| This briefing 11:08 - Sep 21 with 8720 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Why is he talking about what would happen if the cases were to double for the next few weeks every day? Telling us on what could perhaps happen maybe. Scaremongering. |  |
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| This briefing on 12:49 - Sep 21 with 2393 views | ElderGrizzly |
| This briefing on 12:47 - Sep 21 by Freddies_Ears |
And with a testing system in utter chaos, about the only reliable stat is that the currently available stats are a big understatement. |
Whitty said a conservative estimate was 6,000 a day right now |  | | |
| This briefing on 12:50 - Sep 21 with 2398 views | BrixtonBlue |
| This briefing on 12:31 - Sep 21 by StokieBlue |
Unfortunately I think I've been less healthy during lockdown. Not always doing my 20km work cycle and eating and drinking a bit more than I usually would I feel. I think it's the lack of routine in the morning - I need to get back into the mindset of cycling in the mornings maybe.
Have had a chance to work a bit more on my cooking though which has been great.
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You could be describing me there, apart from I've been running most mornings rather than cycling. Definitely put on weight with no gym or cycling to work. |  |
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| This briefing on 12:51 - Sep 21 with 2395 views | NewcyBlue |
| This briefing on 12:43 - Sep 21 by SpruceMoose |
I love pubs and football as much as the next man but with those being unavailable over the last year I've had to make an effort to do the things I should do more of, and find new interests more appropriate to the current living situation.
Like SB said, maybe that's cooking, maybe it's actively working on reading books you'd been planning to read, learning a new skill. I'm sure everyone has something they've never got around to doing or learning about.
I know I mentioned sitting around the TV and boozing but I've found not being passive and attempting to be more active, keeping to some kind of routine, and trying not to let every day be the same as the day before has really helped my mental wellbeing this year. |
I read about something called 75 Hard.
It’s actually properly interesting, and I reckon as a kick starter for building better habits, it will be pretty good.
1. You must follow a diet. Any diet. Frisella isn't a dietician or licensed clinical therapist, and he recommends consulting a “trainer or a consultant” about the food program you choose. But, he says, you can't have a single cheat meal, and you can’t have any alcohol.
2. You must drink a gallon of water a day.
3. You must do two, 45-minute workouts a day, and one of them has to be outside. (On the podcast Real AF, Frisella says there are “obviously scenarios [in which] you shouldn’t go outside,” including hurricanes and flash floods.)
4. You must read 10 pages of nonfiction a day. “This is not entertainment, this is not Harry Potter time!” Frisella says/yells on his podcast Real AF. You can’t listen to an audiobook, and it has to be a book you can “learn from.”
5. You must take photos of yourself every single day.
The only one I am not sure about is the gallon of water, I drink 3 litres a day and am forever pissing. Therefore I will probably reduce it to that.
Otherwise a 45 minute walk pushing the twins in the pram daily sounds like a lovely way to get an exercise in. The other 45 mins will be easy enough.
The diet doesn’t even have to be some stupidly strict diet, and I am planning on something sustainable rather than something extreme. |  |
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| This briefing on 12:55 - Sep 21 with 2389 views | Ryorry |
| This briefing on 12:17 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
I’m angry. The last thing the government think about is sending students like me the other side of the country and then say I’m not allowed to actually do anything there. Even my lessons are on hold atm. Was supposed to start next week but have this morning found out that’s gone to pot. And now they’re himting that they’re going to shut the pubs too. If they shut the pubs, there’s millions of people like me literally the wrong side of the country and effectively alone 24/7. Not allowed to socialise. I’m vaguely fortunate that I’m not living on my own again but it’s still ridiculous. Waste of my money along with everything else going on. It’s a joke. These c**ta running the country don’t care. They don’t care. Nobody cares.
Tbh I’m not sure why I’m on here ranting. There’s nothing you good people can do about it. |
Sorry to hear about the mess up re your lessons etc. - you could spend some of your time poking your Uni into do something about putting at least some of it online?
If I might, I'd like to use your point about being alone to highlight the plight of the large numbers of elderly people who live alone, often don't see another human being to even say "hello" to during the course of a day, never mind having a hug with. Many aren't even online for some remote company.
Please everybody, make time to phone your grannies/gramps/other elderly friends. (Thank you Dame Esther Rantzen for making the point on R4 this morning).
