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In this thread I would like the contributors to start...
When all this is over I am going to.....

get my roots done.


that is just an example...I won't need my roots doing or my nails for that matter.
Let's see how this one goes.


I will start it off.
When all this is over I am going to get on the top deck of a bus and ride to Southport for some sea air

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I am going to visit my mum & give her a big hug, then my granddaughter for more hugs & hopefully then I'll be able to start watching my beloved Accrington Stanley play again & catch up with all my friends there - all simple pleasures which I won't ever take for granted again

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When all this is over I'm going to start a conspiracy theory denying that it ever happened (though I don't think it will be as good or stupid as David Ickes claim that it's was caused by 5G transmitters).

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I really do wish I could visit my mum and give her a hug:(

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i will be back up Stanley, visit daughter and grandaughters, then off on holiday.might even take the missus.

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When all this is over I will get my haircut then I do not resemble a busted(badly stuffed lumpy) sofa

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,,,and, Margaret, that is what I will do - have a haircut.

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Yes Dorothy...but you will enjoy yours....mine will be from necessity.

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Yes, I will tell my hairdresser to take her time cutting it - sheer luxury.

More importantly though, hopefully we will have reached the light at the end of the tunnel by September when my first great-grandchild is due to make his/her entrance into the world and I will be able to hug this baby. I will have that haircut first though otherwise the poor child will be scarred for life.

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First thing I'm going to do when this is all over is go somewhere I've been meaning to go for ages but kept putting off till a later date...

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when this is over i,m going to physically bump into someone in a supermarket queue.

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will take my brother for a pint or several.Should have happened yesterday.Belated birthday wishes Less.

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Look forward to visits from people and No. 1 get my haircut.

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When all this is over there are going to be a lot of people with their roots showing.

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Cheers Ray I'll look forward to it. Though you might need to take out a bank loan because when this is over the Government will need to rake all the money back and no doubt the cost of a pint will be one of the first things hard hit.

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I will go on a long walk with my friend.

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I shall borrow my favourite dog Molly and take her for a lovely walk . I walk her regular but havent done for obvious reasons .

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oh i still take our freddy, usually before 08-00 early morn, rarely see a soul where were living now.

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its not my dog Cashy, its Doddy's

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What a shame....both you and the dog are missing out.

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go out just after 7. you must be lucky as i do not know where all these dogs i see now have come from. i,ve gone back to driving a couple of miles back up to the moors to get some distance from folks. know i,ll get some stick for this but its hardly doing a 120 mile round trip to morecambe to do it.

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I cannot see the problem in driving to somewhere like the moors....you are encapsulated in a vehicle....you are going where there is little likelihood of meeting anyone.....and if by chance you did, there is more than enough room to keep the required six metres distance......and yes I know someone will say 'well, if we all decided to do that'.....except that is not going to happen is it.
The other issue is I guess....if you were to come a cropper and either get lost or hurt yourself....but again with sensible precautions....what's the harm?

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When all this is over....I am going to donate three carrier bags full of books to the charity shops(they will be steam sanitised before donation).

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1239048]I cannot see the problem in driving to somewhere like the moors....you are encapsulated in a vehicle....

was told by one person that i may be involved in an accident which would divert resources needed elsewhere. if you thought like that you,d never go out in the first place even when the present situation ends.

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I 'get' that concept, but like you feel that life has to be lived.
How many people go for a secluded walk with nothing more dangerous in it than a midge bite or a grumbly sheep to deal with.

LIVE CHEERFUL, NOT FEARFULL

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When this is over I worry that some people will find it very hard to socialise once again, especially those who have been completely on their own for a number of weeks. Having to presently keep our distance it might not be easy to rub shoulders with people again, or at least for a while.

This was brought home to me yesterday when my friend asked me if I would go with her to a local shopping centre just to get out of the house for a little while. We have been doing everything right so I didn’t feel guilty when I accepted her offer and when we arrived at the shops there were quite a lot of people there. However, when I looked at the others walking around I decided I couldn’t be bothered to be one of them, I didn’t want to join in, so I just stayed in the car while my friend did what she had to do. It wasn’t through any sense of fear of catching the virus, merely a lack of interest in the people and of going into the shops.

Now I like to think I am generally a strong-minded person but while I was sitting there I wondered that if I felt this way how will a less confident person feel once this is over. Will they have lost confidence to go out and about, to talk to other people? I think it will take time and a lot of understanding, though I hope I am wrong.

