When will this shit end?

[Ozanne]

1 minute ago, st dan said:

Genuine question - those who are going to be affected by this new ‘6 maximum’ ruling, are you really going to stick to it? Im not talking about attending parties or mass gatherings, more about if that number creeps to 7/8 people if you meet friends or family and there are little kids included in that number for example?

I think kids are included but I’d like to know for sure. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

2 minutes ago, st dan said:

Genuine question - those who are going to be affected by this new ‘6 maximum’ ruling, are you really going to stick to it? Im not talking about attending parties or mass gatherings, more about if that number creeps to 7/8 people if you meet friends or family and there are little kids included in that number for example?

That's my situation as said above. Kids are definitely included. I can imagine a lot of people won't bother in that kind of circumstance.

[squirrelarmy]

18 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

couldn't give a fuck about Christmas, I hate it anyway

I’m happy to know I’m not the only Grinch in these parts. 😁

[steviewevie]

[Zoo Music Girl]

8000 jumbo jets needed to distribute vaccine:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54067499

[xxialac]

6 hours ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

Was having dinner with my in laws and some friends of there's the other night and their conversation turned to how Priti Patel is the best politician these days 😳 had to bite my tongue to avoid an argument

Totally deluded. One of the least competent and intelligent politicians in my lifetime, not to mention a bigot with values from the victorian era.

I wouldn't have been able to resist setting fire to the place on the way out...

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

That's my situation as said above. Kids are definitely included. I can imagine a lot of people won't bother in that kind of circumstance.

definitely, especially over the christmas period.

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 minute ago, squirrelarmy said:

I’m happy to know I’m not the only Grinch in these parts. 😁

Load of bollocks innit! 

Won't really affect us seeing family at Christmas either because neither mine or my partners family group will exceed six. So can't even use that as an excuse...

[st dan]

Just now, Zoo Music Girl said:

That's my situation as said above. Kids are definitely included. I can imagine a lot of people won't bother in that kind of circumstance.

Well me, my wife and young child will continue to meet my brother and his family of 4 (2 young babies) - so that will be 7 of us (including 3 children under 3 years of age) which is technically no longer permitted. But I’ll be totally honest, I have no intention of stopping meeting them once a week. Lock me up (or fine me!)

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, st dan said:

Well me, my wife and young child will continue to meet my brother and his family of 4 (2 young babies) - so that will be 7 of us (including 3 children under 3 years of age) which is technically no longer permitted. But I’ll be totally honest, I have no intention of stopping meeting them once a week. Lock me up (or fine me!)

calling the cops.

[Ozanne]

9 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

That's my situation as said above. Kids are definitely included. I can imagine a lot of people won't bother in that kind of circumstance.

It’s one of my nephews first birthday on the 9th October. Which means we as a family can’t all be together for that unless we break the law. 

[km9]

13 minutes ago, st dan said:

Genuine question - those who are going to be affected by this new ‘6 maximum’ ruling, are you really going to stick to it? Im not talking about attending parties or mass gatherings, more about if that number creeps to 7/8 people if you meet friends or family and there are little kids included in that number for example?

Awaiting replies with great interest

[squirrelarmy]

4 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Load of bollocks innit! 

Won't really affect us seeing family at Christmas either because neither mine or my partners family group will exceed six. So can't even use that as an excuse...

Overhyped, over-commercialised, the music is terrible.

Way too much glitter everywhere

Too many kids running riot. The shops are insanely busy because people have to buy crap. 

No one can ever get out for my birthday which is usually held the weekend before as there’s too many work parties and everyone is wearing stupid jumpers. 
 

Normally the only part of it I look forward to is having 10 days off work but seeing as I’ve been sat on my arse for 4 months this year already I’m not even looking forward to that. 

[steviewevie]

22 minutes ago, st dan said:

Genuine question - those who are going to be affected by this new ‘6 maximum’ ruling, are you really going to stick to it? Im not talking about attending parties or mass gatherings, more about if that number creeps to 7/8 people if you meet friends or family and there are little kids included in that number for example?

I'll be sticking to it...haven't seen my family since the lockdown and that will continue, and haven't got that many friends! Not sure if my kid will always stick to it though. But, at same time I was in a conference room with 8 other people yesterday from different parts of Gtr Manchester, but I'm sure that's fine,

[Zoo Music Girl]

21 minutes ago, st dan said:

Well me, my wife and young child will continue to meet my brother and his family of 4 (2 young babies) - so that will be 7 of us (including 3 children under 3 years of age) which is technically no longer permitted. But I’ll be totally honest, I have no intention of stopping meeting them once a week. Lock me up (or fine me!)

