Cosmic Joe Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Let's keep it jovial... https://www.facebook.com/638283389706458/posts/1272777356257055/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 My fondest memory of lockdown is sinking bottles of MD playing Xbox with my mates which we hadn’t done since we were teenagers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 All the cash I made from supplying unusable PPE 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 No pubs and no foreign travel meant that I could pay off my credit card debt and then save a few quid. Lock down got me out of a financial blackhole. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 f**k off 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Seriously, who was calling the polis on Elvis. Totally uncalled for. Probably got furloughed from the chippy too. I think I got six weeks off work in total, and had a great time with the wean. Being a parent must be magic when you're independently wealthy. We started going out for walks in the area and discovered quite a few really nice places to explore. I wasn't earning enough to benefit financially in the same way that some people did, but I did get that £500 the government eventually gave to essential workers, although somehow it only ended up being about £150, from what I recall A couple of shops got raided in Alloa within the first couple of days of lockdown, but I understand that a few heads were cracked and the problem seemed to disappear, so that was quite a cheery thought. Also, nobody in the area was doing that pathetic NHS clapping thing, which has aged about as well as predicted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Both lockdowns were fucking shite and nearly resulted in me having a nervous breakdown. Put on five stone in weight and I still haven't recovered, either mentally or physically. I would love to say I can laugh at it now but really it's just frustration at the whole thing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 22 minutes ago, BFTD said: but I did get that £500 the government eventually gave to essential workers, although somehow it only ended up being about £150, from what I recall I had to work the whole time and got absolutely sod all apart from forced overtime for it... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Furloughed on full pay for nearly a year. Went to Spain on my own and had the best holiday ever. Restaurants, castles, palaces where I was the only one there. No hordes of people doing annoying people things. I'd be quite happy to see more pandemics tbqh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 There was an argument in the Covid thread which lasted a good couple of pages and was about whether a plate of soup constituted a "substantial meal". 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) Workmate of mine who was put into a company-paid hotel for 3 days quarantine before going offshore solved his case of boredom by sneaking in his wife and kids for free scran and satellite TV / Netflix etc. Edited May 26 by Hedgecutter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Remember the rich blokes who tried to go off in a helicopter with some young lassies but they got stopped? That was funny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Remember the lad who went to the Isle of Man on a jetski to get his hole? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 A bizarre time for me. I got called up as a support worker in health and social care, which probably kept me sane. Also never missed an East Fife game, travelling in empty trains and buses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Shout out to all the free train rides I managed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 1 hour ago, Newbornbairn said: Furloughed on full pay for nearly a year. Went to Spain on my own and had the best holiday ever. Restaurants, castles, palaces where I was the only one there. No hordes of people doing annoying people things. I'd be quite happy to see more pandemics tbqh https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/25/another-pandemic-is-absolutely-inevitable-says-patrick-vallance-covid 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I was furloughed on full pay. Genuinely the best time of my life. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Lockdown was was great tbh. Now just a sweet memory of a better time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Thick c***s out banging pots and pans saving the NHS. The same do gooder c***s thinking they were the covid gestapo grassing any man and their dug for suspected breaches of the rules 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz_the_Squirrel Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 (edited) Working from home 3/4 of the time was new and great for me. Home schooling while holding down said job is still not something I can laugh about. There was zero excuse for teachers not being on MST or Zoom with the kids for a few hours a day. The shopping situation with respect to toilet roll, flour etc just showed society for what it is. There is no chance that people follow the rules of any future lockdowns. None. Edited May 27 by Nutz_the_Squirrel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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