What’s going to happen next? Cases rising?

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The Wales lockdown hasn’t worked and it looks like the England one has only had very short term effects. Schools and unis still open and a lot of the public just aren’t following the rules now, it’s cold and wet so meeting outdoors isn’t going to happen so people are going inside. MPs don’t want harsher restrictions in their areas. So what will happen? Is it time just to end most restrictions seeing as they aren’t being followed anyway? Or will they try and impose another lockdown? Close the schools?

Oooh Gobble. That sounds as if it was the highlight of your week.

@Gobbledygook20 a lot of presumptions in your post. Busybody.

I noticed the elderly neighbours had their two teenage grandsons visiting the other week in the daytime.

Curtain twitching at its finest.

I noticed the elderly neighbours had their two teenage grandsons visiting the other week in the daytime.

I hope they also noticed you standing by the net curtains, pen and notebook in hand.

Pardon me for breathing.

@Gobbledygook20

Pardon me for breathing.

Well, so long as you were wearing a mask I guess we'll let that slide.

I noticed the elderly neighbours had their two teenage grandsons visiting the other week in the daytime. I wonder if my neighbours are commenting on my GS coming here after school? I'm quite happy if they want to report me, my 16 year old GS comes to help me with care for DH. My kids live 200 miles away, GS lives local with my exDIL so he is the only family contact we have, he is the only support I have. He will pick up prescriptions, help if I need to move something heavy, spend time with DH to give me some mental space.
I'm quite prepared to discuss that with the authorities if my neighbours want to raise a case.

How bloody petty would it be, 8 houses and never been offered any help, not an offer to get shopping or med, not a friendly word but hey report me if you like.

I think one thing this pandemic has done is to show us how petty and nasty some people are.

@ancientgran I just want to say your GS sounds so lovely!!

@ancientgran - What a lovely GS you have. Bear in mind, though, rather than criticising someone who has noticed what their neighbours are doing, that there is a difference between noticing something and reporting it. It sounds like your neighbours wouldn’t give enough of a toss about you to notice in the first place, sadly. Neighbours that mind their own business are not always better than those that don’t, it really depends on their intent!

He is lovely.

Sadly walkaround my neighbours are busybodies so probably have noticed and I won't be surprised if I get a knock on the door. We were reported to the council for having a shed and sky dish without planning permission shortly after we moved in, we didn't realise we needed permission as we didn't where we lived before. We had a visit from the planning committee, a minibus arrived with them. They had a good laugh when they realised the neighboor who reported us also had a shed and a sky dish with no planning permission. I really hoped they were listening by the fence, one of the councillors was a big bloke with a real belly laugh and he thought it was hilarious. We were granted retrospective permission and they said the neighbours concerned would be getting a letter telling them they needed to apply as well.

We've never had noisy parties, keep the house and garden tidy, take in parcels, I got a job for a neighbours daughter who was out of work for months but never had a pleasant word from them. On VE day they all had a party on our neighbours drive, everyone in our little cul de sac invited except us.

So I suppose I don't think their intent is positive but I'm probably not very objective about it.

That’s a shame @ancientgran . I think I’d be buying a bigger satellite dish and painting it fluorescent pink and green.

I'm tempted.