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Jul 2020
6:47am, 4 Jul 2020
2,871 posts
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Little Miss Happy
PenW - that's my fear, not catching it and being ill, I'd either die or not, but the potential long term consequences of surviving.
That's a pain MsG. Glad you feel the new job is going to be ok.
Well there's a surprise about Hamburg.
Hipps - I have the same sort of issues doing my job on the phone instead of face to face.
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Jul 2020
7:35am, 4 Jul 2020
1,869 posts
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PenW
Me too LMH, though it’s important to remember the numbers are very small relatively and for any individual it is an unlikely outcome.
I have found working on the phone instead of face to face much harder and much more tiring. I am starting some video calls next week.
I realised I was also smiling at people then realising they couldn’t see it because I had a mask on!
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Jul 2020
8:36am, 4 Jul 2020
2,875 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I think the smile would show around the eyes Pen. With my asthma it's a bit more of a possibility though which makes me more wary. I also have a vulnerable MiL to protect. I am going to try working with video calls too as we have been told that we are unlikely to be face to face until at least January but I hate the way I look on the screen (and yes, I know it's a true reflection!).
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Jul 2020
8:51am, 4 Jul 2020
176 posts
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AJLB
Going back to the comments about touching surfaces, I was surprized to see in the govt guidance for places of worship that (if people can't bring their own) hymnbooks etc should be quarrantined for 48 hours between uses - down from the 72 hours we were initially told. Does anyone know if there's been any more "science stuff" about the lifespan/viral load issue on surfaces?
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Jul 2020
9:18am, 4 Jul 2020
2,671 posts
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Tim of Fife
Love the idea of quarantining a hymnbook
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Jul 2020
9:20am, 4 Jul 2020
16,657 posts
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Gooner
So do I, but not for anything to do with Covid 
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Jul 2020
9:25am, 4 Jul 2020
16,934 posts
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Rosehip
I *think* that 72 hours was for surfaces such as plastic, the initial experiments that were done seemed to suggest that the virus didn't live as long on paper and card.
However, you can't sanitise something if it's not clean first I would guess that books that have been handled for years are probably quite embedded with grease etc. Whether or not that would impact the viability of a virus I wouldn't like to say.
BUT - I thought you weren't allowed to sing in church, so why would you need a hymnbook?
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Jul 2020
9:29am, 4 Jul 2020
2,672 posts
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Tim of Fife
Lockdown has given many people the opportunity to have a long-overdue Super Spring Clean.
But what to do with all those unwanted, but still serviceable, bits and bobs (from clothes to sofas)?
No charities will do pickups or accept drop-offs, etc, etc.
Our village has two solutions.
For smaller items, people leave "help yourself" boxes at the end of their gardens.
For larger items, a 'free to good home' post on the village Facebook group.
People also do swaps for the likes of books and jigsaws.
It is working brilliantly. Nothing is going to waste.
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Jul 2020
9:33am, 4 Jul 2020
30,254 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
That’s really good Tim
I need to put up a wanted post, need some gingham but don’t want to buy new as repurposing this year.
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Jul 2020
9:36am, 4 Jul 2020
16,937 posts
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Rosehip
We have a charity book stall, which has now evolved to include DVDs and jigsaws and some toys. Donations are left according to what you want to/can pay and so far it's raised over £1000 for the local Sue Ryder hospice.
The poor woman who runs it loads and unloads about 10 crates of stuff into and out of her porch every day (when it's not raining!)
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