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@cougar we have played a couple of online escape rooms that were pretty good. https://thepanicroom.net/online-escape-rooms It might not be quite the same but at least give you some of the enjoyment that you are missing.
Well put @cougar.
For your escape rooms see my running races. It’s something to throw yourself into, to aim for and to train for.
And they oddly give structure to a year. Winter is cross country and a few road 10k’s, spring is marathons, summer is half’s and a few trail races, autumn is marathons again. Every weekend is parkrun.
and “hello Alan, we’ve been looking forward to hosting you.”
.....But each and every one of us have whatever it is that we need to wake up tomorrow, ....
Nicely put. Well done for sharing that eloquently.
Great post Cougar!
Lovely post Cougar. Helps out a different perspective on things.
loum
It doesn’t even get to that point.
There’s such a pressure on the kids to comply that they won’t refuse.My two would do absolutely anything for me, but if I asked either of them to be the only one in a class of thirty to break the rules and wear a mask they’d struggle to get through the school gate without tears.
This is ABSOLUTELY the case.
Although we were sent a letter threatening to send the children home if they did it doesn't even get to that point!
TheGeneralist
I think that is absolutely **** scandalous.
Utterly unbelievable.
31 people
Inside
In a small space
For seven hours
Day after day after dayAnd people are upset at 3 old biddies going for a walk together outside.
Or people going for a bike ride together.
This country is run by the criminally insane.
Agreed but more directly to the point is moaning about parents not wearing masks OUTSIDE to pick up children who have just been locked INSIDE classrooms without masks for 7 hours a day.
Certainly all secondary schools in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire seem to be on full masks. Not sure if primary is the same.
Are you sure?
The restriction is inside classrooms not outside. Jnr's school relaxed the rules and they can and indeed are told to wear a mask outside but not in classrooms.
If you walk/drive/cycle past then you see them wearing masks.
One or two observations/anecdotes, in no particular order.
Firstly my wife has been working as patient-facing NHS (radiographer) in a community hospital throughout. She has not yet contracted covid. She has boils and skin problems she has not had since being a teenager, however, as a result of wearing a mask all day at work, only moving it temporarily to eat/drink. As she said "If you follow the guidance you don't catch it". Yet. But it does show that, in a high risk setting, it is possible not to catch covid.
On the other hand we have two kids at school, one primary (village school fairly small catchment he walks to school) one secondary (town school, wide catchment she goes on the school bus). I work from home and am only really meeting one person outside of my household for socially distanced mtb rides. In a weird way, it is the kids that are the biggest risk to us. But the teachers are the ones really running the biggest risks. If our household contracts covid it is probably a safe bet it will come via school. I feel for the teachers, and there is some pressure on them not to wear face coverings in class.
dannyh ... first off hats off to the teachers and your wife... but though this is personally 2 different things public health wise it isn't.
Assuming (hoping) neither yourself or your wife are in high risk groups if the wife gets the virus from the kids we just lost a radiographer for 2 weeks and not every family of the kids will be low risk either, some may die.
Not 100% sure what you mean, but we are in a bizarre situation where I am effectively a hermit, my wife is meeting every Tom, Dick or Harry but managing to stay safe (so far), yet the kids are mixing with classmates/kids on the bus etc.
But what else can we do? As noted above, I could order the kids to wear face coverings in school, but the second a teacher tells them they have to remove it, they would. They've been brought up to respect authority.
They are both marched to the sink by me when they get in for handwashing with soap and hot water. My wife continues to shower on arrival home.
There isn't much else we can do. If the kids bring it home, we've all got it end of.
dannyh:
You are doing everything you can.... I'm not suggesting otherwise.
I'm just pointing out how batshit crazy the situation is!
But what else can we do? As noted above, I could order the kids to wear face coverings in school, but the second a teacher tells them they have to remove it, they would. They’ve been brought up to respect authority.
I suspect mine would tell the teacher where to go, he's been brought up to respect authority that is earned. [e.g. What I tell him is rideable he ignores 😉 and what he tells me I can ride I trust because he earned that]
As for masks in class he's fully aware how stupid it is to ban them as I'm sure have most 11yr olds - he stopped believing in father XMAS, tooth fairies and unicorns a long time ago and "classrooms are magic and you can't catch the virus in a classroom" is less believable than tooth fairies.
However would it be worth the cost and upset? He's got the balls to tell them but they don't have the balls to stand-up to PHE.
He tried arguing that putting your hands on the person next to you's shoulders wasn't 2m but told to shut up so what else can he do???
I spent Sunday morning waiting for a call to see if I would be allowed a biopsy having been tested Friday... if I failed the test my biopsy would be cancelled with a 11yr old and teacher in the house.
we have played a couple of online escape rooms that were pretty good.
