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  1. sensiblegreeny

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    I don't need new shoes...............and I'm not hungry either.
     
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    This ain't real....a sportless Saturday...(might of missed a game of tiddly winks somewhere but not sure)....repeat programs on telly Saturday afternoon.

    At least Argyle didn't lose yesterday and are still third in the league.

    I thought I might get my fix today by watching two drops of rainwater running down the window and to PREDICT which one wins......but a problem with that.....IT AIN'T BLEEGING RAINING.....which in a way is a small miracle.

    THINGS TO PREDICT.
    1.....When will the loo paper run out.
    2.....How many times I wash my hands in 24hrs.
    3.....When will the bread and milk last too.
    4.....How long can we stay in doors.

    We are at that vulnerable age....77 & 80.....booby trapped the front path...will only allow the postman and the paper boy to approach....problem there is contaminated letters and newspapers.....I know...I'll wear nitrile disposable gloves whilst reading them. Now where did I put my binoculars....need them to check rear approaches from the back garden......security lighting in rear garden will be handy at night.

    No sports supplement in newspaper today.....just a few comments on the back page.....times are getting desperate.

    Sorry about all that.... over active imagination.


    We are actually going around my sons for a meal early afternoon today......grandsons birthday family get together......we might throw in Mothers Day and my Birthday which all fall in March and do a job lot on it all......and then go home and lift the drawbridge until the end of June....then venture out and see what's left.
     
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    What you are forgetting is by trying to make you stay in the house they are making it easy for the wagon to pick up the bodies each morning. They stand to save a shed load of pension payments after this and it is their way of paying for the infrastructure improvements they promised in the budget. Remember the budget anyone? Never heard more than a few words on the news or on the news websites about that.

    Seriously though it simply isn't practical to hide yourself away and not go out at all. Sensible perhaps but practical no. Some people can get all the help in the world with shopping and the like but many many others simply don't have that luxury. Me and her went shopping today for a few things. Went to Aldi. It was full of empty boxes on the shelves and it is clear people had been going mad. There was no bread at all. Plenty of wine though................... Not everything is bad. My wife has an appointment at the Eye Infirmary on Thursday for an Op. Lets see if it's still on come then. My bet is they cancel but if they don't how do we stay in and attend the appointment at the same time. She has eye injections to stop bleeding periodically. Do we cancel them and stay in? She has little vision now. We are one of many cases who won't be able to lock ourselves away practically.
     
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    Obviously there are absolutely no grounds for complacency but if you look at this table:

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    whatever the Government is doing is working so far: our stats are nothing to be ashamed of among the Top 15 most affected countries.

    We've had substantially fewer cases than similarly sized European countries like Italy, Spain, Germany and France although admittedly you can walk across the borders between those and you'd have to swim to get here!

    There are some quirks in the numbers no doubt but I don't understand why people are saying we should take the same measures as other countries when so far we are at least holding out own.
     
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    I have no way of knowing if the measures are good bad or indifferent. That isn't my issue. What I do not agree with is locking away a whole section of the community on the basis that is is solely for their own good when their evidence for this is non existent. Why not a 50 year old with chest problems or asthma? If they try to make it law that a 70 year old can't go out and make it some sort of offence then boy oh boy I await the riots. How would they police this. Would they wrestle an old lady to the ground and put her in cuffs because she wouldn't go quietly. Drag her off in the back of a squad car. I may well try to be obliging mostly but I would have reason to go out sometimes and they would be legitimate. Would I go? Sorry but yes I would as would most in my opinion.

    I have certain Banking things I need to do each month and me and her go into the Banks and do them. So, today we thought we would go and ask if somebody else could pay into our account. We basically shuffle money about to sort out the monthly bills and such. As suspected the answer was NO. I was then told I could sign up on line and do it from home. I do not want to do online Banking and I do not see why I should be forced into it against my will. I don't like my details being online like that and unlike my son and daughter have never had a problem with somebody frauding my account. I get a payment for putting so much into an account each month so asked what happens if I cannot due to Government rules come in and pay in the money. You lose the payment for not adhering to the bank rule is the answer. Unless I do as instructed by both Government and Bank who have the benefit of my money then I and herself are the ones who get penalised. I will be going to the Bank personally and bollox to the rule. Any problem with the Bank for doing it and I will be closing an account. That is just one small aspect of being held prisoner when it really isn't necessary. I know I'm in a vulnerable category but surely it's my choice whether I lock myself away or not. I don't quite get how a Care Assistant can administer care from 2 metres away either.
     
