OneGuyFromBarlick

We're giving money to the local hospital's fund. If we'd been younger we would probably be volunteering to help them.

I got it straight away Kev - perhaps I've been in the south too long!

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Cathy wrote: ↑

08 Apr 2020, 13:43

Are you attempting to make a face mask Stanley?

Why do I say 18 months? Because I'm a realist and it's going to be at least 18months until people like me are released from Isolation. If we have3n't had it and built an immunity we will be vulnerable. Plaques was saying something similar in the covid thread and I replied thus: `We don't have to wa...

The name Jericho was sometimes used to denote a distant place, as we nowadays would say Timbuktu. In Oxford's case, the Jericho area was outside the city walls.

People who work as gardeners have advantages at the moment. They carry on working, are outside, wear gloves, aren't frightened of rain and can chat to other people from a distance. We know a father and son who live together and work together as gardeners.

I've always been more sensitive than average to the smell of diesel exhaust fumes and absolutely hate it. I avoid traffic jams wherever possible.

In our final years in the village it was about 47p and it had been up in the 70s at times. If you have to rely on oil for heating you need to keep some money aside to allow for the shenanigans of the international `oil majors'.

Plaques, the latter and no.

He'll never be a `Forgotten Corner' himself, Cathy!

This man is an idiot and a menace and Youtube/google should have banned and deleted all these videos weeks ago... `Coronavirus: YouTube tightens rules after David Icke 5G interview' LINK `YouTube has banned all conspiracy theory videos falsely linking coronavirus symptoms to 5G networks. The Google-...

This is another aspect of wildlife during the virus crisis...
`Coronavirus: Why more rats are being spotted during quarantine' LINK

The only real hope is that pensioners and the like carry on with isolation until a vaccine is available. This is going to be a very long haul for some people. Plaques, I understand what you're getting at but will qualify your statement with this. We don't have to wait until a vaccine is available. ...

I see that the oil syndicate we used when we lived in the village is now showing 27.99p a litre + 15% VAT. It has got 5000 members now!

I wonder if all the stuff they receive from the public goes into quarantine for a few days in case any of it is contaminated with virus?

Big Kev wrote: ↑

07 Apr 2020, 11:19

I asked my wife to rate my listening skills, she said "you're an 8 on a scale of 10".
Why she wanted me to urinate on a skeleton, I have no idea.

That would be good as an advert for promoting hearing aids!

I went to the chemist today and asked the assistant "what kills the Corona Virus?"
She replied to me "Ammonia Cleaner".
I said "Oh, I am sorry, I thought you worked here".

Stanley wrote: ↑

07 Apr 2020, 02:40

"When I have more idle moments I will repost when the time is right"
There's going to be plenty of that about Ian. I reckon 18 months at least......

Why do you say that?

Here in Taunton we have an area near the town centre that is known as Tangier. Tradition states that Tangier is named after the Tangier Regiment, employed to round up Monmouth’s rebels in 1685. They were billeted or encamped in this area of Taunton. A late 17th century inn in the area was also calle...

In 1957/58 we had insignificant protection from vaccine, antibiotics were less readily available on a worldwide basis and on, average, world health was worse then than it is now.

You've got a fantastic view from your garden, Plaques. We always enjoy our garden and it's an even greater benefit in these times of lockdown. Flower and leaf buds are opening, there's fresh growth everywhere and life is being renewed. The tadpoles are twiddling their way back and forth across our p...

Also hold your breath and turn your back to them until they've passed. If they're offended then they deserve it for not being considerate!

It's worth reading this article to understand better the problems surrounding oxygen supply. It's not just shortage of ventilators but the limits set by a hospital's piping and storage. Also, a CPAP machine normally used to treat sleep apnoea is being tested to provide another approach, one that doe...

Here's how some people pass their time during lockdown. This is a russian facebook group that re-creates the art world's masterpieces using people, animals and even food... LINK

And this is a similar idea from a US Instagram group... LINK

Just like your grass I noticed this morning after last night's shower the Aubrieta flower stems in our garden seem to have lengthened noticeably! Our forecast shows no rain for the next two weeks except for a spot on Thursday morning.