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Lala

Lala

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Apologies for cluster posting, but it’s what I do 🤫
A friend asked me tonight what have I learnt from the lockdown experience 🤔
She said’ to be more selfish with her time’ and I get that.
For me it’s that I love structure and no man is an island.
What have you learnt? And why?
 
There’s been so great things and equally bad things come out of this
The sense of community is without doubt the best closely followed by the way those working in all sectors have mucked in to make the best of a bad situation
The negatives for me ( other than my enforced absence from football and the fells ) are in the main those who feel they have gained some form of entitlement to lecture others closely followed by the curtain twitchers
I fear however the worst is to come
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
There’s been so great things and equally bad things come out of this
The sense of community is without doubt the best closely followed by the way those working in all sectors have mucked in to make the best of a bad situation
The negatives for me ( other than my enforced absence from football and the fells ) are in the main those who feel they have gained some form of entitlement to lecture others closely followed by the curtain twitchers
I fear however the worst is to come
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The worst is definitely to come. And that’s a shame on so many different levels.
 
I have learnt that trying to finish my honours degree whilst in lockdown with 5 kids at home 2 with disabilities is near on impossible but all I left to do is my dissertation for next week.
My main thing is don’t take everyone you care about for granted. When this is over I’m going to make time to see those I love more regular especially my dad. I have also learnt that my wife is super woman she is amazing. Looks after the kids keeps me on track and is always happy.
 
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I’ve learnt that working in the travel industry is extremely precarious. After 20 years with Shearings I was made redundant yesterday and whatever happens next, that won’t change.
Just to add, I understand that people have lost more important things than their jobs during this time.
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Terrible news that.. I only read about it tonight... Must have missed the news yesterday...hope things work out for you soon.
 
underscoreclaw said:
I’ve learnt that working in the travel industry is extremely precarious. After 20 years with Shearings I was made redundant yesterday and whatever happens next, that won’t change.
Just to add, I understand that people have lost more important things than their jobs during this time.
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I’m sorry to hear that. It’s irrelevant in your circumstances what other people have lost, your loss is as relevant in its own right.
I really hope you can find alternative employment and the peace of mind that goes with that.
Sad news. X
 
underscoreclaw said:
I’ve learnt that working in the travel industry is extremely precarious. After 20 years with Shearings I was made redundant yesterday and whatever happens next, that won’t change.
Just to add, I understand that people have lost more important things than their jobs during this time.
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Very sorry to hear that
I fear many more will join you whilst we grapple with the new reality and perhaps more importantly the fear factor
Best of luck with the job hunt
 
underscoreclaw said:
I’ve learnt that working in the travel industry is extremely precarious. After 20 years with Shearings I was made redundant yesterday and whatever happens next, that won’t change.
Just to add, I understand that people have lost more important things than their jobs during this time.
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Sad to hear your predicament worrying times and very close to our hearts.
Daughter is a senior analyst for Jet2 type 1 diabetic currently furloughed.
My son is on IT support at Manchester Airport also furloughed.
Stay focused and believe we as a nation will come through this .
Stay strong/stay safe
 
underscoreclaw said:
I’ve learnt that working in the travel industry is extremely precarious. After 20 years with Shearings I was made redundant yesterday and whatever happens next, that won’t change.
Just to add, I understand that people have lost more important things than their jobs during this time.
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Really sorry for you. That's awful.
 
I've learnt that it's difficult to not see loved ones, my old mum (96) was in her garden today weeding a bed and she fell forward and split her head open really badly on a concrete fence post and lay in the soil until help came, fortunately she has one of those wrist bands and was able to press the button. When I got there the ambo was already there and there was claret everywhere. I couldn't even give her a cuddle and now I can't go and visit her in hospital. She is tough as old boots and she has had a CT scan and they can't see any bleeds and her vitals are strong but she's very poorly and now on a ward and will be there until they know she is okay. She has been told time and time again not to go and do stuff in the garden but she won't listen. Not being able to be with her is a killer.
 
underscoreclaw said:
I’ve learnt that working in the travel industry is extremely precarious. After 20 years with Shearings I was made redundant yesterday and whatever happens next, that won’t change.
Just to add, I understand that people have lost more important things than their jobs during this time.
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Sorry to hear that. Hope you find another role soon.
 
