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AD's! Rishi needs you to Go Down For Your Town

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Ibake · 09/07/2020 21:47

New thread. Do your civic duty.

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SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 12/07/2020 17:30

Oh my god, Castle Howard today was amazing. The playgrounds are fantastic. There's a bloke on the entrance to the play area explaining the rules (hand sanitizer, try to give people space) but in a really jolly way, and telling all the kids the most important rule is to HAVE FUN! Chatted to him a bit and thanked him for opening the playgrounds, he was fully in support of the kids, and said that Lady Howard had been down that morning to look it all over and see if there was anything else that could be done to make it friendlier and more welcoming.

I bought us an annual pass.

TheOrchidKiller · 12/07/2020 17:32

"People are exchanging screenshots of the system that sometimes contain patient details in unauthorised group chats on WhatsApp and Facebook,”

That's a disgrace! Hardly going to win peoples' trust, is it? If NHS staff are involved with this they should know better!

@Jourdain11 I'm sorry you feel so awful.

Orangeblossom78 · 12/07/2020 17:38

Jourdain I'm sorry to hear about the panic attack. I got those too, sometimes woke up at night with it...there is an app I use called Calm which helps a little bit Flowers

Jourdain11 · 12/07/2020 17:45

@Orangeblossom78

Jourdain I'm sorry to hear about the panic attack. I got those too, sometimes woke up at night with it...there is an app I use called Calm which helps a little bit Flowers
Thank you, I will try it! Mine was at night too and honestly, I felt like I was going to die!
Orangeblossom78 · 12/07/2020 18:00

It's really horrible I agree. I also have a little book called No more panic which is small and good with a few ideas in, could probably get online I expect. But the app can be good if you wake and need something for distraction. I also use lavender oil as well.

MaskIsNotAFuckingVerbEither · 12/07/2020 18:06

I've never been to Castle Howard and now really feel I must rectify this, especially as a huge "fan" (wrong word!) of the 3rd and 4th Dukes of Norfolk/Thomas Howards - it's all very confusing when generations all have the same name) @Cattermole where are you? Grin

@Jourdain11 Sorry to hear you are down, is it anything in particular or just in general? Get it off your chest here. You will feel better I'm sure.

I'm afraid I have given up on the daily figures as I don't think it helps me keep a sense of proportion at all, quite the opposite. I'm not "ostriching" as I'm still keeping up with the news and seeing what's happening in my local area, and I don't want to be (literally) ignorant but I think I (and lots of us) are damaging our mental health at the expense of protecting our physical health from what is actually a smaller risk than the mental health risk. Fuck me that is awkwardly worded Blush I'm actually too tired to go back and untangle that sentence, hopefully you know what I mean!

PS I think I will change my name back as bubble is my name now as mask actually is a verb isn't it Blush not just in the "i masked up to put my bin out" Hmmusage.

PPS Re queueing, I think it was this, or previous thread, where we discussed queue jumping and I know you will all be delighted to know I have experienced (what I, at least, feel to be) total CFery worthy of an AIBU thread. My poor long suffering DD pushed me all the way to our local supermarket for "vulnerable and elderly hour" which I was going to take advantage of as it's always horrifically busy with queues and I do feel I qualify (although technically I should still be locked in my wardrobe Grin). We joined the queue as despite it being vulnerable hour the store was already full of us, fair enough. Waited 25 minutes, fair enough. Finally got to the top of the queue and a woman just legs it past the whole queue and says to me is it for key workers? I said no it's elderly and vulnerable. Oh well I'm a police officer she says and just walks in and no one said anything (including myself Blush) AIBU to think it's a bit BU to fucking queue jump past someone in a fucking wheelchair (and everyone else in the queue)? Well alright I'm sitting down Grin but seriously, it still hurts, and for DD to push me all the way there (and back, with all the shopping!) plus round the shop, after waiting there 30 minutes already, seeing someone literally run past me to get ahead of me kind of stung. It sounds awful but I don't think I look like I'm in a wheelchair because I've "just" broken a leg or something, it's pretty obvious I'm not well. It just really annoyed me but I'm not sure I'm ready to start an AIBU thread...imagine all the YABU as you've been TOLD to shield and shouldn't be out causing yourself to sadly die Hmm

Maybe I'm taking it too personally. I would love to be able to run past the queue and run in and pick something up and run out...PS she wasn't arresting anyone or going in for anything like that.

BubbleIsSTILLNotAFuckingVerb · 12/07/2020 18:20

PPS I would much rather someone tell me if I am BU, after all she was going off to fight crime and I was buying cake Grin Still though!

Mascotte · 12/07/2020 18:25

@BubbleIsSTILLNotAFuckingVerb she was the CF here. Imagine the story in your local rag.. you look Sad in your wheelchair as you tell your tale. She feels shamed and grants you freedom from prosecution so you can carry out brazen crimes unpunished.. I can see it now😃

YANBU

justasking111 · 12/07/2020 18:28

Someone somewhere said trains were only for essential travel still.

Is this true??

LadyOfTheImprovisedBath · 12/07/2020 18:29

I don't know justasking111 we're a bit confused by trains and travel as well.

BarkandCheese · 12/07/2020 18:30

Unless the police woman was running into the shop to buy tinfoil, chewing gum and fish fingers to MacGyver a device to catch a diamond smuggling ring red handed she was being a CF.

LadyOfTheImprovisedBath · 12/07/2020 18:35

www.networkrail.co.uk/coronavirus/
Reading this - is doesn't sound like it

But www.traveline.cymru/tfw-coronavirus-travel-guidance/#h_11589322311590144073900 is still talking about essential travel and what qualifies.

