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Post by Martin on Apr 14, 2020 9:34:33 GMT
John I fully understand your frustrations. Unfortunately holidays are banned since they are "non-essential", and anyway hotels and restaurants are closed so you can't stay anywhere or eat whilst away from home. It's caused us issues at work as we can arrange for testing to be done at a few test houses still functioning, but our staff cannot stay nearby or eat due to these reasons..... they're too far to drive to-and-fro for a few days on the trot Not all hotels are closed, some are partially open for essential workers (not that your colleagues will be eligable), but I'm sure John was talking about taking time off at home.
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Post by johnc on Apr 14, 2020 10:54:24 GMT
but I'm sure John was talking about taking time off at home. I was!
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 14, 2020 12:26:29 GMT
Oh.....to me, time at home isn't a holiday
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Post by Martin on Apr 14, 2020 12:37:44 GMT
Oh.....to me, time at home isn't a holiday It might feel more like that if you were stuck in the office all day (as John is). Having some time off on Saturday and Sunday felt like a holiday to me, despite working from home for the last 3 weeks. It was really nice only having to work for about an hour each day and then able to enjoy the garden and have a BBQ/few beers. I'm looking forward to a big holiday even more then ever though.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Apr 14, 2020 13:31:29 GMT
When I had my hip done we had to sleep in one of the other bedrooms as our bed was too low. It was on the back of the house and a room we keep for guests. For a couple of weeks it did feel like a bit of a holiday at home.
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Post by alf on Apr 15, 2020 8:51:47 GMT
I can't really complain so far, but I am in a fairly new relationship (hence regular exercise can occur indoors as well), we have a nice house and garden (I say "we", it's hers...), and her kids are only with us half the time. Which is fairly chaotic but sometimes I miss the structure - and endless things that need doing - when they are not here. I'm enjoying working less hard, getting up at 8 daily, and being able to run or cycle every day - even during the working day - with no guilt. I am also enjoying getting the RC cars out, air rifles, model plane kits, and fettling and riding all the bikes. Basically having a tinker with stuff that was in storage from my old life.
It won't last though - I miss travel, a lot, and eating out - even coffees out - and shopping. We go out a lot of times a (weekend/holiday) day normally, and we eat out and travel a lot. I miss proper coffee and will buy a proper machine as soon as the house sale goes through. And I miss being able to go out more times than once, more than anything - when working from home I often just walk around the block or local park mid morning, might walk into town at lunch, and also run or cycle that day...
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Post by PG on Apr 16, 2020 18:30:36 GMT
I hope that this period might make people re-evaluate what is important - like not taking your health for granted for example and assuming that the NHS will help you even if you've abused your body to the point of failure through drink / drugs / food etc. But then I realise that it will be a very brave politician who stands up and says "most of the people who died had pre-existing conditions and so if you want to live a better life you need to take responsibility for your own health a lot more...".
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 16, 2020 19:25:20 GMT
There is at least one on-line report/story that says that 90% of those who have died of Covid-19 had significant underlying health issues and all the virus did was hasten their demise. How anyone proves this is another matter
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Post by racingteatray on Apr 16, 2020 19:54:24 GMT
There is at least one on-line report/story that says that 90% of those who have died of Covid-19 had significant underlying health issues and all the virus did was hasten their demise. How anyone proves this is another matter Fairly easily I would have thought?!
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Post by Martin on Apr 16, 2020 20:02:27 GMT
There is at least one on-line report/story that says that 90% of those who have died of Covid-19 had significant underlying health issues and all the virus did was hasten their demise. How anyone proves this is another matter I’ve read that too and I’m not surprised. But the lockdown is all about ensuring we don’t overwhelm the hospitals, so it doesn’t really make a difference other than make most of us feel less concerned about getting it. If we haven’t already.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2020 21:39:51 GMT
Not surprising when you consider the death toll every year from flu and other standard issue nasties, preexisting conditions is another way of saying a weakened system gives up.
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Post by Andy C on Apr 18, 2020 9:43:51 GMT
The pub, football (playing and watching) , squash, Oh and Nando’s. Tried to make my own version last night but it just wasn’t the same
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Post by LandieMark on Apr 18, 2020 9:49:41 GMT
I've never eaten a Nandos.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2020 10:33:23 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 18, 2020 12:04:02 GMT
^ Strange, my ticket from Bristol Aerospace Museum last year celebrates 50 years of Concorde flying
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Post by PG on Apr 18, 2020 12:18:24 GMT
^ Strange, my ticket from Bristol Aerospace Museum last year celebrates 50 years of Concorde flying The first test flight was March 1969, so that's where the 50 years comes from.
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Post by alf on Apr 20, 2020 14:16:54 GMT
There is at least one on-line report/story that says that 90% of those who have died of Covid-19 had significant underlying health issues and all the virus did was hasten their demise. How anyone proves this is another matter It is only statistical analysis well after the event that shows how more more additional deaths than usual a pandemic caused. At the moment any intelligent person can spot big holes in how it is reported - sometimes the same BBC homepage has headlines directly at odds with each other. Given that we quite often get flu outbreaks that cause an additional 10-20k or so deaths a year, over and above the usual, the total numbers for deaths so far don't look that alarming - it was just compressed into a short space of time, which overwhelms the NHS and leads to more deaths than are necessary. But its the long term view that will matter - and as always various reports will skew things this way and that according the the slant they were written in...
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