Please also stay safe Rommie - so many young people are forgetting that they too can catch Covid_19, and not only can it be fatal even for otherwise healthy youngsters, but it can cause life-long health problems in terms of heart disease, strokes etc. Yes the % is very low for that group - but it is *not* non-existent. |  |
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| This briefing on 12:56 - Sep 21 with 2380 views | Ely_Blue |
| This briefing on 12:31 - Sep 21 by StokieBlue |
Unfortunately I think I've been less healthy during lockdown. Not always doing my 20km work cycle and eating and drinking a bit more than I usually would I feel. I think it's the lack of routine in the morning - I need to get back into the mindset of cycling in the mornings maybe.
Have had a chance to work a bit more on my cooking though which has been great.
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I’ve been the opposite
I’ve gone from someone who would take no exercise because of always travelling for work to someone who now walks 5 miles a day mon-fri (I call it my commute to and from work)
Interestingly my work line is in the food industry and I’ve done less work related cooking but have managed to teach myself a new skill in video editing to present products to customers in innovative ways when an in person meeting hasn’t been possible.
Who said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks 😂😂 |  |
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| This briefing on 12:59 - Sep 21 with 2362 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| This briefing on 12:24 - Sep 21 by Ely_Blue |
Again, take a look at yourself.
You complain on one hand that they don’t care, ffs if they didn’t care they would tell everyone that they could do what the fck they wanted.
Is it really going to hurt you if you have to lose a few weeks of lessons or have to take them via zoom or teams or whatever? If the pubs are shut then so what, save your money, spend it on something else that you can see a benefit from.
You’re young, you know how to use technology to stay in touch with your mates, do stop having an attitude that comes across as all deserving and needy and think about the bigger picture for once |
Yeah fair enough. Apologies all. Just got a lot on atm. Sorry | |
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| This briefing on 13:09 - Sep 21 with 2331 views | itfc_bucks |
| This briefing on 12:59 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
Yeah fair enough. Apologies all. Just got a lot on atm. Sorry |
I don't think anything you've said has been "wrong", per se, mate.
I just think you've phrased it, out of frustration, pretty poorly.
You're in a Sh@tty situation, and having abunch of internetzz telling you "it could be worse", wont help you.
What will help you is using this time wisely. What pre-learning can you do for your course? Can you hit the gym and get in shape? Can you drink a pint in less than three seconds? These are all important things that will stand you in good stead going forwards! |  | | |
| This briefing on 13:24 - Sep 21 with 2307 views | NewcyBlue |
| This briefing on 13:09 - Sep 21 by itfc_bucks |
I don't think anything you've said has been "wrong", per se, mate.
I just think you've phrased it, out of frustration, pretty poorly.
You're in a Sh@tty situation, and having abunch of internetzz telling you "it could be worse", wont help you.
What will help you is using this time wisely. What pre-learning can you do for your course? Can you hit the gym and get in shape? Can you drink a pint in less than three seconds? These are all important things that will stand you in good stead going forwards! |
In shape?! He’s almost see through!
He was playing football with Seb and I thought he was a goal post!
Rommy, that book I told you about. Read it. | |
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| This briefing on 13:37 - Sep 21 with 2294 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| This briefing on 13:09 - Sep 21 by itfc_bucks |
I don't think anything you've said has been "wrong", per se, mate.
I just think you've phrased it, out of frustration, pretty poorly.
You're in a Sh@tty situation, and having abunch of internetzz telling you "it could be worse", wont help you.
What will help you is using this time wisely. What pre-learning can you do for your course? Can you hit the gym and get in shape? Can you drink a pint in less than three seconds? These are all important things that will stand you in good stead going forwards! |
Honestly, and this is way too deep for the internet so I’ll probably get rid of it in a bit, but who knows with this virus and the lack of ITFC of any of us will ever see each other again anyway.. so f**knit. this world is horrible. Let’s be realistic, it’s an awful awful place. The virus has added to it.
