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ADs won't tut when you're stuck in a rut, we're all too busy pouring Amaretto in our porridge

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BogRollBOGOF · 04/11/2020 10:44

Welcome into another thread of alternative reality as we try to nagivate through the Coronacoaster of life.

We may be up, down, spinning around (generally in confusion at the next random edict drawn up on the back of a fag packet) but never sucking the joy out of life.

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justasking111 · 04/11/2020 23:16

If people are leaving, where the heck are they going to go. Wales, well our hotels, holiday lets, caravan sites are growing cob webs. Presume it is the same in England and Scotland.

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BogRollBOGOF · 05/11/2020 00:04

The supermarket was extra quiet tonight!
I favour shopping in the evening to avoid people and any risk of queues.

There was a bit of glamour going on from the trans-person clopping around in high heels and marvellously sparkly mini-dress. It was quite the occasion by 2020 standards!

Impulse bought a lovely fluffy blanket for the lounge.
From the DCs reactions, I'll be buying another two in the near future!

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MercyBooth · 05/11/2020 00:11

@BogRollBOGOF When i was a kid there was a gay couple living at the end of our road . One night in the v, late 70s they had a party. Loads of drag queens turned up I was quite in awe. I was only little so i just thought they were very tall women. They looked fab.

AcornAutumn · 05/11/2020 00:11

If I didn’t live in a small flat, I’d have sooooo many throws and blankets.

Re the shops, sometimes mum wants to do the shopping with me as she’s bored. I guess we’ll get told off again.

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BogRollBOGOF · 05/11/2020 07:42

@AcornAutumn

If I didn’t live in a small flat, I’d have sooooo many throws and blankets.

Re the shops, sometimes mum wants to do the shopping with me as she’s bored. I guess we’ll get told off again.

whispers: does she look plausible to need a support bubble...

I was postingbon a thread about children and extra curriculars last night... basically primary age children who are too young to be out independently have no right to maintain a face to face relationship beyond their household.

DH could meet a mate in the park and have a kickabout.
My 7 yo can't, even with a classmate that he's been breathing over for 30 hours in a pokey classroom. (And he might have a sibling, but 9yo has less interest in football than a nail board)
How fucked up is that.
I'm glad it's been clarified that pre-schoolers are exempt. But really all dependent children that can not be left unsupervised should be legally able to meet someone like the rest of the population.

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hoochymamgu · 05/11/2020 07:50

I need this thread in my life  Grinthanks @AcornAutumn for the clips.

LivinLaVidaLoki · 05/11/2020 07:53

Hi All! Just caught up with the thread, went to the pub last night for tea.
DH did get told off for passing the table behind us our salt as theirs was empty. It was really busy and they didn't want to pester the harassed looking staff so asked if they could have ours. DH passed it over,got caught and got told off like a naughty child. Its shit like that that does my head in.
Going to be dry today so taking ds to the park later and one of his friends may just happen to be there......

My Facebook feed this morning is full of school mums who have got craft or cake making businesses on the side talking about how people need to support them and other small businesses as they are all struggling for orders.

I feel awful for them, I really do. But so many people are now on a reduced wage with Christmas looming so I can kind of see why they are quiet.

110APiccadilly · 05/11/2020 07:54

@justasking111

If people are leaving, where the heck are they going to go. Wales, well our hotels, holiday lets, caravan sites are growing cob webs. Presume it is the same in England and Scotland.
Holiday homes owned by them? Staying with family? I knew a few single adults who moved back in with their parents at the beginning of the last lockdown.
JamSarnie · 05/11/2020 07:58

I got told off by the Asda delivery man the other day for not stepping back far enough. Back to tescos then for me who are bloody lovely and have been throughout.

I am remembering all the businesses that have been friendly even when enforcing the rules. There is a nice way to do these things and those that have pissed me off won't get my custom again but the friendly ones will.

JamSarnie · 05/11/2020 08:00

My Facebook feed this morning is full of school mums who have got craft or cake making businesses on the side talking about how people need to support them and other small businesses as they are all struggling for orders.

I do feel sorry for them but my frivolous spending has stopped and isn't going to start again given that I can see lockdown(n) happening after the Christmas rush. I don't want to waste money other than on booze just in case one of us loses our job.

Theredjellybean · 05/11/2020 08:03

Can I please have a mild vent about garden centres...
I am very easy going person normally but my wonderful elderly mother has arranged to "accidently" be at the local garden centre at the same time as sever of her equally elder dotty friends, so they mooch round the gift tat together... On another thread I was told she was breaking the law.. And it was as if she personally killed of a group of pre schoolers singing little donkey at their nativity play...
Really???
Now personally I think the "roolz" are random and bonkers but as life will carry on for me pretty much as normal I am not upset, except the growing unease of government controlling our lives with little accountability.
But why oh why are garden centres open?

JamSarnie · 05/11/2020 08:07

But why oh why are garden centres open?

