ADs and The Brave New World

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When you kind of hope that a new thread meanders on quietly because it means that life is being fairly stable...

What are ADs?

Here's the copy and paste job...

Definition of AD
^AD stands for anti dementor.
There are creatures in Harry Potter called dementors, who suck all hope and happiness from you and eventually take your soul. Way back at the start of the pandemic thread after thread was posted on by posters like this and anyone who'd dare question anything or disagree with anything (like putting cheese in your coffee) was bullied off these threads. And so any actual discussion disappeared and it became an echo chamber of misery.^

We are the antidote to that. We follow the rules, but not the "roolz" and we question and discuss with respect to each other. It's all very civil.

I'm always amazed by people's ingenuity! World

ISay a carvery is basically a restaurant where the only choice is a roast dinner. (There is a limited menu with a few other options including some veggie ones)

You queue up, like a canteen and choose your roast which someone carves for you. Everything is buffet style self-service. It's brilliant for DC and anyone remotely fussy and you get to see everything first and can chose exactly what and how much you want on your plate. There's also no waiting for little ones, wondering when the food is coming.

When my DC were little it was great for getting them to try stuff as they could literally put, say, 1 slice of courgette on their plate, not touching anything else and then go back and get more if they liked it.

I think probably vary a lot in quality but the one near us is great. Not fancy, but clean and the food is always hot, fresh and well cooked.

Hi everyone! Sorry I've not been on these threads in aaaaaaaages.
Hope you are all OK and immediately came to find you when they all started praying for lockdown "over there". I'm exhausted and tbh feeling emotionally fragile right now so I'm so so happy I found you all again.
Also, I miss the tortoise pics.

@LivinLaVidaLoki great to see you.

We made it to kefalonia and had a lovely time. The airport were very strict about masks on arrival, but the kind staff got anyone who was exempt to the front of the queue to minimise time spent having to wear one. After that it was normality everywhere, I do feel for the tourism industry though, visitor numbers down by 75%.

I want to go to Athens next, any advice? Probably be a couple of years as holiday prices for next year are scary!

@Worldgonecrazy I'm so happy you got to Kefalonia.

If you're going to go to Athens (which I strongly recommend everyone does at some point in their life if you can) do not go in the summer. Go in the spring or as its heading into autumn. It is one of the craziest busiest places I've been and when you add in the heat of the summer and the extra crowds that that brings....then it can feel claustrophobic. There are so many beautiful things and places to see, it's so much more than the acropolis. I love the Plaka District and Anafiotika while I'm there for beautiful food in beautiful surroundings. The Olympieion, the ancient agora and hadrians library.....I could go on and on.
It may be a good idea if you can to do a twin centre and go athens for a few days then quick flight to Thessaloniki (its too long a drive) as that is also a beautiful city but less crazy than Athens so you can unwind a bit there.....

From someone who i thought had more sense. Complaining about a BABY being unmasked on a bus.

twitter.com/exitthelemming/status/1451590242314686466?s=20

Ooh i used to love a carvery. And yes to a wall of roast potatos.

We spent a day or two in Athens on the way to the Peloponese (sp?) over 10 years ago.
Athens had lots of interesting sights but the pollution was horrendous. My eyes stung and my snot was black ( sorry if TMI!). Has it improved any?

Thanks for the explanation of a carvery. Not too good for lactose intolerant vegetarians then?

@LivinLaVidaLoki, glad to read you again.

@ISaySteadyOn

Thanks for the explanation of a carvery. Not too good for lactose intolerant vegetarians then?

@LivinLaVidaLoki, glad to read you again.

They can often have a vegetarian roast. The cauliflower cheese spoon would be the biggest cross-contamination hazard.

I'm not the greatest lover of roast in itself, but in a family where we have different preferences, it is great that DS1 can veg himself into happy oblivion and DH can stick with carrots. I like that you can usually ask the meat portion to be split between the different meats. Much better versatility than having one at home.

