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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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It is hard to remember that life was different a month ago isnt it? A recent servey said that guess how many? Yes that is right 91% dont want to return of how it was. I also like the new routine and I like the change too  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In all honesty, nothing much has changed for me on a day to day basis.
I’m still going to work,still doing what I normally do.
It’s been great having the buses on time, not filled with screeching children.
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I am enjoying lockdown. I am still working full time but my days off belong to me and i am taking time to relax whereas before i was rushing around visiting everyone and spending much more money on things i did not really need. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In all honesty, nothing much has changed for me on a day to day basis.
I’m still going to work,still doing what I normally do.
It’s been great having the buses on time, not filled with screeching children.
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Screeching children .. was you not a kid at some point .. take it you dont have kids or grandkids ... tut tut |
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There are aspects of collective life that aren't so great, including overwork, pollution, stress and more. But I miss the fuller engagement with people and many aspects of
the broader life that I had. |
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By *ebwizMan
over a year ago
Clevedon |
3 weeks into furlough and now told I have another 3 weeks off. Me and wife. Apart from drop in money, we have had the chances to get jobs at home done, garden, house, the car looks amazing, and we get on well. Been the longest I've had off work since I started working. Tbh I think the swinging side which we have tended to have quietened down on seems to have less appeal now. Game changer for a few possibly. Time will tell. |
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Mrs is still working and unfortunately is working longer hours too now. Myself and the kids have done loads of odd jobs, gardening, bike riding and cooking but it’s hard when a lot of the things that all of us took for granted and enjoyed doing can’t be done at the moment. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mr is still working normally but I fell into the shielding category so I have been off work since mid March, god send with the kids being off school, so things have changed a lot for me. I’ve worked pretty much from the age I could.
To be honest it’s given me a new outlook on things - I spend so much time laughing with the children how, doing things with them I didn’t have time to do before. Things I will now miss when/if things return to normal.
I think in same way this will change how we all live our lives Even if very small. But just my opinion |
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People might be enjoying sat at home on furlough and don't want to go back to reality. But there will be payback, our economy is now worse than in the financial crisis so I'm expecting some tough years ahead regarding austerity and taxes |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mrs is still working intact xhe is working twice as much now.
She is a health worker.
The mr is in furlough.
We cant wait until we can go and see our kids and hold our grandkids its killing us.
Especially now that we have both had the virus. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Still both working but we are feeling more tired than usual. Very lethargic. Putting it down to everyday feeling like Groundhog Day.
On a positive note we are enjoying the general peace and quiet. |
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"It is hard to remember that life was different a month ago isnt it? A recent servey said that guess how many? Yes that is right 91% dont want to return of how it was. I also like the new routine and I like the change too "
I wonder how many of that 91% really mean that they want to return to how things were for them but want the benefits such as less traffic, quieter streets etc. If that many people genuinely want change then it will happen |
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If we’re talking about me - then yes - is like to be pretty much the same - but hopefully the me who finally writes that best seller and isn’t totally skint when it’s time to retire as there are so many places I want to travel to! 
I like who I am - that hasn’t and won’t change - but I also like/love lots of people I can’t see right now and I look forward to seeing them - and shagging one or two of them!
I hope people will decide they’d like to keep the cleaner air clean - and the better work life balance that working from home can give. I hope the new virtual meetings etc will continue - so people won’t feel trapped into an hour’s commute to the office each day - or fly to meetings half way across the world!
I hope we’ll continue this new-found respect (for many) for the carers, dustbin men, supermarket workers and all the other previously ‘invisible’ people who make a society possible!
I really, really hope so - but I’m not holding my breath!  |
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I think we'll be wary of places like pubs etc for a while as there's no cure.
Reading some of the shocking behaviour committed by some posters if people get too close to them, I think we'll be wary of each other...unless they have big tits/look like Channing Tatum.  |
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I'm waiting for things to return to 'normal' and then I plan to just pick up where I was in Feb
Admitted last year I made huge changes and had found the balance I wanted in life so my normal probably isn't everyone's normal |
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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago
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Everyone has different circumstances so I guess it is different for everyone.
I have lost a condition which is now allmost certainly an allergy to car fumes,feeling much better.
Roads quieter,have become friends with more of my neibours as when out walking they chat from there gardens the neibourhood is closer and better.
On the downside miss my T girl life but able to chat thanks to fab and other methods of communication.Sorry about family in isolation so it I a mixed back
for all I think
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I am enjoying lockdown. I am still working full time but my days off belong to me and i am taking time to relax whereas before i was rushing around visiting everyone and spending much more money on things i did not really need."
Same here. I am also enjoying all the free time I have, altgough I am still very active with the fitness at home |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In all honesty, nothing much has changed for me on a day to day basis.
I’m still going to work,still doing what I normally do.
It’s been great having the buses on time, not filled with screeching children.
