It does seem like a lot of Brits may be suffering from terminal stupidity. Astonishing behaviour both crowding outside in public spaces and the crazy, selfish shopping and hoarding.
Whatever happened to the sense of fair play and consideration for others?
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
@Busy-Lizzie ... even if we stay at home we may still fall ill to some other condition ... if the NHS is so overloaded with the terminally stupid the rest of us won't get treated for heart attacks, diabetes probs, tumours, asthma attacks, broken bones etc etc etc
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I remember Survivors and there was a more recent New Zealand series called The Tribe. I used to watch it with my daughter . All the adults had died of a virus leaving only teens and younger.
I'm wondering about mail ordering non-essentials, eg: plants. There are lots of places, not just nurseries but building materials suppliers, clothes shops, etc etc who can't open due to Covid-19, so are increasing their delivery services and encouraging us to keep them afloat by ordering stuff. That seemed like a good idea, but now I wonder - should we be making it necessary for delivery people to be out and about for 'fripperies'? I keep veering from thinking in terms of keeping people in jobs if possible, keeping businesses from collapse... and then thinking that should be overridden by the necessity of people staying indoors if they possibly can.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Don't you just love all the dumb**** who put others at risk.
@Obelixx- I said to my daughter yesterday - I wonder how many of them would have got through either of the World Wars. Fair play? Those types don't give a damn about anyone but themselves, as indicated by the woman on the phone at her work who had the brass neck to say she 'didn't care about anyone else'. I hope she had a tin of brasso in her shopping for that neck. I hope that's all she got.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As of today a curfew is being imposed from 8pm to 6am in towns like La Roche-sur-Yon to deal with people who don't get the meaning of "Restezchezvous" notices - Stay At Home
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The deliveries thing is indeed a moral issue. I live alone and my daughters are making weekly visits with essentials using my hallway as a kind of 'air lock' and taking all precautions.
But if I can't feed the birds and stock my veg patch I'll go bonkers before I get sick so I have reluctantly ordered mega bird food supplies and may have to look at getting some compost/manure delivered. What to do?
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
I think supporting nurseries by ordering online is a good idea @LG_ and @purplerallim ..... otherwise they will not survive financially. So although it might seem like a frippery, it is supporting someone’s livelihood. As long as the delivery drivers practice social distancing I don’t think it increases the problem. And the vans they use would not be able to be repurposed for grocery deliveries due to lack of refrigeration.
So I haven’t yet, but if I needed plants I would certainly go ahead and order online.....
Having thought about this and spoken with folk at the local GC etc, we have ordered a delivery of compost etc ... they're happy to deliver and will be observing all 'social distancing' instructions.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Whatever happened to the sense of fair play and consideration for others?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Obelixx- I said to my daughter yesterday - I wonder how many of them would have got through either of the World Wars.
Fair play? Those types don't give a damn about anyone but themselves, as indicated by the woman on the phone at her work who had the brass neck to say she 'didn't care about anyone else'.
I hope she had a tin of brasso in her shopping for that neck. I hope that's all she got.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
But if I can't feed the birds and stock my veg patch I'll go bonkers before I get sick so I have reluctantly ordered mega bird food supplies and may have to look at getting some compost/manure delivered. What to do?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.