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Anti dementors say lockdown can just fucking do one now, we're going for chips.

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SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 13/06/2020 22:19

New thread! I think this brings the total to 12?

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Laniakea · 15/06/2020 14:25

just saw this:

We are not planning for blended learning, says Sturgeon
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that it is "absolutely not the case" that the Scottish Government are planning for blended learning of school pupils.

She told a daily press conference in Edinburgh:

"It is absolutely not the case that we are planning for blended learning, with children learning at home for part of the school week, to last a year or anything like it.

"On the contrary, we do not want blended learning to last a single second longer than is absolutely necessary, so we will be working with councils to return schools to normal as quickly as we can.

"We want young people to be back having face-to-face teaching for 100 per cent of the school week as soon as it is feasible."

^ obviously that might be politico-speak for it's going to happen :/

Spudlet · 15/06/2020 14:26

[quote AnxiousElephant77]@Spudlet That actually made me LOL[/quote]
I thank you Grin [bows]

On a oyher subject entirely, does anyone know if Wickes have reopened their paint mixing service yet? It's a bit of a trek to get to Homebase. Apparently paint mixing was felt by Wickes to be too murderous to do at one point, but that little snippet of cheeriness seems to have disappeared from their website now, so I'm hoping that Dulux has now been downgraded from deadly weapon to wall covering substance once more...

InsaneInTheViralMembrane · 15/06/2020 14:27

80000 square km, 29 new cases and 0 deaths.

CLOSE SCOTLAND FOREVER!

justasking111 · 15/06/2020 14:29

Our trade paint places also open to the public are open and have been for a while in Wales. I would try one of them rather than Wickes. Give them a call.

KaronAVyrus · 15/06/2020 14:31

I bet the 29 new cases are all in care homes but for some insane reason that means children have to miss out on a years education. It makes no sense whatsoever.

InsaneInTheViralMembrane · 15/06/2020 14:35

5 people in hospital in tayside out of a population of 400k.

My neurologist was talking brain surgery just before we locked down - at this point I’d be happy enough to have the surgeons lick my brain.

BarkandCheese · 15/06/2020 14:39

I’ve been out and obviously missed something. What (approximately) did AnnaLiza(sp?) say which caused a deletion and much hilarity?

Cattermole · 15/06/2020 14:43

@BarkandCheese it involved admiring kittens. Or at least young pusscats.
Judgy Cat has been an arsebite this morning and eaten all the cheese DH had grated to make cheesy mash.

OhFuckOffWithTheBubbleBollocks · 15/06/2020 14:45

Well I am having a right fucking tantrum a wobble this morning! I WANT TO GO SHOPPING FOR SHIT I DON'T NEED JUST FOR A CHANGE OF FUCKING SCENERY.

This talk about personally judging an acceptable level risk in interesting from the POV of a shielded person. Part of my shielding reason is fucked lungs (technical term) so I do see there is a real risk to me, and it is a worry. But I am an adult and I will stay at home because I assess the risk myself - not because I have received a letter telling me to stay indoors (in capital letters of course and three fucking letters too! )

Equally my household are being told to isolate from me if possible if they can't shield with me - well it's not possible because of space for a start, but also I am epileptic and the risk of having a seizure on my own is worse than catching CV as it's more likely IMO, and status epilepticus etc... So I am assessing the risk and acting accordingly. Which is hard because I want to go fucking shopping Grin

But then my risk is also affected by other people making their own assessments which is hard. If everyone else is just a stupid knob coughing over each other and no one at all washes their hands, my risk is increased. But then I can't really ask people to be responsible for my own risks because my lungs are fucked, I just have to rely on people being decent and having common sense.

But sadly some people don't have common sense and some people aren't decent (eg there was a rape and stabbing at my local rave) so does that mean there is a case for some forms of lockdowns to (I hate myself for even saying this) protect the vulnerable.

Sorry that is a bit all about me but I think it's an interesting perspective and interested in thoughts from people who actually do think for themselves but know that others don't or can't be trusted to think properly...

Spudlet · 15/06/2020 14:46

@BarkandCheese

For a brief moment, Mrs Slocombe rode again. But she was then sent home as she’s clearly in a vulnerable age group these days. Grin

countrygirl99 · 15/06/2020 14:46

Oops, just bit big time on the shopping thread

OhFuckOffWithTheBubbleBollocks · 15/06/2020 14:47

Oooh what was deleted, I took too long typing Blush

OhFuckOffWithTheBubbleBollocks · 15/06/2020 14:48

PS usually am up for a bit of illegal raving so not judging that at all Wink

LadyOfTheImprovisedBath · 15/06/2020 14:51

We are not planning for blended learning, says Sturgeon
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that it is "absolutely not the case" that the Scottish Government are planning for blended learning of school pupils.

