Shop 'til you drop - we've learned nothing so far

Exfarmer · Jun 16, 2020

Just learnt today a 70+ “ relative” who has a serious health condition , because of this , he is also obsessed With hygiene, continually wipes down all surfaces in his house with disinfectant, been doing this for years.
He was on the board of a large Multi national company till retirement, so in no way could be considered not very bright?
he does not like purchasing raw food as he considers the prep etc. Is not hygienic in his house so the vast majority of his purchasing is ready made meals.
However he will only buy certain ones from certain supermarkets, turns out he has been traipsing round all the majors every week for him and his wife's meals.
you really could not make it up!

Still Farming · Jun 16, 2020

Clive · Jun 16, 2020

i’m surprised anyone wants to go to a shop at all any more - one very positive thing to come from lockdown is many more surely have discovered there is very little need for high street shops any longer ?

i honestly can’t recall the last time i set foot in a shop, even our food shipping is done online now

Still Farming · Jun 16, 2020

Clive said:
i’m surprised anyone wants to go to a shop at all any more - one very positive thing to come from lockdown is many more surely have discovered there is very little need for high street shops any longer ?

i honestly can’t recall the last time i set foot in a shop, even our food shipping is done online now

The Masses think otherwise!

bobk · Jun 16, 2020

Clive said:
i’m surprised anyone wants to go to a shop at all any more - one very positive thing to come from lockdown is many more surely have discovered there is very little need for high street shops any longer ?

i honestly can’t recall the last time i set foot in a shop, even our food shipping is done online now

Which begs the question how did you catch it ?

lloyd · Jun 16, 2020

Clive said:
i’m surprised anyone wants to go to a shop at all any more - one very positive thing to come from lockdown is many more surely have discovered there is very little need for high street shops any longer ?

i honestly can’t recall the last time i set foot in a shop, even our food shipping is done online now

Some people still like to see and touch before they buy.
I have to admit I rarely go to the high street and buy 95%
on line which I'm generally happy and if I'm not I resell back
on line.
The high street is at a massive tax disadvantage and it is
suprising that on line shopping hasn't been hit harder with
greater purchase taxes.

Clive · Jun 16, 2020

bobk said:
Which begs the question how did you catch it ?

i don’t think it’s exclusive to shops !

i travel a lot and meet a lot of people, in the weeks leading up to lockdown i was in london most weeks. i suspect we got it either though school (a parent of my eldest boys best friend had it). or our cleaner whose husband is a paramedic and tested positive to the antibody test

Clive · Jun 16, 2020

lloyd said:
Some people still like to see and touch before they buy.
I have to admit I rarely go to the high street and buy 95%
on line which I'm generally happy and if I'm not I resell back
on line.
The high street is at a massive tax disadvantage and it is
suprising that on line shopping hasn't been hit harder with
greater purchase taxes.

can’t be good for the environment really - we get several amazon deliveries a day - often just one item sometimes just a couple of £

i just answered to door to them dropping off some red wine vinegar that cost £1.99 and was ordered at 20.45 last night - the service is amazing really

Exfarmer · Jun 16, 2020

AnyOldName said:
I’ve been wondering about that as I’d expected it to happen, I don’t know much about biology but as far as I’m concerned, the immune system is much like most other functions, muscles etc, the more you use it the better it gets. If we’ve all had a reasonably long break from exposure to common bugs, are we going to get hit harder by them when we go back to normal? (or whatever normal will look like).

It isnot quite like that. Your immune system will only recognise those bugs it has had previous contact with. Most for the whole of your life. Some strains of virus and bacteria have evolved to continually change over time so new strains keep appearing, these will often not be recognised.
Being fit and healthy normally helps you to fight any disease, but it does not mean you will automatically have a better outcome.

lloyd · Jun 16, 2020

Clive said:
can’t be good for the environment really - we get several amazon deliveries a day - often just one item sometimes just a couple of £

i just answered to door to them dropping off some red wine vinegar that cost £1.99 and was ordered at 20.45 last night - the service is amazing really

Amazon is certainly a well run business but good for the
enviroment and the competition that's something else.
That Amazon distribution warehouse near Bristol would
hold some sort of grain if they ever did go tits up.

Exfarmer · Jun 16, 2020

Clive said:
i’m surprised anyone wants to go to a shop at all any more - one very positive thing to come from lockdown is many more surely have discovered there is very little need for high street shops any longer ?

i honestly can’t recall the last time i set foot in a shop, even our food shipping is done online now

Bloody hell Clive, you don’t do things by halves, do you?

Paddington · Jun 16, 2020

I've never understood windowshopping, to drive for an hour, spend twenty minutes looking for a parking place then two hours walking around shops to see if there is anything you might like to buy is not my idea of heaven. I can't understand the need to queue for two hours to get into a sale where the latest trainers are being sold at half price. Most of my clothes shopping is done at the agri merchants when I'm buying feed and all our food shopping, apart from the butcher's is done online. What more do you want ?

Widgetone · Jun 16, 2020

Still Farming said:
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Navy blue is so THE colour to be seen in it seems...

Do these ppl not see how led by the nose they are .. Nike influencers must be laughing their socks off.

A different world, but Oxford Street always has been

Still Farming · Jun 16, 2020

Widgetone said:
Navy blue is so THE colour to be seen in it seems...

Do these ppl not see how led by the nose they are .. Nike influencers must be laughing their socks off.

A different world, but Oxford Street always has been

Fashionista's even on here is there?

capfits · Jun 16, 2020

@Clive

Coronavirus: Twelve weeks on I can't kick Covid exhaustion

More and more survivors of coronavirus are discovering its impact on their health is long-term.

www.bbc.co.uk

Take it you have have had no symptoms post covid infection?
Unfortunately this is not the case for a reasonable number of "young fit" individuals.
I will bet that the PM will have a medium term health legacy due to his contraction and consequent case.
management
As much as the deaths which are personal tragedies and a cost to the economy, the longer term health issues will manifest themselves in years to come.
Take care out there.

Clive · Jun 16, 2020

i’m told by a paramedic friend that NHS slag for “pre existing condition” is “pie eating condition” !!!

Brisel · Jun 16, 2020

Devil's advocate said:
89% of under 50's who have had coronovirus will not know they have had it, no symtoms or very minor.

I was in close contact with part time helper who is a bus driver, riddling potatoes in & out of tractors totally irreposible for a week. He was ill for 5 weeks, I felt sweaty for a day, my 77 year old mother who kept bring drinks etc minor cold for 10 days.

Did you all test positive for the virus at the time or have had positive antibody test results since?

Bald Rick · Jun 16, 2020

Still Farming said:
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And there is to be an inquiry in to why BAME people suffer disproportionately more from the virus

Daddy Pig · Jun 16, 2020

Bald Rick said:
And there is to be an inquiry in to why BAME people suffer disproportionately more from the virus

Its all down to racism apparently, must be true, I heard it on the BBC.

HolzKopf · Jun 16, 2020

'Salisbury' is about to start - is that a recording or live?

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