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...

Good luck @Jourdain11, I hope all goes well and that the lymph node you can feel is as a result of your being skinny! @MrsEWeatherwax what a shame about your mum and dad being stopped and made to feel bad for being out together, that's horrible. I am glad that your dad's vaccination went well. I saw the thread about washing shopping and I must confess I did it for a week during lockdown #1 after speaking to one of my best friends about it- stopped quite soon as I just found it a pain and thankfully still haven't had any issues all these months later. I do have sympathy for those who are CEV and find doing this reduces their concerns however.

AFAIC Chris Whitty is missing the point. Has he ever given a proper briefing about hospital infection control? Wasn't he one of the idiots who didn't realise carers go to different homes?

I really really apologise for mentioning my dad again but honestly, I think a lot of what I knew as a teenager has been missed - or no one cares. I'm afraid I do think they prefer their population control experiment, for many reasons.

@AcornAutumn i love the sound of your dad And i did giggle at your post about how it was just his arms and legs sticking out when a patient fell on him.

Thank you @smallandimperfectlyformed. If it wasn’t for my DM, my DF would tell them to fuck off. He looks really respectable too. First lockdown my DM’s mental health went to shit and he had to do shopping himself , he would only use cash and the poor supermarket assistant had to put his entire shopping though self service checkout because he wouldn’t do it himself.
He made them do it for weeks he told them he was just going to leave trolley if they didn’t help!
In the end they started to do all their shopping at the budget supermarket because they let them go in together and they took cash. Budget supermarket beginning with L.
The only time I washed my shopping was when I bought bits and bobs for DP’s. Because I was scared about them, not for myself.
Sorry that was long

It should be pretty obvious why a couple in their 80s are going shopping together.

[quote MercyBooth]@AcornAutumn i love the sound of your dad And i did giggle at your post about how it was just his arms and legs sticking out when a patient fell on him. [/quote]
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Even at the start of lockdown last year, I didn't have anyone question me being with my mum.

All that will happen is that families will split up and go in at separate times, or stand separately in the queue. The deja vu with the stupidity of these guidelines is really freaky in fact.

You would think wouldn’t you @MercyBooth. My DF is getting to the end of his tether. He also thought getting the covid vaccine would mean his GC could visit and hug. So he is angry about that too.
It’s why I love this thread because some people think they shouldn’t shop together. Killing grannies etc but I doubt they would even be taken to hospital it they caught covid. So they are only risking themselves!

@MissEWeatherwax YES My parents are in their 80s and are feeling exactly the same. They have a new great grandchild they have yet to meet. They have seen him on a video call but its not the same.

Just seen a tweet from actor Gary Webster. He and his son have Covid and his mum has sadly died.

Are they looking at how some are more genetically predisposed to this than others?

I was in a local B&M earlier. Nothing essential, just wasting time whilst my car was being MOTd. It was pretty much business as usual. I think most had masks on but not sure as I don't care. There were two separate families with kids in and the kids were running off and skidding up and down the aisles. No one, (staff or customers) was paying them much attention. They weren't messing with the stock just running round. They may well be local families who don't 'go out for walks' and are almost certainly in smallish houses, it could well have been the most exercise they have chance for.

I found it good to hear the sound of kids giggling as they were running round and it seemed most of the other shoppers in there felt the same.

Managed to spend only £11 which was pretty good as I didn't need anything.

@MercyBooth

Just seen a tweet from actor Gary Webster. He and his son have Covid and his mum has sadly died.

Are they looking at how some are more genetically predisposed to this than others?

Whilst I think there may well be a genetic and or familial predisposition, his mum, from photos, is clearly elderly (80s ??) and he might not be well but is posting so not too ill - and I doubt his son is very ill - or it would have been mentioned.

I think there is more mileage in finding out why some in close, or fairly close, contact are not contracting it.

