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Post by Chumbles on Mar 17, 2020 10:08:13 GMT
I was still kicking myself; difficult trick so I am stopping that. Nursey is due so I will be conspicuous by my absence ... It occurred to me late last night that the world and his wife would hit upon the idea of home deliveries so I booked my weekly delivery as far in the future as I could. If you're dependent on these, do this. Me? I'd have to coax my friend (the one who never visits) into buying stuff and leaving it in the airlock (my tiny lobby has an inner door and an outer one), if the Tesco Toms failed me. So, amipal , tenthenemy et al, take note if you haven't already done this ... |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 17, 2020 10:28:06 GMT
I'm having a delivery today, as expected no loo rolls or pasta but there is some inventive substitutions instead of Basmati rice they are offering "Tilda Microwave Brown Basmati & Quinoa Wholegrain Rice", I think not.
Out of interest I queued(!) to get into Ocado and the only slot they had was between 23:00 and 00:00 on Sunday.
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Post by sandybahookie on Mar 17, 2020 10:36:02 GMT
NP2: Aaaargh! As if those Spanish guys weren't enough I've just unbaited the perfect trap and gifted them a major star. What a klutz. Poltroon...  ...clown, fuckwit, drongo, dumbass, tool, div, pissant twat, cretin, numbnut, drivelling old codger. Classic Chumbles |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Mar 17, 2020 10:38:37 GMT
We've all been told to come in to the office as normal. Roads were busy, but generic tax dodging coffee chain was empty. They made you come into work and pick up everyone's coffee? Sounds like they want you off the payroll soon. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 17, 2020 10:44:10 GMT
I am still able to visit supermarkets with tbe great unwashed.
Apart from no bog roll or pasta (i assume people are using lasagne sheets to wipe) and uncooked spaghetti to scratch those hard to reach itches) or baked beans everything seems pretty normal.
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Post by Faceless on Mar 17, 2020 10:45:07 GMT
If they really want rid of me they could just go down the 'capability' route.
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Post by sandybahookie on Mar 17, 2020 10:50:45 GMT
Perhaps I will win the next Darwin award but the fat blond clown suggesting that I might want to consider avoiding going to the pub makes me think going to the pub is probably 5000% the right thing to do.
If its serious then why isnt he making a more serious statement and putting us properly into a lockdown? Everyone stay at home 4 week minimum sounds appropriate.
If were all in it together then why fuck over the pubs and cafes with an unofficial suggestion rather than some kind of national order.
I believe the may be some cessation of business cover with some insurers if it was more than just advice.
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Post by sandybahookie on Mar 17, 2020 10:53:44 GMT
Some pretty sweet advice here from Jamaican musician Zagga, proper public service.
Mi just ah think, we cyan a guh roun’ and touch touch people like we used to. Then me link wid one of my G dem - and you know da likkle supm deh weh we ah rub off big finga? Mi seh dah hail deh now, it haffi guh cut out. Because dis nuh good fi we health, right now. Right deh so now, di song pop inna mi head, like yow, we need fi hail wid we foot enuh.
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 17, 2020 10:54:46 GMT
I am still able to visit supermarkets with tbe great unwashed. Apart from no bog roll or pasta (i assume people are using lasagne sheets to wipe) and uncooked spaghetti to scratch those hard to reach itches) or baked beans everything seems pretty normal. I went to Sainsburys yesterday and the only thing I noticed is there wasn't any fresh chicken, some people are so dull when it comes to food. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 17, 2020 11:08:50 GMT
One of our neighbours is posting notes through people's doors saying that they're available for a chat, at a safe distance.
I'm mildly stunned.
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 17, 2020 12:11:24 GMT
One of our neighbours is posting notes through people's doors saying that they're available for a chat, at a safe distance. I'm mildly stunned. It'll probably end badly ... |
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Post by scubar on Mar 17, 2020 12:19:24 GMT
One of our neighbours is posting notes through people's doors saying that they're available for a chat, at a safe distance. I'm mildly stunned. It'll probably end badly ... Some good advice for us all there. |
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Post by sandybahookie on Mar 17, 2020 12:30:13 GMT
Every cafe, bar and shop in edinburgh still open and with customers from what I saw on a drive through town.
