General Chat

Italy have said they won’t treat the over 80’s if things get much worse.

allan ,
I think its CHINA that wont help the over 80s.
all of you on here try to keep well.
iris

I'm in my eighties, have a holiday booked in favourite self catering cottage in Scotland by myself - entirely escapism, I need to be myself doing absolutely nothing. Am I going to be allowed to go?

I am going to go to the pub, start coughing and sneezing, and hope to get locked in there for a couple of months.

OH is 70 in May, so he thinks he will be ok, told him after May he will be over 70. I am not 70 till next year so I will be free. I have a close circle of friends all in my town & we have all agreed that we will help each other if any get the virus, given my phone nos to 2 sets of neighbours if they need help. Don't know what will happen if we have to stay at home as I & other grandparents take & have grandchildren to nursery & school, my D.I.L's mum is 74 & we share Monday to Friday every week. Wait for Boris to decide, he is on now.

I think from the sound of it that I am lucky. The thought of being cooped up for months with only OH doesn't worry me at all.

Weather permitting, he will get some much needed gardening done and I might even do some cleaning!! Or reading - much less stressful.

My OH is over 70 (only just) but I am not. He doesn't look his age - barbers always ask if he's got the day off work! I don't work (other than a voluntary job). So we spend a lot of time together already and it's fine, apart from the odd argument. We also are lucky to have a big house so can 'escape' if we want to!

You have us on here to moan to Barbra. I think a sense of humour is going to be needed in the forthcoming months.

I for one not looking forward to isolation my OH is a miserable b always has been moaning now because I have an order being delivered today .it's not a lot just essentials. I can't win I will get though it hopefully i can always sit in my car on the drive . :-)

If you have your 70th birthday during this 4 month period do you start your own 4 months incarceration or just suffer the remaining weeks or months locked up?

Lol, Allan! Chatting over the weekend, I said that perhaps one of the reasons why Boris is delaying confining the over-70s was that by not doing so he may well save pulling out some pension payments.

Our coffee group - all over 70, some with underlying illnesses - has already decided to self-isolate. We spoke to each other over the weekend as two have heart issues and three of the group have partners with a variety of health issues - stroke, heart, COPD/Emphysema, diabetes. Our decision was not to wait while Boris & Co drag their feet.

During the last week or so we have stocked up on essentials and the odd treat, knowing that we would have to make a decision soon or the decision would be made for us by Boris by which time we may not be able to find some items. We have not forgotten the pets that some have, by the way.

Dtr went into our local supermarket on Sunday and skyped that it was like the Christmas period but full of older people! Not too many waiting for Boris here!

I can't remember where I read it, but there was an article saying that one country, I don't think that it was the UK, is giving serious consideration to refusing medical help for persons over the age of eighty who may contract the illness :-S

Being the cynic that I am I can see two 'benefits' to such an action, or inaction, scarce medical resources will go further and the overall pension payments will decrease over time :-0

I am concerned about possibly being stuck at home for 4 months! As many of you know I have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. I take meds for bp and depression painkillers and have osteoarthritis and mild asthma. I don't get out much as it is but having to put up with my partner non stop is not a happy thought! He is only 66 so could go out but he has type 2 diabetes so is susceptible to the infection. With his memory problems and poor mobility he is a nightmare to live with. He is currently turning the house even more upside down than usual looking for the key to his Kia. He mislaid one key months ago and since Friday can't find the other key. He has been talking about getting a replacement key for months but now can't get to the showroom to get one! He keeps taking my car so if I want to go out I am stuck!

We don't have many neighbours to help, most are the same age as us so my poor son will have the hassle of helping us. His sons are miles away, to be seen once in a green moon (that's much less often than a blue moon lol)

I hope all on here can stay well and avoid contracting this horrible illness

Take care

Lizxx

looks like those bones that are in the freezer~(leftovers from meals, and intended for my daughters dogs, might end up in a slow cooker!!!)

and the toppers and crusts of bread will become bread pudding!!

That's easy.

Open your can,see what's in it and chuck anything else you have in with it.

Warm it up.

Lovely pea soup is two cans of garden peas, spoonful of mint jelly or mint sauce and a couple of green Oxo's.

Put it through the wibbiygizzer and warm it up.

Sharron

I was thinking of asking you to start a cooking tips thread. Where one could post about the old can found in the back of a cupboard and you giving us a gourmet(Sharron style) recipe. ;-)

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

i am just going to go and stand outside their windows and stick my tongue out!

Maybe the three of us should offer to do everyone else’s shopping ;-)

They always mention the elderly, so now we know that is 70. But what are the underlying health issues? What are they going to include? Some people, as said on here, have definite problems but will they widen that to those of us that have milder problems. I have mild asthma and take a low dose of BP pills.

So am I!

Just realised, the younger of my 2 brothers is 70 this year.
He drives a minibus for the elderly (there's an oxymoron - no it's not my name for him - yet!) - taking them from the New Forest to supermarkets etc.
I presume these buses won't be allowed to run - leaving lots of elderly people stranded in the Forest, and giving my poor brother more time to build fully working ship models, full sized motorbikes - or driving around on his Moto Guzzi!