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So work have informed that we’ve got to fill out a pre-work form on an app they’ve linked - it mainly covers van checks, with clicking yes or no responses to whether various aspects of your van are in order, oil levels, tyre tread above legal requirements etc - but now they’ve added a feature requiring what your body temperature is in the morning in case you’ve got a fever, a symptom of coronavirus. If you don’t give a reading then you aren’t offered work - I haven’t got a thermometer at present so am going to have to get one by Tuesday when I return to work.
 
Been out today for the first time in a week. Went to Aldi to do a shop before what I suspect will be full lockdown this week, especially given the weather. The shoppers were doing okay with distancing although there was one thoroughly unwashed chap wafting round in a sick-up-in-the-back-of-the-throat way, and I've got a pretty good constitution 🤢

It was actually the Aldi workers who kept breezing past me within millimeters. Not impressed :mad: Having not been out for a week I'm bloody knackered now. I've been playing freezer and fridge Jenga and now need a nap before I get back to the garden.
 
Mogden said:
before what I suspect will be full lockdown this week, especially given the weather
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Do you think so? It does seem like that would be wiser that this vague 'advice' statements leaked by their press sources. Also given the numbers of deaths and comparable measures in Europe it would seem likely.
 
Badgers said:
Do you think so? It does seem like that would be wiser that this vague 'advice' statements leaked by their press sources. Also given the numbers of deaths and comparable measures in Europe it would seem likely.
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Given how much extra resource has had to go into cutting people off from visiting parks and seasides this weekend, and the 2nd home owners sneaking to their other residences under the cover of darkness, I don't see how they can avoid it. At least one park carpark was closed here yesterday because of the sheer number of people turning up in their cars for a walk :mad::facepalm:
 
I've realised what all this reminds me of:

You know when you're at a really muddy festival, like the epic-biblical mud ones, and you spend the entire time making sure your hands and clobber are clean enough, avoiding getting mud into your tent, sitting down cautiously and consciously so as to avoid getting mud on the back of your jacket, jealously guarding your bog roll so you've got enough dry clean stuff to be used, checking your own hands before diving into your pockets to get your lighter out, looking ahead to see if the rowdy teens coming towards you are going to swerve you or splash past without a care, eyeing up the road ahead for potential danger, constantly on duty with it all in a way that's tiresome and tiring...? All that, it's the same skill set that I'm using to avoid this virus. Signifiant differences include the fact that mud is visible, C-19 isn't; mud isn't dangerous; there's music and drugs and friends and plenty of outdoor exercise at a festival, lockdown, not so much; and you know that you can go home for a hot bath and a wind down in a few days when the festival ends, while lockdown seems to be never-ending. But at least the weather is decent, which isn't the case at a mud-fest.
 
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I repeat my assertion that total lockdown is coming reinforced by the Brighton webcam with a group of twats on the right of the picture currently sitting next to each other having a chat :facepalm:

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Mogden said:
I repeat my assertion that total lockdown is coming reinforced by the Brighton webcam with a group of twats on the right of the picture currently sitting next to each other having a chat :facepalm:

www.skylinewebcams.com

【LIVE】 Webcam Brighton Pier | SkylineWebcams

Watch our Brighton webcam overlooking the Brighton Pier! Follow the city's major events and explore our free HD cams in the UK.
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Other reasons for tightening things further real soon might include the government wanting to be seen to be doing more during the peak of hospitalisations and deaths. And there might be some advice from psychologists about some desirable knock on impacts that can stem from tightening things at certain moments rather than relaxing them. I dont know much about that latter point, I'm just presuming it is a thing.
 
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So it is what I thought. So they're fine. Sorry, what's the whingeing about? I'm still confused. What on earth do they have to complain about?
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I think because some people were kinda tricked into it. Working in EFL I saw loads of people being coerced into ltd companies, and even after that was tightened up, accountants were really good at getting people to sign up to various schemes. They came around to language schools in person and they were well-oiled shysters.

None of the EFL teachers were rich, mostly earning not much over the tax threshhold, and they'll definitely be caught out now.

I think it's the same for some in construction industry and other areas.
 
You know what's getting really weird? I pretty much forget about it all when I'm in my flat, watching TV and pottering about.

Then I go outside. And there's hardly anyone around. There are people in masks and social distancing queues at Tesco. There are posters at the bus stops saying "don't go out - you could kill someone".

