ADs head off to The Three Bellends and discuss luxury duvets and stationery

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(Socially distanced of course and in strictest obedience of all localised lockdowns and 3 or 5 tiers and whatever illogic the powers that be can dream up next)

The original digital discussion continues...

Heartened by a ( very small) protest we passed in los cristianos on our way to dinner

Saturday night and we are the only person at the restaurant
Sad so sad

I've got a wonderful soft slanket- poncho type gown that I picked up a few years ago on a rare visit to TK Maxx. I might want to vom when people smuggly babble on about snuggling and "hot choc", but it is warm and cosy and very comforting (and that lovely soft rosey-baby pink that I find a happy colour) It is nice to sling on to warm up in the house.

@justasking111 what’s bugging me is that they don’t seem to have worked out that 17 days does not equal 2 weeks. I’m probably being pedantic but I can’t help it!

It’s turning into April all over again!

@PinkSparklyPussyCat
@justasking111

what’s bugging me is that they don’t seem to have worked out that 17 days does not equal 2 weeks. I’m probably being pedantic but I can’t help it!

That was my thought too. Maths isn't my strong point but 2 weeks is not 17 days. Is it something to do with time lags & working out if the measures have been effective, or some other such stuff? If there's a good reason for 17 days then why not say so in the first place, & don't fudge it by saying 2 weeks if you don't mean it.

So I have been informed by my tame actuary that they expected home insurance claims to rise but they actually haven't. So there you go! Apparently, this is interesting.

You are invited on
Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 6 PM UTC
Public · Hosted by Emma Hartley
Online Event
On Christmas Eve at 6pm everyone will come outside and ring a bell for 2 minutes to spread Christmas spirit and to help Santa fly his sleigh.
After this awful year it would be an amazing memory for the kids and communities. End 2020 with a bit of Magic, hope and togetherness

www.facebook.com/events/283234606136130/

A lovely idea I thought.

17 days but three weekends. Which if you do a bit of xmas shopping at the weekend that is three gone.

@Dowser

Heartened by a ( very small) protest we passed in los cristianos on our way to dinner

Saturday night and we are the only person at the restaurant
Sad so sad

Jealous again, but that sounds so sad as well, bittersweet.

Thanks everyone, I’m such a worrier even though I’m a AD, I obey the rules but not the made up rules. Mainly because I scared of getting a fine.
I don’t mind having a mug of tea in the garden normally, but not in the rain.
And I’ve never washed my shopping and I bought whatever I wanted in shops during lockdown, as long as they sold it. I just feel so sad and useless and lost. It’s feels so never ending. I having my own pity party.

I wondered where you lot had gone. Thought it was odd no posts all day - yes I’m dumb!

Anyhow, I’m a bit baffled as to why they are opening up more air corridors but putting extra restrictions in place here in the uk? So you can travel abroad a bit more but can’t go to Wales?

Went shopping yesterday into town and was all hot and bothered in the shops and was desperate to get the mask off as I was so sweaty. Probably because I had a warm coat on which didn’t help. I confess I couldn’t be arsed to use the hand sanitizers in every shop and feel like I just don’t care any more.

@MissEWeatherwax It sounds like a really difficult situation. Just wondering whether you could get a gazebo or something to sit in in their garden - particularly if they've got any other friends or family who might use it as well. May be completely impractical, but thought I'd offer it as a suggestion.

@110APiccadilly, my DF would, but not my DM she is always cold and already sits in a warm house with either a blanket or her dressing gown. While my DF has a vest top and shorts(yes he is weird). I slanket sounds like a great Christmas present for her.
I’m going to have to remember I can gave care, especially to a depressed elderly person. Their neighbours seen nice, so hopefully they won’t report me. Half of MN would.

Ive just seen someone use the phrase "panic porn" on Twitter, in response to this.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8874871/Loved-ones-catch-Covid-die-families-allowed-mix-Christmas-says-professor.html?ito=amp_twitter_share-top

@MissEWeatherwax

Thanks everyone, I’m such a worrier even though I’m a AD, I obey the rules but not the made up rules. Mainly because I scared of getting a fine. I don’t mind having a mug of tea in the garden normally, but not in the rain. And I’ve never washed my shopping and I bought whatever I wanted in shops during lockdown, as long as they sold it. I just feel so sad and useless and lost. It’s feels so never ending. I having my own pity party.

We all have our own pity parties. We all know what we will and won't accept for ourselves. I can be totally anti all the rules and want to break them but don't because there is nothing in my life that needs me too. If there was a need I would, well I think I would but I don't know what would make me break the rules if I don't need to.

