Moving forward will this lockdown change our lifestyle

Devonshire

Devonshire

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With all the changes this lockdown brings such as:
Only going to the shops once a week
Not going out for a meal
Not going to the pub😡
Even a lot of takeaways being closed
Not spending as much time with family and friends
Going out for exercise once a day
No more sports, cinema, theatre
No more travel, home or abroad

With us all having a new routine how much will continue once these restrictions are lifted, are we starting to like some of these new routines?
 
Devonshire said:
With all the changes this lockdown brings such as:
Only going to the shops once a week
Not going out for a meal
Not going to the pub😡
Even a lot of takeaways being closed
Not spending as much time with family and friends
Going out for exercise once a day
No more sports, cinema, theatre
No more travel, home or abroad

With us all having a new routine how much will continue once these restrictions are lifted, are we starting to like some of these new routines?
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only if you let it fella
 
One positive ...

The coronavirus crisis will transform the way we live, work and travel, the president of the UK Automobile Association (AA) has said.
Edmund King has predicted a permanent reduction in travel because many people have learned to work from home.
The government currently plans to spend £100bn on the HS2 high-speed rail link and £27bn on roads to provide extra capacity but this will be challenged if travel reduces.
Mr King told BBC News: “Arguably in future we should invest more in broadband, because what this crisis has shown is the majority of companies can continue working from home. It can be more efficient and save money.”
Some say it’s too soon to predict a permanent increase in home working.
Others say road and rail spending should be frozen for a decade to review – and the cash diverted to insulating homes instead.
 
Poolfan2 said:
One positive ...

The coronavirus crisis will transform the way we live, work and travel, the president of the UK Automobile Association (AA) has said.
Edmund King has predicted a permanent reduction in travel because many people have learned to work from home.
The government currently plans to spend £100bn on the HS2 high-speed rail link and £27bn on roads to provide extra capacity but this will be challenged if travel reduces.
Mr King told BBC News: “Arguably in future we should invest more in broadband, because what this crisis has shown is the majority of companies can continue working from home. It can be more efficient and save money.”
Some say it’s too soon to predict a permanent increase in home working.
Others say road and rail spending should be frozen for a decade to review – and the cash diverted to insulating homes instead.
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Been thinking along the same lines. The longer this continues the more chance of permanent change. Taking my daughters circumstances as an example... 300 working in an office block on the edge of town...all now working successfully from home.. why go back? Office block could easily be converted into affordable starter flats? Less clogging up of roads, less pollution and less green space taken up for housing. Everyone is a winner?
 
When we're back to normal:

1. More people will work from home, with benefits for workers and companies.
2. People will wash their hands more reducing transmission of all kinds of diseases.
3. People will appreciate their families more and spend more time with the.
4. People will appreciate life more and focus on what's really important to them.

There will be other changes, but those are the big ones for me.
 
I accept a lot of people are working from home, I am one of them, I may get used to it but certainly wont grow to like it, I like human contact, Skype,Teams and Zoom are good tools but the will never replace face to face contact in my opinion.
 
I don't think much will change to be honest unless there are forced changes ie continuing social distancing
 
no9 said:
I don't think much will change to be honest unless there are forced changes ie continuing social distancing
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Sadly I agree. There are many lessons we can learn but given a few months things will be back to normal. Just one football related thought though; if Gordon Taylor is still paying himself millions and has not been ousted then all footballers should hang their heads in shame.
 
no9 said:
I don't think much will change to be honest unless there are forced changes ie continuing social distancing
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Fully agree No9
Once this is all over, just give it a couple of weeks and normality will return

Yes there will be people who will be more careful regarding hygiene etc but there will also be a heck of lot who won't.

The worrying thing is that if the government enforce the stay at home policy for too long (although there isn't much option really) I can envisage a lot of unrest because people won't like being told what to do.

Cue, civil unrest. I sincerely hope not.
 
I hope we do not see a rise in domestic violence, however I fear we will if restrictions are in place for some time, plus the mental state of some living alone or the pressure being a single parent cooped up for long periods in a confined space.
This episode in our lives might return to normal after it is all over but I fear for a fair number of the population this is a ticking time bomb, I hope sincerely I am wrong.
 
The worrying thing is that if the government enforce the stay at home policy for too long (although there isn't much option really) I can envisage a lot of unrest because people won't like being told what to do.

Cue, civil unrest. I sincerely hope not.

And therein lies the problem.
Instead of adhering to rules and regulations some people think they know better.
You're not being told to stay in for the sheer fun of it. Sacrifices have to be made but some are that weak/selfish that they're not prepared to make those sacrifices.
It really does beggar belief 😞

When all the shit settles everything will return to how it was a couple of months ago.
With the reasons I've given above I can't see any change in people's behaviour as people are challenging the guidelines in the middle of this pandemic!!
 
It's changed my life already. I am working from 8am to 1am every day as the demand for plants and compost for delivery has been overwhelming. That is why I haven't been on here. I went to fill my van up with hundreds of herbaceous perennials this afternoon and I was speaking to the owner of the nursery that grows all plants there, over 5 million a year and he is in dire straits. If he doesn't get support from the government, which he and all the other British growers in the country are likely to go out of business, never to return, meaning plants will be imported.

It is desperately sad. I am shifting as many as I can but I am like a grain of sand.
 
I really hope all the family/friends/colleagues Zoom quizzes and stay at home nights continue - been great 'being with people' whilst being alone (also saved us a bloody fortune!)
 