It's fucking weird out there.
 
took the dog up the downs for his usual walk hardly ever meet anyone usually on this walk ran into a dozen people and some twats having a fucking barbeque with toddlers twats
 
elbows said:
Other reasons for tightening things further real soon might include the government wanting to be seen to be doing more during the peak of hospitalisations and deaths. And there might be some advice from psychologists about some desirable knock on impacts that can stem from tightening things at certain moments rather than relaxing them. I dont know much about that latter point, I'm just presuming it is a thing.
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Without being able to see who the twats were it might of been the street homeless which you do get around towns down by the coast
Normally the tourists traffic, seasonal work and better weather leaded to groups being around
I don't think you would be able to get all of these people inside regardless of the situation
so just don't want to due to bad experiences in the past
 
Mrs Miggins said:
You know what's getting really weird? I pretty much forget about it all when I'm in my flat, watching TV and pottering about.

Then I go outside. And there's hardly anyone around. There are people in masks and social distancing queues at Tesco. There are posters at the bus stops saying "don't go out - you could kill someone".

It's fucking weird out there.
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Yeah, it's surreal. I went into my little local chemist that I always use for prescriptions and they suddenly have desk-to-ceiling perspex screens like an old-fashioned bank, and they were all wearing aprons, gloves and safety glasses. Just fucking weird :(
 
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Yeah, it's surreal. I went into my little local chemist that I always use for prescriptions and they suddenly have desk-to-ceiling perspex screens like an old-fashioned bank, and they were all wearing aprons, gloves and safety glasses. Just fucking weird :(
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but healthy :)
 
the chemist down the road from me has people wait outside and then they come out in ppe and sort out their prescriptions, no-one allowed in the shop at all. Very strange when I'm coming home from mixing with 80 people at work.

I think it's (work) making me less sensitive to other peoples worries and concerns.
 
It really does remind me of 9/11. There's no airplanes and the sky is deep blue. There's little traffic in front of my house, even though I live on one of the busiest streets in the city. People I haven't heard from in ages are making an effort to call. I hate to admit this, but I'm enjoying the quiet. and an odd kind of togetherness. (Yes, I know that's an awful thing to say.)
 
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Yuwipi Woman said:
It really does remind me of 9/11. There's no airplanes and the sky is deep blue. There's little traffic in front of my house, even though I live on one of the busiest streets in the city. People I haven't heard from in ages are making an effort to call. I hate to admit this, but I'm enjoying the quiet. and an odd kind of togetherness. (Yes, I know that's an awful thing to say.)
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You're not wrong. I live in a city centre and it's so quiet I could be in the middle of the countryside. It's weird, but makes a lovely change from the normal background noise. It'll be sad when things inevitably return to the normal background din.
 
Yuwipi Woman said:
It really does remind me of 9/11. There's no airplanes and the sky is deep blue. There's little traffic in front of my house, even though I live on one of the busiest streets in the city. People I haven't heard from in ages are making an effort to call. I hate to admit this, but I'm enjoying the quiet. and an odd kind of togetherness. (Yes, I know that's an awful thing to say.)
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The 7th of July bombings here weren't on the same level, but I've been reminded of them a bit too.

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farmerbarleymow said:
You're not wrong. I live in a city centre and it's so quiet I could be in the middle of the countryside. It's weird, but makes a lovely change from the normal background noise. It'll be sad when things inevitably return to the normal background din.
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Same. The air is clearer and quieter when I visit my homeland of East Sussex but here right now in the concrete paradise of Derby it's just as quiet. I must remind myself to see if the light pollution has dropped too tonight and do a spot of star gazing.
 
For some reason I woke up at 2am this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. Wasn’t even lying there thinking or stressing about anything, was just awake with no thoughts except thinking what should I think about.

Ended up making a herbal tea and sitting in the garden for an hour, clear skies, no additional light pollution so the stars were gorgeous.

Feel knackered now when supposed to be working.
 
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Person on my local group asks if the post office has special times for elderly/at risk people. I look it up, and they do, though it varies by branch. It's a fair question to ask, given that supermarkets have times for such people too, so it's not like this group of people doesn't exist. And for a post office it might well be something you need to do in person.

Another person on my local group plays the shame game and says that anyone classed as at risk shouldn't be out at all, ever. Ever, ever, ever. Refuses to acknowledge that "at risk" does not always mean must be locked down for 12 weeks and never leave the house at all. That's why there are the special hours, FFS.

I guess at least if these Covid shamers stick to their guns they'll only be doing it online or shouting out their windows.
 
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