Yeah, we've had trouble working out what we can and can't do.
I can visit my family at the moment by virtue of child minding my grandchildren. Two of my grandsons live with their mother about half of the time, so some weeks my child minding only covers my two biological grandchildren. I visited socially last Friday so a week didn't go by without seeing my inherited boys, but it has occurred to me that maybe that's not within the rules.
If I child mind all four of them every other week, can I visit socially the week inbetween without risking a fine? It would seem really stupid if I did get fined because I have regular contact with them anyway, but like you said, the rules aren't overly clear.
Having said all that, I don't think those of us who are trying to stick to the rules will be a target for fines. It seems that in most areas people are in and out of each other's houses and I know the police are aware of at least some of that.
I suspect fines will only be issued for flagrant flouting, like house parties.
Children under the age of 11 years old don't count with respect to 'support bubble' households where up to 6 people can form one 'household'.
If this couple live with each other for half the week and one of them has five, or more kids over the age of 11, or they have five, or more kids over the age of 11 between them, you could be right.
Or, if there are lots of other adults living in their respective households.
Particularly endearing because the phonetic version underneath is for the benefit of English speaking Welsh people rather than non-Welsh people.
Most Welsh place names are descriptive, this particular one meaning "The church of Mary in the hollow of the white hazel near the fierce whirlpool and the church of saints by the red cave".
Yeah, I had it at the beginning of April, only mildly, only a case of self-isolating.
I was as fit as a butcher's dog when I moved into this flat at the end of February, running up and down flights of stairs with packing boxes and I could run up the mountain where I live. Admittedly I was very tired and achy, but nothing a good rest wouldn't cure, or so I thought.
Now I struggle to get through a day looking after my grandchildren because of chronic fatigue, muscle pain and a few other symptoms. I don't know for certain if that's the after effects of the 'rona, or if there are other contributory factors, but whenever I read/watch other people's long hauler accounts, it's sounds bang on target.
That's why I keep urging people to do everything they can to minimise the chance of getting it, or passing it on. The after effects are worse than the mild version of the disease and it's proving to be a very long haul indeed trying to get not only my fitness back, but quality of life.
I bumped into a friend recently. She's gone from being a marathon runner to getting out of breath walking up the stairs. I think she was more ill with it than I and luckily I don't appear to have any lung damage, or breathlessness.
It really is worthwhile considering the 'viral load' hypothesis which suggests wearing a mask can reduce the amount of organisms you become infected with, possibly reducing the severity of symptoms, or even resulting in building up anti-bodies whilst remaining asymptomatic.
I didn't have my family's company for four months, neither did I see anyone I knew during my weekly grocery shop because I moved into this unfamiliar area a couple of weeks before lockdown. No work companionship either, as like many people I got laid off.
It wasn't ideal, it was a bit scary when I was unwell and getting out of breath just getting a glass of water, or going for a pee, but the more we navigate this sensibly, the more we will at least gain some avenues of social contact and employment opportunities.
I'm sorry to hear you are separated from your partner, Tom.
I'm not that desperate that I would put my grandchildren at risk by going to a pub.
Apart from grocery shopping, I'm in a position where I can totally isolate. I mind my grandchildren who are exposed in school, for my daughter who is a front line essential worker.
If I take selfish risks, not only do I put them at risk, but everyone they come into contact with.
A date is not worth that. A date who can't wait is definitely not worth that.
State dependent learning - if you're off you face on caffeine, or any other psychoactive substance when you learn, you need to be in the same state for optimum recall.
Oxygenating the brain regularly helps with concentration and staying awake, but with running up and down the stairs, or star jumps out of the question, perhaps Merc can come up with aerobic exercise ideas.
Physically writing things down, drawing pictures, charts, colours, mnemonics, poems - there are all sorts of techniques to actively transfer information to memory and trigger recall. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of TEDx talks about memory and recall.
I saw a woman get on to the bus a couple of days ago wearing a shield and I did wonder about it's efficacy. They seem to give protection to the eyes and forehead, but being open on three sides as they are, very little with respect to the nose and mouth.
I can see why they may be more comfortable to wear all day in work and certainly they are better for those of us who are deaf old gits who rely on lip-reading, but I didn't know they had been deemed unsafe for use alone.
As an after thought, they might be at least some protection for those who don't wear masks on medical grounds.
Yes, they are thankyou, as are my three grandsons and son-in-law.
It's surprising given my daughter is a public facing essential worker and the kids went back to school a few weeks ago. Colds have been caught, but as yet only I, locked up in the middle of nowhere have caught the 'rona.
I only know of one grocery shop which has closed for a deep clean due to a member of staff getting ill. No shop workers round here seem to getting the virus despite this area being so hard hit, which I find odd.
My daughter reckons none of them could have had it asymptomatically because at least one of them would have been symptomatic as it spread, but I'm wondering if the early application of 'spit screens' has played into the the 'viral load' hypothesis.
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RE: Fifty First-Dates if you can guess who the cutie is in this photo !
I think you should give the dates to me if for no other reason than I'm the only person who's not whining about about O2N and BN.I might give the rest of the prize away to charity after each first first-date, mind.