Screeching children .. was you not a kid at some point .. take it you dont have kids or grandkids ... tut tut "
Children should not screech ever or if they do, the parent/s should tell them off. Talking, laughing is acceptable. Screeching is not. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In all honesty, nothing much has changed for me on a day to day basis.
I’m still going to work,still doing what I normally do.
It’s been great having the buses on time, not filled with screeching children.
Screeching children .. was you not a kid at some point .. take it you dont have kids or grandkids ... tut tut
Children should not screech ever or if they do, the parent/s should tell them off. Talking, laughing is acceptable. Screeching is not."
Good to know talking and laughing is acceptable, do you have a set decibel limit on what is and isn’t acceptable? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think social distancing in some or other form will become our new norm. Even when lock down restrictions have been eased or lifted, I think we have almost retrained ourselves to automatically keep a distance from each other..... Obviously not all of us, the idiots who didn't follow it, will probably not..... But we definitely going to see a new normal in his interact with other people, and how we socialise in group settings |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Social distancing will not list forever at all
The way people work will be change in regards to far me people being given flexibility to work from home improving there work life balance also reducing commuting. Think of the positives that will change from this rather than the negatives |
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"It is hard to remember that life was different a month ago isnt it? A recent servey said that guess how many? Yes that is right 91% dont want to return of how it was. I also like the new routine and I like the change too "
Every night when we go for our walk we always comment on how blissfully quiet and peaceful it is.
It would be amazing if it where to stay that way sadly not. |
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"I think social distancing in some or other form will become our new norm. Even when lock down restrictions have been eased or lifted, I think we have almost retrained ourselves to automatically keep a distance from each other..... Obviously not all of us, the idiots who didn't follow it, will probably not..... But we definitely going to see a new normal in his interact with other people, and how we socialise in group settings "
I dont think we will. Its human nature to gather.
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Mrs is working from home, longer hours and much busier. Mr is gutting the garden. Mr and the dog enjoying the sun, Mrs freezing indoors. We're happy being together 24/7.
I think winter lockdown wouldn't have felt so tough. When the weather is good we love going off in our camper most weekends. Desperately missing family and friends and gutted our holiday was cancelled.
On the plus side I think, in the main, we are seeing the best of humanity. Lockdown is bringing out the good in many and the selfish side in the rest.
Big brother is watching us more than ever and I suspect that will continue.
So I guess, in a nutshell, lockdown isn't for us
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In all honesty, nothing much has changed for me on a day to day basis.
I’m still going to work,still doing what I normally do.
It’s been great having the buses on time, not filled with screeching children.
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Ditto re first sentence. I'm doing the same as I was last year, recovering from a brain infection, but now I can drive  |
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By *unscot44Man
over a year ago
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I think this also depends on the circumstances of each individual or family household.
If a person or in case of a couple has an underlying condition that makes it much more like,y that they would suffer dire consequences should they contract Covid-19 then they are probably going to be much more cautious about any return to normality in forseeable future. I think they will also be more reluctant to set up meets for time being in a lot of cases. |
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I loved my life as I found a balance which works amazingly for me, so I will return to my life as it was before, social distancing is an easy addition to my daily routine, mentally lockdown is the the hardest thing I've ever gone through |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My son has autism and screeches - and I won’t be telling him off for it.
Newsflash - kids are noisy "
Is he affected by loud noises/ any other sensory issues? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I hope people will decide they’d like to keep the cleaner air clean - and the better work life balance that working from home can give. I hope the new virtual meetings etc will continue - so people won’t feel trapped into an hour’s commute to the office each day - or fly to meetings half way across the world!
I hope we’ll continue this new-found respect (for many) for the carers, dustbin men, supermarket workers and all the other previously ‘invisible’ people who make a society possible!
I really, really hope so - but I’m not holding my breath! "
This for me too. |
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By *unscot44Man
over a year ago
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"If we’re talking about me - then yes - is like to be pretty much the same - but hopefully the me who finally writes that best seller and isn’t totally skint when it’s time to retire as there are so many places I want to travel to!
I like who I am - that hasn’t and won’t change - but I also like/love lots of people I can’t see right now and I look forward to seeing them - and shagging one or two of them!
I hope people will decide they’d like to keep the cleaner air clean - and the better work life balance that working from home can give. I hope the new virtual meetings etc will continue - so people won’t feel trapped into an hour’s commute to the office each day - or fly to meetings half way across the world!
I hope we’ll continue this new-found respect (for many) for the carers, dustbin men, supermarket workers and all the other previously ‘invisible’ people who make a society possible!
I really, really hope so - but I’m not holding my breath! "
I totally agree, what i would add is if we all allow things to go back to exactly the way they were before this pandemic then we will truly learned nothing and will deserve everything that happens as a consequence. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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not sure things will ever be the same again, atleast not for a long time, people will still be nervous, we were told in the begining that this wasnt a big deal by the people who should know, how will we trust them when they say its all over, and its going to take forever for the econamy to recover if it ever does |
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"Life will never be the same as it was.
