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[CLKD]

We can go for walks as long as we keep a certain distance from others.  I think that main idea is targeting those who live in close proximity in Cities ;-).  We rural folks gets forgotten, we does ......... fortunately!

[CLKD]

Any one find that they are putting laundry through more often  .  My excuse is to keep DH in under clothes as he hasn't familiarised himself with the laundry room  yet.  Towels blowing hard on the line.  Again.  Sheets next. 

[Kathleen]

Hello ladies.

I heard on the news that we should all get used to a new reality.  I like that idea because of course we will adapt, it's what humans do.

The government needs to make sure the economy and employment are also looked after. I can't help feeling that the health service would be in better shape if it hadn't been subjected to ten years of cuts.

Take care ladies.

K.

[CLKD]

Yep.  When I left the NHS in 1983 Wards were being closed  .  Staff levels cut until it became an unsafe working environment.  We can't suddenly find Nursing Staff as technology has altered completely.  We have been over 40,000 nurses short for many years.  Nurses don't grow on trees .......... !

[Ju Ju]

DH hasn't a clue how to use the washing machine! The manual is in a nearby cupboard, but as he's a man so he can't read manuals! Then he has the cheek to say I don't understand machines or engineering! Mmmm.... I did have fun over that one!

Re using newspaper as toilet paper......we?ll all have printed bottoms!

Tc, can you arrange to regularly phone/email friends and family? Will that help? I'm making the point of emailing friends, particularly older people on their own.

 I'm sorry about your landlord. My daughter has had similar problems with landlords. But as you know it's not all landlords. We've rent out a house that was meant for investment. Hasn't worked that way. We have had the same tenants for nearly 15 and only put the rent up once and only before 2008, as we needed to be keep enough aside for repairs etc. Good tenants are worth their weight in gold, so it has been worth asking for less than the going rate. And we always tried to sort problems out as quickly as possible. We are now in the process of selling the house to them, so I hope it goes through, with all that's going on. Then we can help my daughter who is also in the process of buying a house thanks to her partners parents being able to give them a sizeable deposit. It really hurt to see the hassles my daughter has has to go through to get things repaired.

[CLKD]

Well done Ju Ju - good tenants have benefitted !

Ought to be watching the PM on the BBC. 

[Perinowpost]

Tc could you move? Re walking it's one of my hobbies, but unfortunately OH has a bad knee and can't go far!!! Really fed up, we've just had the worst 6 months of rain on record and now everything I've been looking forward to is being cancelled 😔

[ElkWarning]

I know what you mean about the rain ... it was just endless, and now this.

[CLKD]

That's right: mood is essential for me, I have lots to do - but lack impetus 

[Jari]

Small steps like cleaning out and organising the cutlery drawer can be a good start and then get inspired to do more! 👍😊

[CLKD]

These Journalists simply aren't listening to what is being said.  However you dress up questions perhaps people in the room should listen to the answers to save asking a variation? which gets the same answer. Also, the PM isn't keeping the required distance from those on the platform 

Cutlery - you can afford cutlery 

[Kmorris]

Panicky and overwhelmed by everything....been to the local shops and to see the shelves empty and watching how people are behaving is beginning to frighten me...I even felt nervous of walking into the village.....everything that was once familiar and safe is beginning to feel different.

[Kmorris]

Tc,
I've always found that having familiar things around me helps....unpack some of your stuff and surround yourself with things that bring happy memories.....

I do understand how you feel though.....it's so difficult....I have to pull myself together or I'll turn into Captain Jones from Dad's Army!
"Don't panic" ! 

[CLKD]

Listen up - people will panic for a few days.  What Managers should be doing is limiting what people try to buy!!  Eventually they will run out of storage.  Even with bulk shopping 3/4 times a year at Costco, we can't store any more unless we sell the camper van.  So the vacuum will be filled.

Buy local?  Farm shops?  Think about bulk cooking, freezing in meal-sized boxes and using on pasta/rice/mash?  Be inventive.  Eat less.  I find that if I wait B4 I pick a pudding, I often don't need it as my main meal has filled me. 

[Dorothy]

The problem is that it's difficult to set a limit on all food items - the till staff can't be expected to remember 2 of this, 4 of that, 5 of the other unless it's a jumbo bag and then only one...

They had a list of about 10 items that were limited in the last supermarket I went into.  But the spaces where the items weren't limited were bare.  One of the staff members said that as soon as they set a limit on one item, people just start stockpiling the next item.  Saw one woman with 2 handsoaps in her trolley (the maximum allowed) and at least 20 shower gels (no limit on those).  And hardly any shower gel left on the shelves!