There’s millions and millions of people in a worse position than me so I really haven’t the right to complain. I like it on here sometimes to be able to scream into the wind of anonymity. Everyone has their issues in life and I’m often fine but right now it’s just really really draining. Every time I keep thinking something good has happened to me, something else comes along and kicks me straight back to the curb. My best friend I think saved me a couple of months ago when I was on the brink of making a big mistake. To then have her be racially abused had me flip out which has caused other problems to deal with. Was hoping to start some form of therapy in the next few weeks but who knows what’s happening with that. Same with the final year of uni. My relationship broke down too in lockdown just to add salt into the wounds. Briefly went back at my eyelashes for the first time in years too which is obviously not great (think I actually spoke about that on here once back when I was first bad in 2016). So all in all, it’s been a bit of a drain recently. This morning hearing from my university that my final year of my course is now in jeapardy (it requires face to face teaching which is problematic). Seeing my mates at the pub was one of the few things that had been helpful in the last year so I think seeing that on the news today about them closing, may have caused some anger.!
I shouldn’t have gone on a rant on here about the government and everything. I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about so I really don’t know why I was so angry or pretended that was where my anger was at. At the end of the day, me not being able to go to the pub really is minuscule in the grand scheme of the world. And I’m sure there’s people on here that have had relatives die from COVID so I do feel an apology is owed. Hopefully this little rant about the world right now may explain my selfishness earlier today. Also worth noting, my return to TWTD I thought may have helped and, without knowing it, it has actually in recent weeks been nice with the Ipswich threads and other such things. Little things like Warkys reports have been very much needed. Again, I have no idea why I’m writing this but the feeling of being able to scream into the wind and none of you seeing me any time soon is quite nice I think. Stay safe, Rommy. | |
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| This briefing on 13:44 - Sep 21 with 2284 views | Steve_M |
| This briefing on 12:59 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
Yeah fair enough. Apologies all. Just got a lot on atm. Sorry |
It's understandable to be frustrated and your situation at uni is unfair. It's one thing having a year out mid-career where things are frustrating but for anyone in education this will be detrimental to a greater or lesser extent.
I think that frustration was probably mis-directed though, the clear message from this morning's briefing was that people need to reduce their interaction with others somewhat to prevent harsher measures. It's not a conspiracy, if anything Johnson is likely to be too reluctant to apply restrictions (again) letting cases spiral out of control.
The last six months should have provided adequate time for a functioning - if not world class - tracing app but we still haven't managed that. One more government failure to add to the list. |  |
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| This briefing on 13:46 - Sep 21 with 2272 views | lazyblue |
So people might actually start to listen! | | | |
| This briefing on 13:48 - Sep 21 with 2267 views | dominiciawful |
| This briefing on 13:37 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
Honestly, and this is way too deep for the internet so I’ll probably get rid of it in a bit, but who knows with this virus and the lack of ITFC of any of us will ever see each other again anyway.. so f**knit. this world is horrible. Let’s be realistic, it’s an awful awful place. The virus has added to it.
There’s millions and millions of people in a worse position than me so I really haven’t the right to complain. I like it on here sometimes to be able to scream into the wind of anonymity. Everyone has their issues in life and I’m often fine but right now it’s just really really draining. Every time I keep thinking something good has happened to me, something else comes along and kicks me straight back to the curb. My best friend I think saved me a couple of months ago when I was on the brink of making a big mistake. To then have her be racially abused had me flip out which has caused other problems to deal with. Was hoping to start some form of therapy in the next few weeks but who knows what’s happening with that. Same with the final year of uni. My relationship broke down too in lockdown just to add salt into the wounds. Briefly went back at my eyelashes for the first time in years too which is obviously not great (think I actually spoke about that on here once back when I was first bad in 2016). So all in all, it’s been a bit of a drain recently. This morning hearing from my university that my final year of my course is now in jeapardy (it requires face to face teaching which is problematic). Seeing my mates at the pub was one of the few things that had been helpful in the last year so I think seeing that on the news today about them closing, may have caused some anger.!
I shouldn’t have gone on a rant on here about the government and everything. I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about so I really don’t know why I was so angry or pretended that was where my anger was at. At the end of the day, me not being able to go to the pub really is minuscule in the grand scheme of the world. And I’m sure there’s people on here that have had relatives die from COVID so I do feel an apology is owed. Hopefully this little rant about the world right now may explain my selfishness earlier today. Also worth noting, my return to TWTD I thought may have helped and, without knowing it, it has actually in recent weeks been nice with the Ipswich threads and other such things. Little things like Warkys reports have been very much needed. Again, I have no idea why I’m writing this but the feeling of being able to scream into the wind and none of you seeing me any time soon is quite nice I think. Stay safe, Rommy. |
We will always be here for you to talk to. |  |
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| This briefing on 13:49 - Sep 21 with 2258 views | Ryorry |
| This briefing on 13:37 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
Honestly, and this is way too deep for the internet so I’ll probably get rid of it in a bit, but who knows with this virus and the lack of ITFC of any of us will ever see each other again anyway.. so f**knit. this world is horrible. Let’s be realistic, it’s an awful awful place. The virus has added to it.
