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

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BogRollBOGOF · 09/01/2021 15:46

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

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SirSamuelVimes · 17/01/2021 10:33

I will then look forward to reading all the complaints from avid lockdown supporters about their massive tax hikes and interest rate rises, because many of them seem to be unconcerned about how all this is being paid for, and would like furlough to last for a very long time.

Yes, I think it will be very interesting to watch this.

WouldBeGood · 17/01/2021 10:47

@Reedwarbler goodness, I hope you’re right

ISaySteadyOn · 17/01/2021 10:47

@LivinLaVidaLoki well done both on the grades and the calling out!🍾

Iheartmysmart · 17/01/2021 10:47

There is a prolific poster on our local paper website who thinks that unless you are frontline NHS you should not be allowed to leave your house during lockdown. He was called out on this the other day by someone asking if he will be complaining in a few months time when unemployment figures are through the roof and people are having to use food banks and claim benefits. His reply was there is no such thing as poverty in the UK, everybody has at least two months wages in savings and there are plenty of jobs for those who want to work. He has absolutely no idea of the real world and I think that’s how a lot of others are as well.

starfish88 · 17/01/2021 10:48

Go. The. Fuck. Out! will be all over social media won't it.

TooManyPlatesInMotion · 17/01/2021 10:58

@MercyBooth I subscribe to the Daily Telegraph. Many thanks for the link.

Whiskyinajar · 17/01/2021 11:11

Cannot wait until we can all move towards normality again. DS is 18 and autistic, he just broke down the other day as he's so isolated and finding it really hard not seeing his friends. Google Classroom is not the same as college and he's really struggling,

Hoping to get him out for a long walk today and because he's autistic I am allowed to drive him somewhere. Am thinking about a walk along the seafront 10 miles away...or the local park, I'll see what he wants to do.

A long walk and talk though as he needs it.

SirSamuelVimes · 17/01/2021 11:16

Sky News are currently saying "some restrictions lifted by March". This is not cheering me up much! Anyone able to out a positive spin on it for me?

We need to start thinking of new thread titles too. Ideas?

BogRollBOGOF · 17/01/2021 11:18

DS2 was in chat mode yesterday. We were pokemoning, but he was happy to let DH have the phone and just chat to him.
Unfortunately DS1 was in a strop and seemed to think it was a crime for DS2 to have normal conversation Hmm I strode off ahead catching with DS1 tending to keep up with me and having a good grumble about his knees.
He's old for his years... like Victor Meldrew some days Grin

The seafront sounds amazing.
I'm about as far from the sea as you can get in the UK, so it's hardly something I see regularly, but just the lack of other stimulus and not being able to justify going makes me miss it more than normal.

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BogRollBOGOF · 17/01/2021 11:19

We had ADs and their pampered poodles a few pages back Grin

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TheOrchidKiller · 17/01/2021 11:38

There is a prolific poster on our local paper website who thinks that unless you are frontline NHS you should not be allowed to leave your house during lockdown
How does he think his bins get emptied? Fairies? Or perhaps he thinks an ITU nurse should empty his bin on her way home from work?

As you say, no bloody clue.

Flowers for everyone with children who are struggling. Mine seem to be sleeping a lot more, which would have been good when they were little. It's a design fault- when you desperately need them to sleep they bounce off the walls, & when you need them to get up & do stuff, it takes a crowbar to get them out of bed.

TabbyStar · 17/01/2021 11:50

My biggest worry is my teenage dd .. she’s lost all her motivation and says she feels lost and directionless. She knows her A-levels are important but can’t get her act together to revise properly, not helped by having the exam goalposts constantly shifting. She’s been an ultra-conscientious, model pupil all the way through school do for her to feel like this is really concerning - and I can only imagine how teenagers who haven’t been as engaged in the past are coping. The legacy of this is going to haunt us for years

My DD dropped out of A levels, it might have happened anyway, but despite being predicted high grades, she learns best interacting with others, not being emailed work (possible ADD for which we've had no help). In some ways I'm glad she's not having to go through the A level thing, I think it's awful, though as her job has gone too she's really really bored.

Well done Loki! Seems to be a few on here at uni, I'm thinking of going back part time too for something positive to focus on.

I will then look forward to reading all the complaints from avid lockdown supporters about their massive tax hikes and interest rate rises, because many of them seem to be unconcerned about how all this is being paid for, and would like furlough to last for a very long time.

