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Are you out there, my lovelies?

Good post wishing chair.

I’ve not given one flying fuck about catching this stupid virus. I battle every day with real life ailments. Ibs, neck and back pain, chronic fatigue, insomnia etc I wasn’t going to spend one jot of my day worrying about something I might not even get when I have that little lot to contend with.
As it is I’ve had the toothache from hell for a month. Now gradually easing off
My general health is the reason why I’ve gone into so many complimentary therapies reiki, aromatherapy, Bach flowers, hypnotherapy, homeopathy, radionics, herbs, supplements
Some I’ve qualified in and some I haven’t.

If I hadn’t have done this I would have had my doctor on speed dial so that is why , in our late 60s me and my husband have just lived our lives as normally as possibly dealing with the real life ailments and doing what we like and going where we like during this time.

What has upset me and made me cry and brought me down is Our loss of freedoms, what is happening to the children, the economy, people suffering, people’s mental health including my own, people not getting the treatment they needed , people dying with no loved one near, People frightened to see a loved one, the sheer stupidity of most of the rules and most of the people.

If I’ve pissed on a few people’s chips, well that’s Tough. I don’t really give a monkeys.
I’ve always said it doesn’t bother me one iota whether I’m liked or not. I don’t need people’s approval to be who I am.
Yes I’ve lost friends through this. It’s surprised me ,but I’ll just suck it up. It’s their stuff not mine.
I’ve always said if a rule makes sense I’ll obey it..like I’d be stupid to drive on the wrong side of the road for example but if it doesn’t then I’ll do whatever it takes to bend it.
That’s me and I make no excuses. I’m not here to flatter someone’s ego .

Like everyone else, I’m fed up to the back teeth with Groundhog Day.
I think the staff in Dunelm were pleased to see us and glad to be back at work and I for one got a much needed waterproof mattress cover ( like fuck it was, but it will come in useful lol)

I hope I don’t come across as a right harridan. I’m not really but push my back to the wall and I’ll come out fighting.

Ikeairgin they also take pupils from age 13 up. State secondaries aren't going back either and Eton ( not sue on Harrow and Winchester) are housing key workers who need to isolate from their families.
I also pointed it out - first response? "Nothing to stop them opening and easing the strain on overcrowded classrooms though, is there?"
FFS

Me too karonavirus..it’s not the only reason I’ve taken this situation so badly, but it certainly hasn’t helped.

TrusttheGeneGenie, I've given up on commenting on most threads that are about how this will affect woman more. For a site primarily aimed at mothers it seems to attract a lot of people who don't understand working parents. There is one particular poster who will not listen but insists on posting bs on every single thread about it.

Belinda I should give up but I am so angry about it. Apparently employers laying men more for the same role as women is women's fault for not trying harder and pushing themselves or find a better employer. Ffs!!

Dh is just about to serve dinner and then with the aid of a nice g and t ( I barely drink, but this is my second this week)
We will watch some killing eve..and then hopefully a decent nights sleep, I’m the only driver and we’ll have our escape tomorrow.

You watch it’ll probably piss down 😡

Germany not happy

www.dw.com/en/germany-thousands-of-protesters-slam-isolation-measures/a-53382891?fbclid=IwAR1EDQ0sC5fcR2xpAg4ftuRQ1r_02Y_ROLGDTJ5lXGFGhbLDqxam2uCfx-o

I read somewhere if people want to protest just go and stand silently together, observe the two metre rule or whatever and just stand there.
Sounds interesting.
Sometimes doing nothing can be very, very powerful.

Well lock me up and throw away the key. Today we had a fairly normal Saturday.

We got up this morning and drove the 60ish miles to my parents. We did go inside, but only because of the wind and rain. However, we all kept our distance. They sat on one side of the room and we sat on the other. We litterally went in the back door and sat down. Stayed a couple of hours and went to visit MIL who lives a 10 min drive from my parents. We had fish and chips for lunch. We did try to get KFC, but it was unavailable despite seeing that it was actually open (can only assume it was really busy)

Then we came home and me and DH went out to pick up takeaway Pizza. While coming home from said pizza trip we saw a local KFC (one that I had forgotten about) with cars in the drive thru.

Think people are just getting fed up now. Doesn't help when the government and their advisors are doing whatever. Though, apologies if its been asked either on this thread or another, why is it reported now? It happened back in March. Is there more to the story, going on in the background? Of course I dont expect anyone on this thread to actually know this answer, but it did make me wonder.

@Dowser cheers currently drinking a G&T catching up on Killing Eve.

Omg , I don’t believe it..this is a town thread on our closed beach car parks
Look at this comment from a guy, who really ought to reread the rubbish he’s written. I’d tell him that but the comments have been switched off 😡😡😡 what a load of old cobblers. What a load of pissfart bollocks.
Who are these stupid people, like they’ve been brainwashed.

the problem with the car parks is that cars are very close together and that is difficult when you get two people who just go to eat fish and chips sitting in the car with both windows open. Difficult to social distance when entering or exiting the car.