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think it could go one way or another for me. go to a local over 50,s club with about 20 odd turning up. think there could be more or less turning up once it kicks off again. people do get out of the habit of doing things no matter what they are. will we all go out shopping again as we used to do. will we still have days out. will some realize there is life away from pubs. will be an interesting few months when we do get back to normal.

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Dorothy...I think you might be right.
Our next door neighbour, over many years, (since the death of his wife)isolated himself.
He simply 'forgot' how to socialise.
I went in to see him every day, but found that getting any kind of conversation out of him was difficult.

Then when he was in hospital, he was thrown in to mix of people.
Those who were looking after him, and the other men in his bay.
He became happier, more talkative in fact it was like a different man.

When we isolate, we remove from our lives things that make for good talking points.

I don't think I will have much problem with being let loose...in fact I cannot wait!

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I suppose it depends on what kind of 'normal' the powers that be allow us to pursue.

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When this is over - I will be drinking a different brand of tea. During the shelf shortage I had to buy the single brand that was available at the time and it turns out that I prefer it.

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Isn't it good when you find out something by 'accident'.....although I prefer the term 'serendipity'.
Like you I have learned some things....I will NEVR buy M&S half bloomer ever again...it is crap tastes like cardboard andleft me feeling cheated.

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we dont buy much these days from M.@S. think its gone well downhill.still check out the clothes though, they aint as good but still better than most.

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You are right Cashy....we used to buy a load of stuff, but not anymore.
Not even keen on the threads either....overpriced and the quality is questionable

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1239147]I
Like you I have learned some things....I will NEVR buy M&S half bloomer ever again...

thought at first you were giving us all a clue about your underwear.

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It would only be about underwear if there was an 's' on the bloomer Monkey Hanger :D

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I won't be thinking of life away from pubs, it may suit you to mix only with over 50's however I would much rather be with a crowd of people of all ages, younger people are far more fun than the run of the mill coffin dodgers that have forgotten that life is for living.

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Only some coffin dodgers have forgotten how to have fun.
When I used to go away with Ma, I met some very lively coffin dodgers.....they loved to dance, and to have singalongs and to tell risqué jokes too.
Oh yes and they drank and took drugs too(but only the ones that kept their tickers, ticking)

I think you might be mixing with the wrong coffin dodgers Less.:)

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Perhaps I am, though I doubt it, I'm certainly NOT mixing with coffin dodgers that exclude the younger members of society by gathering with those over a certain age, as I say life is for living this isolation has shown me that I miss people of all ages and I can't wait to getting back to the banter produced over a glass or two of liquid amber shared in a bar of mixed ages.

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All power to your elbow Less....and let's hope we don't have to wait too long.

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neither of us are drinkers and finding pubs without any sort of music isn,t easy anyway. doubt a 50 odd year old anyway classes themselves as a coffin dodger anyway. in fact someone like me in my early 70,s who break the 1 hour exercise regime every day{have a husky and you know you have to do** and referee football twice a week when it was possible does not either. prefer folk myself in my own age group due to having similar opinions anyway. the thought of being in company of those who get upset if nothing is upsetting em would make me wish this so called lockdown would last forever. as usual its each to their own and what suits them.

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When all this is over I wonder if the birds will return. Background noise is a strange thing you tend not to notice it unless it goes away, and there have many reports mentioning the reduction of background noise since the lockdown started. Where I live its normally fairly quiet no blaring radios/TVs etc, just some traffic noise from the village’s through road about 100 yards away, some domestic activity gardening, diy, children etc, and the birds.

When the lockdown started the noise level dropped and it was really noticeable, very much like a Christmas Day morning. At first it was quite nice but as the days went on it became slightly disconcerting it was SO quiet. Just over a fortnight ago the penny dropped it was actually quieter than Christmas because there was no bird song/noise.

Since then I have been on the lookout and I have only seen one bird and that was when driving to the supermarket. I’ve got up at or before dawn several times and there is no dawn chorus here. When I am using the bathroom there is nothing from the trees at the back where there are normally a couple of nests. Most significantly my car is not being redecorated by the sh** hawks, normally this is virtually a daily occurrence.

Now I am not suggesting that anything nasty has happened to these birds but they have obviously changed their habits and gone elsewhere. There have been reports of other animals changing their habits (goats wandering around Llandudno, foxes much more visible in urban areas etc.) all of which make obvious sense, but I cannot think why the birds that are normally here are now somewhere else. Anybody noticed anything similar?

