What are you all up to
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No worries Nevers, it’s possibly going to be as exciting as today gets😂
Never mind, we are British, and in a crisis...............we talk about the weather!
Rain.☹️ I am confined to barracks after six weeks of glorious sunshine. However, being a former Girl Guide (didn’t last long, but the uniform was nice) I got prepared. Jigsaw corner now established, crafting supplies fully stocked, all systems go after pooch walking.
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I am pleased to see that we are all overcoming the CT problems. They can't keep us down
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Dull and wet here, although can't go for a walk anyway as we have some New BBQ stuff arriving. Will just need some sun then.😀 I think they are trying to justify our council tax rise. Yesterday the drain cleaner came round. Today the road sweeper has been past twice. No sign of the recycling collection lorry though.☹️
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REDKITE,
Thanks for the update on GDSF - I saw your post and replied late last night but I'm not the only one who had a sleep obviously !!
IT departments ?
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Sadly I had to admit to one of my many friends from Dorset that it is most unlikely I will get there again as the strain of 600 acres of farmland on aging bones is rather too much now. I have to thank 'lockdown' etc for stopping me changing my mind and spoiling another autumn with lots of painkillers and 'rubs'
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But thanks non the less
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Saw a bit on telebox yesterday about a flour mill still grinding away and selling too. Article was enhanced (?
) by a bloke plucking at a small stringed instrument and singing the old Pete Seeger song :--
# Where have all the flours gone # ??
Don't blame Brian, he only repeated what he saw and heard, Honest
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Hope all are OK and jogging along. This lock down has been easier than I imagined, not stressed and finding enough pottering to do. Had an email this morning saying testing is available as below:
Testing is now available to all over 65s and members of their households, if they have symptoms.
Additionally, any worker who needs to leave their home in order to go to work, and their households, if any of them have symptoms can also get a test.
This means construction workers to emergency plumbers, research scientists to those in manufacturing – can now be tested.
If this applies to you, or anyone in your household, please go online now and apply for a test.
Mrs One has just about completed her first bag. Had to wash all the material first so lost a day there. Will post a photo when its complete
Stay safe all
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Well the pic below tells the story of me over the last few days.
Background, daughter was sent home from work on Friday feeling nauseous and dizzy, we took her temperature it was top end of normal. Anyway next day no improvement and she was told to go to a local care centre where they took bloods which were normal but her temperature was 37.8 and alarms bells went off. She was told to self isolate and of course that meant all of us in the same house. Her sister had the same symptoms but myself and Mrc C hardly nothing. Apparently the home thermometers under your tongue types are 'usually useless' and we have since got a proper ear one and the difference is indeed about 1.5C
Anyway because she is a key worker she and all of us were eligible for a test. We booked one on Sunday morning for the Monday at 1.30pm, This was very good at the local Ikea car park (just a 15 minute drive for us) and extremely well organised, no queue really and you show your QR code on your phone through the car window to be scanned, your swab bags are placed under your wipers and then further along some very friendly soldiers took three swabs, two from the back of your throat (bit of a gag reflex) and one up your nose which does make your eyes water but that's all, in and out within ten minutes. Results came back last night before 9pm so about 30 hours waiting, and we were all negative.
This is not a lament for what happened or to say glad we got through it (actually it feels like a temporary reprieve really) but just to give you an idea of what happens and I have to say I'm impressed.
Stay safe everyone
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It’s good to hear you’re 'negative', Corners, and that the system worked so well. 👍🏻
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Cornersteady glad you've got the all clear for now.
Just heard a friend's daughter has tested positive! She works in care home in Cornwall. 3 clients deaths so tests were at the home on Thursday, 3 staff positive, she was clear, but symptoms on Saturday tested at Plymouth Monday now confirmed positive. Worrying times.
My clear out of our small shed, not plucked up courage to tackle big one yet! Revealed several tarpaulins. So this morning made new cover for our whirly washing line that doesn't get much use these days and original one was falling apart. Quite successful but not such robust material but result better than the one discarded. Still to attempt masks, have some elastic but not much and some rather posh soft stuff, a bit wide and plush, probably a stack at mums! Do have some sheering elastic, so procrastinating AGAIN.
Also wondering how to do up, house or window(s) for VE 75, afternoon front garden something currently being discussed. Why did I clear out most left over material from projects? When we emptied our motorhome I found Union Jack's from the last jubilee, so I need to look for those too, in a safe place! We have paper but no coloured pencils etc 😢. And a printer with ink that wont recognise my tablet. Frustrating or what?
