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ADs teach twisted lyrics to their pet tortoise

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BogRollBOGOF · 11/03/2021 22:33

Crawling back to normality slightly slower than a tortoise taking the scenic route...

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4173705-ADs-picnic-in-the-park-with-Twinkle-the-Tortoise

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BogRollBOGOF · 05/04/2021 14:01

Not many options to eat anywhere other than home and have a washable plate. Having to shop and consider the family for hundreds of additional meals has been another layer of mind numbing tedium.
Card isn't so bad as it can be recycled.
It was more the point that waste and single use plastic has completely fallen off the agenda in the past year. Not to mention the costs of testing with dubious benefits...

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BogRollBOGOF · 05/04/2021 14:15

In my city, there's a "pop-up" community clinic been set up in a community centre serving a specific community with lower take up. I think that's a sensible approach to work with specific communities and their concerns rather than blanket/ draconian carrot and stick approaches.

Get the easy majority done. Some will be given the confidence just from that. Then work out the concerns of the more reluctant. Ultimately though, people need to make informed consent and that involves some declines.

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Curlygirl06 · 05/04/2021 19:14

Buggered if I'm talking a LFT twice a week voluntarily. Work has just announced they have LFT tests if anyone wants to do them, I'm waiting for them to decree that we're going to have to before our shifts.

The trouble is that the worried well will be taking them every 5 minutes if they can, it'll stress them out if they do it, stress them out if they can't. I can think of several people I work with that that'll apply to without even thinking hard.

justasking111 · 05/04/2021 20:43

I have worried well friends I shall fib I think to spare them. I will do hands, face, space to allay the fears when out in public, but not the twice weekly tests. I'm just concerned that restaurant, hotel trade will fold and insist on it. My DB in China has nothing like this and his life is very restricted

RockaLock · 05/04/2021 20:54

The thing with the LTF tests, though, is that there is nothing stopping someone scanning a test QR code and registering a negative result on the NHS website, without actually taking the test. It's not like you have to upload a photo of the actual test strip to prove it.

So, if there is any push domestically to use a recent negative LTF test as a condition of entry to anywhere, it's not necessarily going to work very well, is it Confused

TabbyStar · 05/04/2021 21:02

I'm just concerned that restaurant, hotel trade will fold and insist on it

My DB manages a hotel, they're running on minimal staff because they couldn't afford to keep most of them and they are avoiding testing because they know they'll be fucked if anyone's reported testing positive (no one has actually been ill).

MercyBooth · 06/04/2021 01:13

@bakingcupcakes Wont last long.............only till XR get wind of it.

LivinLaVidaLoki · 06/04/2021 10:52

Saw this and thought you would appreciate it.

ADs teach twisted lyrics to their pet tortoise
ISaySteadyOn · 06/04/2021 11:20
Smile

It is DS' birthday today. I am trying to make it different from other days, but it is hard.

TabbyStar · 06/04/2021 11:23

I got annoyed this morning by an article in The Times saying that people in pubs etc. may be allowed to not socially distance if they check that no one has covid. They're not enforcing vaccine passports for hospitality, just making it v difficult.

I'm really confused too whether 21 June = no masks or SD, or whether these will still continue it's just that everything will be open.

RockaLock · 06/04/2021 11:48

Tabby, I'm sure that Boris has said "end of all social distancing restrictions" on 21st June.

I take that to mean no masks, no queueing outside supermarkets etc.

BUT I am sure there will still be some shops etc that will want people to wear masks.

Which is up to them, I suppose - but I just won't visit them.

justasking111 · 06/04/2021 12:57

@TabbyStar

I got annoyed this morning by an article in The Times saying that people in pubs etc. may be allowed to not socially distance if they check that no one has covid. They're not enforcing vaccine passports for hospitality, just making it v difficult.

I'm really confused too whether 21 June = no masks or SD, or whether these will still continue it's just that everything will be open.

