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Random Irritations

Sat on a plane, all distanced okay, but it wasn’t understood by the passengers that they were filling up from the back. Half of them hadn’t a clue what row they were in, let alone seat.
it was rather mixed no masks, masks, full hazmat suits .. not sure what that actually achieves if your touching your face with your gloved hands to arrange your chemistry goggles.
women across the aisle was coughing a lot, but had her mask down round her neck, and the bloke in front with no mask was looking a little fidgety! Bloke next to me had no mask, but had an aura of “couldn’t give a monkeys... “ Strange old day, through customs and passport control no sweat. All very quiet, very locked down here in Sweden.
 
Being reduced to getting any information about timescales, guidance and advice from the Government agency that is my Overlord from their Twitter feed and the sum total is " We will update you in due course " which has been their answer to everything since Monday....
Having a sense of mild abandonment at the moment
 
Imurg said:
Being reduced to getting any information about timescales, guidance and advice from the Government agency that is my Overlord from their Twitter feed and the sum total is " We will update you in due course " which has been their answer to everything since Monday....
Having a sense of mild abandonment at the moment
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Is that different from wild abandonment?

Askin for a friend ?
 
The video to Billy Joel’s Piano Man.

What could have been an authentic, gritty, New York dive bar, with realistic characters such as Paul at the bar, Davy who’s still in the Navy etc is instead a cartoon exaggeration of a video.

I picture the sort of place Joe Buck May have drunk in Midnight Cowboy, not Cheers.
 
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When someone offers you a great price for one of your cases of Krug, and then backs out after you’ve earmarked that money on a 3 bottle case of Unico
 
drive4show said:
They are essential in my world ?
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Totally!! Did you see the interview with the woman who was wanting to buy hanging baskets and soil? Totally unnecessary!!! She should have taken cuttings and seeds from previous baskets .. there really is no need for garden centres to be open if golf shops cannot be.
It’s almost as if it’s a monty python sketch ... close everything, oh hang on I like gardening.. okay close everything but garden centres, quarantine all in bound flights, oh hang on I have a French summer home, okay quarantine all flights except those from France ...

And there you have it, act in the interest of the few and who cares about the rest.

I feel better now ?
 
harpo_72 said:
Totally!! Did you see the interview with the woman who was wanting to buy hanging baskets and soil? Totally unnecessary!!! She should have taken cuttings and seeds from previous baskets .. there really is no need for garden centres to be open if golf shops cannot be.
It’s almost as if it’s a monty python sketch ... close everything, oh hang on I like gardening.. okay close everything but garden centres, quarantine all in bound flights, oh hang on I have a French summer home, okay quarantine all flights except those from France ...

And there you have it, act in the interest of the few and who cares about the rest.

I feel better now ?
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Titchmarsh is a darling of the con club set... His voice wasn't going to be unheard...
 
harpo_72 said:
Sat on a plane, all distanced okay, but it wasn’t understood by the passengers that they were filling up from the back. Half of them hadn’t a clue what row they were in, let alone seat.
it was rather mixed no masks, masks, full hazmat suits .. not sure what that actually achieves if your touching your face with your gloved hands to arrange your chemistry goggles.
women across the aisle was coughing a lot, but had her mask down round her neck, and the bloke in front with no mask was looking a little fidgety! Bloke next to me had no mask, but had an aura of “couldn’t give a monkeys... “ Strange old day, through customs and passport control no sweat. All very quiet, very locked down here in Sweden.
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May I politely ask how you weighed up the options before getting on a plane?

My client in Germany is back in the office and doing business face to face, I'm debating whether I could / should get on a plane for a business trip.
 
sunshine said:
May I politely ask how you weighed up the options before getting on a plane?

My client in Germany is back in the office and doing business face to face, I'm debating whether I could / should get on a plane for a business trip.
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I did not have a choice, I had been redundant for 10months. I am an engineering specialist and this was in my field. If I did not take this job I would have been beaten up in the employment tribunal as well. But those things as side, Sweden looks fabulous, they speak English, the contract pays well and is with a huge firm who own several car companies and have a massive sensible strategy going forward. I am also the only person in their organisation with experience in the field. So yes C19 is a consideration and I have been isolating with my family but Sweden is taking a sensible approach as well. Distancing, necessary journeys only, cleaning ( and things are clean) and it feels locked down as well ... they just don’t need to be reminded like the English.
 
harpo_72 said:
I did not have a choice, I had been redundant for 10months. I am an engineering specialist and this was in my field. If I did not take this job I would have been beaten up in the employment tribunal as well. But those things as side, Sweden looks fabulous, they speak English, the contract pays well and is with a huge firm who own several car companies and have a massive sensible strategy going forward. I am also the only person in their organisation with experience in the field. So yes C19 is a consideration and I have been isolating with my family but Sweden is taking a sensible approach as well. Distancing, necessary journeys only, cleaning ( and things are clean) and it feels locked down as well ... they just don’t need to be reminded like the English.
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Good luck. I would have done the same.
 
My wife's ability to be wasteful. When lockdown hit I used it as a chance to ween us slowly off baby wipes for our daughter..as her brand is hard to get hold of

So finally managed to get some flannels (always annoyed me I couldn't use one when had a migraine) I leave one on side now that's daughter's face wipe for the day

Then bought new dish cloths so could clean the side more without using kitchen towel

She just wiped the kitchen side with a wet wipe. Stop wasting ffs lol
 
Wife started cleaning the lock block on drive, after 20 mins I could take no more and took over, 3.5 hours later and job is complete and looking good, used something called the pink stuff to clean it, has come up lovely.
Its always the same when she starts these jobs ??
 
BrianM said:
Wife started cleaning the lock block on drive, after 20 mins I could take no more and took over, 3.5 hours later and job is complete and looking good, used something called the pink stuff to clean it, has come up lovely.
Its always the same when she starts these jobs ??
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Sounds like this trick most guys have been doing for years with ironing, cleaning etc. has just been switched around ???
 
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