Good things.

Spent a full 9 weeks at home with my 7 and 2 year old. Loved it despite not being able to take them out. Time I would never have gotten otherwise.

I haven't missed working yet at the same time I do (back in the game next week)

Home feels very much like home. I love my house and the people in it.

Community spirit is the best I can remember. The people that live near me are lovely.

A lot of British people are utterly selfless and absolutely brilliant.

An appreciation for the NHS - easy to say but yes. It is the very best healthcare system in the world. Fact.

Key workers that rarely get a mention. Anyone working in a shop, food distributors, posties, delivery drivers, truck drivers, cleaners, taxi drivers, civil servants turning their careers inside out to hit the front line, dairy and agricultural farmers, utility workers and they paper shop that delivers my old man's newspaper!

Bad things.

The loss of many thousands of innocent people and the utter devastation their families and friends are going through.

Panic buyers - absolute selfish rabble that should be ashamed of themselves when this pandemic broke.

Government. Really really poor and lacking of leadership, decisiveness, honesty and clarity. Disappointed doesn't cover it. I thought Boris Johnson would be good. He was awful. Probably not for this thread.

Not seeing my eldest daughter for 9 weeks. But not doing for the right reasons.

Some people are absolutely revolting. Those that couldn't care less about social distancing at all. So disappointing. A minority thankfully.
 
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Lala said:
Apologies for cluster posting, but it’s what I do 🤫
A friend asked me tonight what have I learnt from the lockdown experience 🤔
She said’ to be more selfish with her time’ and I get that.
For me it’s that I love structure and no man is an island.
What have you learnt? And why?
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To be more adaptable, considerate & appreciate what we've got. Plus try to see things from another person's perspective. Finally try read between the lines.
 
There are plenty of good as well as bad things living through this time where all our lives are being turned upside down but my daughter and her daughter have spent a number of years living in Turkey but have been back here for about 8 years.

She does my shopping for me now but she said something that both her and her daughter have noticed living here which exactly mirrors my impression of this country too. This country as well as the good neighbours and NHS staff is also full of whingers who don`t appreciate how lucky we all are compared to those in many other countries. So many moans,so many complaints,so little appreciation.

I can`t imagine from what I`ve read and heard about our population during our darkest hour in the second world war that the people of this country were like this then or not many of them anyway .Surely they were mostly brave and stoical despite the horrors of war .

I think many in this country, and there are plenty on here, who constantly whinge and complain, have gone soft ,take for granted all that we are lucky enough to have and always search for something,anything to be dissatisfied with.What a miserable bunch, they don`t know they`re born and at a time like this we can well do without them.
 
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I can`t imagine from what I`ve read and heard about our population during our darkest hour in the second world war that the people of this country were like this then or not many of them anyway .Surely they were mostly brave and stoical despite the horrors of war .
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I think some people at the time were unhappy with Attlee and got him replaced by Churchill. Were they wrong to do so?
 
Lala said:
Apologies for cluster posting, but it’s what I do 🤫
A friend asked me tonight what have I learnt from the lockdown experience 🤔
She said’ to be more selfish with her time’ and I get that.
For me it’s that I love structure and no man is an island.
What have you learnt? And why?
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I’ve learnt, always trust your instinct.

Why? Because since posting, I’ve always had you down as a really nice person. But since lockdown, based on your posts, I’m convinced my instinct is correct.

PS I’ve applied the same reasoning to those I don’t like. (A full list is available on request😊)
 
WM,that was a political choice and in no way reflected a general malaise that is currently apparent in our national psyche.

It may be that the people of this country wanted a socialist government after the war to ease their way back to peace and recovery but at the same time there was undoubtedly some guilt felt for rejecting Churchill after all he had done for this country during the war years.

Perhaps the 1951 election was a way of salving their consciences a little as much as a verdict on Attlee.
 