I must admit some things I really miss, but as for going out to the pub and meals I really think I will cut back when this lockdown is over. Really miss the sports at the weekend, although not sure I’m missing having the in mother-in round for the day 😂
 
I'll be stocking up on hand sanitiser, loo roll and paracetamol at the very whiff of any further virus!!
 
hertfordseasider said:
It's changed my life already. I am working from 8am to 1am every day as the demand for plants and compost for delivery has been overwhelming. That is why I haven't been on here. I went to fill my van up with hundreds of herbaceous perennials this afternoon and I was speaking to the owner of the nursery that grows all plants there, over 5 million a year and he is in dire straits. If he doesn't get support from the government, which he and all the other British growers in the country are likely to go out of business, never to return, meaning plants will be imported.

It is desperately sad. I am shifting as many as I can but I am like a grain of sand.
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I'd be straight onto you for some tomato plants but the distance precludes...soz.
 
This may sound crazy, but since I thought of this 2 weeks ago I now have over 300 people wanting plants, compost you name it, delivered to their door.

I picked up my first van full of herbaceous perennials on Friday and I have sold them twice over and more, so I am off again this week to fulfil orders. I have a van full of fruit trees, bushes/canes, trees, Acers etc., tomorrow which are all sold, delivery of 200 bags of compost on Wednesday and I have to get a third van full of plants before the weekend, it's mental!!

The following week I will be getting bedding plants and vegetable plants for those chomping at the bit to get those. If there is anyone up there in the promised land who has contacts to local growers then please PM me and you can help them out massively as well as helping the community .

I now have a Garden Centre chain wanting to talk to me about selling their stock!!

I am still running my gardening and design business too. I'm buzzed off my tits here!
 
Whitstabletangerine said:
I am a little puzzled as to how you get into a garden centre and a member of the public can't..Do they open up just for you to collect.
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I'm not going into a garden centre, I go to growers which are never open to the public, I then get the stock and sell it on to the community at half the price of a garden centre or online.

I just said a guy from a local garden centre wants to talk to me, and that would work the same. They could easily sort out delivery themselves, there is nothing wrong with that, but they have no staff as they are all furloughed.
 
hertfordseasider said:
I'm not going into a garden centre, I go to growers which are never open to the public, I then get the stock and sell it on to the community at half the price of a garden centre or online.

I just said a guy from a local garden centre wants to talk to me, and that would work the same. They could easily sort out delivery themselves, there is nothing wrong with that, but they have no staff as they are all furloughed.
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And, I am unlikely to do business with them as they will want to charge much higher prices and I want to help the growers, they are the ones in the shit.
 
Well all the best, as a keen gardener myself I can understand the hardship the growers must be going through millions of plants just going to rot away.
 
Where I live a few of the neighbors were talking the other day (from there doorsteps) when one who works for B&Q said the next day they were going to through away all the bedding plants and did we want any🤔 after a few of us said yes the next day he placed about 15 small trays on the side for us to all help ourselves too, better than going to waste👍
 
First time ever that I've started a veg patch in the garden and it's actually a buzz to go out every day and see how it's doing. Think it will definitely be a good thing from that point of view.
 
Back to the o/p the longer this goes on this really could be death of the already suffering High Street as people get used to ordering stuff on-line.
Delivery drivers are busier than ever now so I fear for our shops.
 
hertfordseasider said:
It's changed my life already. I am working from 8am to 1am every day as the demand for plants and compost for delivery has been overwhelming. That is why I haven't been on here. I went to fill my van up with hundreds of herbaceous perennials this afternoon and I was speaking to the owner of the nursery that grows all plants there, over 5 million a year and he is in dire straits. If he doesn't get support from the government, which he and all the other British growers in the country are likely to go out of business, never to return, meaning plants will be imported.

It is desperately sad. I am shifting as many as I can but I am like a grain of sand.
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I’m lost as to you doing 17hrs and rushed off your feet coping with orders yet the other geezer is in dire straits and needing Government bail out. Why the difference?
 
It may result in some families being closer than ever but I also suspect there will be a raft of divorces and break-ups. The high street will almost certainly look different if the lockdown is for a prolonged period, as many of the struggling retailers will be tipped over the edge. It's a bleak picture as that will mean huge numbers unemployed.

For those that do come out of it stronger, it could be some better habits are formed, a bit of an awakening as we appreciate more of what we have and an even greater national resolve to support the NHS and other core services.
 
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Kettlebelly said:
I’m lost as to you doing 17hrs and rushed off your feet coping with orders yet the other geezer is in dire straits and needing Government bail out. Why the difference?
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Because he grows and supplies 5 million herbaceous perennials a year an d the garden centres are shut plus his work force are furloughed. He and his family are working their ass off keeping the plants in great condition and fulfilling the orders they are getting. garden Centres are closed which is there main source of income and they haven't been doing deliveries because they are already full of plants and the work forces there are also on furlough. Jobs are on offer to the staff but they would prefer to be furloughed and stay at home. That is a massive problem.

I am a humble gardener who offered to buy plants of them ro sell to the village around me. I now have 300 on my list and the demand is staggering, I am not profiteering, which is sadly happening, and I am selling at a small profit to me but prices half the price of the garden centres and online when they were open.

That is why I am working 17 hours a day, to fulfil the orders i have, I am also selling bags of compost for normal price when skanks are selling for 320 a bag online plus delivery.

I haven't had a day off for nearly 3 weeks and I am going to have my first this Sunday & Monday, then off I go again as customer numbers keep increasing.

It's not complicated!
 
This situation is terrible and their is no denying it, however it is what is and it’s not going away any time soon. Unfortunately Some people will always find something to complain about whilst others just get on with what can be done in these dark times. Good on people who stay within the guidelines and help others out without exploiting them.
 
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