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FridgeMagnet said:
So I did order a folding kick scooter in the end, which was predicted to arrive in May, and I thought that was fine tbh because lockdowns will probably be over by then and there will be more point in moving about. In fact it arrived today :confused: Seems sturdy enough as long as I don't jump up and down on it. I will have to take it out early when there's literally nobody about (extreme social distancing) to practice though as I can see myself falling off on shitty pavements.

ETA: at the moment the only real effect will be that I have a further reach when going on exercise, so can avoid some of the shitty too-crowded streets and go to some more interesting places. Not really good for carrying any amount of shopping I suspect but I don't need to go far for that anyway, I can just walk.
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I used to carry my JD Razor 1/2km uphill to work, then ride it home at 3am, 15 years ago!.
FridgeMagnet said:
So I did order a folding kick scooter in the end, which was predicted to arrive in May, and I thought that was fine tbh because lockdowns will probably be over by then and there will be more point in moving about. In fact it arrived today :confused: Seems sturdy enough as long as I don't jump up and down on it. I will have to take it out early when there's literally nobody about (extreme social distancing) to practice though as I can see myself falling off on shitty pavements.

ETA: at the moment the only real effect will be that I have a further reach when going on exercise, so can avoid some of the shitty too-crowded streets and go to some more interesting places. Not really good for carrying any amount of shopping I suspect but I don't need to go far for that anyway, I can just walk.
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Liked for bringing back good memories of carrying my JD Razor 1/2km uphill to work, and riding home at 3am on empty streets. Looking like a bellend :D
 
FridgeMagnet said:
So I did order a folding kick scooter in the end, which was predicted to arrive in May, and I thought that was fine tbh because lockdowns will probably be over by then and there will be more point in moving about. In fact it arrived today :confused: Seems sturdy enough as long as I don't jump up and down on it. I will have to take it out early when there's literally nobody about (extreme social distancing) to practice though as I can see myself falling off on shitty pavements.

ETA: at the moment the only real effect will be that I have a further reach when going on exercise, so can avoid some of the shitty too-crowded streets and go to some more interesting places. Not really good for carrying any amount of shopping I suspect but I don't need to go far for that anyway, I can just walk.
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My daughter has one, uses (used to use) it to scoot to and from the tube, etc. You can't carry things on the handles really, unless they're very light, but because you're out for less time you can carry a bit more in your backpack.

Now's a good time to practice on cycle paths. You're allowed on them on a scooter anyway but now is a good time to get used to it.
 
Sunday has been a day of Whatsapp calls with mine and Mrs Q's parents, Mrs Q parents have Mrs Q's younger sister now living with them and she is the only one who leaves the house, my own parents are completely isolated. My nephews and nieces have a key to my parents garage and leave shopping in there, where my parents leave it for a few hours before they go and collect it, they even have a cool-box for cold stuff.
Also called Eldest as well, who complains that as her condition advances she is running out of clothes that fit her, she has saved some maternity clothes from her first child but these tend to be the posher dresses for going out rather than lounging around the house. She was in a video call with us whilst wearing a bright pink fluffy onesie. Eldest has always been very fashion conscious and the sight of her looking like a psychedelic Easter Bunny reduced her mother to tears of laughter which she hasn't done for a while. A postive note to start the week at least.
 
I had absolutely not thought of people not having maternity clothes! At least it's her second baby. If you're having your first, you must just be walking around semi-naked right now.

Unlike the rest of, obvs. :hmm: We are absolutely not eschewing clothes. Not at all. But we won't have as many people checking in on us via video and expecting clothing.
 
scifisam said:
My daughter has one, uses (used to use) it to scoot to and from the tube, etc. You can't carry things on the handles really, unless they're very light, but because you're out for less time you can carry a bit more in your backpack.

Now's a good time to practice on cycle paths. You're allowed on them on a scooter anyway but now is a good time to get used to it.
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Just tried going down to the shops on it and I was clenching the handlebars and half falling off like an absolute pranny. Had to stop once anyone could see me. Guess I'll get over it. At least I can easily fold it up and carry it over my shoulder and pretend that completely wasn't me failing a physical task that five year olds can do.
 
somersault over it


having said that I was thinking of getting an electric trike which would have been very nice but I can't go anywhere on it :(
 
Epona said:
If you had a bag of wine gums put aside for the lockdown and found out that your husband had eaten them (as well as his own sweets) leaving you without anything, would that be grounds for divorce?