Oddly enough, just yesterday we were discussing doing their Christmas room. I've no idea about the calibre of their online offerings but the 'real' rooms at The Panic Room are very well regarded.
I appreciate the nudge and there are many places now doing similar offerings - Escape the Review is about the most comprehensive round-up in the UK.
Thing is though, they don't scratch the itch in quite the same way. It's like being asked if you want a biscuit with your brew, you get all excited at the prospect of a Jammie Dodger and then you're presented with a plate of Custard Creams.
But this is probably a conversation for a separate topic.
Are you sure?
The restriction is inside classrooms not outside. J
There was definitely a secondary school in Dorset that announced masks would be mandatory in the classroom. Don't know if it actually happened though. I've been told that there is at least one class in a secondary school wearing masks. Whether in violation of a policy and no one knows, no one cares, or not in violation I couldn't tell you
two weeks in benidorm” or whatever can look pretty inconsequential from outside, yet might carry a large portion of someone’s reason for existence. My mental health is tied to my ability to ride, a fact pretty common on here. For an outsider, that would sound ridiculous,
I agree but to use Cougar's example, shop bought jammie dodgers are simply not an option an the moment, so you can have home made ones, some other shop bought confection or find something else that will paper over the cracks until it is safe to fully scratch the itch and have shop bought jammie dodgers.
Trouble is, no one actually has the minerals to stand up and say that there are things which are absolutely off the menu for the time being. Instead giving wishy washy 'advice'
I do remember there was a politician somewhere that did, in the original wave, say I don't know how else to say it so people understand. Stay the &#$@ home.
Anyone else really want jammie dodgers now or is it just me?
At my school masks are compulsory between lessons and up to you in lessons, some do, most dont.
I agree but to use Cougar’s example, shop bought jammie dodgers are simply not an option an the moment, so you can have home made ones, some other shop bought confection or find something else that will paper over the cracks until it is safe to fully scratch the itch and have shop bought jammie dodgers.
Trouble is, no one actually has the minerals to stand up and say that there are things which are absolutely off the menu for the time being. Instead giving wishy washy ‘advice’
I do remember there was a politician somewhere that did, in the original wave, say I don’t know how else to say it so people understand. Stay the &#$@ home.
To clarify, I'm not suggesting that everyone should ram raid the local supermarket for deliciously crunchy shortbread, lovingly sandwiched together with a moreish jam adhesive. Just that we should appreciate the difficulty involved for eGETMESOME*******BISCUITSNOWveryone.
It’s like being asked if you want a biscuit with your brew, you get all excited at the prospect of a Jammie Dodger and then you’re presented with a plate of Custard Creams.
I would totally take custard creams over Jamie dodgers. However those Jamie dodger style biscuits that have both jam and cream in them might trump both.
However those Jamie dodger style biscuits that have both jam and cream in them might trump both.
+1
Not had one for years!
You two are both going on the list.
Jamie dodger style biscuits that have both jam and cream in them might trump both.
The ones with the Happy face on them? Haven't had those in ages, I used to love those. I want some now.
Nah, he's on about Peek Freans.
Double checked with the kids - Nottinghamshire (son and a mates teacher wife) seem to be on compulsory masks in lessons, Derbyshire (daughter) masks are optional in lessons.
Oh, those. Yeah the Jacobs Happy Faces ones are better. More Jam. The peek freans you have to eat 90% of the cream and shortcake before you get to the jam.
... only to find the jam was shit.
Well, I thought the koolaid diversion was bad.... but this latest tangent is much more unsavory
In international lockdown news:
South Australia (a state of about 1.7 million people, and about 4x the size of the UK) have gone into a short, sharp "circuit breaker" lockdown after infections from a particular cluster have reached 22 people, with a further 7 suspected.
Lockdown is for 6 days from midnight tonight. It's a proper lockdown too: everything is shut, schools, universities, shops (except food) pubs, cafes.... the lot. Only one person per household is allowed outside per day apparently, with exercise outside not a permitted activity. All weddings and funerals cancelled. Lots of exceptions re: agriculture and aged care.
Most interestingly, they are reporting that this seems to be a particularly "sneaky" strain of the virus:
The Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says the particular strain of the virus is breeding “very, very rapidly” with a short incubation period of about 24 hours, and with infected people showing only minimal symptoms.
The sentiment seems to be: "we saw what happened in Victoria" and they are doing this now to try to avoid a longer shutdown in the future.
Australia, so the bottle-shops are being stripped bare as we speak
Well, I thought the koolaid diversion was bad…. but this latest tangent is much more unsavory
LOLz