Daily Thread,Thursday, 18th March, 2021

Good morning all, Hope you and your four legged friends are all ok. Have a good day, take it easy and above all stay safe and well. God bless.

Good morning Moyra and all who follow

Dull but not too cold. Teazle walked and now waiting for son to get up and then we are off to clear the house in London and take final meter readings as completion is hopefully tomorrow.

Hope all are well. Stay safe.

Morning. Sue can I ask Are you allowed to go to London? Don't want to rock the boat but it sort of goes with my predicament. I was going to see a friend on Saturday. She was coming to me to meet up outside. But I have said no now because she said we would have to walk 2 meters away from each other. Now I live on my own, have had the vaccine and so has she. I have been well all through this pandemic. She tests herself every 3 days because of work and has also been well. So, am I right in getting annoyed and despondent on not seeing anyone normally. Don't know if I've explained it properly but my point is Why do we have to be so far apart? The rules, huh, state we can sit and have a drink and have a picnic. I read all the websites and none really say keep apart from March 8th. If meeting a friend.

Hi Brenda. I think we are alright as it is to do with selling a house and everything that involves. The house is empty so will not meet anyone it will just be Ben and myself, in and out as quickly as possible, straight there and straight back. Plenty of people moving house round here.

I know what you mean being unable to meet friends. I last saw my best friend just before Christmas, her in her front door and me at the end of her drive it is not the same.

Ah yes I see now. It isn't that I can't see her it is this 2 meter apart thing. Makes it very difficult if walking and someone comes inbetween when having a discussion. Oh well I have put her off now. Just wonder and hope that we can all get back to a proper type of walk and meeting up. i'm beginning to get paranoid like a lot of disgruntled people and not trust anything that is said by the government.

Nope...you can't travel unnecessarily Brenda, medical appointments, work, house sales, to escape domestic abuse, for childcare reasons yes but other than that....no. I was in a bubble with Steve, had been for a year...he decided to go round his sister's house so now I don't see him...he had to collect some stuff from me, first time I left it in the porch, second time as he had a really large parcel and a smaller one, I carried the smaller one for him but I stayed well away from him... just because you have been vaccinated does not mean that you won't get covid or that if you are asymptomatic that you won't pass it on, I think you are allowed to sit in a garden together in the near future. We have been in a high tier since November, that's the last time I saw most of my friends in the pub and I haven't seen the people I go for lunch with since February last year, my brother hasn't been able to come home and he was supposed to come for Easter and we were celebrating Christmas.....we can't do that now ( I don't like him but to hear him say he can't wait to see us all is very sad). In my opinion, on f everyone had stuck to the rules, then we would have been out of this a lot quicker

The two metres is for all our safety, Brenda. They estimated that the droplets that spread the virus are far less likely to transmit at that distance.

It's a pain not seeing family and friends, but the alternative is unthinkable

Finally, after 18months, the fence panel that blocks the light from my kitchen that belongs to next door is now down to the height agreed with planning....my nice neighbour is chuffed as she now has more light too....now if only they would put the rest right! I am sure nutty Nora the tenant isn't going to be happy but that's not our problem at all

Yes, it's pretty clear that both the first and second lockdowns were cancelled far too quickly, the objective to keep businesses going, but it's ending up costing more now Also right from the beginning I think restrictions on incomming passengers from anywhere abroad sshould have been much more strict.


Now it's all playing "Catch Up" which might mean six months or more of restrictions

I know all of what has been said, but I know I am going to be shot down in flames for saying this but if two people are fit and healthy and have been for months this 6ft 6inches rule is not viable when walking apart and other people having to walk in-between or around them which defeats the 2 meter rule. There must be another way? Especially as two people can sit on a bench that aren't normally that long drinking and eating. I'm going to leave it there as I don't think anyone understands really what I'm getting at. Sorry.