Corona Cavern

[Baldy]

Anyway, sorry mods I'll shut up...

[Mamzie]

I kinda did take precautions - we ordered another trailer of compost which was delivered Monday evening before country shut down. I didn't go near him, and for the last week my family have realised how serious this all is, not just me worrying.

The last place I went out of town was the seed swap end of Feb. And I stopped leaving house & garden 12 days ago. We have a number of lovely Italian ladies at Mass, and they were warning us all weeks ago. I am so grateful to Italy for screaming the alarm from the rooftops. The pain they have shared so publicly have made other countries act faster and saved a lot of people. We just need to ensure it wasn't in vain x

[Baldy]

And rockers

[veggiechicken]

Drinkies time!!

[Guest]

Is there any whiskey about? I have made it this far into the week. How is everyone?

[Baldy]

Absinthe is all that is left in the off licence. Ill try to resist

[smallblueplanet]

He's the heir to the throne..

You may believe that makes him worth more than others but me, not so much. If your daughter was working at his holiday home would you be quite so sanguine about the disregard for the rules that everyone should be obeying?

How do you know he's disregarded the rules? Are you the NHS doctor he saw?

[self-contained]

There were guards at the entrance of the hospital tonight when I was leaving for the day. I didn't take enough notice to remember if they're police or security, but either way they were stopping everyone coming through to check if they work there.

I must have missed them. Either that, or they thought I looked so dodgy they were happy to see me leaving!

I tried to go to Lidl this evening (freshly showered, clean clothes, bank cards wiped down etc) but they are now closing two hours earlier than usual and I got turned away. No mention of a change to their opening hours on their website, which is frustrating as I went in the evening to minimise my contact with others and was hoping to just pick up a few bits of fresh stuff to supplement the dried stuff I have at home and avoid shopping again for the next three weeks.

Since I was out anyway, I thought I'd try and pick up some bits and bobs from a mini supermarket (think an Express or a Local) instead. But I had the temerity to smile at their crazy system where you and the shop assistant have to repeatedly step away from the counter so you are never too close together. Felt like country dancing! Maybe I should have shuffled rather than taken a big step? Maybe the big steps looked sarcastic somehow? (Though she pretty much ran away from the counter each time I was due to step up, so she was definitely behaving more dramatically than me!) I thought it was a rueful, this is crazy times, sort of chuckle and head shake, but the shop assistant was way on edge and I got screamed at. I should have known better. She had already barked at me to move away from the counter (rather than asking me to step back politely because it was a brand new system that I obviously wouldn't know about yet) and responded very snottily to my attempt to make conversation (with hindsight, I didn't choose the best opener), so I think she took my laughing at the situation as me laughing at her

It's rather ruffled my feathers

I guess she was just scared and only has a very basic knowledge of what we are dealing with. I'm much more aware of what the actual risks are, and am facing much greater risk than her everyday, but understanding those risks means I can feel I have some control over them. I'm lucky that my life has changed less than most - I'm still going to work every day and my basic job is the same, just with a coronavirus spin! It's probably hard for me to appreciate just how out of control some people feel, when I'm out there tackling the problem head on. At least you could argue I chose a profession where this was a risk, but that's hardly true of someone working in a supermarket!

[Guest]

Absinthe is all that is left in the off licence. Ill try to resist

I will wait until Friday for that one . I will just make do with a cuppa.

[Baldy]

How do you know he's disregarded the rules? Are you the NHS doctor he saw?

Yes. I'm the NHS doctor he saw.
Don't go to your holiday home is the government advice. Apparently if people disregard it and put others in danger then there will be consequences.

[Jay22]

Not only did he travel to Scotland but he travelled ill!!

[Mamzie]

ah, Self Contained, she is most likely absolutely terrified and likely had abuse thrown at her during the shift. I can understand how upset you too must be.

My uncle is lost, he is mid 70s, his day consists of strolling to collect daily paper, chat along way, feed a few stray cats, over to my Great Aunts 98 for early tea, visit another rotating family member... Now we have banned him from leaving his garden. Tomorrow we move a bench there so he can sit outside and talk as people pass, not his suggestion of leaning on the gate..

[Can the Man]

Is there any whiskey about? I have made it this far into the week. How is everyone?

As long as it�s Irish , come join me

[self-contained]

I do worry about how disorientating some older people will find this situation. Often, as people start to develop memory problems, they can mask it quite well by sticking to a particular routine. Take that routine away, and everything falls apart. I've seen it when people lost a pet, or when the local bus stops running.

[Babru]

I will wait until Friday for that one . I will just make do with a cuppa.

OH isn't supposed to drink for health reasons, so I haven't been either. However.....I purchased three miniature bottles of red wine at the weekend, two small glasses in each. They're for weekends only. Roll on the weekend! I'll be raising my glass to you all.