@drewnogal saidWearing of masks has severely degraded my social life. I am hard of hearing and read lips to supplement my hearing deficiency. But apart from that, I am very much in favor of people treating this pandemic as a public health issue, not as a personal freedom issue, and this means acting responsibly in public places by wearing masks, maintaining social distance, using hand disinfectants, and so on. If a knock-on benefit includes fewer cases of other infections too, so much the better.
I haven’t had a cold or flu symptoms for 17 months. Think I’ll continue to use them in busy places.
Yesterday an older lady was sat very close behind me in an M&S cafe. She was telling my friend and I all about her fascinating world travels which was interesting but I felt a tiny bit of her spittle hit my face which really troubled me.
@moonbus saidJust had my second AZ jab a few hours ago, felt a bit rough after the first one for about three days, but nothing today so far....Just feel a bit spacey but that could be normal. (!) Here in North Sulawesi (Indonesia) people are pretty good at wearing masks and life is mostly lived outdoors. So infection rates are low here, but I'm going to continue wearing a mask and hand - sanitizing about every five minutes on visits to town. (I live in a small coastal village) I dislike wearing a mask (who doesn't?) but it's the only socially responsible thing to do in my humble opinion.
Wearing of masks has severely degraded my social life. I am hard of hearing and read lips to supplement my hearing deficiency. But apart from that, I am very much in favor of people treating this pandemic as a public health issue, not as a personal freedom issue, and this means acting responsibly in public places by wearing masks, maintaining social distance, using hand disin ...[text shortened]... , and so on. If a knock-on benefit includes fewer cases of other infections too, so much the better.
@indonesia-phil saidI’ve taken to writing my shopping lists in GIANT letters as my reading specs steam up if I’m wearing a mask.
Just had my second AZ jab a few hours ago, felt a bit rough after the first one for about three days, but nothing today so far....Just feel a bit spacey but that could be normal. (!) Here in North Sulawesi (Indonesia) people are pretty good at wearing masks and life is mostly lived outdoors. So infection rates are low here, but I'm going to continue wearing a mask and ...[text shortened]... aring a mask (who doesn't?) but it's the only socially responsible thing to do in my humble opinion.
One good thing about wearing a mask is that I feel I can now pop to the supermarket in any old scruffy, dog walking clothes and no make-up as it gives me a sense of being invisible.
@drewnogal saidHi Drewnogal, you might be ok to take your mask off at home 🙂
I’ve taken to writing my shopping lists in GIANT letters as my reading specs steam up if I’m wearing a mask.
One good thing about wearing a mask is that I feel I can now pop to the supermarket in any old scruffy, dog walking clothes and no make-up as it gives me a sense of being invisible.
@drewnogal saidBig problem with steamed up glasses in shops. Don't know half of what I'm buying. Never tried so many new products before last year.
I’ve taken to writing my shopping lists in GIANT letters as my reading specs steam up if I’m wearing a mask.
One good thing about wearing a mask is that I feel I can now pop to the supermarket in any old scruffy, dog walking clothes and no make-up as it gives me a sense of being invisible.
@drewnogal saidI can't see them so they can't see me; sounds like a reasonable attitude. Back in my 'going to an English supermarket' days, it was usually in old scruffy clothes, but then I'm a scruff anyway, and makeup was weekends only.
I’ve taken to writing my shopping lists in GIANT letters as my reading specs steam up if I’m wearing a mask.
One good thing about wearing a mask is that I feel I can now pop to the supermarket in any old scruffy, dog walking clothes and no make-up as it gives me a sense of being invisible.
@indonesia-phil saidAh but my idea of make-up bears no resemblance whatever to what the modern day woman now wears 😀.
I can't see them so they can't see me; sounds like a reasonable attitude. Back in my 'going to an English supermarket' days, it was usually in old scruffy clothes, but then I'm a scruff anyway, and makeup was weekends only.
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@drewnogal saidCan you give them some lessons?
Ah but my idea of make-up bears no resemblance whatever to what the modern day woman now wears 😀.
@trev33 saidMy home was the very place I thought I would risk catching the virus. One son and his girlfriend returned from a year in Canada last September. We didn’t hug 🙂, the other son was living between home and his uni halls over the last academic year and we’d stopped the hugs.
I always laugh at the people who want to wear masks around everyone outside and be away from people but with friends and family it’s all hugs and kisses 😂
My main worry was for my ex husband who has poor health and is 75. We’d been at our local pub a few days before lockdown ever started and he’d got upset saying he was bound to get the virus and die. So we made a plan; he immediately began isolating apart from visiting us for a meal every day and I got his shopping. Luckily our 2020 spring and summer were warm and sunny so he’d (illegally) sit in our garden, sheltering under a parasol if it was showery. We’d stopped hugging years ago 🙂. He was fully vaccinated by May 2021 and hasn’t yet had the virus which is great.