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[Mark]

Hello Lia, good to see posting.

[Andy]

Waves at Lia :D

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Welcome back Lia :)

[May]

Hello, Lia!!

[Adrian]

Careful, not too many on here at once!

You'll get a...erm...computer virus?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hi, Lia!

[Lia]

Andy wrote: "Waves at Lia :D"

Waves back! :D

[Lia]

Adrian wrote: "Careful, not too many on here at once!

You'll get a...erm...computer virus?"

LOL

[Lia]

Hi Mark, Margaret, May and Terri! :D

[Andy]

so I've got some news...... I'm one of the "shielded" folk, which means I gets to stay indoors/isolated for 12 weeks..... until now they had been saying my particular condition(s) posed no extra risk but as of this week that's changed and I'm in this extremely vulnerable group which I kinda thought I may end up in.... been pretty much locked down since 13th March now bar the grocery run so jus more of the same for a while longer... Ah well...

[May]

Morning, Andy. Are you ok? What are your risks? Do you have family/friends/neighbors nearby to assist? Plz be well & stay safe. Thank heavens for books to keep you company!! Sending healthy hugs 🤗

[Tamara]

Andy wrote: "so I've got some news...... I'm one of the "shielded" folk, which means I gets to stay indoors/isolated for 12 weeks..... until now they had been saying my particular condition(s) posed no extra ri..."

I'm so sorry, Andy. Just hang in there and keep yourself protected. It's a royal pain to be stuck at home for so many weeks, but this, too, shall pass. As May said, I hope you have people around you to pick up your groceries and get you whatever else you may need. Just take care, stay safe, and be well.

[happy]

Stay safe Andy!

You and yours are in my thoughts and prayers

[Lia]

Andy wrote: "so I've got some news...... I'm one of the "shielded" folk, which means I gets to stay indoors/isolated for 12 weeks..... until now they had been saying my particular condition(s) posed no extra ri..."

Hang in there, Andy!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Thinking of you, Andy. Keep well!

[Andy]

Thanks for the well wishes folks, much appreciated, been expecting it but it's still a bit of a hammer when it comes. am sorted for food n meds and have a solid network so should be sound and am pretty adaptable sorta fellah but...... if I get a bit squirrely jus let I know ; )

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

We are all here if you get worried. Just reach out at whatever hour, I am sure someone will be awake.

[Mark]

Andy I can sort out the pigeon postal service if required.

https://i.imgur.com/qgPem29.gif

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

haha! :-D

[Andy]

Sassafrassarassum Rick Rastardly! lols

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I think we're showing our age gentlemen.

[Mark]

Terri wrote: "I think we're showing our age gentlemen."

No comment,😁😁

[Jerry]

Hang on in there Andy. My wife is also one of the “Shielded”, but I’m not, so I don’t quite know where I stand on restrictions. I hope you have some good volunteers to help you out if needed. We’re ok for food and medicines, but there’s a whole mass of other odds and ends that we can’t get when we need them, including hair dressing. Wife was far more vexed about missing her hair appointment than any food shortages.

[Andy]

thanks Jerry, all the details for you both will be in the shielding letter, it's 5 pages long and includes about co-habitors with a list of advisory things to do..... I would also forget about any haircuts for a while :) I had me a no.1 before all this kicked off! good luck

[May]

Jerry, please tell your wife that I understand & agree wholeheartedly! Our state has a “Stay at Home” order & a hair salon is not an essential service. I was distraught 😩

[happy]

This comment is NOT about the Corona-virus, but something very mundane - The snow line on the mountains this time of year

I live at the foot of a 6000 ft mountain (1800 meters roughly)
We've had a couple of snow storms this past week, and the snow line cames all the way down to the foot of the mountain. During the day, one can almost see it moving up the mountain. By evening it is about the half way point This morning was one of those storms and when I arose, there was snow on my lawn. As I look at the mountains right now (1630 military time), it retreated to about the halfway point, and its been a fairly cool day :)

Jerry,

You and your wife please take care and follow what ever guidelines you are given. You have been added to my Thoughts and Prayers list

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[happy]

May wrote: "Jerry, please tell your wife that I understand & agree wholeheartedly! Our state has a “Stay at Home” order & a hair salon is not an essential service. I was distraught 😩"

We have the same order, I'm getting a bit shaggy. I can think of few thing sillier than a bald guy with hair curling over his ears :)
Today the county ordered all non-essentail business closed, including the Dog Groomers. A day to late for Otisthedog. He was not a happy camper when we dropped him off this morning:)

[Allison]

Glad you have everything you need, Andy!

I have extremely thick hair; you could use it as rope. So when its too heavy and my neck is killing me from the sheer weight of it... I'd consider a cut essential if my neck snaps and my head rolls around on the ground. Especially with warmer months ahead.... I think I'd take my chances of contracting Covid! Otherwise there's the threat of me wielding a pair of scissors, directly into an eye, that'll land me in the ER anyhow :P

[Marilyn]

I am so sick of hearing about CV. Its all you hear about these days; the news networks don’t talk about anything else. Tonight I found refuse in watching a PBS special about Elliott and Franklin Roosevelt, Part I. Tomorrow, Part 2. I still have my books. For music there is XM radio, all genres. I got lucky on the hair front; my hairdresser made a “special exception” for me. I was the only one in the shop. Afterwards I asked my husband to take me for a car ride; anything to get out of the house.

