My end of climbing wall cool down was to do we many chin ups as I could be bothered. One evening I did over one hundred in one repetition. Then I switched to two fingers and did a few more. I once tried it with one arm. I didn't like doing that because you had to repeat with the other arm which would bore me too much. I can't do anywhere near that now but I don't climb or kayak anymore and I'm 4 stone heavier (I was 9.5 stone, 6'5"tall and strong with it).
My other party trick was to do stomach curls on an inclined stand? You know those where your legs hook at the top and you l it e down so your body is pointing down to you head at the bottom. Then you sit up or even harder curl up. I was pushing it so decided to see how many I could do. I lost count, but it was still into three figures. I had a six pack back then. Now I've upgraded to a barrel!!!
I did a few taekwondo classes when they started teaching it at my gym. I packed in after awhile. My issue was men had to do pushups using fists, women using hands palm down like you normally would. After a climbing accident I couldn't form a true fist with one hand. So that meant I had to do pushups like the ladies, but that didn't bother me so much as not being able to punch with one hand. It kind of unbalanced you when sparring because I had to protect my dodgy hand. With Jujitsu it's not a strictly punching and kicking form like karate want taekwondo.
So back to being in a grump. Sent home from work to isolate for ten days. We're due to hear off to Scotland for two weeks camping week tomorrow!!!!
Tried researching isolation criteria and contact criteria. It's all written a bit too imprecise and woolley for a definite interpretation IMHO. So I called various state numbers. Eventually I got directed to 119 number. Asked my question after several options 1 and 2 button presses only to get a "I think it means" and "it's better to be safe" comments.
It's an annoyance of mine that things aren't properly defined. COVID related systems look straight forward on the surface and well defined but then you have a non standard situation and it all falls apart. It doesn't have to be that far from standard to do that neither I reckon. Looking at it I call see how they needed a legal brain to check the wording. Loopholes everywhere!!
Then train company on my commute route has shut ticket offices, replacing with machines. They then turned the stations into penalty ones where without a ticket before getting on the train you get a £20 on the spot fine and still need to buy a ticket. Only it's at the ticket inspector's discretion. So scruffy worker gets fined because he's late for getting the train so has to hop on without a ticket but the office worker in suit gets to buy a ticket even though he had time to get a ticket before getting on?
Even I know a few regular ticket evaders. They're all well dressed office workers or well to do retirees who simply chance their arm because they know them get away with it 4 times out of 5 and when caught out they can simply buy a single and get away with things.
It is winding me up and I know I'm going to say something one day. It's a form of prejudice or something unpleasant in the system and the ticket inspectors. Discrimination for sure!
To be clear I know the young guy who got arrested. He's had a hard life. Lost mother when very young, dad died in his arms after being assaulted by someone when he was a kid. Lived on the street for a few years after that. Now he's a grafter doing a horrible job in high temperature and other poor working conditions. But he thinks about his work and suggests improvements. He has a few kids with different women but he is trying hard to support them despite on minimum wage. Been homeless again for a short time but still got to work. I guy pulling his life together getting picked on by discriminatory rail worker. Always the same guy. The only fault he has is has early 20s and disorganised. He gets up late or forgets his money so goes back for it so he can get a ticket. Only his train arrives was the does at the station. He's on a warning for timekeeping so he gets on. If this guard is on he gets fined, if not he buys a ticket like everyone else. He's the only one getting fined by this guy. What would you do? Would you say something?
I think someone else stopped him and took his details for a fine. He thought quickly and thought of a funny false name. He got a fine ticket with it on apparently. He's Streetwise enough to do something like that. I suspect he got arrested because he argued with the guy. "Don't take that sh!t" was his words.
He must know he's being treated differently. I wonder how that would make you feel?
@NorthernJoe I confess I haven't waded through all your posts, so I may well have missed something, but I did notice that you were asking about when isolation ends with regard to your holiday. The self-isolation period is 10 days from exposure, not 10 days from being pinged. So if you know for sure the reason for being told to isolate was contact with a particular individual, you can count 10 days after the last day you saw him/her, not including the day itself.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
However if you're only guessing that it was because of this particular contact but it could be something else entirely, then you'd have to go from the date when you were instructed to isolate.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
He's a bully and a 💩. I hope someone gives him his comeuppance.
That'll get you arrested for sure. They're quite hot in zero tolerance these days. Quite right too but rough if the train guy was the one causing the trouble.