It's even more complicated if Wales, Scotland, Ireland and England have different rules from each other 🙈
smallandimperfectlyformed · 06/04/2021 13:03

ISaySteadyOn I hope your DS has a lovely day. It is hard making the days different to any other but sure you are doing your best and he will appreciate itFlowers

NannyGythaOgg · 06/04/2021 14:33

Bugger, bugger bugger
My driving license has just expired. I went to renew online - as I did when I moved and I knew was easy, only to find that I need a current passport to renew online. Guess who couldn't be bothered to renew her passport when it expired last year.

Can't drive now until my passport (ordered today) comes back.

MercyBooth · 06/04/2021 14:41

I got a phone call from my hairdresser today. Booked in for next week Have to go in 48 hours before for my patch test.

SirSamuelVimes · 06/04/2021 15:05

@NannyGythaOgg

Bugger, bugger bugger My driving license has just expired. I went to renew online - as I did when I moved and I knew was easy, only to find that I need a current passport to renew online. Guess who couldn't be bothered to renew her passport when it expired last year.

Can't drive now until my passport (ordered today) comes back.

Have you looked at the dates? If it expired in 2020 there's an 11 months Covid extension.
AcornAutumn · 06/04/2021 15:16

@ISaySteadyOn

Smile

It is DS' birthday today. I am trying to make it different from other days, but it is hard.

Many happy returns to your boy 🥳

I just had a short conversation with my bestie of 20 years. I do think lockdown will damage the friendship.

It was very hard not to say "you know you can visit me on mental health grounds, you know I've been suicidal".

I didn't say it. But when there are options, I am going to have to try to make new friends because people who don't live nearby are now very limited in how they can help.

MercyBooth · 06/04/2021 15:25

@ISaySteadyOn Happy Birthday to your DS Cake

@AcornAutumn Are you up North or down South?

AcornAutumn · 06/04/2021 15:27

Which North or South 😂
Sorry, I'm such a north Londoner

Last time I was in South London, I was standing a bus stop looking at the map feeling very confused and a lady said "north London? Did you bring your passport?"

I do love those random London interactions!

AcornAutumn · 06/04/2021 15:28

I have had another friend visit on mental health grounds btw. Otherwise I'm not sure I'd be here tbh.

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BogRollBOGOF · 06/04/2021 16:30

@AcornAutumn

I have had another friend visit on mental health grounds btw. Otherwise I'm not sure I'd be here tbh.
I'm glad someone's been there.

Just caught up on the thread about the Telegraph and psychology. Great posting from some very familar names. Nothing original to add to it though. It's good that more people are begining to see it and that we're not the only thread on the internet being critical anymore.

I've got plans to meet a friend at the end of
the week for our delayed new year's walk. I should sort mty butt out and make a few more Easter Holiday plands but the weather is not encouraging. It's been snowing and I'm struggling on mojo to get in gear. I missed out on seeing friends at the start of the weekend with my vaccine reaction but at least DH and the DCs went.

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110APiccadilly · 06/04/2021 16:45

Hope your DS has a good day ISay.

It's been snowing here, which has put me off doing another sea swim for today, but if it doesn't warm up again by the end of the week I'll have to do one whatever - I'm starting to get referred pain in my leg from my back now, which always means things are getting worse.

LivinLaVidaLoki · 06/04/2021 19:01

That is a really good thread @BogRollBOGOF. A perfect antidote to the "how long will we have to wear masks" one.

I'm sure Patrick Valance said last night that going forward social distancing measures will be mainly hand hygiene and staying off work when you are sick.

flower11 · 06/04/2021 19:25

We went for a walk on the moor today, made all the more interesting by the snow showers.
We went to a local NT place at the weekend and were pleasantly surprised that they were running a Easter trail with chocolate eggs as usual.
We are meeting up with friends at a forestry place later in the week .

Trying to make it as normal as possible Easter holiday for the kids, and making the best of it despite the cold weather.

I say hope your Ds had a good day.
Piccadilly- hope you get some relief for your back soon.

NannyGythaOgg · 06/04/2021 19:43

@SirSamuelVimes Unfortunately it expired last week.

Weirdly - if it had expired last year it would still be valid. Luckily I don't actually NEED to go out in it but it will be a pain. The main thing, I have a boot full of crap to go to the tip.

Apparently, passports are currently quicker than postal driving licence applications, with a bit of luck it will be back in 2 to 3 weeks