GHF-23 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 First lockdown I was still working in a travel call centre while no one was travelling so just processed a backlog of season ticket refunds with no one bothering me, and with not much to do I wasn't always skint on my low wages. My gf was staying on the outskirts of London so I moved in with her for it and her housemates stayed with their bfs so it was our first experience of staying together. Had a garden for the first time and the weather was great, went for a lot of runs and walks so honestly I didn't mind the first one too much. There was also the fun of the Hearts DEMOTION on here. Subsequent lockdowns back up in Edinburgh I had a better but more demanding WFH job (I found out I hate WFH), had a bit of a breakdown, lost a lot of my sense of self, smoked a small amount of weed every day and ended up off work for 6 weeks and in the space of a year put on about 10 kilos. Would rather not remember those at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I still mind the very odd feeling going going along Leith Walk for my one hour of allotted outdoor time a day and being surrounded by absolutely no one. Very surreal. Last time I had seen Edinburgh that quiet was the Beast from the East. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy the Dug Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I remember the first Lockdown as being sunny days constantly, just always seemed to be nice days in April/May. It was magic finishing work and having a cold beer in the garden literally 30 seconds after shutting the laptop down. I was told to WFH in the weeks before Lockdown, which suited my lifestyle at the time to work around school runs. We’ve never went back to working in the office, which I absolutely love. Lockdown/Covid hitting has made my work/life balance infinitely better. Home schooling was grim though, I don’t recall it being too bad in the first one, but following Christmas 2020 when all the kids were issued with iPads in our area it was an utter nightmare to try and complete whilst also trying to work. As someone else pointed out, there is no chance that another Lockdown would be adhered to by the general population within the next 100 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 50 minutes ago, Nutz_the_Squirrel said: 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. The shopping situation would only get worse next time. There'll be principled folk who never partook in such recklessness last time around who will have learned that nice people finish last. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 The family zoom quizzes aside (for one I had to dress up as Michael Jackson) and trying to work/home school, it was a prolonged period of 3pm cans out the back which was tremendous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Watched game of thrones finally 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 11 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: All the cash I made from supplying unusable PPE Hiya Michelle Mone, hiya pal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I enjoyed the daily walks with the kids. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Was always a laugh seeing the shitty Pixellot cameras following catastrophically bald linesman instead of the football. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 hour ago, Nutz_the_Squirrel said: 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. On the plus side, the outbreaks of "I didn't expect airborne Ebola to kill MY entire family!" will be keep us amused through the end times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Getting pished on a Tuesday night watching the latest episode of season 5 (I think) of Better Call Saul. Glorious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Driving through Edinburgh city centre and being the only car on the road. Working stupid hours 6 days a week was less fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 The collective melting down of the islands brains was no better encapsulated than by the rise of captain tom. His rendition of you’ll never walk alone with Michael ball had me in absolute tears laughing, while folk were selling it as a genuinely inspirational moment. Poor guy absolutely rinsed by his daughter in his final days. He seemed like a genuinely nice man tbh but that whole circus was utterly incredible to watch unfold. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Lockdown memories for me (including all of 03/2020 - 2021): Being in Berlin when it hit there and everything shutting around me Coming home to supermarket chaos Nearly a year on furlough Started a podcast Sitting in empty stadiums at football was shite Never felt as flush for cash in my life Splitting up with my partner So much Xbox Bought my first flat Went on my first solo holiday While on that holiday, the main event - seeing St Pauli - was called off because the other team got covid Kelly Brooks pants being on sale in Denholms Spoiler I didn't have the worst of times and enjoyed it for what it was tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 That Tory PR guy testing his eyesight. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 hour ago, Nutz_the_Squirrel said: There was zero excuse for teachers not being on MST or Zoom with the kids for a few hours a day. This is exactly what did happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Whilst getting to go offshore as a 'key worker' meant you could still have some human contact, I found the meal times somewhay depressing. It was pretty much like a return to below; prison meets exams. Queues in the corridors waiting for somebody to exit a room, just so that the OIM didn't go nuts if he saw more than 3 people in a room that would normally seat 9. Problem is that they got rid of all the couches and replaced them with single armchairs, meaning everyone now just sits looking forwards, usually on their phones. P1sh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 First lockdown, kids finishing school work by 9.15 am 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 In a strange way, I probably preferred full lockdown to the half baked, mask wearing, overly engineered opening up of stuff. I just didn’t really enjoy trips to the pub, meals etc during that time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I remember my daughter's sports day was her running up and down the garden path with me filming it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.