I like The chief medical advisor Chris Whitty
He is quiet, to the point and clear in his advice and his ideas
He has credibility and gives bad news without apology .
He's done well
What day is it today? I wasn't sure at first
Mind you one of the cockerels had perched himself inside the open bathroom window at 5.02 am this morning and filling his lungs cock a fucking doodle doo-ed at full blast .
I thought I had just been electrocuted
Lucky for the little bastard , he managed to dodge several thrown bottles of bath gel and shampoo before he escaped into next door's garden but I did manage to give him a sharp smack on the arse with an almost empty bottle of listerine mouth wash
I never got back to sleep.
So I've been watching my phone from under my duvet
The Trelawnyd Street Warden's Social app has been rather frenetic today after Tim ( "Tim, Tim smart and not dim") , found out that our Church Bell mechanism has frozen and there has been much talk about how to get it freed up so that the bell could be rung at the 8 pm Thursday thank you to front line workers.
Even former Church Warden Christine Davis rang me up with some ideas to help which was kind.
Christine and hubby Bryn have just moved out of the village and will I am sure be missed by many of the villagers as both have been pivotal to village life and its activities for many years.
At the moment the group is trying to source a cherry picker!
How exciting
I'm back to work tomorrow and have booked the dog walker for the girls
after very early walks this morning we all went back to bed and watched the first episode of The Great British Sewing Bee recorded from last night.
It's what we all need at the moment
Nice people, doing nice things , with nice fabric
Nice........
Mark , one of the contestants !!! Cute as his buttons
I think Professor Whitty made a mistake last night. He said we should not expect to have a vaccine up and running in the NEXT calendar year when I believe he meant to say THIS calendar year. I hope it was a mistake anyway.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we should be pinning hope on a vaccine at all. They aren't necessarily easy to develop
DeleteI have faith in human ingenuity. We beat smallpox, polio and plenty of other diseases. We will beat this too.
DeleteWell said YP
DeleteI take it that you will not be taking custody of the cockerel again in the immediate future? Such is country life. My Nan had a cockerel a bit like that although he was contained in a large orchard pen. At least you have all had cuddles this lovely sunny day. Take care Pattypan x
ReplyDeleteThe cockerel and his brother gave lived in the Churchyard nearly three years
DeleteThanks for the cock laugh this morning. So funny. xx
ReplyDeleteyou boomers are shutting down the entire economy because you're afraid of a flu. Seriously, can you boomers kill yourselves? You are the most selfish generation to ever exist. You don't give a shit about climate change, why should we young people give a shit if you get sick and die of some virus? I HOPE the virus gets much stronger and kills you all.
ReplyDeleteDo you boomers realize how universally hated you are? There is not one single demographic that does not hate you- white people, black people, asians, mexicans, indians, chinese, millennials, GenX, GenZ. Something tells me that you boomers are not going to have a very comfortable or easy retirement, especially once you end up in the retirement homes.
Can you baby boomers hurry up and fucking drop dead? Enjoy your retirement homes cause we younger people will not take care of you even if we wanted to, due to the shitty economy you boomers created. Do you boomers realize that the younger generation is simply waiting for you to fucking drop dead?
You are all going to end up in retirement homes and we all know that the elderly gets treated pretty badly in retirement homes. Well, that's what you get for ruining your own children's lives. Even if your children WANTED to take care of you, they couldn't, due to you boomers destroying the economy. So I hope you enjoy the retirement homes, boomer scum!
So says the 35 year old virgin living in his mommy's basement.
DeleteLol
DeleteOh yes,that's it-He's got a bossy mommyx
DeleteI've only ever watched 'Sewing Bee' when there's been a good reason to. Now I've got one.
ReplyDeleteThere are three bearded queens on it Raymondo ! And one itrritating twink
DeleteOh, then it's got to be compulsory viewing - and it shall BEE SEW.
DeleteOur Chief Medical Officer is doing a wonderful job as well here in Nova Scotia. I look forward to his daily briefings keeping us up with the latest news/reports/stats.
ReplyDeleteHave a good day and rest up before going back to work.
Thanks jimbo x
Deleteoooooooooooooooooh, mark's a looker!
