Coronavirus - Self isolation - Tips

[Onelife]

Seriously?

[Manoverboard]

Have you got an annex ….. ?

Put her in a nice B&B otherwise she washes her hands and applies the viral gel in the garage, then puts on a fresh pair of latex gloves before ringing the bell / knocking the door. You listen out for a cough and pass a thermometer through the letter box for her to show you the reading.

Can't she postpone the start date ?

Seriously … it depends if either you or Mrs OL are in the vulnerable grouping, if you are it's a non starter as far as I am concerned.

[Jan Rosser]

I’ve just been in touch with my friend - I visit her every Wednesday but have stayed at home today. She is upset as her daughter has told her not to pick up her grandsons from school tomorrow. She is picking up a new car and had promised the boys a ride in the new car after school and is worried they will be upset too (they are aged 5 and 8). Really difficult but she and her husband are in the over 70’s category although in good health and she doesn’t want to be so restricted but that’s not really a choice now.

My DIL’s mother has lost a friend and she said it was awful she couldn’t comfort her but again she is over 80 and vulnerable - so sad

[Onelife]

Have you got an annex ….. ?

Put her in a nice B&B otherwise she washes her hands and applies the viral gel in the garage, then puts on a fresh pair of latex gloves before ringing the bell / knocking the door. You listen out for a cough and pass a thermometer through the letter box for her to show you the reading.

Can't she postpone the start date ?

Seriously … it depends if either you or Mrs OL are in the vulnerable grouping, if you are it's a non starter as far as I am concerned.

Hi Mob....no annex but we do have two bathrooms. We are already practicing good hygiene routines but there is little defence against knowing what she could be bringing into the house while seemingly unaffected (which, it has to be said will be the same situation with many thousands of other families)
The job is a zero hours contract (entomology field work) so she will be working outside with one other person.....but hey it only takes one person to infect a nation?

I did seriously think about setting up a tent but realistically if she were to come down with the virus, a damp tent won't be the place to recover.

Things could drastically change in a couple of weeks so l think it's a case of wait and see.

You stay healthy mate.

[Stephen]

Just been to Morrisons. Don't know why we bothered. We got plenty of booze, so we might starve to death but we won't go thirsty.

Just phoned Boris and said we couldn't get any bread. Two Hovis Sead Sensations coming via his private car. It's not what you know it's who you know


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[Onelife]

Just been to Morrison. Don't know why we bothered. We got plenty of booze, so we might starve to death but we won't go thirsty.

Just phoned Boris and said we couldn't get any bread. Two Hovis Sead Sensations coming via his private car. It's not what you know it's who you know


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I can spare a couple of packets of Rivita to help with the slimming over the next few months

[screwy]

Good job this didn’t happen close to Xmas,just think of the panic in the shops then.

[anniec]

Good job this didn’t happen close to Xmas,just think of the panic in the shops then.

A friend, just returned from Tesco, described the experience as "like Christmas, but less good natured".

[Stephen]

Just been to Morrison. Don't know why we bothered. We got plenty of booze, so we might starve to death but we won't go thirsty.

Just phoned Boris and said we couldn't get any bread. Two Hovis Sead Sensations coming via his private car. It's not what you know it's who you know


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I can spare a couple of packets of Rivita to help with the slimming over the next few months

Cheeky s*d. I'm like a racing snake as it is

[Stephen]

My supplies for my self isolation have just arrived

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[Manoverboard]

Every week I have a sainsbury delivery, from tomorrow for the next 3 weeks all the slots have gone,so if you had to self iso.ate and were depending on that for a delivery you would be out of luck.

I just signed on to see if our deliveries are/are not available for the next three weeks. The whole thing is blank rather than showing the usual little green ticks so I suspect that Sainsbugs have a Sains type Bug.

Try again later is my advice

Since then I have had another email from Sainsbugs and it seems that the booking system is about to change, the general idea is to give priority time slots to those of us who are self isolating. There are other changes that should help the situation no end

[Stephen]

Time slot priority

You only get what's on the shelves the same as the rest of us .......or am I mistaken?

[anniec]

Time slot priority

You only get what's on the shelves the same as the rest of us .......or am I mistaken?

A Sainsbury's delivery driver told me last week that if you get an early morning one the pickers pack it at crack of dawn while the shelves are as full as they're going to be, so better chance of getting necessities. Mind you, that information is a week or so out of date, and a minute is a long time at the moment.

[Manoverboard]

Time slot priority

You only get what's on the shelves the same as the rest of us .......or am I mistaken?

A Sainsbury's delivery driver told me last week that if you get an early morning one the pickers pack it at crack of dawn while the shelves are as full as they're going to be, so better chance of getting necessities. Mind you, that information is a week or so out of date, and a minute is a long time at the moment.

Thursday mornings may be a good idea as the shelves will be full for the weekend purchases but they are intending to restrict purchases in store for a couple of hours for the ' vulnerables ' only.

[Stephen]

Just a thought for all the greedy panic buyers.

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[Onelife]

Just a thought for all the greedy panic buyers.


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Are you thinking of anyone in particular?

[Stephen]

Funnily enough your name came first to mind

[Onelife]

Funnily enough your name came first to mind

One has gotta make a living

[barney]

Decided not to listen to Government advice or 111, because Sandra on Facebook who lives next door but one, turns out to be a microbiologist, national economical expert, housing advisor, mortgage guru, GP and national pandemic specialist .... who’d have thought eh?
Only last week she was a full time mummy selling bath bombs on Facebook! ... Goes to show, never judge a book by its cover..!

[GillD46]

Decided not to listen to Government advice or 111, because Sandra on Facebook who lives next door but one, turns out to be a microbiologist, national economical expert, housing advisor, mortgage guru, GP and national pandemic specialist .... who’d have thought eh?
Only last week she was a full time mummy selling bath bombs on Facebook! ... Goes to show, never judge a book by its cover..!

There seem to be a lot of Sandras around barney!

[Meg 50]

Decided not to listen to Government advice or 111, because Sandra on Facebook who lives next door but one, turns out to be a microbiologist, national economical expert, housing advisor, mortgage guru, GP and national pandemic specialist .... who’d have thought eh?
Only last week she was a full time mummy selling bath bombs on Facebook! ... Goes to show, never judge a book by its cover..!

There seem to be a lot of Sandras around barney!

including Nigel Farage and Donald Trump

[Stephen]

Decided not to listen to Government advice or 111, because Sandra on Facebook who lives next door but one, turns out to be a microbiologist, national economical expert, housing advisor, mortgage guru, GP and national pandemic specialist .... who’d have thought eh?
Only last week she was a full time mummy selling bath bombs on Facebook! ... Goes to show, never judge a book by its cover..!

Ps. Coming your way tomorrow for a week...with germs . But you'll be safe enough barney as we are staying in East Devon. ...yes I know "and we can stay there too"

[Manoverboard]

Ps. Coming your way tomorrow for a week...with germs . But you'll be safe enough barney as we are staying in East Devon. ...yes I know "and we can stay there too"

Really … at your age, surely you should be in quarantine ?

ps … at least the A303 will be clear

[Stephen]

I'm beyond quarantine. I'm constantly dodging the grim reaper.

Maldon to East Devon in two hours, sounds good

What was your Darzet address again

[Mervyn and Trish]

Between the gasworks and the glue factory. Just ask at thw local nick. He's very well known