General Coronavirus (COVID-19) chat

[Mogden]

It's 420 day so I'm wondering if I should mark it later

In amongst that I've been wondering about all those little events happening as a result this. The housemates who have been will-they-won't-they for ages and now plucked up the courage to tell each other and are now spending lockdown as a new couple. The people who have time for that big talk and decide to separate, and those that have the talk and reconnect and are in the throes of those first heady days of their relationship again. The workaholic who has had a massive wake up call and now realises they want to work to live not live to work. The person who was spreading themselves so thin they were ill and now the chest pains have subsided, the headaches have stopped, their appetite has returned, and they're remembering how to smile again.

I think it's stemmed from my Thai sister-in-law who is in England for her first ever spring season, as is my niece. She, my sis-in-law, is quite obsessed with all the new growth, especially the masses of bluebells, and it makes me see the season through new eyes. If it had not been for this she wouldn't have had as much opportunity to drink in the spring.

 

[Numbers]

420 day

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

i didn't know wtf to do last week - I went for a walk on a path i thought would be deserted but a couple came round the corner and there was nowhere to go so i turned my back to them and let them pass. must have looked well strange

I've had similar experiences. I turned a corner and a lady was there. She backed away from me slooooowly, as if I were a rabid dog. To make her feel better I went off trail and around, giving her a good 10-15 yards.

 

[two sheds]

You could have growled at her too.

 

[Orang Utan]

as long as you didn't sniff her arse

 

[Lancman]

I received a curious SMS message yesterday (Greek Easter) that showed a surprising knowledge of my day to day life including the fact that John and Constantia from upstairs had brought me down an enormous hot lunch of lamb, rice and salad, the message was signed “Christos”. Who could it be? It was only today when I looked at the message more carefully that I saw that the signature was in fact “Christos Anasti”, Greek for “Christ is Risen”, a traditional Cypriot greeting. The message had indeed been sent by a friend in the village. How lovely.
The Cypriots seem to have coped with the corona virus problem surprisingly well, with a reassuring downwards trend to the number of daily infections reported. See page 2 of Πύλη Πληροφόρησης Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου για το COVID-19

 

[GarveyLives]

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

My dad's results have just come back positive.

He's in a nursing home.

A letter went out on Friday. The interesting thing is that most residents show none of the classic symptoms. They just feel tired and loss their appetite.

There have been 4 deaths in the home of suspected COVID-19, they tested 10 people of whice 5 returned positive.

The reason they tested my dad was that he's more mobile than most, and more likely to come in contact with the virus, but also I suspect because he was sat next to a ladt6who sadly passed away.

My dad was complaining of feeling tired last week, he says he feels OK now apart from dihorrea.

Either way, we are all quite worried.

 

[wayward bob]

oh flb i'm not surprised you're worried xx
<internet woo to your da>

it's impossible to find your way around here these days but there's support threads in k&s if you want to talk/type more.

 

[Mation]

Maybe they're busy making dens and having cubs? No need for all that hoo ha and malarkey.

Well, it's earlier in the night, but they are back. As are the helicopter and frequent cars.

And, as an added bonus, I can also hear housemates shagging. Yay.

 

[two sheds]

Knock on the wall and call "Where's your social distancing???"

 

[Orang Utan]

Well, it's earlier in the night, but they are back. As are the helicopter and frequent cars.

And, as an added bonus, I can also hear housemates shagging. Yay.

I’m getting this every day at about 2.30 - can almost set your clock by it

 

[two sheds]

I’m getting this every day at about 2.30 - can almost set your clock by it

You're next door to Mation??

 

[Humberto]

its funny how even slight peripheral changes were beyond all reason, but now the Lord toasts their toes they are all crying.

 

[Mation]

Knock on the wall and call "Where's your social distancing???"

I can also present them with marks out of 10 in various categories:

Yowling: 5
Sustained bed creaking: 7
Unsettling pauses: 9.6
Puzzling scraping: 5.2
Final throaty grunt: perfect 10

 

[two sheds]

One of the problems of living in a shared house. I heard a housemate in obvious pain one time when I lived in the Netherlands and I was stood at her door with my hand raised to knock and thought ..... ah no

 

[Mation]

One of the problems of living in a shared house. I heard a housemate in obvious pain one time when I lived in the Netherlands and I was stood at her door with my hand raised to knock and thought ..... ah no

I quite like it, tbh. Not in a prevert way , but it's nice knowing that people are around somewhere doing people things (even if I'm not).

 

[two sheds]

Yes quite, something that's been happening in one form or another for a million years or more with people next door giving them marks out of 10 for the various activities.

 

[Raheem]

Knock on the wall and call "Where's your social distancing???"

I don't wish to boast, but two metres isn't a problem for everyone.

 

[Numbers]

Did anyone watch the Good Morning Britain interview this morning with 93 year old veteran Ken Bembow and his 17 year old Carer Kia Tobin?

 

[gentlegreen]

My senses are heightened by anxiety, but I just went for my prescribed 1 hour's exercise on the Bristol to Bath shared path and things are feeling a teeny bit edgy out there - not just the usual macho males passing almost as close as usual and others glowering when you give pedestrians too wide a berth and cramp their style ...
I'll try to go in the morning tomorrow - it's just that I feel I should at least appear to be available for helpdesk queries and I don't trust my PC enough to leave it switched on...

 

[Marty1]

Don’t know if this has been posted yet but - young people are rioting in Paris over the coronavirus lockdown.

Paris suburbs hit by second night of riots over lockdown curbs

Riots erupted on the outskirts of Paris for a second night as young people fought with police and unleashed fireworks amid growing unrest over the impact of lockdown restrictions.

www.standard.co.uk

 

[Sue]

Don’t know if this has been posted yet but - young people are rioting in Paris over the coronavirus lockdown.

Paris suburbs hit by second night of riots over lockdown curbs

Riots erupted on the outskirts of Paris for a second night as young people fought with police and unleashed fireworks amid growing unrest over the impact of lockdown restrictions.

www.standard.co.uk

No, it looks like a result of heavy handed/racist policing in the banlieues.

 

[Marty1]

No, it looks like a result of heavy handed/racist policing in the banlieues.

And higher death rates from c-19.

The banlieues have long been flashpoints of anger over social and economic grievances and have suffered higher death rates than central Paris since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in France.

 

[Sue]

And higher death rates from c-19.

Things kicking off with the police in the banlieues is not a new phenomenon.

 

[Marty1]

Things kicking off with the police in the banlieues is not a new phenomenon.

C-19 is.

 

[agricola]

C-19 is.

yes but I don't think it knocked that kid off his moped

 

[Ax^]

Random link to thing kicking off in Paris

you think it was attempting to link it to the situation in america or something

sure i've overthinking it

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Loads more people on the bus today; so much so that social distancing was tricky. Then had someone stand within two feet of me as we waited to get off; they then proceeded to cough loudly and repeatedly right behind me. I gave them daggers and said 'I'm waiting to get off' (just in case they were confused as to why I was standing in the aisle) but they didn't seem to register that anything was up.

Feeling a bit tired - Louis MacNeice

 

[editor]

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