COVID - 19

[Postmodern Smoking]

Mar 18, 2020 11:39:52 GMT thebishman said:

Mar 18, 2020 10:07:45 GMT charliehorse said:

Glad to hear you made it back thebishman - did you get any duty free toilet paper

I was erm.... gifted 6 rolls by the hotel lol

A mate of mine is always upto sonething can get me 36 rolls for a tenner so i think ill be fine

If you don't get sorted let me know and I'll pass on a link to my ebay listing.... where I'm selling toilet roll by the sheet!

[monty]

Welcome home Bish. Can you give us the lowdown on what information and instruction you were given at the airport after you landed.

[thebishman]

Mar 18, 2020 12:47:04 GMT monty said:

Welcome home Bish. Can you give us the lowdown on what information and instruction you were given at the airport after you landed.

Yeah sure...



Nothing what so ever! Lol

Bear in mind it was tenerife (no issues there with the virus now) and not spain.

[Chrissie]

Mar 17, 2020 9:47:25 GMT gill2009 said:

Mar 16, 2020 21:23:06 GMT Chrissie said:

It truly is a worrying time Stay safe everyone

I've recently been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. The drug the Rheumatologist has put me on, to help control it is Methotrexate. However, as it suppresses my immune system, it means I am more vunerable to catching any infections

  I feel for you Chrissie ...it's a nasty drug.

  I don't know if you are taking it orally, but more tolerable if you are allowed to self-inject daily.

  I'm sure you've been told never to get it near your eyes!

  I hope it helps somewhat with your pain 

Gill, for now I'm on a high dose of tablets. It's not helping with the pain, yet, just loads of side effects. Rheumy nurse has agreed that I need to up the Folic acid to try to help reduce the side effects.

[River]

Oh no........Alcohol running out in supermarkets by me now

[striker42]

I along with my colleagues are at breaking point with all this carry on. Just finished our 3rd 15 hour shift this week, we only started on Monday night, still tonight and tomorrow night to go. Police escort into shopping centres, surrounded by security staff to complete deliveries, general public trying to climb in the trailer at traffic lights, junctions, roadworks, absolute madness.
At this time I'd like to kick joe public in the nuts for causing this unnecessary mayhem.
On the way home, we stopped at two service stations where we were not allowed to buy a coffee, use the toilet facilities or even have boiling water to make coffee, FFS what has the world come to ?

[thebishman]

Mar 19, 2020 7:08:57 GMT striker42 said:

I along with my colleagues are at breaking point with all this carry on. Just finished our 3rd 15 hour shift this week, we only started on Monday night, still tonight and tomorrow night to go. Police escort into shopping centres, surrounded by security staff to complete deliveries, general public trying to climb in the trailer at traffic lights, junctions, roadworks, absolute madness.
At this time I'd like to kick joe public in the nuts for causing this unnecessary mayhem.
On the way home, we stopped at two service stations where we were not allowed to buy a coffee, use the toilet facilities or even have boiling water to make coffee, FFS what has the world come to ?

Yes mate agreed.

Sadly its going to get worse.... from tomorrow

[Postmodern Smoking]

Wow! ... just wow striker42 !!

That's the first that I've heard of that.

Hope the mayhem calms down soon for you.

[Chrissie]

Mar 19, 2020 7:08:57 GMT striker42 said:

I along with my colleagues are at breaking point with all this carry on. Just finished our 3rd 15 hour shift this week, we only started on Monday night, still tonight and tomorrow night to go. Police escort into shopping centres, surrounded by security staff to complete deliveries, general public trying to climb in the trailer at traffic lights, junctions, roadworks, absolute madness.
At this time I'd like to kick joe public in the nuts for causing this unnecessary mayhem.
On the way home, we stopped at two service stations where we were not allowed to buy a coffee, use the toilet facilities or even have boiling water to make coffee, FFS what has the world come to ?

OMG striker42 at "general public trying to climb in the trailer at traffic lights, junctions, roadworks" This sort of behaviour 8is, in many ways, more frightening than the virus

[kermitthefog]

Queen: Coronavirus Rhapsody

Is this a sore throat,
Is this just allergies,
Caught in a lockdown,
No escape from reality.

Don't touch your eyes,
Just hand sanitise quickly.
I'm just a poor boy,
No job security,
Because of easy spread, even though,
Washed your hands, laying low.
I look out the window, curve don't look flatter, to me, to me.

Mama, just killed a man, I didn't stay inside in bed,
Just walked by him, now he's dead.
Mama, life was so much fun,
But now I've blown it all and got the plague.

Mama, oooooh,
Didn't mean to make them die,
If I'm not back to work this time tomorrow,
Carry on carry on,
as if people didn't matter.

