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12Michael Fri 15-May-20 06:09:40

Good Morning Everyone,
Yet another clear blue sky start to the day this morning, no sign of any frost around this way.
Today, usual shop for essentials , one thing with the lockdown, I do not know about others but I have the odd snacks ,and my weight goes up .
My hair trimmer arrived it does not due much, so looked at others online and no stock , so there maybe containers coming in with items from where they make them ,as the demand for grooming hair at home as grown.
take care
Mick

SusieB50 Fri 15-May-20 09:12:23

Yes I’m sure I had it early Jan soon after DH died so it was difficult to sort out between grief reaction and viral illness . I had never felt so ill had a fever ,and then had a dry hacking cough for 6 weeks , Was so exhausted and had a metallic taste in my mouth. My Sis in Law also had the same and she was with me most days . But no-one else caught it so who knows ...

GabriellaG54 Fri 15-May-20 09:14:47

Oh what a beautiful morning ☀️?
Oh what a beautiful day...☀️?
I've got a wonderful feeling
Everything's going my way...??
Well, maybe not but it's pretty good out there ??
Usual run, ??‍♀️ a bit earlier than usual at 5am but it was good and not a soul to be seen.
Fed ducks a bit of stale white loaf (horrible Warburton's toastie bread) and yes, has a delicious cup of tea and biscuit with 'the old man' and Dollar.
The 'old man' is actually only 61 but weather-beaten with a lot of living in his face, twinkly eyes and many stories to tell, in other words, interesting.
I put washing on before going out and it's now air-drying beautifully.
Strawberry plants doing well and everything got a drink before the sun got out of bed.
Apparently the sun is now going through a phase (usually about every 11 years) where it has fewer sun spots on the surface.
It's reckoned to be fewer than the number which showed in 2009/10 when we had that very bad winter. A mini ice-age however is not on the cards but a very cold winter is.
Back in the kitchen, beans on toast (seeded wholemeal and rye) and grilled tomatoes then cappuccino taken in the courtyard to get some rays.
I might take a walk or bus ride later and look for interesting subjects to photograph.

It's good to hear that Urmstongran is having a better time in Malaga and the Friday steak and wine will definitely help the joy de vivre.
Good wishes, ☀️ and ???? to all GNers.
Anyone having a celebration of any kind can have a ? on me but use your own ?
Take care and...well, just take care ??
See you again tomorrow ??

GabriellaG54 Fri 15-May-20 09:17:44

joy joie

Oldbutstilluseful Fri 15-May-20 09:27:40

Good morning from sunny but chilly Hampshire/Surrey border. It’s so lovely to hear of a baby due on New Years Day! Congratulations Scentia on your daughter’s wonderful news.
I might venture to the garden centre today. Yesterday I’m told it was empty, today who knows, but worth a try.
A safe and happy day to all.

Susan56 Fri 15-May-20 09:29:05

Good morning from the Shropshire borders.Its blooming freezing this morning?

Baking this morning then relaxing.We drove to Stafford yesterday and had a socially distanced picnic with our younger daughter.It was so lovely to see them both and even though we couldn’t hug DGS,just seeing him and his joy at seeing us was enough.

Looking forward to restrictions in Wales easing so we can see and help DD1 and family.Henry had a bad day earlier in the week and it is really upsetting our daughter now.The new GP is being supportive which is helping.

We think we had the virus starting in December too gilly.We were ill for five weeks and had the cough until March.

Glad that the problems with Barclays have been highlighted on the Martin Lewis programme.??you might get somewhere now gilly

Have the best day you can everyone and stay safe.

harrigran Fri 15-May-20 09:30:14

Good morning from a now sunny a NE.
Morrison's delivery at 10.45 last night, too k us ages to clean and store everything.
I now have 4 kilos of carrots, guess what kind of soup I am making this morning.
I could accept that Covid19 has been around longer than the press would have us believe. I think it probably entered the country with students starting the new academic year. We have 120,000 Chinese students in this country.
I look forward to talking to the family on WhatsApp tonight, no meeting with anyone not even at the other end of the garden.
Take care everyone.

gillgran Fri 15-May-20 09:34:45

Good Morning, from a sunny N.,Cambs.,

DH renewed his golf membership, so we are both looking forward to him getting a longer "walk" a couple of times a week..!! wink

Gillybob, I saw the Martin Lewis programme last night, where he mentioned the "B" word.! Hope you get sorted soon.