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funny that mate, its no different at all where we are, plenty of birds as usual chirping away.:confused:

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Enjoying the dawn chorus here.

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The birds are loud around us too.
There are two birds that start calling to each other before it gets light.
I think they might be blackbirds because their song is very melodic.
Also over the last couple of weeks I have been wakened early doors by birds scuttering along my troughing.

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Well....we can be assured of at least three more weeks of this.
So believe me when I tell you....I am going to look like a highland cow....without the horns(oh, I don't know though).....not only that there will be a queue of ladies all the way down Church street waiting for their turn to be shorn.
I might have to wear a bag on my head.....hey, now that's an idea!

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It will cost you an extra 5p if it's a plastic bag.

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No Less....I will be eco friendly and use a brown paper bag.....with eyeholes cut in so that I did not inadvertently bump into anyone.

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I go along with both Margaret and Less on the subject of the older generation. There are those who enjoy life to the fullest whatever age – and are interesting and good fun, as was Margaret’s dear mum and the people they met on their travels - like attracts like. However, I do agree there ARE those who are nothing but grumps and best avoided. These are the ones who complain about everyone and everything. Can't see the fun side of anything. Definitely not good company. Same old, same old, and very boring.

These are the ones who you NEVER say ‘and how are you today?’ because they’ll tell you – like you really wanted to know. They’ll also tell you how they were last week, how they are today, and how they will be next week. Heaven forbid you mention medications….and as for aches and pains…..

But don’t judge everyone by their cover, Less – for instance my outer shell might make me look like an old chook (my enemy, the mirror, tells me this is definitely so) but in my mind and heart I’m still a (very broad-minded) spring chicken. I’d love an invitation to join in with your company of mixed ages for an evening enjoying the odd drink or three with good conversation and lots of laughs thrown in - would even shout you a few beers, but unfortunately 12,000 miles is too far to come even for a good night out.

Remember though, one day you will be old – just don’t be an old grump, boring…..

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Dottie I'm already old in body in mind however I am still trying (and failing fortunately) to 'act my age'.
I try to be inclusive of everyone but fail with people that claim their way to perfection is the only way forward.

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I told my other half yesterday(he was criticising me for leaving some crumbs on the counter top) to check his palms for nail holes...if there weren't any, it was proof he wasn't pefect...and if he found some I would ring the news papers...especially as much of what is going on smacks of apocalyptic biblical predictions...that he might be the 'second coming'.
I also told him the I consider mysyelf to be 'Flawsome'.
He asked what that meant...so I told hime it is the term for Brilliant, but human!

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Less I have been unfortunate enough to know thirty year olds who lived like eighty five year olds(staid and humourless)...but I have also been privieleged to know an eighty year old who did the shopping for 'old folk'...these old folk were two decades younger than this particular lady.


age is just a number...don't let that number influence the way you look at life.

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Less, I try to act my age disgracefully - it's much more fun. Bit of a shock though when I'm referred to as 'that old lady' as I've never been a 'lady'......

.....just keep up the good work and enjoy life.

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when some footballers call me the old geordie ba----d its the geordie part that bothers me.

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I'm beginning to weaken all this time in isolation and I've been staring at four walls for too long.
I can't help noticing all those little jobs that I have been putting off from when I used to be out and about with no time to do them, you know, those that will only take five minutes .
Given another two months of this boredom and I might just get around to doing them.
Though I have to thank my blessings, I dare say if I was living with a wife I'd have been forced to do them at the beginning of the lock down, either because she would have set me to the tasks or because rather than sit there trying to make conversation I'd have got off my arse just for the excuse of going into a different room.

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Less, you are only human.
Cut yourself some slack.....this lockdown is not ending any time soon...and as you have no one who needs pleasing....then do the right thing....please yourself.
I'm not bored....I am just P'd off at being holed up when the sun is shining.

Stay well, stay safe.....and the hardest thing....stay sane!

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Thanks for the compliment, though I'll find it hard to stay sane, what little sanity I did have disappeared long before the lock down, would you mind awfully if I just...



...STAY WEIRD!

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Not at all Less and you are welcome......because you are on your own you have no-one to upset...no-one to call you out and only yourself to please...and if you please yourself then you know that there is a least one person happy.

perhaps I should say...Stay well, stay safe and be your own kind of normal (meaning don't let this isolation drive you nutty)

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Margaret, remember when we both said when this is over we will have our hair cut. Well forget me visiting the hairdresser - I will need a sheep shearer to do the job the way I'm going....

