So are we allowed to go camping?

Hi Matt, you too.

 

And hi Steve

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Yep... hang around @zedders were gonna all need each other to stay sane and provide some moral support!

 

Can't complain thanks.
A fortunate forum I think. Apart from most of us being old gimmers, most are reasonably well positioned financially. They might not think so, but they are or they couldn't afford a bus? They might have to sell it or remortage. Boo hoo. Plans may have to change? Oh dear.

Thinking about that, any of you oldies now thinking it might be best to retire early and be poor? Works for me, no regrets at all.

And if you are a chap and married, it would take the strain off your loo roll supplies to get divorced quick. Women and toilet paper, I don't know how they get through so much... Me and the boy use approx. 1/100th as much since I booted the old bag out.

Hello Chris. ​

 

Good to see you back @zedders (you were never really gone). Keep safe.


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True, I've been a lurker, but honestly it's been as dull as dishwater here until this virus thing. You can only laugh at the same lame old jokes so many times and I'd done my stint. Stopping the naughty late night swear fests when the mods weren't looking, with Para, Rickyroo, dicky, et all spoiled it for me, I used to almost pee my pants some nights. - @paradox 's curtain "starching" advice - Oh how I laughed at that one. Those were the days - I must be getting old...

 

Good to see you back Zed!

My concern regarding the young is that they still carry it like a bugger and 0.25% or whatever needing critical care is still a big old number of the nonchalantly catch it en masse.

I’m glad you are ok and able so self isolate, I think those that can should and try their best not to go stir crazy.

 

The irony of a pandemic bringing people together just at the point they aren’t supposed to be should noticed by all!

 

For the under tens it's like 0.0025%. Here's a typical unthought out policy regarding children... I don't have the answer, but this is nuts because as you say, children = super spreaders...

We've all seen what's happening in Italian hospitals on the news - not far short of chaos?

Our great idea is to gather together all the children of people deemed essential to society, including hospital workers who presumably have the highest likelihood of being in contact with the virus, 5 days a week, all day...then send them home to infect their parents. Is that going to end well? As this thing moves around before symptoms show themselves this brilliant plan could seriously back fire. I don't know the answer but it backs up my belief that 2 parent working is a disaster for families, communities, children and pretty much everyone bar the tax office.

 

Virtual life propped on a bed of cushions is the way forward.
But you're right. Seems like our once a week shopping that we've done for years is now in tatters. Not sure whether to go a bit hungry or go shopping every day hoping to find some food on the shelves. Not sure irony covers it!

Those who used to eat out a lot should be forced to use takeaways instead of pressuring the scarce supermarket resources. I suspect most of those people who have cleared the flour shelves have never baked anything in their lives! WTF are they going to do with it? By contrast we make everything ourselves and get through lots of flour that suddenly we can't get at all. Lancashire - home of the pie, quiche, and cake...

 

Fair point. I won't go out in that situation.

 

My partner is a teacher, so my biggest risk is when she returns home from work.

I tired spraying her with boiling water but she wasn't best pleased

 

You should banish her to the camper for a year. I'm glad I'm no longer married, my ex worked at a day centre for mentally (mostly) and physically disabled people, who bite, spit, drool, cough, puke all day long. She's probably got it already. You can't look after these people without intimate contact and that was a huge proportion of her work.

 

Main thing is try not to worry. Take sensible precautions, hand washing, good idea for your Mrs to change and shower when she gets in too. Until such time as, even if it happens at all, one of you suspects they have symptoms of the virus. I heard Dr Hilary saying the other day, in that case, you should pretty much avoid each other altogether during the isolation period, have separate eating utensils etc....Not easy sure, not impossible either.

 

Nice to see you back on TLB Zed - not seen your bus around Burscough for while - might see you in Tescos car park while we are scavenging for food.

 

Hi! Yeah, we* generally walk to Tesco these days, it's only about 5 miles round trip. Have you been lately? We haven't since Tuesday and it was looking a bit grim then. We're hoping stocks will pick up a bit before we run out of grub.

*That's the royal we, I only go now and again, the crew likes to run there and walk back with a weeks food that frankly I'd get about 50 yards with.

 

I've tried persuading her to strip as soon as she arrives home....

 

I'll banish myself to the camper !

 

We used to carp fish in Richmond park back in the day, the park police used to patrol all night but never managed to catch us