Ultimately everything they can get away with keeping open they will because otherwise it's more money that needs to be paid to support staff and more businesses down the drain.

Personally I think all businesses should be open and we should just be asked to minimise personal contacts everywhere.

Orangeblossom7777 · 05/11/2020 08:11

Well day one...DC and DH off to school and work...this will be different for quite a few of us due to having more open I suppose. At least have the flat to myself

LivinLaVidaLoki · 05/11/2020 08:12

Me too @JamSarnie
There's 2 local bakeries here. I prefer bakery 1 but ds likes a particular cake in bakery 2.
Bakery 2 has always been a bit OTT almost throwing your stuff at you across the shop but yesterday we were passing by so popped in. There is now a sign saying "1 adult customer at a time" DS and I went in and the woman basically screamed at us (from the other side of the shop) "outside! He needs to wait outside, can't you read!"

I just called back "yes I can, it says 1 adult he is a child. What do you want me to do? Chain him up outside like a dog? For your information he is the one wanting to choose something from here. I shall not bother" and left. I won't be going back.
3 people in the queue outside commented "she didn't let your child in?" When I confirmed this they too left the queue.

I got so sick of the way our kids were treated last time I'm not having it this time.

DS has just got up and asked if the parks are going to be shut again. He looked so defeated, it broke my heart. The pure joy in his face when I said no, they are staying open.

Orangeblossom7777 · 05/11/2020 08:12

sever of her equally elder dotty friends, so they mooch round the gift tat together

I guess it will be the garden centre's job to police them Wink

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BogRollBOGOF · 05/11/2020 08:21

Garden centres lobbied to reopen about May time because of the perishable nature of the stock.
And being largely outdoors, and draughty buildings, they are lower risk than most retail.
This time, they'll have a lot of Christmas stock in, so there's a risk of a stampede of grannies fed up after queuing around the block for hours to get back in on Dec 2nd.
Better to let themstay open really.

Zoos have been shafted again. Why not let them reopen outdoors only like they did back in June. No new funding to keep feeding the tigers, gorillas or giraffes... mind you, if the government aren't bothered about children having reliable access to food...

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Iheartmysmart · 05/11/2020 08:28

@BogRollBOGOF Ooh, I think you might be on to something there. Could we feed our useless shower of shite government and their doom laden advisors to the lions and tigers? At least they’d die doing something useful for once.

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BogRollBOGOF · 05/11/2020 08:39

Nah, it'd be a shame to give the lions and tigers indigestion Grin

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Blobby10 · 05/11/2020 08:44

Traffic on my way to and from work definitely heavier than it was a month ago! I feel so sorry for those small businesses that won't be able to survive this second lockdown. I can't understand why people don't question what we are being told to do - its not wrong to ask why (unless you were my teachers at school who got heartily sick of it always being my hand up with questions Grin) ,

TabbyStar · 05/11/2020 08:52

Difficult day again for those of us excluded from any financial support as Rishi announces money for everyone except us again. I have some work, but the problem is that it keeps getting moved and put back, so projects I should have finished in June are still dragging on. All my work for next week has been cancelled due to Govt chaos. I'm on about 25-30% of my normal income, and I was already only earning about the average wage, though my business turns over more and provides work for others (or at least it did!). My DD has found out she won't be furloughed from her cafe job either, so she's upset. All the other redundancies announced today are depressing too.

On the plus side I did go out for my permitted exercise. Noticed that the roads look fairly busy still too, doesn't feel much like a lockdown.

bakingcupcakes · 05/11/2020 08:57

Somebody nearly reported me for leaving DS on his own in the car the other week. He wasn't alone as such as my dad was parked next to him in his own car. This is what we've done every week for shopping since March and it's the first time anyone's ever noticed. Grin

I've had an email from school saying DS has to have a test regardless of him having the flu spray so I was correct to take him yesterday. That's made me feel a bit better as I didn't have a choice. I knew the flu spray could potentially cause problems in the current climate and I wasn't going to give it to him initially. I changed my mind last minute. Wish I hadn't now.

HereComesYourMam · 05/11/2020 08:57

We had a power cut yesterday, went off at 5pm and didn't come back on again until after midnight. Felt like a suitably apocalyptic start to lockdown.

Marshyellow · 05/11/2020 08:59

@bakingcupcakes I always question if I've made the right decision about things, but it sounds like you did- hope you're feeling better about it today.

Iheartmysmart · 05/11/2020 09:03

@Blobby10 No difference in traffic here either. Sounds like a normal day outside. Bumped into the usual dog walking people this morning and they all seem a bit meh about the lockdown. Most are saying they are going to decide for themselves what roolz they are going to follow.

countrygirl99 · 05/11/2020 09:24

I have come to the conclusion that if Chris Whitty stood up and said we had to switch off the heating and wear shorts and t shirts this winter there would be a load of threads on MN moaning about people who questioned it. Very depressing thought.