How are you all doing?

[ivoralljack]

Hope everyone is good as I'm assuming that we'd get a post on here if that wasn't the case. My own regime is very low key as I can't take any chances, so I shop once weekly, maybe twice on the odd occasion if I have to. From what I can see most people are following the guidelines except for the usual covidiots who think they're immortal. If they catch the virus and die sobeit, their choice, but what these numbskulls don't think of is that they could pass it on to someone else.

My exercise is walking Hector for about 20 minutes each day, when I mask up and avoid any contact with the human race. Not that Hector treats our outings as exercise mind. He's becoming an old dog now, so his walks mainly consist of him plodding along sniffing like a steam train and stopping to check out his peemails. He still has his strength though and almost pulls me off my feet when he suddenly lunges after a particularly juicy piece of 'gossip'.

Off now to mow the lawn. Hate the job but it is exercise and Hector will bring his tennis ball, as he always does, in the hope that I'll kick it a few times for him to chase. Best wishes to you all AND KEEP SAFE!

 

[The Blobster]

Quietly going crazy listening to the mrs rant about the latest covid news , been out once for a click and collect at Gorseinon Asda and once to collect at Cadle Tesco otherwise we have been lucky to have delivery slots, got one coming tomorrow and another booked for the 27th. Have to hope that we can pick up other slots further down the line. We haven't even risked going out for a walk !
Stay safe everybody , take no risks and hope that a vaccine is developed sooner rather than later. I think we will remain in isolation well after the lockdown is called off just to ensure we stay safe .

 

[Jackflash]

I don't have any options, been on total lockdown for almost a month now. It becomes a situation where .What day is it? What date is it ? What time is it? etc. are not relevant any more. I go to bed when i'm tired, I eat when i'm hungry. the country is now on total lockdown every weekend also from the coming Wednesday midnight to midnight Monday another total lockdown as it's Childrens Bayram (holiday). My one saving grace is that I have a large rooftop terrace,I overlook the one mile long promenade, on lockdown there is a police car patrolling it all day long.

 

[JackBarSteward]

Going through a divorce, my mortgage offers have been pulled. Forced to find an extra 10% deposit to get out of the house when I can't even travel back to Wales to view a property. It's f-cking MEGA!

 

[ivoralljack]

I don't know what to say, @JackBarSteward other than to pass on my sincere wishes, mate, that your fortunes turn for the better. And soon!!

 

[Behindthegoal]

Going through a divorce, my mortgage offers have been pulled. Forced to find an extra 10% deposit to get out of the house when I can't even travel back to Wales to view a property. It's f-cking MEGA!

Tough, mate Sweat it out, there’s light at the end of the tunnel!

 

[The Blobster]

Been cheered up by the Google news link to a 4 year old boy who played with his mothers phone and made a £450 order with tesco for fab lollipops, Viennese whirls , pepperami etc. He even booked a delivery slot !
When his dad told him they couldn't afford a bill like that he offered his dad 14p to help pay !
Sounds like one of Ivors shopping trips

 

[CroJack]

Feel sorry for you guys. Here in Denmark we are lucky to have a PM who didn't listen to the leading epidemiologists and bureaucrats within our health care system. They wanted herd immunity, but she told them to f*** off and she put the country into early lockdown. So far the results are good.

Here in Copenhagen we've been blessed with a beautiful weather for almost a month. March was tough because of the lockdown, but now? Apart from restaurants, coffee shops, cinemas, gyms, concert halls, and football stadiums, everything else is open.

There are many people outside, people don't wear masks, but almost everyone is keeping distance. People are relaxed, and the fear we all felt in March is gone.

And some good news. The scientists at Aarhus University Hospital have been busy with some clinical trials with some really good results. For a month now they have been using some medicin on coronavirus patients who have severe symptoms and underlying conditions like cancer, diabetes etc. In Aaarhus University Hospital 80% of all patients in the intensive care units survived. Normally, 80% of people who end up in ICU with this virus die. I've just seen on Danish TV an 80+ old women totally recovered from Covid-19, and she has both cancer and a hearth condition. It's still early to draw any conclusions, but this thing looks promising, specially because this is not a dangerous medicin like klorokin. It doesn't have any side effects. The results of their study will be published in June.

Some pictures I took today:

 

[CroJack]

The medicine the scientist in Aarhus University Hospital use in their trials is an old Japanese nedicine against hearthburn. The patent on this medicine has expired so anyone can produce it.

This cironavirus needs a special enzyme to enter human cells and do the damage. Already in early March the Aarhus scientists tried the medicine in vitro (in lab) adding it to a mix of coronavirus and human cells samples. They discovered that the medicine weakens the enzyme (receptor) in human cells making it impossible for the coronavirus to glue to the cells, enter them, and reproduce itself. The medicine doesn't attack the virus, but makes human cells immune to it.

