Corona Virus Concerns
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Hope so👍
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Yes, they certainly are horrendous but 'we' need to know about these wet markets and the reasons why they exist. I was more shocked, not surprised mind, to see the conditions in these American ones. Watching the video, as horrified as I was, made me realise the cultural and religious issues which underpin them. Looking at the video of the many New York wet markets and you can see why the closure is not happening. The clientele need 'educating' in some way and there in lies the problem.
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Anyone concerned about animal abuse is no stranger to some of the horrendous goings on around the World, often a lot closer to home than you might expect as well. It’s one of the few things that puts me off travelling abroad, I don’t cope well with it. Stray off the well trodden , sanitised tourist areas and it can be stomach churning. (Not just in terms of animals either, slavery is still alive and kicking in places). People will always eat meat, but my issue is with the treatment of something that will be in pain and suffer. Some countries are still medieval in terms of their regard for animals, either culturally or religiously. Even if they rely upon that animal for their livelihood.
Mother Nature gave UK a good kicking with the BSE issue, great idea feeding a large percentage of diseased sheep remains to herbivorous cattle😡
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Sadly heard on BBC news this morning that some police forces have been so inundated with reports of folk breaking the lockdown that they are now asking people to confront those doing so rather than reporting it which, I fear, sets a worrying precedent.
Meanwhile the prize for the stupidest explanation for breaking the rules must go to the guy stopped by the police on the M5 saying he needed a few hours break from the wife and kids!
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Agree, best not discussed.👍
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50 fines issued in Brighton Sat/Sun to people travelling from other areas ,including one couple from St Albans,,150 mile round trip
Two local rehoming centres have had since the pandemic restrictions first announced have had a surge in enquiries ,from those "off work"to ,as they suspect ,get round the once a day outside exercise, without any real thought of the future of the dogs
"A Dog is for life not just for Corvid19" could be Dogs Trusts new logo?
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Opposite here M. Police in Sutton in Ashfield are asking folk not to confront, as it has been leading to big arguments Particularly in the parks.
On another stupidly note. Over the weekend Police in Betws-y-Coed stopped a motorcyclist. He claimed to be doing his shopping. When pressed it emerged he had come from Nottingham. He was fined and told to return home.
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Yes, I didn't catch which police force(s) it was specifically referring to and I did find it a little surprising given the repeated thanks from various government ministers this week for the vast majority of folk adhering to the rules.
Still some notable exceptions though and, to paraphrase, not only do they walk amongst us, but apparently they drive and motorcycle amongst us too!
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And me! You could get the full set here AD!😉
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Good News - we have a Morrison's food delivery later today.
Not so good news - Despite trying for 5 days we couldn't order milk. Seems out of stock! I read that farmers are throwing it away so not sure why we couldn't get it. Now I will still have to go out, so defeats the object of home delivery. Don't think we will use Morrisons again, unless really desperate.
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+1 double how about that
post edit - triple
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When I'm out walking, and considering myself to be still a young chap, I'm usually the one to go onto the road to give distance to others.
But now I've noticed that others coming towards me have started a good distance off to be the ones who go out in to the road, maybe I look older than I think
I like the thank yous we give to each other though.
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The big supermarkets are struggling at times Debs, we use a small, local Tesco Express, they usually have lots of milk in stock. It all depends on delivery times, sometimes onliners drop lucky and scoop up all stock, other times the in store buyers drop lucky and it’s gone before pickers can get to it. Swings and roundabouts. Not good for those totally reliant upon online.☹️
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We must be very fortunate here as we have now no shortages of any items that I can tell. Milk in abundance, as is beans, eggs, fish, meat, toilet rolls, hand sanitiser, flour, broccoli, cauliflower etc.
DIY items are getting difficult to obtain though, Wicks, B&Q, Tool Store ans Screwfix all doing click and collect but not the full range of items in their catalogue, you have to go online to see what they are offering.
Seemingly at the weekend Aldi, Lidl, The Range and Home Bargains all had potting compost and lots of plants for sale, sadly its all gone now.
The Pharmacy in Asda's was very quiet today when I went to get my sisters prescription, first time I've seen it like that in weeks. What I can't understand is why were the pharmacies all so busy. The Dr's will only grant a prescription when one is due (usually every 2 mths) so why such an increase of folk.
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As a little girl I used to watch Mum cook, and there was one particular cookery book with pictures in I loved to look through. When Mum passed away I kept this book, which was really a war/ration cook book. Yesterday, with the larder running a bit low I looked at it, for inspiration on how to make something from nothing. So just to let you know - lots of recipes on how to cook your WHALE meat, but don't roast it, cos it doesn't work, apparently! If you have no milk don't worry, you can chop your Tripe very small and fry it with onions. I won't even tell you about the pigs head and the eels! Thank goodness I found some bacon in the freezer.
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re Milk.
The farms that are having to pour milk away are probably contracted to processors who supply processors for the hospitality sector - not only to put milk in coffee in coffee shops, but to be processed into products used in manufacturing various raw ingredients. Not all pub grub etc is made from scratch using raw ingredients. Cream prices have hit the floor.
There's a knock on affect throughout milk production, with several processors asking farms to cut production. And, because of the uncertainty generally prices paid to farmers are dropping rapidly.
And to cheer me up because all this is worrying and I don't want to think about it, here's a photo of our cat Queenie.
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Mrs C has just returned from the weekly shop and no shortages of anything now (Sainburys) and just a 5 minute wait to queue and get in.
Hope you found some milk in the end?
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Our local Morrisons had plenty of milk last time I was there, last Thursday. The first week of lockdown they were rationing it to three containers per customer. The last two weeks there has been no restriction.
Soap and handwash is a different story, they haven't had any of any description for weeks. There's a notice limiting sales to two items per customer but absolutely nothing on the shelves.
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I gave up with Morrisons as I could never book a slot even having waited in their queuing system for an hour on one occasion!
We had our third delivery (since the just before the lockdown) from Waitrose this morning. Fewer substitutions and only a couple of things not available, bleach being one of them! No problem with milk but I think Waitrose produce a lot of their own milk on their own farm. It was a young lady driving the delivery van and she normally works in John Lewis but has been seconded to Waitrose until things calm down. She seemed to be enjoying the change. She said that she preferred driving the van to her own car, probably the high up driving position?
David
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