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bimble said:
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.
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I got a collapsible bucket from B&M a while before this nonsense. Has served me very well and stores away neatly. Was about a fiver I think.

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hash tag said:
I have just seen today's date in a newspaper article.... And realise its Mrs T's birthday. tomorrow. :facepalm::facepalm::eek:
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Was it yesterdays paper?

Anyway, you've got the perfect excuse for not getting anything. Non essential items, saving the human race and all that malarkey.
 
I am keenly following your adventures, I suppose being stranded in Dublin is probably better than being stranded in Abu Dhabi.
Also I have learnt that there is an airport in Newquay, I did not know that. Visiting the website there will one flight out of there today which is the Aer Lingus 1pm to Dublin.
 
I have the joy of needing to collect a stool sample from Dad and deliver it to a hospital. They won't release his prescription until they have it. I can't not go for him. I assume the chances of getting infected at a busy London hospital are fairly high. And I'm then meant to deliver his meds to him, which surely is an opportunity for tranmission

Bollocks
 
Harry Smiles said:
I have the joy of needing to collect a stool sample from Dad and deliver it to a hospital. They won't release his prescription until they have it. I can't not go for him. I assume the chances of getting infected at a busy London hospital are fairly high. And I'm then meant to deliver his meds to him, which surely is an opportunity for tranmission

Bollocks
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So apparently no prescription until results of stool test, but having had the runs all week, he now can't go at all :(
 
OMG OMG OMG Just had the BEST news!!!

The catering agency Nate was working for has done the right thing and furloughed him!!! He's also been furloughed by his part-time permanent nightclub bar job. Things are still going to be a bit tight (I still don't have work), but it means we aren't wondering whether starvation will get us before The Rona.

I intend to treat the rest of this week like the staycation with slight apocalyptic overtones that it deserves to be, rather than "omg we're doomed, and we might get ill and die too"
 
Mixed emotions for me today as our daughter is using some of the money she saved to go traveling this summer to pay for our shopping as we can't cover bills, rent and food at the moment.

We've got 2 daughters, one turning 19 on Friday, which is a bit shit as she can't go out to see friends and presents this year will be limited to say the least. Other daughter is 22 next month and this should be an exciting time for her, heading off to South Korea and Japan then home to find a job. At the moment we have no idea how this will affect their early adult lives. Mentions of how will we pay for all this seem to be popping up more frequently on the news.
 
Anju said:
Mixed emotions for me today as our daughter is using some of the money she saved to go traveling this summer to pay for our shopping as we can't cover bills, rent and food at the moment.

We've got 2 daughters, one turning 19 on Friday, which is a bit shit as she can't go out to see friends and presents this year will be limited to say the least. Other daughter is 22 next month and this should be an exciting time for her, heading off to South Korea and Japan then home to find a job. At the moment we have no idea how this will affect their early adult lives. Mentions of how will we pay for all this seem to be popping up more frequently on the news.
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I think fear for the future is very justified. There is a very real chance the repercussions will be felt for years if not decades.
 
LynnDoyleCooper said:
Not sure this is consequences exactly, but maybe more relevant here than the general discussion thread.

Is anyone else finding it straining on friendships with people they know who aren't following the social distancing and essential trips out guidance? So many people are thinking their little numerous trips out are 'essential' and are actually mixing with loads of people not from their household. It's quite depressing and infuriating.
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I'm having similar but with people who have now decided Boris isn't that bad and is doing a good job and OMG he got ill while working for the country!

None of them are close friends but some are people I do have to interact with through the small one's school :(

However on the other hand a couple of people who I assumed were supporters of the government have turned out to be Tory haters so that has cheered me!
 
Epona said:
OMG OMG OMG Just had the BEST news!!!

The catering agency Nate was working for has done the right thing and furloughed him!!! He's also been furloughed by his part-time permanent nightclub bar job. Things are still going to be a bit tight (I still don't have work), but it means we aren't wondering whether starvation will get us before The Rona.

