The Retirement Thread

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PaulSB

PaulSB

Squire
The Central Scrutinizer said:
Hi All
I hate the way older people are stereotyped.
I know that there are some very fit and healthy people over seventy on this thread like dave 7,pawl and numb nuts etc.
I'm under seventy but if i had to stay in for months it would do my head in.
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Yeah I've just read a couple of posts on FB about how the older generation aren't taking Covid-19 seriously. Fortunately the thread had been closed for further comments!!

Interesting little comment in the cafe today. Myself and a friend both of us part of the club pensioners group were on the ride.

Got to the cafe, went to wash hands, returned to table and got my sanitiser out and wiped down my place setting. Everyone looked at me so I wiped down the whole table.

One guy remarked "It's great riding with vulnerable people.......they know how to look after all of us!!!" 😄😄

Once again myself and my buddy were the only people out of 13 to wash our hands etc. before eating and drinking. Folk have got to wake up to the situation and act accordingly.

A small tip. We have three bottles of sanitiser which I want to keep for emergency use. This afternoon I've made up two small bottles of very soapy water. I'm taking these out with me for when I need to wash hands, clean a table etc.

Viruses have a fatty outer surface. Soap breaks this down very quickly and the virus dies. Sanitiser is worth using but takes far longer to work.
 
numbnuts

numbnuts

Squire
PaulSB said:
Viruses have a fatty outer surface. Soap breaks this down very quickly and the virus dies.
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Yes I heard that too, and someone said if that is correct what about gargling with soap while humming I'm for ever blowing bubbles …........... ;)
 
PaulSB

PaulSB

Squire
Local word is all the supermarkets around Chorley have been blitzed today.

A friend who lives near Manchester sent me a picture of a completely empty freezer run in his local supermarket.

My lad and his partner were home for lunch. They queued for 25 minutes in ALDI to get through the till. He's in Manchester. He was hopping!
 
Drago

Drago

Legendary Member
Mrs D was I'm Aldi yesterday. The woman in front had a trolley full of bog roll, and the lady on the till politely told her on 2 items of the same sort per customer. The woman went nuts and started throwing the packs at the lass on the till. People really are starting to lose it. Eejuts.
 
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Dirk

Dirk

If 6 Was 9
Drago said:
Mrs D was I'm Aldi yesterday. The woman in front had a trolley full of bog roll, and the lady on the till politely told her on 2 items of the same sort per customer. The woman went nuts and started throwing the packs at the lass on the till. People really are starting to lose it. Eejuts.
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I can't understand the fixation on bog rolls, given that the trots are not a symptom of Covid 9. :wacko:
 
Drago

Drago

Legendary Member
They're diots. Idiots and animals. I don't wish anyone dead, but if the virus is going to start knocking people off their perch then I can only hope it starts with them.
 
12boy

12boy

Guru
Yesterday afternoon I had the second Shingrix shot in a series of two. The first one made my arm really sore for a couple of days but other than that was nothing much. This second shot was another thing entirely. Woke up at 4am with fever and chills and headache and muscle spasms of the Charlie horse variety. The medical providers I called either weren't available or insisted I go to the E/R. My wife's breast cancer seems to be re-emerging and her immune system is compromised and its likely she wouldn't be able to fight a Covid infection. So the E/R was out. Eventually I got ahold of the pharmacist who gave me the shot. He indicated treating the symptoms with acetominaphen and Naproxyn would be ok. They broke the fever and quelled the aches and pains to a large degree so I could sleep. This reaction to the shot could possibly last a few weeks. It is scary to be a caregiver and can't function yourself. Had I thought this reaction would have occurred I'd have blown off the shot until the Covid emergency had passed and we knew what the treatment for the cancer would be. Hopefully, my experience won't be typical for most.
 
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