Corona Virus Concerns
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I often wake after a few hours sleep and listen with earphones or bluetooth speaker under my pillow to past radio4 'episodes' of Ramblings, Open Country, Natural Histories, Living World are my real favourites but there are plenty of others, on BBC sounds. Lovely to listen to and if you drop off no unexpected noises, as can happen with plays 😯.
Hope they'll help you too, they will run on from one episode to another. It's usually when they stop that I wake 😂.
Otherwise an audiobook, but you do need a 'happy' tale as the gruesome ones can cause bad dreams 😂😂😂
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Gosh I must be a real spendthrift 😱🤐. Our household bill frightens me at times. I shop in little shops, the butchers and supermarkets and usually Wilko for toiletries and bird food etc so it's probably less than £30 in each but when you add them up together!! Still I as keep telling OH no pockets in a shroud 😉. And now more than ever I'm happy to pay a realistic price for 'proper' food.
Don't they reckon that now food comprising less of our income than it has done ever??
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There was plenty of road kill on the A590 last Tuesday when we went through to the hospital at Kendal, including a small Deer and a couple of Badgers.
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I was raised in a household that kept chickens, turkeys and (before I was born), the occasional pig, on an allotment. So I actually grew up around chickens being killed and drawn on a regular basis. It never bothered us as children, it was just life. The chicken was well looked after, died a very quick death, and provided a delicious meal. But as I got older, late teenager, I decided I didn’t want to eat meat any more. Not even well cared for chicken. Few decades now, and I don’t miss it.
Scratch lasagne turned out well. And the veg box turned up, fabulous choice of goodies. Eggs as well, so tomorrow I shall be making..........
Chocolate and Mandarin Ice Cream 🍦😋😋 Shared with Mum and Sis, a late Easter present.
Bakers, you are just like me......I have someone reading to me as I go to sleep every night. It is my cure for not being able to sleep years ago, when work was very stressful. I used to listen to World Service, but it got so gruesome at one time, years ago, I had to give up on it. You don’t want anything too exciting though, or it keeps you awake!😂
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I thought of Booths at Chorley too, it's quite close to where we live too, but I haven't ventured into Chorley since the lockdown.
Did go to Aldi at Chorley at about 5.45pm today, no queue and only about 8 people inside, bliss! Quite well-stocked too, although no flour.
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Previously I posted Sainsburys were offering deliveries , but not in our Area. Now had an e mail from ASDA, who not only will deliver but have given me a slot for 24/4. Made out an order as we are really short of items. Its OK to ask our neighbors for a few things but dont want to impose. Looks like everything else on this disease, things are evolving and getting better but putting them into action is taking a little longer.
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Why can't he have cereal and toast like the rest of us?
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I find round the horn , Jonners cricket tapes ,go to sleep with a smile on youre face , PS ime only 65and tthree quaters .
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An Australian shopper has been shamed for requesting a refund on 4,800 toilet rolls and 150 litres of hand sanitiser after he bought the products to sell on for a profit before his selfish plan backfired and he was left with unneeded items.
Gives me a warm glow🤣😛😋
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It rather puts a request for a 3 month membership extension in the shade 😂
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I don't think we spend that much on an average week at the supermarket, around the £60 mark.
I do shop around, in as much that in normal times we go in various shops at the retail park and if I see something that is cheaper than the supermarkets like washing liquid/powder, toiletries etc I'll buy them and pop them in the store cupboard for later.
Wine, beer and spirits is hardly ever on our shopping list, OH likes a glass of wine now and again with his meal. A glass of spiced rum again now and again. I'm not that bothered these days about a alcohol. Cakes, biscuits and puddings only now and again, so our biggest costs are usually meat, fish, fresh fruit and veg. I'm fairly good at making meals out of very little and using left overs.
WN, I suffer from waking up very early morning and not being able to get back to sleep, sends OH mad as that's when I dream up all sorts of 'tasks' for him to do.
always been a bad sleeper, usually much better when we are away in the van.0 -
Funnily enough TG I'm the same about sleeping better in the van, mainly because I'm knackered though.
Mrs WN can't understand the reasoning and will quite often sleep in the single bed at home, mainly because she likes to watch drawing or painting YouTube's well past midnight. Actually, now that I think of it, she could probably do an online search for delivery slots! Will tentatively suggest it to her.
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Just seen the 'viral' video of people on Westminster Bridge, including several Police Officers, applauding NHS Staff. Fair enough, but lots of those people were nowhere near 2 metres apart. As the 'Have I Got News For You' Twitter Feed says, 'Applauding the staff who will be treating you next week ...'
It may take 14 days or so for the symptoms to appear, but the sentiment holds good.
Beggars belief.
