Chickens Against Dementors!

[psychomath]

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Anyway have fun everyone, I'm off to sit in the park now that it's allowed.

Some very positive figures coming out in Scotland. 11 fewer people in ICU than yesterday. Two more weeks then I'm marching on Parliament, we'll see who's giving who a toe up the erse.

Oh my gosh I couldn't find you, thought you had all had enough! I really need these threads, especially in the aftermath of new government announcements when the dementors go bananas. I really feel like the dementors are stuck in the anger and denial phases of the grief cycle.. they never seem to work through all the phases to get to acceptance. They need therapy for goodness sake!

My God, don't you guys move through threads quickly? Are none of you busy out murdering people? 😉

Quick hello from Hotel NHS - hope you are all doing well and enjoying your first day of being allowed to be outdoors AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE - it looks cold and windy outside here!

Don't know how things are progressing for you all in terms of the announcements and so on? DH keeps saying he's going to quit NUT. They keep sending emails saying "If you are asked to teach on 1 June you must respond, 'I am sorry but I cannot commit to this at the current time, I await further guidance from my Union.'" He's like, "yeah, I can just see myself!"

I’ve been out of my postcode area!

It made me feel better. There were clearly lots of people who had arranged to bump into each other, groups of more than two, many with children.

Made me feel a lot better.

Hardly anyone wearing a mask.

I don’t know what my own local park was like today but perhaps mask wearing is more prevalent here as it’s a poorer area, and perhaps the people in the posh area have fewer police hanging around and feel more confident about everything.

@LilacTree1 DH says that here (London W6) masks were all over the place 2 weeks back but they're actually less common around and about now. He was surprised at Whole Foods today because they were handing out masks to shoppers at the door. Sounds expensive!

I was like, Whole Foods, ooh-er! I am wondereding what he bought there... the man would happily live on pizza and chips.

This also means that he has definitely been out of our postcode area!

Tiny chickens in crash helmets should be on our flag, when the anti-dementor revolution comes.

Glad to have found you all again. Currently watching a discussion on the class WhatsApp about year 1 return. At the moment we only have half hearted dementors, lots of 'if it's safe' 'if they can distance'. I've bitten my tongue (dying to say some of the things mentioned here) and just said I'll be sending mine back as I think the risks are very low for their age group.

Hello All. Currently snuggled under a blanket (goodness it is cold) whether this was covid-19 or not I am feeling washed out every afternoon. Luckily work are allowing us to self cert for 14 days.

Not much of a cough though, which is very good news for my pelvic floor.

Sent another email to school to tell them that we are doing our best but DS really isn't buying into it and expect nothing until the schools go back.

I've just found these stats from the NHS. Is it just me or is this a very different picture from what the media is presenting right now? Why are we not just funding older people and those with health conditions to stay at home and the rest of us keeping the economy going? Am I missing something?

I've tried having these conversations with friends and family and they just look at me like I'm talking gibberish. But seriously - can someone explain why locking down the entire population makes sense?

Source here:
www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths

Ds1's specialist school is making plans but it had remained open to any pupils who felt they needed it, anyhow.

DH has gone to queue at B&q for some manure, as the plants I ordered over a month ago have finally arrived. No chickens but my patronus has just landed on the bare soil that's waiting for them.

Yup, heroku. It's things like that that have seen me drastically change my position. When you look at those charts, the idea of locking down the whole population is utterly criminal. Protect the most vulnerable as much as is possible but even then, we can better protect them if everyone else is working and keeping society running plus paying their taxes!

Loving the chickens!

Yaay found you..I was beginning to think the demented hoards had made it across the moat....I've been to visit a local ruined castle today...does it show?

My favourite thread today is one in which someone has mentioned being concerned about child's mental well-being and being stressed about their education... Has been dementored with "well it's YOUR child, any negative affect that happens is down to YOU- WHY should OTHER people risk their LIVES to do this for you"... How joyful!!

I have had such a bad few days. I got very desperate and had a nice chat with a nice man called Thomas at the Samaritans as a result. He was nice and said 'stay well away from negative people. There is lots to be positive about and lots of reasons to have hope.' So there we go. Thomas could do with coming on here and talking to certain people.

