Steve from England

How to be in a crisis Queues Above is how we're currently queuing in the UK, just look at that. No spacing at all except accidentally, no thought to who is and isn't possibly vulnerable. In store is no better sad to say ... Let's just for a moment forget the contents of the trolleys, the very fact that none of the people are making any attempt at distancing means none of them and none of the stores are taking this seriously. Below are better examples of what is possible: You can clearly see here these people are keeping a safe distance of around 2m from each other, it is possible but only if we take it seriously. Your freedom taking away the freedom of others? Now, you do have the right to do what you want, as yet we're still a free country but, we are a free country which has a record of taking away the rights of everyone when a selfish few will not do the right thing when it comes to health. If you need an example, think of the ...

As a nation we are a funny lot. We get through the worries of life with humour. Not always good taste humour and the words 'too soon' are often mentioned! Now, this is not unique to us, many other countries adopt humour to get them through. I am going to show some ideas of humour here, don't shoot me, we're just musing this topic. Moment of silence for the people who agreed to live with shitty roommates because they "wouldn't be spending much time at home anyway" There is going to be a lot of pressure over the next few days to talk to friends and family. Fight it. Stay positive Anyway, you get the picture. Actually, most of those came from the USA. It's terribly British for one person to cough and a whole host of others stare and one person shouts, 'we're all dead now, he's got the virus'. Obviously it's not a joking matter but, without keeping our sense of the ridiculous we would go quite potty. Estimates c...

I did a favour and ended up parking in the wrong place and got a £100 fine I used part of my inheritance to get the garden done. Got ripped off, they were cowboys and dumped all my rubbish in a country lane after having charged me extra for it, the garden is already falling apart and needs repairs, the plants which were meant to be killed are thriving, the shed needs fixing and I had Peterborough Council write to me about the fly tipping incident so I have had to send them all sort of evidence. Northamptonshire Council contacted me today asking for over £1000 in council tax for Dad's flat. This despite them telling me there was no charge on an empty property of a deceased person. Their man there, Dimitri was quite horrible, he asked me 4 times what day died and he made it sound like he didn't believe me! So I have that on the go as well. I won a profit amount of about £15 on the lottery, yay, life changer! Our trip to the Philippines is in the balance because of the v...

I just watched a TV programme. It's called, '999, what's the emergency' and usually I love things like this, totally fascinating stuff. This one, not so much. It was all about death, end of life. Several people died, not horrible road traffic deaths just fairly quiet deaths I guess. Many needed CPR but it didn't work of course. This was upsetting enough in itself, despite having experienced death as a Carer. It then went on to the lady who had three children with a mega rare condition. Effectively they have about 10 years to live if they are lucky and it is the epilepsy attached to it which kills them. She's already lost one daughter, her son was about to die and the second daughter (13) won't have long to go either. That lady was totally broken. I don't want to go through that, I know I likely will with of my kids but, I don't want to, it's got to be a feeling of loss unlike any other to lose a child, maybe at any age but especially once t...