Yeah I'm with you to be honest. I've always taken the approach that I will follow the guidance as far as possible and I have so far, but I don't trust the government enough to think that just because they make something law it's necessarily the best course. There's tons of things they've said are safe that I have made my own risk assessments not to do (pubs, back to work and so on) so I can make my own risk assessment in this instance that one extra child from the same household makes no bloody difference. Personally.

[Zoo Music Girl]

15 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Overhyped, over-commercialised, the music is terrible.

Way too much glitter everywhere

Too many kids running riot. The shops are insanely busy because people have to buy crap. 

No one can ever get out for my birthday which is usually held the weekend before as there’s too many work parties and everyone is wearing stupid jumpers. 
 

Normally the only part of it I look forward to is having 10 days off work but seeing as I’ve been sat on my arse for 4 months this year already I’m not even looking forward to that. 

On the plus side there'll be another reason why no one can get together for your birthday now!

Weirdly I have a soft spot for the music but most of the enforced fun and commercialism I could do without. I also don't particularly enjoy spending that much family time! 

[tigger123]

29 minutes ago, st dan said:

Genuine question - those who are going to be affected by this new ‘6 maximum’ ruling, are you really going to stick to it? Im not talking about attending parties or mass gatherings, more about if that number creeps to 7/8 people if you meet friends or family and there are little kids included in that number for example?

Depends on the situation, but I think I will probably end up breaking it at some point by a couple of people. Im not saying I will be going to mass gatherings. Just that as a part of a house of four people who all live together, I can’t see how meeting another house of 4 who live together (so 8 in total) is more risky than 6 individuals meeting who are all from separate households which is what is allowed by this law. Using my common sense having members of  2 households meeting is less risky than 6 meeting all from separate households.

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 minute ago, tigger123 said:

Depends on the situation, but I think I will probably end up breaking it at some point by a couple of people. Im not saying I will be going to mass gatherings. Just that as a part of a house of four people who all live together, I can’t see how meeting another house of 4 who live together (so 8 in total) is more risky than 6 individuals meeting who are all from separate households which is what is allowed by this law. Using my common sense having members of  2 households meeting is less risky than 6 meeting all from separate households.

I completely agree. Mixing six households seems way more risky to me.

I think as others have said it's really to stop parties so people meeting one or two extra relatives probably is going to be expected to some degree and largely ignored. 

[Crazyfool01]

I’ll probably stick to it but won’t begrudge anyone where they choose not to without it getting ridiculous ... I will be happy to forgo my xmas as I’m not a fan anyway and that will put an unacceptable risk on my parents ... I will let my neice and nephew enjoy seeing their grandparents instead ... whilst my mum is still able ... too many people go through my shop to make the risk worth it ... I’m choosing my timing as it is ... next week seeing them at the end of a week off 

[zahidf]

Absolutely zero chance of the majority of people not having Xmas with their family if the rule of six is in place. It will be such a low compliance with the rules on that day, I dont see why I should be bothered about it

[fatyeti24]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that Johnson's 'moonshot' won't make orbit.

I'd quite like the ability to hibernate for the next 6 months.

[Paul ™]

6 minutes ago, fatyeti24 said:

I'd quite like the ability to hibernate for the next 6 months.

We're off back to central Portugal at the end of this month to our friends Quinta which is literally in the middle of nowhere.

We will be back in April if it's safe to do so!

I'll feel a lot safer there for sure.

Edited September 10, 2020 by Paul ™

[SwedgeAntilles]

45 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Whoa, whoa, whoa, who whoa. A WASP SPIDER?

[fatyeti24]

8 minutes ago, Paul ™ said:

We're off back to central Portugal at the end of this month to our friends Quinta which is literally in the middle of nowhere.

We will be back in April if it's safe to do so!

I'll feel a lot safer there for sure.

That sounds perfect!

[Simsy]

1 hour ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Where are they getting this idea that the rule of six will last until March from? Hugely depressing if so.

I couldn't give a fuck about Christmas, I hate it anyway, I just want to be able to see one of my best friends and her family of five with my partner in the next six months. They live counties away so not like we can take it in turns to sit it out. I really don't see why them leaving one child at home would make it any safer given they all share the same germs anyway. It really sucks. Could not give a shit about pubs and restaurants, but it now being illegal to see them even outdoors is a huge kick in the teeth for me personally.

 

Could the kids stand on each other's shoulders and put a trench coat on?