Sorry if you can't see this!

What have you been eating since the lockdown.. have your food habits changed since all this shopping situation.. Have you been making do on what you have in the house so making up recipes of your own.
Are you finding you are eating more because you’re at home all day or less maybe due to lack of food and what have you just eaten for lunch today?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw0rvv7ogFA

Shops have been told by Enforcement Officers that they cannot sell Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns as they are not essential.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/easter-egg-crackdown-wrong-after-21779478

They don’t know?

This is worrying as many think they have had Coronavirus and after 7 to 14 days are OK and start going out again, mixing with family and friends.

Stay in and stay safe for the current 12 weeks isolation.
www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532754-600-can-you-catch-the-coronavirus-twice-we-dont-know-yet/

Please tell those idiots in Crawley and other parts of the Country who had parties at the weekend. They are putting us all in danger.
Police have been called to parties and pub lock-ins
https://www.spiritfm.net/news/sussex-news/3071854/coronavirus-police-called-to-parties-and-pub-lock-ins/

Usually a late to bed, late up I am up. Anybody up yet? Frosty morning and looked at my plum tree which is slowly dying but still has one big branch full of white blossoms. Victoria plums and delicious. With our strange weather pattern just hope we will get some fruit. If our country would be short of fruit in the Autumn this would be another disaster.
Looked at the coronavirus chart which did not look too bad but alas within one hour already steady increasing.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Forsythia looks lovely in the morning sun. Have a nice day.

I just signed the petition "Support self-employed people during coronavirus" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.

You can read more and sign the petition here:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/support-self-employed-people-during-coronavirus?bucket=email-blast-26_3_2020_selfemployed_kick&share=ec8e0df8-672e-45e5-945c-d7c5e0b1e31c&utm_campaign=26_3_2020_selfemployed_kick

https://youtu.be/BryllYufO2A

A positive sign!

Not sure if this will work for you all, but I'm loading it on my laptop this time. (Fingers crossed).

Anyone interested in previous generations.
Discovered lots of fibs and exaggeration when looking into personal family history many years ago.
Now's the opportunity to return to this hobby.
Would anyone recommend ancestry.co.uk or findmypast.co.uk, or any other on-line sources for info?
And have you found skeletons in cupboards?

The shops ran out of hand sanitiser gel ages ago but my local chemist had a hand sanitiser spray. The hand sanitiser gel I bought before had ethyl alcohol but the spray had isopropyl alcohol. Do any of you know if IPA is as effective as EA? The reason I ask is that I have about two litres of IPA in my workshop - I use it as a cleaning solvent to clean off sticky labels, clean fingerprints from CDs and DVDs, clean tape heads and so on.
Any idea what I could mix IPA with to make it more gel like? I'd need about two parts IPA to one part something else to get a suitable alcohol concentration.

Hope you are all well.
In the past you have seen me posting an appeal for "UN World Food Programme". As we all have time on our hands now I urge you all to take part. It is called free rice

http://www.gamesforchange.org/game/free-rice/

The categories encompass a total of 24 diverse subjects that can be played on 5 difficulty levels. (incl. languages) it starts easy but gets more difficult) I have played words, languages, landmarks

It was started October 7, 2007 and as of April 3, 2013, Freerice players had earned sufficient rice for over 10 million meals, assuming 2 meals per day.

For more info please read :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freerice

Would love for Scooploop to set up a group not only will it be good for us to while away some time knowing we doing something positive but it would also be good advertising for our site.

Do not know how to draw attention to management so please add link.
Good gaming all and please take part.

"A plane with 5 passengers on board -- Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, the Pope and a 10-year-old schoolgirl -- is about to crash and there are only 4 parachutes. Trump says "I need one. I’m the smartest man in the USA and I'm needed to solve the pandemic!" He takes one parachute and jumps. Johnson says‘I’m needed to sort out the COVID-19 mess in Britain’. He takes one and jumps. The Pope says, "The world's Catholics depend on me for comfort in a time of fear." He takes one and jumps. "You can have the last parachute," Merkel says to the 10-year-old. "I've lived my life. Yours is only just starting." The little girl replies: "Don’t worry, there are 2 parachutes left, the smartest man in the USA just took my school bag."