There’s millions and millions of people in a worse position than me so I really haven’t the right to complain. I like it on here sometimes to be able to scream into the wind of anonymity. Everyone has their issues in life and I’m often fine but right now it’s just really really draining. Every time I keep thinking something good has happened to me, something else comes along and kicks me straight back to the curb. My best friend I think saved me a couple of months ago when I was on the brink of making a big mistake. To then have her be racially abused had me flip out which has caused other problems to deal with. Was hoping to start some form of therapy in the next few weeks but who knows what’s happening with that. Same with the final year of uni. My relationship broke down too in lockdown just to add salt into the wounds. Briefly went back at my eyelashes for the first time in years too which is obviously not great (think I actually spoke about that on here once back when I was first bad in 2016). So all in all, it’s been a bit of a drain recently. This morning hearing from my university that my final year of my course is now in jeapardy (it requires face to face teaching which is problematic). Seeing my mates at the pub was one of the few things that had been helpful in the last year so I think seeing that on the news today about them closing, may have caused some anger.!
I shouldn’t have gone on a rant on here about the government and everything. I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about so I really don’t know why I was so angry or pretended that was where my anger was at. At the end of the day, me not being able to go to the pub really is minuscule in the grand scheme of the world. And I’m sure there’s people on here that have had relatives die from COVID so I do feel an apology is owed. Hopefully this little rant about the world right now may explain my selfishness earlier today. Also worth noting, my return to TWTD I thought may have helped and, without knowing it, it has actually in recent weeks been nice with the Ipswich threads and other such things. Little things like Warkys reports have been very much needed. Again, I have no idea why I’m writing this but the feeling of being able to scream into the wind and none of you seeing me any time soon is quite nice I think. Stay safe, Rommy. |
If it helps to have a screech-out on here, then good! this is a safe place to do it.
Letting loose with some pelters is perfectly understandable in the circs, esp given your self-awareness & willingness to learn - things a few ppl much older than yourself don't always have. | |
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| This briefing on 13:53 - Sep 21 with 2252 views | Guthrum |
| This briefing on 12:27 - Sep 21 by ElderGrizzly |
Absolutely, no relaxing here due to my wife and post-chemo effects.
I think our rural nature and lack of living on top of each other helps a lot.
Schools will always struggle to contain it, as Govt are so pressured to remain open but the facilities are not there to help |
One aspect to the figures which was mentioned on R4 the other day is availability and proximity of testing centres. The possibility that may have skewed testing (and, by extension, detection) numbers in more rural locations. |  |
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| This briefing on 13:57 - Sep 21 with 2242 views | BrixtonBlue |
| This briefing on 13:37 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
Honestly, and this is way too deep for the internet so I’ll probably get rid of it in a bit, but who knows with this virus and the lack of ITFC of any of us will ever see each other again anyway.. so f**knit. this world is horrible. Let’s be realistic, it’s an awful awful place. The virus has added to it.
There’s millions and millions of people in a worse position than me so I really haven’t the right to complain. I like it on here sometimes to be able to scream into the wind of anonymity. Everyone has their issues in life and I’m often fine but right now it’s just really really draining. Every time I keep thinking something good has happened to me, something else comes along and kicks me straight back to the curb. My best friend I think saved me a couple of months ago when I was on the brink of making a big mistake. To then have her be racially abused had me flip out which has caused other problems to deal with. Was hoping to start some form of therapy in the next few weeks but who knows what’s happening with that. Same with the final year of uni. My relationship broke down too in lockdown just to add salt into the wounds. Briefly went back at my eyelashes for the first time in years too which is obviously not great (think I actually spoke about that on here once back when I was first bad in 2016). So all in all, it’s been a bit of a drain recently. This morning hearing from my university that my final year of my course is now in jeapardy (it requires face to face teaching which is problematic). Seeing my mates at the pub was one of the few things that had been helpful in the last year so I think seeing that on the news today about them closing, may have caused some anger.!
