New Sarah Raven catalogue just arrived in the post. No outer wrapper, just the address printed on the back cover. I picked it up and started flicking through it before realising that I couldn't be sure who else had touched it (old habits die hard). Straight in the recycling bin which is out for collection today, hands washed and door handles wiped! Normally I would support reduced packaging, but just now it doesn't seem right. I suppose I could have a "quarantine in-tray" for such things but it doesn't seem worth the trouble for stuff that's on their website anyway.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I think the heater in my washing machine has packed in. Not good when you have 2 kids in washable nappies. What are the chances of getting a warranty claim sorted in this climate?
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
As long as you hand wash afterwards @JennyJ, that seems to be fine. I heard yesterday that postal workers were wanting to work 3 days a week, due to staff shortages. Our post has certainly been earlier than usual, and I assumed that was the reason. Difficult to know what to do sometimes, as we also need Royal Mail if we want to send letters to people we can't visit etc. @Songbird-1 - maybe hubby needs to go to Specsavers Yeh - fortunately, the girls brought in a few things on their last day at work before we had to isolate, so that helped too. I'm just wondering what their Dad will bring in if he has to substitute... Maybe meatballs, but he has a dog....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My ad is from a wine warehouse offering free delivery - much more essential IMHO
Our satellite company called (on the landline, which I was sure they didn’t have) on Monday evening at 8.30pm to say they were sending around technicians yesterday morning to upgrade our system. I said, you can’t do that, the Government has just banned ALL business activity with immediate effect from apart from essential food, medicines etc.! They said, ah, but we are communications, we are exempt! I said much as we would love a better signal, it was hardly essential. No, no its fine, they say. Hmm, scamsters posing as techies come to size up the joint? I called their head office first thing to check if it was legit. It was. Government orders.
We decided to let it go ahead, otherwise the sh*te company would probably mark us down as ‘refused upgrade’ so we would never get it. Spent the morning disinfecting all possible surfaces they would touch, before (to protect them) and after (to protect us). It was like they were living in a parallel universe - no masks or gloves, had to tell them to keep their distance. 🙄
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
In the spirit of reducing junk mail at the moment my wife finally got around to telling the bank to stop sending us paper mail. They just sent us three letters to confirm they're not going to send letters anymore
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
We don't get junk mail. The post lady screens it for us so we only get local stuff such as the newsletter form the local council which includes local ads and activities or brochures from a few local businesses such as France Rurale - pet, fishing and garden supplies which, you'll be pleased to know @wild edges, includes artisanal beers and beer making kit.
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)."
@lyn, l had that advert as well . Normally my thinking would be "Blimey, what makes them think l can afford a private jet ?". Now it's "My god, look at them all crammed together in that tiny space ! What are they thinking ??" I think l can safely say that the message has got through to my tiny brain...
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I heard yesterday that postal workers were wanting to work 3 days a week, due to staff shortages. Our post has certainly been earlier than usual, and I assumed that was the reason. Difficult to know what to do sometimes, as we also need Royal Mail if we want to send letters to people we can't visit etc.
@Songbird-1 - maybe hubby needs to go to Specsavers
Yeh - fortunately, the girls brought in a few things on their last day at work before we had to isolate, so that helped too. I'm just wondering what their Dad will bring in if he has to substitute...
Maybe meatballs, but he has a dog....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Our satellite company called (on the landline, which I was sure they didn’t have) on Monday evening at 8.30pm to say they were sending around technicians yesterday morning to upgrade our system. I said, you can’t do that, the Government has just banned ALL business activity with immediate effect from apart from essential food, medicines etc.! They said, ah, but we are communications, we are exempt! I said much as we would love a better signal, it was hardly essential. No, no its fine, they say. Hmm, scamsters posing as techies come to size up the joint? I called their head office first thing to check if it was legit. It was. Government orders.
We decided to let it go ahead, otherwise the sh*te company would probably mark us down as ‘refused upgrade’ so we would never get it. Spent the morning disinfecting all possible surfaces they would touch, before (to protect them) and after (to protect us). It was like they were living in a parallel universe - no masks or gloves, had to tell them to keep their distance. 🙄
Normally my thinking would be "Blimey, what makes them think l can afford a private jet ?".
Now it's "My god, look at them all crammed together in that tiny space ! What are they thinking ??"
I think l can safely say that the message has got through to my tiny brain...
I dont think it would work for me, though😉 @Lizzie27