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Me too Dorothy....and there will be enough to stuff a sofa( ok, maybe I am gilding the lily.....not a sofa but an easy chair).
Himself offered his services.....but I have only once let him loose on my Barnet with scissors.
It looked like I had lost the fight with a garden trimmer......I think it was the first(and last) geometric cut I ever had.....one side was up, the other down......and the edges were not even straight....it looked like it had been done by Braille.

So I won't be letting him touch the scissors.

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Less...on reflection, I think the ones in the population with the weird gene are going to be the ones who survive all this.
We can look forward to some really strange MP's and weird laws(no, even weirder than we have now).

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Now, now, I'm sure he was trying his best!

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Goodness Less....that is NEAT next to what he did to my hair.

I have to tell you it was over fifty years ago when the rosy blush of romance was still strong....but it still took some forgiving.
It is just a good job that at the time I knew nothing of the powers of cut chilliest, or fibreglass insulating material.
Had I been more worldly wise he would have suffered.

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Things must be getting back to normal, this is the second day in a row I've had junk mail through the letterbox.

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They want to eliminate cash altogether then every aspect of your life...everything you buy, everywhere you go, how you dress, how you have your hair done.... every single aspect of your life all on file. Cash is one of the few remaining levellers that gives us the freedom to go where we want and buy what we want without someone making a record of it. We should never give it up without an almighty fight.

Apologies - seem to be getting in a rant mode stuck indoors would rename meself Victor Meldrew if I wasn't such a shortarse.

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Ah, but who wishes to eliminate cash?
If it's the more affluent in society then they have been doing that for generations, it's called starvation wages a system still foolishly employed in many of the third world countries even today.

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The banks want to eliminate the use of cash because card transactions make them money.
The government want to eliminate the use of cash because cash does not leave a trail.....you are tracked when you use a card...your purchasing habits can be sold on to companies that will target you on your past purchases.

Jimmy...I agree with every word...and I do not consider it a rant.

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A completely cashless society would not work. For instance, during those dreadful bushfires in Australia all the ATMs were down and only people with actual CASH were able to purchase petrol to get them out of the area...those bits of plastic were absolutely useless. There's been a few times when the power has gone off and the people who have forsaken cash for card were left completely lost, you could say they were powerless (pardon the pun), same thing when ATMs have been 'down', especially out-of-hours. So for practical purposes alone it would be ridiculous to eliminate using cash.....
...and yes, if it wasn't beneficial for them the banks wouldn't be pushing the issue.

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You get lots of (mainly younger) folk who believe cash to be old hat and so 'last century' and don't seem to mind about their whole purchasing, travelling, medical history belonging to some credit company and by default in the near future to the Chinese Communist Party. We already get 'ads' targeting us based on viewing history - carrying on along the same vein they will end up making ALL decisions for us.

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I take it that you don't like the obvious next step where instead of product adverts being targeted at you, you simply get a receipt and the product.

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yeh mean those who know it all, but know nowt?? i was one myself once.:rolleyes:

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And paying with an app on your phone.....what is that all about.
I would not trust the security of a phone to do either my banking or my shopping.
I will consider a smart phone when it will load the washer, put the washing on the line, iron it and put it awayuntil then I will continue with bits of paper (although they are plastic now aren't they) with the queens head on them.

A cashless society also penalises those who are poor and have either no bank account or one where they do not qualify for a debit card because of a poor credit score.

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My son and daughter-in-law went out for dinner a little while ago and though they usually use plastic to pay (as most young ones do) they had some cash in the house so they thought they would use that instead. When the waitress brought the little machine for their card they gave her cash instead - she looked bemused and didn't seem like she knew what to do with it. Apparently none of her customers had ever used actual cash.

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if its called smart ignore it. if they want card trasactions resist it. big brother is certainly watching you in more than one form. used to trust people far more than i do now. i,ve got to a stage where i consider everything and everyone as a scam and its their difficult job to persuade me that it isn,t one. her indoors as well as me have been scammed once and its our lifetime ambition to make sure it does not happen again.

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they think its being clever and flash to do it. giving an impression they have more than they actually have.

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Touching on the subject of hair, I'm at the age where preening in front of the mirror is a no, no for me, so when I caught a glimpse of myself after 5 weeks of social avoidance, I was suprised at the length both my hair and my beard have now reached (in fact I'm beginning to suspect there could be birds nesting in my beard).
The most shocking growth however has to be my eyebrows, another 2 inches and I may well be tripping over them.
I think I'll move hairdressing up my priority list and therefore do it myself in the next month or so.

