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2 minutes ago, Ozanne said:
I get that, I’ve woken up in a foul mood today because of this. Also on my FB if you dare criticise you just get patronised, I got accused of not understand what the PM was saying.
Yeah, that's the line they're going with; "If you don't understand it, it's because you're too thick".
I'm seriously just so gutted this morning. I knew it wasn't going to be any time soon that I was going to be "allowed" to go and visit and stay with my parents (ages 59 and 61, not at any other particular risk) but this is all just going on so much longer than I naively anticipated when it started. I thought, three months likely, six months worst case scenario. But with these wishy washy rules I feel like they're never going to actually come out and say "You are now allowed to travel and visit with your family in another part of the country" - and if they ever did I probably wouldn't trust that it is a wise thing to do!
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Dr Chaand Nagpaul is on Breakfast and just said that there were still 4000 new cases detected over each day of the weekend. And that's with the restricted access to testing.
That's the situation. It is still spreading readily and yet we are giving the public free reign to socialise outside, because Boris wants to push the idea that we've handled this well.
It absolutely beggars belief. I've not been so depressed about the state of things in weeks.
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The 24hr Springsteen-a-thon smashed it's first fundrasising target of £10,000, and ended up with over £26k having raised the bar to 24. Money going to five great charities.
I was tuned in for approximately half of it but it was sheer joy the whole time. Really weirdly emotional now that it's finished. I hope there will be more events like it to come.
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Not exactly a live show in the performance sense, but I'm currently tuned into the 24 hr Springsteen-a-thon being hosted by Hungry Heart (club night). Www.hungryheartevents.com
Raising money for some great charities and 23 hours of Springsteen lie ahead. I may not be tuned in for every second, but it'll be a great way to end the day and start tomorrow.
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5 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:
The fear in a line of petrified kids all with their shirt sleeves rolled up waiting for the jag from some scary nurse wielding a huge syringe and a PE mat on the floor to catch any fainters is something I can’t forget.
I was one of the fainters. In my defence, I have always maintained that I only fainted because the nurse did the jab then said "oh, it isn't supposed to bleed like that." *fade to black*
Got the rest of the day off school though.
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24 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:
Has anyone mentioned captain Tom .... £5 million raised for NHS .... wow
It's mental. I read about it yesterday morning when they had hit £500,000. Then I saw it was at 3mil before I went to bed. Two hours ago it was 4million.
How high can it go?!
(I threw in £10 yesterday, because it really did bring a smile to my face)
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Congratulations! That's lovely news 😀
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9 hours ago, squirrelarmy said:
Anyone struggling to keep themselves busy, invest in a PC/Console and an online RPG. I’ve completely forgotten what the outside world is.
Not quite the same but I've gotten back into the Sims in a big way..
The Sims don't have to stay inside. They can go to bars, and to parks and cycle around on their bikes.. and there's a first person camera so after a while it can almost feel like I am going to bars and to parks and.. 🙃
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This morning I'm just feeling very sad. I've really been doing alright - my boyfriend and I are homebodies to a ridiculous degree, so staying inside has been no hardship.
Just this morning I'm contemplating my next trip to the shop, feeling quite fearful about it. I'm absolutely desperate to be with my family and have no glimmer of hope of when that might be able to happen. When the lockdown started I was glad, thinking "good, the sooner this is in place the sooner it is over and I can go home and see my family" but now that idea feels even more distant than it did at the start.
When I try and picture being at Glastonbury 2021 it's tough. It seems like a crazy dream. Even remembering sitting on a bus as I did on the daily, four weeks ago, seems absolutely mental.
I'm glad to have a day or two of feeling like this though, because I know this sadness won't last. Hopefully by Friday I'll be happy for my four day weekend and get some solid hours in sitting in the yard in the sunshine, and everything won't seem so bad for a bit.
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I got Shelter From The Storm, which is in my top 3 Dylan tunes - also it was kind of ironically pertinent, so I thought it was the intended tune!
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4 hours ago, Gilgamesh69 said:
This thread is painful to read. My favourite band headlined Glastonbury - probably the last time they ever will - and people all over (even non-fans) say it was one of the best sets they've ever seen. And I didn't get a ticket
You're not alone, I was literally just coming here to say the same thing. I need to not read this thread, it makes me sad.
The only positive spin on it I can make is that I have already endured the most heartbreaking miss that the Glastonbury fates could present me with - nothing will ever sting as much.
And, as I sad in the classic performances thread, I do get a lot of joy out of being so proud of the band that I love absolutely smashing it out of the park, and receiving some of the plaudits and attention they have long deserved.
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If anyone has any kids they're trying to keep amused (or if you're interested yourself!) Chester Zoo are live streaming different animals throughout the day on their facebook page.
I think the Red Panda stream at 10 went down because so many people jumped on, but there is now a very cute video! Rest of the day is:
11:00 Rothschild's giraffes 🦒
12:00 asian elephants 🐘
13:00 butterflies 🦋
14:00 sun bears 🐻14:30 Sumatran tigers 🐯
15:00 humboldt penguins 🐧
16:00 aquarium 🐠-
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I couldn't record because I was, well, clapping 😅 but it was lovely around here. I'm basically on the corner of three small streets and people came out on all of them. Started with just me and two other houses, but it was really quite emotional as more doors opened and the clapping got louder.
One guy was being like a town crier getting people out. He was outside long after the minute was over.
I hope we do it again. I know it is nothing compared to what all the key workers are doing, but it really did feel nice to feel like we're all on the same side.
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Just now, Zoo Music Girl said:
That's what I thought too. But did the restriction on that only come in last night? Or was that implied last week too?