Raining again now, wind had dried things up rather quickly earlier.
Tammygirl, I know your post has disappeared 😉 but I hope your finger isn't too painful. Physio son says tendons much much slower to heal than bones, so be careful and dont aggravate it further 😉. Time to slow up a bit 😂😂😂
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Yes that’s good news Corners and thanks for the insight into the testing process.
We went ahead with the 11:00 Aerobic session in the street this morning despite the colder weather; it’s becoming the highlight of our day, good for mind and body.
Keep safe everyone.
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I’ve got a day off work today so busied myself with cleaning the bathroom and hoovering throughout the house. As it’s colder today I’ve made a stew for tea (meat from the farm shop delivery). It’s in the slow cooker so the house smells lovely. Dumplings ready to go in later.
Then I invited my sister to a “FaceTime” cheese and biscuits lunch. We both made a plate of chutney, cheese, biscuits, apple etc and sat talking to each other for over an hour. What a lovely way to catch up, which we would never have done prior to lockdown. I managed to prop the iPad up using a cookery book stand and we had a good chat and laugh.1 -
So much for National Health Service. It should be called English Health Service (substitute own country of residence).
The care home service in Wales has, in my opinion, just been thrown to the wolves. No country wide testing until you actually come down with something. So a Care Home nurse who is asymptomatic can see dozens of residents and provide to their needs and infect every one of them before this Welsh Government will act. Utter disgrace. Good luck to one and all in England.
Glad to hear that your family's testing came back negative CS.
From Not a Happy Bunny in Wales.
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Major aerobics session chez ABM today too
-- bed stripped, bed re-fettled, washing machine chunking away merrily, tumble dryer sobbing about over-use { Well it is pouring down in South Cheshire now }. So glad I got my trip into ASDA yesterday 'cos I really would Hate being in a Social Distancing queue out in their car park !!
P.S. / Edit :-- please change that from pouring down to 'ammering down -- I cannot hear my fingers on the keyboard right now
Take great care of yourselves everybody, please or I'll send the C&MH Club I T Team round to sort you out [ So There
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So sorry to hear of your problems with your Health Service WN. The major difficulty with being in smaller units for whatever reason is their more parochial views on different matters. Sadly, no matter how brilliant certain sections of the country may be , too often it is a case of 'Might is Right' and the little bits are totally over-ridden. Very sad.
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Yes I noticed that WN. Not good. Appallingly bad, there need to be some very strong questions asked about Wales and the services it is receiving, and I suspect England are pulling the strings to be honest.
Thanks to Corners for that insight, glad you are all ok. Anyone who thinks things are easing up at the moment needs a damn good dose of reality. Some of the statistics are days away from reality.☹️
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Wherenext that is terrible.
I expect to see some big claims for such things including lack of PPE etc once things settle down.
Friend was talking the other day, her OH was part of health dept on immunisation and when swine flu was about to hit, all teams pulled together - he went with a colleague to Sweden to describe our preparedness as we were considered number 1 for readiness! Probably a decade ago!
Just tackling mask, from OH culled shirts, can get 2 out of the back 😀. All going swimmingly but I kept thinking the demo one didn't appear as deep as mine. Only trimmed one of the possible 2 to correct size. Guess which one I spent time working on? 😤😤. Good job I checked the dimensions with those given right at the end of the video 🤐. At least I didnt see it, chucked in the corner for now, just having a break before starting the correct measurements one! Then I'll have to stop and prepare dinner!
Sounds like a lovely lunch ADD46
Still raining 😀
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This how the BBC are reporting the situation. Just for information and without comment.
David
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Re-care homes. It's been the main problem all over the UK, elderly patients with Covid19 were discharged from hospitals to care homes. My friend's son in law who works in a London care home has had a dreadful time coping with this, very serious for him as he has to look after his young daughter who has already lost her Mum a few years ago. He felt it was his duty as a key worker in palliative care to continue with his work, like a lot of medics and carers they have had to cope in very difficult conditions. I sincerely hope care homes now get the help and recognition they so rightly deserve.
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So, in the real world, Wales is now where England was, not enough test kits, what/where are the priorities?
If I had a family member in a care home, I along with no doubt thousands of others might just be considering legal action at some point. I am just so angry about this, these are loved ones, frail, frightened, possibly having to use everything they own to fund care, and then to end up as collateral damage, not to mention the mental stress on those trying to care for them. It’s appalling. Not just the elderly either, there are a lot of younger people in care homes. The disabled son of one of my Mum’s friends had to go into care when she died. He’s 45.
