ADs may have buggered boilers but we haven't got the clap

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The saga continues to continue with more sequels than a trilogy of trilogies...

@NannyGythaOgg I posted that somewhere on here..............that stress lowers immunity. The way the Gov and media have handled/reported on things could well be responsible for some of the cases. I had what im sure was a physical reaction to the emotional blackmail/guilt tripping/psychological abuse the public was being put through over wanting to see family at Christmas. I had a period which started on 4th/5th December and dragged on but finally stopped over Christmas Day/Boxing Day. Im sure it was down to all this. Over the weekend when the threat of removing the support bubbles started to be reported on, ive started again on Saturday so just two weeks after Christmas.

And yes i have self medicated with food.

I wonder how many infections have been caused by the way they have done things.

@ISaySteadyOn this EXACTLY.

We got told off today by a colleague of DH’s for sending DS to school. He gave her fairly short shrift

@Jourdain11 I imagine a lot of the asymptomatic cases come from the ons random sampling and people who have to be tested as part of their work.

Though having said that, did you see the queues at the testing centres in Liverpool?

Jordain i agree. The BMJ published an article explaining why its shit too.

But people believe they are just virus generators now, so off they go. I don't think Johnson has let go of Moonshot. He wants daily testing for all.

@Jourdain11, I think your DD sounds fab.

And @wanderings, they can't admit to any of that because they would have to acknowledge their own callousness and cruelty which does not mesh well with their image of themselves as saviours.

Talking of my kids, they got their school places back this week - thank the Lord! Last week was actual hell. Such a difference with all of them today, even DD1 (who didn't want to go).

Last week I was trying to get DD2 and DS to speak French (DD1 is quite good) and it was not a conspicuous success. Tried threats: "if you don't learn to speak it properly I'll send you to the lycée where they're REALLY STRICT" ("you won't because you said it's really expensive" - DS). Bribery ("I don't like those biscuits anyway"). Even the "when I was your age i could speak three languages perfectly" line ("But you can't speak 'em now" said DD2). No success. So I won't be offering my services to provide lockdown French tuition any time soon, I don't think!

@Jourdain11 Your DD sounds great

@ISaySteadyOn

a 4 year old on mum's road drew a picture for her. He came round with his mum, looking sad. Of course we know he just wanted to see some new faces and have a chat! Any neighbours who might humour your son?

Just catching up, my day at work has been manic.

Yet another domestic violence case. 3 neighbours reported it to us, it was that loud. Now have a MARAC meeting to attend and spent ages trying to deal with the police, get the property secure etc.

So I now have 54 cases total, 27 are DV cases, 3 are child abuse cases. One of the DV cases is a 14 year old lad being violent and abusive to his Mum!! (For clarity our usual caseload is around 25 cases, the majority would be antisocial behaviour) but lockdown and tier restrictions has flipped this on its head.

Then of course I have the lady complaining that her neighbour cut the top off one of her prime garden bushes..........its very swings and roundabouts in social housing work

So and for everyone struggling today. ADs stick together through it all.

I was never a touchy feely person and used to try to squirm away from all that cheek-kissing. But now I just want to scoop you all up into a great big hug, with an extra hug for those who are struggling particularly at the moment.

@AcornAutumn, could you put your phone on airplane mode when you go to the bank? It all sounds a bit Big Brotherish.

Did anyone see Chris Whitty on the BBC morning show today: link but only available until 09.15 Tuesday 12th, from 7.30 am. They were asking him all the usual questions - why can't [insert special person/group] get the vaccine? why should [insert group] get away with ...? Shouldn't we have more restrictions? He was great - stressed that restrictions questions were for ministers and refused to be drawn. Reiterated that vaccine priority was for those most likely to die, and their carers. But his response to the 'why should I be restricted if x aren't' was so good I'll quote it.

"If we keep on looking for someone else's problem as to why this is not going to get better, we are missing the point. What we've all got to do is say what in our own lives we can do to minimise the amount of impact we have on the NHS, on vulnerable people, by minimising the amount of contacts we have."

Deals with a myriad of MN threads, I'd say.

But what would all the Ds spend their lockdown hours doing if it was curtain twitching over how many times the neighbour walks the dog, or Mrs X had her adult child visit.

Wont someone please think of the D's!! (in my best, dramatic voice)

to everyone who is having a particularly shit time of late. Am thinking of all of you, not that that achieves much. Wish I could do more.