[Jerry]

Can Vera and I thank everyone who sent their good wishes, both for our general health and the state of our hair. At least we have plenty to keep us otherwise occupied. I have just received an editor’s report on my first attempt at a novel, so I have plenty to keep me going in the way of revisions, while the garden is lurking out there, preparing to ambush us with a mass of work as soon as the weather improves (this Sunday if the forecast is correct).

[Linda]

I think it was Sharon Kay Penman who wrote a book about the English monarchs who reigned immediately after William the Conqueror. I recall Maude or Matilda riding the white horse in the snow. Does anyone recall such a book? Margaret, do you know the book I am talking about?

[Linda]

I see you have all been talking about COVID-19. All of you practice precautions and stay well. We have been hunkered down since March 16--the day the pool closed. I haven't exercised since that day. I worry about my son who is diabetic but has an essential job. On at he other hand, he DOES have a job. So many people do not.

[Jodi]

Linda wrote: "I think it was Sharon Kay Penman who wrote a book about the English monarchs who reigned immediately after William the Conqueror. I recall Maude or Matilda riding the white horse in the snow. Does ..."

The book your talking about is When Christ and His Saints Slept. The cover I have is with a woman in a horse in the snow. It is about the time of Anarchy in England and the war between King Stephen and Empress Maude. One of my favorites.

[Jerry]

Linda wrote: "I think it was Sharon Kay Penman who wrote a book about the English monarchs who reigned immediately after William the Conqueror. I recall Maude or Matilda riding the white horse in the snow. Does ..."

[Jerry]

It sounds like ‘When Christ and his Saints Slept’, set in the reign of King Stephen. She wrote a series covering the reigns of Stephen, Henry II and Richard the Lionheart, one of which was called ‘The Devils Brood’ I think. She has also written a series featuring a medieval investigator called Stephen de Quincey, set in the Henry II period if I remember correctly. All of them very good as well.

I think the incident with Maude riding the white horse refers to her escape from Wallingford castle, although another account has her escaping on foot. My memory may be at fault on that though.

[Linda]

Thank you, Jodi and Jerry! I am re-reading as much of England's history as. I possibly can.

[Linda]

Thank you, Jodi and Jerry! I am re-reading as much of England's history as I can. Bernard Cornwell carried me far on my journey. Carol McGrath's Handfasted Wife took me through William the Conqueror. Now I can move along. Like most of this country, I have plenty of time to read! Thank you, again.

[Allison]

Jerry wrote: "It sounds like ‘When Christ and his Saints Slept’, set in the reign of King Stephen. She wrote a series covering the reigns of Stephen, Henry II and Richard the Lionheart, one of which was called ‘..."

Almost! Justin de Quincy (just in case anyone tries looking it up by series name).

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

I see British PM Boris Johnson is now in ICU.

[Mark]

Margaret wrote: "I see British PM Boris Johnson is now in ICU."

He is indeed, hopefully this will make the remaining doubters relise this is serious.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

I don't know about anyone else, but I am not reading anything new at the moment. All I want to read are my comfort books. Old favourites that have been a part of my life for years. At the moment I am rereading The Persian Boy for about the 745th time.

[happy]

Margaret wrote: "I don't know about anyone else, but I am not reading anything new at the moment. All I want to read are my comfort books. Old favourites that have been a part of my life for years. At the moment I ..."

:D

I currently reading alot of straight history - I'm going through an Ottoman Empire phase. Of the last 8 books I've read 4 have been on the Ottomans. I can now safely say I am fairly well versed on the subject :)

I've also read a couple of really good books on India by William Dalrymple.

[Adrian]

On the subject of comfort reading, I'm burning through the Sharpe series for about the eighth time. Currently in Sharpe's CompanySharpe's Company, which I find one of the more irritating episodes.

[Andy]

Down my way over Easter we always have a festival called "Quayfest" run by the pubs along the Quay which has grown over the years to a 4 day event with music running from Noon to 23:00.... obs this year its been cancelled :(

WRONG they've managed to put it together on Youtube & have got artists to perform from their own house/gardens to put a show on today from noon throu to 23:00 .... top bananas as we would say

[Mark]

Happy chocolate day everyone. Hope everyone is well and safe.

[Allison]

That’s awesome, Andy! YouTube has been everyone’s best friend during this!

To you too, Mark!
I’ll be eating chocolate. Luckily my bunny shops ahead for everything and had plenty of sweets as well as some new nail polishes and face masks for her, I mean me :D

[Henry]

I'm reading the first of Bernard Cornwell's Uthred novels. Uthred is certainly an unlovely protagonist, but I can't help sympathizing with the guy. My wife would say I'm showing my testosterone. Still, I do worry: what does making a hero out of this character say about our society and its values, beneath the veneer of so-called political correctness (which really ought to be called simply good manners)?

[Adrian]

People can't help but sympathise with a wronged character out for revenge - especially in a world where we know the shackles were always (by comparison with our own) off. In the hands of a good writer that's a powerful plot line.

You might find interesting a blog I wrote a while back - more based on crime than historical fiction but it addresses your question: https://adriandeans.wordpress.com/201...

[Christine]

So true! I just reread the entire Cadfael series! Getting ready to reread Pillars of the Earth... or maybe London!

[Michaela]

Christine wrote: "So true! I just reread the entire Cadfael series! Getting ready to reread Pillars of the Earth... or maybe London!"

Just reading the Cadfael series, and I loved Pillars of the Earth. London is still on my list. :)