Wonder if they got a lot of e-mails and other contact from parents voicing concerns.

NothingIsWrong · 15/06/2020 14:59

I've been out into town! Well, I had to visit a property there to do a survey, and I had to take smallest child with me as she can't be left. So I looked at a ceiling and a floor and made all the appropriate noises, and then we went and look at shops.

It was all so depressing that we didn't go in anywhere, but did bump into a friend so we sat on the grass for a couple of hours gassing. Was lovely. Hopefully once the initial enforcement wears off and it looks like things are going well, and maybe the distance reduced to 1m, it will relax a bit...

The fabric shop was not open, but I'm in Oxford for work on Wednesday, so I think a trip to Hobbycraft is definitley on the cards!

I want to spend money on stuff...

Ibake · 15/06/2020 15:00

I have just been for lovely mooch round town with DH. I bought a book (Waterstones happy for you to browse and pick books up), a champagne stopper (so that I stop drinking the entire bottle every time), a pair of shoes (which I was allowed to try on first) and a coffee that we then sat in the park and drank. Town council have taped up the playground again so it was obviously rebellious mums this morning but I'm hoping they keep going until the council give up.

BarkandCheese · 15/06/2020 15:02

[quote Spudlet]@BarkandCheese

For a brief moment, Mrs Slocombe rode again. But she was then sent home as she’s clearly in a vulnerable age group these days. Grin[/quote]
Thanks for filling me in 😂.

Anti dementors say lockdown can just fucking do one now, we're going for chips.
Willow2017 · 15/06/2020 15:12

Oooh has her maj back tracked then? For once i will be happy with politicians going back on something they said😀😀

Read the shopping thread. Holy batshit! Are these people for real? Christ imagine having to live with them. "Mrs H down the roads dds mils 2nd cousin works in icu and she said they are overwhelmed again by dozens of patients"
Funnily enough thats not true everywhere especially my local hosp (but obviously the couple of posts from nurses i saw last week saying they are either almost empty or nurses are being redeployed as not needed were wrong.)

You couldnt make this situation up! Who knew such people lived among us, ready to revel in doom and disaster and multiply it tenfold to use to thier advantage? Sick individuals.

Nihiloxica · 15/06/2020 15:15

interested in thoughts from people who actually do think for themselves but know that others don't or can't be trusted to think properly...

People must be allowed to make their own decisions and nobody gets to say they are not thinking properly.

Outside of the very specific (and legally restricted) circumstance of sectioning someone, we don't restrict people based on the quality of their thinking.

BarkandCheese · 15/06/2020 15:16

The shopping thread is going absolutely batshit and descending into all kinds of sidebar arguments, which for some reason mostly seem to about shoes and east Dulwich. It’s glorious carnage.

Drivingdownthe101 · 15/06/2020 15:17

@BarkandCheese

The shopping thread is going absolutely batshit and descending into all kinds of sidebar arguments, which for some reason mostly seem to about shoes and east Dulwich. It’s glorious carnage.
Because shoes are pure tat, unless they’re purchased from an independent door to door company in easy dulwich Grin
KaronAVyrus · 15/06/2020 15:18

I don’t even like shopping but as soon as the shops in Scotland open I’ll be going for a mooch.

HesterShaw1 · 15/06/2020 15:21

Yes the East Dulwich thing has me puzzled.

I quite like shopping in East Dulwich in a wanky kind of way. It's quite fun to go wanker spotting. I feel like such a total hick when I'm there.

countrygirl99 · 15/06/2020 15:23

I did actually meet up with someone who works for PHE in a managerial role. She wasn't a dementor😊.

HesterShaw1 · 15/06/2020 15:24

I'm quite happy today. I live on my own and have been trying to be really careful about wine intake. Slippery slope etc. I always assumed for some reason it was 10 units a bottle on my fave Sauv Blanc. Today I peered at the label and found out it was only 7.9 units. Therefore I can drink more of it without the guilt and fear that I'm drinking myself to a slow death.

Definitely weird twisted lockdown logic going on there.