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[stirly-girly]

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Marnin" you lazy lot. It's 11:00 already!! Well, it is here in Stirly-World. A beautiful bright sunny day - a great day to be alive and kicking. And sober to boot!!
Back at the desk to rest after a weekend of cleaning and washing, etc., etc. but it does feel good to get those things over and done with. The phone calls about protective masks continue and protective masks we ain't got so a big dose of patience will be needed again this week.

Hope you all keep safe and occupied. Let's make the best of what we have!!

[JackieClaire]

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Morning and waves to the world.
The first morning I've woken up without anxiety steaming out of my ears...........its still not good but better.
Himself is in the office today.........just this morning to pick up some papers and do a little shop at the greengrocers.

Latest photo of me, the hat hides to roots.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Snigger.
Love the Zoom talks with family. We are actually chatting for a couple of hours at a time which is more than we have in years.
For some reason the irritations that I feel at work are amplified here at home - probably because it's now crossed the barrier between work and home, into my sanctuary.
I will not forget how lucky I am to have a job though. I will not.

Hope everyone is holding up OK and there isn't any drinking thinking going on for you.

[stirly-girly]

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Love the pic [MENTION=7008]JackieClaire[/MENTION] !!

Here's a few photos that made me smile. For all of you working from home and/or home schooling....

Tolerance level chart....


Ben’s Journal Entry From Monday About Our First “Home School” Day. ....


Working from home as a parent...


Heyho [MENTION=9170]byebyebridgetjones[/MENTION] - it could be worse. You could have little ones around demanding your attention....

[JackieClaire]

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:welldone: Cirly wirly stirly girly.

You know, I haven't been in the booze aisles for years..........can't go now anyway as only one shopper per trolley at the mo but Mr JC was saying its okay............lots of bottled beer, plenty wine and spirits........short on cases of beer....according to him.
Which brings me to the next point..........we're only allowed to buy three of one thing..........so Mr JC picked up about 5 choclate bars and got his hand virtually smacked and had to give two back..............but he could get away with three cases of beer

[mollyka]

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Afternoon -- I'm guessing you're all off doing important things by now - like eating and working from home and watching tele... and... and.. yeah -- bit like you Jackie - today is the first day that I haven't had a panic attack -- yet -- a literal one like - pains in my chest that if I didn't know better I would think it was a heart attack -- and talk about shortage of breath!!! couldn't breath hardly at all... but now -- yeah - maybe this is now becoming the new normal -- dunno -- haven't been assigned yet to the frontline - maybe that'll terrify me again -- who knows --
Could you not put a message on your answer machine Stirly that you've no masks?
HAD to go out this morning to get essentials - don't want to risk Joe going out unnecessarily -- and it was EERIE!! Went out early so was virtually the only one in the shop along with the staff - - which was handy - but very weird.. hadn't been out for days...
Hope youse are all doing ok - as ok as we can anyway under the circumstances... xxx

[mollyka]

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:welldone: Cirly wirly stirly girly.

You know, I haven't been in the booze aisles for years..........can't go now anyway as only one shopper per trolley at the mo but Mr JC was saying its okay............lots of bottled beer, plenty wine and spirits........short on cases of beer....according to him.
Which brings me to the next point..........we're only allowed to buy three of one thing..........so Mr JC picked up about 5 choclate bars and got his hand virtually smacked and had to give two back..............but he could get away with three cases of beer

Xpost Jacks -- gas that isn't it! Apparently there was some town in Spain or Italy (I think) who did a total ban on alcohol sales - and VERY quickly unbanned it... not sure the story behind that!

[stirly-girly]

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Afternoon -- today is the first day that I haven't had a panic attack -- yet -- a literal one like - pains in my chest that if I didn't know better I would think it was a heart attack -- and talk about shortage of breath!!! couldn't breath hardly at all... but now -- yeah - maybe this is now becoming the new normal -- dunno -- haven't been assigned yet to the frontline - maybe that'll terrify me again -- who knows --
Could you not put a message on your answer machine Stirly that you've no masks?
HAD to go out this morning to get essentials - don't want to risk Joe going out unnecessarily -- and it was EERIE!! Went out early so was virtually the only one in the shop along with the staff - - which was handy - but very weird.. hadn't been out for days...
Hope youse are all doing ok - as ok as we can anyway under the circumstances... xxx

Hiya Molls - good that the panic attacks have subsided for now, anyway. Not fun. I do get the odd knot in my stomach but so far that's it. Just keeping myself as occupied as I can with other things.

