Just a grey murk of a day , despite heavy showers yesterday and overnight and this mornings hammering it down the ground is still rock hard and full of huge cracks . So much for the plan to put shed loads of squash in today . Though in an effort to baffle the neighbours ive hung a load of washing out .
Weve had a few grumbles and moans from a few of the neighbours because we go out to shop , this is mainly because they assume that we have the kind of income they have and can afford the butcher baker and candlestick maker that deliver .
Now im starting to get a little fed up with them , we have one couple who should be isolating because shes a heart lung transplant patient of a few years standing and does get a lot of bad patches . They are still on the old DLA system they get a big new car everytime they can , he gets carers but works cash in hand most of the time , shes currently helping him lay block paving to match next doors because the block paving they layed last year isnt the same colour . Their son bought their council house and now rents it back to them ? Plus him and the kids have been popping round all through lockdown . So they have a much bigger income than ours .
Next to them is the builder of the bungalow at the bottom of the garden , hes on benefits but works full time as well , but is a bleedin scary menacing gammon so nobody in their right mind is going to do anything about that .
For the most part our neighbours are lovely but im cold and fed up so i feel like moaning about something today...lol
We live in a little hamlet of about 20 houses, I'd say about a third of them have carried on all through lockdown living their usual lives as if nothing's happened.
ReplyDeletewe are a RAF village so its pretty much business as usual for most
DeleteI must admit that we have been going out in the car all through, at times we seemed to be the only ones on the road, my thoughts were that we were not mixing with others or getting out of the car only to get back indoors. I also go shopping while Tom stays in the car. I wish people would get on with their own lives and leave others alone. I wonder why I like animals above humans?
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Same here. I work full time as a nurse. My husband who's retired does most of the shopping. Our sons have stopped by to check on their Dad.
DeleteBoth sons are essential workers. We have no choice but to get on with life. We haven't got the luxury of staying at home.
You're right Briony - people should get on with their own lives and mind their own business.
DeleteYou are getting very close to the 50 that you spoke about at the beginning- with your plague posts!
ReplyDeletethink it may go beyond 50 , with all the big crowds this week
DeleteIt was extremely quiet during the first few weeks and all neighbours have been socially distancing. But there are a lot more walkers using our culdasac to get to the fields etc.
ReplyDeletethe neighbours have now cranked up to drunken parties , gutted that the weather has put a dampner on that...lol
DeleteDear Curtain Twitcher
ReplyDeleteWhat business is it of yours who gets benefits? Or who gets new cars or who owns their houses?
You should be careful the "bleeding scary menacing gammon" doesn't read your posts - it's not difficult to identify someone from all the details they give out on
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