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WM,that was a political choice and in no way reflected a general malaise that is currently apparent in our national psyche.

It may be that the people of this country wanted a socialist government after the war to ease their way back to peace and recovery but at the same time there was undoubtedly some guilt felt for rejecting Churchill after all he had done for this country during the war years.

Perhaps the 1951 election was a way of salving their consciences a little as much as a verdict on Attlee.
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You confuse me, nothing to do with a socialist government or 1951.

You referred to people being brave and stoical during the war and people nowadays being whingers, suggesting we just put up with things. I realise a lot of oldies these days go on about the 2nd world war a lot (even though they only experienced it as a child at the most) so my point was that the conservatives were in power at the start of the war with Chamberlain as PM but people thought he wasn’t up to it, “whinged” and got him replaced with Churchill.

Do you think we should have stuck with Chamberlain?
 
I’ve learnt that there are more people willing to help others than there are dickheads in this country, in a strange way more good could come out of this than bad, obviously it’s awful all these people losing there lives and jobs, but hopefully this world will turn into a better place with people not taking things for granted as much. It’s also made people realise just how much they rely on all the key workers, a majority of who are not paid particularly well.
 
I've learnt that there are so many idiotic and selfish people who think rules don't apply to them.
I've also learnt, from the press etc, that there are many people who can't accept the inevitable and stay sensible.
When I see in the press and on TV that people are having terrible problems with the Lockdown and attacking their partners,
even their children, because they can't face up to self isolation, it annoys me.
Perhaps I'm lucky, MrsDP and I have not had a cross word during the whole period, and I realise that other people aren't as lucky we are.
Be tolerant and understand other peoples' point of view. We'll all get through this together. 👍
 
Woolly Mammoth said:
You confuse me, nothing to do with a socialist government or 1951.

You referred to people being brave and stoical during the war and people nowadays being whingers, suggesting we just put up with things. I realise a lot of oldies these days go on about the 2nd world war a lot (even though they only experienced it as a child at the most) so my point was that the conservatives were in power at the start of the war with Chamberlain as PM but people thought he wasn’t up to it, “whinged” and got him replaced with Churchill.

Do you think we should have stuck with Chamberlain?
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First you ask if the people were wrong to replace Attlee with Churchill then when I attempt to answer that although it didn`t seem entirely relevant to me as I don`t regard making election choices as whingeing ,just the democratic process,you say you are confused and ask if we should have stuck with Chamberlain

.All this when my initial post was simply about the amount of whingeing currently going on in this country compared to the stoicism shown in this country in WW2.You may be confused but not half as much as I am now.🙃
 
Haven't read all the posts so may be a bit repetitive...
Good things I've learned
That most people are caring and that communities still do exist, they just need a kick up the backside to get them to function more!😁
The NHS is something that this country should cherish.
The less pollution the better (as if we needed telling!) More wildlife returning to areas where they haven't been seen for ages.
That a lot of people are doing the best they can despite being constantly lambasted by others.

Bad things I've learned.
Some people are really really thick and need things spelling out or spoon feeding before they can comprehend what's going on, THEN totally disregarding what has been said to them.
Some think that social media is the be all and end all and hang on every word that certain 'celebrities' say! wtf
Some are really selfish and think the world revolves around them.
A lot have no idea how far 2 meters is!!😁
 
Lala said:
Apologies for cluster posting, but it’s what I do 🤫
A friend asked me tonight what have I learnt from the lockdown experience 🤔
She said’ to be more selfish with her time’ and I get that.
For me it’s that I love structure and no man is an island.
What have you learnt? And why?
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I really, really hate Preston.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
There’s been so great things and equally bad things come out of this
The sense of community is without doubt the best closely followed by the way those working in all sectors have mucked in to make the best of a bad situation
The negatives for me ( other than my enforced absence from football and the fells ) are in the main those who feel they have gained some form of entitlement to lecture others closely followed by the curtain twitchers
I fear however the worst is to come
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Agree with all that apart from " worst is to come" - not sure what you mean - are you talking about the course of the disease or socioeconomic impact
Not having a pop just curious
 
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