Clutterqueen

I'm struggling to find how people with no landline, mobile or internet can access this?

Should think it's not a priority in the current situation.

Where would your 4 year old be having an assessment?

I thought this was meant to be a non-political thread as started on 6th April.

Mine arrived on Monday. Piece of history.

I'm surprised there were couples and families with children. I had an email days ago from Sainsburys detailing that they would only let one adult in to do the shop. I've not been at the Sainsburys at Dog Kennel Hill for 10 days but getting low on bits so thought I'd see how it went. Got there around 10.30 this morning and joined the queue outside on Dog Kennel Hill. As far as I could see in front of me were only lone people, on their own. So from Dog Kennel Hill and actually entering the store it took around 25 minutes of waiting in line. All very civil and I had to nudge the guy in front of me by saying 'excuse me' as he was on his phone all the time. The store was well stocked, although the cleaning aisle was very sparse and I couldn't get what I've usually bought in the past. I left the store around 11.30 and was happy with my experience with Sainsburys and all the staff.

Jakido Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know how to contact Alleyn's, JAGS and > Dulwich College to get them to open their playing > fields up for (socially distanced) exercise to > relieve pressure on local parks. Surely the said establishments have a telephone number, email address for you to contact them?

Over 3,000 people used Brockwell Park today! Also Clapham Common with the same thing and people sunbathing, groups of four, five, six people sitting together.

tomskip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We can go out to the pavement to bring a bin in > without endangering anyone. Good grief. Agree.

I've found the bin men usually take anything placed outside of the blue recycling bin. That's as long as you pull your blue recycling bin out of your area/front garden. They can't be on top of everything as they have a huge job to do and especially in light of what's going on.

I wasn't going to go out today but an elderly neighbour phoned me last night desperate for some shopping. I've managed to get bits for them in my local shop but thought I would try Sainsburys this time as knew my local wouldn't have certain items. Got there at 8.45am this morning and an orderly queue had formed from the entrance to the cashpoints. Two employeess were at the front entrance and letting around 10 people in every 5 minutes but once inside I think it was too many people. I didn't feel comfortable but managed to get everything including eggs. The shelves were very well stocked and the staff were marvellous. They had a tannoy message letting everybody know there were restrictions on some items. Think I managed the whole shop in about 5/10 minutes and was just picking up some bread when there was sounds of a terrible commotion towards the exit. It was really frightening and a lot of the staff/security were relayed towards the area. As I went out I noticed the queue was even longer and went back to the children's nursery.

Let's hope not.

Only time will tell but if you really don't need to go to the park in this time of crisis then just don't go. You are just adding to the numbers that the government are trying to tell people to stay away.