In late March they started with the clinical trials and the results have been positive so far. If this is a real deal it will mean that the vaccine won't be necessary - if you get the symptoms you'll get some pills and that will be it.

 

[ivoralljack]

In late March they started with the clinical trials and the results have been positive so far. If this is a real deal it will mean that the vaccine won't be necessary - if you get the symptoms you'll get some pills and that will be it.

I hope and pray that this will be the case. Too many unfortunates have already died, lost jobs, been bankrupted and it will be a joyous day when the virus is finally defeated. Nobel prizes for those who find the cure I say!

One thing - it is common knowledge that this thing originated in the disgusting, inhumane wet markets of China. I hope that the rest of the afflicted world will exact full and appropriate compensation from that country.

 

[lliwt yr lavac]

It’s surprising how the Aarhus University trial has had no publicity in the UK.
We are all desperate for a solution.
Very frustrating seeing the crowds of commuters in London jammed together on the buses and trains on this mornings news, some without masks, as they return to work there. It makes a farce of the social distancing rules and the likelihood of a second wave of the virus inevitable unless they sort it out pronto.
Changing the subject, I’ve been getting my food delivered throughout the crisis and was searching an on line supermarket yesterday for beer (as one does in these times!).
I forgot to log in and found Carlsberg 18 x 440ml cans for £11, a bargain.
When I went to order to add them to my next delivery and logged in, the price of the 18 cans had shot up to £15.05!
What I realised was that as soon as I logged in I was given the alcohol prices for Wales because of my address location. Without logging in I was given prices for England.
This new Wales only government rule of raising the price of alcohol to stop the minority few blitzing themselves with cheap alcohol has now detrimentally affected the pockets of the whole nation, the majority of who are sensible drinkers.
The introduction of this new ruling has slid under the radar of most people, with their attention being focused on Brexit and Coronavirus.
After the crisis is over, will we see multiple shopping trips across the border into England to stock up on cheaper booze?

 

[ivoralljack]

Aldi doing a case of 330ml Bud bottles for £8.10 (if you like Bud). Forgotten how many in the case but it looked a bargain.

 

[The Blobster]

A good price but bud is tasteless shite !

 

[ivoralljack]

Not a beer drinker myself as you know, Blobs, but someone must like it! But I do like the frogs in the advert.

 

[CroJack]

Not a beer drinker myself as you know, Blobs, but someone must like it! But I do like the frogs in the advert.

I like it!!! Cold beer and warm women .

This combination is not good, and Tom Waits is damn right:

 

[Jackflash]

I like it!!! Cold beer and warm women .

This combination is not good, and Tom Waits is damn right:

Apparently his gravel voice is attributed to excessive smoking and beer drinking.

 

[Jackflash]

Wow ! hot one today, yesterday it hit 38C , today it crept just into the 40s. I rigged up my garden hose sprinkler as a cold shower on my terrace and sat under it. Unusually hot for May, these temps are normally around August. I feel sorry for those in high rise apartment blocks, probably means A/C on 24/7. which can run expensive.

 

[ivoralljack]

Had those sort of temperatures and more in Spain and South Africa. Learnt a great trick in SA to save on the cost of air con. Open an outer door and place a chair in the doorway to get the airflow. Get a large bowl and fill it with ice cold water. Then soak a large bath towel in the water before draping it over the back of the chair with the bottom of it in the bowl of water. The towel acts as a wick keeping it moist, and if there is any sort of airflow through the door, it will serve to lower the temperature. It does work as I found and I usually did this before turning in at night when it would be cool enough to fall asleep in comfort. It's claimed that this hack can reduce the temperature by up to 15 degrees depending on airflow and other factors. I can't confirm this as I never measured it but the temperature was definitely lower.

Obviously, if you're leaving a door open at night, you have to be mindful of security. To this day I keep a hammer within easy reach of my bed which I don't really need as I have Hector. He's seen off two separate intruders who had attempted to break into my place in the time I've been here. He's the friendliest of dogs but he turned really nasty on those occasions. Good lad!!

 

[The Blobster]

Hector wasn't defending you , he thought they were after his grub

 

[ivoralljack]

Hector wasn't defending you , he thought they were after his grub

You're probably spot on with that! Never known a dog with such an appetite: he absolutely demolishes his bowl of food not so much eating it as inhaling it. Mind you, he did once turn down some treats doing his guard duty. When I first had him I had to leave him on his own for a whole day to go out and do some work. Concerned about him, I asked my next door neighbour, Terry, to pop in the back door a few times during the day to give him treats which I'd left in the back porch along with a key.

Terry, who Hector knew, came through the back door into the kitchen to be greeted by a growling Hector. The growls quickly turned to snarls so he beat a hasty retreat. When I came home I asked Terry how it had gone. Disaster, he told me, having tried FOUR times during the day to deliver Hector a treat and failing as the dog went for him. In future when I'm obliged to leave him for any period of time, I ask various neighbours to pop a treat through the letterbox for him. Safer that way.