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Originally Posted by jonbxx
We had our team 2020 close out call today and, as it is 'the season to be jolly', we had to reflect on the non-work positives personally of the pandemic.
Here are mine;
- We spent a lot more time in the garden early summer as there was nowhere else to go
- Getting to know our neighbours
- Exercising more (thanks Joe Wicks)
- I really upped my cooking game this year. Even now I am curing some salt beef and getting ready to sous vide some duck breasts in chinese spices
- Cheap steaks in the supermarket due to restaurants being closed
- Really concentrating on supporting small businesses when they were open (we are now good friends with our local microbrewery)
- Wearing masks on a cold day is great!
- Saving a hell of a lot of money from not going out
What are your upsides?
Our household is lucky as we could work from home (never been busier to be honest) and the kids could go to school when they wanted as were are officially 'essential'. We are a lot better off than many to be honest |
I'm sure you didn't mean it in a gloating way, but that's rather like saying the family next door perished in a house fire, but on the upside we were able to turn the heating off to save money and we were as warm as toast!!!
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
My son is isolating because his partner tested positive neither of them have left the house since, they had the shopping delivered and no one was allowed into or out of the house, earlier they ordered a takeaway and told the delivery chap to put it in the front garden, every thing was fine until 10 min later when there was a knock on the door, it was the police, someone had reported a covid breach, they asked is there a Garry here my son replied we don't know a Garry, the police said he just walked in here with some bags, my son replied we just had a takeaway delivered this is a bit malicious isn't it, the police just turned around and left.
And this is the country we now live in one where nosey curtain twitcher's report you for eating fish and chips.
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In my experience it's rare for the police to acknowledge, let alone apologise, for any mistakes they make. Despite this arrogant rudeness, they go on to expect the public to help them with future incidents.
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On breakfast TV a doctor explained that having the vaccine doesn't stop you from catching the coronavirus, but if you do, it should mean that you don't get any serious symptoms from it. It might also mean that a vaccinated person can still pass it on, so it's still important to wear masks, socially distance, ventilate in open spaces and adhere to regular hand washing.
They need to make this clear to people as they are vaccinated so that infections aren't transmitted because people believe that the vaccine itself made them become invincible.