Post Covid Lockdown Plans

**badman999** · March 2nd, 2021, 07:37 AM

Now that our illustrious Prime Minister has laid out the roadmap to ending the Covid lockdown, what are your plans to celebrate?

Me, I'm simple. Sunday lunch, in a good pub, with my adult children and some close friends. Bliss!

Estreeter · March 2nd, 2021, 09:06 AM

A proper boys only night out at our favourite old pub with zero restrictions and get so drunk that Mrs E won't wanna know me the next day

**Sir Honkers** · March 2nd, 2021, 10:17 PM

We had a big family do for our granddaughter's first birthday. Good times

**otokonomidori** · March 2nd, 2021, 11:54 PM

European trip to visit my various Eurogirls

**theequestrian** · March 3rd, 2021, 03:18 AM

Plan 9

**seivad** · March 5th, 2021, 02:46 PM

Well if the regional leaders of the UK get their act Together I might be able to finally see and hold my Grand nephew who is approaching his 1st birthday.

Sadly his great grandmother never got to hold him.

I originally intended to fly up to Edinburgh for the day last spring, but no chance of that now Cardiff airport is closed, zero flights most days. So I've got to drive from Wales, through England to Scotland. Why are we not Great Britain.

Smiley75 · March 26th, 2021, 07:05 PM

The same things as I have been doing: Work, work, and walk around Mall of America on the weekends.

That and DJing a few weddings this year.

**Sir Honkers** · March 26th, 2021, 10:25 PM

What is this Covid Lockdown of which you speak?

**seany65** · March 27th, 2021, 01:33 AM

I plan to get ever more dispirited in a search for work in which:

70% of jobs advertised, are actually advertised on the same website by half a dozen different agencies and advertised by each of those agencies on all the other websites.

85% of all jobs are to be done on rotating shifts, and as I can only get the bus I can't apply for them, and even if I could get there, I'd probably get my days and times mixed up.

95% of the adverts stress "fast paced work", and as I've never been able to get fast paced quickly, and I know from experience that employers don't really allow time for someone to get good enough and quick enough (I did have a job for 3 1/2 hours once), I wonder if it would be wiser to not apply.

The jobs that I've kept have all been ones in which I've been shown what to do and then been left alone to get on with it and check stuff if I'm not sure, rather than the closer supervision that seems to be more the style these days.

70% of the jobs need experience levels that I haven't got.

*= all percentage figures are complete guesswork and could be rather inaccurate, but those are the numbers that seem not far from the mark to me.

At some point the staff at the jobcentre will think I'm not doing enough and not applying for enough jobs, even though I have in the past volunteered to go on a large number of "courses" of various types and I volunteer at a charity shop to keep up the basic work skills of working with other people and doing various tasks as needed, so at some point I will expect my money to be stopped.

**Maglover** · March 27th, 2021, 11:58 AM

After so long, I rather fear that as both individuals and a flock, we have changed.

It is arguable that this may be what a greater force sought - that there is a fear and distrust amongst us that wasn't there pre lockdowns.

I would like to think that pubs, clubs, and coffee houses, will be bustling hubs once more and that laughter will fill the air - but I fear that we have entered an age where laughing is frowned upon; how can you dare to laugh when so many have passed on or suffered?

One thing that has struck me over the past year is that increasingly we are individuals - workmates will sit on their breaks on phones using Social media to speak to others rather than colleagues - families are doing different things in different rooms rather than being the family unit.

I fear we are "returning" to a very different world.

March 2nd, 2021, 07:37 AM	#1
badman999 Vintage Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: England Posts: 5,157 Thanks: 24,596 Thanked 31,464 Times in 5,168 Posts	Post Covid Lockdown Plans Now that our illustrious Prime Minister has laid out the roadmap to ending the Covid lockdown, what are your plans to celebrate? Me, I'm simple. Sunday lunch, in a good pub, with my adult children and some close friends. Bliss!