What do you base that assertion on?
Common sense, probably."
Go ahead then Alice - share your common sense with me. What will never be the same as it was a couple of months ago ? |
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We hope to get as close as we can to how it was but I don't think it will ever be the same again. Pandora's box has been opened and the lid just won't go back.
We will probably go back to swinger clubs eventually, but I think the carefree days of Mrs H fucking multiple guys are well and truly over.
It will probably be more social than sex with just an occasional bit of fun from time to time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Everyone will realise in years to come that standing outside supermarkets to social distance what's a complete waste of time because when you get in there you walk past hundreds of people |
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By *oAnCouple
over a year ago
Streatham |
"It is hard to remember that life was different a month ago isnt it? A recent servey said that guess how many? Yes that is right 91% dont want to return of how it was. I also like the new routine and I like the change too "
Easy to say that now but when all the demands from the banks, landlords and others we owe money to start rolling in and we have to start looking for new jobs; well things might just go back to exactly the way it was!! |
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"It'll all be forgotten in a hundred years
They still talk about the Spanish Flu and that was er...... Oh yes 100 years ago "
And consigned to the history books .. well it was until a few weeks ago |
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"Everyone will realise in years to come that standing outside supermarkets to social distance what's a complete waste of time because when you get in there you walk past hundreds of people "
No you don't, that's a silly exaggeration lol |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
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"Everyone will realise in years to come that standing outside supermarkets to social distance what's a complete waste of time because when you get in there you walk past hundreds of people "
Not in our supermarkets, they are very well organised |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"It is hard to remember that life was different a month ago isnt it? A recent servey said that guess how many? Yes that is right 91% dont want to return of how it was. I also like the new routine and I like the change too "
We have no problem queuing to shop. It is easier to get around once you are in the store. Collecting prescriptions is quicker and more organised, even had my temperature taken before I went into the GP 's yesterday. We can't see our family which upsets me, but other than that, we are early retirees, so are used to being at home, so are happy |
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Nothing much has changed for us as I still go to work as normal but it is a lot busier with deliveries to people on lockdown
Hubby at home but only cos his workplace is closed until told otherwise.....I’m keeping him busy in the house tho??
Killing me not being able to see my family tho
Thank god for FaceTime
Xxxxxxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Nothing much has changed for us as I still go to work as normal but it is a lot busier with deliveries to people on lockdown
Hubby at home but only cos his workplace is closed until told otherwise.....I’m keeping him busy in the house tho??
Killing me not being able to see my family tho
Thank god for FaceTime
Xxxxxxx"
We are exactly the same as this.
With not being able to hold the grandchildren being the hardest part for us. |
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The main thing that we would like to keep is that folk seem a lot more friendly.
We have exchanged pleasantries with lots of people who live nearby where before we were just all passing ships.
Mrs M not being able to see her aunt has been the biggest downside |
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"Life will never be the same as it was.
What do you base that assertion on?
Common sense, probably.
Go ahead then Alice - share your common sense with me. What will never be the same as it was a couple of months ago ? "
Away and get your own common sense. You'll love it.
Oh, and mass transport, tourism and retail won't be the same - largely due to a shrunken economy, increased unemployment and debt. |
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"Life will never be the same as it was.
What do you base that assertion on?
Common sense, probably.
Go ahead then Alice - share your common sense with me. What will never be the same as it was a couple of months ago ?
Away and get your own common sense. You'll love it.
Oh, and mass transport, tourism and retail won't be the same - largely due to a shrunken economy, increased unemployment and debt."
Will never be the same - wow. Guess I may just prepare for a new dark age then ......even though CBI etc say the economy will have bounced back to normal within two years. Oh and pensions analysts say the same.
But what do they know eh?  |
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By *wesomeLolaCouple
over a year ago
Peterborough and Buckinghamshire |
Lockdown is rubbish for us and we would love it to get back to normal.
She is working hard on the very front line of healthcare. She is hating it, seeing the reality of the virus.
He is working hard from home as he would have been anyway. No spare time as lots of other stuff needs doing, responsibilities etc.
So nothing changed in that sense.
But lockdown sucks because we don't live together and can't see each other, or see friends, or swinging partners, or family members. We're both lonely. We've tried all the virtual stuff, and it's fun, but it's not the same. |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"Off work so enjoying the break but hurts not being able to give my first granchild a cuddle born 3 weeks ago.
Cant wait to get back to normal100%"
I really feel for you on that one. We have a baby due in the family in June, you can never get those moments back can you? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It'll all be forgotten in a hundred years
They still talk about the Spanish Flu and that was er...... Oh yes 100 years ago "
Yeah but can anyone actually remember it?  |
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