IlonaM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cor > onavirus-uk-lockdown-boris-johnson-speech-today-up > date-latest-advice-a9420086.html > > Prime minister Boris Johnson has imposed an > unprecedented three-week nationwide lockdown > across the UK in an attempt to bring a halt to the > coronavirus outbreak. > > All British households have been told to stay at > home except for a strictly limited set of purposes > - with police having powers to enforce the > instructions with fines. > > Shops selling non-essential goods have been > ordered to close, along with libraries, > playgrounds and outdoor gyms, and places of > worship. > > Weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies are being > stopped, but funerals will continue to go ahead. > And all public gatherings of more than two people > - except for members of the same household - will > be banned. > > From Monday evening, people will only be allowed > to leave their homes for: > > > - Shopping for basic necessities ?as infrequently > as possible?; > > - One exercise outing a day - for example a run, > walk or cycle; > > - Medical needs or caring for a vulnerable > person; > > - Travelling to and from work, but only if this is > absolutely necessary and cannot be done from > home. > > > The new measures came after the UK death toll from > Covid-19 reached 335, with a further 46 people who > tested positive for the virus dying in England, > and foreign secretary Dominic Raab told all > Britons overseas to come home now. > > They mean the UK following countries like Italy, > Spain and France into stringent restrictions on > day-to-day life to suppress the virus, after weeks > in which Britain has maintained a lighter-touch > approach based on voluntary rather than mandatory > actions. > > Mr Johnson?s decision to step up action, agreed at > a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee in > Whitehall, came amid widespread concern over large > numbers of people congregating at parks, beaches > and outdoor markets over the weekend. > > In a televised address to the nation recorded in > 10 Downing Street, Mr Johnson said: ?In this fight > we can be in no doubt that each and every one of > us is directly enlisted. > > ?Each and every one of us is now obliged to join > together, to halt the spread of this disease, to > protect our NHS and to save many many thousands of > lives. > > ?And I know that, as they have in the past so many > times, the people of this country will rise to > that challenge. > > ?And we will come through it stronger than ever. > > ?We will beat the coronavirus and we will beat it > together. > > ?And therefore I urge you at this moment of > national emergency to stay at home, protect our > NHS and save lives.? > > Mr Johnson described coronavirus as ?the biggest > threat this country has faced for decades?. > > He warned: ?Without a huge national effort to halt > the growth of this virus, there will come a moment > when no health service in the world could possibly > cope, because there won?t be enough ventilators, > enough intensive care beds, enough doctors and > nurses. > > ?And as we have seen elsewhere, in other countries > that also have fantastic health care systems, that > is the moment of real danger. > > ?To put it simply - if too many people become > seriously unwell at one time, the NHS will be > unable to handle it, meaning more people are > likely to die, not just from coronavirus but from > other illnesses as well. > > ?So it?s vital to slow the spread of the disease. > > ?Because that is the way we reduce the number of > people needing hospital treatment at any one time, > so we can protect the NHS?s ability to cope - and > save more lives.? > > Speaking alongside a Union flag, Mr Johnson > thanked Britons who have complied with advice to > stay at home where possible and to maintain > ?social distancing? when outside. > > But he said: ?The time has now come for us all to > do more. > > ?From this evening I must give the British people > a very simple instruction - you must stay at > home. > > ?Because the critical thing we must do is stop the > disease spreading between households.? > > And he added: ?You should not be meeting friends. > If your friends ask you to meet, you should say > No. > > ?You should not be meeting family members who do > not live in your home. > > ?You should not be going shopping except for > essentials like food and medicine ? and you should > do this as little as you can. And use food > delivery services where you can. > > ?If you don?t follow the rules the police will > have the powers to enforce them, including through > fines and dispersing gatherings.? > > Mr Johnson said: ?No prime minister wants to enact > measures like this. > > ?I know the damage that this disruption is doing > and will do to people?s lives, to their businesses > and to their jobs... > > "But at present there are just no easy options. > The way ahead is hard, and it is still true that > many lives will sadly be lost. > > "And yet it is also true that there is a clear way > through. Day by day we are strengthening our > amazing NHS with 7,500 former clinicians now > coming back to the service. > > "With the time you buy ? by simply staying at home > - we are increasing our stocks of equipment, we > are accelerating our search for treatments, we are > pioneering work on a vaccine. > > "And we are buying millions of testing kits that > will enable us to turn the tide on this invisible > killer." Please help the key workers as described in Boris' speech tonight.

A lot of people do not have the internet.

And that people have the time/inclination to go jogging.

Surprised that the park is still open.

Hope the caf? is closed.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What is it you doubt about your role? You're > keeping your distance. Anyone visiting them would > not be doing them a favour. Thanks Alan. You've clarified the situation I'm in.

I thought it would have been closed too.

During the past week I've helped a couple of elderly neighbours with shopping etc. I've known them for years but when I phoned one of them this morning to arrange delivery they mentioned their own children had not been visiting them and it made me think about my role in helping them? During this time I've only dropped the bits off at doorstep and stood away from them. Both neighbours mentioned their own sons and daughters had not visited.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Clutterqueen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Alan Medic Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Who are these kids worried about not having > > exams? > > > > Not a helpful comment in light of the many > > youngsters who have worked so hard. > > Well that was my spare thought. I didn't realise > it had to be helpful. Yes, sorry but my daughter is a secondary school teacher and she phoned me the other night very upset!

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Who are these kids worried about not having exams? Not a helpful comment in light of the many youngsters who have worked so hard.

I've bought a copy of Wolf Hall on ebay this week. I read it when it was first published and couldn't put it down and then read the sequel but gave both copies to the charity shop. Hopefully planning to read both and then Mantel's new book The Mirror and the Light when I get the time. Also bought a copy of The Foundling by Stacey Halls in Sainsburys the other week and hope to get round to reading that. Can't wait as her first novel The Familiars was another book I couldn't put down.

For all those secondary school teachers that will be having to tell their pupils they won't be taking their exams this summer.