maomao
普費斯
Well your main hobby of taking absolute shite on the internet has not been restricted in any way so you've got less to complain about that some of us.
I'm not really hot under the collar, so much as bored, to be honest!
Your interpretation of non-essential "leaving the house" acceptability parameters
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bimble
floofy
Well yes. Reducing all economic activity to the bare minimum and planting your own potatoes would also reduce infection risk amongst potato farmers.
Athos
Well-Known Member
It's not even just exercise. Many people are locked down in rooms, alone and with no access to fresh air. Allowing reasonable exercise now doesn't just have marginal 'psychological benefits', it has genuine long term health benefits that will last years and in the shorter term will prevent large numbers of suicides as well as virus spreading breakdowns in public order later. It's being allowed because it will save more lives than it takes. Sedentary behaviour is one of the biggest killers in the world.
This just reads like Athos doesn't like people who exercise and doesnt believe it genuinely has health benefits. It's a tirade not a reason driven argument. One minute he's railing against 'hobby' cyclists the next he's asking a poster with debilitating arthritis if he could try walking on the spot.Fwiw I've been exercising indoors, dusted off the weights and tried some Youtube yoga and been getting my (lifesaving, expecially with a virus going round) Vitamin D in the back garden but if I didn't have a garden I'd be going for walks observing SD.
What you're doing is pretty much what I'm advocating. I think very many of those out about could easily do what you are, as they don't fall within that very small group for whom outdoor exercise is essential in the short term during a public health emergency.
crossthebreeze
Well-Known Member
So long as everybody sticks to the guidelines and uses a bit of sense and care, going out for exercise is not likely to transmit the virus - I've been exercising without getting within even 4m of anyone, mostly less than that (though as I say, might just be lucky with green space and some quiet streets where I live). Going to the shops on the other hand I've found a bit of a nightmare, as is some of the work I do that's considered essential, I'm much more likely to get it or transmit it to others through those means than I am going for a careful walk or run.
In areas where there are just too many people, and not enough space, I'm sure the councils, police, and government could come up with measures that would allow people to have some exercise still, even if it has to be restricted. Runners kept to certain paths or fields, cyclists restricted to the road; Parks with defined boundaries having a person or system at the entrance counting people in or out and closing access if too busy; Give people a certain amount of "out the house" tickets a week which have to be timed and dated; People book tickets to go out for particular dates or times, restricted to a certain percentage of people in the area at any one time; there must be other ways. Having no outside exercise at all is just going to lead to all kinds of health and social problems, particularly in high density or overcrowded housing with little or no or garden/yard/balcony space.
In areas where there are just too many people, and not enough space, I'm sure the councils, police, and government could come up with measures that would allow people to have some exercise still, even if it has to be restricted. Runners kept to certain paths or fields, cyclists restricted to the road; Parks with defined boundaries having a person or system at the entrance counting people in or out and closing access if too busy; Give people a certain amount of "out the house" tickets a week which have to be timed and dated; People book tickets to go out for particular dates or times, restricted to a certain percentage of people in the area at any one time; there must be other ways. Having no outside exercise at all is just going to lead to all kinds of health and social problems, particularly in high density or overcrowded housing with little or no or garden/yard/balcony space.
Athos
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bimble
floofy
Off topic but whilst we are here arguing, what is the hive mind view on this:
Last weeks supermarket trip I picked up a bag of frozen chips, looked again and they were the skinny ones and so I wanted to put them down again and pick up the chunky ones. Boyfriend quietly lost it with me saying that no way should I be touching anything and not then buying it , so I have had stupid skinny chips all week. Is that reasonable or too much?
Last weeks supermarket trip I picked up a bag of frozen chips, looked again and they were the skinny ones and so I wanted to put them down again and pick up the chunky ones. Boyfriend quietly lost it with me saying that no way should I be touching anything and not then buying it , so I have had stupid skinny chips all week. Is that reasonable or too much?