Too late, my time has come,
Send shivers down my spine,
Body's aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody, I've got the flu,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.

Mama ooooooh,
I don't wanna die,
I sometimes wish I'd never gone out at all.
Carry on, carry on, filling your face with Pasta!

I see a little silhouette of a man,
What a douche, what a douche,
Did he even wash his hands though.

Security is tightening,
Very very frightening me.
Gotta lay low
(Gotta lay low)
Gotta lay low
(Gotta lay low)
Gotta lay low in my home,
No toilet roooolll!

I'm just a poor boy,
Facing mortality,
HE'S JUST A POOR BOY FACING MORTALITY,
Spare him his life from this Covid19.

Touch your face, wash your hands,
Will you wash your hands?
BISMILLAH NO, WE WILL NOT WASH OUR HANDS,
(Wash your hands!)
BISMILLAH NO, WE WILL NOT WASH OUR HANDS,
(Wash your hands!)
BISMILLAH NO, WE WILL NOT WASH OUR HANDS,
(Wash your hands!)
(Wash your hands!)
(Wash your hands!)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Oh Mama Mia, Mama mia,
Mama Mia wash your hands,
Beelzebub, has a sickness set aside for me,
For me, for meeeeeeeeeee!

[Perpetua]

Mar 19, 2020 7:08:57 GMT striker42 said:

I along with my colleagues are at breaking point with all this carry on. Just finished our 3rd 15 hour shift this week, we only started on Monday night, still tonight and tomorrow night to go. Police escort into shopping centres, surrounded by security staff to complete deliveries, general public trying to climb in the trailer at traffic lights, junctions, roadworks, absolute madness.
At this time I'd like to kick joe public in the nuts for causing this unnecessary mayhem.

And a very well deserved kick that would be! WTH is the matter with some of these people . . . . there is ample food and supplies to go round everyone across all the supermarkets, if only common sense and a lack of selfishness was used!

We, along with many supermarkets have now introduced restrictions on the numbers of a product that customers can buy and are dedicating out first hour of trading to the elderly, disabled and their carers to shop - all in an attempt to curb some of the mindless, selfish behaviour we've all been unfortunate enough to witness these last few days and to hopefully make it fairer for those who most need help at this time.

But! Do you know . . . . . we've had toilet rolls and hand wash ' taken ' from our customer toilets! What the actual f***!

Mar 19, 2020 7:08:57 GMT striker42 said:

On the way home, we stopped at two service stations where we were not allowed to buy a coffee, use the toilet facilities or even have boiling water to make coffee, FFS what has the world come to ?

Dreadful, just dreadful . . . . yourself and all delivery drivers are absolutely essential to helping pull our country through this crisis and I'm both sad and mad that you're being treated so disrespectfully Graham.

[Postmodern Smoking]

kermitthefog

Oh and I've just made my first 200ml of WHO hand sanitizer after work.
(If anyone else has the ingredients posted previously on page 1 of this thread, I've also worked out the recipe in grams, to mix by weight.... contact me if you require assistance).

[charliehorse]

Mar 19, 2020 7:08:57 GMT striker42 said:

I along with my colleagues are at breaking point with all this carry on. Just finished our 3rd 15 hour shift this week, we only started on Monday night, still tonight and tomorrow night to go. Police escort into shopping centres, surrounded by security staff to complete deliveries, general public trying to climb in the trailer at traffic lights, junctions, roadworks, absolute madness.
At this time I'd like to kick joe public in the nuts for causing this unnecessary mayhem.
On the way home, we stopped at two service stations where we were not allowed to buy a coffee, use the toilet facilities or even have boiling water to make coffee, FFS what has the world come to ?

Give them a kick from me too striker42 - That sounds absolutely mental !

 

[DaveJ]

Mar 19, 2020 7:08:57 GMT striker42 said:

At this time I'd like to kick joe public in the nuts for causing this unnecessary mayhem. 

When you do, please wear steel cap boots.

The world has gone completely crazy. It's really getting to be like one of those zombie movies.

 

++ I went looking for some Iso Alcohol to try mixing up a hand sanitiser brew. We've a couple of infirm neighbours who can't get commercial sanitiser now. (cancer treatment suppressing their immune systems) But all places I could think of for the key alcohol ingrediant are sold out. *sigh*

[bioxx]

I’m just back from my normal every week Friday early morning shopping. Tesco only 3 items per person, that’s a good thing but people still go nuts. Aldi a que across the car park. On a normal day I’m usually one of the first at the door at around 07:58, depending on traffic. They had loo rolls but the battle to get a some was too much for me, I only use them as tissue anyway. Got a bum gun

Well our government told our people to stock up on essentials (stupid move) and then they told them to stay at home. My only hope is that those hoarders will run out of money soon and life can go back to some sort of normal.