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gennepher said:
I am walking round with my bandana over my mouth and nose and a snood over it all as well. I am so wishing I had got one of those skeleton faces on the bandanas...but I got more typical lady designs.
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Never thought i'd say this of you...but Bottled it..



..how cool would that have been, some phone watching twazzock, bumping into YOU, expecting to give you a mouthful for not watching where YOUR going, and seeing the grim reaper, in an Burberry overcoat..glaring back...hahaha..
 
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Watch this space @jjraak ....
 
Done another online shop mainly to stock up on frozen stuff & cat food/litter...will have to venture down to my local Tesco's for my favourite coffee but needs must maybe I'll do a @gennepher I do have a scarf with a skeleton heads on it watch this space...a little disappointed with myself but really I blame @OldButBold I spotted crumpets online did I buy one... no...I bought two packs just for emergencies if times get really dire is there anything better than a hot buttered crumpet.
 
well that came quick.

daughter works in bookies.
not the most salubrious customers.

complained yesterday felt rough.."just a cold, mum"

checked up today, has a temperature, a sore throat and a cough, but not persistent, just chesty.

called 111, asked to self isolate 7 days.
shes fine.
we are fine, but mum is worried is not saying too much.
had already made plans to protect her dad, so on the ball with all this.
sure she's just got a cold and it does make good sense, but a little worried ?

yeah, we are.
 
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And now for something completely different ...

Late last night, just after I had gone to bed, I heard a voice in my apartment!?! I had turned off the TV and my phone had not turned itself on ... WHAT???!!!
I followed the voice across the apartment to the ceiling speaker to hear a disembodied (but as least clear) male voice saying Ladies and gentlemen an alarm has gone off in the building. Please stand by near your speakers.

What on earth???!!!??? Back before they re-did the fire alarm system the voice would say "A fire emergency has been reported in the building. Please stand by and await further instructions."

But this did not say "Fire" so there I was, in my pajamas, standing under the speaker, wondering if the Martians had landed on the roof, the President had helicoptered in for a briefing, or a horde of coronavirus-infected invaders had breached the security doors and were even now breathing and sneezing throughout the corridors.

Finally I came to my senses, went very slowly and outwardly calmly back to the bed and reached out for teh KittenCat just as she realized I was inwardly stressed and tried to elude my grasp.
But I got her and crated her.

Next thing I know:
"A FIRE HAS BEEN REPORTED ON YOUR FLOOR. GO TO THE NEAREST STAIRWELL AND EXIT THE BUILDING."

WHAT???!!!??? NO fire alarm has gone off, and always before the announcement has been to Stand By And Await Further Instructions.
So I scrambled into sweatpants, a jacket, shoes, grabbed my keys and the KittenCat, and went out into the corridor, only to find absolutely none of my neighbors running towards the stairwell. No smoke. No smell of burning. No heat.

So I called down to the lobby desk, where, thankfully, the security guard, being new, was actually at his post and answered the phone and said he didn't know what the heck was going on other than 3 apartments had sprung leaks. At least that's what I thought he said, because by now my neighbors had come out into the corridor and one was asking me if there was a fire -- like I knew, right? -- and I couldn't hear the guard, and the neighbors who don't understand or speak English were asking what was going on (at least I assumed they were, I don't speak their languages either).

Then the security guard appeared out of the stairwell -- not even out of breath after climbing all those stairs! -- and another neighbor is so loudly telling him what he "should" be doing that she can't hear him trying to explain that he is TRYING to find out what the heck is going on.

Then he went back downstairs, we all went back into our apartments, I put the KittenCat, still in her crate, on the sofa beside me and told her I would release her as soon as I heard the All Clear. She replied Meow MEOW meow.
Never got the All Clear but never heard any fire engine sirens so figured it was a false alarm like all the others that occasionally occur. Made note to self to tell staff on Monday that they need to inform us of the new announcement and to not PANIC when we hear it; made follow-up note to self to not bother as staff would not act upon it. ...
Eventually fell asleep, in pajamas, in bed, with KittenCat released from her crate and outwardly none the worse for the experience.

Sigh.
 

Very worrying. Hugs to you all and hopes and prayers it is indeed just a cold.
 

Good luck with the crumpets. I bought a pack of strawberry toaster pastries the other day to tempt my appetite during the duration.
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They are all gone.
Hence this morning's 8.something FBG, before I ate the last one.
Hence my hopes that your crumpets will last you longer than my Pop-Tarts did me.
 
Interesting points. You could also add the man who spent 4 years stopping (only) just short of advocating a shooting war against 48% of his own country now asking us all to care for each other. This after a decade of making the poorest, youngest and most vulnerable pay so his ilk can luxuriate. Don't think Wayne R has or ever will make my grandchildren pay for his ego to be stroked but I take your point.
 
SaskiaKC said:
Hence my hopes that your crumpets will last you longer than my Pop-Tarts did me
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I've got two packs Saskia...strictly for emergencies only particularly when I've had a hard day at work...putting them in the freezer & will take singly well that's the intended plan.
 

Is there an American translation please?
 
ianpspurs said:
Is there an English translation please?
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I'm with you @ianpspurs i was looking for the translation rating .

Actually back in 1981 I had my own computer software business writing accounts, stock control, payrolls and production control systems for computer companies Digital Equipment, Olivetti, Data General and many commercial businesses, I employed 5 programmers including myself and we were very busy. One of the younger programmers approached me one day and said why don't we branch out into games software? My answer was no money in that we will stick with commercial software one of my many wrong decisions in life
 
jjraak said:
yeah, we are.
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Of course you are worried who wouldn't be...I expect you are right it is just a cold however we all need to be careful and take as many precautions as we can...she's fortunate she has you & her mum to look out for her hope it resolves quickly & favourably.
 
SaskiaKC said:
Is there an American translation please?
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Don't blame Tom Brady and his sort for what - insert self aggrandising politician of choice but you can guess mine- has done and now wants us all to totally forget because he/she/they have been found out but refuse to take the blame for their actions.
 
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Ryhia said:
FBG 4.6 this morning. Result of sterilizing my throat with a little dash of alcohol. Was 3.9 yesterday though so maybe not such a false reading. No exercise just carnivore.
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3.6 before lunch what is going on! Lunch was a large salmon steak, cabbage, cauli with cheese sauce and a little swede. Followed this with sugar free jelly and a dollop of cream. Definitely wont be in the 3s long after that.
 
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