Patronii in person, anti Dementors visit the zoo

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Never started a long running thread before but I figure even lurkers should take a turn. Hope the title ok.

@Shodan

Morning everyone.

Saw a nice bit of dementoring on my local FB page- a band that usually plays at a popular pub asking for opinions on outdoor music to help get things going again. Most were supportive (given that they specified that it wasn't right now but when it was 'allowed') but one Dementor popped up to say NO! IT'S TOO SOON. And then "Sorry guys" Like it was his decision

Pompous Prig.

I absolutely detest people who put ‘sorry guys’ or such like on their post. You see it a lot on here. Like their word is final, end of discussion. Or like anyone gives a shit about their opinion. I used to reply ‘no need to be sorry, I don’t care what you think’ on here but it didn’t get me anywhere

Well exactly. My grandma died in her chair one Saturday night with her pen in her hand checking her lottery tickets (we did check to see whether her winning numbers had given her a heart attack ). We were on holiday at the time. One grandad died in the HSBC bank of all places while I was at school. My other grandad died in a care home (dementia) 100 miles from where I live. My brother died in a car accident, he was dead before anyone found him. I didn’t get to say goodbye to any of them.

I used to reply ‘no need to be sorry, I don’t care what you think’ on here but it didn’t get me anywhere grin

We all need to start doing this 😂

Or like anyone gives a shit about their opinion. I used to reply ‘no need to be sorry, I don’t care what you think’ on here but it didn’t get me anywhere

I hate that too. I should reply "no need to be sorry, I'll be doing what I want regardless". so patronising

I thought it depicted children being locked in while the oldies go to the garden centre before I read the explanation.

OMG actually roaring laughing at that.

Brilliant

First time I've laughed in a while.

Both grandparents I've lost didn't get to say goodbye. One had an aneurysm and was out cold from the word go and died after unsuccessful emergency surgery (and he was only in his late 50s) and the other had a fall in the garden and never regained consciousness. Both horrific. But, covid is no worse.

Ok with covid you as a family might not get to be there at the end but, actually I personally think that's not so bad.

For me I find it more comforting to have not been there. I get to remember my grandparents how they were when they were well. My poor mum was there and she's honestly found it quite traumatizing.

I used to reply ‘no need to be sorry, I don’t care what you think’ on here but it didn’t get me anywhere

I like that. I was tempted to ask him what he was sorry for, but I didn't.

I'm done with it all. DD (17 this month) wants a party on Thursday to play Queen music to wallow in the pain of not being able to go and see Queen and Adam Lambert on that day, as planned. It's only 5 girls but there will be loud music in the garden, vodka and (horrors!!!!!) overnight camping in the garden. Dementors can report me, I don't care.

I feel your DDs pain Allflightscancelled. Currently meant to be in Dublin with BF for Duran Duran concert tonight. It's been rescheduled to this time next year so hopefully by that stage Ireland will just about be letting people into the country.

Annoyingly the original date is still on FB so I get pop up reminders telling me it's happening tonight.

Booked lots of lovely things because I turned 50 this year and it's all turning to dust.

Pshaw after my granny killing spree long run, I'm off to the garden centre to buy some more steak knives and short dated reduced Hotel Chocolat eggs. Essential journeys indeed.

I saw that weird mawkish picture yesterday. Giggling at thought of it being about kids locked in doors while OAPs go bowling.

@TeacupDrama My DS is in mid primary and we get crappy worksheets and daily activities. Recently the latter have been filled with activity suggestions like baking, going for walks or doing craft activities, like nobody has thought of that before.

Ooh Rookie that sounds good, what a shame it's cancelled, hope it goes ahead eventually. Back in day I met Duran Duran a few times (well, all except Simon) three of them were sweet but Nick was too cool to talk much.

Despite risking dementor wrath I'm still in bad odour with DD for not letting her go to a Black Lives Matter gathering in town today. To be fair, that's less about Covid worries and more about our town being dog rough. Like the Kaiser Chiefs, I predict a riot.

Interested in a thread re Scottish education. My two are at state schools - one just started S5, one in p7. High school was pretty slow in getting things off the ground, but now S5 has begun, proper goals and work has been set. End of primary is always thin on work anyway, but via teams, school has sent work which has been marked, and ds's teacher always responds quickly to any queries.

But I totally agree with whoever it was upthread who talked about their disappointment with how NS is dealing with this. I want reassurance about blended learning. What does this mean? How often will my kids be at school? How long for? I am finding it infuriating that education is not being prioritised - the variations across different LAs and different schools surely mean there are going to be massive attainment gaps.

WTF is that picture? Absolutely weird.