I am so fucked off right now I can barely talk.

EDIT: I mean seriously, what sort of selfish shitbag eats his wife's lockdown wine gums, what the everloving fuck... they aren't even fucking vegetarian ffs
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I’ve just ate quarter of a bag of Haribo’s and it’s playing havoc with my guts🤢
 
two sheds said:
water comes into a house at pressure. I'm impressed at anyone who does anything with water that comes in at pressure.
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Sure, but we got hold of a gadget to turn off the water mains under the manhole just outside the house -- helped a lot.
Great gadget that was, it even turns it back on again :D
 
FridgeMagnet said:
Amazing that this sort of shit goes around when the thing we know definitely kills the virus is... soap. Just normal soap and water. Not artisan soap or soap made from pulverised moon dust and unicorn tears, any old soap.
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How cool would it be to have soap made from pulverised moon dust tho?

Cosmic coronavirus killer :cool:
 
two sheds said:
water comes into a house at pressure. I'm impressed at anyone who does anything with water that comes in at pressure.
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A lot of taps and toilets have their own valves, normally the type with a slot that you use a screwdriver to turn. If they're working properly it's risk free whatever you do after the valve.
 
Anju said:
A lot of taps and toilets have their own valves, normally the type with a slot that you use a screwdriver to turn. If they're working properly it's risk free whatever you do after the valve.
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You are no doubt correct. My views are perhaps somewhat distorted by my house a few years ago having been flooded out by a pipe in my attic being frozen in winter causing the volume of a small swimming pool flooding everything below it.
 
bimble said:
I really want to buy a bucket today. Just a plastic bucket. Is that an essential item?
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Doesn't matter. All that matters is hat you go to a shop that's open - if the shop is allowed, under the legislation, to remain open, then you are allowed/entitled to buy anything sold within that shop.

I personally wouldn't go out into town just to buy a bucket. I would however happily buy a bucket while buying other - perhaps more obviously necessary - things. So, for example, a shop that sells buckets is also likely to sell something like bleach.
 
The little independent hardware shop is open and has a clever system -I saw the other day: Nobody goes inside the narrow isles instead you queue 2m apart and then at the door you ask for what you need and the man pases it out to you under the transparent plastic shield thing he’s installed over the top half of the door.
Which I think is pretty impressive.
 
kebabking said:
Doesn't matter. All that matters is hat you go to a shop that's open - if the shop is allowed, under the legislation, to remain open, then you are allowed/entitled to buy anything sold within that shop.

I personally wouldn't go out into town just to buy a bucket. I would however happily buy a bucket while buying other - perhaps more obviously necessary - things. So, for example, a shop that sells buckets is also likely to sell something like bleach.
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Open shops can sell whatever, but you're only allowed to leave your home with a reasonable excuse e.g. "to obtain basic necessities, including food and medical supplies, and supplies for the essential upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household". I'd say a bucket could fall into the latter category, depending on why you're buying it.

I need to post an important letter today but realise that is not explicitly permitted, but could constitute a reasonable excuse.

What's the bucket for bimble? :hmm:
 
bimble said:
I really want to buy a bucket today. Just a plastic bucket. Is that an essential item?
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I don't think people usually want to buy a bucket if they don't need a bucket.

You could also ask on your local covid support group if anyone has one, but that might involve more interaction than just going on your daily exercise and seeing if one of those local random things shops has buckets. Odds are you'll need to buy something else too anyway in the next few days, so you can pick up veg and stuff at the same time.

This is a very strange world, innit?
 
I need a lightbulb. Kitchen light died almost a week ago and it doesn't take the same bulb as any other light in the flat.

Normally I'd go to Robert Dyas round the corner, then walk out in disgust if they wanted as much as the price currently on their website, then try the little hardware shop nearby, then the little hardware shop near work (across town) if they didn't have one. Don't really want to be traipsing round in search of a shop that's both open and has the right lightbulb atm though so I ordered one online. That took fucking ages to find somewhere not wanting £5+ to post a 2 quid lightbulb some time in the next week. Finally bought one, with an offer on next day delivery, and now the courier seems to've lost the parcel (but managed to deliver the other, non-essential thing I ordered by half eight the next morning) :mad:
 
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