Trying to keep the locals happy and entertained

https://vm.tiktok.com/G9XoUS/

Please read through this - it's worth the effort:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/is-factory-farming-to-blame-for-coronavirus

going up in Bromley due to garden bonfires. Can't bloody win!

2 Saga ships are docked at Tilbury and have been offered for use as hospital ships if needed.

The majority of reports are related to online shopping scams where people have ordered protective face masks, hand sanitiser and other products, which have never arrived. Other frauds being reported include ticket fraud, romance fraud, charity fraud and lender loan fraud

Protection advice
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Reporting to Action Fraud can be done online at https://www.actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040.

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Keep sharing your comments advice support... to help everyone get through it.

There was a really emotional poem read out on BBC Breakfast this morning, about the Corona Virus lockdown. But I can't find it on youtube.

It ended with the lines:
We are a United Kingdom We are a Kingdom United.

Let me say I'm sorry if some of you can't see this - there is a problem at the moment which is beyond my control.
These are exercises you should all be able to do at home. It may be a little difficult for some - but you can use bottles of hand gel instead! 😅

Sun is shining now, but we had a few snowflakes whirling about this morning. Just wondered if we can do some virus killing with our hairdryers. (heat)?

In Iver Heath

I'm in a virtual queue....there's over 110,000 in front of me. Probably get to order around midnight!

Please note

Sounds good

Anyone waiting in anticipation for the letter from Boris? Me neither.

I bet it includes the phrase 'right measures at the right time' that I'm so sick of hearing.

(Too little, too late, wrong priorities, springs to mind.)

It will tell us that things will get much worse before they get better. Is there anyone out there who still hasn't worked that out?

Despite my disdain for those morons ignoring the rules, I do resent the public being targeted for blame. It'll be all our own fault next!

I'd like to know what 'further measures' are planned. What exactly does complete lockdown mean? No leaving the house at all? How long for? If I knew, at least I could prepare for it.

This email is a little bit different to the ones I normally send. Right now Coronavirus is at the top of every news bulletin. But what’s not being talked about as much is the pressure this puts on our already overstretched NHS staff.

We might not be able to solve the crisis, but that doesn’t make us powerless. We can make sure that those who are putting themselves on the frontline to look after us know we appreciate it. It could give them a little reminder of hope to keep them going in the tough weeks ahead.


So, will you sign a massive thank you card to our incredible NHS staff who work day in day out to protect us, even when it’s overwhelming or scary? If thousands of us add our name - and share it all over social media - NHS staff will know just how valued they are.

Will you join me and add your name to the card today?
http://bit.ly/2IHWBCU

When [if ?] things get back to normal where will you be going/what will you do ?

Don't forget to do your clocks

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/reduce-the-risks-of-getting-infected

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As so much doom and gloom about thought we could each pick out something we notice that we realise is a positive thing in our days while trapped at home.
My positive thought today was thank goodness I have a garden to get some air and to do some gardening regularly to keep moving and also to sit out in when the temperatures start to rise.

https://vm.tiktok.com/GhFc6G/

Weather grey and blowy hope sun comes out soon.Are we brain washed? Surface sanitiser--get rid of all your germs. TV programs going around with little sticks showing you how many germs there are in your house. ---I started once spraying but soon gave up ---(half full bottle might come in handy now) ----In all my fairly long life I had hardly any flu, colds. I only stopped washing meat which I did in my younger days. I hope I build up a good resistance. I am not referring to the present day crisis as this is too serious but in general. Are we brain washed by manufacturers so they can sell their wonder cleaning stuff?

