Anyone enjoying all this?

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Dave Herbal said:
I’m quite enjoying it. Saving a fortune from the enforced absence from the pub, and I’m still working full time and getting out on the bike every other day. Plus I live by myself most of the time anyway. I’m happy to make the sacrifice now in the hope of getting some of our summer back, but I’ll be canny pissed off if we do this with no reward at the end.
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The reward is you get to live.
 


Not really.
There's plenty of stuff available for entertainment but the strain of worrying about yourself and others is tiresome and dull.
It's interesting what you can get used to though.
 
ivanthereasonable said:
This. In the past i was concerned about being hit by a bus. Now i'm worried about someone breathing on me.

Seriously though thats getting through to me. Just spent a fortune ( by my tightfisted standards ) on a new bike. And it was Mrs. R who talked me into it. I need to live a bit, before its too late.
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I’m already looking at car replacements for my leased Nissan, BMW, Audi, Jags and have booked a trip to Euro Disney for the family.

Money won’t be pissed up the wall on shite, it’ll be concentrated on family from now on, making memories first and foremost.
 
Pro:

Avoiding commute and colleagues.
Savings on fuel costs.
My running times have improved.
Playing tennis on the street.
Aldi shopping trips are more bearable.

Cons:

Obviously a lot of people are suffering. On a selfish level:

Microsoft teams and emails mean that the ‘look at me’ colleagues are still a pain in the arse.

I dread to think how big the leccy and water bills will be.

I don’t do loads on a weekend but we are missing our son’s football matches as we also socialise with the other parents.

It’s healthy to have time apart from the family.

I need a hair cut and don’t fancy using the dog fur clippers.
 
socrates said:
I dont mind it at all. Ive lived alone for around 15yr so isolation is fairly normal for me. I dont bother much with people.

only see my kids on a sunday for dinner, but really miss them even though its only been 3 weeks or so since I saw them.

Am 70 on St Georges Day so will miss them more that day.
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Stay safe Alan.
To be honest ive enjoyed having two weeks off work. The longest break ive had in over 4 years.
Saying that its a very worrying time, not sure how its all going to pan out?
Stay safe everone.
 
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Positives - Managing to keep some sanity as working from home, saving some money, plenty of exercise walking the dog.

Negatives -Drinking far too much, spending far more on housekeeping than ever, no live sport on TV and pretty much everything shut.
 
gabbiadini1 said:
I wouldn’t say I’m enjoying it. Can’t see family etc and not earning anything. Think there is a huge over reaction though. Most people are hardly short on entertainment options in the house and you’re still allowed out atm for exercise. The way some are going on you would think they’re in solitary in a 6x6 cage. Yes this isn’t ideal, but it’s really not the end of the world. Just gotta stay positive, isolate and see it through.
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This.

On a normal weekend i am more than happy to potter about the house and watch the live sport. I miss seeing the rest of my family and going to the pub with my mates, but in general its easily manageable. I work from home 2-3 times a week anyway. I'm missing the gym etc aswell and when the Cricket season (was meant to start) it will become a little more frustrating. The overeaction is mad though, we're doing it for the greater, bigger and brighter picture.
 
I'm not climbing the walls or owt but it's getting on my nerves a bit now. Was my birthday yesterday, I had a few beers and watched the Marc Rebillet live stream to entertain myself but couldn't see any family or get to the pub or owt.

Our lass and the bairn are pottering around the house and I'm upstairs working from home. Not a nice feeling, like I'm ignoring them, but I need to get stuff done.

Money wise, I never spent a lot on petrol anyway, what I'm saving there I'm probably using on electricity being in all day. I'm saving a bit of cash on my dinners and football subs, and the bairn's footy and rugby, but my beer costs have probably increased.
 
Currently Hell on at our house.....

After weeks of trying our lass managed to get an Asda Delivery slot.. Well at 6pm tonight that delivery is due..... about an hour a go she received an Email to inform her that her Giant Lindt Easter egg is now sold out and its been substituted with a Chunky f***ing Kit Kat one..... shes gone f***ing bezerk. Then i got when told her that to cancel the Chunky Kit Kat as her VPL was more noticeable the past week or so 😅
Dave Herbal said:
I’m quite enjoying it. Saving a fortune from the enforced absence from the pub, and I’m still working full time and getting out on the bike every other day. Plus I live by myself most of the time anyway. I’m happy to make the sacrifice now in the hope of getting some of our summer back, but I’ll be canny pissed off if we do this with no reward at the end.
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Your reward might be that you actually make it to the end... well thats the bonus for me anyroad
 
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a1970man said:
Missing the pub and the missus is pacing the house like a caged tiger, but generally it's all OK for me.

Work chipped in a few quid for WFH expenses then followed it up with a payrise as we've been getting headhunted.
Fuel spend is more or less nil
No Gym fees
No pointless trips out to pointless shops to spend money either (which the missus was guilty of).
Missus remembered she was a trainee hairdresser when she was younger and has made a decent job of my locks.

On the negative side, I can't visit the family face to face.
The dog is getting strangely used to the extra walks.
My PS4 time is down as I can't grab a quiet afternoon while everyone is out.
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Friend of mine, her mother got a visit from the police. Apparently her neighbour snitched her up for taking her dog out more than once per day. Ridiculous.
 
Saving some dosh is the best thing but if this malarky gets to go on for another 6 month, i don't think i would like that.
 
It's shite really isn't it.

I miss the commute, being in the office and having a crack on with people, playing and watching football and getting involved in pints. Weekends are mostly shit and there's nothing to look forward to at the end of the week and you're only allowed outside once.

Saving nowt either as my mam is now unemployed so I'm paying her mortgage and bills until she's back on her feet.

Cant wait until it's over. What a shit year and we're only in April.
 
artful splodger said:
Not really, up normal time for work, log on my tablet, check for jobs & then wait for phonecall, I'm on evening standby rota aswell, bloody long days.
I'm on 3 weeks furlough starting next week, volunteered for foodbank deliveries, 3 weeks back at work, then another 3 weeks furlough, rota up to end of June has been binned, we're all on furlough rotation, the boss has got till Wed to sort the new rota, moved shifts so they support call out till 8pm, needs to be done in these uncertain times, stay safe everyone whatever you do 👍
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Good man. 👏
 
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