ADs, Corvids and the sequacious masses

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Also does anyone remember in Harry Potter, when the dementors took over, the weather turned crap?

That’s what it feels like at the moment doesn’t it? They’re winning, and sucking all the colour (and sunshine) out of life at the same time.
I’m trying to think of little ways to rebel, that will have absolutely no impact at all but will make me feel better

And to start our rebellion, toddler and I are just about to walk to another park near me that is still locked. I have my kitchen scissors for the cable ties!

Just popping on to say GRRRRRRR ARGHHHHHHH loudly in frustration at masks, dementors, but mostly bored teens this morning... why must every simple request be an argument???? One of mine is really struggling with her mental health and I am trying to be extra careful and kind around her, but even a basic suggestion causes a strop.....

On more pleasant topics @Shodan those rings are fab!

@Drivingdownthe101 Thanks for mentioning that about it being the thin end of the wedge for making children in schools wear masks; maybe another thing for the MP, although I wouldn't want to put ideas in his head.

Also, Drivingdownthe101 , the endless roolz are making me actively look for rules to break, and not Covid ones. I've done it a few times already, although I'm not going to say which ones.

I've just ordered some masks under protest, and am tempted to write fuck off Boris on the front.

Shouldn't Boris wear an arse mask as that's where he talks out of? Or reinforced pants.

Saw a response on another thread that if you are hard of hearing you don't need to wear a mask 🤔. I thought, yes, not wearing something over your mouth is really going to help you read the lips of someone who is.

This video made me laugh out loud! This guy is a true AD

@LadyOfTheImprovisedBath

I wonder how many people will realise they have some level of hearing impairment thanks to masks and screens.

In my family it tends to be something people are quite resistant to admitting and I think a lot of people skate by by sort of lip reading.

Mine's auditory processing. I have a good range of hearing, but I struggle focusing on what I need to hear and blocking out the background noise.

I tend to miss the same bits each time, so saying "pardon" is pretty useless. I'll repeat back what I did get to focus on the tricky part.
I tend to place myself in positions where I'm least disadvantaged.
I lip read a lot and really struggle with mumbly inexpressive people, or when people cover their faces.
I find goup conversation hard to track and flow, I have to know people really well for the pieces to fit in the conversation or I tend to observe from the edge.

It was good that guidelines said to turn volumes down to avoid shouting, I'd take that one as a new normal.
We had a big family meal a couple of years ago and I had the DCs on one side and the adults to the other side. I could barely join in conversation over a couple of hours because the pub refused to turn the music down and claimed it was as low as it could go. The food was bland as well so that was a waste of two hours.

[quote Worldgonecrazy]@RosieLemonade

I really don’t believe there will be a second wave. There will be outbreaks in care homes, food factories and areas where there are poor and disadvantaged living in over cramped conditions.

Also remember that when the Government use the term ‘outbreak’ it just means two or more linked cases.[/quote]
Although in a secondary near me, that's one case.

I thought the point of the bloody bubbles was that you don't have to close the whole fricking school.

@NannyPhlegm that's brilliant!!

Quite tempted by this one. Did buy some cheapy paper things the other day as have a hair appointment this week, they can stay in the car and get reused.

Asking here rather than on mask threads but wondering if my elderly father would be exempt, he has a heart condition so I'm thinking that potential drop in oxygen levels wouldn't be great for him?

Daren't ask on other threads as it would be "OMG he's 80 and you take him outside to supermarkets! Thats basically just trying to kill him" For the record, I have offered to shop for him rather than go with him but it's the only time each week he leaves the house, this has been the case for over a year now and in his own words "somethings going to get me sooner or later so Boris can bugger off"

@Drivingdownthe101

Well done for setting a great example !

Well, I've sent an email to my MP (Thanks @wanderings - I may have taken inspiration from a number of your points!), and in his auto response noticed that he is also the Minister of State for Disabled People. Great, I think, I'll pull out the specific points around the impact on Disabled People and their rights etc and send it off to his MoS email address as well. Within a few minutes I get a reply from that address, with a poorly written single line telling me that I need to write to the DHSC because 'they're dealing with masks'. Right Oh..... I'm SO angry.

Wherearemyminions
That's a damm good reason for exemption I would say. He doesn't have to explain himself to anyone though. Get one of those print off passes if you think it would help.

Hi all, hope everyone is well.
Dementing levels seem to be particularly high this morning.

@Wherearemyminions love that, where is that from? I've just shown DH who thinks we both should have one.

And along the same lines as your dad, my mum is 83 and has been out shopping all the way through. She only goes round the corner to Lidl, is very careful and invariably people usher her to the front of the queue. I offered to get her shopping and take it over which would be an hour round trip at least but she said no. She said she's not going out every day, just once a week, and that if she didn't get out she'd go stir crazy. She's off on the bus today armed with mask and gloves to go and pay some bills. Our older generation are made of stronger stuff than the majority of doom merchants huddling in their houses in fear.

profpoopsnagle Tue 14-Jul-20 07:59:36
Is it possible for me to set MN just to show this 1 thread? May help my blood pressure!

I don't know how you can do it on your phone but I just have the current thread starred and saved to my bookmarks bar. Most systems have some sort of bookmarking I think..

Maybe one like this?

I like that, @Wherearemyminions. In the meantime, just to check I'm not going entirely mad, I've been doing some maths. The COVID-Joinzoe stats says my district has an estimated 593 active cases per million. My district has a population of 112,500. So that works out as: 66 active cases. Even assuming asymptomatic people on top of that, I can't help thinking that the chance of someone breathing over me in a shop is vanishingly small...

@MinesaPinot found it at redbubble.com Your Mum sounds fab, amidst all the fluff talked about mental health in these last few months, people seem to overlook that for many older people, the trip to the shops might be the only time they have a chat with anyone face to face all week.

Apparently our village playground (and the neighbouring village) cannot reopen because they are charity owned and their insurance doesn't cover Covid risk. It seems my suggestion of a sign up as a disclaimer has no legal protection against people sueing the charity for catching Covid there (how the fuck would you even prove that in order to make a legal case?!).

I'm fuming and very glad I deleted my Facebook app so I can't pile on and rant about this. It's not the organisation's fault. I know that. But FFS! I don't see how councils can open theirs and we can't. Apparently it's to do with having the people to do the risk assessment.

My DC's are old enough to not miss playgrounds and this doesn't effect me at all, but I still give a shit enough to be bloody angry!

I deleted the app, and just refresh this one thread in safari on my phone. I don’t look at anything else.

I’m on the war path today. Just sent an email to the parish council about playgrounds. Next stop, my fucking useless MP about all the other shit.
I’m so ANGRY.

Swinging between rage and defeated on a minute by minute basis. Can't concentrate on work but also can't motivate myself to do anything else. I need to break the habit of angry phone scrolling late into the night as my sleep is terrible. Was going to email my local councillor about the shitstorm that is nursery provision but just think what's the point?