As for the message on the answering machine - the thing is that you never know who will call and we have no idea when we will receive masks. We got an order today - not the protection level required for COVID-19 but they will do for workers in factories and here's the thing - we had a call from the biggest bread manufacturer in Greece on Friday. They make 70% of the sliced bread, hotdog, hamburg rolls, etc., that are sold in the supermarkets here so they have a huge factory. They buy from a competitor of ours who is out of masks at the moment but luckily the ones we got today will do them so we will deliver the order tomorrow and hopefully it will be the start of a very profitable working relationship. They also have a chain of bakeries so things like protective sun-films and safety films for their shop windows, entrance mats with their logo, that kind of thing, plus interior decorative window films for their offices - the possibilities are many. So that's why we don't want a message saying we don't have masks. You just never know who might call... inkele:

[mollyka]

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jesus I get that Stirly -- what a bonus - and you deserve it for your patience with the phones.. well done... was just face-timing with Joey and his wee one - he's now laid off for the minute - but he seems happy enough - told him not to be stuck for rent or anything - but no panic in HIS voice - so that's good - still think of him as my baby - the rest are well able to look after themselves!!
Someone in the UK said today that this could go on 6 months!!!?? do any of you think so? doesn't honestly bear thinking about!

[brit]

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Good afternoon from a completely decluttered house. Just about to sit down with a coffee. Been on a family chat for over an hour--Even helped youngest granddaughter with homework.
Sounds like you may have made a good contact Stirly.
So glad you are less "panicky" J.C. and Molly.
Not surprised the booze aisle getting extra rations--Drink business profiting yet again.
Waves to everyone!

[rustop59]

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Evening everyone. Glad the anxiety levels are better today ladies. Thank God for technology Brit, so good that you can help like that. My SIL reads stories to her grandchildren via FaceTime. I had work, very quiet and few people around but deliveries came and the phone was ringing. Hard to know how long it will go on. Think we took measures fairly quickly so hopefully it will not be as bad as Italy. All we can do is hope.

[JackieClaire]

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Evening and I'll leave a couple of boiled eggs out for Bridgeeeeeeeeees brekkie.

Molls, its six months until normality........whatever that was. I suppose shoving and pushing to get on a bus, train and traffic jams...........we'll be looking back with nostalgia when people were at two metres distance. Sadly its expected to be our big 'spike' this week.

Yep, I'm coming out of the someone sitting on my chest anxiety into just horrible...........I'm longing the boring anxiety.

I managed to find somewhere that's delivering wool and got some sent to my Aunt.

Some dick e-mailed Jenny'shead teacher and criticised the fact that his kids were getting homework............the e-mail back tore him apart. I shall seek him down and give him an earful.....in about 6 months......my precious wee baby girl (fair enough she's 33 but she'll always be my baby) is going into school for the likes of this snotbag's kids............then I'll let the mild mannered Mr. JC at him.......then her uncle and then the bloke next door.



But on the whole there are multitude of good people out there.

[IamMary]

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Evening all,

Mers yer man 'Simon says' 2 weeks full throttle lockdown and that's the strictest it will get. They will reassess in 2 weeks then but fully expect to be able to loosen restrictions a tad by then.

Maybe. Im not giving out, I just find it hard to understand how they could loosen it if the death/positive test rate is still increasing.
That wasnt your nursing home today with the 100 year old lady?
Seems to be a lot of clusters in nursing homes, mind yourself

Some dick e-mailed Jenny'shead teacher and criticised the fact that his kids were getting homework............the e-mail back tore him apart. I shall seek him down and give him an earful.....in about 6 months......my precious wee baby girl (fair enough she's 33 but she'll always be my baby) is going into school for the likes of this snotbag's kids............then I'll let the mild mannered Mr. JC at him.......then her uncle and then the bloke next door.

What a tosser. And what is the child:teacher ratio for this child? I would give a limb for my kids to be in school now getting taught properly. Then again, every house has extra stress and thats fair enough, but be nice about it.

I think we are all getting used to the new world now, night is following day. Glad anxiety levels are easing.
Im nutty busy this week, pain in the arse, cos its all hours by the time Im checking the
kids work. The teens, who are dragged out of bed, seem to only work when they hear me approaching. The tween is not normal, v motivated and organised. Like JCs Jenny, we are a little confused by this :eyes:

[JackieClaire]

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[MENTION=22411]IamMary[/MENTION].............its actually homework that is sent on-line and some on-line classes................most of her kids are home. The school's just open for those for the most vulnerable (ie those with 'difficult ' home circumstances), while social services work out a home plan for them and those who's parents are in essential jobs...........she had five in her class last Thursday and expecting just one tomorrow.
She was a bar manager for years and says if you can handle the aftermath of Ladies Day at the races you can handle anything.

They break up for Easter in a week or two

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Hi dee hi

Thanks for the eggs JC. left you some veg curry in exactly the same place.
Finished another working day here. I took back some of the extra hours I've been working today. In that time I managed to break the lawn mower and the washing machine. Think I've fixed the lawn mower but now I have to find someone willing to fix my washing machine in the middle of a pandemic or hand wash for 6 months. It was also my own stupidity too which makes it worse.
Hoping the panic attacks continue to subside girls. I can certainly see why. Going to Woolworths is like acting in your own Bond film. I can't believe the people that just walk as usual knowing that you will get out of THEIR way arrogant bastards. I know I'm going to end up in a scrap in a supermarket before too much longer. I'll see someone coughing their lungs up all over the place and throw a can of chopped tomatoes at their head. I'm not a bad shot either for a girl.
For a person that doesn't like people much this is pretty challenging. For example the knob cloud complaining about the homework at Jenny's school. Take the kids home then, dickhead. Let's see how long you last.