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    The problem around here is banks are closing there branches....the big Halifax in the high street has been on a four day week for over 6 months.....no Thursday or Saturday opening.....the Nationwide nearby closed it's doors in February.....also Barclays locally will close in May....leaving only Santander left. Going to the local high street branch means parking problems for a ten minute visit.

    Younger people look at you strangely when you mention that you like going to your bank......most of them have never been in a bank branch.....we're being made to conform.....banking on line is only as good as your computer skills and the security you have got online.....I don't do it anymore....I think bank fraud departments have to deal with some very cunning scammers out there that can tie the average keyboard user in knots.
     
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    I have a choice of pretty much any Bank and they all have a Branch within a 10 to 15 minute bus ride away. Banks have come up with a new rule or rather have been made to have a new rule that says you cannot pay money into somebody else's account. I would get my daughter to do it for example for me but the Banks cannot accept it. I could put her name on my account of course but why should I have to do that because a Government won't let me out.

    I got told by my nearest and dearest that I was a dinosaur with my Banking views a while ago. I pointed out that I had never been scammed yet but asked how they were doing on that score. I know they both have. The Banks of course would love us all to go on line as they could close all of their Branches then. I refuse and I will have to be dragged screaming and kicking before I do. But, they will come up with something to force me to eventually. If I pop it and my wife is left alone then she will be buggered because she has no concept of anything online and cannot see to learn it or do it. I might be reporting from my prison cell eventually when arrested for civil unrest. Mind you, you get your own room, a big tele and 3 meals a day with all the heating required and no bills. Maybe a good idea to punch the arresting officer and extend the stay................
     
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    You might have a choice at the moment sensible....but what happens around London today will reach the provinces tomorrow or the next day.....I don't think banking online is safe from some of the computer wizz kids that are making a absolute fortune out of scamming innocent web users....plus the very sophisticated professionals at the top of the pile.......might be safer to keep your money under your mattress.......hacked computers then have to be debugged and that is another moneymaker for legitimate computer shops....they've seen it all.
     
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    In the end it's only advice isn't it? Although I think it would be wise to follow it as far as you can it is up to you.

    It's just Nationwide and Santander that ban all 3rd deposits I think. Get a personalized paying-in book and send them in with that!
     
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    HSBc also dont allow it, online banking on your mobile easiest way and safe
     
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    Halifax don't allow it either. I don't own a mobile and I still wouldn't want to do online anything with my cash. I know it's an old fashioned thought process but sorry I can't change.
     
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    It's been proven not to be so.....banking fraud departments are working overtime just to stand still.

    10 years back my account was emptied and so were many others through a petrol station card machine that read our plastic cards....they moved on after a few hours to another location.....the banks just shrugged their shoulders and paid us all back....with me it was twenty small transaction in Thailand......best these days not to have an online account to attract the attention of scammers.
     
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    Sorry, couldn't live without online banking although I must admit I don't use my phone.
     
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    Do all on the mobile business and private never had a problem but each to their own. Difficult as some still want to pay by cheque and cash no thanks cards or online..
     
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    You mean to tell me that if you did a job for me for £500 and I handed you it in cash you would refuse it........................you may not want to take it like that but I'd bet you would.
     
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    In the last week or two I haven't seen a supermarket with toilet rolls, kitchen rolls, eggs, tinned fruit, paracetamol etc, hand tissues antibacterial etc.....there must be houses around where you can hardly close the front door because of all the panic buying goods laying around knee deep.

    Soon us old ones will not be allowed out and will depend on others keeping us fed.

    Pictures on the telly of a supermarket this morning with a queue over a 100 yards long 30 minutes before opening time.....at least they were queuing which is something.

    There is talk of cars not being able to get MOT's done because of garages being closed down and therefore being given cover notes so that they can get their road tax paid......even talk of crematoriums being open 24 hours.

    Also the talk of Brexit talks being extended....:shocked:.....that's the least of our worries.
     
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    Story in Private Eye of a sleeping couple who were actually killed when their attic collapsed onto them under the weight of stored toilet rolls.

    Among the debris were some now valuable antique Izal toilet paper, the sort than can double as tracing paper, which the couple had stored away during the Cuban missile crisis.
     
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    Good job it wasn't stored 5 litre bottled water.....they would of drowned before being crushed to death.....be thankful for small mercies.

    Now that would have been a double whammy....:D.
     
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    One bright spot in all the drama.....the European Song Contest has been cancelled.....hooray for that at least.
     
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    I see Karen Brady, vice chairman of West Ham said that the season should be ended where it is.

    In an entirely unrelated story, West Ham are currently 5th from bottom and one of 3 clubs on 27 points. Below those, Aston Villa are on 25 points but with a game in hand. West Ham were scheduled to play Villa on the last day of the season.
     
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