This is where the muddiness comes in, there is no "restriction" because the visiting people at home thing isn't something they said they could police. It falls back under the "advice" column of what they're telling the public to do/not do, which makes sense because they can't know what is going on in everyone's homes.
The literal 'restrictions' (which will incur fines) are the gatherings in public of more than two people not from the same household. I suppose fines could be given if someone called the police to tell them a party was happening next door...
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1 hour ago, DeanoL said:
There's nuance here though that the new rules don't account for (and shouldn't, because people aren't sensible enough as a whole). But if your friend and her mum and her sisters are all staying at home all day, then it's not actually a problem for them to travel by car to one of their houses and meet up. We've been isolating since Monday anyway, working from home, only going out to get groceries, and avoiding contact with anyone. We have a couple of friends who have done the same, and it was safe to have them over.
People flaunting the rules as of today is likely going to be down to Johnson. Elect someone that everyone agrees tells lies (even those who voted for him) and have him say stuff now that's completely contradictory to what he said two weeks ago, without actually going "yeah, I was wrong then"... he might be PM but he doesn't actually have any authority. I mean, people liked him because he was a bit silly and goofy. He's not the guy you listen to in a national crisis.
50 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:I thought we weren't supposed to be mixing with anyone outside our household? Your friends might be only going to the shop like you, but it could be a different shop to the one you go to. So you could get it from them and spread there, for example.
Exactly. I haven't interpreted the rules as "i'm doing a good enough job of self-isolating so I can go over to someone's house" . Even going to the shop you could get it, and not know.
If I thought I just had to stay inside for three weeks with only trips to the shop, and then I'd have a free pass to drive home to Plymouth to see my parents, I'd be perfectly happy right now - but that's not how I've interpreted the rules.
The government have explicitly said you should not be visiting any other households.
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10 minutes ago, Matt42 said:
I’m starting to wonder if many people don’t understand the meaning of essential travel. I reckon some people consider visiting family and friends as essential travel.
They absolutely do.
A friend from my last job has been preaching all of the "stay at home" stuff, saying all the right things, but there is no way in hell she isn't going to be visiting her Mum and sisters. They all got together for mother's day at the weekend.
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Boyfriend and I don't have much in the way of a yard, and there's a lot of stuff out there we meant to take to the tip - our bad for procrastinating!
Still, we have plenty of means to keep ourselves entertained in the way of games consoles, streaming packages etc.
We've already started a list of "different" activities to keep our minds fresh and occupied. We did some creative writing the other day and have downloaded a list of writing prompts that we're going to work through.
With my family group chat I started a thing where every morning we post a link to a song. Any song. I'm building a playlist of them all and it makes something nice to look forward to when waking up every morning.
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17 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:
I’ve got it. It’s a fun game and absolutely brutal. The world usually dies when I play
Exactly, every time. That's why I can't play it right now! It doesn't paint a pretty picture of the odds of beating any disease - even when you're playing with the medic, quarantine specialist and scientist!
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The one board game I can't bring myself to play at the moment is Pandemic. Too soon. The real life version is stressful enough.
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Currently feeling very grateful for my boyfriend being big into the video games. Have an Xbox One, PS4 and spiffy gaming PC at my disposal. He also got a Valve Index just over a week ago, so Beat Saber has been my primary source of exercise for the last self-isolating week.
However, he purchased the Index solely for the release of Half Life: Alyx, which is out in approximately four and a half hours time, so my hours on the PC are now limited...
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One of my favourite musicians, Joe Pug, as well as doing free live streamed shows for all is offering personal 3-song private shows for £85 a pop.
He's from the States and I'm bummed anyway that he hasn't toured here since ... 2015? Bloody hell ... so if there are still slots available once I've been paid on Friday, I might go for that. I can imagine I would be horribly awkward and British for the duration, but it would be quite special.
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My Mum has had the letter asking her to come out of retirement and get back to nursing.
She's worked on cardiac ICU, a hospice and then as a community nurse until she retired in December 2018 because she couldn't handle the pressures, stress and physicality of it anymore.
I know it is the most selfish response but obviously I am terrified and don't want her to go back, but she feels guilty and like she has to. My Dad had a (small) heart attack in December and I am worried about her potentially giving it to him, or her having to self-isolate away from him, never mind her getting it herself of which she would be at high risk to being in a work environment without the right protective equipment.
It makes me feel sick to think of her getting ill, or Dad. It makes me feel sick to think of any of the medical professionals having to make impossible decisions at this time. It all just makes me sick with worry. And I can't even see her to give her a fucking hug because I live 300 miles away.
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Worked for me 👍
A bigger quiz with more questions spanning all years would be grand (doubt it would improve my score mind!)
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43 minutes ago, HeyPorter said:
I’ve never not laughed ridiculously at this.
"Iiiii am watching, you through a camera" just plays in my head with alarming frequency, not just when I hear Eurythmics.
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When will this shit end?
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Posted · Edited by WestCountryGirl
So I've just read this in an article on the Guardian:
"The minister also clarified it was possible to see one parent and then another outdoors “10 minutes apart” but that giving people social hugs would only be possible after a treatment or vaccine would be found, which at the earliest could be in the autumn."
This has just felt like a knife right through me. I've kept telling myself I'll be able to visit my parents, give them a hug, maybe by June, okay, July.. okay then August. I honestly cannot cope with this.
...Okay after writing that I went on a bit of a crying jag for half an hour or so without ever posting. More stories have appeared about this now, seeming to suggest that the "social hug" refers to "members of the public" (but aren't we all?) and "new friends". I can live with that. I don't think I'll be making many new friends in the next few months anyway.