I reckon society is split with 50% of people being dementors. And I really hope 3-4 weeks down the line the death rate is still falling and as a result they lose their grip but it is so depressing seeing the damage they're doing. Most of my friends seem to be dementors right now. And I don't even want to pick up the phone to them because I know they'll be full of misery and I'm too fragile for that. I couldn't help but add a post to one of the teacher threads on here - I keep thinking of the girl at my secondary school who was experiencing severe sexual abuse at home. It wasn't spotted until she was 15 - it started when she was about 6. There are so, so many children out there like her or children who have other difficult issues at home. School is often their only escape. God knows what they're going through right now being stuck in. There are far more children in bad home situations than children who will be killed by the virus. Why don't they matter?

Has been dementored with "well it's YOUR child, any negative affect that happens is down to YOU- WHY should OTHER people risk their LIVES to do this for you

If that's the thread I've been on, I've read that appalled. And that rubbish has been coming from a poster who I have long respected on here. She's normally the most wise, knowledgeable poster. Some people are trying to homeschool in the most impossible conditions and it is not their fault they are struggling. They don't need to be made to feel worse.

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@TheAdventuresOfTheWishingChair I've been wondering that too. I think a lot of people lead very sheltered lives and just don't know, or choose not to know, about the bad stuff. No empathy.

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I've organised to go for a "social distance" walk with my best friend tomorrow. She lives about 30 minutes away so we havent met up in lockdown yet, but now we are allowed to travel indefinitely for exercise so we will meet up and have a good old chat.

I didn't read the last few pages of the last thread- has anyone seen the "would you lockdown for 2 years" thread and amazed by the number of people who say "yes. Definitely, without question" and similar

heroku Ive been posting the NHS stats wherever possible but people hate them. However, if it’s made one dementor have a rethink it’s worth doing. This lockdown makes me think of the Sting lyric “men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one”.

“Jourdain” that’s interesting. I stopped going out because it was so depressing. Maybe mask use has declined here too and I just don’t know.

I have a feeling many Londoners will actually be glad to see their workplaces. I might have some work starting next week, cross your chicken toes please everyone (but wear your helmets).

WishingChair I’d like to offer an actual hug.

Just had a complete meltdown from DD1 who has been incredibly challenging and escalating - then it all came out why she was really really angry and it's not the scrambled eggs at all! I'm exhausted dealing with it constantly at the moment - picking up sobbing children emotionally.

I'm glad I've found this thread.

I'm stressed about my Y10 education and I do now really want a plan for getting her back but we're in Wales so there's nothing as yet that I'm aware of.

Incidentally in Wales according to BBC earlier we are allowed out for pincics now - which apparently is nothing to do' with Gething chips row.

We walked past a chip van in a car park at the weekend looked but didn't end up buying thinking we couldn't stop to eat them if only we'd understood the rules better.

@heroku because it doesn’t make great headlines! And doesn’t support the ‘we’re all gonna die!’ narrative. It’s even clearer in graph format.

My brother has autism and attends an amazing adult learning college, which has been closed due to the lockdown. Some of his friends from there have quite severe behavioural problems so are now in residential care as they can’t live at home full time without a lot of support. The WhatsApp group for the parents is heartbreaking, their children haven’t been allowed to see them for weeks and it’s having a massive impact on their mood and behaviour. Same with the students at home, they’re withdrawn and badly missing the routine and socialisation that attending the college gives them. No news on when they’ll be able to reopen either It’s like the world has forgotten them.

wishing there's so many like that l don't know, but that made me spiral badly- it's bad enough when your child is telling you 'they hate you, things are rubbish' trying to do bloody Team conferences, with that being shouted in the background, while being chased for stats etc from managers, and when taking 5 mins to have a coffee and a break you read that! Thank goodness for chickens!! 🐔🐔 Has given me back a bit of sanity!

Hello, I read the last thread, it make my shoulder drop a bit!
Please can I hang out here for a bit because it seems like a fairly rational place? I nearly posted on the thread about not seeing live-out partners. My boyfriend lives near me, and lives on his own, so yes, we have seen each other regularly. I don't really see how him walking home to his house is any different to him walking into another room, but I knew if I said that I might get pitchforked.
Here is my patronus..wait, how do I put a picture???(I've only been here 10 years!)