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... whilst waiting to see if the kids are or are not going to school next week and walking with imaginary cows.

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Mercy jokes aside, please don’t do that. Your niece won’t thank you if they actually put her in some kind of quarantine accommodation.

Yes, I fear the government that much now.

Orchid good point.

@AcornAutumn I wouldnt really. I just wanted to make the point they only use the dangerous trope when it suits them.

@AcornAutumn

Call me cynical

Is the testing of school children partly because they didn’t get the scary results they wanted from other mass testing?

Sorry, I’m being a pain today

I feel weird

Yesterday I was all “right, I’m going to pull myself together, and stop eating so much junk”. Now I’m already thinking “why bother and shall I do a late night shop to get some more junk food back in the flat”.

Not cynical, definitely a possibility.

This government and its Opposition should feel thoroughly ashamed of themselves for their handling of this. And for making people more afraid of them than the virus.

It is the lack of escapism that's been so draining. Even in your own home, right down to intrusive adverts.

Pokemon has saved our day again. Country walks were "great" from March to October, but it's just too cold and squelchy to expect the kids to enjoy it now. We ventured into town to make the most of the afternoon as evening drew in. We used the donut stall (I spent cash!) but that was it. Just moving along the high street feels stressy. I'm too deconditioned from busy places. I'm not concerned about the virus, just navigating past people. Managed to get DH to go back down the quieter backstreets which was easier. I don't like feeling like this, it's not my style. I can find background noise hard, and I don't like being squished against other peoples' shoulders and backs in a real crowd, but I've not felt like this in mainstream situations before and I really hope it passes when society relaxes and I can look at faces again.

Went up to Decathlon after. I swear my DCs are growing like weeds! They've needed so much replacing since the summer.
I tried blind buying trainers in lockdown and couldn't get my usual style. They weren't a total fail, but they are definitely more suited to shorter road runs and possibly my outdoor classes rather than my mixed, longer style of running. I will use them, but mix it up. Decathlon was fine. I always try to go off-peak anyway. I did have to shift the visor for a few crafty fresh breaths anyway.

I just wish more businesses could reopen withtheir "Covid-secure" measures.

Neither the government nor the opposition can actually get their troops in line - I think that ultimately, we're protected by the fact that they are a load of incompetents. Blair was hell of convincing, and even he lost the knack eventually. Boris, St Kier and co. have nowhere near the level of competency needed to run a successful dictatorship.

The dementors shout loudly, but they're a small minority. The people happily getting on with their lives and ignoring as many of the regulations as they can just ain't making a song and dance about it.

@BogRollBOGOF

Even in your own home, right down to intrusive adverts.

Now comma more than ever.

I know what you mean Acorn, I went into town today but everything was a hassle, hat, mask, glasses all getting mixed up DD said I looked like a gnome with my ears sticking out of my hat to get the effing mask over them!) I wanted to support local businesses, but all the one way and two metre distancing when you couldn't stop to look at anything in the smaller shops without a queue building up was too faffy. Gave up and came home.

We now have 40 people in our town of 25,000 testing positive, and I suspect a lot of those are a cluster in a care home.

My friend who works in a primary school (in a tier 3 city) said there were various bubbles burst but couldn't identify any onward transmission at all from any of the "cases".

Linda Bauld getting lots of comments on Twitter re. her comments on Christmas being a mistake.

Bit risky i would have thought. In that people dont usually like being held to ransom. And may do it return. Like refusing the vaccine.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9045303/Critics-condemn-NHS-charity-advert-shows-medics-saving-Santa-coronavirus.html

I’ve hit another wall this week badly - went into complete overload mode today and ended up shaking I was feeling so anxious.

We can’t go on living like this - we just can’t - I can’t.

Sorry to hear 💐 for those having a difficult day. @BogRollBOGOF sorry to hear that you are finding the same with crowds, really hoping it will get better ☹️

Bog “ I just wish more businesses could reopen withtheir "Covid-secure" measures”

I started a thread about hospitality in the dread C place. So many places in central London are closed, I think it might be that it’s financially better to stay closed.

Domina handhold.

@AcornAutumn

Bog “ I just wish more businesses could reopen withtheir "Covid-secure" measures”

I started a thread about hospitality in the dread C place. So many places in central London are closed, I think it might be that it’s financially better to stay closed.

Domina handhold.

Usually I work between three centres - one in Soho, one in Chelsea and one in the City. My colleagues are saying that in Chelsea and Soho pretty much everything is open, but that the City is pretty dead!

I know this sounds crazy, but I actually miss my commute! I usually work either 7-14.30 or 12-19.30 so I don't get the tube in rush hour, and it's like my chill half hour where I can just read or listen to a podcast and not have to bother about anything else 😃 And I like just walking through the city streets...

Jourdain my contacts tell me the City is silent, last time I went, the sound of building noise was deafening but there was no one around.

My experience of Soho is back in the summer but it was very quiet, partly because many restaurants can’t stay afloat without theatre.

