Guilt Free Railing 6

[WouldBeGood]

When will the railing end?!

Me! Thinking an empty water bottle filled with gin and tonic would be doable. I draw the line at sitting under the chute to neck it though.

I'm so confused ..so you can go out for lunch with 6 people from 6 households .. if you are outside you can drink but if you are inside you cant
and in either case you need to sit at least 3 feet apart from anyone you dont live with it..

is that it.. and if it is how the hell is any restaurant supposed to enforce it..Nicola Sturgeon has lost the plot

Do you think any piloting of these guidelines is done in practice before they dump them out? Seems unlikely.

Completely lost the plot. Ridiculous. I’m just going to have people over at mine. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I really hope this doesn't scupper any of my bookings! Record factory in the west end are doing 4 hour slots if anyone is interested.

Surely she needs to come out swinging tomorrow? It's her last chance before the election. Interestingly there is a student debate tomorrow night with all the leader and I have submitted some questions. God help them if I get allowed live to NS 😂

@riverrunning

Do you think any piloting of these guidelines is done in practice before they dump them out? Seems unlikely.

They run them past specialist senior working groups but don't have to listen to the responses and often override them. Also it tends to be senior officials rather then the people who have to also try and enforce them who get consulted.

DH has just said it's pointless (he does covid response) the biggest risk is face to face conversation which people sat opposite will be and if distanced will shout louder ergo more droplet potential.
Compared to 2 households sat at the same table but at the side to each other. The diagonal distance is greater but less requirement to speak loudly so less droplets!

That's it frasersmummy - though you have to remember that inside the 6 people have to be from no more than 2 households, and outside they can be from up to 6 households. And of course anyone not in the same household has to be 1m apart even if they're on the same table. And have to wear a face mask when standing up, unless there's a screen between them and the server, but only table service is allowed. And outside you can drink or eat until whenever the licensing laws allow, but inside they have to close at 8. It's all very simple really. Can't imagine what the restaurants are complaining about

I can imagine lots of them swigging from unmarked bottles by the end of the first week...

But some places will never open then 🤷‍♀️

This is just going to backfire. Folk will just have friends and family round to their houses. they'll work out their own seating plan and risk factors
And they won't be spending money in hospitality then

Or Nicola will change her mind at last minute but make it out like she’s giving us a reward if you know what I mean

[quote WouldBeGood]@Justmuddlingalong that’s how I’m feeling. All pleasure is sucked out of every bloody thing.

Maybe dinner in the garden at @Groovee’s to test out the new garden furniture? 😃[/quote]
Well only if vaccinated 😂😂 that's my excuse to keep people away from Mr G but I may make an exception.

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DD back at school today. reports that they did very little other than playing on their phones and kids were being very badly behaved and there was little social distancing. teacher friend at the school confirms no social distancing and teacher fears of case rises.

As for me, I never want to go back to an office but not having much luck in my job search for permanent home based jobs.

DS came back saying it was boring, but just a normal day. I’ll take that as a result!

Sorry your DD had a rubbish day @ScotlandUnited. A teacher neighbour told me at his school they were planning to ease the children back in as some behaviour and routines would have slipped. He was really eager to get them all back in again, as is another teacher friend.

It was so nice for DS to be seeing other kids! And apparently the lunch hour was better than normal as Greggs were super quick in serving outdoors 😂

@ScotlandUnited

posted on last thread without realising it was finished.

DD back at school today. reports that they did very little other than playing on their phones and kids were being very badly behaved and there was little social distancing. teacher friend at the school confirms no social distancing and teacher fears of case rises.

As for me, I never want to go back to an office but not having much luck in my job search for permanent home based jobs.

There can be no social distancing. The staff will SD from pupils but the pupils can't it would be impossible sadly.

Sofa is here but the boys have assembled it the wrong way round for the cover 🙈🤦🏻‍♀️ so reassembling it

@Groovee oh no 😂😂

I hate that 'easing in' nonsense. In my experience kids generally want to get back to normal schooling. They don't want to sit in socially distanced circles and talk about their feelings. I think there should be emotional support for those who need it, of course, but boundaries, routines, normality, are just so important for young people.

I think those boundaries were what he was talking about. It’s a school where behavioural issues are quite prevalent.

Ds was straight back in, much to his disgust 😃

ds in s4 has come home stressed beyond belief. He has assessments in every subject over the next few weeks. Some days he has assessments in 3 different classes in the one day. How is this fair on the kids ?

Oh Lord, @frasersmummy that’s awful.

Ffs, what are they doing to our kids?

Oh frasersmummy I'm sorry.
My kid is in S4 and has come home with a list of dates for in class tests.
It's not stressed him out at all but then imo he's too casual about it all. (So I'm stressing imstead.) There must be a sweet spot between worrying and being far too easy osy.

@frasersmummy dd is the same, assessment after assessment, two different language prelims on the same day .... but remember, there's no exams 🙄

It's awful! Please do not think for a minute this is what schools and teachers want. We have SG stating no need to have exams and SQA documents stating the exact opposite.

So if anything goes wrong guess who'll be blamed ...

It was fab to see the pupils yesterday but so sad to see how quiet many of them were. It's like they had forgotten how to just blether, but we were finding as adults we were similar, small talk and chit chat in passing just felt weird and unfamiliar .

To top of all her uni rejections DD4 has a term being beaten with assessments but she needs to do well so she can try extras, clearance or next year.

I really think teachers have been truly dumped on.

And kids.

That’s pants about your dd’s situation @Lidlfix. Might be a blessing in disguise as things might be more normal next year?