Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
at 72 years we are in lock down...no need to go out in foreseeable future..although we can go for a drive I guess with a flask...which we do often in d4
we have many vunerable friends but will let their families look out for them..its difficult.
71 here. Just booked a 10 holiday to Tenerife. Looks a bit safer there. ( warmer and drier too )
7th Mar 2020 8:50 pm
leeds
Member Since: 30 Aug 2010
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 4314
What is happening here? Some form of reversed agism?
In 15 months time I enter my 8th decade, not in lock down, not panic buying, life continues as per normal
Brendan
7th Mar 2020 9:09 pm
darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2908
NoDo$h wrote:
Totally looking forward to walking in to the field next door and shooting a cow in the face. You can keep your rabbits and freeze-dried toilet paper, it's steak all the way for me baby.
are you Jeremy Clarkson... Must stop buying shiny toys....
7th Mar 2020 9:09 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
under lying health issues....both of us...if we don't go out we should be ok,,,thats the theory
7th Mar 2020 11:34 pm
NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
We're wondering what the next twelve months will be like, wife has asthma and low immune system from cancer and chemotherapy, so it wouldn't be great at all if she caught it. Considering isolating for months if need be.
Beginning to think that having chemo last week to turn my immune system off was bad timing..
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
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8th Mar 2020 8:32 am
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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UK citizens panic buying toilet rolls
US citizens panic buying bullets21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
8th Mar 2020 11:43 am
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
Posts: 1286
Mustn’t think that Dean. Sooner you start chemo the better. My second treatment was delayed for several weeks and there was disease progression. Compromised immunity means being extra careful about infections. As a retired microbiologist now 83 I have an ingrained routine of hygienic behaviour. Second nature from working for years with highly pathogenic micro-organisms in the early days before modern containment systems. Good luck with the treatment. 2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
8th Mar 2020 11:54 am
D&G
Member Since: 29 Jun 2017
Location: Charente 16480
Posts: 3483
@Grianaig
With your background what is your view on what we have been asked to?An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.” ― Millard Fillmore
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8th Mar 2020 11:58 am
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
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What SWMBO and are doing is taking the hygiene measures we have taken for years. Not panicking and avoiding crowds if possible and keeping following guidelines. Attending a cancer hospital also shows how the staff deal with measures to prevent infection as they deal with this on a regular basis even before an outbreak of COVID 19. The problem as I see it is that most people, despite WHO and government publicity don’t observe the guidelines. It won’t happen to them seems to be the thought. Just look at people and see how often they touch their faces. I hope you and your family keep safe.2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
8th Mar 2020 12:10 pm
D&G
Member Since: 29 Jun 2017
Location: Charente 16480
Posts: 3483
Thank you for your helpful and considered reponse
It seems pretty simple to me luckly the little ones are less sceptical because trying get a five year old to follow it is proving a challenge An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.” ― Millard Fillmore
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XR 650r / Pajero 2.8 Lifted and Safari Snorkel-gone.
8th Mar 2020 12:19 pm
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
Posts: 1286
best of luck although once trained it will probably stick for life. When I was a child my mother taught me that eating earthworms was not a good idea. that stuck for life2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
8th Mar 2020 12:59 pm
D&G
Member Since: 29 Jun 2017
Location: Charente 16480
Posts: 3483
Is it not? An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.” ― Millard Fillmore
2006 Disco 3
Gas Gas 300ec / Gas Gas tx249 / Bandit 1250
XR 650r / Pajero 2.8 Lifted and Safari Snorkel-gone.
Mustn’t think that Dean. Sooner you start chemo the better. My second treatment was delayed for several weeks and there was disease progression. Compromised immunity means being extra careful about infections. As a retired microbiologist now 83 I have an ingrained routine of hygienic behaviour. Second nature from working for years with highly pathogenic micro-organisms in the early days before modern containment systems. Good luck with the treatment.
It's not the C-word, I have an autoimmune disease. Been doing this "hobby" of mine for over 12 years now ... been arguing to get this particular flavour of potion for 3 years, since a new consultant (since left ) decided to have a "rethink" and the delay dropped me off the "automatically have another dose" list.
The only real problem with the timing is that the medics are wary of committing to the normal n doses over x weeks as they may have to shut wards due to covid-19.
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... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
that stuck for life
) decided to have a "rethink" and the delay dropped me off the "automatically have another dose" list.
