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[May]

Yea!!!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

May wrote: "Yea!!!"

And more good news. My massage place has reopened. I haven't had a massage for over two months and I have got so stiff and sore.

[May]

Margaret, I have a haircut tomorrow & a massage on Thursday!! I am sooo excited!!! Getting back to normal. Now, if I could meet friends for coffee ☕️

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

May wrote: "Margaret, I have a haircut tomorrow & a massage on Thursday!! I am sooo excited!!! Getting back to normal. Now, if I could meet friends for coffee ☕️"

Simple things we took for granted are now so exciting, aren't they? I'm not sure I will ever take anything for granted again.

[Marilyn]

1) Two weeks ago I got a pedicure on the QT. There were 3 operators plus their customers plus my husband waiting for me. All is us were desperate. After listening to us all talking about the secrecy of getting things done, my husband commented that the shop was like a Speak-Easy. You had to know the secret password in order to get in. Question: How many young people know what a Speak-Easy is these days. Of course, it was before my time, but I remember my parents talking about it
2) I just got a Emergency Alert on my cell phone: Riverside County is declaring a curfew tonight from 6pm to 6am. Ok. Wasn’t planning to go out anyway.

[Dawn]

I have mostly figured out how to live without all the things I would routinely do or buy, but....the spa....for waxing. That is not something that is simple to do at home on your own and I am super excited to be going for an appointment.

And the parks have reopened!! So I can go kayaking again, that is the second most exciting thing.

Haha, the simple pleasures in life.

[May]

I think we can agree that we all have a new appreciation for those simple thinks in our lives: a haircut, a walk in a park, lunch w my sister!! Enjoy the day!!

[Allison]

My eyebrows, man....

And at this point I’d let someone buzz cut all my hair off. Obviously not for vanity reasons but my hair is so thick and heavy, I get headaches and my neck hurts if it’s long enough to be near my shoulders. Salons are absolutely essential lol.

[Tim]

I just did that - Number 2 all over. I couldn't stand my lockdown bouffant hair style any more. The downside is that it's revealed I've horrendous male pattern balding. I thought I'd die before I got old. :-/

[Adrian]

I get a zero all over twice a week. Symmetry is where it's at. Tuftiness is for John Howard.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

So libraries are opening all over the place by the sounds, or at least, in Australia, the UK and US, by comments here. Great news.

Don't go overloading yourself. lol. 'panic lending'.
But at least you know what to do next time a pandemic hits. Book your full quota of books before the libraries shut. :-)

[happy]

The pile of library books on the floor by my bed is getting pretty deep :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "So libraries are opening all over the place by the sounds, or at least, in Australia, the UK and US, by comments here. Great news.

Don't go overloading yourself. lol. 'panic lending'.
But at leas..."

Bwahahahahahahha. Not possible at my library. There are NO limits on books. On CDs, games, and DVDs, but not on books.

[happy]

we still have a 15 book limit on check outs, but in the last year or so, the powers that be did away with late fees.

The barbershops are also open - I went and had my ears lowered quite a bit a week ago. It was almost worth the price :D

As I've mentioned before - my hairline has receded all the way to the crown of my head :)

[Allison]

Yeah...I wonder if people will put so much on hold/order for curbside pick up in case some kind of second wave hits, this time they’re all prepared!!

[Andy]

Sorry to disappoint but we're a tad behind in UK libraries not opening before 2nd July which was the date they gave right at the start of lockdown....... haircut looking even further away..... lols

[Clare]

I am currently reading a library book The Fens: Discovering England's Ancient Depths

This would be fantastic research for anyone wishing to write ancient and Roman history. An archaeologist describes digs in the east of England from 1960s to now, discovering Bronze Age stock farming, Iron Age roundhouses, Roman roads and more.

[Adrian]

One of the coolest things I ever saw was when I visited a (Australian) mate and his English wife in Oxford back in the 90s.