Find I have to log in fresh every time. Notifications have gone awry. And comments are now last one first which is perhaps deliberate but I don’t like it. I am on ios system (iphone).

A letter from the future - well written and well worth reading. Your thoughts?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/a-letter-to-the-uk-from-italy-this-is-what-we-know-about-your-future

I went to bed at midnight tonight last night early 10.30 & wake at 2 or 3 and that’s it can’t sleep from then night after night.. has anyone else's sleep pattern changed since this virus has arrived?. I want to sleep but just can’t relax beginning to get me down now and I worry lack of sleep if I get the virus my body won’t be as healthy to fight it because I’m not sleeping 😔
Any ideas on how to get my sleep pattern back to normal?

Message from Neighbourhood Alert this afternoon:

Covid19 Four Phase Policing Approach

In these unprecedented times, it’s important that we’re in this together and each and every one of us has a role to play by following government advice. The vast majority are following the advice, and we thank you for listening.

However, for those who are not heeding the stay at home guidance, our officers will seek to engage, explain the circumstances and encourage you to do the right thing in complying with the government request. If considered necessary, we may take enforcement action by way of a Fixed Penalty Notice if you are putting others at risk.

Our top priorities are to ensure that we keep our local communities safe, maintaining the best service to the public, while also protecting officers and staff during these challenging times. We, together, can help support the nationwide response by following Government advice.

#StayHomeSaveLives

For more information, please visit www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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Fixed Penalty Notices will start at £30 if paid within 30 days. For repeat offenders the penalty will double with each offence, up to a maximum of £960.

What is the point of the new separate section for Coronavirus when it is filled with narsty political comments and inaccurate information?

This should be for useful information, from all areas. It doesn't allow for comments. It doesn't let people know the good projects or actions happening throughout the Country or information and helpful advice.

My mother died of COVID-19, in hospital at the weekend and if anyone needs help or information about making arrangements, please let me know.

Sealed coffin. Cremation, no one can attend. Ashes to remain at crematorium until Gov gives clearance for them to be collected.

Not sure if already posted anywhere ;)
#coronavirus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QnEXnHeuI8

So don't!
(Sorry if you can't see it, try a different viewer).

He’s said to have mild symptoms and is self isolating but still working from his isolation

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Thought it might be better to have a thread just for this instead of bits posted here and there on other threads.

Another sunny day. Hope you are all well and doing jobs long put off 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️We are only in the early stages in this scenario but have the feeling some people rubbing their hands with glee counting all the profits. Namely the bosses of food/goods companies.I had deliveries for months now. At the moment I come to the point where I do not know what to order as what I want to order is not available. (got plenty of candles in case of power cuts😁) One can pay out for under minimum deliveries a few times but it gets expensive over a long period. We get emails from all the chiefs we doing our best but have seen nothing "We are reducing the minimum spend to help the crisis.😒

My partner has two kids, one just a teenager and one nearly a teenager.

(unfortunately we don't live together).

She's started a home currency using monopoly money.

The kids can earn money by doing their school work, helping around the house and so on.

They can spend the money on time with the X box or TV, sweets, ice cream and so on.

She's posted lists on the fridge of how much each "treat" costs (screen time is 300 per hour and ice cream is 40 for two small scoops), how to earn currency (for example 30 minutes reading gets them 100, cleaning their room earns them 50 and mowing the lawn pays 400) and fines (100 for throwing a tantrum, shouting, half a chore, argueing etc).

I think this is an excellent idea which deserves sharing

Click on the video in this link to see How the UK clapped and cheered to show appreciation. Very moving.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/millions-of-britons-clap-for-carers-on-coronavirus-frontline


Perhaps we could Make this post to show our thanks and show our appreciation for them.
We could also share how the nhs have helped you in the past. As we are lucky to have our nhs.

So Thank You to each and everyone in the nhs whatever your roll is in helping save the lives of as many people as possible. 👏🏻