Take Care all you good folks.

GabriellaG54 Fri 15-May-20 09:35:08

Waiting to read what EllanVannin has on the menu today. (taps foot and hums impatiently)

Justwidowed Fri 15-May-20 09:38:10

Morning everyone from a sunny Lancashire. Lovely news*Scentia*I have 3more GGC arriving this year to add to the (busy counting on fingers ) 5 I have now.Christmas is going to be expensive ,noisy and I hope I shall be able to see them all by then.
Nothing planned for today,all days seem the same.

LadyO Fri 15-May-20 09:41:56

Gillybob
My 35-year old daughter also received the Imperial College letter this week... she says it was just random selection as our family hasn’t had any symptoms. I can certainly see why you would think your DH’s letter might be related to his medical history though...

Urmstongran Fri 15-May-20 09:42:11

Ha! Love your comment about the ? Gabriella!

Congratulations Scentia on your news. ?? how exciting!

Just read that London’s ‘R’ rate is now 0.4 (lower than the NW at 0.7 and West Yorkshire at 0.8) and so scientists are hoping there will be no new cases after a fortnight. Yay! Where London leads the rest of the U.K. will follow hopefully.

EV was another who was so poorly in December/January unlike any illness she’d suffered before. I remember she honestly felt she was going to die she felt so rotten.

All this does make you think. ?

Trump’s advisers are concerned that mid October the mobile phone signal went dead in that Wuhan lab for several days.

JenniferEccles Fri 15-May-20 09:56:59

I wonder if hospitals up and down the country are contacting ex patients from months ago who were ill with an un identified virus which had the doctors scratching their heads at the time?

It would make sense if they could all be tested wouldn’t it?

Megs36 Fri 15-May-20 10:13:54

Just ordered take away fish and chips for tea,feeldaring,never order ‘takeaway s’. Really expensive but can’t wair??

GabriellaG54 Fri 15-May-20 10:30:22

There are many more who just ' got on
with it,' and suffered at home, than were referred to hospital or waltzed into A&E with an unknown malaise.
Testing for all should be the order of the day, not a piecemeal exercise to satisfy the press and suits.

Bellasnana Fri 15-May-20 10:36:03

Good morning from Malta. It is overcast today but very hot and muggy.

I’m about to do the ironing but need to summon up the enthusiasm. I have become very lazy since being confined to the house so much and need to take myself in hand!

Congrats to Scentia and family. Lovely news. I keep hoping for similar news from DD3, but she is having fertility problems so each month is another disappointment.

Wishing everyone as good a day as possible. sunshine

EllanVannin Fri 15-May-20 10:55:26

Good Morning All x
It doesn't know what to do weatherwise, very unsettled so far and cool with it. It's one of the inconveniences of living close to the sea where it can be quite " fresh " on the hottest of days.

Urmston and those of you who've spoken about CV has me convinced that it's what I had too. It took me weeks before I felt anything like human----and I never bothered a soul. To be perfectly honest, when I found I couldn't breathe properly, I was too scared to press my emergency link in case I was whipped off to hospital to die. I was throwing a concoction of rum and honey mixed with hot water down my neck.

What makes it more likely in my case was having mixed with my GD's partner before Christmas who'd also suffered a chest infection over the Christmas period and of course became hospitalized and sadly died. He'd have had no immunity because of his cancer but could have had CV in his system at the time. He would NOT have died with his cancer. It's too easy to say " underlying problems " !

I don't normally get ill ( ill ) if you know what I mean which is how I knew that this was different. I couldn't even walk properly. Then my step-D got it who'd stayed with me over Christmas.

Anyway, in answer to GabriellaG54's query about my menu for today, for reasons unknown it's fish, so I can either have a piece of salmon with new pots and peas---no fennel locally, or a piece of cod ( frozen ) with creamed pots parsley sauce and peas or breadcrumbed fish and chips. Either way it'll be fish because mum always did fish on a Friday grin Also the last of my orange cake so I'll have to make another one.

Must buy some lightbulbs as I forgot the other day after saying I'll get some or I'll be snookered if they all go together. I don't like those long-life things.

Sun's out so I might set-to and wash the bedding today and mop the front step with Zoflora anti-viral.

