Everything is moving so quickly and so many changes are being made daily not only with government advice/instruction but also in the NHS. I am quite glad I don’t have little people and school stuff to worry about as well.
I hope everyone is working through through their own concerns and changes to their lifestyle.
My sister in Wetherby wanted to buy a few things in Aldi. She had five baking potatoes (for 5 of them) and a bunch of bananas and some milk. The checkout boy would only let her have four potatoes and took one off of the bunch of bananas. He has been told no more than four of anything. Obviously he only had four brain cells. As my sister said, she could have had four bags of potatoes, but as they were loose...
Shall I post here or on the Curmudgeons' thread, I wonder? I couldn't get an on-line delivery slot, so sloped off to Tesco, cautiously, with hand wipes at the ready for hands (natch) and the trolley. No pasta/rice/milk (even Marvel!)/bread/tinned tomatoes/tinned beans (not baked, but cannelloni etc). And, of course, no loo rolls (not that I wanted or needed them, anyway). I always buy a few items for the local foodbank box, located near the exit. No box. So I asked an assistant, who took my contributions and put them in a safe, locked cupboard. Why? Because the open box had been raided by low life who had been stealing from it. This situation brings out the best in some. Regrettably, the very worst in others.
It's very sad @Shrinking Violet. It's exactly the same as those scumbags who are stealing hand gel from hospitals. They are no different from people who steal charity tins from shop counters.
@fidgetbones - what would he have done if she'd just put all the potatoes and all the bananas into a little bag? Maybe his head would have exploded Nice one @pansyface
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hello friends. Please may I ask a question as I'm really getting a bit muddled. In my late 70's I live high up in one of Wales' beautiful forests with a couple of reasonably close neighbours. Daughter visits regularly but puts on clean clothes and even disinfects the inside of her car and washes her hands on arrival. Neighbour pops in once or twice a week but keeps her distance when here. When they leave I wipe all work surfaces, door handles, light switches etc etc and wash my hands. How long do my sanitation efforts last if I don't go out other than to wander around outside in the garden. Should I re-clean daily or more often. Should I wash my hands every time I cough or sneeze (often), or am I reasonably safe to just carry on as normal? Sorry for the long post but I'm just trying to do the right thing and keep myself safe for my family. Thank you for reading this.
Hello friends. Please may I ask a question as I'm really getting a bit muddled. In my late 70's I live high up in one of Wales' beautiful forests with a couple of reasonably close neighbours. Daughter visits regularly but puts on clean clothes and even disinfects the inside of her car and washes her hands on arrival. Neighbour pops in once or twice a week but keeps her distance when here. When they leave I wipe all work surfaces, door handles, light switches etc etc and wash my hands. How long do my sanitation efforts last if I don't go out other than to wander around outside in the garden. Should I re-clean daily or more often. Should I wash my hands every time I cough or sneeze (often), or am I reasonably safe to just carry on as normal? Sorry for the long post but I'm just trying to do the right thing and keep myself safe for my family. Thank you for reading this.
I think if it is just you then you would probably not need to clean all the surfaces all the time. Only when someone else has been around would you need to sanitise.
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
Good evening @AnnaB. When it comes to this virus, you need to think about it spreading from tiny droplets. You coughing on your own hands won’t harm you but you touching something with someone else’s droplets on, or being within a distance that droplets can pass to you is the problem. Your daughter is doing right by washing her hands etc but if she has the virus (maybe without knowing) then she will shed the virus when talking and breathing - so you need to protect yourself from being this close to people if you truly want to be safe. I would have thought that a clean of surfaces daily would be adequate, but still wash your hands and don’t touch your face etc. I have, with a heavy heart, stopped visiting my older family so they can minimise any exposure to the bug. Unfortunately true isolation to protect yourself requires that you have no visitors. You need to decide, as a family, if you can do this.
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I hope everyone is working through through their own concerns and changes to their lifestyle.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I couldn't get an on-line delivery slot, so sloped off to Tesco, cautiously, with hand wipes at the ready for hands (natch) and the trolley.
No pasta/rice/milk (even Marvel!)/bread/tinned tomatoes/tinned beans (not baked, but cannelloni etc). And, of course, no loo rolls (not that I wanted or needed them, anyway).
I always buy a few items for the local foodbank box, located near the exit. No box.
So I asked an assistant, who took my contributions and put them in a safe, locked cupboard. Why? Because the open box had been raided by low life who had been stealing from it.
This situation brings out the best in some. Regrettably, the very worst in others.
@fidgetbones - what would he have done if she'd just put all the potatoes and all the bananas into a little bag?
Maybe his head would have exploded
Nice one @pansyface
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Only when someone else has been around would you need to sanitise.
I have, with a heavy heart, stopped visiting my older family so they can minimise any exposure to the bug. Unfortunately true isolation to protect yourself requires that you have no visitors. You need to decide, as a family, if you can do this.