I haven't got this wrong have I? Am I effectively a murderer for wanting lockdown to end?

Are people who want lockdown to continue murderers because they support a policy that has already led to additional murders of women and children and will cause more?

One of the problems with the so-called left wing is that they arrogate a moral high ground they have no right to and just presume that whatever they espouse is right and everyone who opposes it is evil.

It is no way to conduct political discourse.

Thank you bake well..we’re up to number 4 , season 1 , I I think
I’m going to tell dh what that old fart has said in his reply to my comment.
We only have each other to rant to. Good job we are on the same page.

Ohh lots of lovely killing to watch then. I'm on Season 3 episode 5. I think it's the perfect series for our thread.

Trust I'm getting to the point where I'm just going to start issuing A handmaid's tale quotes at certain posters. Just because some men will also be affected does not excuse the fact that more women will be. Telling posters it's their own fault the gender pay exists is bizarre

Belinda you're right it is bizzarre..

I can't get over how women's rights and children's education has gone out the window and nobodies bothered about it!

Markeaton's carparks are open again. We went with the scooters last weekend. We went at 6pm which was busier than you'd expect, but not awkwardly so. None of the services are open there.

I wish the council would open toilet blocks.

The problem is people I respect think I want to kill people. A person I worked in with told me yesterday that the fact my mum was lonely was better than her having 2 weeks to live. She’s a healthy woman who’s weight is spot on and walks for hours every day. She turned 70 this year but he told me if she got cv she’d die. I tried to say I think she’s got a decent chance but no, she’d be dead. He works in policy.

I doubt myself all the time and wonder if I’m just being selfish, but then I think of the choice others are making for people who are voiceless and trapped and think if I’m selfish they must be evil. A virus could kill any of us. Yes, some are more at risk but a nasty flu or bacterial infection can kill, but choosing to keep vulnerable people is trapped away and creating a recession that will only make things worse, that’s not neutral like an illness, it’s just wrong.

The people I've been hiding on fb have a strong overlap with the Corbynites that were snoozed in November last year. I don't want to live in an echo chamber, but there comes a point where rational discussion with certain people becomes a waste of time. It's odd as 90% of the time, they are intelligent and rational.

@BogRollBOGOF really pleased to hear that. It's a fab park particularly if you have kids.

A recovered 104 year old has just been discharged from hospital

@Nihiloxica It's nuts. The left are eating themselves at the moment - I wish they would hurry up so we can sort out a better/more effective opposition.

I am volunteering with a local mutual support group. I help on the telephone, do admin and stuff, but I don't go out delivering or picking up groceries as I am frontline (dealing with the public, but not sick one hopes) Anyway it was really dementoish on there to begin with, to the point that this week is the week all our leaflets about the service have been delivered!!! Because they were afraid of contaminating people / spreading the virus.

Anyway someone sent a message to the whole group about me not doing deliveries and collections - pointing out that it was really lazy of me - I think it was supposed to go to someone privately - anyway the point being that she's dementor in chief about spreading / contaminating the leaflets. Bloody cheek. No fucking joined up thinking going on there at all.
I'm so sorry for those of you with young children. We haven't seen our grandsons for 3 months now and it's really wearing thin. I'm totally fed up and I'm doing all the right things/counting my blessings but it's about time we got back to work properly.

I haven't got this wrong have I? Am I effectively a murderer for wanting lockdown to end

We’ll never see a news report telling us how many have died each day as result of the impact of lockdown, even though we all know increased suicide, increased murder, postponed medical treatment, reduction in quality of life and the physical and mental stress of it will kill people. There’s no perfect solution where everybody lives.

Oh cod, I haven’t looked at the “women disadvantaged by Covid” threads, but I can imagine. It’s true that MN as a hive mind has such a weird attitude to working women. You must do it. Preferably full time. If your husband doesn’t pull his weight at home? That’s your fault for marrying the wrong man. Just hire a nanny and cleaner! Don’t earn enough? That’s your fault for not working hard enough / being ambitious enough. The gender pay gap is women’s fault for choosing the wrong jobs and not asking for pay rises. It’s so weirdly “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”; the lack of empathy undermines any admiration I might feel for some of these women for their ambition and work ethic (being apparently lacking in both myself).

I accepted lockdown when I thought it was a very temporary, say six weeks max, scientifically prudent measure to suppress the peak to manageable levels. And here we still fucking are, and I'm coming to believe that the lockdown was never justifiable. I no longer consent to it, and will no longer observe it. But I need the government and schools to agree and reopen.

This is where I am too. I'm very glad this thread exists. It feels like an oasis of sanity.

@Waleshasgonecompletelycrazy I have lost respect for several people over this. And no I agree with you the risk to your mum is low.