Re: What’s it like where you live?
All credit to our esteemed leader for starting this thread and the contributions are fascinating to read. All too often the people and the press in this country do not consider matters a global basis (and people in Dover probably no idea what is happening 20 miles away in Calais).
I would be fascinated to hear how you all got to live in such faraway places but that's probably worth a thread on its own.
I dip into the German and US media for my own part but reports from far and wide from you good people is most appreciated.
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Optimistic Nick
When you consider the logistics, that is really impressive.
Absolutely!!
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Carl Dale's Mole
Here in Singapore we had a "circuit breaker" which lasted for nearly 2 months. My kids didn't go outside our front door for that entire time. Expats have lost their visas for not following the rules. Now we are in Phase 3 (the last phase) where a lot of things are back to normal except for mandatory mask wearing and having to check in everywhere we go. Nightlife is pretty much the last thing still not open. But restaurants are buzzing and plenty of queues all over. Vaccines have started with a target of everyone having one by the end of the year.
Bloody 'ell!
I'm wondering how your kids managed to cope, stuck indoors for two months without ever going outside (must have been a strain for you too) ??
Couldn't they at least have been afforded some time to catch a little fresh air and stretch their legs a bit?
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Rock_Flock_of_Five
Bloody 'ell!
I'm wondering how your kids managed to cope, stuck indoors for two months without ever going outside (must have been a strain for you too) ??
Couldn't they at least have been afforded some time to catch a little fresh air and stretch their legs a bit?
Can’t imagine how tough that would have been....with Europe lagging so much with regard to vaccinations you wonder about the Euros and travel there this summer....
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Rock_Flock_of_Five
Bloody 'ell!
I'm wondering how your kids managed to cope, stuck indoors for two months without ever going outside (must have been a strain for you too) ??
Couldn't they at least have been afforded some time to catch a little fresh air and stretch their legs a bit?
People, including kids, were still allowed out for daily exercise, but that was only really walking or running. No play areas or swimming pools were open.
So yeah, it was possible to get fresh air if you wanted.
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lardy
People, including kids, were still allowed out for daily exercise, but that was only really walking or running. No play areas or swimming pools were open.
So yeah, it was possible to get fresh air if you wanted.
You're in Singapore too?
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Rock_Flock_of_Five
You're in Singapore too?
Yep
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lardy
Yep
I keep promising myself to go there for a visit (not in the current climate, of course). Shouldn't take too long to fly from my location.
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Rock_Flock_of_Five
I keep promising myself to go there for a visit (not in the current climate, of course). Shouldn't take too long to fly from my location.
I saw Jimmy Carr live - he opened with "wow, this place is beautiful isn't it? It's like China when they finish it" :hehe:
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lardy
I saw Jimmy Carr live - he opened with "wow, this place is beautiful isn't it? It's like China when they finish it" :hehe:
:hehe:
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lardy
People, including kids, were still allowed out for daily exercise, but that was only really walking or running. No play areas or swimming pools were open.
So yeah, it was possible to get fresh air if you wanted.
Yep this. We saw some people out the window walking with their kids but didn’t think that counted as exercise and weren’t desperate enough to risk it. One’s a baby and the 4 year old was happy playing lego every day all day. It was a weird time and we were all losing it towards the end but I wanted to take it very seriously. It helped me stay away from my in-laws. Still does.
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Carl Dale's Mole
Yep this. We saw some people out the window walking with their kids but didn’t think that counted as exercise and weren’t desperate enough to risk it. One’s a baby and the 4 year old was happy playing lego every day all day. It was a weird time and we were all losing it towards the end but I wanted to take it very seriously. It helped me stay away from my in-laws. Still does.
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