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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

pokerjoke said:
Have Spain made a mistake?
Seeing the news today was like watching the London marathon.
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I think we've seen maybe half a dozen people walk past the house. HID was in the village this morning, and there was queueing to get into the corner shop and farmacia. A few more about but not here.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I get that but perhaps it was almost inevitable that distancing would struggle 1st day in major population areas. The restrictions have been so tight, it's pressure cooker stuff. Ours have been quite liberal in comparison.
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True
I just hope after all their hard work it doesn’t comeback to haunt them.
I suspect our government will be watching closely.
 
MegaSteve said:
And, in serious need of IT support which will likely have to wait for lockdown to end...
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Well, what had been a good day became a grandstand day... A visit from a couple of my grandsons saw my IT issues resolved... Proper distancing being maintained ruling out any hugs ?... But, just great to see them for real ??...

Best news though was for herself... Being advised that there had been no cases of covid in the care home her mum is resident... When mum is about 12 thousand miles away that's probably the best news possible...
 
Well I hope it’s quite on the roads tomorrow, I’ve got 59 tests to collect from NHS staff who are self isolating at home around Nottinghamshire.

Strict collection, handling & scanning procedures at point of collection before returning them all to Birmingham.

Bit scary knowing I could be collecting from people who will have it, but as long as I follow the safety guidelines, I’ll be ok ?
 
Fish said:
Well I hope it’s quite on the roads tomorrow, I’ve got 59 tests to collect from NHS staff who are self isolating at home around Nottinghamshire.

Strict collection, handling & scanning procedures at point of collection before returning them all to Birmingham.

Bit scary knowing I could be collecting from people who will have it, but as long as I follow the safety guidelines, I’ll be ok ?
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Good luck and best wishes with your work.
 
This is off the BBC website - if it is really a true story then you really have to despair at the mentality of some people

"We had been reading about a meteor shower that was meant to be really spectacular on Wednesday night. So around 11.30pm I piled into the car with my mum, dad and younger brother. We had a telescope and binoculars. The idea was to drive about four or five miles out of the city to get a better view of the sky at midnight.

We were less than 500m from our house and a police car pulled out. It had been stationary and parked at the side of the road. It followed us and its lights came on. Then a second police car arrived with lights, sirens, the whole works. They asked what we were doing and were perfectly polite. They said this was an unnecessary journey and we had to go home. My dad told them this was our daily exercise but they were not having it.

I can understand their argument but to deny us the right to exercise seems overzealous. It starts to become a night curfew and that's not what the regulations are about. For example if I was an essential worker and wanted to go for a late-night run, then what's to stop me doing that? They were saying we should exercise in a local space but the lockdown rules say you are allowed to drive a short distance to exercise.

I did complain to the police in writing afterwards. They replied saying our travel was non-essential but I still don't think we broke the rules."

The father who tried to claim that all four of them going out in a car at midnight was their daily exercise
 
Pathetic Shark said:
This is off the BBC website - if it is really a true story then you really have to despair at the mentality of some people

"We had been reading about a meteor shower that was meant to be really spectacular on Wednesday night. So around 11.30pm I piled into the car with my mum, dad and younger brother. We had a telescope and binoculars. The idea was to drive about four or five miles out of the city to get a better view of the sky at midnight.

We were less than 500m from our house and a police car pulled out. It had been stationary and parked at the side of the road. It followed us and its lights came on. Then a second police car arrived with lights, sirens, the whole works. They asked what we were doing and were perfectly polite. They said this was an unnecessary journey and we had to go home. My dad told them this was our daily exercise but they were not having it.

I can understand their argument but to deny us the right to exercise seems overzealous. It starts to become a night curfew and that's not what the regulations are about. For example if I was an essential worker and wanted to go for a late-night run, then what's to stop me doing that? They were saying we should exercise in a local space but the lockdown rules say you are allowed to drive a short distance to exercise.

I did complain to the police in writing afterwards. They replied saying our travel was non-essential but I still don't think we broke the rules."

The father who tried to claim that all four of them going out in a car at midnight was their daily exercise
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I just took a look at that article and the one about the lad going to have a haircut was the one which ground my gears. The excuse was that the family didn’t have any hair clippers.

Erm, never heard of eBay?
 
Billysboots said:
I just took a look at that article and the one about the lad going to have a haircut was the one which ground my gears. The excuse was that the family didn’t have any hair clippers.
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We don't have any hair clipper, but after this is over I just join a rock band as a roady.
What really shocked me is that there is an underground network of hair dressers.

Our American neighbour suggested a flowby but as I know of this I pass. But I wouldn't be surprised by Dyson release one shortly.
 
Billysboots said:
I just took a look at that article and the one about the lad going to have a haircut was the one which ground my gears. The excuse was that the family didn’t have any hair clippers.

Erm, never heard of eBay?
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More like wanting his 15 min of fame, should be named shamed fined and made to give the information on this "hairdressers underground " IMO.
 
Just had a Skype call with one of our bestest friend. She’s a sister in ITU in one of the London hospitals.

Lets just say the number of losses are hurting her... and can I have a big swear!
 
Hobbit said:
Just had a Skype call with one of our bestest friend. She’s a sister in ITU in one of the London hospitals.

Lets just say the number of losses are hurting her... and can I have a big swear!
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What's ITU ??

I know what ICU and HDU are but not ITU
 
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