The Forty Seventh Republic! Happy Valentines and get some half term rest

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If you come with a stick to goad us then that is not allowed in the staffroom and you will receive a detention

Am I the only person who found Bridgerton really really dull?

@noblegiraffe

Oh appu I'm about to eat my lunch!!!

Ha ha-sorry!

Agree re Bridgerton-the Duke was v pretty but there was no plot. ‘The Great’ on channel 4 is way better!

Henry Cavill is my other gave on screen.

So handsome. And smart too. And he rides horses so instant winner in my book!!

@GuyFawkesDay

Henry Cavill is my other gave on screen.

So handsome. And smart too. And he rides horses so instant winner in my book!!

I used to get him mixed up with Bertie Carvel and disappointedly watch stuff he (Henry) was in, expecting Bertie.

Your other Gav, Guy??

Colleagues when I return to school: "what did you do in half term?"
Me: "well, I became a fangirl ..."

Henry Cavill was good in the Witcher. Oh, and Tristan and Isolde

My GP practice sent me a text. My first vaccination is booked in for Wednesday! Pleasantly surprised as last week I was told I wasn't in group 6 and I'm fairly young. Something must have changed. It's made my week!

Great news Butmiss ! So pleased for you

Yep, definitely not worth watching for the story line😉

I have just spent some time with DH!!!!

DCs currently elsewhere in various permitted childcare arrangements
So DH came to bring me some things. He had the kids with him last time and they got upset not understanding why they couldn't cuddle mummy so this time it was just us and I have been able to spend some time with him. Albeit in a coridoor but happier now :)

That's great, Ophelia!

I didn't even attempt Bridgerton. I just assumed it would be twaddle not my thing.

Ah that's great Ophelia.

Thank you @chocolateisavegetable! Love the username by the way

Bridgerton is the sex one, right? Like Game of Thrones.

Bit off-putting, I like to snack while I watch TV.

Glad that you got to see your DH properly, Ophelia. Being in hospital sucks even in usual times but with restrictions must be awful.

Hooray Ophelia
I started watching Catherine the great yesterday. They do a lot of shagging.

@MrsHamlet

Hooray Ophelia I started watching Catherine the great yesterday. They do a lot of shagging.

Huzzah

Yeah it cheered me up a whole deal :) and I've got lots of fresh clothes too :)

I'm not a fan of period dramas to be honest although then there have been some that I've loved like..... That really famous russian one that was on not too long ago and I really should remember the name of it but I don't....... But that one!

I've just marked a whole essay about a character called Stan and his evil actions.

The text is Paradise Lost 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

And another one! From the telegraph

Schools are not a significant driver of coronavirus transmission in the community, a study has found.
There is no hard evidence to suggest that children attending in-person classes - especially at a primary school age - has led to outbreaks in local areas, according to epidemiologists at the University of Warwick.
A significant number of secondary school absences were seen in December amid outbreaks in London and the South East, but researchers attributed this to the more transmissible Kent variant of the virus and generally high case rates.
"During the first two weeks of the November lockdown we observed an increase in pupil absence as a result of infection with Covid-19," said Dr Edward Hill, from the University of Warwick.
"Yet in the following weeks the data indicates that in several regions there was no subsequent rise in Covid-19-caused teacher absence."
It comes as Boris Johnson said that no final decision has been made on whether all pupils will return to school on Mar

That was in The Guardian too...

I don't understand the Warwick report... is a rise in pupil infections meant to be a good thing? And how were they tracking teacher infections? From whence were they getting their data?

I came here because they are discussing the schools all going back on march 8th and quoted Warwick report to me. Its just all such bullshit.

Any other report on anything else and you'd be told you couldn't quote it or use it until peer assessed and released in full.