The Nice People No. 17

zagubov

michaels said:

zagubov said:

michaels said:

zagubov said:

Talking about viruses reminds me they're parasites, and that reminds me I have just seen a belter of a foreign movie. Have any other NPs seen it?

Definitely will but only on TV, is it a cinema movie?

It's an oscar-winning colour talkie and an East Asian comedy-thriller with few failings and many strengths.

MY question was actually, is it a movie that benefits from the 'big screen experience' or is it one that you will get just as good (or even better) experience watching in the intimacy of your own home? (And that I was going for the latter so was waiting till it is on DVD)

I think it would very much work at both levels.  

PasturesNew

GDB2222 said:

  Pretty uncomfortable 

I think, in part, that's because you couldn't remove them... when you're in your shed wearing a mask you don't really notice as it's not 'important' if you take it off for 2-3 minutes, have a bit of a scratch, rub your nose... suddenly you couldn't. 

It's like when I pick up something that requires two hands to carry it; suddenly, from nowhere, my nose will develop the most awful need to be scratched.   When you are prevented from doing something, it's suddenly catastrophic. 

Jazee

My eyes are super sensitive and I am wiping them a lot, otherwise my cheeks would be wet.  Much worse in the cold too.

We went to see Jumanji recently in a new surround screen cinema.  Apparently it's the first film made for this.  Can't say I was overly impressed, the walls are still squared off and would need to be curved for it to really work, but it is infant technology.

Pyxis

Phew. That’s that done.

Finally managed to pick a dry, non iced-up morning to do my double supermarket top-up.
Left At 06:35, at Sainsbury’s 10 mins before they opened at 7am, nice, empty shop,  got my favourite stuff and some other bits and bobs, then on to Waitrose, there 5mins before they opened at 8am, got all my favourites from them as well, plus other bits, and home.

My anti-viral foam was on the go......trolley handles, the scan handset, and my hands several times, plus hands got washed half a dozen times while I was unpacking stuff and putting it away. Then kitchen work surfaces got blitzed. 😁😁😁😁😁😁

Unpacked, stuffed the fridge and freezer full to bursting. (Not a very large fridge or freezer...only three shelves each).

When they get empty, I’ll rely on my veg box delivery for anything vital. (They do fridge and cupboard stuff as well).
After that, I’ll just use up all my blubber! 😄😄😄

It was funny seeing the shelves of soap liquid completely depleted! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
YET, there were still loads and loads of BARS of soap!

It made me wonder if there are any teenagers who have grown up never having used a bar of soap in their lives, having only used pump bottles. Probably! 

I gave up using liquid soap a couple of years ago, as I suddenly realised what a con it was, plus, all that plastic! 😱
Ok, it means having a soap dish to clean, shock horror,  but so much cheaper and no plastic.

PasturesNew

I went out early this morning, to fill up on a Toby breakfast  
Not sure if it was because it's always quiet at 8am on a Monday morning... but there was only me and one other chap in there.  More staff than customers.  When I've been before (didn't note the day/time as such) it's always been very very busy/almost full. 

Then off to 2-3 shops for food/drinks on the way back. 
In Iceland I was offered some anti-something-gel-liquid soap at the till, said no as it's not needed. I use what I have... and they say the "special" ones do nothing, soap/water's better.

Washed my hands when I got in.  Somebody doing a proper job would've had the wet wipes out after every shop. 

I see the Herts coronas has taken a nasty twist  

Pyxis

So......... the moat’s been filled with dettol and the drawbridge is up.

I didn’t have any lambs’ blood to paint on the door, (so that the angel of death will pass on by), and anyway I’m vegetarian and as far  as I know, there isn’t a quorn substitute for lambs’ blood),  so I’ve made do with the string of pebbles with holes running through them, which are great for keeping wicked witches away (not seen one since I hung the pebble string on the door), so am hoping it will work on angels of death as well. 🤞

PasturesNew

Pyxis said:

  I’ve made do with the string of pebbles with holes running through them, which are great for keeping wicked witches away (not seen one since I hung the pebble string on the door), so am hoping it will work on angels of death as well.  

I had heaps of those.  Meant to take them from my last house, but they were overlooked at the last minute.  Still got a couple of dozen or so though .... I know exactly where to get loads more... .and, no doubt, one day will do so.   They are in local abundance. 

Pyxis

PasturesNew said:

Pyxis said:

  I’ve made do with the string of pebbles with holes running through them, which are great for keeping wicked witches away (not seen one since I hung the pebble string on the door), so am hoping it will work on angels of death as well.  

I had heaps of those.  Meant to take them from my last house, but they were overlooked at the last minute.  Still got a couple of dozen or so though .... I know exactly where to get loads more... .and, no doubt, one day will do so.   They are in local abundance. 

I suppose one could always wear them round one’s neck as well as putting them on the door......might work better than a mask.... although you’d probably end up with a cervical vertebra problem and need to see a chiropractor.

GDB2222

If you eat out, you're eating food that has been breathed on by others preparing it and handled by others serving it. You're picking up cutlery that's been handled .....  If it's a buffet, other customers get to breathe on it, too.

I think it's hopeless to try to avoid infection if you're travelling abroad in an area where COVID-19 is rampant. At the moment, in the UK, your chances of coming into contact with it in the ordinary course of events seems to be very low still. So, enjoy your Toby whilst you can!

PasturesNew

GDB2222 said:

If you eat out, you're eating food that has been breathed on by others preparing it and handled by others serving it. You're picking up cutlery that's been handled .....  If it's a buffet, other customers get to breathe on it, too.

I think it's hopeless to try to avoid infection if you're travelling abroad in an area where COVID-19 is rampant. At the moment, in the UK, your chances of coming into contact with it in the ordinary course of events seems to be very low still. So, enjoy your Toby whilst you can!

I know and I was starving.  I figured it was a low risk activity, bearing in mind I could be run over in the car park dithering whether to enter or not (except today when there was only 1 car in the car park and not the expected 20)... it looked closed from the outside, usually the car park's very busy.

I won't really be changing what I do, as such... as I do so little I've less opportunity than others of catching things from strangers.  

If/as things change I might wash my hands a few more times, or have the audacity to reprimand strangers in public if they squeak without covering.... but that's it. 

I over-think and worry about big things, like leaving the house/going out to buy a pie .... not whether I'll catch some rampant global killer virus