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Things you’ve noticed/ newly appreciated since the lockdown
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Add to that we won't be buying Yorkshires, naan bread, fruit crumbles anymore, just as easy and nicer to make.2
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That working from home is great if you’ve been out on the lash the night before but doing it every day is a ball ache.
That attempting to cut an apple tree down on your own is a fucking ball ache.
And finally, that replacing the u bolts on a 1970 MGB rear suspension is a right fucking ball ache0 -
If you can buy flour, eggs, fruit, butter and milk.....Charltonparklane said:Add to that we won't be buying Yorkshires, naan bread, fruit crumbles anymore, just as easy and nicer to make.3 -
I thought exactly the same after the 1st week of working from home.ricky_otto said:Work - I actually have decided I miss getting out of the house and going in to the office. I always thought WFH would be great, and although I do it every now and then, the novelty of doing it everyday wore off after 5 days.
A part of me misses getting up at silly o'clock, jumping on a delayed southeastern train and spending the day with a load of nob heads. Strange.0 -
Yh I agree but we have a pear tree in our garden that I fill a brown bin with 10 times a year. We always have them ingredients indoors and when we go to use them they are 2 years past their sell by date and throw away, just never used unless its preplanned.suzisausage said:
If you can buy flour, eggs, fruit, butter and milk.....Charltonparklane said:Add to that we won't be buying Yorkshires, naan bread, fruit crumbles anymore, just as easy and nicer to make.
Even though we have it all in we still buy the crap they sell in shops for quickness.
If we get through this it's gonna have made a severe impact on our outlook on life in all aspects.1 -
Haircuts.
The decision about using clippers or going for a pony tail is not going to be an easy one.6 -
Do both - shave the front and have mullet at the back.swords_alive said:Haircuts.
The decision about using clippers or going for a pony tail is not going to be an easy one.9 -
The benefit of a good hand lotion ... My hands are like sandpaper what with all this washing4
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Appreciating where we live. Been living here in Crowborough for four years and I have only ever driven to and from home. Now we must take our exercise very locally, we've discovered footpaths and woodlands we were only vaguely aware of.7
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Yeah.swords_alive said:Haircuts.
The decision about using clippers or going for a pony tail is not going to be an easy one.6 - Sponsored links:
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Shopping.......or should I say the lack of certain foods & essentials.
I have done the shopping (for me as a single/divorced person or for a family) for the past 30 years. Never have I not been able to buy toilet rolls, hand soap, chicken, mince, spaghetti or baked beans. I even went shopping the other day at 9am (had to rightly give NHS workers first dibs)........stood in a queue for 30 mins & when I finally got in the store there was hardly any of the above left.
Must be what Russia was like 40 years ago.1 -
We've always done this. I'm surprised people would throw away sausages and beans and pizza etc.Charltonparklane said:I've noticed how much we normally waste food wise.
We've not wasted a fckin thing, half a tin of kidney beans, back in fridge, roast potato's left over, back in the fridge, few slices bread, back in the freezer. Couple sausages left over from breakfast, in the fridge for a sandwich later. Cook half a pizza, freeze the other half. Correct measurements of rice per person, not just throw away what's left.
Our green bin has never been emptier1 -
Yes, weird to throw stuff away when you have a fridge or freezerCovered End said:
We've always done this. I'm surprised people would throw away sausages and beans and pizza etc.Charltonparklane said:I've noticed how much we normally waste food wise.
We've not wasted a fckin thing, half a tin of kidney beans, back in fridge, roast potato's left over, back in the fridge, few slices bread, back in the freezer. Couple sausages left over from breakfast, in the fridge for a sandwich later. Cook half a pizza, freeze the other half. Correct measurements of rice per person, not just throw away what's left.
Our green bin has never been emptier0 -
Laziness mate on my behalfCovered End said:
We've always done this. I'm surprised people would throw away sausages and beans and pizza etc.Charltonparklane said:I've noticed how much we normally waste food wise.
We've not wasted a fckin thing, half a tin of kidney beans, back in fridge, roast potato's left over, back in the fridge, few slices bread, back in the freezer. Couple sausages left over from breakfast, in the fridge for a sandwich later. Cook half a pizza, freeze the other half. Correct measurements of rice per person, not just throw away what's left.
Our green bin has never been emptier1 -
Can’t wait to get back to an overly warm office full of annoying people.0
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the sense of humour on CL. I've always enjoyed it, but even more so now. Apart from the takeover shenanigans thread and the Covid 19 thread where the heavyweights throw their theories around in a really serious way..2
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Scrabble and monopoly0
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Going to Lidl - seems a lot less busy than the big stores.2
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Yes, Lidl at Upper Wickham Lane was really good when I went last Thursday. Got there at around 4pm and the queue was 10 minutes to get in and they had loads of stock in there.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:Going to Lidl - seems a lot less busy than the big stores.
I am going again this Thursday!0 - Sponsored links:
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On my exercise walks much less litter than there used to be3
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the withdrawal symptoms from a total lack of live and TV football .. not nearly so bad as I feared they would be .. ((:>)2
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Also, most RTAs happen within five miles of home so if you must drive to the shops, drive to some a long way away.tangoflash said:Wife wants you to do some D.I.Y whilst stuck at home? Politely remind her that most accidents occur at home when doing these tasks and to risk an injury would mean putting a bigger stain on the NHS, during this crisis, so unfortunately, you are not willing to take unnessesary risks............You're all welcome1 -
Lincsaddick said:the withdrawal symptoms from a total lack of live and TV football .. not nearly so bad as I feared they would be .. ((:>)
Yeah, got to admit, I'm missing F1 far more than football.1 -
The 'corner' shop. We try to shop locally anyway but at a time like this I'd much rather give my money to a local business than the supermarkets.2
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Even though they want £10 for a bog roll?3
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Been thinking about giving up Sky/BT for a while, seem to watch out of habit rather than interest.Lincsaddick said:the withdrawal symptoms from a total lack of live and TV football .. not nearly so bad as I feared they would be .. ((:>)
May cancel it all together when my contract runs out.1 -
We do take the internet and general connectivity for granted nowadays but the benefits are enormous.
I have only started using Zoom recently for video calls with family but yesterday decided I would try to get a group together, basically ex-work colleagues/friends/family, spread all over the place and who celebrated retirement 3 years ago by walking the Camino Frances across Northern Spain.
We all keep in touch with each other and have seen each other individually since the walk, but never all together. Funny enough, we were all available this morning! So, this morning we had three of us on the video call from various UK locations, a couple living in Brussels and then another couple based in Wangi Wangi, North of Sydney (their evening time down under). It was great to see their faces whilst having a group chat and talk how they are all managing through the current lockdown in their respective countries and a general catch up on their news. We are planning to have another call in a couple of weeks time.5 -
me too .. I've been counting up the hours I spend watching sports of all kinds and concluded that's it's far too many .. I might go for one of the deals that allows you to buy what you want to watch on a game by game basis .. I definitely watch too much for the sake of it and the fact that I want to get my money's worth !!iaitch said:
Been thinking about giving up Sky/BT for a while, seem to watch out of habit rather than interest.Lincsaddick said:the withdrawal symptoms from a total lack of live and TV football .. not nearly so bad as I feared they would be .. ((:>)
May cancel it all together when my contract runs out.
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Think 3B mentioned bird song, definitely seems more noticeable.1
