Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted March 12, 2020 20 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: I will be flying back from Addis Ababa to Heathrow overnight. Been away for eleven days I'm having an educated guess that Biblio's on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET700 bound for Blighty. https://www.flightradar24.com/ETH700/2427a4e3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,726 Posted March 14, 2020 Cat - what’s the likelihood of me getting out of Seville on the Easy Jet flight at about 1:30pm tomorrow? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted March 15, 2020 Just had a narrow escape. Checking medicine drawer for thermometer, I found two! Popped one in my mouth to make sure it was still working. Turned the other one over and saw, inscribed in marker pen, the word DOG. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted March 15, 2020 How many people on here are over 70 or have a long term health issue? How likely are you to actually follow the self-isolation requests? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted March 15, 2020 23 hours ago, Grim Up North said: Cat - what’s the likelihood of me getting out of Seville on the Easy Jet flight at about 1:30pm tomorrow? Sorry, I've only just seen this. I take it you made it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,330 Posted March 15, 2020 9 hours ago, Deathray said: How many people on here are over 70 or have a long term health issue? How likely are you to actually follow the self-isolation requests? Im 25 but my Dad is 65 and is awaiting heart surgery but says he isnt concerned a jot and wont self isolate unless he shows symptomns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted March 16, 2020 On 15/03/2020 at 13:55, Deathray said: How many people on here are over 70 or have a long term health issue? How likely are you to actually follow the self-isolation requests? I am over 60 with long term health issues (type 2 and Crohn's) I am just carrying on as normal, if I get it then so be it. I will probably collapse in a heap so no danger of me passing it on as I don't get visitors and I doubt if I will be fit enough to go anywhere. I have been in self isolation for the last 5 years anyway since I gave up working. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted March 19, 2020 It was my Auntie's funeral today. She was the last of that generation on my Dad's side. When you live to 92 there are not many people to come to your funeral. There was her two sons and their wives. The four Grandchildren, two of whom had partners with them. Me, my two sisters one of their husbands and a lady who lived next door to her before she went into a care home. Nice service but a little bleak. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: It was my Auntie's funeral today. She was the last of that generation on my Dad's side. When you live to 92 there are not many people to come to your funeral. There was her two sons and their wives. The four Grandchildren, two of whom had partners with them. Me, my two sisters one of their husbands and a lady who lived next door to her before she went into a care home. Nice service but a little bleak. Sound ideal to me. She must’ve had the satisfaction of seeing many, many enemies die before her... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted March 19, 2020 24 minutes ago, Windsor said: Sound ideal to me. She must’ve had the satisfaction of seeing many, many enemies die before her... Sounds like you may have known her 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted March 19, 2020 55 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: When you live to 92 there are not many people to come to your funeral. On the other hand .... last month I went to a funeral in the next village. Old boy of 85 or so. Never married, no children or grandchildren (think he had a cousin and a nephew or two). But the church was packed - standing room only. Not many people achieve that kind of popularity across a whole community. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted March 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, Toast said: On the other hand .... last month I went to a funeral in the next village. Old boy of 85 or so. Never married, no children or grandchildren (think he had a cousin and a nephew or two). But the church was packed - standing room only. Not many people achieve that kind of popularity across a whole community. There was a wee old dear nearby who died a few months after the wean was born. Just went in her sleep one night out of the blue. She was lovely. Anyhow, never married or anything like that, had a few nieces who organised the funeral, but the church was absolutely packed too with regulars from around the area as she was so loved. Most of whom reacted in considerable shock to the news she was apparently 93 when she died! If you'd put me on the spot I'd have guessed 70, 75 at most. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted March 19, 2020 37 minutes ago, Toast said: On the other hand .... last month I went to a funeral in the next village. Old boy of 85 or so. Never married, no children or grandchildren (think he had a cousin and a nephew or two). But the church was packed - standing room only. Not many people achieve that kind of popularity across a whole community. ….but, on the other hand, he could have been a grumpy old bastard and the whole village attended the funeral to make sure that he was actually dead and that they would bury the bastard face down. It's possible! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted March 19, 2020 My Mum's sister managed to pack the church out. She was the Brownie leader in her town and very active in the church. The new minister at the church was told he had to go to her funeral even though it was being held in the next town and he had never met her. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted March 19, 2020 50 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: ….but, on the other hand, he could have been a grumpy old bastard and the whole village attended the funeral to make sure that he was actually dead and that they would bury the bastard face down. It's possible! I knew somebody would say that, and am not surprised that it was you 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,330 Posted March 21, 2020 Hi guys Sean here.Wishing everyone the best at this time.My Dad is awaiting heart surgery and I am working in a care home at the moment so havent been on here much and might not be for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,330 Posted March 21, 2020 On 19/03/2020 at 19:20, Bibliogryphon said: It was my Auntie's funeral today. She was the last of that generation on my Dad's side. When you live to 92 there are not many people to come to your funeral. There was her two sons and their wives. The four Grandchildren, two of whom had partners with them. Me, my two sisters one of their husbands and a lady who lived next door to her before she went into a care home. Nice service but a little bleak. Thinking of you and sorry for your loss Biblio. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,400 Posted March 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sean said: Hi guys Sean here.Wishing everyone the best at this time.My Dad is awaiting heart surgery and I am working in a care home at the moment so havent been on here much and might not be for a while. Hope all goes well, geezer. Take it easy and all the best to Sean Sr. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted March 24, 2020 The most terrible thing about this bad cold that's flooring me is I'm too weak to skip YouTube ads and they are just as awful as you can imagine. And it's trolling me. I go to sleep on my second phone, let it do its own thing and wake up to "Saturday Night Fever" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted March 24, 2020 On 21/03/2020 at 00:23, Sean said: Hi guys Sean here.Wishing everyone the best at this time.My Dad is awaiting heart surgery and I am working in a care home at the moment so havent been on here much and might not be for a while. I wouldn't waste too much time here, it has been overrun with posts about some sort of virus that is going around. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted March 24, 2020 27 minutes ago, Boudicca said: The most terrible thing about this bad cold that's flooring me is I'm too weak to skip YouTube ads and they are just as awful as you can imagine. And it's trolling me. I go to sleep on my second phone, let it do its own thing and wake up to "Saturday Night Fever" I suggest it plays 'Don't you worry bout a thing'. Just sayin, like. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted March 24, 2020 My GBF#2 just now: "you should really delete your entire Facebook and Twitter because you absolutely come across like a terrorist and Homeland Security..." I don't! I'm just maybe a bit outspoken sometimes is all. Also, calling for the whole government to be lined up and shot was perfectly justified. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted March 24, 2020 Have been sent home to work from home for the foreseeable future. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted March 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Boudicca said: My GBF#2 just now: "you should really delete your entire Facebook and Twitter because you absolutely come across like a terrorist and Homeland Security..." I don't! I'm just maybe a bit outspoken sometimes is all. Also, calling for the whole government to be lined up and shot was perfectly justified. Your nearly 4 years late..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted March 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Boudicca said: My GBF#2 just now: OK, I'll bite. What is a GBF#2? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites