The Anti Dementors, danger-buffooning their way through life!

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The problem with the scientists is they’re so focused on their tiny area they don’t see the bigger picture, unemployment, poverty, lack of treatment for other illnesses, mental health issues etc.

They’re like the pilots on a plane who were concentrating so hard on a warning light and whether it meant there might be a problem with the landing gear that they didn’t notice that the plane had come out of auto pilot and it crashed. Afterwards it was discovered the warning light was due to a burnt out bulb.

Nice to hear from all the anti dementors on this thread. I think I’m starting to see a lot more of them about now, thank goodness.

After 10 weeks of the continuous presence of two little boys in the house, I think my toilet may well have the cure for Covid lurking away.

DS2 suggested chips for lunch, so we went to our local chippie for the first time in forever. A walk to the chip shop is now up in the top 10days out for 7 year olds
I thought thatwhile we were down there we'd support the local bakery/ take out a few grannies by buying some cream cakes

A curtain twitcher was out on fb snitching on a group of shell shocked teens saying goodbye to their friend who had apparently taken his own life.
She criticised them for no sd.

It’s time for this madness to end.

Hello everyone!

I am feeling ok today. It's such a relief. I have had many moments this week where I've desperately wanted to die and it's so nice to be sitting here not battling that. It's so exhausting. A friend has invited me over for a drink in her garden at the end of next week and it's lovely to have something normal in the diary for once. She'd had her garden done beautifully as her daughter was supposed to hold her wedding reception in it soon and that's been cancelled so she's trying to share it with friends anyway. It's a bit sad - I know it's not the worst thing the virus has done to people but I really feel for people who've had to cancel what should be such a special day.

Anyway just popping by to say I'm grateful for this thread. It's kept me going.

My dear 77 year old friend told me today that she was shielding
She has been very, very poorly
Anyway, then she confessed, she’d been out for drives, etc
That’s my kind of woman and I’d have been very, surprised if she hadn’t

I hear sirens all the time because we live near the hospital. I don't assume that half the population are dying though!

I’lo have been married 5 years in July
The thought of not having my wedding would’ve tipped me over the edge
I feel so deeply for all the brides and grooms who’ve lashed out thousands for their big day
Such an awful thing to happen
I wonder if it will put an end to big lavish weddings in case anything else happens in forthcoming years
Will people trust the industry again ( not their fault I know) but so much money has to be put upfront, it’s a lot to lose as well as the disappointment of no wedding either.

I think if I was doing it again, there’s still time, I’m only up to my third wedding, I’d have a small civic ceremony and a lavish party

A curtain twitcher was out on fb snitching on a group of shell shocked teens saying goodbye to their friend who had apparently taken his own life.

That has shocked me so much. What a dreadful human being.

Checking in, danger buffoons.

I’m wearing a bikini in the garden on the basis we are unlikely to have a hot holiday this year. If the weather in the NW is going to insist on being hot and sunny as opposed to our normal grey and pissing it down, I’m going to damn well pretend I’m on holiday.

@Dowser our wedding for July has been cancelled. Not a super duper expensive do and thankfully we've not lost any money and have re arranged for next July.

I've already said if anything else bloody happens next year then we are going to the registry office as soon as we legally can and getting married anyway!! I aren't rearranging a second time!

@MagdaS I've been sunbathing all week and ds has basically lived in his little paddling pool. If you could guarantee weather like this I don't think I'd bother going abroad (I'd prob invest in a bigger pool though )

God help me, a Facebook friend has been posting constant annoying updates and I finally replied to one of them, bit of a mistake I've had to stop replying because I can't say what I really think which is that an otherwise great guy seems to have LOST HIS FUCKING MIND 🤦🏻‍♀️

I was once seconded to a government organisation who used to warn against the dangers of being “recklessly prudent” (that is, relentlessly pursuing the aims of this department without taking into account the other things that also have to be done). I haven’t thought about that for years but I wonder if it fits all the dementors.

I just don't get the school thing. The prevalence in the community is low on the whole isn't it? And you can't spread Corona unless you've got it. And everyone is eligible for a test now.. and the track and trace is up and running

I am the same

Going back to school in August after 5 months of suppression requires part time school and social distancing

Being there in March when it was more widespread and having assemblies/parents nights right up til they stopped was fine.

We’re barbecuing but just me, dh and the girls anyway who are currently having a water fight. Well the little one has flipped the canopy from the swing chair for full cover to just shove a water gun through the gap and shoot her sister! The kid is bone idle but sharp as hell!

@CruCru same. We have regular Directorate meetings to ensure that our teams’ actions fit in with the bigger corporate picture. And actually none of that big picture thinking seems to be happening with the virus.

Checking in. WTF is wrong with the BBC? Impartial my arse. They're doomsdayers and bonkers to boot.

We have the wind from hell grrr
Gorgeous blue sky
But fuffing freezing
Pleased you are feeling much better wishing chair

I also worry that those in the shielding group won't ever want to emerge into the world again. I have a family friend in that group who hasn't seen anyone outside her household since lockdown. The only time any of them ever leave the house is to take her to her hospital appointments. She won't even have someone come through the back gate and sit at the end of the garden. I just wonder how long they can keep this up for until their mental health really starts to suffer.

I cant keep up with these threads, need to get some anti dementor go-faster stripes.
Just used all my restraint to not reply to a friends dementor post comparing our death rate with other countries, saying we shouldn't be easing restrictions.

In other news, I removed the barrier from a playground and put the covid sign in the bin. Felt epic.

@thereplycamefromanchorage

Re the second wave, I saw something on Twitter yesterday about how someone could tell how badly Glasgow was still doing with coronavirus because they had seen 4 ambulances. I mean - how the hell could they tell who the ambulances were responding to? Surely in Glasgow, it's not unusual to see 4 ambulances in a day? Not on Glasgow, but also in a city, and it's an unusual day where I don't hear sirens. Has anyone else noticed this kind of assumption?

We live just off a major road that runs between our two nearest major hospitals. I can't say I've noticed more or less sirens than usual.

Just been for an epic rampage walk which included my first pee in a toilet that's not in my house since mid March. I'm less worried about covid than I am dysentery tbh. not envy. I have both missed and not missed public bogs.

DH has bravely taken in the granny killing responsibility this afternoon; taken DD for a walk and bought an ice cream from the greengrocers, they are now playing on the river bank with half of our little town by the sounds of jt. Hurrah! I do think there are more of us danger buffoons than there are dementors, it's just harder to find us online. Cos we're out having fun.

Currently at farm shop. They are letting 1 customer in at a time. It's not small.
Then garden centre
Then tomorrow two people coming for lunch in the garden. I will be letting them use the loo.

Wild! I never knew I was such a rule breaking risk taker......

Fun Havers. I fully expect a wave of death any moment now.

(There has been one death in my town.)

Clemmie I'm trying to avoid anywhere with stupidly strict 'one person at a time' rules. It's like some places are competing to be the most covid-secure; it's unnecessary virtue signalling. There's a garden centre near me that doesn't let you pick anything up - you walk round a one way system, get to the end, tell the cashier what you want, pay, and then someone brings it out to your car and puts it in the boot. Joyless. Luckily there's another one in the other direction that lets you wander around freely, doesn't count little kids in the two people per household rule, and just asks that you give people space. Guess which one has had over a hundred quid from me in the last week and a bit?