Maybe Von's Mum will 'get the jab' really soon......She's a tough old bird....Bless her.

Cheers - Phil.

[Last Hussar]

Yep, I'm constantly amazed at how many people's noses are not covered by a mask .

I don't care if you have a big nose - I still wear underpants.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Watching TV last night seems the BBC are collecting spare IT kit (laptops and tablets) Now I have a spare laptop, but didn't note the URL, anyone got it ?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5SqHJMTKZx5sYhlltXJvB1Q/give-a-laptop

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Thanks Will

[Techno II]

Von's just fielded a call from her Mum's care home......Two of the residents have now tested positive for Covid-19...Hey Ho !
Maybe Von's Mum will 'get the jab' really soon......She's a tough old bird....Bless her.

.......and Von got a letter from the care home today.....The two tests that showed two of the residents had Coid were 'false positives'....and now all the residents have had their first vaccinations...

That's slightly cheerier news. 

Cheers - Phil.

[Steve J]

That is good news Phil. Luckily the school my wife works at are being really good and allowing her to stay home or work half days due to our son being CEV. Also managed to get a bike ride in for the first time in a week, just round our area and it felt so good to be doing something other than sitting at home.

[jimduncanuk]

I wouldn't risk cycling on the roads near where I live.

I live on the side of a hill on a rat-run between the top end of town and the bottom end of town. The road at the top end leads onto the busiest road junction this side of the city and the road at the bottom end leads onto the second busiest road in the neighbourhood.

I would need to go either up the hill or down the hill to get to the nearest cycle path. There have been several cyclist fatalities nearby.

I'll take the car as its safer.

[Ithoriel]

How are we getting through it? I think this post from Reddit sums it up.