Steve
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Another nocturnal foray onto supermarket delivery slots. Seems 0045 isn't early enough to secure one 😤😢. However it seems Waitrose have altered their page, and ate only releasing a few days ahead, these say 'fully booked' where they used to say unavailable, which appears in the later dates. (Or maybe I was sufficiently awake/sleepy for reading it properly?? Who knows? Who cares? Outcome is the same!
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Well on that note I tried just now. No joy. Unavailable more slots added soon. Actually it's too close, their latest date 23rd, to our 2 booked deliveries, so its academic really.
Glad you've got one booked. Out of interest do they limit number of items you can buy in total? Tesco have a limit of 80, some items have limits as well. Sounds a lot but isn't when your stocks are low. Presume it's to speed up picking in turn offering more slots???
I do wonder whether here it is sheer population size ratio to supermarkets which deliver?? Who knows? Will we ever know?
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Bakers2
Have you signed up as a vulnerable customer with Waitrose and have you had am email confirming that from Waitrose? It may depend whether you were previously a My Waitrose card holder as that is where they are getting most of the information from. We registered under Margaret's card and we have got three slots in the pipeline now. However if I log in under my log in, which is not registered as vulnerable I get exactly the same as you, either fully booked or unavailable.
David
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Not able, as far as I can see, to register as vunerable.
Didnt ever have their loyalty card as didnt shop there often enough to warrant one. It's an 8 mile drive, so combined visits when in that town.
Did email them via their contact page when we registered several weeks back. Just get standard reply and do not respond to this email. If you have a link I'd love it 😀 please.
Similar situation with Iceland.
At least he is confirmed by the GP as being on the list - we await further developments in due course.......
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Bakers2
I think the fact that you are unknown to Waitrose either via the My Waitrose Card or their Partnership Card CC means they have nothing to base classing you as in the vulnerable group. I think the Government scheme is very slow to come on stream. I don't know how it works once you have been accepted, do they contact the supermarkets or do they give you a code? You might have more luck with Click and Collect if you are able to travel to your nearest store?
When we arranged a delivery from Iceland all you had to do was to click the link on the website to confirm vulnerability. We only had the one delivery so I have no idea whether it has changed. I did seem to remember that only a few days slots were available at a time.
David
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If a family member of mine is anything to go by the Govt is taking the mick-he filled out the form & sent it, a week later got a reply that said-‘yes you are vulnerable contact you local council’. We did. . .They know nothing about the scheme. Typical really. . .Headline grabbing scheme that falls flat just like PPE for the NHS😤😤
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One of the major problems of the moment according to local and national news is fly tipping on a grand scale. It seems that the worst is being carried out by unscrupulous unlicensed collectors taking advantage of recycling centres being closed and preying on unsuspecting householders who do not realize that if any of the rubbish is traced back to them they may end up in court.
Our local council has just put out a message on social media, council website and local media that the recycling centres have reopened with immediate effect. Hours are slightly reduced and there are some additional restrictions on vehicle size and further instructions on precautions. Hope this will reduce fly tipping around here which must be costing a fortune to deal with.
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I’m afraid the reality doesn’t always live up to the words we hear, Rocky.😢
I hope your relative gets sorted.
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That’s a no☹️(Well not from the official channels) yet I’ve seen & heard on local tv & radio there are 1 million big hearted souls who’ve volunteered to help but are basically sat around waiting to help🤷🏻♂️. Govts eh?, big on words but tiny on action. . .Muppets all of em😤
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Oh yes done that too. Still nothing. I have applied for my waitrose scheme but nothing as yet. I actually signed us both up as I realised if it was government info then it would need himself's info. Neither succeeds.I think you're completely right, but as OH isn't over 70 I suspect it wouldn't have made any difference.
Onwards and upwards 😉
Rocky2buckets After registering OH on government website we did get a text 😀. Contact GP if you'd not had 'the letter'. Duly did - they confirm on vunerable list but letters nothing to do with them! Did however say they have a social prescriber, take no notice of the title who would call us. She did, lovely lady, turns out all she can do is offer the local help via Provide, but I do have a number now if we get in a muddle. She says they respond quickly, but who knows??? I'll make sure I call early if necessary 😉
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I hope our council follow suit we've got 10 black sacks of garden rubbish piled up and more to follow. If supermarkets can arrange social distancing then surely it's not that difficult to organise at the local tip.
I read somewhere that they believe the virus is not as easily passed on in the open air so fingers crossed.
Stay safe.
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We are very lucky and our council is still collecting as usual. I think it was a very wise move! Our tips/recycling centres are closed.
Don't often here much praise for our city council locally, but I think they got this call right. Planning on the other hand...........
My brother says they're guys not cutting grass etc, was a surprise to the guys themselves they said. He was discussing as they were storing their equipment in the memorial garden behind his house. I still hear the council mowers going behind us, in fact they were there a couple if days ago. Second cut since the lockdown! Strange how they vary.
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