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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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*@TheOrchidKiller * slice the lemons and put them in the freezer ready for use in G & T!

@Plibber

Hi everyone. Long time lurker - these threads are a lifesaver for my mental health!

Was speaking earlier to a secondary school teacher sort-of-colleague. They have loads of children sent home isolating at the moment (she's in an Essex hotspot). Think more of the pupils at are home at the moment than are in school.

BUT she said it has been really good being in school this term - yes, it's been difficult, but the children only get one shot at an education, so it's important that they try their best for them. And that she was enjoying being in school, and that the rest of the SLT felt the same.

So just thought I'd leave that there to counter the doom-and-gloom posted by teachers so often on MN

Welcome!

I rarely make cakes now (because if they are there, we eat them, and we shouldn't). However, the last time I entertained, back in the mists of time, I made brownies from a packet mix, I think it was a betty crocker box, and it was double chocolate chip ones. They took minutes to mix up and turned out beautifully. I served them with ice cream, cream and home made chocolate sauce. There was total silence while they were eaten. I asked if anyone wanted more. Yes! I just put all the doings in the middle of the table and it was all gone within seconds. When I think of deserts I have slaved over for hours, they have never been as well received as this simple pud. (I didn't let on it was a pre-made cake mix either).

I’m sure I’ll hear from them but I’ve got contacts who are meant to stay in a hotel in Surrey over Xmas to visit relatives.

If they’ve just gone into Tier 3, does that mean the hotel has to close? They were trying to avoid to staying overnight with elderly parents.

I don’t know Surrey, the news says “Surrey except Waverley”.

I think they're okay for hotels between 22-28 because of the Christmas break. My brother manages a hotel in an area that's just gone into tier 3, I guess they're expected to close for 3 days, reopen for 7 days and then close again. Fucking ridiculous.

@TabbyStar

I think they're okay for hotels between 22-28 because of the Christmas break. My brother manages a hotel in an area that's just gone into tier 3, I guess they're expected to close for 3 days, reopen for 7 days and then close again. Fucking ridiculous.

Oh I see.

Ridiculous and hard to manage. I can’t see a restaurant bothering to reopen for Xmas.

As we have keen bakers...

Someone has given mum a very large pannetonne. (Sp)

We were thinking to cut it in portions and freeze it, will that work?

Thanks.

I don't know about freezing, but I am sure it would, however, it makes a wonderful bread and butter pudding.

A lot of hospitality businesses will have already have ordered provisions, so selling them is better than throwing them away.

So many more people are going to be fearing for their jobs just before Christmas, I don't know why we are all so compliant.

Reed thanks, we’re neither of us keen on cooking and we’d end up with a load of pudding which we can’t finish as well. I told mum we should just freeze it in portions and hope for the best.

Tabby I’d imagine a lot won’t bother to open.

You can make amazing bread and butter pudding with pannetone. No idea if it freezes well, but we usually freeze sliced bread without an issue so I don't imagine there would be too many problems with that?

Sick to death of the sanctimonious bullshit on the BBC. "Why we're having a quiet Christmas this year!" "We thought it just wasn't worth the risk!" etc. I have no issue whatsoever with encouraging people to make their own decisions about visiting or not visiting relatives, that's fine, but any illusion I had about the BBC being independent and unbiased has gone firmly out of the window this year (I don't see a slew of 'We're keeping my sister company this Christmas to keep her mental health on an even keel' or whatever). I expect they'll have articles like "My daughter is a shadow of her former self thanks to DANCING", "how wearing coloured clothing DESTROYED my son - now we're non-contact" and "Gardening is the devil's temptation!!" soon.

Looks like we're in tier 3 despite what appears to be decreasing rates of infection in the area. Thanks to said tiers, we now have the delights of a Zoom Christmas with ILs. I'm utterly sick of it all. I can't see any of my family, it's the first Christmas without my parents and I just needed a bit of normality to stop me being a teary mess. Now I'm going to have to pretend to be jolly over Zoom because we all know it's shit, but have to take the cognitive dissonance on the chin and pretend it's all super duper fun!!!! Ironically, in person I'd be able to slink off and read for a bit if I needed to be alone for a while, but over Zoom you're 'on' all the bloody time. Grr!

