Coronavirus

[Steve Maskery]

I went shopping today........

Did you wear disposable gloves? Catching this bug through the air is highly unlikely compared to catching it from touching an infected surface.

Yes I did.

S

 

[beech1948]

I went shopping today. It was ridiculous. Lots of empty shelves. Are hens really going to stop laying?

Well, I was protected.


I got a few looks, a couple of generous smiles, but no-one, I mean no-one, took the Mickey, not even the teenage youths hanging around in the car park. I got a look and one of them pulled his hoodie over his face. But no mockery.

I am taking the view that I shall get it, but I hope to have the mild version and then be protected. If it kills me (and I hope it doesn't, I've not finished my bench nor my dining table yet) then at least my pension worries are over.
Silver linings and all that.

I went to Tesco today at 05:30 for a 6 am opening. What a joke. The store was basically 50% empty of any purchasable goods with limited piles of stuff available.

By 6 am the store was basically full of people I kid you not. There were quite a few aggressive men around eg pushing a lady and her trolley over. That was sorted by two huge security people who escorted the guy out of the store sans shopping.....well done those guys.

I was there to try to find toilet tissues as we have run out. I just gave up, got some croissants and went home for a cuppa. My wife and I have not stockpiled anything at all other than our normal shopping list.

Are people now so selfish, self centred and utter sh*ts really. Maybe its just those who panic and can not see the wood for the trees ( a woody remark at last)

Al

Appalled of Crowthorne.

 

[Droogs]

good luck to you Mike and all who get this, lets hope it's not as bad an event as we all fear.

I do have to say, the quick thinking idea of using a croissant if there is no TP is out there, but I can see how the shape helps with reach :lol:

 

[transatlantic]

I went in the evening yesterday, and was surprised to see just how bad it is. Nothing but junk food really. The bakery section was completely empty other than some Welsh Cakes. What's wrong with Welsh Cakes? :?

I would have expected that they would restock after closing ready for the morning, but tha doesn't seem to be the case, as even if you go first thing it's the same. Though they tell us they're restocking more than ever? hmmmmm...

Did anyone see the ration boxes that the supermarkets are working on?

 

[Just4Fun]

Here are the rules I am now living under:

... Out-of-home traffic should be limited to the minimum only for very specific reasons and to the extent necessary to serve vital needs only.

Acceptable exceptions are exclusively for:

...

Go to the bank and the petrol station

The exception for going to the petrol station is an odd one. I don't think I have ever been out with the purpose of going to a petrol station and cannot think why it might be a good idea under present circumstances. I stop at the fuel station when I am making some other journey and the car needs fuel. I never make a special trip to get fuel. Does anyone?

Looks like I'll be taking the dog everywhere.

You could probably make a fortune renting out the dog to your neighbours.

 

[Deadeye]

Well, I've definitely got something. At the moment I'd say "off colour" rather than ill, thanks Roger. Put it this way......I'm heading out to the workshop in a minute.

Hi Mike

Just out of interest, did you have a 'flu *** this season?
Get well soon

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Knowing my luck if I get hospitalised I'll test positive for MRSA again, and get more isolated than normally isolated.

 

[Nigel Burden]

Although my health is generally very good for my age, 68, I've had a cough and sore throat off and on for the last two months, and also itchy eyes. This has been the norm for the last four or five years. I mentioned it to the doctor about three years ago and he thought it was allergy related, possibly tree pollen, although with the wet weather I would have thought that pollen levels were suppressed.

With regards to aggressive shoppers, my wife was telling me that an elderly man locally had something snatched from his hand by a woman in a local shop. :evil: Many of you will probably remember the scenes on toy stores back in the 80s with shoppers fighting over Cabbage Patch Dolls. :roll:

Nigel.

 

[MikeG.]

......did you have a 'flu *** this season?

I've never had it. I'm not in any of the categories for whom it is recommended.

Get well soon

Thank you.

 

[RogerS]

Knowing my luck if I get hospitalised I'll test positive for MRSA again, and get more isolated than normally isolated.

Btu at least you get your own room !

 

[RogerS]

Although my health is generally very good for my age, 68, I've had a cough and sore throat off and on for the last two months, and also itchy eyes. This has been the norm for the last four or five years. I mentioned it to the doctor about three years ago and he thought it was allergy related, possibly tree pollen, although with the wet weather I would have thought that pollen levels were suppressed.

With regards to aggressive shoppers, my wife was telling me that an elderly man locally had something snatched from his hand by a woman in a local shop. :evil: Many of you will probably remember the scenes on toy stores back in the 80s with shoppers fighting over Cabbage Patch Dolls. :roll:

Nigel.

What wood are you/have you worked with ?

 

[Droogs]

Just was an interview with an Italian doctor who said that the main complication is interstitial pneumonia and is hitting mainly men over the surprisingly young age of 40

vid here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wohTFdqCurA

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Itchy eyes? Mine itch perpetually - it's blepharitis. A pain in the ar....eyes.

 

[FatmanG]

Just was an interview with an Italian doctor who said that the main complication is interstitial pneumonia and is hitting mainly men over the surprisingly young age of 40

vid here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wohTFdqCurA

I'm right in the firing line here im proper proper scared, really scared. I went with my wife to Nuffield hospital in central Leeds today, she is having an operation it is going ahead as scheduled but I was only allowed to stay with her 5 minutes. No visiting at all oh and they gave you hand wash and temperature scan as soon as you went in. The consultant told my wife tomorrow is the last day of scheduled ops the beds will become ICU from then on.
I won't be leaving my home again after I collect her hopefully tomorrow afternoon.
FG

 

[Droogs]

I hope all goes well for you and yours FatmanG, just try to make sure you have plenty of nutritious stuff in for her recovery and just cuddle up and watch movies

 

[RogerS]

....The consultant told my wife tomorrow is the last day of scheduled ops the beds will become ICU from then on.
...

Oh wow...I wonder if that is across the entire Nuffield estate in which case my sister has just got in under the wire as she's due a hip operation in an hour and a half. I hope they don't cancel as she's been in a lot of pain for a long time.

 

[FatmanG]

I'm not sure but when she rings I will get her to ask if you want Rogers?

 

[Deadeye]

......did you have a 'flu *** this season?

I've never had it. I'm not in any of the categories for whom it is recommended.

Weelll... the NHS would like *everyone* to have it - as this means lower infection rates generally and so lower pressure and fewer infections of vulnerable people. However, they just can't afford to give it to everyone.
Given that it's only £10 or £15 at Boots to have it done, I'd recommend it for everyone.

 

[user22161]

I was there to try to find toilet tissues as we have run out. I just gave up, got some croissants and went home for a cuppa.

At least you shouldn't see the skid marks on a croissant

I'm amazed by the behaviour in the UK, can't understand the panic. We're in lock-down in Portugal - go to work, food shopping or pharmacy or stay at home, don't even go on the beach. Cafes, restaurants, bars etc. all closed as are non-essential shops. Left the boat and headed up to Lisbon yesterday, motorway from Algarve virtually empty. Food shopping this morning, 1/2 hr queue to get in supermarket but everything is on the shelves and no panic except for one guy with a trolley full of bog rolls and beer, must have found some Boddingtons.

Hopefully fly home on Tuesday on one of the last RyanAir flights out and wondering how we will be able to stock up totally empty fridge and freezer

 

[Trainee neophyte]

Looks like I'll be taking the dog everywhere.

You could probably make a fortune renting out the dog to your neighbours.

Now that is a plan!