Her parents lived nearby in Didcot and the father had the quintessential Boy's Own life. He was an astrophysicist for British Aerospace, but in his spare time was running a proper archaeological dig in his own backyard (about half an acre). It was really professionally done - all properly layered and sculpted - and one of the rooms in the house was turned into a museum for what he'd found. He'd only, at the time, gone back as far as about 1800, but the stuff he'd unearthed was fascinating.

Poor chap's dead now so I've no idea what happened to his dig. Maybe Tony Robinson could take it over...

[Clare]

Sounds like the ideal hobby!

[Bobby]

Hey, look what came in my post today!!!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Bobby wrote: "
Hey, look what came in my post today!!!"

Ooooh. I hope you enjoy it, Bobby. :)

[May]

I just finished Book 2!!! Enjoyed them both!!! Margaret, is there a Book 3 in process??

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

May wrote: "I just finished Book 2!!! Enjoyed them both!!! Margaret, is there a Book 3 in process??"

Yes, May, there is. I am about half way through the first draft. This one is set back in London during the Great Dock Strike of 1889.

[May]

Yea!!! Good luck!!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

May wrote: "Yea!!! Good luck!!"

Thank you. :)

[Andy]

Not sure this is the right place? (i'm sure i'll be moderated & suitably chastised if not ;) )

But from my local library monthly e-mail!! planned re-opening on the 4th July too :) an evening with Ben Kane (its FOC, but not sure if available o/side of UK)

Virtual author talk with Historical writer and Sunday Times Best Seller – Ben Kane. The virtual event takes place 7pm Thursday 2nd July. Register for the event via Eventbrite

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtua...

[Mark]

Andy wrote: "Not sure this is the right place? (i'm sure i'll be moderated & suitably chastised if not ;) )

But from my local library monthly e-mail!! planned re-opening on the 4th July too :) an evening with ..."

Hope you going to watch it Andy?

[Andy]

must admit I'm likely not but know there are quite a few fans of him here so made the post. I'll be signing up for the storytelling of the Flint and Fur show though

[Simona]

Andy, I was browsing this thread while being very sleepy and I mixed all the posts in my mind until it seemed you were worried about the condition of your brows and waxing. Brrrrrr, upsetting!

[Mark]

Simona wrote: "Andy, I was browsing this thread while being very sleepy and I mixed all the posts in my mind until it seemed you were worried about the condition of your brows and waxing. Brrrrrr, upsetting!"

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Andy]

hahahhahahahahhahaha

[Andy]

jus for Simona it's an event which I know Mark already knew about.
https://facebook.com/events/s/extra-n...

[Andy]

Jus to report back that I really enjoyed the above storytelling by Mary-Ann Ochota & Jason Buck who mixed actual historical artefacts (Deer antler headress found at Star Carr C 11,000BC - The Lewis Chessman C 1100AD - Skull Bowls C 12,500BC found at Cheddar Gorge - Death Mask/Helmet from Sutton Hoo C600AD) giving around 10mins on each's historical context, then telling a "story" of their meaning or perhaps origins by ways of introducing characters...... for instance the Skull Bowls involved a Shamen & a hunt of Aurachs along with a ritual honouring of a fallen hunter.... hence the skull bowl.

All done through "zoom" when you purchase a ticket through Eventbrite then join the storytellers in their studies. The hour of storytelling is value alone I thought but the duo were great fun, very knowledgeable & spent half an hour before the show started & half an hour afterwards conversing with us the audience about all sorts of historical stuff... really enjoyable & recommend if anyone was slightly peaked by it. You dont need a webcam to join Zoom, you jus access & watch for those not familiar & can join in through chat.

They have another one about "Romans" on 22nd August but Jason Buck does "storytelling" as a profession & very good he is too.

https://www.facebook.com/events/72626...

https://www.facebook.com/pg/JasonBuck...

Not something I would normally watch or follow but in these times when getting to events live is tricksy...... well :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Back into lockdown for six weeks. :(

[Allison]

Margaret wrote: "Back into lockdown for six weeks. :("

That’s crazy.