Cid
Proper break this time
Found myself doing that this morning. Yeah, think it’s something definitely best avoided.
That's only my fifth favourite thing, though.
This is very serious for some people, not just entertainment
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Sounds a bit much to me really, there are risks with doing pretty much everything, but some semblance of accepting small things like that or we'll all lose the plot completely in a few weeks. (Only replying to try and divert this thread from the ridiculous merry-go-round about exercise that it's become.)
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Right. Everyone should just do their best to do the right thing, not be selfish, not put themselves or anyone else at extra risk, and be nice to each other while we're all doing it. It's not exactly rocket science.
Athos
Well-Known Member
No shit. Did you miss the bit when I explained my mate died of it yesterday? And that my sister is working in ITU with insufficient PPE?
I mean the issue of exercise as per the thread.
I'm not really hot under the collar, so much as bored, to be honest!
Athos
Well-Known Member
Yeah, my point is about the trade off between the two.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Agree with bf. If you pick it up you buy it
bimble
floofy
Ok yep. He is usually right which is very irritating. Takes time to adjust habits like this but will be doing that from now on. Will just look carefully at the chips . Avocado lottery though : /
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
If ever there was a game in which the only winning move was not to play...
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
the anger management lot are down Tesco’s kicking off on till workers
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
To help us all pass the time, I've come up with a little game. I'm going to go out on my bike tomorrow, and ride a distance to be determined. Every time Athos acts the cunt on this or any other thread, I add another mile. If he can keep his gobshite opinions and his nasty insinuations to himself for 24 hours, I'll stay home altogether.
Let's see who is willing to sacrifice their recreational activities for the public good now.
Let's see who is willing to sacrifice their recreational activities for the public good now.
trashpony
Hag
I don't think you need to buy something you don't want if you've picked it up. Frozen food is going into the freezer and surely everyone should be washing their hands anyway after handing shopping?
One thing I would really like to moan about is blokes catching me up/trying to overtake me on the pavement. I'm 5' 4", I have short legs and I can't do long strides. Twice now I've heard blokes striding up the pavement behind me and have had to step into the road. I fucking hate men doing that at the best of times but right now, it seems particularly arseholeish
One thing I would really like to moan about is blokes catching me up/trying to overtake me on the pavement. I'm 5' 4", I have short legs and I can't do long strides. Twice now I've heard blokes striding up the pavement behind me and have had to step into the road. I fucking hate men doing that at the best of times but right now, it seems particularly arseholeish
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
500 miles, then 500 more?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Not sure why with a bag of frozen chips? If you leave a lurgy on it the next person to pick up the bag may get the lurgy on their hands, but will safely wash it off if following guidelines (and basic hygiene), so what's the big deal? The extra fat content on the skinny fries pose more of a risk to bimble than anything she may transmit via a frozen bag of chips.
Should've bought both though, and an extra 5 or 6 bags. And some bog roll...
Athos
Well-Known Member
If you ride a mile for every time you act the cunt you might make it to Cornwall after all.
Athos
Well-Known Member
Doing it online at the moment.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Bit in guardian about modern living space and why isolation is not all equal
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With living space, gardens and local area dictating our day-to-day happiness, the wealth gap has never been more glaring, says author Lynsey Hanley
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I think it's a good idea not to touch anything unless you're definitely going to buy it.
Ideally all supermarkets would have hand sanitiser at the door, and make sure everyone used it before coming in, and perhaps on the way out too.
There's shopping baskets too, that multiple people are going to touch, and the doorhandles on any fridge or freezer cabinets.
It seems to me that shops are many orders of magnitude greater risk than going out exercising or sitting in the park.
That includes off licences. Going to an off licence seems much more likely to spread infection than sunbathing in the park away from others. Sunbathing seems a safer 'want' than drinking.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
You can get a delivery slot. Well done. There's only one supermarket near here and delivery slots are like gold dust
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Well quite. It's hand cut artisanal chips only in this house of course
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