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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Like France, we now have to carry a signed form every time we go out stating our reasons for being out of lockdown - buying essential food and medicines, being a key worker commuting to work, etc. Nothing for taking the rubbish down to the communal bins, though. You can only take the dog out for a walk on your own, not with another family member even of you are self-isolating together - think I have maybe met half a dozen people out walking the dogs in nearly four years. Also one person per car to shop for essentials, no cycling, so tough if you don’t drive or can’t walk to the shops. Ours is a very sparsely populated rural pueblo, OH is still breaking the rules and going for a daily cycle as it’s good for her lungs - she has asthma - but with a rucksack to say she is going to the local shop, if challenged. In a week, she hasn’t met anybody, so we are hoping this minor rule-breaking won’t get us into trouble!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    @Cheyngel -I would have thought that, as the police won't have to deal with all the usual drunks and wallopers at chucking out time, they could enforce the 'drinking in public' ban instead....
    One can only hope.
    I think the 'youngsters' have massively misunderstood the risk. I suppose because it's mainly been older folk with underlying health issues that have died, that they're then immune in some way  :/
    @Dovefromabove -they were reporting on the news earlier that the people of Cornwall are asking, politely, that the hordes don't descend. It's hard enough for local folk to get supplies they need without the great unwashed and their weans appearing for an indefinite amount of time. I do feel sorry for them - tourism is a massive part of their income, but it's coming at a very high price this year.
    It's the same up here. Easter hols is the start of the proper season, but I expect many places will really suffer. 
    I dare say, the population of Skye will be breathing a sigh of relief though. No idiots clogging up the little roads to take selfies.... :#
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    @pansyface I am sure there must be exceptions for hospital visits, but nothing said in the guidelines - hopefully the police would see sense...

    John Lewis closed! The world is ending for the middle classes!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    And Selfridges and Harrods!  
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I saw this on another site, made me laugh.

    In light of the current coronavirus panic, supermarkets have issued the following restriction. 
    Tesco. 3 multipacks of toilet roll, 3 bottles of hand sanitisers, 3 1 kg packs of pasta. 2 1kg packs of rice. 
    Asda. As above but 2 packs of toilet paper. 
    Waitrose. 1 lobster, 250g of foie gras, 6 quails eggs and two bottles of Chateau Neuf du pape. 
    LIDL . 1 MIG welder, 1 pair of funky pink wellies. 1 wetsuit
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    I LOVE that BL!
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    What is wrong with us?
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • We need to go into lockdown.get the army out onto the streets.get people to take it seriously otherwise we are in danger of losing our nhs 
    What is wrong with people??? Stockpiling then going out for a stroll along the beach? 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I think we need a pair of armed squaddies in each supermarket.  Then let the ass holes swear at them when they can only have 27 rolls of loo paper.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Just received this from a friend. It is genuine.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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