There have been a few studies looking at blood groups that were pretty quiet in MSM. The DM picked it up at some point. It was good news for Os and bad news fir B's if I recall correctly.
43% in the UK are Os.

MN makes me feel like I'm missing out,
I don't think we have B&M in london.

Gary's mum looks to be 90s I would guess.

I'm afraid I think we are putting too much into genetic research and very little, or corrupt work into things like HCQ, ivermectin, vit d, zinc. Always led by the costliest drugs.

First, good luck @Jourdain11!
Thanks for all the sympathy for DS. I do take him to playgrounds but no one is there.
We do have a few AD friends in RL but unfortunately, they are the parents of DD2's friends so not v useful for DS. His friends' parents are Ds pretty much. He said he was lonely in his dreams too last night. My heart breaks for him.

And I still dislike Whitty. That quote does not help. The subtext is don't curtain twitch, but you're all disgusting little disease spreaders who shouldn't see anybody or seek medical care lest you destroy the NHS. I still think we are only case numbers to him.

Good luck @Jourdain11

Just saw someone make an interesting point on another thread.

Cases and deaths dropped dramatically yesterday. They are always low on a Monday but, even considering that it was a LOT lower.

All we've heard for weeks is "cases rising, cases over 50k/60k" etc etc. But as soon as they are lower, the media focus shifts to how many people are in hospital and the cases and deaths aren't mentioned.

Good luck Jourdain and good vibes to anyone struggling at the moment.

Daily rant due because I seem to be the only one in r/l who has a different opinion. I can’t stand all this curtain twitching and reporting the neighbours crap. Is this what we have become in this country? I’ve told dd that her bf can’t visit her any more coz if the neighbours see his car we might get into trouble. She’s devastated and I feel like shit. My very d “friend” loves to keep reminding me of the £10,000 fine I will get!

I’m very undecided about the vaccine too for various reasons. I work in a hospital- not a nurse but patient facing on a help desk - and I’m being made to feel as if I’m a weirdo because I haven’t signed up for the vaccine straight away. I’m probably going to be named and shamed at this rate and I shouldn’t have to make excuses and give explanations about things affecting my life. But I will just quietly get on with things as I don’t like confrontation.

Good luck @Jourdain11, keeping fingers crossed for you.

Good luck for Weds Jourdain

I like the sound of B&M too. Acorn I don’t think we do have them down here (I’m London too). We get Wilkos and Poundland though which cover much of the same ground I think.

Did B&M used to be called Bargain Crazy? I seem to remember that or something like it when I lived in Manchester.

for everyone who is struggling at the moment and good luck for Wednesday Jourdain.

I ventured to the dark place yesterday in an attempt to counteract some of the worst extremes from the Ds and temporarily lost all faith in humanity. Such lack of compassion for others' circumstances and no sense of proportionality.

Fortunately we got a wrong delivery for our neighbours a few houses down and when I dropped it off the guy was as desperate as I was to just talk to someone and we chatted for a good 10 minutes. Made me realise there's a lot of normal people quietly following the rules and staying at home like us but slowly getting fed up of it all.

Good luck @Jourdain11 . Bonne chance aussi!

Good luck @Jourdain11 and your DD sounds fantastic, I bet she made that lady think twice about passing judgment on other shoppers from now on.

Morning all. Feeling ever so slightly less miserable today. Got a letter from the council via school yest asking us to keep our kids at home. Well I'm not gonna volunteer. It said something like we can't give a place to everyone entitled to one. I thought that was against the guidelines? Anyway school themselves haven't kicked him out yet so we'll see how it goes. Cannot stand the fucking council I've had nothing but issues with them and their shitty "customer service" for years.

And good luck @Jourdain11i hope you get good news!

Good luck @Jourdain11 ! And a handhold to everyone having a hard time.

I’m looking for a new job, I used to love mine but I just can’t do the management part of it through a screen. I miss my team. I’d rather have a job with no management role if this is going to be life for the future.