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Post by amipal on Mar 17, 2020 12:40:22 GMT
I went to Sainsburys yesterday and the only thing I noticed is there wasn't any fresh chicken, some people are so dull when it comes to food. This is me. Not because I don't like pork, lamb, beef etc., but because chicken has the lowest environmental impact. Not to mention the need to cut down on red meat for health reasons. Let's just say that, when I do cook roast lamb, it is like a bloomin' festival in this house. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 17, 2020 12:44:08 GMT
I went to Sainsburys yesterday and the only thing I noticed is there wasn't any fresh chicken, some people are so dull when it comes to food. This is me. Not because I don't like pork, lamb, beef etc., but because chicken has the lowest environmental impact. Not to mention the need to cut down on red meat for health reasons. Let's just say that, when I do cook roast lamb, it is like a bloomin' festival in this house. I like chicken* a lot so no shade but people should use a bit of imagination. *Also for tree hugging reasons, ahem. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Mar 17, 2020 12:52:21 GMT
Every cafe, bar and shop in edinburgh still open and with customers from what I saw on a drive through town. Scoping out the territory for some looting once the shit really hits the fan? Smart move. |
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Post by silcox on Mar 17, 2020 13:01:52 GMT
It's the end of times...they've run out of HPA in Asda
We're doing that thing where you post leaflets letting old folks know there's help nearby if they need it.
I may also add a line inviting them into my Apex Legends squad. They'll probably increase my chances of winning a game
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Post by cobblers on Mar 17, 2020 13:02:45 GMT
I’m still in the office as IT haven’t told me when I might expect my new laptop as they cancelled the laptop allocations in response to CV19 pending establishing who needs to be able to WFH and this meant that my request for a laptop because I can’t WFH even though my bloody contract says I’m supposed to because I don’t have a laptop at the moment has gone to an as yet unspecified place in the heap. Idiots.
I’m going to take a leaf out of the Italian book by clambering up onto the roof and serenading the neighbourhood tonight. Highway to Hell, Hair of the Dog and Black Leather should lift everyone’s spirits.
Update! “Please bear with us...” ffs three bloody weeks ago I pointed out that this might be an issue. Three bloody weeks.
Further update! Preferred mammal (who does have a laptop) has been doing sterling work foraging for supplies in the wasteland. Bog roll, the last 6 bottles of speckled hen and a box of fancy lads snacks, all accompanied by a mildly sarcastic text message. First class. I have every confidence that she’ll be right at home braining radscorpions with a lumphammer, which is the inevitable outcome of all this.
This wall of text has been brought to you courtesy of occasional interruptions.
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 17, 2020 13:04:26 GMT
🍀Happy St Patrick's Day!🍀 May no one sneeze into your Guinness and may you have a great craic as you are worving from home. Although, with pubs and bars shut and parades cancelled, who'd want the luck of the Irish? DQB2: I now have the strongest weapon in the game. I can genocide the bunnies more efficiently than ever. Mwahahaha. gongfarmer The home zone on the Isle of Awakening cannot be expanded, but the game will not allow you to build outside it anyway until you've progressed in the story (you can test this by going to a completely different part of the island and attempting to build there). I have noticed that residents found their way up mountaintops and two valleys away into projects that I never intended to be used by anyone. From your description the problem is with your building: is it actually registering as a room? The largest room type is the "enormous" one (max 10x15 blocks), any bigger than that and it won't count. The walls must always be at least two blocks high with no gaps (though you can have gaps above two blocks) and there needs to be a door. When you are inside the building it should tell you what type of room you are standing in. This principle is key to all your building activities. I haven't re-used blueprints very often myself but you just go into the Builderpedia and, as amipal said, put the desired blueprint into your inventory, then slap it down wherever you want. OTTM: Yesterday was my brother's birthday. He had planned a small holiday with an evening at the opera, but it all fell through as everything in Germany is either shut or has been cancelled. So he went for a walk instead as the weather was nice. This bat plague is pretty anti-hedonistic. |
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 17, 2020 13:12:33 GMT
Woooohoooo!
Just been announced at work "Tuffers, fuck off home and work there until we tell you otherwise, you twat"
YEEAAHHHH!
James here I come!
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Post by RollingEscargot on Mar 17, 2020 13:19:58 GMT
I've answered so many fucking emails today it's not true. This is worse than actually being at work.
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Post by lonewolf on Mar 17, 2020 13:33:53 GMT
My work has decided that anyone with an underlying medical condition is working from home.
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Post by MrTiddles on Mar 17, 2020 13:53:34 GMT
I've just negotiated 22.5% off a new interwebz deal with my current provider. It was pretty easy.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 17, 2020 13:56:55 GMT
I've just negotiated 22.5% off wiv a dealer (my current provider). He was pretty! ftfy!  #plantlife |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Mar 17, 2020 14:07:43 GMT
Morning all! Welcome to the year 0 AC.
Had a flurry of emails from work telling everyone to work from home with further details to follow, then nothing except one panicked 10pm email asking for urgent information from us.
Nintendo direct this evening! Top banana. Maybe a new Dr Mario game?
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