March 2nd, 2021, 09:06 AM	#2
Estreeter *Administrator* Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The 19th hole Posts: 58,106 Thanks: 449,599 Thanked 896,726 Times in 60,308 Posts	A proper boys only night out at our favourite old pub with zero restrictions and get so drunk that Mrs E won't wanna know me the next day __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

March 3rd, 2021, 03:18 AM	#5
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March 5th, 2021, 02:46 PM	#6
seivad Vintage Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 3,171 Thanks: 28,051 Thanked 35,009 Times in 3,168 Posts	Well if the regional leaders of the UK get their act Together I might be able to finally see and hold my Grand nephew who is approaching his 1st birthday. Sadly his great grandmother never got to hold him. I originally intended to fly up to Edinburgh for the day last spring, but no chance of that now Cardiff airport is closed, zero flights most days. So I've got to drive from Wales, through England to Scotland. Why are we not Great Britain. __________________ It'd be such an ignorant thing to do If the Russians love their children too. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

March 27th, 2021, 01:33 AM	#9
seany65 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,651 Thanks: 80,403 Thanked 32,728 Times in 3,527 Posts	I plan to get ever more dispirited in a search for work in which: 70% of jobs advertised, are actually advertised on the same website by half a dozen different agencies and advertised by each of those agencies on all the other websites. 85% of all jobs are to be done on rotating shifts, and as I can only get the bus I can't apply for them, and even if I could get there, I'd probably get my days and times mixed up. 95% of the adverts stress "fast paced work", and as I've never been able to get fast paced quickly, and I know from experience that employers don't really allow time for someone to get good enough and quick enough (I did have a job for 3 1/2 hours once), I wonder if it would be wiser to not apply. The jobs that I've kept have all been ones in which I've been shown what to do and then been left alone to get on with it and check stuff if I'm not sure, rather than the closer supervision that seems to be more the style these days. 70% of the jobs need experience levels that I haven't got. *= all percentage figures are complete guesswork and could be rather inaccurate, but those are the numbers that seem not far from the mark to me. At some point the staff at the jobcentre will think I'm not doing enough and not applying for enough jobs, even though I have in the past volunteered to go on a large number of "courses" of various types and I volunteer at a charity shop to keep up the basic work skills of working with other people and doing various tasks as needed, so at some point I will expect my money to be stopped. __________________ <-- That's Emer Kenny and I want to be stuck in her front bottom. Quote from electrofreak : I'd rather have questions that can't be answered, than answers that can't be questioned.

March 2nd, 2021, 10:17 PM	#3
Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,335 Thanks: 286,762 Thanked 386,073 Times in 30,290 Posts	We had a big family do for our granddaughter's first birthday. Good times

March 2nd, 2021, 11:54 PM	#4
otokonomidori 緑の男 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jockistan, UK. Posts: 8,316 Thanks: 39,016 Thanked 122,398 Times in 8,316 Posts	European trip to visit my various Eurogirls

March 26th, 2021, 07:05 PM	#7
Smiley75 Member Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 83 Thanks: 137 Thanked 590 Times in 79 Posts	The same things as I have been doing: Work, work, and walk around Mall of America on the weekends. That and DJing a few weddings this year.

March 26th, 2021, 10:25 PM	#8
Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,335 Thanks: 286,762 Thanked 386,073 Times in 30,290 Posts	What is this Covid Lockdown of which you speak?

March 27th, 2021, 11:58 AM	#10
Maglover Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 750 Thanks: 11,511 Thanked 6,231 Times in 747 Posts	After so long, I rather fear that as both individuals and a flock, we have changed. It is arguable that this may be what a greater force sought - that there is a fear and distrust amongst us that wasn't there pre lockdowns. I would like to think that pubs, clubs, and coffee houses, will be bustling hubs once more and that laughter will fill the air - but I fear that we have entered an age where laughing is frowned upon; how can you dare to laugh when so many have passed on or suffered? One thing that has struck me over the past year is that increasingly we are individuals - workmates will sit on their breaks on phones using Social media to speak to others rather than colleagues - families are doing different things in different rooms rather than being the family unit. I fear we are "returning" to a very different world.

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