I shouldn’t have gone on a rant on here about the government and everything. I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about so I really don’t know why I was so angry or pretended that was where my anger was at. At the end of the day, me not being able to go to the pub really is minuscule in the grand scheme of the world. And I’m sure there’s people on here that have had relatives die from COVID so I do feel an apology is owed. Hopefully this little rant about the world right now may explain my selfishness earlier today. Also worth noting, my return to TWTD I thought may have helped and, without knowing it, it has actually in recent weeks been nice with the Ipswich threads and other such things. Little things like Warkys reports have been very much needed. Again, I have no idea why I’m writing this but the feeling of being able to scream into the wind and none of you seeing me any time soon is quite nice I think. Stay safe, Rommy. |
Excuse my ignorance, but what does "Briefly went back at my eyelashes" mean? Not heard that phrase! | |
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| This briefing on 13:58 - Sep 21 with 2235 views | NewcyBlue |
| This briefing on 13:57 - Sep 21 by BrixtonBlue |
Excuse my ignorance, but what does "Briefly went back at my eyelashes" mean? Not heard that phrase! |
Trichotillomania | |
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| This briefing on 14:02 - Sep 21 with 2225 views | BrixtonBlue |
| This briefing on 13:58 - Sep 21 by NewcyBlue |
Trichotillomania |
Oww! No Rommers, don't do that!
Sorry to hear you're feeling this way, does sound like you could do with a bit of therapy. You might feel like you're at the lowest low right now, but with a bit of help things do get better. I know, I've been there! | |
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| This briefing on 14:03 - Sep 21 with 2220 views | NewcyBlue |
| This briefing on 13:37 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
Honestly, and this is way too deep for the internet so I’ll probably get rid of it in a bit, but who knows with this virus and the lack of ITFC of any of us will ever see each other again anyway.. so f**knit. this world is horrible. Let’s be realistic, it’s an awful awful place. The virus has added to it.
There’s millions and millions of people in a worse position than me so I really haven’t the right to complain. I like it on here sometimes to be able to scream into the wind of anonymity. Everyone has their issues in life and I’m often fine but right now it’s just really really draining. Every time I keep thinking something good has happened to me, something else comes along and kicks me straight back to the curb. My best friend I think saved me a couple of months ago when I was on the brink of making a big mistake. To then have her be racially abused had me flip out which has caused other problems to deal with. Was hoping to start some form of therapy in the next few weeks but who knows what’s happening with that. Same with the final year of uni. My relationship broke down too in lockdown just to add salt into the wounds. Briefly went back at my eyelashes for the first time in years too which is obviously not great (think I actually spoke about that on here once back when I was first bad in 2016). So all in all, it’s been a bit of a drain recently. This morning hearing from my university that my final year of my course is now in jeapardy (it requires face to face teaching which is problematic). Seeing my mates at the pub was one of the few things that had been helpful in the last year so I think seeing that on the news today about them closing, may have caused some anger.!
I shouldn’t have gone on a rant on here about the government and everything. I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about so I really don’t know why I was so angry or pretended that was where my anger was at. At the end of the day, me not being able to go to the pub really is minuscule in the grand scheme of the world. And I’m sure there’s people on here that have had relatives die from COVID so I do feel an apology is owed. Hopefully this little rant about the world right now may explain my selfishness earlier today. Also worth noting, my return to TWTD I thought may have helped and, without knowing it, it has actually in recent weeks been nice with the Ipswich threads and other such things. Little things like Warkys reports have been very much needed. Again, I have no idea why I’m writing this but the feeling of being able to scream into the wind and none of you seeing me any time soon is quite nice I think. Stay safe, Rommy. |
You know where I am mate. MrsN wasn’t keen on naming a twin Rommy. I did ask. | |
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| This briefing on 14:07 - Sep 21 with 2213 views | J2BLUE |
| This briefing on 13:37 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
Honestly, and this is way too deep for the internet so I’ll probably get rid of it in a bit, but who knows with this virus and the lack of ITFC of any of us will ever see each other again anyway.. so f**knit. this world is horrible. Let’s be realistic, it’s an awful awful place. The virus has added to it.
