Keep calm and carry on....

ElmoR

Noticed that there are fewer cars on the roads up here too. They were showing maps of the significant drop in air pollution across the globe. That's one small positive to come from the recent events?!

savingholmes

I imagine e-bikes are particularly popular at the moment due to unfit people wanting to ride them LOL. 
Southcoast - yes your diary title is particularly apt

South_coast

It does feel a bit like there is a war on, with all the closing of borders and the blitz spirit coming out and the clamping down on just about everything fun (says she, who has never lived through a war, but this is how I imagine it would feel at the beginning). Maybe when this is all over there will be a bit of reflection about what we're all doing to this world of ours and how we all might be able to live a little better together in it. And maybe once we've collectively realised how we managed to get by without just blindly over-consuming everything as normal, we might stop to think whether we really needed it in the first place and see if we can cope with a little bit less. Or maybe (and probably more likely, sadly) we will continue with the siege mentality of buying and stocking and hoarding until one day we manage to wipe the human race out completely, but at least we had a nice house and 100 spare toilet rolls 😯 

Whoah, sorry got a bit heavy there (yes, I am back on the blackberry liqueur....)

Grogged

This could explain all the ww2 film reruns on TV recently (cue dambusters theme...😆)...
I hope there will be a positive change afterwards, I'd hate to live in the Black Mirror world we seem to be edging towards.
(Pass the liqueur...)

South_coast

Shan't, it's mine and I'm hoarding it 😂

Have re-watched the John Lewis ad to bring myself back to this morning's chipper mindset

Jessy103

Definitely feel what you're saying SC. All this panic over buying loo rolls has certainly made me stop and think about how much I use, which might sound silly but I'm sure I'm not the only one that uses far more than they need to! 

shangaijimmy

Its also the only thing that anyone is talking about. Although I suppose with all the sport cancelled what else is there for the men folk???? I even found myself cleaning the driveway drains this afternoon in my level of bereft-ness! And I wasn't instructed/told/forced/coerced into doing so!

South_coast

BF is right with you SJ, he was wondering aloud this morning what Sky Sports News are going to find to report on and there was genuine anguish in his voice

Grogged

He'll have to start watching the shopping channels and bet on how low that genuine rubric sir conan diamond necklace thingy starting at only £999 on 6 monthly instalments will drop down to...! 😲
(It was £13 with only 2 left!)
Now can I interest you in this oven cleaner that also defrosts the freezer and cleans the patio?

shangaijimmy

I've realised that without sport on tv, I literally watch nothing! Maybe I can declutter some tvs from the house...