LadyOfTheImprovisedBath · 12/07/2020 18:37

@BarkandCheese

Unless the police woman was running into the shop to buy tinfoil, chewing gum and fish fingers to MacGyver a device to catch a diamond smuggling ring red handed she was being a CF.
Absolutely this - unless there was some form of emergency that required immediate supplies to deal with then she was CF and relying on no-one saying anything.
AnxiousElephant77 · 12/07/2020 18:45

We went to town on the train yesterday and they were playing ‘essential travel’ announcements. It was, by no means whatsoever, essential.

CruCru · 12/07/2020 18:48

Realistically she wasn’t going to fight crime by buying things from a supermarket, Bubble. It was probably her turn to buy the kitkats at work.

Well, my in-laws have gone home. It was really nice to see them and they’ll probably come back later this month.

A friend has posted something on Instagram about Black Lives Matter but at the end has put “Wear a mask”. I’m not sure how the two are related but he is in the US so perhaps mask wearing is considered a criticism of Trump there.

Just read something about babies - apparently there are now thousands of unregistered babies and councils have a massive backlog to get them registered. I hadn’t even thought of this.

BogRollBOGOF · 12/07/2020 18:57

@CruCru

Realistically she wasn’t going to fight crime by buying things from a supermarket, Bubble. It was probably her turn to buy the kitkats at work.

Well, my in-laws have gone home. It was really nice to see them and they’ll probably come back later this month.

A friend has posted something on Instagram about Black Lives Matter but at the end has put “Wear a mask”. I’m not sure how the two are related but he is in the US so perhaps mask wearing is considered a criticism of Trump there.

Just read something about babies - apparently there are now thousands of unregistered babies and councils have a massive backlog to get them registered. I hadn’t even thought of this.

Our council is having to proritise babies born before June before moving onto more recent births.

There will be a record where most are born in hopsital or NHS MW care. Passports are the greatest issue I can think of. I don't think CB was connected to registering?

BubbleIsSTILLNotAFuckingVerb · 12/07/2020 19:00

[quote Mascotte]@BubbleIsSTILLNotAFuckingVerb she was the CF here. Imagine the story in your local rag.. you look Sad in your wheelchair as you tell your tale. She feels shamed and grants you freedom from prosecution so you can carry out brazen crimes unpunished.. I can see it now😃

YANBU[/quote]

Well I have the mask ready to carry out my brazen crimes Grin I'm so glad you all agree she was in fact the CF. Wish I had said something now!

Trains are for anything now aren't they? I don't think any travel is meant to be for essentials any more?

DominaShantotto · 12/07/2020 19:00

@AnxiousElephant77

We went to town on the train yesterday and they were playing ‘essential travel’ announcements. It was, by no means whatsoever, essential.
My train app I use for train times when I'm commuting has first a "DON'T GO ANYWHERE IF YOU'RE IN LEICESTER" page (it's the East Mids Trains one so that's kind of expected) then a "try not to use public transport" load of stuff.
Willow2017 · 12/07/2020 19:01

Bubbles Hope you are definately nbu. That's just selfish and ignorant. The person at the door should have told her to feck off and come back later.

Jourdain11 sorry to hear you are having a hard time. It's no wonder that things get on top of you now and again.
My ds2 had panic attacks when being bullied at primary school. We would get to the car park and bang he was into one. It was absolutely horrible, not just for him but for me to witness as i couldn't do anything except take him home home and cuddle him. He really was terrified I was so angry at school.
Hope you find something to help you with this horrible time. Rant on here if it helps.

Been down the town to get tea. Huge queues at all the chip shops! Not seen that for a long time and never as long. Pubs open with people sitting outside enjoying themselves. People still on the beach. Had to wear a mask in co op and ds2 wore his cycling skeleton face covering as ds1 decided not to come in and he had the other mask. Couldn't breath! Felt suffocated. Couldn't get out quick enough. About 6 customers in total in whole shop!

Jourdain11 · 12/07/2020 19:03

@BubbleIsSTILLNotAFuckingVerb nothing particular, things are just getting on top of me.. I can't imagine ever getting back to normal and I feel sad and scared. Don't want to show how I feel to family though, since they have enough to deal with. So I'm just feeling panicked and sad inside Confused

Jourdain11 · 12/07/2020 19:04

@Willow2017

Bubbles Hope you are definately nbu. That's just selfish and ignorant. The person at the door should have told her to feck off and come back later.

Jourdain11 sorry to hear you are having a hard time. It's no wonder that things get on top of you now and again.
My ds2 had panic attacks when being bullied at primary school. We would get to the car park and bang he was into one. It was absolutely horrible, not just for him but for me to witness as i couldn't do anything except take him home home and cuddle him. He really was terrified I was so angry at school.
Hope you find something to help you with this horrible time. Rant on here if it helps.

Been down the town to get tea. Huge queues at all the chip shops! Not seen that for a long time and never as long. Pubs open with people sitting outside enjoying themselves. People still on the beach. Had to wear a mask in co op and ds2 wore his cycling skeleton face covering as ds1 decided not to come in and he had the other mask. Couldn't breath! Felt suffocated. Couldn't get out quick enough. About 6 customers in total in whole shop!

Your poor DS! That is so shit of the school 😠
CruCru · 12/07/2020 19:05

In the story an aunt had bought premium bonds for the baby and people had sent cheques but they couldn’t be paid in as they need a birth certificate to open an account. Apparently you also need a birth certificate to get a childcare grant.

Willow2017 · 12/07/2020 19:06

I got cahms involved and for once they stepped up. They said no coping strategies its up to school to sort this not him. (They were crap with ds1 and adhd.)

Bellesavage · 12/07/2020 19:07

Over the last three days I have gone to the beach, jumped a locked playground fence with my kids and spent an hour in there letting them be free and have so much fun and I've taken them to the zoo. I feel great for the first time in months!

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