There’s millions and millions of people in a worse position than me so I really haven’t the right to complain. I like it on here sometimes to be able to scream into the wind of anonymity. Everyone has their issues in life and I’m often fine but right now it’s just really really draining. Every time I keep thinking something good has happened to me, something else comes along and kicks me straight back to the curb. My best friend I think saved me a couple of months ago when I was on the brink of making a big mistake. To then have her be racially abused had me flip out which has caused other problems to deal with. Was hoping to start some form of therapy in the next few weeks but who knows what’s happening with that. Same with the final year of uni. My relationship broke down too in lockdown just to add salt into the wounds. Briefly went back at my eyelashes for the first time in years too which is obviously not great (think I actually spoke about that on here once back when I was first bad in 2016). So all in all, it’s been a bit of a drain recently. This morning hearing from my university that my final year of my course is now in jeapardy (it requires face to face teaching which is problematic). Seeing my mates at the pub was one of the few things that had been helpful in the last year so I think seeing that on the news today about them closing, may have caused some anger.!
I shouldn’t have gone on a rant on here about the government and everything. I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about so I really don’t know why I was so angry or pretended that was where my anger was at. At the end of the day, me not being able to go to the pub really is minuscule in the grand scheme of the world. And I’m sure there’s people on here that have had relatives die from COVID so I do feel an apology is owed. Hopefully this little rant about the world right now may explain my selfishness earlier today. Also worth noting, my return to TWTD I thought may have helped and, without knowing it, it has actually in recent weeks been nice with the Ipswich threads and other such things. Little things like Warkys reports have been very much needed. Again, I have no idea why I’m writing this but the feeling of being able to scream into the wind and none of you seeing me any time soon is quite nice I think. Stay safe, Rommy. |
My PMs are always open mate. I'll even try and improve my average fortnight reply time.
Also I think this forum is great for opening up. There's 1-2 who will mention whatever you say in every reply to you forevermore but mostly people on here are great. |  |
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| This briefing on 14:21 - Sep 21 with 2188 views | homer_123 |
| This briefing on 12:27 - Sep 21 by ElderGrizzly |
Absolutely, no relaxing here due to my wife and post-chemo effects.
I think our rural nature and lack of living on top of each other helps a lot.
Schools will always struggle to contain it, as Govt are so pressured to remain open but the facilities are not there to help |
Hope all well re. first sentence.
On your last point, schools have been told to contact their local Public Health representative in cases of Covid to get a judgement on what they are supposed to do - however, it was reported last week on R4 that PH aren't making decisions so Heads are having to fall back on default Gov guidance which is to quarantine whole year groups.
We are just so under prepared it's unreal. |  |
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| This briefing on 15:00 - Sep 21 with 2156 views | Fixed_It |
| This briefing on 12:38 - Sep 21 by J2BLUE |
Have had a chance to work a bit more on my cooking though which has been great.
Me too  |
Although in your case, a four year lockdown wouldn't be sufficient to sort your culinary skills out!  |  |
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| This briefing on 15:50 - Sep 21 with 2098 views | J2BLUE |
| This briefing on 14:03 - Sep 21 by NewcyBlue |
You know where I am mate. MrsN wasn’t keen on naming a twin Rommy. I did ask. |
How are little Jay and Tublu? | |
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| This briefing on 16:23 - Sep 21 with 2073 views | Funge |
| This briefing on 14:07 - Sep 21 by J2BLUE |
My PMs are always open mate. I'll even try and improve my average fortnight reply time.
Also I think this forum is great for opening up. There's 1-2 who will mention whatever you say in every reply to you forevermore but mostly people on here are great. |
Fully agree with the second paragraph.
Outside of about 5 or 6 foghorns who adore their own noise, there are some proper, proper good ones on here. Everyone I've met off this board has been top. |  | | |
| Chatting crap about football.... on 16:50 - Sep 21 with 2036 views | Bloots |
| This briefing on 13:37 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
Honestly, and this is way too deep for the internet so I’ll probably get rid of it in a bit, but who knows with this virus and the lack of ITFC of any of us will ever see each other again anyway.. so f**knit. this world is horrible. Let’s be realistic, it’s an awful awful place. The virus has added to it.
