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In 40 minutes, at midday, I'll be going into government enforced lockdown.
I went out this morning to fetch the bins and bumped into the council litter picker.
He said that "they" aren't telling us everything and that really a country has exploded a nuclear bomb and the radiation is now all around us and falling out of the sky.
My god, it's going to be a boring couple of weeks.
Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. It takes constant practice.
Lewisham deserted today - almost no traffic, very few people apart from at the supermarket and pharmacies.
Queuing for entry at Sainsbury's for the first time, but only twenty in the queue when we arrived - and when we left. Stocks good, apart from pasta, we even managed to buy toilet roll, some tinned goods and long life milk today. Strict enforcement of social distancing at the checkouts by two women wearing riot-police type visors. Cashier enclosed by plastic screens, which was new.
Bus home practically empty - which is unheard of on a Sunday morning. That's it for us until Thursday.
Drove to Lancaster yesterday to drop off two bicycles at young spud`s flat. Him and his girlfriend are `key workers` and she needed a mode of transport to start work at 6 am - there is no train at that time, so she will have to cycle.
Although it was a necessary journey, we had the feeling of `wrongness` being on the road, as there was very little traffic on the 25 minute journey.
Whilst feeding the pig, three sallow yoofs pushing bikes appeared at the gate and asked if I had a bicycle pump - I walked up to them and said I`d find them one, but asked them to move well back from the gate.
The dopiest looking one asked: "Is that because your dogs bite?"
And I said: "No, its because of the f***in` virus".
He grunted: "Oh! Right."
So I got them a pump and watched two of them pulling wheelies whilst vaping, without a care in the world, whilst the other put air into his tyre.
Drove to Lancaster yesterday to drop off two bicycles at young spud`s flat. Him and his girlfriend are `key workers` and she needed a mode of transport to start work at 6 am - there is no train at that time, so she will have to cycle.
Although it was a necessary journey, we had the feeling of `wrongness` being on the road, as there was very little traffic on the 25 minute journey.
Whilst feeding the pig, three sallow yoofs pushing bikes appeared at the gate and asked if I had a bicycle pump - I walked up to them and said I`d find them one, but asked them to move well back from the gate.
The dopiest looking one asked: "Is that because your dogs bite?"
And I said: "No, its because of the f***in` virus".
He grunted: "Oh! Right."
So I got them a pump and watched two of them pulling wheelies whilst vaping, without a care in the world, whilst the other put air into his tyre.
I probably would have been the same at 16...
Watched that drone footage of London, surreal seeing it that quiet.
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
Watched that drone footage of London, surreal seeing it that quiet.
With his car journey, has Spud set an unstoppable chain of events in motion? The likes of whic we have rarely seen.
Someone I know made a 40km dash yesterday to pick up a potter's wheel.
On the lockdown front, day X. The big news is that I chipped a tooth. I got back from my daily bike ride (the weather had deteriorated today - cold and windy), sat down, was in the process of taking my trainers off, and part of one of my front teeth simply fell off.
Therefore, it wasn't a chipped tooth, just an unexplicably deteriorated / disintegrated one.
Watch this space. More "spell"binding stuff to follow.
Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. It takes constant practice.
With his car journey, has Spud set an unstoppable chain of events in motion? The likes of whic we have rarely seen.
Someone I know made a 40km dash yesterday to pick up a potter's wheel.
On the lockdown front, day X. The big news is that I chipped a tooth. I got back from my daily bike ride (the weather had deteriorated today - cold and windy), sat down, was in the process of taking my trainers off, and part of one of my front teeth simply fell off.
Therefore, it wasn't a chipped tooth, just an unexplicably deteriorated / disintegrated one.
Watch this space. More "spell"binding stuff to follow.
BTW.
It came into my mind that, if not for this crises then perhaps for the future, it may be wise to buy a gun.
Is that bad?
Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. It takes constant practice.
It came into my mind that, if not for this crises then perhaps for the future, it may be wise to buy a gun.
Is that bad?
I can recommend a good dentist.......
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
There's a rich image for you all to ponder (waves to the ladies)
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
Standards, dear boy, standards; we are not that type of forum (apart from spell).
One should never be in bed-time attire after midday; it is the slippery slope that leads to shopping in a onesie, and beyond.
It also implies a laissez-faire attitude to hygienic issues.
Desist, or go back from whence you came...
spud
I'm trying to use the current crisis to experiment with, and possibly subvert sartorial conventions that have hitherto held me back. In doing so I'm trying to leave behind any semblance of emotional repression and get in touch with my inner Terry Thomas.
We'll see how well I'm doing when I brew up next. If I can get her mind off the upcoming episode of "Pointless" I will know I am onto something.
I'm trying to use the current crisis to experiment with, and possibly subvert sartorial conventions that have hitherto held me back. In doing so I'm trying to leave behind any semblance of emotional repression and get in touch with my inner Terry Thomas.
We'll see how well I'm doing when I brew up next. If I can get her mind off the upcoming episode of "Pointless" I will know I am onto something.
I'm trying to use the current crisis to experiment with, and possibly subvert sartorial conventions that have hitherto held me back. In doing so I'm trying to leave behind any semblance of emotional repression and get in touch with my inner Terry Thomas.
We'll see how well I'm doing when I brew up next. If I can get her mind off the upcoming episode of "Pointless" I will know I am onto something.
I`m all for subversion of the accepted norms of sartorial elegance, but I do hope you still hold fast with the cravat, even with your jim-jams.
And, of course, we all doff our titfers toward TT - a beacon of caddishness we should all aspire to...
I`m all for subversion of the accepted norms of sartorial elegance, but I do hope you still hold fast with the cravat, even with your jim-jams.
And, of course, we all doff our titfers toward TT - a beacon of caddishness we should all aspire to...
Before
After
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
I think we all will be eventually; with me it`s Michael Portillo`s railway programme.
We`re in search of replacement ` little oases of joy` to fill the void of sport, restaurants, cafes and pubs...
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Trumpy's briefings, I'm sort of hooked on them now. It's like Jerry Springer on steroids.
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
Trumpy's briefings, I'm sort of hooked on them now. It's like Jerry Springer on steroids.
That's 2 weeks of lockdown done and dusted.
Today sees us enter the third week.
At the moment, the deadline for lockdown to end is in 2 weeks on 15th April. I can see that being extended for another 2 weeks, until the end of April / start of May, though.
After all, there's not much pont in coming out of lockdown until we've got this thing we'll and truely on the run. Even then, if there are only a handful of infected people remaining, won't they reinfect the rest of the population once more?
Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. It takes constant practice.
At the moment, the deadline for lockdown to end is in 2 weeks on 15th April. I can see that being extended for another 2 weeks, until the end of April / start of May, though.
After all, there's not much pont in coming out of lockdown until we've got this thing we'll and truely on the run. Even then, if there are only a handful of infected people remaining, won't they reinfect the rest of the population once more?
Interesting that each country has their own approach to the virus which is blind to borders. It's all very arbitrary.
Interesting that each country has their own approach to the virus which is blind to borders. It's all very arbitrary.
That`s true Rotts.
The President of Belarus` approach of instructing the country to drink vodka and take saunas is certainly novel, as is Viktor Orban`s - which may be giving Trumpyboy food for thought.
Orban is certainly not letting a crisis go to waste...
The President of Belarus` approach of instructing the country to drink vodka and take saunas is certainly novel, as is Viktor Orban`s - which may be giving Trumpyboy food for thought.
Orban is certainly not letting a crisis go to waste...
haha... I was aware of the Belarus guy but not Viktor Orban. Hungary is an EU member state as well.
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