Another shite Sunday beckons!

@rookiemere One of my friends lives in the Highlands and was dementoring away on FB about how the R number is fragile. There are no fucking new cases in the whole fucking Highlands last week.

Did anyone else see that Scotnight debate from Dumfries and Galloway a few days ago? It was full of small business owners desperate to open up at least for local trade as they have hardly any cases, and Humza Yousaf just sat there and repeated over and over that the government would rather be too cautious than not, and inferred some nonsense about how everyone from outside would come and bring DEATH.

Thinking about it, it's actually been that debate night programme that's put me in such a foul mood about the whole thing, that and the school.

@thereplycamefromanchorage NS doesn’t know , that’s why. Like everything they do it’s all rhetoric to make it appear like independent leadership.

No one has bothered with the detail as they will be waiting to see what happens in England first.

It’s unbearable being 3 weeks behind in Scotland just to appease the nats. Our businesses and economy on the back foot, our kids in limbo. I’ll likely lose my job as I can’t return without childcare and I work for an English owned company that is open and pushing on.

Nuts.

Omg the "sorry guys" thing is SO annoying. It's as though we're children being told that we can't play that game in the playground anymore because it's too dangerous.

I never voted for a government who would take away every bit of freedom I have. I never signed up to a society where we police every inch of people's lives. I'm going to go and see my mum and sit in her house and what are you going to do about it? Call the police? You can't arrest someone for sitting in their mum's house for god's sakes. And if you can then we are officially in Gilead and I am joining the Mayday resistance.

Dumfries aNd Galloway is never of any interest to the SG as it's far away and not SNP. It's also a massive area with very few cases ever so it should be relatively easy to open up. It's a really poor area too and businesses can not afford to be shut. It's a struggle at the best of times.

All of my loved ones have gone without me saying goodbye.
I never had a choice for most of them, but like you say gene genie, I would’ve found it traumatising .

What I do find appalling in all of this is how well, elderly people have been sidelined. Either locked away by their own volition or in care homes without a visitor. I’d hate to think they were locked in their own rooms 24/7
I really think arrangements could’ve been put in place for one or two family members to visit once a week at least.

I think from the daily mail article I posted, it sounds like the best thing to do is to have indoor or outdoor get togethers if we ever want to get society moving again.

I like the way the author says within a few days , sd will be forgotten and probably masks too and we will stop seeing our fellow humans as germ infested carriers of doom.

He states the police have given up trying to police it.

Anyway , our family Indian picnic tonight won’t be happening. Windy, grey and drizzly here.
So roast lamb at home it is then
Will have to have a run out, even if just to watch the sea..otherwise I might murder someone I’m very fond of.

The ‘sorry guys’ thing is up there with ‘am I the only one who?’ followed by some completely pedestrian observation. Yes, in a population of 6.7 million people you most definitely are the only person who doesn’t like Kim Kardashian .

It's the , "sorry but it's over 5 miles" thing here in Scotland that's winding me up now. Anytime anyone suggests they might possibly be going on an outing. Even if it's to a desolate hole

Is it 5 miles by road or as the crow flies?

Councils are also apparently being ordered to give free childcare to key workers over the summer rather than vulnerable kids. So some well paid public sector employees will get free childcare, which means the councils aren't going to be able to get some of the kids they're really worried about into daycare.

@Willitneverend

Councils are also apparently being ordered to give free childcare to key workers over the summer rather than vulnerable kids. So some well paid public sector employees will get free childcare, which means the councils aren't going to be able to get some of the kids they're really worried about into daycare.

It’s crazy. DH is a ‘key worker’. He earns a six figure salary and can work from home. Technically we can access key worker provisions (we won’t, obviously).

Those of you who are feeling that you are worthless and might as well not be here: you are so wrong.

I mostly lurk (can't read fast enough to comment up to date) and I'm sure there are many other lurkers. Sometimes your comments are what keep me clinging to the ledge. You may never know how much good you are doing, but believe me, what you are doing just commenting here is more valuable than you will ever know.

And the not sleeping thing mentioned pages ago: DH has a roughy, toughy stereotypical South African friend, the sort who thinks you're a wimp if you don't drag yourself 20 miles to the hospital with a limb hanging off. He confessed (odd in itself) to DH that he's not sleeping during lockdown.

Humza Yousaf just sat there and repeated over and over that the government would rather be too cautious than not

Argghghghghg

I fucking hate this bullshit. Even before Covid.

There is NOTHING cautious about forcing businesses to close for 3 months.

It's an extreme policy and a risky experiment with people's livelihoods.

It's not like there is only one risk. 🤯