Coronavirus: Stay or go
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You mean ‘huge majority’ I think. 😄
Good to see the letter inviting the other leaders to No. 10 this week. Good timing too, nobody would want to see JC walking through that door 😂
Wishful thinking possibly, but let’s hope they can all work together
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Perhaps it is time to close this thread, concerning as the subject matter is, it has degenerated into petty arguments, personal attacks, and now political opinions. Nearly 1700 posts, many 'content removed' it is now so far removed from the original post it has probably run its course.
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The thread serves a chance for members of the forum to share their views and observations.
One thing strikes me strongly and that is that for many the greatest exposure risk is in supermarkets. In some countries you are given a mask that you must wear to enter the store and also either demanded to use supplied hand sanitiser or gloves.
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This thread was quite interesting to some of us, it kept us in touch with what was going on in different areas. Now some have started talking politics! You know this will get it shut down. Please stop hijacking the thread for your own means and leave others to our general discussions. Why do some spoil it for the many!
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That probably lasted a week in our area. OK I could not get my desired butter or OH's preferred loaf for a further week but at least I could get butter and bread. I do wonder what will happen to all the bread making flour that people bought 'just in case' and probably won't, in most cases, need to use.
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We have not tried Peedee but from what I read on OH's small social forum others have had problems and are very much high risk.
In our case the day of the week that I choose to go and the time of day make a great difference. In our Lidl and Asda there is no problem walking straight in when I shop nor distancing.
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what clap trap, I have had a beard since i was 20ish, for 9 years i served in the Royal Navy, where sometimes, and in certain situations it was very difficult to shave, in many of these situations we were expected to wear gas masks, never had a problem with this and neither did thousands of others, and if you look around today, there are many within our NHS who have beards and wear face masks as part of their normal uniform.
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Not a 'hipster' then Metheven?!
Interesting view and it could even gain impetus and produce discussion along the lines of MH versus caravan, dogs and misbehaving children etc.
I have had to wear PPE for my work, in the past, and it was almost exclusively that-it was personal to me and I had to comply with my employers requirements for facial hair but this was in the emergency services.
Face masks, of the paper type, are generic and at the moment it seems may be best at preventing you passing on infection when exhaling or being infected however, as the opinion in the UK still seems to be mixed for their general use.
As for those that are actively engaged in work that invlolves unavoidable close contact with others then I would hope that they are indeed getting appropriate PPE
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Yes, Waitrose. No other communication except a note appeared on the delivery slot page and slots have been coming up. You're asked to check daily for releases. It has worked for me. I'm having to add an elderly neighbours list to mine, their family live a distance away and said they can't arrange it for them...I think if you don't hear directly or get the "note" you need to register on the gov.uk site. Sorry can't find the link just now but I saw it yesterday when trying to sort things for my neighbours. Their family haven't done the footwork needed. Anyway we're running a two horse shopping list now.
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You are not alone, its just a free for all, first come first served. All slots booked weeks in advance.
Time to shop local, IF that doesnt mean a opportunist overcharging corner shop.
We have a local wholesaler who usually delivers to hotels, cafes etc., who is doing local deliveries of greengrocery plus essentials like local Milk and Bread.
Bet there is a local Cafe/Wholesaler/producer who is trying to get their business to survive. By doing deliveries. Support them.
We are rurally remote and have only 2 Supermarkets Tesco and Asda who deliver to this area. One of the drawbacks of living in the Country.
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I'm very interested to see if there are positive results here. My OH hasn't had a letter despite being told by the consultant in telephone consultation 10 days ago he was very high risk. I've registered him on the government website and had acknowledgement.
Waitrose had no slots saying priority to vunerable, link to register, but that's fine now. It said they would be using gov register. Iceland says vunerable only, clucking on their sign offers slots that are unavailable! I've managed a Tesco slot for 21st, at 2am on 1st. Thank goodness for great neighbours and friends I say!
Friends finally got a slot for his mother, in her 90's living alone in Kent so they don't need to deliver to her from Essex for a bit. But until about a year ago, when she lost her husband, they arranged deliveries for them so really it was reinstating them and I know they made numerous emails and phone calls before it happened, I believe another attempt to book a slot revealed she was on the priority list.
I know it's still all very early days in organising things but....... Waitrose had a bite to say remember others and only book one slot not multiple ones........
I'd do click and collect but they're like hens teeth too!
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Fire Service. No full beards, as the seal doesn’t seal depending on the style of the beard. Clean shaven where the mask needs to seal around your face. Masks do different tasks, are designed differently.
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I just put a loaf in the bread maker.😉Can't beat nice fresh bread.😀
Bread flour was and is almost impossible to get in the supermarkets round here, unless you happen to visit as they put some on the shelves. However, a cafe / cake shop in the village, that can no longer open as a cafe, is selling flour of all types. I bought 3 kilos which will make 6 loaves. Usually we buy those individual packets of speciality breads with everything in including the yeast. I don't expect to see those appear again until after this is all over.
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Registered on the Government website somethime a go Brue and also for Waitrose deliveries, it does not appear to have made any difference. Perhaps there are just too many high risk customers? I stayed up until gone midnight to get a Tesco slot on Friday but the earliest I could get was 24th April. Being on the government's list does not seem to have made any difference.
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It seems by the following posts yours is just an opinion based on your 'Captain Birdseye' furry like of facial hair, gas masks are completely different. Beards etc have always been unhygienic, food is designed to be eaten not to accumulate around the face
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Mrs M did manage to get some bread flour and yeast on her last trip to Sainsburys. I made a carrot & fennel seed loaf earlier this week which was (if I say it myself!
) delicious but only lasted a couple of days!Tomorrow I'm going to try a rosemary and raisin loaf and then parsnip and nutmeg. That'll be that unless we manage to get some more flour.
I did a course just after I retired but, like so many things, it gradually got forgotten about. This has been a good opportunity to dust off the notes (not to mention the breadmaker!
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