I don’t know Chelsea that well but I guess there’s a lot of wealthy people who can walk round the corner to a nice restaurant and that will certainly help.

Glad I found you again. DS and I went for a walk today via the local craft and community fair. Few stalls in the car park, all lovely and we ended up spending £20 on Christmas gifts. Got to the "main" entrance to the fair - they asked me to sign up to the NHS track and trace app and also wear a mask even though I said we had no intention of venturing to anything based inside and only intended to browse the remaining stalls based outside. Given they had barriers, were wearing masks and were wielding clipboards to take down my details I felt totally panicked and decided to not go in. On reflection I can see that there was no reason why they couldn't have operated the mask policy from the actual point where people go indoors but I still can't see why they wanted to add track and trace as it was a market not dining. It was a shame as we may well have spent more but my tolerance to a mask only lasts so long before my anxiety sets in and I have to take it off. Being asked to wear it outside when not needed really triggered me so I couldn't face going beyond the barrier.

Valium that’s crazy! Masks outdoors! That’s another of my fears - if they try to make that law, I’ll not be able to go for walks.

I would have run away from there too.

@AcornAutumn

Valium that’s crazy! Masks outdoors! That’s another of my fears - if they try to make that law, I’ll not be able to go for walks.

I would have run away from there too.

Same here. I can tolerate them for a short time indoors but I’m ripping it off as soon as I’m outside.

Can’t see myself doing a 40 minute walk school run twice a day in a mask.

Having got used to the mask, was surprised today to find I was struggling in it, had to rip it off as soon as I was outside. I wonder if the damp weather low pressure readings make it harder, the air recently has been cold crisp with a high sitting over us.

All the while ago, seems way back when now, that everything was brexit, brexit, brexit. You couldn't get away from it in the papers, tv, social media. It used to make me really pissed off and I would quite happily stick my fingers in my ears and go la la la. I have to say I was quite relieved when it really started raising it's head again in a big way in the last few weeks, because it makes a change from all the covid crap. Reading about the disaster of brexit takes my mind off the disaster of covid! I mean, you almost have to give a hollow laugh at the total incompetence of our government in every single facet of its organisational ability. There is a painting by Banksy depicting our MP's in parliament as chimps. How very apt.
One other point - I simply do not believe that the government will succeed in vaccinating more than 800,000 people in the next few months. That's how many doses they had delivered, and I think that was a sap to persuade us to continue under rigorous restrictions, with a hope that the end is in sight/the cavalry is on the horizon. We are being lied to in so many ways, and the figures are being manipulated. When is everyone going to wake up for Christ's sake?
I found these statistics. They are produced by MRC Biostatistics unit, Cambridge uni on Oct 12 and give your percentage chance of death per age group for Covid.

Less than 1 yr -4 yrs 0.00051%
5 - 14 yrs 0.0013%
15 - 24 yrs 0.0046%
25 - 44 yrs 0.031%
45 - 64 yrs 0..29%
65 - 74 yrs 2.2%
75 plus 12%

Sorry for the rather rambly post. I am fed up, like a lot of you, but most of all, I really don't understand why the goverment is behaving like it is for a virus that is a bloody nuisance rather than a mass killer.

I wear a mask for the school run but only for the bit where I'm on school premises (but still outside) I feel irrationally irritated by those who wear them to walk alone along the pavement/in the park.

I took an advised against trip to tier 2 today and spent money in the garden centre and the supermarket. It was good seeing people using the cafes in both.

I'm dreading isolating the week before Christmas. I've said both me&DS will because my mum wants us too but I don't think I can just stay in the house. We'll have to go to the woods/walking locally or something. And if the school bubble pops this week I think I might cry.

You arent wrong @Reedwarbler

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@DominaShantotto

Baking “ I've said both me&DS will because my mum wants us too”

Why does she want you to do that?

Colour me surprised.
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@AcornAutumn She wants us to isolate because she finished 'proper' chemo in July and is still immuno-compromised. I understand why she feels that way and I think I've said before on here that given the chance I'd take DS out of school and myself out of work for this week because of that. However, my thoughts were we wouldn't truly isolate as I'd still go to parks/woods etc. I think she believes we'll remain in the house from Friday and it sounds awful but I don't think I can do that. It makes me feel guilty. I'm also not convinced it's worth it as we can't isolate for even half the recommended time and she has appointments next week which means she'll be on one of her rare trips out of the house anyway. I also believe the biggest risk from me&DS is work and school not nipping to the shop to get milk or tramping through the woods for example. I'm also suspicious that even if I isolated us for 14 days (not possible) then I'd still spend Christmas telling DS to keep back from them, not to breathe near them, not to hug etc and this doesn't sound particularly enjoyable. When we discussed it originally I said I was quite happy to spend Christmas in my own house. I'd had invites from other close friends to spend it with them if I needed company. I thought we could just call to my parents for half an hour with the doors/windows open to unwrap presents before it go too cold but she got very upset about that which is how we're where we are now...bet you wish you hadn't asked!