DS1 has the knack of piling veg into the bucket-like yorkshire puddings for effective plate loading. That child can eat!

[quote MercyBooth]From someone who i thought had more sense. Complaining about a BABY being unmasked on a bus.

twitter.com/exitthelemming/status/1451590242314686466?s=20[/quote]
Ds really can be utterly bonkers. At least guff like that makes it harder and harder for them to be taken seriously.

@Taswama the air pollution in Athens is much better than it was. I wouldn't think its any worse than most cities.

God it feels so much better to be here. Ds tested positive on a lateral flow today. He had a snotty nose yesterday then today I got a call that two of his friends tested positive yesterday.
So I lateral flow tested him (I'm waiting ro get utterly flamed for not immediately going for a pcr test) and that was a strong positive so took him for a pcr.
Anyone wanna take a guess how long the results will be.....

"Anyone wanna take a guess how long the results will be....."

My friend's DS came home with what was clearly Covid in October 2020. Dad's result came within 36 hours, Mum's in 48, both positive, and they are still waiting for the DS's!

@amicissimma sounds about right.

@amicissimma

"Anyone wanna take a guess how long the results will be....."

My friend's DS came home with what was clearly Covid in October 2020. Dad's result came within 36 hours, Mum's in 48, both positive, and they are still waiting for the DS's!

Hope he's still self isolating, you can never be too safe

I was on the AD threads way back in spring/summer last year when there was also a breakout Facebook group and WhatsApp group and all sorts.

Took a step back around April when it became a bit too anti-vaccine for me, and things started going back to normal so I didn't feel I needed the threads so much.

I've name changed as have most of you, I imagine, but I hope you're all doing OK. I hope there is less anger and hopelessness and more normalcy and family in all your lives, and that we never have to go back to those times.

Ds result has come back. Positive.
I'm really confused about the isolation though. I thought it was 10 days from the onset of symptoms. His symptoms started on Monday so ten days would be Wednesday.
But the email says "this includes the day your symptoms started and the next 10 full days" which would mean his last day of isolation would be next Thursday? Which is 11 days.....
Do you still get a call from test and trace who can advise?

I thought the same as you Livin but apparently the first day is day zero then you count 10 from the next day. So as you say 11 days basically.

[quote Babybellblue]@MercyBooth no need to apologise. I think it was the contents of the article that obviously brought me down.
I cannot fathom how we are heading into our second winter and people are still hopeful of a Full lockdown.

I've read a thread where people are quite happy for hospitality to close with not a thought for the loss of income involved.

The word selfish is making its increasing comeback.... today I just feel mentally drained.[/quote]
@Babybellblue I genuinely think some people either enjoy social isolation (fine, each to their own) or have had their minds so warped by the media they think it’s totally acceptable for the government to tell people they can’t see their own families to save a health service they pay tax for. They seem to see this as entirely reasonable and those people terrify me.

They terrify me too @tappitytaptap

Terrifies me too

Well had grandchildren last night. First one woke at 1am coughing stupendous snotties, settled her in our bed and retired to spare room with second grandchild who then woke a bit later coughing. Are we sticking sticks up our noses, well nope

Half term this week our tourism area is flat out. Back in summer tourists from England wouldn't wear masks despite it being the roolz in Wales. This week was stunned the tourists were wearing masks and doing the dodge dance. I was on the pavement sans mask, a mask wearer saw me and hopped into the road to avoid me. Quite odd

@tappitytaptap Yep Came across that on Twitter last night There are people who actually think that not seeing our families every winter is a reasonable request.

[quote MercyBooth]@tappitytaptap Yep Came across that on Twitter last night There are people who actually think that not seeing our families every winter is a reasonable request.[/quote]
I can’t decide whether these are people who don’t like their families or they have been brainwashed. If the former, surely just reduce contact, you don’t need a pandemic to do that…