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When you take away all of the political obsfucation it basically boils down to the fact that they don't have enough testing equipment or the infrastructure in place to carry them out. The same as PPE.
If the UK was the first place to get this virus and you were playing catch up then you could understand the situation but we were almost the last major European country to be affected and over 6 weeks into a full on virus pandemic and STILL we're playing catch up.
We're fortunate at this moment in time in that we don't have any relatives in care homes although we do have some friends of MiL, who is understandably distraught at the current state of play. She described herself and her friends as Collateral Damage. A damning indictment.
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I have an uncle in a beautiful retirement home on the coast in Lancashire. Touch wood, they are all ok at the moment. He's 91 a in very good health, he couldn't get into The Royal Hospital Chelsea when he was ready after my darling aunt died because they were refurbishing. HUGE fees to be where he is but is back near his family instead of being in London where he settled after leaving the army and marrying my aunt.
He describes it as an iron curtain around the place, no out or in and communal activities had ceased but now are much less than they were. He is lucky he has a balcony overlooking the sea and can watch the outside world. Little going on, but Sunday's his niece brings her dog to the beach for exercise, as she has done since he moved in 4 years ago, but instead or her and the dog coming in, they have a shouty conversation from the balcony to the garden. Hopefully it'll stay that way 🤞🤞
I know he's finding it difficult, he reads, does puzzles etc but misses sport. Good luck to those poor folk who are being confined to their rooms in not such nice surroundings. Very very sad.
We were sooooo unprepared for something we knew was coming, not only with testing and PPE but borders, quarantine etc. Contrast with NZ about 3 weeks behind us in terms of cases, but lockdown and quarantine just before us. Now dropped from level 4, lockdown, to level 3. Less than 20 deaths in total and far fewer cases. As their PM said we have a moat. What a shame we don't 🤔 and we didn't take advantage of it! 😤 I was told it would kill the economy if we shut the borders and quarantined 😢🤣🤣🤣
First mask made, elastic to long for me but ok for OH,. I don't like the raw edge so tweaking next one. shortened elastic length and using round elastic. Will finish it, OH made a cuppa, then start on dinner, toad in the hole, not had for years, and resume mask making tomorrow. Bonus I found some felt squares from a project, red white and blue but limited size squares, still food for thought.
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Bakers re the masks, the first ones I made had 5mm wide elastic but I now use 3mm wide, it sits easier on the ears. The large size fits OH, sister and BIL fine but to big for me, so I wear the medium size. I also top stitch all round the masks once I've turned it to the right side.
Went out this morning to The Range, almost had it to ourselves, so indulged in a slow walk around the store felt almost normal. We did however wear our masks.
Finally got the rain here late afternoon, looks to be nice and slow and light so hope it keeps up for a few hours so it has time to soak in.
Damaged finger is doing fine, managing to do almost everything as normal, OH however is on the dishes and kitchen duty
I have to keep it dry and rubber gloves don't fit over the splint
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Not particularly down to population and size. Yes much less densely populated overall but something like 3/4 of the population live from Auckland south to Rotorua which is quite a small area compared overall to both the islands.
Its shutting down, quarantine etc 'using the moat'. They rely heavily on tourism but still stopped new arrivals moving from self isolation for 14 days after arrival, granted not much fun if you've gone for 3 weeks. But it worked.
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I don't think New Zealand is a good comparison either. Well done to them for what they have done and achieved but they had a much easier task to start with. The number of people going into NZ must be absolutely tiny compared to the UK. As I understand it the main source of the virus in the UK was people returning from winter holidays in Italy. Those people returned to the UK before anyone realised the consequences. Where people were coming into the UK from China (Wuhan) they were put into isolation for 14 days and it seems none of them had the virus as they were all tested.
I am sure when they have an enquiry about COVID 19 they will realise that there were mistakes along the way but as they always say hindsight is a wonderful thing!!!
David
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B2. I suppose we live on an island too but it's not quite as remote as NZ is when it comes to mingling with our very near neighbours, 66 million of us rather than nearly 5 million in NZ plus millions in Europe.
Today I have been baking and ironing. I wasn't going to do anything other than ironing but I emptied the freezer of some fruit from last year and started making puddings. Daughter came over to collect visiting dog, collected a couple of puddings too. Farewells went as well as can be expected in Cumbria, overnight camping was freezing, so they did well. Service stations just open for loos and snack food. They took everything with them, no traffic except for lorries all the way up and back, 5 1/2 hour journey instead of 9 hours!
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