ReplyDeleteI tried again with Sewing Bee but unfortunately have never been able to get into it. I think they are so wonderfully skilled that I find it hard to see them as amateurs. I gave up half way through. Perhaps I will try again next week. I can sew and make clothes but these guys are something else and I never seem to get on to the wavelength of the programme presenters either. I too like Whitty and last night I also liked the Military man who explained well what the armed forces involvement is.
ReplyDeleteYour morning cock story had me laughing out loud. Amazon Prime Video has a spin off from Project Runway called "Making the Cut" you'd likely enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteMark is cute. Nice looks is a good starting point but there is much more to wonder about.
ReplyDeleteyes I like the CMOs calm demeanor, it's what we need right now.
ReplyDeletePiir cock! I only kept hens because the city would come down on me.
ReplyDeleteWell, unexpected cock in the morning just got a new meaning. No wonder why you didn't go back to sleep.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love sewing shows. Project Runway, Making the Cut and Next in Fashion come to mind. And now the duvet. That explains your comment in my blog? LOL
Oh, John.
XOXO
We missed sewing bee..why are all the interesting things on different channels on at the same time!!
ReplyDeleteThat made me chuckle... ‘I thought I’d just been electrocuted!’ Just don’t drive an electric sewing machine in your next challenge to bag a Sewing Bee man... out of interest do you sew? Other than the odd button obv?
ReplyDeleteLX
Cockerels….can't live with em', can't live without em'
ReplyDeleteI also like Chris Whitty ... just as we started this strange new life of ours, bloody Bob Geldof said he was like something out of the fifties ( or something like that ) & other criticisms.
ReplyDeleteWe watched The Sewing Bee ...... a lovely, easy programme to watch. XXXX
John-I was just wondering whether its a big cock or a medium little fella?x
ReplyDeleteJohn's cock -erel is only a little one ;-)
DeleteAhh-hope the little darling grows big and strong x
DeleteI've returned to a carry on film
DeleteCocks - ugh! Said the lesbian...
ReplyDeleteLol
Sorry I will have a fanny blog soon xx
DeleteThat is what I call a rude awakening! You have to suppose that somewhere in the corkerel's wee brain there is a tad of bird evil. He knew what he was doing. Have you fetched the various gel and jam products from the garden yet? Ta for the laughs!
ReplyDeleteHope the church bell can be unstuck before 8p tonight.
I don't see any buttons on Mark in the photo. Is that a figure of speech?
Hugs!
Cute as a button ...s play on words
DeleteI always do nice things with fabric. Made some masks and donated a pile of fabric to more folks making masks. Of course quilts are always being made and a few clothes items too. Barb
ReplyDeleteYes, I am a Sewing Bee addict too John - I thought it got off to a good start.
ReplyDeleteI like Chris Whitty too. I think he's very clear and as reassuring as you can be in these circumstances. Just like the calm voice of the pilot as you hit turbulence!
ReplyDeleteYes Mark is very cute!
ReplyDeleteI love the crow of a rooster but definitely not that early in the morning in my bathroom!
In a nutshell, there will be no Summer and there will be no Christmas. There will also be no Ramadan and there will be no Eid. If it ever gets back to what we used to call normal, the festivals will be normal but we will not. I have a friend who, when woken up by a dawn rooster from his neighbour's garden, took out a gun from his cupboard, shot it, then went back to sleep. Job done.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a shotgun this morning , I would have contemplated it
DeleteTom,that made me sad.
ReplyDeleteI would have liked it better if he had shot the neighbor .😷
Just watched Sewing Bee. There are a lot of beards this time round.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's just the women
DeleteHa ha! John, just noted your comment here and my eyes strayed over to The Terriers of Trelawnyd alongside. I've only just noticed theat they are sharing a big stick! Aaaw. I love that pic.
DeleteMy kids at play x
DeleteI would love to see the Sewing Bee but I don't think we get it here in the states. We do get the British Bake Off and it is quite popular here but I have not seen a new season of it in a bit. Take care John.
ReplyDeleteWe only had 1 series of the Sewing Bee on here; I loved it but we have had no others which is a shame as it was easy viewing. I saw your CMO last night on BBC World sounds very measured and assertive.
ReplyDeleteJo in Auckland
Odd, another blogger's list of blogs showed yours as having just published a new post called nob hill, yet clicking on it gets a message saying the page you're looking for doesn't exist
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that rooster will ever dare bother you again, LOL?
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