Glad Dexter is out of danger as I'm sure he must feel better in himself. It's always hard to know what to do for the best when it comes to pets and their illnesses etc.

Maybe Martin Lewis has chivvied the bank up for you Gillybob. x I'm sure they wouldn't have been happy at being named and shamed, especially on the back of their adverts " we're here to help ! " Let's hope so.

Take care everyone and those going out, take a Lert with you.grin Stay safe and well xx

Bella51 Fri 15-May-20 11:06:01

Good morning from a now sunny Co. Fermanagh N Ireland. We have had an amazing run of great weather here for the past eight weeks. We have had a small shower this morning but its cleared again. It's usually pretty wet here, someone once said Fermanagh is beautiful but it would be better if we could put a roof on it. Thankfully for this lockdown it's been super hence we've got lots of outside work done.

Gelisajams Fri 15-May-20 11:09:21

Don’t worry Notagran! Distance will be maintained. I work for her a gardener which I’m allowed to do so am allowed in her garden! I am going at a fixed time and will be handed my Prosecco and cake. We have all been been fully Isolated since before lockdown. The day has to be a bit special when you are 100!

GabriellaG54 Fri 15-May-20 11:23:08

Aha! At last.
Right, orders in...either cod and creamed pots n peas or breadcrumbed fish n chips please. A slice of orange cake would be most welcome to finish...with a cuppa, of course. ???
Thank you ??

Grandmafrench Fri 15-May-20 11:29:48

Late Morning Everyone from a very warm and sunny S of France.

Very interesting what you have said gillybob. Do hope that your DH will be tested - even just for the statistics and to help "them" work out what to do next!! Came late on this Forum to all of your suffering, but sounds as if you have been to hell and back quite a number of times (and that train is still running with your days spent on the dreaded B's).

I saw that our local Lab is running tests, for €15, if we're concerned we might have had the Virus already. I may just go and have the test because I was so unwell after Christmas, I couldn't walk a few dozen yards from the car to the water's edge. We shall see what we shall see.

Lunch today will be Courgette Soup with Rosemary and Parmesan, made with DH's fair hand this morning, accompanied by some soda bread which I made at coffee time.

Weather due to be hot and sunny next week and a drive/long walk/picnic is in order. We can travel 100kms as long as we don't stray into another department - bit like Susan worrying about straying into Wales? grin. Government anxious to keep us all in Zones and to avoid incoming sun and sea searchers needing a break from the restrictions in Paris. Big fines to pay if you are caught trying to take 'holidays' where you shouldn't.

Hairdressers are back in action! Hooray. Only needed one DH Home Haircut - he probably feels the same. She wears mask, I wear mask, big salon, very few clients. She stands behind me and doesn't touch me and only my hair without gloves after she shampoos it. She doesn't talk, I don't talk. (She never talks, she concentrates, so I won't be worried). Only difference now is no kisses. sad

Have the very nicest day you can. We should all be very pleased with how well we are coping, in spite of the odd wobble. Let's stay Lerts together and stay safe.

Hugs from France. x

whywhywhy Fri 15-May-20 11:38:00

Good morning from a sunny market Harborough.

Usual day yet again with a walk early on. Take care and stay safe.

EllanVannin Fri 15-May-20 11:40:01

Even a choice of chinaware in which to have your tea from,GabriellaG54. Colclough, Bridgewood or Argyle china.
I nearly had mum's Crown Derby but my ex SiL beat me to it.

GabriellaG54 Fri 15-May-20 11:40:31

A post full of interest Grandmafrench ?
Merci beaucoup. ?

GrannyGravy13 Fri 15-May-20 11:41:30

I escaped this morning ......Day 60 of lockdown and up till now only four walks (I have been overly cautious as I am asthmatic) I went to our local farm shop with Mr.GG13 and then our local butchers, it was such a joy to choose my own vegetables, fruit, salad and meat.

The only people I saw wearing masks were two young women (20 ish) some of the oldies had gloves, including Mr.GG13 I just used sanitizer and washed hands thoroughly on returning home.

The WHO reckon this flipping virus is probably going to be around for five years or more, so I guess we just have to learn to live with it

NotAGran55 Fri 15-May-20 11:43:49

Gelisajams have a wonderful time and huge congratulations to the birthday boy/girl !