Another HUGE THANK YOU TO THE NHS! And others working hard to get us through this.

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A few years ago, I posted a thank you to the boys and girls in assorted shades of blue, green, purple et al. (https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/t...n-as-to-why-i-havent-been-around-much.434996/ a bit rambling but I was till quite ill!). This thread is aimed at all of them who are putting themselves on the line to help us all. The 8pm clap this evening is a start but not many of them will see it, although I'm sure they'll be aware that it's happening.

Let's not forget the others who are trying to help us either, from the delivery drivers bringing supplies to hospitals, surgeries, supermarkets and smaller shops as well as the staff in those shops, doing their best to keep food on our tables and the other end wiped!

THANK YOU ALL
 
and don't forget, in this case they also serve who just stay home!
 
Indeed but that's keeping us OUT of harm's way avoiding adding to the aforementioned's workload.
 
Yes, thank you to all the wonderful people in our NHS.

AND thank you to the 500,000 plus people who have volunteered (in just 24 hours) to help those in need.

There are a great many special people. That is very reassuring.

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Don't forget all the care workers who are now under pressure and work long hours and our vets and nurses keeping our animals safe
 
Also important to spare a thought for those that are self-employed or have lost jobs and are now concerned about what the future may bring!
 
Ricardodaforce said:
I like the Spanish approach, everyone applauds at 8pm.
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They are asking people to do that here too.
They are calling it "Clap for the NHS"
That's rather an unfortunate name I feel ..
 
This thread could well be aimed slightly at people like me...
We live in Cornwall.
My wife works in a big hospital in London, I am self employed. I've been unable to work for the last 4 months due to a shoulder problem and then an operation that I at still recovering from (17 painkillers a day..!) Almost all of my work is also in London doing property maintenance, and what little I had lined up has been cancelled.
Wife does a 6 or 7 day stint in London, usually staying with my mum, but can't any more as Mum is 87, so is staying at my daughters for now (Daughter is home with us, and the lease runs out in just under 2 months) but due to her shifts she has struggled to get any proper food shopping done. Seems people have been stealing ID badges and bags from staff leaving hospital after their (12.5 hour) shifts. Nurses are being asked to go from 12 shifts a month to 14, which at best would mean my wife would have to pay for 2 more return journeys from Cornwall but given that many trains are being cancelled she may need to stay for the entirety.
However, as my daughters place won't be available for much longer she may need to reply on fellow nurses offering a bed or a local hotel, which will at least lessen the tube travel on what have been packed trains. At the best of times an hour each way on the tube is not fun, but even less so now.
We are lucky as we have friends who will lend us money if it is needed, and I'm sure we will be able to put our mortgage on hold for a while, but the bigger picture is how long will it take the country/world to recover, if ever.
Many more NHS staff, carers, and others are way less lucky than us - one female member of staff in my local supermarket had a trolley thrown at her for not letting in a healthy young adult during the hour reserved for the elderly.
As Nod says, a massive Thank You to so many out there, and lets all do what we can to help out anyone nearby who needs it.
 
Let's hope they get the clap they deserve. ;)


Along with the back pay for all the years when they did not get a pay increase.

@stevewestern It doesn't seem right to "like" your comment but I wish the best for you and yours.
 
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stevewestern said:
This thread could well be aimed slightly at people like me...
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It seems wrong to like that post, as you have many obstacles to overcome, And I'm sorry to hear that...
But a massive thank you to your wife and others like her (y)
 
As my wife and i are both key frontline workers our work and play balance as totaly gone out the window,,i am doing 12 hour days and my wife is not far behind me ..We see each other for one meal a day at the moment and before you know it it's time for bed to do it all again ..I have a Mother who is 85 and suffering from dementia and the only saving grace is my Brother who is self employed can help out on that matter at the moment as she is still living alone ..I have had days were i am hearing stories first hand off people who have passed away because of the virus just hours before ,this is real and happening but sadly some people are not taking the governments advice on staying home and only going out when it's essential seriously ..There is a lot of us who are going about are normal daily work but due to extra pressure of low staffing ,limited transport ,self isolating staff we are having to do that bit extra but i tell you what i don't drink but after this passes i am going to have a good old drink and a lovely meal as we missed mothers day and both mine and my youngest daughters birthday all on the same weekend last week ...So i say a big thanks to all the guys and girls who are out there continuing their work helping out and doing that bit extra ...
 
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The 8pm clap was in full swing here ...
It seems that someone even had a few pyro's to add to it all ...
 
Indeed - tomorrow is day 12 on the bounce for me. Leaving the house before 6am and rarely getting back before 7pm and having a raft of work to do supporting the massive remodelling of the entire primary & secondary care organisation & estate... In addition to my normal IT role, I've portered food & people, moved furniture, emptied 2 wards, pulled cables, unblocked drains, started planning for the IT in a number of planned temporary buildings...

Biggest surprise to me - how few of my colleagues are willing to stay even an extra half-hour.
Smallest surprise - I could probably have named 98% of those volunteering in other functions like me.
 
Hey, I wasn't after sympathy, we are lucky compared to so many, and it's the life we chose.
As @den says, there are so many who are doing their normal daily work, who don't see themselves as hero's or whatever and the added pressure is getting close to too much.
Thanks for your words of support, and lets hope there are many others who read this and take some credit too - there are so many who are giving so much, @hunnymonster and the others !
 
Indeed not - I'm apparently painting tomorrow afternoon (unless the exec team finally decide which of the temporary structures we are building, in which case I may be running cables in a duct that I fortuitously had dug 6 weeks ago!)
 
Banged saucepans tonight.

Will do it every Thursday, or what ever we decide is a fitting recognition for what our frontline staff are doing.

In the meantime, carrying on with the management of our community helpline, and other stuff. There are so many out there without prescriptions and food. See what you can do locally; probably quit a lot...
 
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nilagin said:
I doubt the thieving scumbag knew who the car belonged to but.......
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TBH I doubt the thieving scumbag would have given a rats arse even if they did know :(
 
Cobra said:
TBH I doubt the thieving scumbag would have given a rats arse even if they did know :(
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To be honest, I actually thought the scumbags were keeping to the lockdown, it had been quiet all week without a theft or break in post on facebook, last night someone local had their van broken into and their tools nicked.
 
nilagin said:
To be honest, I actually thought the scumbags were keeping to the lockdown, it had been quiet all week without a theft or break in post on facebook, last night someone local had their van broken into and their tools nicked.
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Some "looting" is inevitable ... the ba'stids
 
So, painting was off for me today - off looking at getting services to a local fee-paying school that's been offered in toto by the headmaster free of charge for delivering chemotherapy to those immunocompromised patients. Kudos to the janitor who didn't bat an eyelid when I climbed out onto the roof to see if I could get a direct line of sight to the mothership.

It really is gratifying how many local businesses are offering either premises, staff or services on the basis that they are (dropping everything they're doing to help us).

Still ticked off at some of my colleagues (mentally I could have written down their names ahead of this as those that are clockwatchers) who are in at 8 (on the dot) and out at 4 (on the dot). It's not like it's life & death at an acute hospital.
 
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