In every situation people say 'I would've xx...' or 'I would never do xx...' In reality we don't know what we would or wouldn't do until and unless we are faced with the situation.

I have no real need to break the rules so it is easy for me to say the rules don't matter.

I know I would break the rules under certain circumstances, what I don't know is what those circumstances are - unless they happen

@MissEWeatherwax
I’m going to have to remember I can gave care, especially to a depressed elderly person. Their neighbours seen nice, so hopefully they won’t report me. Half of MN would.

It's now less than half that even say they would.
Plus
Many that say they would - wouldn't really because in real life they are as scared of their neighbours thinking badly of them as they are of Covid and they just want to fit in with the MN Covid incrowd,

When a new thread starts, it tends to depend on who the first responders are, which way the thread goes. Once the chief dementors get in there is no point anyone else getting involved

@MissEWeatherwax that would class providing care, as long as you are all content with the slight risk, you won't get fined for going in. Care isn't always giving physical assistance to someone

That was meant to be a bunch of flowers rather than a bear!

True.
If we get moved to tier 2 in the next week or so, that makes no material difference to my life now we can keep our Girl Guiding plans the same. The organised social aspects of my life are either on and continuing, or off. Family and friends are tier2 anyway and mostly in excess of the stupid rule of six because children.

What matters more is if/ when Nottingham hit tier3 and if swimming lessons can continue.

Most people I know have their heads down trying to crack on with life and the disruption to normal routines mean that conversations to suss out where our boundaries fall and meet up haven't occurred with many, such as my friend that we normally catch up with over an equidistant parkrun. A lot of people I know have been cagey and I haven't felt comfortable inititating those conversations. I never was a phone and cht person anywsy.

Thanks everyone. @Trainchoose thanks for the .
My DP said they would rather die than not see the GC’s even though they are teenagers. DF really couldn’t give a shit, but DM is more anxious ( I take after my DF in my head, but my DM in real life).
Now listening to Lords and Ladies audiobook, so feeling better.

One thing that is giving me some comfort is that leisure centres are remaining open in Tier 3 for now. My boys had swimming today and despite all the extra Covid rules it was as normal as it has been since September and I managed to talk to one of the other mums throughout, despite our masks and being three seats apart.

@MercyBooth. I've just seen that article. Why anyone is still giving that man airspace is beyond me. I can only assume that he creates such sensationalist headlines that it is clickbait gold.

Yes and hes a hypocrite to boot

@MagdaS

One thing that is giving me some comfort is that leisure centres are remaining open in Tier 3 for now. My boys had swimming today and despite all the extra Covid rules it was as normal as it has been since September and I managed to talk to one of the other mums throughout, despite our masks and being three seats apart.

I've always sat on my own anyway. Handy these days

Especially as the sensory input of the swimming pool is high enough that I can't even face the visor there. With DS1's dyspraxia, changing and washing hair is still hands on, so I've always worn quick',dry running gear there as I inevitably get a wetting. Well no showering now, but I still wear light sports clothes just because it's so, so humid. I don't know how the other parents manage to sit in there in winter clothing let alone covering their faces, when I'm flopping around in as little coverage as I can get away with!

OH NO!! you know the guy who went into Tesco and ripped off all the cellophane from the kids clothing etc.the video went viral well he has been charged

North Wales Police
6m ·
Following an incident at Tesco in Bangor on the evening of Friday 23rd October, 28 year old Gwilym Owen from Anglesey has been charged with Criminal Damage, several Public Order offences, and Contravention of the Coronavirus Regulations.
He has been granted conditional bail to appear at Caernarfon Magistrates court on 24th November.

This was his post on fb last night following his cellophane ripping event. This makes him an honorary AD in my book.

Gwilym Owen
tSpSonSs1o6rmehde ·
I had enough last night. I don't care about the backlash that I may get from this. Last night I heard supermarkets have put covers over 'non essential' things such as clothes. We're heading into winter now and who would have thought clothes for children weren't essential? I'm sure there are people out there who can barely afford heating in their houses and now they want to stop people buying clothes in supermarkets. I don't expect everyone to do what I've done here but I do expect everyone to know that denying the public clothing is nothing but immoral and inhuman. So no I'm not ashamed of what I've done. The government is corrupt, but what's more damaging to society is the fact that people are not standing up against this machine. I ask everyone can we all wake up and have a backbone and not let this tyranny run for any longer? Things will only get worse If we do not make any effort in stopping this madness. I'm not prepared to live in a society where they can take basic human needs away like being able to buy new clothes, especially for children. So I'll do what I can to stop it. I've had it up to my tether with what's going on and we need more people to take a stand for what is right! This was my stand last night