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I 100% agree with you. You cant control anyone except yourself. Just a pity half of the population are moronic idiots. Believe what you wanna read online, but these folk need to do themselves a favour and drop the c*nt act and just do something for the well being of everyone. It's so not difficult. If I can, with significant breathing difficulties, then anyone can. We're very much on the brink of lockdown here, i suspect all it will take is schools going back. And I'll be back into the insanity known as shielding... yaaaaaaaaaaay. We've already had reductions to gatherings, 15 outside and 6 (from 2 households) inside, so that's given my sister an awful decision to make about her wedding. One of my friends has got really ill, and her daughter too. She and the two kids went for testing today (sunday morning) and i'm crossing my fingers that they're all ok.

It makes me so sad to hear that you haven't been supported Happs. Not that it makes much difference to how shit its been, but i bet you're kinda loving them struggling without you haha. When you go back remember you are only one person, and can only achieve so much in one day. Its on them that its been left to the last minute. The bigwigs throw around idle threats at people they deem "replaceable" but they soon get a shock when nothing gets done because they are fucking useless. All of our bigwigs are STILL working from home, STILL avoiding everything they possibly can. Now we know who is replaceable ._. I can't stress enough how much the "lowly" admin need to be valued and supported. Good admin are often the BACKBONE of any working system. They might do the menial chores, but those things keep the entire structure intact.

jeepers those waffles look anaemic lol i would eat that meal quite happily with cooked waffles and a bit of butter on the peas and sweetcorn.

I am crossing my fingers for you Mindfreak.

Shielding is paused in NI, any shielders in high risk areas like wards are temporarily redeployed, but since my job is not "high risk" I'm expected back. Even my line manager isn't happy about it, but his line manager will not facilitate me WFH. (even though ALL of my job can be done at home, and all of the highers are wfh). But the mortgage has to be paid. I just need a hazmat suit at this point LOL. I'm basically structuring my day so that i'm out as little as possible in public spaces, and I am not wearing the mask in the office (which is a risk in itself but i just have to be vigilant). I think the heat might have been a factor on that particular day, i'm just gonna have to be a lot more careful Most of the frustration i'm having is due to the fact that if I was diagnosed properly with what i'm suffering there's every chance a treatment would drastically improve everything that's wrong. I was actually looking into my options for private care in march (id been waiting a year and a half at that point) but with covid happening no appointments are going on.

Our work staff policy only includes "indoor public spaces where 2m distance cannot always be achieved".... which is ambiguous at best. And that only came out YESTERDAY. (NHS!!!!!) I struggle with the masks and probably fall under the "medical exemption" as i have very weak throat muscles. Its really a difficult quandry I'm in.... I struggle wearing them as its tough for me to breathe at all... but then I am exactly the sort of person that needs to wear one... I walked into the office and got winded today and i got into the lift alone and pulled the mask off, i was seeing stars and about to collapse.... and since I've had pain in my chest, throat and i'm struggling to breathe more than normal. I'm so sad, so fed up with life in general, and ready for this shit to be done. Sign me up for a fucking vaccine plz.

It varies from council to council, but with in house recycling i would tend to agree! Most of NI is outsourced to a private company which i suspect do recycle since they want the money back. They actually sort the stuff at the source and fire back things they cant recycle. Cardboard, glass & tin are very easy to recycle so I try to stick to buying as much stuff in those as possible. Plastic can be recycled but only a few times before it degrades and has to be binned. Its really disgusting how much food is unnecessarily in plastic

daaaaaaaaannnng you hit them hard !!!! Its a pet peeve of mine when people use my bin. I had my garden waste bin half filled with what looked like soil. It made me so angry. The council had to come out specially to get it since it was too heavy for me to move or use. I can't contemplate how people (even a large family) can overfill a typical wheelie bin in 2 weeks. They're either not recycling AT ALL or downright wasteful/lazy. I am downsizing how much plastic I buy (with the mind of completely stopping). Its a momentous task. When I need something on the shopping list I am looking for alternatives. There are things i maaaay have to give up or seriously reduce consumption of. Its also really really tough on a budget to completely remove all your plastic consumption since there's a huge markup on zero waste stores. I put my bin out last fortnight with nothing bar some cat poop and one single bag from my kitchen.

its only been a week out of shielding and one of my colleagues is being tested for covid. fucking yay

