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Can I have a whinge please? Our holiday in Scotland was cancelled by the company today. Ok we thought, let’s cancel the other bits and pieces and focus on booking something else. Then we got a second email from the company saying they’d cancelled because we live in Leicester. We live a good 2 hours drive from Leicester. I think I’d be narked even if I did live in Leicester. FFS, I need more wine, and they need better bloody maps.

Juggler have they uncancelled your holiday now that they've looked at a map?

That's so silly. I hope you get your holiday back.

@Ibake that’s the general look the dog has, but not as creative. The pink bit is the donut and her bum hole is the donut hole.

@juggler82

Can I have a whinge please? Our holiday in Scotland was cancelled by the company today. Ok we thought, let’s cancel the other bits and pieces and focus on booking something else. Then we got a second email from the company saying they’d cancelled because we live in Leicester. We live a good 2 hours drive from Leicester. I think I’d be narked even if I did live in Leicester. FFS, I need more wine, and they need better bloody maps.

Bloody hell, according to google I’m 2hrs 38mins from Leicester, I live in Kent. Do they think everyone south of Yorkshire lives in the midlands?

That is shocking @juggler. I hope you manage to sort it out. I've just checked and I live 1h 45 from Leicester in Cheshire. It's a bloody big radius they've drawn!

Err no thanks

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Unsanitary masks..also how old were those children

@TheOrchidKiller

Juggler have they uncancelled your holiday now that they've looked at a map?

That's so silly. I hope you get your holiday back.

It’s a 2 hour wait on their phone lines, will try and get through again tomorrow. I’m tempted to go through with the cancellation just because of the sheer stupidity. They don’t deserve our cash!

I’m about 30 minutes from Leicester, bloody hope the company we’ve booked our holiday through aren’t so idiotic!

Checking in. First week at new work, done!

@AnxiousElephant77

It all depends how old we are

It’s like one of those logic quiz books you get in WH Smith.

If Birmingham flocks to Bournemouth and Leicestershire flocks to Scotland, what colour is Llandudno?

Thank you to whoever recommended The Choice. I downloaded the kindle version this evening and am already a third of the way through. Briefly explained the plot to DH, who thought it was quite a good idea but that's the point isn't it. Measures for our own good sound like a reasonable thing until it's forced, taken too far and used by people as a form of control over others. Timely indeed.

The village playground may be reopening! Apparently at our own risk blah blah blah, that's all I'm asking for, the right to make my own risk assessments!
DH thought it was totally reasonable that they felt they couldn't open for fear of being sued. I did point out that was practically impossible given someone would have to prove that they caught it there and even then they should be washing their hands after so really there's no case to be made.
Fear and control...

DS1(14) mentioned the upcoming compulsory masking and asked if it wasn't a bit late for that and should they not have done it ages ago if they were going to do it at all.
DS2(12) said anything that makes it safer is surely a good thing, but then his reaction to the playground news was "is that safe?"
Fear and control.

You can tell which one takes after me! I did want to cry though, at DS2's response. I've done nothing to reinforce this and been very relaxed about risk, he's still managed to take on the brainwashing. He's quite a rule follower though and wants to be a police officer so I suppose that works for him.

DH has surprised me with his slight dementor tendencies and I can only attribute it to too much time on Facebook...
I've surprised myself by how angry I am getting about things, but I'm feeling more rebellious by the day... Apologies for ranting (the book may not be helping!).

@juggler82

Can I have a whinge please? Our holiday in Scotland was cancelled by the company today. Ok we thought, let’s cancel the other bits and pieces and focus on booking something else. Then we got a second email from the company saying they’d cancelled because we live in Leicester. We live a good 2 hours drive from Leicester. I think I’d be narked even if I did live in Leicester. FFS, I need more wine, and they need better bloody maps.

Omg @juggler82. I just checked Google maps and I'm 2 hours drive away from Leicester.... I'm in bloody WALES. Are they smoking weed or something stronger???

[quote Dowser]Err no thanks

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I like this response to it though.

Do you think I dare add it to a different post?

Are you all sadly dead? You're all very quiet for a Friday night.

youre all at the pub aren't you

@TrustTheGeneGenie I've been to a really normal pub, for a really normal, lovely dinner! No masks or weirdness at all! And I'm in the realm of Queen Nic. Most cheering.

@TrustTheGeneGenie

Are you all sadly dead? You're all very quiet for a Friday night.

youre all at the pub aren't you

I bloody wish.
At home. OK, with something to drink. Just had such a sad phonecall with my mother - elderly, vulnerable, shielding, and GOING DOWNHILL. And all the local practice will offer her is a telephone consultation with a not actual doctor (not sure what her official title is, but probably not 'Sorcerer's Apprentice', although I rather like my ma's turn of phrase; Physician's Assistant, maybe?), certainly not her regular doctor, who understands and manages the interaction of her various conditions. Sorcerer's Apprentice wonders if she has thought of elevating her legs and twiddling her ankles a bit. Um, yes. Having lived with her heart and other conditions for quite a while, these things have occurred to her or been suggested. Doesn't this person have the fucking notes in front of them.
She gets a bit worse each day. And I am 150 miles away.
And they changed her medication at the start of lockdown and seem not to care that things are getting worse.

And yes, I know a lot of people have things worse than this. Doesn't make it all right for my mother, though, does it.

I'm surprised how little I've had to catch up on.

Parents very AD and sis is visiting, tomorrow. We shall pay lip service to spreading out.

Got the word about Ds2 being back at school in Sept er, after a few days just for year 7 (it's a special school so absolutely understandable.) he is so excited about it.

@theThreeofWeevils

And yes, I know a lot of people have things worse than this. Doesn't make it all right for my mother, though, does it.

Absolutely not. It's thoroughly neglectful, tbh.

, @theThreeofWeevils. Really sorry about your mum. It’s really shit, isn’t it, the way sub-standard care is now acceptable for anything Not Covid.

Thanks, PickAChew and ProfRE.

It is just shite. And this used to be such an outstanding practice -and I'm very grateful for the fact that they were, as is she.

@theThreeofWeevils

And yes, I know a lot of people have things worse than this. Doesn't make it all right for my mother, though, does it.

It certainly doesn't make things right for your mum or for you.

I think Drs surgeries are one of the 'services' that have come out of this particularly badly.

So much has had to carry on, low paid workers going to work, with little protection and often little understanding of the risks.

A GP surgery understands about infection and deals with it on a regular basis, that they should practically shut down for 4/5 months is nothing short of scandalous to me.

I hope your mum gets the support she needs soon.