[May]

Cases of infection are out of control & deaths are over 130,000 in the US. We need a Federal lockdown, but Trump & his cronies haven’t the courage. Getting downright scary!!!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Allie wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Back into lockdown for six weeks. :("

That’s crazy."

We've started the second wave of infection and it is worse than the first wave was.

[Rafael]

May wrote: "Cases of infection are out of control & deaths are over 130,000 in the US. We need a Federal lockdown, but Trump & his cronies haven’t the courage. Getting downright scary!!!"

Change Trump for Bolsonaro and this same comment could be written by me, Although his problem is not lack of courage, it's lack of humanity.

[Laura Tenfingers]

Margaret wrote: "Back into lockdown for six weeks. :("

I hope they can get it under control soon and you can come out relatively unscathed.

[Mark]

This came up in a time team fb group I am in.

Read the first one.

https://alondoninheritance.com/the-th...

[Tamara]

Mark wrote: "This came up in a time team fb group I am in.

Read the first one.

https://alondoninheritance.com/the-th..."

Mark, I'm pretty sure Peter Ackroyd discusses it in his book Thames: The Biography. I remember reading about it. I no longer have the book so I can't look it up to confirm.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Mark wrote: "This came up in a time team fb group I am in.

Read the first one.

https://alondoninheritance.com/the-th..."

That is fascinating. The book I am currently working on is set around the London Docks in Wapping. I am now wondering if I can fit that information in somewhere. I love popping bits of history into my books as asides.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Simona wrote: "Andy, I was browsing this thread while being very sleepy and I mixed all the posts in my mind until it seemed you were worried about the condition of your brows and waxing. Brrrrrr, upsetting!"

lol. Those are very real problems.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Margaret wrote: "Back into lockdown for six weeks. :("

Yeah, Melbourne is in all sorts of strife down there. The rest of the country are opening borders and going back to normal life, but poor old Victoria is in big trouble with Covid. All because people weren't being responsible in certain suburbs. Not fair for all those who did the right thing.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Mark wrote: "This came up in a time team fb group I am in.

Read the first one.

https://alondoninheritance.com/the-th..."

That's cool.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Back into lockdown for six weeks. :("

Yeah, Melbourne is in all sorts of strife down there. The rest of the country are opening borders and going back to normal life, but poor old..."
NSW is going to be next. Did you see the photos of people queuing to get into the pubs?

[Andy]

Wishing those well who are facing further lockdowns, believe we'll have more experience of these as it progresses around the world & comes back for a second run in some countries.

[Andy]

For those in the UK, how are your library's reopening?

Dorset says "we're open" but you can't actually go in & browse/select books.... you have to book a "collection slot" which I jus did.... its not until 20th July @ 16:20 & dont be late!! :) by choosing some categories they then select books for you & put them in a "bundle" for you to pick-up.... I ticked H/F amongst others..... wonder how many "romance" books I will end up with lols

[Jane]

Andy wrote: "For those in the UK, how are your library's reopening?

Dorset says "we're open" but you can't actually go in & browse/select books.... you have to book a "collection slot" which I jus did.... its ..."

We choose online from the library system: libraries in four counties, then put holds. [I've been doing this for years, already.] We then call for appointments and the books are brought out to us when we show up for the appointment. I hope the library will eventually allow a limited number of people to come in--10 to 25? Of course, mask wearing is mandatory.

[Andy]

Jane wrote: "Andy wrote: "For those in the UK, how are your library's reopening?

Dorset says "we're open" but you can't actually go in & browse/select books.... you have to book a "collection slot" which I jus..."

Thats how ours used to work with Dorset being part of counties West so you could order from across the region giving a great selection. Currently NO books are being swapped between libraries, only returned to point of origin as they are returned (we're allowed to now return/drop them thro letterboxes) so my "bundle" will be whats on the library shelves at my local.... think it'll be a while before we can reserve books from across the region like we used too be able too.... all part of the new "normal" :)