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The one with the phallic aubergines

And obviously none of this is briefing-worthy because it ain’t Covid.

@thenightsky

I really do think some people are actually enjoying the misery and are desperate to keep it going.

I think that theres a lot of this.

Week Eleven of roof renewal

There has been another leak here at my opposite neighbours.

they seem to be using the part of the roof above our bedroom as a walkway For the last four weeks as well as the drilling banging and grinding we have had stomp stomp stomp stomp as they walk across the room above the bedroom and then the sound of them throwing stuff /tiles over the side. Sick of this dragging on. I KNEW it would be like this. Last week one of them was pissing about up there having a laugh and i heard him fall over just above the bedroom ceiling. Last month a neighbour had the fire brigade out due to a leak in his kitchen through the light caused by these works. Why arent they walking on the scaffolding instead of stomping across above the bedroom for weeks on end. They have had all this time. And its STILL not done. And now my opposite neighbour has had a leak in her sons room. Today was the second time i had to tell them to turn the radio down Yet again it was blaring away outside my bedroom at 8am Sick of it Noise and disruption has been going on since the 8th June!!

Just been outside to look at the roof and there is a hole in the wooden slats probably because of all the stomping. And here comes Storm Francis.

Just been out to check and there is a hole where wood has split likely because of all the stomping. If there is a leak in this flat it will cause damage to our property.

Well if the face masks get ruined if there is a leak im not fucking replacing them. I shall go without.

@TheOrchidKiller ouch hope your back feels better soon.

On schools my DDs are going back and excited to do so. We had a catch up with DD2s new year 7 friends in the park today. She was delighted to make a new friend.

Completely agree that the rest of MN will be bonkers for a while with school dementors having a fit.

Thank you @Worldgonecrazy.

I have shouted at the Scottish teaching union man on the radio when he was going on about masks. Told him where he could shove 'em.

ISaySteadyOn
On a more humorous note, exactly how long before they use the elastic to shoot them at each other in the corridors and elsewhere?

Wasn't there a school a few years back that had to stop serving triangular pieces of flapjack because the pointy ends were deemed a hazardous weapon? (This was old hat to my DF who went to a school that used rock-hard flapjack as a weapon in the 1950s!) Anyway, if you can ban a pudding for having sharp edges you should also be saying no to an elasticated face mask that could be used to catapult puddings across the classroom, if we're going down the "health & safety gone mad" route.

As for the Isle of Wight dementory poster- I'm booking for next year already if you can buy those giant corona beach balls there!

The Dementors keep omitting to mention that St Nicola has only said masks in the corridors, not the classrooms. Subtle but important difference.

@Pixel7777 Thanks for sharing that Guardian article. The whole thing makes me so cross - people are nervous about going back to normal because they've been brainwashed by blustering Boris. One of the articles linked from that article talks of how readily we accepted the curbs on our freedom - I think that's the biggest problem of all. We should have been rioting at that level of state interference. The "normal but with pointless restrictions" state of things that we have now seems to be there because people expect it. Netball is hopefully about to resume at the end of September, but with modifications. Modifications which will pointlessly mess up the game, cause confusion all round, and do little to reduce risk; players are more likely to sprain their ankles than catch Covid. Many schools will be awash with new roolz because people expect it.

Many people have been utterly brainwashed by a clown known as Saint Boris into thinking all this is necessary, and they blindly accept every word he blusters. Have we no shame? Have we no pride in our freedom? Have we no intelligence? Have we no critical thinking?

So, older children will be taking the masks on and off over 6 times a day, for each new lesson! What about not touching your face? Think of the grubbiness of it...hoping we don't follow Scotland...

Its batshit.

brainwashed by blustering Boris and bolstered by the BBC...

@wanderings ah.. but they’re onto that and the answer is they should just wear them all the time. 🙄

You can't hear what people say; it would stop communication in the classroom...

Rape survivors and masks on Channel 4 news.

How will teachers know who’s who? 😃

@WouldBeGood

How will teachers know who’s who? 😃

This is what I raised on school threads before I gave up as a bad habit. I used to teach my subject to each class 1x per week at KS3. Sometimes I had KS3 only time tables, so that's roughly 18 x 30 teenagers to get to know. 1hr per week. Probably less than 35, 36 hours per school year by the time you lose lessons due to INSET or off timetable etc. (That's less than a fortnight of a primary school teacher's contact time) And they all wear the same clothes. Fat chance if you can only see half a face. Some decent, quiet kids that get on with it and don't have any remarkable features can take most of the year to get to know anyway!

It's bad enough having to waste teaching time by policing trousers/ skirts/ trainers, let alone unhygienic face rags.

Thank you @BakewellTarts. It's easing now. Self-medicating with aperol.

@HeIenaDove
Rape survivors and masks on Channel 4 news.

Just watched it. That poor woman, having to explain herself, & feeling guilty for upsetting the person who had a go at her for not wearing a mask.

And then Chanel 4 had a brief programme fronted by a Tory MP who was delighted by how community-spirited lockdown has made us.

Really?

Thats good medication.

Noone should have to explain why they can't wear a mask. Particularly a rape survivor.

And the Tory MPs comment about community spirit shows just how out of touch he is.

Finally I think face masks in school will be great fun for all particularly the teachers who will be policing them. Good luck! And maybe be careful what you wish for...

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Then that MP is a fucking cretin.

Sadly not the only fucking cretin; there are too many in the Cabinet.

I’ve stupidly been arguing with the Covid police on another thread about the difference between law and guidance, and now I’m in a bad mood. I should stick to these threads.

I stick to these threads or silly ones its best for my sanity. I don't think the covid police or lockdown enthusiasts will ever litsen.

@wanderings

Many people have been utterly brainwashed by a clown known as Saint Boris into thinking all this is necessary, and they blindly accept every word he blusters.

That's the first time I have ever seen 'Saint' and 'Boris' in the same sentence. Apart from someone saying she must be a saint to put up with him

What are people waiting for? When do they think it will be “safe” to come out of their houses.

It was Amanda Milling on Channel 4, MP for Cannock Chase. TBF for a moment she (a) was probably trying to be positive & was giving credit to some of her consituents who had volunteered to help others in lockdown, & (b) it wasn't her fault that Channel 4 had just shown the interview with the woman who had been treated appallingly for being unable to wear a mask.

It was probably poor judgement from Channel 4. But also naivity from the MP because she was saying she hoped we'd all build better community spirit from this, but appeared oblivious to the bigger picture.

I think we should be celebrating any community spirit there is (in fact, I miss the tiny bit we had in our neighbourhood prior to lockdown), but also recognising that this shitty situation has brought out the worst in some people, through fear, & poor leadership & terrible example-setting. And doing something positive to change it.

@RealityExistsInTheHumanMind I've been calling him Saint Boris since March, practically every time I mention him. It's not a compliment - it's because the dementors hang on his every blustering word, as if he's some kind of saint who can do no wrong. "Boris said you can't do this, Boris said you can't do that..."

I go on to the other threads regularly to wind the dementors up, I play bingo with their replies. "would you rather be on a ventilator" gets a massive "bingo!"

It's the emotional manipulation which gets to me. All this fear of the stay at home message, now the moralising and guilt tripping of teachers and parents. Wish they would stop spouting these messages and just be truthful and clear.