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If we are going to be isoalted until there is avaccine.....I think I will be able to tie mine round my waist.

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Well I bit the bullet, it must have been a mind thing, whilst I was in ignorance of how much hair I had produced life wasn't a problem but, i spent all day yesterday itching and scratching so this mornining I got my home haircut kit out and took everything down to a 1. The relief was instant. I had considered doing a couple of selfies to show you the before and after, I decided against this as those of you with delicate constitutions would have been upset with either of the photographs.

If there are any of you desperate for a haircut I could (for a small fee donated to the charity of your choice) tie the trimmer to a brush handle so that we can observe social distancing rules and reduce your own hairy body to one able to live with, of course if any of you ladies out there would be embarrassed by using a stranger for you needs I would wear a blindfold.

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ange cut mine the other day after we purchased a trimmer wasnt prepared to wait until doomsday.

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Been doing my own (not that there's a lot of it) for years now, shears set on 4mm then whup .... off with what there is. Only problem is the fluffy fine stuff round the nape of the neck, razor for that but a tad fiddly doing it yoursen! :)

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It is all very well for you guys....doing it with the trimmer....but not that easy for the ladies.
I do not fancy taking mine down to a number one.....though by the time we get released it would probably be a decent length.

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Please don't call me fiddly.:p:p

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1239756]It is all very well for you guys....doing it with the trimmer....but not that easy for the ladies.
I do not fancy taking mine down to a number one.....

no, i,ll resist number 1 or numbers 2 or 3 for that. might be losing my sanity a bit but not my hair. however once after house arrest is over i,ll be first in the queue for a trim, 2 metres away in the queue obviously.

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The talk is that next week Government will discuss ways of ending isolation. Like Margaret I hope they won't keep societies wrinklies locked 'for our own good' any longer than possible.
Unfortunately whatever sceme they come up with I fear my own release may be delayed longer than the rest of you, because of...



...Dandruff!!! Yes, because of my amateur attempt at haircutting I now seem to have a very bad case of it, so whatever the release date for most folk I feel I will need to remain in isolation until I've found the correct shampoo to cure this I just can't be going out spreading a blizzard of white around town, plus, Is dandruff contagious?

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My late buddy Alan Crawshaw, who used to own Crawshaws hairdressers in Abbey Street used to tell anyone who asked that the best way to get shut of dandruff was to wash your hair with a mild baby shampoo. He also reckoned that stress could be the cause of dandruff breaking out in the first place. Maybe the current isolation issue is literally doing your head in as it were, (just a thought)
Stay well, stay happy, The Luddite.

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Dandruff, now that raises an interesting question. Why don't cats and dogs appear to suffer from it and are there lessons to be learned? :rolleyes:

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Cats and dogs can both get dandruff.
It is down to their general health....sometimes it can be due to,a faulty diet, sometimes an underlying health condition.

Less, Dandruff will not kill you, if we are set free get down to the chemists and get some medicated shampoo(dandruff is thought to,be caused by a fungal condition).

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Does that mean I've been eating stale mushrooms?

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Well you are supposed to learn something new every day, now I can go back to sleep happy. Seriously I didn't know that, I've seen lots of humans with it but never knowingly seen a cat, dog or other animal apparently with it.

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Many years ago(well, it must be, as I was a little girl at the time) we had a black Labrador that had dandruff.......though it never seemed to worry him.

Less, nothing to do with edible funus....more to do with a fungus called malasezzia.
You could do with a shampoo with ketoconazole in it.....used daily for five days...left on the scalp for a few minutes.
Once you have got rid of the condition you only need to,use the shampoo twice a week.

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Start seriously thinking about moving somewhere nicer - though the missus wants to move to the South West (where she is from) and I want to be back in the North.

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Dont move down there Jimmy, I once went to my lads passing out parade for the army;30 odd years ago; they sell stuff called Scrumpy down there, after sampling a few pints of it even though my brain seemed to be functioning ok my legs had other idea's.
Stay safe, stay happy, stay up north.
Your's the Luddite.

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do not know about cats but certain breeds of dog seem to get it more than others. had german shepherds, husky/alaskan malumute crosses and rottweilers and only the latter breed seem to get it. had 4 of the latter, still have one and they have all had it.

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Wicked stuff that, local farms sell it in 5ltr cannisters & you have to drink it within about 2-3 days or it turns into vinegar, so from the off you're on a hiding to nothing! :D