gareth 703 Posted March 18, 2020 I keep thinking I’m in a dream and suddenly going to wake up But no it all seems real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ambient 2,148 Posted March 18, 2020 More like a nightmare. Trump, brexit, fire, floods and now this. Where are the zombies though? Surely no self-respecting apocalypse is complete without zombies. 8 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fretmeister 2,371 Posted March 18, 2020 Wishing for an asteroid. 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bassassin 1,919 Posted March 18, 2020 Well, what's needed is a steady supply of corpses to re-animate. Guess we're lucky there, right? ...right? 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gareth 703 Posted March 18, 2020 On a positive note I was pleased to see plenty of bread on the shelves of my local Tesco this morning 7 4 16 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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oldslapper 1,530 Posted March 18, 2020 2 hours ago, gareth said: On a positive note I was pleased to see plenty of bread on the shelves of my local Tesco this morning They’re not real Tesco don’t stock Wholeweat. 2 1 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bootleg 31 Posted March 18, 2020 24 minutes ago, oldslapper said: They’re not real Tesco don’t stock Wholeweat. she's trying smuggle out a couple of Belgian Buns with a cherry on top 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikel 1,951 Posted March 18, 2020 Apart form the "So" pretty much as I always do. Shopping this afternoon, as usual. Bought the usual amount of stuff as I will be shopping next Wednesday. Apart from no potatoes left in Aldi or Spar it was business as usual. Aldi had big signs up limiting people to no more than four of any particular item, so all customers could get their shopping. Does the virus make you poo a lot and eat enormous quantities of pasta by the way? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gareth 703 Posted March 18, 2020 Yes I went this morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dad3353 7,495 Posted March 18, 2020 Here in France, 'lock-down' doesn't mean staying indoors, at least in the countryside. I took the opportunity to re-string our ailing clothes line, having altered the angle of its uprights back to vertical... Yes, I know; I'll attract the fury of the purists, telling me that Jaco only needed four strings, but I often need the full range that six gives me. Any advice, however, from the erudite membership here..? I have a clip-on tuner, but it doesn't pick up these very low frequencies when I pluck the strings. Should I be worried..? 2 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave_bass5 2,575 Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, ambient said: More like a nightmare. Trump, brexit, fire, floods and now this. Where are the zombies though? Surely no self-respecting apocalypse is complete without zombies. ive been keeping an eye on the news for the first signs of resurrection. Thought i had seen one but it was just a shopping queue in Tesco's. Edited March 18, 2020 by dave_bass5 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al Krow 4,746 Posted March 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Here in France, 'lock-down' doesn't mean staying indoors, at least in the countryside. I took the opportunity to re-string our ailing clothes line, having altered the angle of its uprights back to vertical... Yes, I know; I'll attract the fury of the purists, telling me that Jaco only needed four strings, but I often need the full range that six gives me. Any advice, however, from the erudite membership here..? I have a clip-on tuner, but it doesn't pick up these very low frequencies when I pluck the strings. Should I be worried..? What's the string spacing? I'm really only comfortable with 16.5mm to 19mm generally on my 5s, although my GVB 36 has a uniform 14mm across it's six strings, anyway worth checking. Do you find it assists you in playing "air bass", or at least Air on a G string? I assume it's purely passive? 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dad3353 7,495 Posted March 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, Al Krow said: ...Do you find it assists you in playing "air bass", or at least Air on a G string?... S'been a very long time since it saw a G-string (in fact, I'm not sure it ever has ..!). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chezz55 89 Posted March 18, 2020 Q: So ..... what’s everyone doing? A: We're just getting on with life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete.young 910 Posted March 18, 2020 It's a little disconcerting to discover that my idea of a normal life represents self-isolation to everyone else| 8 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
musicbassman 875 Posted March 18, 2020 Hey, I've just found out that people are saying that cheap red wine helps beat that darned Coronavirush ! I read it on Reddit so it must be true! I'm conducting my own schientiffic studies right now...... *... falls off chair...* 2 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lozz196 4,747 Posted March 18, 2020 Going to work and trying to blog out many of my colleagues increasingly shrill hysteria. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al Krow 4,746 Posted March 18, 2020 Trying to avoid incessant "junk" email from every organisation I've ever been in contact with during my career sending me details of how they are dealing with CV... 😁 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBass 977 Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) Getting on with it, which basically means stressing about my wife’s two businesses which will likely not survive this, trying to keep my two elderly parents with underlying health issues properly supplied and isolated, and now wondering how the hell we’re going handle an eight year old and two year old with no grandparental (in-laws, old but in reasonable health) help until the autumn. At least my job is secure, for now, so I can pay the bills. I did some sums the other night and it made for some depressing reading. Edited March 18, 2020 by BrunoBass 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
operative451 567 Posted March 18, 2020 Berating myself for quitting my job somewhere literally in a field, where they have home working and sick pay and moving to bloody London and accidentally ending up freelance! 1 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CamdenRob 385 Posted March 18, 2020 Going to work same as usual with a identical number of people crammed on the tube every morning... Think they must be taking those empty train station photos in the middle of the night 🤔 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooky_lowdown 848 Posted March 18, 2020 16 minutes ago, CamdenRob said: Think they must be taking those empty train station photos in the middle of the night 🤔 Probably Great Portland St, the platforms always seem empty after 10pm. 😉 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fleabag 5,813 Posted March 18, 2020 Normal service here. Apart from now using dock leaves as anal papyrus. I live next to a Tesco Express and the panic morons have cleared the shelve of ALL bread, and even the packets of soft rolls. The whole bread isle was barren. Same for 99% of the veg ??? Dont get that, but no potatoes, onions, carrots, beans etc 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dood 1,523 Posted March 18, 2020 What was it, literally days ago I wrote how lucky I was to be able to be a professional musician? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
