Pandemic Positives?

[B. Oddie]

Re: Pandemic Positives?

My wife though has taken up walking and is doing 10-12k a day and seems to enjoy it.

Will you ask her so we all know if she does or not?

[Nobody's Rep]

Re: Pandemic Positives?

Great response and I applaud you & your family.

Thanks for that - much appreciated

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

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I thought it best to give up roast pangolin.

And it's made me think I should get on a more productive path so I suppose it depends how that turns out.

[Tuerto]

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Family social events, completely cancelled due to the covid, and not having to see my racist in laws, who, within about 10 minutes, start complaining about foreign people. I've stayed away from them for long enough, this time it's permanent, the racist tossers.

[splott parker]

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My wife though has taken up walking and is doing 10-12k a day and seems to enjoy it.

How far away from home is she now? You do know there’s been restrictions :hehe:

[delmbox]

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How far away from home is she now? You do know there’s been restrictions :hehe:

:hehe: :hehe:

[jon1959]

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Garden revamped, daily walks (an hour during extreme lockdown but normally 3 hours), read loads more books and watched more classic films than normal, started to bake my own bread, seen most of the schedule-filler repeat documentaries (especially BBC4 art and science) that I missed when they first came out.

But the negatives outweigh the positives. Not seen my 89 year old mother in person for 7 months, postponed our civil partnership twice, getting too concerned with every shadow, crack and creak in the house (but proved right when the boiler packed up!) and missing friends and live events.

I am also among the 3% of the great British public who know what '2 metres' means, and have perfected my death stare for the other 97%!

[The Bloop]

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Still got my job and saved plenty of £££ which is being spent on the garden.
Been shielding so coming through the past 12 months without catching covid is a huge relief, especially now that I've had 2 doses of vaccine.
On a wider level seeing many films being succesfully released straight to Netflix or Prime has been fantastic.
One other positive that seems to have gone under the radar is Nish Kumars Mash Report not getting another series. Hallelujah.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Done more exercise in 2 months than I have in 20 years. Got back driving again after over 10 years.

[life on mars]

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Realised what a great institution pub life was

[goats]

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Quite enjoyed home schooling but know they need to be in socialising etc, not really missed pubs but can see they are like an institution and good to have. I was probably the main organiser of getting together with my circle of mates, not so sure I can be arsed anymore....The wife decided to try and have a year off drinking pre pandemic jan 1st 2020, she’s still going now and loves it, also she now runs a marathon a week almost and is fitter and healthier than me for the first time ever!