Those of us excluded from Govt support are particularly put out at tax rises to pay for everyone else....

110APiccadilly · 17/01/2021 11:54

@SirSamuelVimes

I will then look forward to reading all the complaints from avid lockdown supporters about their massive tax hikes and interest rate rises, because many of them seem to be unconcerned about how all this is being paid for, and would like furlough to last for a very long time.

Yes, I think it will be very interesting to watch this.

While you're right that it will be interesting, I'm not looking forward to these on a personal level! It's not even like we'll be getting better public services in return; in fact I suspect we'll be getting worse public services - the 2010 style of austerity will be nothing compared to what's coming.
chocolatesweets · 17/01/2021 11:59

Things are being really squeezed. I've deleted facebook and messenger. Recommended. Much rather talk to people on this thread or in real life. It's not as clear cut as LOCKDOWN. How hard can it be?! Don't complain. You think you've got a tough life. Look at these poor children in Africa. 🙈 the constant shaming, the judgement. It makes me feel sick.

SirSamuelVimes · 17/01/2021 12:02

While you're right that it will be interesting, I'm not looking forward to these on a personal level! It's not even like we'll be getting better public services in return; in fact I suspect we'll be getting worse public services - the 2010 style of austerity will be nothing compared to what's coming.

Oh god, me neither. We're in the Just About Managing category as it is, we have loads of debt (through boring stuff like house renovation not exotic holidays or anything fun) and a major tax hike will screw us. Am trying not to think about that bit!

BogRollBOGOF · 17/01/2021 12:09

Plus everything is already squeezed and struggling after being starved of funding since 2010. No easy costs to cut, they went years ago, plus the need to reinvest has grown... the NHS was hardly feeling resiliant 13m ago was it!

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110APiccadilly · 17/01/2021 12:29

I think we'll end up with private healthcare by the back door. The NHS will still exist, but waiting lists will be so long that most people won't want to use it for most things so anyone who can afford it will have private health insurance. This will put us in a worse position than most countries as countries with a proper insurance system make sure everyone has insurance.

Taswama · 17/01/2021 12:31

This thread

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4135885-What-boring-shit-have-you-been-excited-about-in-lockdown

Made me laugh until I cried yesterday. Then I couldn't stop crying. I'm very lucky in many ways: DC in school this time (both have SN), stable jobs, can go into work once a week which is my favourite day of the week, no stupid Covid marshalls stopping people. But my stress levels are still through the roof and the friends I met for lunchtime walks are now juggling work and home schooling so no longer available.

DrRamsesEmerson · 17/01/2021 12:33

I’m public sector and don’t expect another real terms pay rise for the rest of my working life (I’m in my late 40s). Also expecting a raid on my pension, which is already significantly less good than it used to be. Agree everything is already struggling; the court service was on its knees before all this and with the Covid backlog is now looking at 4 years before some cases get to trial.

Reedwarbler · 17/01/2021 12:36

Oh no, I hasten to add that I am in no way looking forward to tax increases either, in fact the whole thing worries me terribly tbh, not so much on my own behalf, but on behalf of the younger generations who are inheriting a total shit show, and every one else whose life will be a struggle for years. I really don't envy them. But then there is still that small proportion of people who seem to revel in this living disaster movie, and it's really to them my remarks about taxes are aimed.

BogRollBOGOF · 17/01/2021 13:05

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4138531-ADs-and-their-pampered-poodles

New thread.
Heading out (legally! Wink )
Could someone copy in a link to the description of what ADs are as someone will inevitably ask by p3.
See you on the next one Grin

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justasking111 · 17/01/2021 13:27

@110APiccadilly

I think we'll end up with private healthcare by the back door. The NHS will still exist, but waiting lists will be so long that most people won't want to use it for most things so anyone who can afford it will have private health insurance. This will put us in a worse position than most countries as countries with a proper insurance system make sure everyone has insurance.
private healthcare hahaha. OH has paid 7k for an urgent op. cancelled back in March, still waiting. The NHS have grabbed it in Wales to mop up cancer and other urgent cases. If we could all afford private healthcare that too would collapse just now.
MercyBooth · 17/01/2021 17:14

@TooManyPlatesInMotion Would you mind doing a c and p for me. I dont subscribe. Sorry i should have made that clear.

TooManyPlatesInMotion · 17/01/2021 17:23

@MercyBooth yes, sure. Will sort this eve when I've got the kids sorted and into bed.

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