I intend to treat the rest of this week like the staycation with slight apocalyptic overtones that it deserves to be, rather than "omg we're doomed, and we might get ill and die too"
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How does that work then? Do they each give 80% of what he earned working at each one, I presume that the total sum is still going to fall well short of £2500 per month.
 
MickiQ said:
How does that work then? Do they each give 80% of what he earned working at each one, I presume that the total sum is still going to fall well short of £2500 per month.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA £2,500 a month would be a fucking pipedream even in normal circumstances, we'll still be on basic rations. Just that we'll HAVE basic rations :D

And yes, each employer will pay 80% of his average earnings working for them - he works part time for each. So total of about £300 a week (both, not each).

I am confused as to how you thought it would work :D
 
weepiper said:
My youngest child, who has narrow feet difficult to buy shoes for that fit properly even under normal circumstances, has comprehensively grown out of all his shoes in the middle of lockdown.
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shouldn't be going out anyway.
 
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Epona said:
HAHAHAHAHAHA £2,500 a month would be a fucking pipedream even in normal circumstances, we'll still be on basic rations. Just that we'll HAVE basic rations :D

And yes, each employer will pay 80% of his average earnings working for them - he works part time for each. So total of about £300 a week (both, not each).

I am confused as to how you thought it would work :D
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I was curious, there aren't many details as to how the scheme works. My son has been furloughed on 80% of his pay but he worked full-time for a single employer, I didn't know that if you worked part-time for 2 seperate ones that both of them could furlough you. It's good that they can do that, I would not have been surprised if the rules only allowed one to do it and the other had to give you the boot.
 
MickiQ said:
I was curious, there aren't many details as to how the scheme works. My son has been furloughed on 80% of his pay but he worked full-time for a single employer, I didn't know that if you worked part-time for 2 seperate ones that both of them could furlough you. It's good that they can do that, I would not have been surprised if the rules only allowed one to do it and the other had to give you the boot.
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Why should people who are already disadvantaged by the gig economy be made even worse off by only being able to be furloughed by one of their employers, with their income say 80% of 12 hours work a week, when they normally would work 50 hours a week on minimum wage split between multiple employers/agencies? Lots of people are signed up to different zero hours employers and do a mix of work for a number of employers, that makes up usually a low income.

It's worked out on average weekly pay, so if a person usually receives £300 pay from 1 employer and £100 pay from a second employer, they would receive 80% from each. Why should they lose an entire part of their pay, when people who work for 1 employer are allowed to get 80% of their full weekly pay? It's already a paycheck to paycheck nightmare for people who work like this.

We didn't think he'd get anything as it was 0 hours contract, so this is a real boon.

EDIT: OMG "Had to give you the boot" - think about the enormity of that for a moment, thankfully no you are wrong. :D

EDIT AGAIN: If the government wants to start ruling on people who work this way they would ban zero hours contracts and make sure everyone has proper employment rights and a living wage.
 
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LynnDoyleCooper said:
Not sure this is consequences exactly, but maybe more relevant here than the general discussion thread.

Is anyone else finding it straining on friendships with people they know who aren't following the social distancing and essential trips out guidance? So many people are thinking their little numerous trips out are 'essential' and are actually mixing with loads of people not from their household. It's quite depressing and infuriating.
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Thankfully all my friends are doing the right thing, it's 1 member of our family who is flaunting instruction and is one of the ones who should be adhering to it stringently, i.e. and as I posted in the general chat, our niece, she's 27 so not a kid, is moving between where she lives with my mother in law who is 79 nearly 80 and has serious underlying health conditions, very serious, but the cretin of a niece is moving from the home to her boyfriends and back every cpl/few days. She has a frosty relationship with her Ma who also lives in the house and has been saving to move out/in with her boyfriend, but that's some time away now. So we know her predicament but FFS.

We got hold of her y/day briefly but it was cut short and we've not been able to get through to her since. My wife is in tears about it, her Mum has a pulmonary and heart condition. I am both anxious and so infuriated of the selfishness, we even suggested she come and stay with us for the duration but she absolutely has to stay in 1 place. Sadly we have no idea what else to do :(
 
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