The R rate is rising here again, they estimate it between 0.8 and 1.8. 40 something new cases in a day. for a small island with 1.8m people, not particularly dense population, that's pretty bad. I've been back to work for a week and theres a fair possibility i might end up shielding again if it spikes much more. A spike was inevitable with more things opening just hope it stays steady and people recover OK. We've not had a death in a week or so I believe. But with all the shielders allowed out that could be a matter of time! masks are being made compulsory on Monday instead of later on in the month with the spike coming so soon. Looks like we're prob gonna have to wear them in work all the time. I've been wearing mine going in and out since my space is well away from everyone else... but i am the only one except for clinical staff that ive seen wearing any

Gosh that is really heavy stuff dude. Crossing my fingers for you that it isn't too serious. I don't know if this helps - but as someone with a LOT of chronic illnesses its often much harder for your loved ones to deal with than for the "sufferer" themselves. We have our moments of why me, but generally you do just get on with it as best you can. And you never forget what your parents went through for you <3 Keep us updated and i really really hope for the best possible outcome for you and your wife!

all the 80s kids are devastated!!! I'm glad for the environment but its definitely the end of a big chapter for a lot of people!

I can honestly say reading this was the LOWEST point of my day today...... I would burn that place to the ground AWFUL -- I've lived in a lot of places... born - Inverness, scotland. 1 y/o - moved to germany, had a few different homes there in different bases (RAF) approx 3 - moved back to Inverness - we had at least 2 different homes there (again still RAF) 10 - moved to Ballymena, Northern Ireland - (Parents bought a house a couple of miles out of town. Dad retired from service. they still live there.) --ADULT-- 28 - rented a flat right in our local town, lived by myself 30 - bought a house 5 miles out of town, live by myself I had a FT job from 18, never went to uni. Took a while for me to get my adult shit together. I had a very good relationship with my parents so it wasn't difficult for me to stay. They were pretty surprised when i told them i was moving out lol

@nightwolf and I are always up to mischief I remember your username well @Eddage, its honestly a big of a head melt seeing all these usernames and being taken back to such a cool time in my life.

If you're going to spend that kind of money you'd be better buying proper olympic bars and weights. A kettlebell would be a good investment as well (KB swings really don't impact your knees if you are doing them right) and is a real space saver. My mum used to run 10 miles a day when I was growing up and she absolutely trashed her knees, she has steroid injections every now and then and does a lot of pilates which helps. - My fitness routine is non existent. I'm doing very strict intermittent fasting, basically what the magazines have coined 5:2, but instead of 2 days i do 3 days fasting. Caught up with a friend i hadn't spoke to in ages who was as deep as i was in the weightlifting deal, he was telling me all his awesome achievements and while i was feeling happy for him I still desperately miss being so heavily active and strong =(

i harassed at least half a dozen people to come on lol Oddddders heyyy!!!

mmmm food porn i miss eating out... its been a long time

I use a bullet journal to track my finances but ive been extreeeeeeemely lazy about keeping it up since covid hit. I've got just short of 60k in debt (house and car) Automatic bank transfers to savings accounts, 90% of my banking takes care of itself i just have to not overspend lol

damn @Cube thats making me hungry lol

Geeee peeeee its been a while!! So weird to see all these old usernames popping up again!

WHERE DID THEIR HAIR GOOOOOOOO (scrotum guns)

I think we're looking at a party of 20, where it was 50 wedding / <200 reception. All that matters is the person you love at the end of the day if my sister wanted to run off with 2 random witnesses i'd still support her. Its wild to think she booked this wedding in march 2018 and we didn't have a notion of what was coming

my sister is supposed to be getting married on the 11th September, but I think shes cancelling/downsizing. One of her best friends and myself are super high risk (shes had cancer and i've got all sorts lol). I didn't ask her to but she says she'd never forgive herself if we got covid19. Such a bummer.

The social media cogs turn 24/7 and arguments spin out of control so easily. Admin teams have to exist across timezones and be very active to see shit going down. I admin a group on FB and i'm not getting paid to sit there and babysit some idiots arguing about nonsense. I also agree with the dislike for super threads. Definitely sucks in a lot of content that could easily have their own threads.

-34/female/banana -single -ho(meow)ner -live in a small village in northern ireland -brought up in different countries as a military brat, born in scotland -have multiple health problems and disabilities, all auto immune related. -i have voice damage and speak with a very hoarse voice. -work for the nhs -look after very poorly cats with fiv and mod one of the biggest fiv platforms on facebook. -i try to live a reduced environmental impact lifestyle, and i am slowly cutting out as much plastic use in my life, trying to grow food myself etc -i'm really not very exciting @will' brilliant topic idea