And breathe.. Loved the C4 clip, especially the 'criminalising human contact' bit. It feels like that at the moment.

I went to Waterstones.
I love Waterstones.
Always an expensive mistake.

Snoozed all news station and government stations this morning so peace for 30 days.

DS tried to book for lunch today for 3, four establishments answer machines, we are closed for foreseeable future, the fifth call he was lucky to find somewhere open. Wales has given up well before Drakeford said they had to. Our biggest best hotel today cancelled every single xmas booking and is now closed. So sad.

@justasking111

Snoozed all news station and government stations this morning so peace for 30 days.

DS tried to book for lunch today for 3, four establishments answer machines, we are closed for foreseeable future, the fifth call he was lucky to find somewhere open. Wales has given up well before Drakeford said they had to. Our biggest best hotel today cancelled every single xmas booking and is now closed. So sad.

This is one of those moments where my Luddism comes out in full force.

You mean you have a device where you actively have to snooze things?

As has been said before, I hope each and every one of the establishments who actually manage to reopen ban for life every single member of any of the political parties who have done this to them!
As a side note Acorn I think Jamie Oliver does a pannetonne and ice cream dessert which goes in the freezer so I expect it’ll be fine.

I will make . a bet now with you all that schools will go back late because they are going to set up testing stations and teachers will be trained and expected to take temps and administer covid tests in many areas.

I've made panettone with ice cream (hollow out the middle, stuff it with ice cream, refreeze briefly, eat, nice!). It'll be fine, we freeze bread & cake. Or it'll keep in a tin for a couple of weeks.

Tier 3 still.

My neighbour has dropped round a parcel that the postman wrongly delivered. We had a nice chat for a few minutes & it was lovely to talk to someone. There is no parcel quarantine here either!

Interestingly @MercyBooth I just started a thread in the coronazone about it. The responses so far are pretty much

Yeah @LivinLaVidaLoki I got the same when i started one about Grant Shapps and his high value individuals.

There was a poster on that board that had farmyard animals in her username that i got into a disagreement with. I was pointing out the hypocrisy of #oneruleforthem. And she said the politicians would be guaranteed an NHS bed and i wouldnt.

But this was AFTER a posting history of pointing out that ppl were spreading it and repetitive quoting of Devi Sridhar saying "when people move the virus moves"

So i pointed out that its the same with the higher ups They pass it on too so why ignore that fact by prattling on that they would get an NHS bed and i wouldnt. No response.

Very mind gamey and abusive IMO.

Mercy do you think it’s mind games or stupidity?

I’m genuinely amazed at the level of stupid I’m encountering.

We've now got distance learning for another week in January in our bit of Wales.

They have some info on welsh GCSE this year but DD1 will go straight back to internal exams - which the schools sort of saying are just in case exams for data if needed though Welsh government is say half term after spring back will be internal and external marked classroom based assesments for GCSE.

I make a lovely beetroot chocolate cake. I also made a swede cake that was very nice too.
It must be nice for all the people on mumsnet, who can WFH and answer door whenever they like! Also who can get an online shop at Christmas, lucky bloody them. Also who cares about the supermarket pickers, warehouse staff etc. They should also stay the Fuck home, especially the broadband worker!

@MissEWeatherwax

I make a lovely beetroot chocolate cake. I also made a swede cake that was very nice too. It must be nice for all the people on mumsnet, who can WFH and answer door whenever they like! Also who can get an online shop at Christmas, lucky bloody them. Also who cares about the supermarket pickers, warehouse staff etc. They should also stay the Fuck home, especially the broadband worker!

I rather wish those essential workers would do a campaign about that.

I dropped a gift - just a tin of posh shortbread - to the local pharmacy while I was getting my prescription. They said they’d had lots of gifts so I hope that means pharmacy users know how much work has been dumped on them.

Btw has nothing happened to Piers Morgan or Hilary Jones, who actually broke the law?

I would back that campaign, but there would be a outcry if there was no minions working away in the background. Out of sight out of mind! Obviously their online shopping is teleported to their home.
Our little family in total 9 have agreed we are still having our kill a granny Christmas. Who cares about Granddad! All the teenagers won’t have been to school or College for over a week. So should be safe. I am just so fed up.

Aha schools

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55354318