Caol Ila
Well-Known Member
Yes, but if someone's mental health were to badly deteriorate, they could end up...needing an ambulance and hospitalisation. You cannae win.
I have a friend who lived in China for 30 years, only returned last year but obviously still has most friends living there.
He says most Chinese officials and ordinary people do not think British and other Western countries have the discipline and respect for orders as the Chinese and think more about ourselves than the State. Therefore we will not be able to obey instructions to the letter and "lockdown" in UK etc will fail....
Maybe he's right according to the differing interpretations on this and other forums...
when you Pm'd me recently about posters having 2 ID's you described "pack mentality" and that now this is the worst you have ever known. That unless you were one of the in crowd you were basically hounded off. You also admitted you did not really like the forum.
Is your above comment the sort of thing you were referring to?
It’s not really about your mental health or Vitamin D levels at the moment, though, is it? It is about doing what is best for society as a whole. And that means reducing to an absolute minimum the time spent outdoors. It is also about not doing things that could potentially put you at risk of needing the emergency services. So, if it is safer to drive to work, and you have the means to do so, then you should choose this option. I have a beautiful road bike that I am desperately looking forward to getting out on, but I also don’t want to fall off it and need an ambulance. So my OH and I go for a run instead, while I await the delivery of my turbo trainer.
It is incumbent on us all to make the best, and safest, choices for the good of society. Not what works best for us as individuals.
This is a short period of time in the grand scheme of things, and the sacrifices people are being asked to make are far from onerous.
Hi Paddy when I pm'd you, it was to reply to your ask about 2 accounts. some of the others that post on here do,or those that get banned come back as someone else. I have ver been in with the in crowd, and nor am I really bothered about being a yes person. Yes and quote from my PM "I have only come back on due to C19, but i must admit I really do not like the forum as it is, it has changed beyond all belief " which it has, it used to be a supportive place where you could actually have a heated debate with out being called names or ganged up on.
This isn't on, Paddy. Private messages are supposed to stay private. It used to be in the forum rules, but it disappeared when the new software was installed.
Yes the forum has reached down to a whole new level, you would not mind if they did not edit the post to take it out of context, especaially when you were answering about two users, a question that they had asked
Oh the irony! You've attacked me twice on this post and will no doubt do so again when I post this. Maybe you are the problem ? ?
While you are all bickering on here my OH came out of retirement today and returned to ITU to help out in this pandemic. ITU wise it is only just warming up in 2 weeks it is likely to be very very different.
I also have a horse at a locked down yard he will receive excellent care and I have to just suck it up.
If we all hunker down and stay in the smaller the likely hood of spreading C-19. When I last went food shopping I left it as late as I could working on the idea people would be eating their evening meal. It was quite but people were not social distancing. I wish the security people would stop families and couples coming in. The next time I see a car full of young men it will be photographed/videoed and passed to the police. The more times a pocket is hit the better the chances of riding out C-19.
heard a tiger or two have tested positive for c 19 in an american zoo, caught it from the keeper
This paints a picture of it being rather more hectic than it is currently. Both brother and SIL have been redeployed to corona cases (doctors). They are not yet over worked or over whelmed and both are in central London.
Let me explain, the social isolation is for the benefit of the whole of society to cut down the infection rates of society as a whole so the nhs can cope with covid 19 and also other sick people, not that hard to understand!
Not sure what’s got into Frumpoon .
I went for a walk around the block a couple of days ago, past the yard where I usually ride.
I could see only three horses there; I think the others have had their shoes taken off and have been turned away.
We are extending our time on the yard an extra half hour to 1.5 hours from tomz i think, we can ride if we want which will be great for my horses rehab controlled exercise plan but i will just go round the yard. Still only allowed to go up once a day. Asked if i could go up in the morning to try and reduce the time my horse goes out as she's so colicky (this would knock 3 hrs off) but not allowed if also want to go up in the afternoon as everyone would want to do the same.
So worried as normally i turn out late at night and go up early to get her in for 2 or 3 days.
Just so gratefuli can see her still although i havent a clue how I'm going to pay for her over the coming weeks.
Friend offered to turn her horse out in her field for an hour prior to her going out so i've bitten her hand off.
Hopefully rules will be relaxed by goverment on Monday. But realistically i can see the country going into full lockdown and everyone taken by suprise.
There is no way the lockdown will be reduced on Monday, I think we are in for another month of this at least.
I have not seen my horse at all since the lockdown & miss him terribly. Just trying to do the right thing & reduce the risk of yard owner & staff getting infected or myself getting infected. So many people have died the best thing I can do for my horse is to try not to get infected.
There is no way the lockdown will be reduced on Monday, I think we are in for another month of this at least .
While you are all bickering on here my OH came out of retirement today and returned to ITU to help out in this pandemic. ITU wise it is only just warming up in 2 weeks it is likely to be very very different.
I also have a horse at a locked down yard he will receive excellent care and I have to just suck it up.
If we all hunker down and stay in the smaller the likely hood of spreading C-19. When I last went food shopping I left it as late as I could working on the idea people would be eating their evening meal. It was quite but people were not social distancing. I wish the security people would stop families and couples coming in. The next time I see a car full of young men it will be photographed/videoed and passed to the police. The more times a pocket is hit the better the chances of riding out C-19.
Wouldn't want to be the person who had to do those throat swabs !
Going back to turbo trainers for bikes, if you can still get hold of one.
Son no 1 bought an interactive one about a month ago. It cost £180 and is ridiculously good quality for the money. He has his spare bike fitted to it. He is ‘racing’ against fellow users in real time, and the resistance automatically adjusts for hills etc, so it is remarkably realistic.