Unfortunately, the rest of my flat is much less tidy than those shelves.
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Well, as of Monday, the US officially lost it’s game of Pandemic.
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Meanwhile, Leicester (where I live) has had an outbreak. Which is quite confusing, as we’re not even marked on the board.
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I’ve just been reading an article on the BBC that said that cities with similar demographics to Leicester should be on the lookout for a spike, including Bradford, Leeds, and Sheffield. Looks like a Yorkshire lockdown might be on the cards…
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Really, I’m of the opinion that we shouldn’t be opening up anything at the moment, so it’s not affecting me much.
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Me neither - haven’t been anywhere except the supermarket, the park, and the vets for months!
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I think there’s a general feeling that decisions in the UK are being made on the basis of political expediency more than science. Pretty much everyone I know is planning to keep avoiding unnecessary travel for quite a while yet. (Of course, we’re lucky enough to be able to do so.)
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For those from further afield the UK is currently divided into two groups.
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People who where ever possible are complying with Government Advice.
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People who group 1 label d*ckheads.
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With the complication that government advice is rapidly turning into “everything is fine, go back to your normal lives”.
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Here in Wales our Government is a bit more sensible. I like to think we’re looking over the fence at our boorish neighbours and letting them make mistakes so we don’t have to.
If it makes you feel any better, every time we watch the news or read local or regional news, I turn to my partner and say, “I don’t want to live in this country anymore.”
I’m from Scotland where do we get one of these fences you talk about? 
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If only it was a real fence 
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I can tell you that in Little Rock, Arkansas decisions have been about political expediency from the word “go”.
I think the operating philosophy has been “hold my beer and watch this.” I get out to the grocery store and I run outside on weekend mornings. I think I’ve been inside eight distinct physical structures since March 17 and three of those were for less than an hour. I expect that number to remain stable.
Just be careful everyone. It saddens me so much to see how badly this whole thing is going in so many places around the world …
I wish we knew when it is going to be over but we don’t know that.
My city had next to no cases for nearly 2 months and we all felt pretty safe (still careful, distancing, hand washing and mask wearing) and this week suddenly an outbreak… turns out yet another church service plus family gathering… and I’m still waiting for news that the meat factory 2km from where i live has an outbreak as well…
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There’s a couple of bridges, you may need to consider putting a toll on them again
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Here in New Zealand we have group 1 (the same), group 2 are people shouting about the economy like it’s an all powerful god, and group 3.
Group 3 are people who listen to the Mike Hosking, a media commentator. For context I present a video someone made of Mike Hosking debating himself.
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Our eldest keeps asking why don’t we move to New Zealand.
Is Hosking a big name in NZ?
Yes, weirdly. I can’t think of an equivalent in the UK or US, but people keep thinking he knows what’s going on, but he can’t string a coherent paragraph together. The Australian media fairly regularly report on whatever he’s said recently as if he’s top notch too.
Anyway, move here. It’s cold, there’s sheep, you’ll love it. Just stay out of the North Island, it’s warm and there’s cows. It’s not the same.
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That’s the good thing about NZ, it is like two countries in one. I’d say, go to the South Island (the Mainland) only for holidays: it is bloody cold there in winter…
About group 3, well… crisis times are always an opportunity to learn. It is always easy to subject politicians to criticism, but I am always more worried about the handful of people that are multi billionaires and dodge taxes through financial engineering left, right and centre, but hey… who am I to point the finger at their humongous assets that would take several lifetimes just to scratch… of course, of course, quarantine is the problem!
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