@Jourdain11 your DD sounds brilliant but also a world of trouble come teen years - have fun with that one!😂

All plodding along in the Vimes household. Dd's school work is crap but I'm bribing her through at least some of it with Lego. School don't seem to realise we don't all have printers so I'm writing out worksheets by hand for her to then fill in which is pretty fucking irritating. On the plus side, I admitted to my DPs that I need help to get through this and we've got a childcare bubble schedule arranged which makes the week just about manageable.

I just want to say thank you to everyone on here. I came into the AD threads in late spring I think, and while my mental health is shite and I'm on antidepressants again and I'm comfort eating my way towards clinical obesity, if I hadn't had you lot I am certain I would be in a much, much darker place. So thanks, everyone.

💐 thanks everyone, so glad we have each other. I think plodding is how life is now. I said to DH tonight as we trudged back from another local exercise walk that I feel a bit like one of those rats in a maze, but all you do is keep going round with no reward or way out.

amicissimma

Interesting point re airplane mode as I've just read up on it

However, as long as Big Brother is watching my phone, it can sit in the flat. It's not like I can be running late to meet a friend in a bar at the mo.

I'm afraid I think Chris Whitty etc going on about minimising contact is the problem!

Really hope this isn't true about Johnson being "concerned"

www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-cycle-7-miles-downing-street-olympic-park-b827961.html

@AcornAutumn, you have a point about Chris Whitty, although his job is to hammer home the medical side of the situation.

But I do think he's got a point about all the people who want to report and complain about everyone else 'breaking the rules' or 'looking for loopholes', rather than looking to their own behaviour.

(Sorry, too many 'points' - I can't think of a better expression!)

So many kind words on this thread, thank you all so much

"If we keep on looking for someone else's problem as to why this is not going to get better, we are missing the point. What we've all got to do is say what in our own lives we can do to minimise the amount of impact we have on the NHS, on vulnerable people, by minimising the amount of contacts we have."

I can't cope with minimising to my household only, but as someone who can count family interractions since last February on one hand and have fingers to spare, and has had most of their social interaction removed as it was through formal/ voluntary groups, this is why I haven't beaten myself up over occasional, low-risk issues such as a couple of spare children on a walk. On balance, my life is bloody low-risk both for exposure to the virus, risk of effects and risk of passing on even if I am one of those nasty mask exempt people and have a nasty habit of jogging and panting and daring to sit on a bench.

On that note, if anyone is feeling nostalgic for the sunny days of lockdown #1 when we were so fresh and had the energy for anger, there's a thread about picnics that's wonderfully reminicent of the "crisps on a bench brigade" thread that squandered a whole afternoon in surreal ridiculousness

to everyone struggling. My DF said his vaccine, was ran like clockwork, he was very impressed.
It’s strange in the Weatherwax household, my teenage DD keeps hugging me, it’s lovely but a bit sad. She has deleted some of her social media because it was stressing her out. She is missing her friends. We went shopping as a family at weekend, I know disgraceful . We separated and went to different shops.
At supermarket today my DF was asked if he and DM were together and he said yes, and they told him they shouldn’t shop together. They are in their early 80’s and it’s the only outing my DM has! DM didn’t hear because she is going deaf!
Next week DF said they are going to enter separately, then meet in next aisle .

Awww, poor Bowis. He was worried when he saw lots of people in the park (which he was also in), diddums?

Btw, because you're all awesome and lovely people, I hope you won't mind me asking you if you'd wish me luck on Wednesday. I've got my blood and bone marrow tests to see if I'm going into proper remission. Eek! I'm a bit nervy because I can feel some of my lymph nodes up (and they shouldn't be), but I think it might actually be that I've just gone so skinny that they're actually perfectly normal and there's just not any fat covering them up..

Forgot to say on Covid threads it’s back to washing shopping. I can’t be bothered to wash my shopping or quarantine my post. I’m so excited to get post I open straight away and parcels are ripped open almost before I shut the door. That’s how exciting my life is.

Good luck @Jourdain11 Hope it all goes well.

@MrsEWeatherwax I couldnt live like that.

@MrsEWeatherwax

Forgot to say on Covid threads it’s back to washing shopping. I can’t be bothered to wash my shopping or quarantine my post. I’m so excited to get post I open straight away and parcels are ripped open almost before I shut the door. That’s how exciting my life is.

I lick mine clean.

Good luck [flowers]@Jourdain11