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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

williamalex1 said:
So, me and the wife after at least 4 weeks of isolation and social distancing with absolutely no symptoms, we could still be contagious ?
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I would guess it depends how extreme your social distancing has been. If you've had no contact with the outside world in 4 weeks then there shouldn't be any possibility that you have the virus. If you've been out shopping, had anything delivered or been within 2m of anyone else then there's the possibility that you could have the virus.
 
bluewolf said:
Why? Am I in charge now?

To be honest, you’ve managed obnoxious and facetious in one 4 word answer. That must be a forum record ?
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No, please! I'm sure there's no sarcasm or offence meant here. The way I read it , it's simply a phrase meaning, "who knows?"
That's all.. I'm sure we all understand your questions were rhetorical ?
 
AmandaJR said:
It is illegal to pay less than minimum wage but maybe they pay nett of living costs as they have to stay on site?

Edit - just read and there is a Agricultutal Minimum Wage which is higher than the national rate in some areas.
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5Live aired interviews with some of the Romanians prior to boarding the flight. One said they would be paid £9 or £10 per hour which would be as much for 6 weeks work as they could earn at home in a year.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
No, please! I'm sure there's no sarcasm or offence meant here. The way I read it , it's simply a phrase meaning, "who knows?"
That's all.. I'm sure we all understand your questions were rhetorical ?
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Very possibly ?
However, the questions weren’t really rhetorical. I missed the briefing so I was clarifying whether the questions were about when the lockdown would end or what the plan would be when the lockdown ended?
Following that, and more overt than the previous “implied” question was what that would look like? I can only assume that there is/are the basics of an exit plan. After all, the initial lockdown period would have ended by now, so I have to assume that there is an exit plan. I’m interested in how that would look.

So, I’m not sure what I could tell my old friend SR (not being sarcastic by the way. I have a good relationship with Socket). It was 2 genuine questions that (IMO) deserved a better response.
 
Disappointing numbers of Covid admissions between leaving yesterday and this morning - as I suggested perhaps we've not seen a peak (at least locally) but definitely going against the trend and details being given by the experts
 
rosecott said:
5Live aired interviews with some of the Romanians prior to boarding the flight. One said they would be paid £9 or £10 per hour which would be as much for 6 weeks work as they could earn at home in a year.
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One of the last locations of my working days was Park Royal... Several of the neighbouring businesses had mostly employees of East European origin... Their favourite topic of conversation, whilst having a cuppa with them on the communal lawns, was their exploitation in the UK... Several of the guys in the bakery had done crop picking and they always saved their favourite ancient Anglo Saxon words when advising of their thoughts on the gang bosses... They certainly never saw anything like a minimum wage or working conditions...

And, if anybody is interested, my advice to them was always if they felt they were being exploited by an employer or a landlord or even the taxman was to start with getting their rear ends to citizens advice...
 
It is now getting serious!!

My mum (80) rings my sister last night in quite a state. Sis eventually gets to the bottom line which is......................... mum is out of mint humbugs!

My wife is current on the phone to her mum (81) and is getting serious earache about which set of lottery numbers to do in which draw on-line as m-i-l isn't allowed to the shops to get them herself.

Oh my.....
 
IanM said:
It is now getting serious!!

My mum (80) rings my sister last night in quite a state. Sis eventually gets to the bottom line which is......................... mum is out of mint humbugs!

My wife is current on the phone to her mum (81) and is getting serious earache about which set of lottery numbers to do in which draw on-line as m-i-l isn't allowed to the shops to get them herself.

Oh my.....
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We've had calls this morning as well.

MiL rang Mrs Wolf to complain about her partner who has spent the last 3 weeks building model trucks and steam engines to prevent boredom as he is in 2 of the high risk categories apparently its not fair he gets to do something he's interested in and she can't go shopping which she enjoys doing ?.

Then we had a Facetime call from my parents and we cracked up, bear in mind my parents are both mid 70s, my mum was bored so has died her hair pink for a bit of fun, not only that they have set up my old Wii and are racing each other on Mario Kart and wanted some tips ?.

My Dad has also set up my old room as a gym with a cross trainer and a weights bench of mine that I have had stored in their garage for years. It appears my parents are quite enjoying lockdown.
 
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