State of Emergency, Coronavirus (part 2)

[lydiaann]

Just done an 'inventory' on our "other stuff" (food inventory was conducted and topped up to normal levels on Monday).  In our mid-70s, and healthy - i.e., no underlying conditions.

Books - piles of them waiting "when I get a Round Tuit".  (It appears that the Round Tuit is now available.)
Packs of cards, Scrabble, draughts, dominoes and Yatzee dice.
Houseful of chores (awaiting said Round Tuit)
Good-sized garden - currently STILL too wet to work but good weather is apparently just around the corner.  Contains greenhouse with fairly good stock of seed.
One pair of legs each, in good working (or walking) order (save my knees, which gamely put up with whatever I throw at them - mainly paracetamol).

Have I missed anything?

[Maiden Stone]

 Lots if brushing with a repair claiming toothpaste,

Does it have the words "Repair " and "Protect" in its' name? I use it on dentist's recommendation. Dearer than brands I previously used. Normally buy a tube for reserve when it's on offer. Had to buy a full-price one recently and it had to be approved at the self-serve checkout by a member of staff because it had a security label on it to deter shoplifters since it was over a certain price.
I blame state of my teeth partly on my family overdosing on sugar and other sweet things after the end of sugar rationing which coincided with my entry to the world. The bad habit went on for many years.

[Top-of-the-hill]

  I have run out of library books, so I shall have to go back to all those books I could never throw away!
   We are having a couple of fine, warm days, so gardening is being attempted, but there is only me here, so board games won't work; I believe I have a book of card games for one.
   I don't think I shall be overdosing on TV, I had a look at daytime telly yesterday.

[BumbleB]

Am I reading more into this than is meant?  The image was part of an article on the BBC website. - the heading was "Coronavirus:  Boris Johnson Shoreditch mural says 'stop panic buying'" but what does it really say?

 

[LizzieL]

Well, being public-spirited I thought I would try ordering my groceries for home delivery. I am over 70 but reasonably fit and well, in the sense that I'm not on any medication. All went well until I came to the 'checkout' . . . I won't be able to eat for the next ten days as the next available delivery is 28th March 

Tried three well known supermarkets this morning. Two had no slots at all in the next three weeks which is as far ahead as you can book. The third had its delivery booking system down. So I'll have to go out next week and hope I don't encounter anyone infected.

[Mart 'n' Al]

I went to the local Tesco today and did the same shopping that I would normally do for the rest of the week and into the weekend and got everything I wanted except radishes. There were no frozen chips,  but the reduced price cabinet was full of the really nice but very expensive triple cooked chips, at half price.

Following yesterday's success with a special offer on my favourite wine, today it was a special offer on my favourite beer. Unfortunately I was on the bus so couldn't get into a buying panic.

The best news is that after 2 weeks of internet but no telephone we had our telephone fixed. We had, at various points, between one and three engineers with us for 5 hours, replacing the cable between the front of our house and the street. I then tried phoning two friends to tell them the phone was working and neither of them was at home.

I'm not sure how I'll cope without the radishes.  I had a nice chat with a lady from Czechoslovakia about the radish shortage, and a nice discussion about homemade chapatis with a lady buying a very large bag of chapati flour

Martin

[Pennines]

Martin -- might your friends just be trying to avoid you?

Sainsbury's are saying there will be reserved home delivery slots for over 70s -- but how do they know how old we are? We are not asked for dates of birth when we first register.

[ThrelfallYorky]

You're doing well if you can actually manage to register! Spent 35 minutes reading the "Terms & Conditions" and foolishly decided to register and book a future delivery of items - impossible.
TY

[sonofthom]

Thank you Pennines - of course I'm too young to remember your suggested alternative use of newspaper. Oh, hang on a minute, my nose seems to be growing a bit longer?