A month ago I wrote to the train operator and asked them to thank the station team and the guard on the train. Plus the support staff I called. I got a very polite and personalized email back.
I wonder if I take the guy's name and make a complaint whether I would get such a positive response? It is afterall it is still a positive feedback because they simply should know there's discriminatory practices going on plus selective enforcement of the regulations/rules. There is a potential legal case where there's discrimination I reckon.
I was walking the dog just as it was getting dark and we'd got to a bit of road where there's no pavement when he decided to have a crap. I was cleaning up just as a car turned the corner and started coming towards us so I hastily tied up the bag and moved to the side. It was only then that I noticed a toad sat on the road right where the car might run it over, so I reached down and picked it up. The car driver gave me a bit of a disgusted look and I realised to them it probably looked like I picked up a stray jobby with my bare hands.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
NorthernJoe, If you have been pinged by the app there is no legal requirement to isolate at all. I'm not sure what the situation is when sent home by an employer rather than instructed by Track & Trace.
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My other party trick was to do stomach curls on an inclined stand? You know those where your legs hook at the top and you l it e down so your body is pointing down to you head at the bottom. Then you sit up or even harder curl up. I was pushing it so decided to see how many I could do. I lost count, but it was still into three figures. I had a six pack back then. Now I've upgraded to a barrel!!!
I did a few taekwondo classes when they started teaching it at my gym. I packed in after awhile. My issue was men had to do pushups using fists, women using hands palm down like you normally would. After a climbing accident I couldn't form a true fist with one hand. So that meant I had to do pushups like the ladies, but that didn't bother me so much as not being able to punch with one hand. It kind of unbalanced you when sparring because I had to protect my dodgy hand. With Jujitsu it's not a strictly punching and kicking form like karate want taekwondo.
Tried researching isolation criteria and contact criteria. It's all written a bit too imprecise and woolley for a definite interpretation IMHO. So I called various state numbers. Eventually I got directed to 119 number. Asked my question after several options 1 and 2 button presses only to get a "I think it means" and "it's better to be safe" comments.
It's an annoyance of mine that things aren't properly defined. COVID related systems look straight forward on the surface and well defined but then you have a non standard situation and it all falls apart. It doesn't have to be that far from standard to do that neither I reckon. Looking at it I call see how they needed a legal brain to check the wording. Loopholes everywhere!!
Then train company on my commute route has shut ticket offices, replacing with machines. They then turned the stations into penalty ones where without a ticket before getting on the train you get a £20 on the spot fine and still need to buy a ticket. Only it's at the ticket inspector's discretion. So scruffy worker gets fined because he's late for getting the train so has to hop on without a ticket but the office worker in suit gets to buy a ticket even though he had time to get a ticket before getting on?
Even I know a few regular ticket evaders. They're all well dressed office workers or well to do retirees who simply chance their arm because they know them get away with it 4 times out of 5 and when caught out they can simply buy a single and get away with things.
It is winding me up and I know I'm going to say something one day. It's a form of prejudice or something unpleasant in the system and the ticket inspectors. Discrimination for sure!
To be clear I know the young guy who got arrested. He's had a hard life. Lost mother when very young, dad died in his arms after being assaulted by someone when he was a kid. Lived on the street for a few years after that. Now he's a grafter doing a horrible job in high temperature and other poor working conditions. But he thinks about his work and suggests improvements. He has a few kids with different women but he is trying hard to support them despite on minimum wage. Been homeless again for a short time but still got to work. I guy pulling his life together getting picked on by discriminatory rail worker. Always the same guy. The only fault he has is has early 20s and disorganised. He gets up late or forgets his money so goes back for it so he can get a ticket. Only his train arrives was the does at the station. He's on a warning for timekeeping so he gets on. If this guard is on he gets fined, if not he buys a ticket like everyone else. He's the only one getting fined by this guy. What would you do? Would you say something?
He must know he's being treated differently. I wonder how that would make you feel?
A month ago I wrote to the train operator and asked them to thank the station team and the guard on the train. Plus the support staff I called. I got a very polite and personalized email back.
I wonder if I take the guy's name and make a complaint whether I would get such a positive response? It is afterall it is still a positive feedback because they simply should know there's discriminatory practices going on plus selective enforcement of the regulations/rules. There is a potential legal case where there's discrimination I reckon.