Here we are again – Happy Sunday!
I hope everyone is well and doing all they can to stay safe – Hands – Face – Space!
While this current interruption to normal life goes on, I was thinking that Social Media has come into its own. People talk about ‘Zoom’ and so on as a way of not just working collaboratively but of drawing families together and enabling sharing of news. A lot of older people (obviously I do not include myself in this group!) are not used to the technology available, so I think a lot of grandchildren and friends have been very helpful in ensuring everything is up and running so enable this vital family linkage.
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I don’t ‘Tweet’ nor do I ‘Insta’ or ‘Snapchat’ – but I do (as you will probably know) use Facebook, Text and e-mail. On Facebook, I have been at a loss to understand why everyone is suddenly swearing all the time – not just the odd, mild word but really nasty language – my delete key is working overtime!
Yes, I get that we are all fed up, and because of that we get irritated or even cross about things but does using vile language help solve this – I think not! I wish people would stop it -it’s not big and doesn’t make you look clever!
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While I’m having a good moan – what on earth is wrong with some elements of our society? I am all for debate and discussion, and am always up for a conversation about most things. However, this sudden growth of people who seem to be led by Piers Corbyn and David Icke (which says it all really) that maintain that there is no Virus – or there is but it is being spread by the Government on purpose; that people shouldn’t have the tests because it is a way of the Government tracing them; that we shouldn’t wear masks (sometimes referred to as Government Muzzles); that we shouldn’t obey any of the rules. Their obsession that this is all being orchestrated by an unknown group who want to run the world and make us all slaves is just a step too far for rational people I think! The best one I heard was that we shouldn’t have the vaccine (when it has been developed and is available) because there is a microchip embedded in it to trace us and control us.
I can only assume these people never use a debit card, a store loyalty card or a mobile phone – which would seem to make tracing you easy, if anyone was so inclined.
And where do the protesters get all this valuable information and knowledge? Yup – from Facebook and You Tube!
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For me, one of the best things about staying at home for most of the time is the opportunity to read as much as I like, because I am not being pressed to be somewhere else. So far, I’ve read 69 books (the good and the bad!) but here is a recommendation for you – if you have already read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (watching the TV version doesn’t count!) then try The Testaments. It’s a sequel, but is really very good and solves queries you may have been left wondering about. You may wonder if Gilead is closer than you thought.
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Not wishing to be political, but, as people, I am a great admirer of the Obamas. I am not an admirer of the Trumps.
My friends in the US will be voting very shortly for their next President – and are so very worried about what might happen. They have no protocol in their Constitution for what to do if the loser in the Presidential election refuses to leave the White House and tries to carry on – but I have heard many and varied ideas for a solution!
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This week I met up with a friend at Stansted Garden Centre (I know some of you won’t know where that it is!) for coffee (or black tea for me, as I think coffee is just too vile to drink) and a cheese scone. Whoop whoop – their scone is definitely now at the top of my list of favourite places to eat them!
Their system is well organised – you collect a ‘one use’ menu, write your table number on it and tick what you want to order then take it to the till where you pay and register for ‘‘Track and trace’ (if you hold a loyalty card, you just show it as you are already on their data base) . Your order is then delivered to your table – simples!
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As a result of my hospital appointment last week I am now on a salt free and sugar free diet. I’m not doing too badly but there is the odd hitch when I want to use a tin or packet of something and find there is sugar or salt hidden in it – even in the most unlikely things. What a God-send are the ‘Traffic Light’ values nowadays.
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Sorry, just re-read all this and it seems a bit of a moan this week – perhaps I need to get out more! Roll on the day when I will feel comfortable to be roaming the south on my favourite 700 bus and eves-dropping on conversations – nowadays people keep a distance and I can never hear what is being said, especially through a mask!
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Have a good week, even though it is supposed to be a bit chilly. Do take care and stay safe.
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