There’s millions and millions of people in a worse position than me so I really haven’t the right to complain. I like it on here sometimes to be able to scream into the wind of anonymity. Everyone has their issues in life and I’m often fine but right now it’s just really really draining. Every time I keep thinking something good has happened to me, something else comes along and kicks me straight back to the curb. My best friend I think saved me a couple of months ago when I was on the brink of making a big mistake. To then have her be racially abused had me flip out which has caused other problems to deal with. Was hoping to start some form of therapy in the next few weeks but who knows what’s happening with that. Same with the final year of uni. My relationship broke down too in lockdown just to add salt into the wounds. Briefly went back at my eyelashes for the first time in years too which is obviously not great (think I actually spoke about that on here once back when I was first bad in 2016). So all in all, it’s been a bit of a drain recently. This morning hearing from my university that my final year of my course is now in jeapardy (it requires face to face teaching which is problematic). Seeing my mates at the pub was one of the few things that had been helpful in the last year so I think seeing that on the news today about them closing, may have caused some anger.!
I shouldn’t have gone on a rant on here about the government and everything. I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about so I really don’t know why I was so angry or pretended that was where my anger was at. At the end of the day, me not being able to go to the pub really is minuscule in the grand scheme of the world. And I’m sure there’s people on here that have had relatives die from COVID so I do feel an apology is owed. Hopefully this little rant about the world right now may explain my selfishness earlier today. Also worth noting, my return to TWTD I thought may have helped and, without knowing it, it has actually in recent weeks been nice with the Ipswich threads and other such things. Little things like Warkys reports have been very much needed. Again, I have no idea why I’m writing this but the feeling of being able to scream into the wind and none of you seeing me any time soon is quite nice I think. Stay safe, Rommy. |
....is a great leveler and also a brilliant way to get stuff off your chest.
If it's the escape you need to take your mind off other issues then don't stop doing it.
I know life is far from normal at the moment and that sometimes there appears to be no light at the end of the tunnel, but there is, take it from an old git like me that things do and will get better.
I've lost two friends in the last month, one of them was particularly close, depression is a terrible thing and the effects reach far further than just the individual.
There are dozens of us on here that will talk to you, genuinely take advantage of it.
And anyway going to the pub isn't always all that, remember I took you to literally the worst pub in Birmingham!!
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| This briefing on 16:50 - Sep 21 with 2029 views | EdwardStone |
| This briefing on 13:37 - Sep 21 by The_Romford_Blue |
Honestly, and this is way too deep for the internet so I’ll probably get rid of it in a bit, but who knows with this virus and the lack of ITFC of any of us will ever see each other again anyway.. so f**knit. this world is horrible. Let’s be realistic, it’s an awful awful place. The virus has added to it.
There’s millions and millions of people in a worse position than me so I really haven’t the right to complain. I like it on here sometimes to be able to scream into the wind of anonymity. Everyone has their issues in life and I’m often fine but right now it’s just really really draining. Every time I keep thinking something good has happened to me, something else comes along and kicks me straight back to the curb. My best friend I think saved me a couple of months ago when I was on the brink of making a big mistake. To then have her be racially abused had me flip out which has caused other problems to deal with. Was hoping to start some form of therapy in the next few weeks but who knows what’s happening with that. Same with the final year of uni. My relationship broke down too in lockdown just to add salt into the wounds. Briefly went back at my eyelashes for the first time in years too which is obviously not great (think I actually spoke about that on here once back when I was first bad in 2016). So all in all, it’s been a bit of a drain recently. This morning hearing from my university that my final year of my course is now in jeapardy (it requires face to face teaching which is problematic). Seeing my mates at the pub was one of the few things that had been helpful in the last year so I think seeing that on the news today about them closing, may have caused some anger.!
I shouldn’t have gone on a rant on here about the government and everything. I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about so I really don’t know why I was so angry or pretended that was where my anger was at. At the end of the day, me not being able to go to the pub really is minuscule in the grand scheme of the world. And I’m sure there’s people on here that have had relatives die from COVID so I do feel an apology is owed. Hopefully this little rant about the world right now may explain my selfishness earlier today. Also worth noting, my return to TWTD I thought may have helped and, without knowing it, it has actually in recent weeks been nice with the Ipswich threads and other such things. Little things like Warkys reports have been very much needed. Again, I have no idea why I’m writing this but the feeling of being able to scream into the wind and none of you seeing me any time soon is quite nice I think. Stay safe, Rommy. |
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