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Post by MartinT on Apr 19, 2021 9:01:46 GMT
It was wonderful yesterday to just sit and chill with a couple in our garden who have been friends for most of our lives. The sun was out, it was a glorious day and we had no agenda except to catch up with not having seen each other for well over a year.
Next Saturday I will have a tiny rendezvous with two car mates at a coffee shop with plenty of parking for us to catch up over a coffee or three outside.
What have others been doing to restore the huge vacuum left by the pandemic?
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Post by petea on Apr 19, 2021 9:09:16 GMT
Nowhere near that yet here in Germany. Curfew 22:00 - 05:00 in Brandenburg - not that I was planning on going clubbing anyway!
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 19, 2021 9:17:06 GMT
I've realised what an anti social item I am.  This last year has been fine for me |
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 19, 2021 9:21:20 GMT
Nothing as yet. I still treat every person I meet as the one who might kill me and vice versa. I don't think it's safe to do anything else right now and firmly believe things are going to worsen again because people's guards are coming down too fast.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 19, 2021 10:16:53 GMT
I do the same and agree with you, Chris. We need to remain vigilant.
In yesterday's case, we've all had the vaccine and are required to test twice weekly.
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 19, 2021 10:19:56 GMT
Nothing as yet. I still treat every person I meet as the one who might kill me and vice versa. I don't think it's safe to do anything else right now and firmly believe things are going to worsen again because people's guards are coming down too fast. Not that they deliberately want to kill you / us They just don't care anywhere near enough <teenager mode> It's boring It's too hard I do wonder if this winter might be the worst for the world |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 19, 2021 10:38:19 GMT
The first thing we did was to drive out of London for a fabulous walk and takeaway homemade cake from a favourite cafe - it was blissful, the fresh air and sense of freedom.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 19, 2021 11:00:50 GMT
I saw a Tweet on Saturday that said a group of six lads had been spotted roaming around Brighton carrying a table. They were, apparently, setting the table down outside various pubs and then going in to get drinks.
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Post by petea on Apr 19, 2021 12:01:41 GMT
Nothing as yet. I still treat every person I meet as the one who might kill me and vice versa. I don't think it's safe to do anything else right now and firmly believe things are going to worsen again because people's guards are coming down too fast. Not that they deliberately want to kill you / us You've not met my friends then, Mike!  |
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 19, 2021 13:03:10 GMT
I've realised what an anti social item I am. This last year has been fine for me Hah, yes, same with us - except we realised we were anti social bustards decades ago! But we're lucky enough to live where other folks come on holiday to, so no, it's not been a problem. Other than losing an old school friend and a cousin. |
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 19, 2021 14:53:39 GMT
It was wonderful yesterday to just sit and chill with a couple in our garden who have been friends for most of our lives. The sun was out, it was a glorious day and we had no agenda except to catch up with not having seen each other for well over a year. Next Saturday I will have a tiny rendezvous with two car mates at a coffee shop with plenty of parking for us to catch up over a coffee or three outside. What have others been doing to restore the huge vacuum left by the pandemic? Sounds perfect. And something that been on my mind in fact. I've experienced too much solitude in the last two years and have seen the consequences of it. I've come to feel like an actual ghost in society, which also has a toll. I hope not to go too off topic here but I've decided to travel to California this summer to try a drug called Ayahuasca with a shaman, after watching an interview between 2 comedians Neil Brennan and Andrew Santino. Brennan took the Ayahuasca and said it changed him completely. A need for prescription medications that he took his whole life. Gone. Atheism. Gone. Trying to control outcomes too much. Gone. And he told stories of other people's transformations. I'd love to reconnect with old friends and experience this wonderful gift we have as people. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 19, 2021 15:18:55 GMT
'Course it helps if you have friends says Billy nomates |
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Post by John on Apr 19, 2021 15:33:39 GMT
I have met up with friends in the park a few times
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Post by MartinT on Apr 19, 2021 16:58:36 GMT
'Course it helps if you have friends says Billy nomates Oi! |
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Post by petea on Apr 19, 2021 17:04:32 GMT
Mike doesn't have friends, he has acolytes: it's a choice, either the leader of a cult or... |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 19, 2021 19:06:50 GMT
Mike's acolytes all have four legs.
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 19, 2021 19:57:47 GMT
I am a cult !
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 19, 2021 21:44:27 GMT
Careful with that spelling!
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