📚 The Sotonians Lockdown & Beyond Diaries

[lifeintheslowlane]

Gutted…they all told me they were taking precautions.

[Intiniki]

Good taste. They’re a cracking bunch of women.

[lifeintheslowlane]

They all seem to like me too.

[pap]

It’s that time. Spring cleaning at Chez Pap. I will say that as someone that is infamously messy (ask @Intiniki) the mere act of having a good sort out has been doing wonders for my state of mind and my gaming collection.

Today, it’s the garage, and those gloves are necessary

[Cobham-Saint]

The pink suits you.

[CB-Saint]

If you do that to Ginge, she will chin you

[pap]

You’d think, but the reality is that Ginge is all bark and no bite. I’ve had more death threats from her than Salman Rushdie had for writing The Satanic Verses.

[pap]

One thing I’m wondering now that the vaccinations are going on is whether we ever return to normal once we’re protected. I know quite a few people that have quite enjoyed it. Someone that works with me, only in their twenties, has already said she’s not arsed about going out when everything comes back.

The thing I quoted at the start of this was “it takes six weeks to form a habit”. We’ll see what form those habits have when other options are available.

[CB-Saint]

People aren’t thinking about the human trait of FOMO

Once they see all their mates enjoying themselves and they can’t join in the “do you remember” conversations, they will be out

[Intiniki]

I can confirm. Though that little place you shared with M wasn’t that bad. But I support it was only 2 rooms so you couldn’t do too much damage.

[Goatboy]

I’m still traumatised by my brief inspection of Pap’s garage (not a euphemism).

[Intiniki]

You billing him for the therapy? Over 30 years of friendship and I have not bothered to inspect his garage.

[Polski_Filip]

Good point.

Think we have all learned that there is a lot of stuff we need in life - The Pub & Mates at the top of the list.
Equally, not so sure we need to spend so much money on sh1t we don’t actually need

[pap]

I’ve done so much there today that you can see the floor.

[Cobham-Saint]

Has someone broken in and trashed the place?

[Polski_Filip]

Someone broke in and did £5k worth of improvements

[Won-Ton]

Lucky Baz is no longer with us, he’d go apeshit if he saw that foam finger.

[Goatboy]

Shivers.

[pap]

Look, the thing with the garage is that everyone dumps their shit there.

The foam finger is a case in point.

I can assure you that this is not mine.

My one was yellow.

[pap]

It is better? And be honest.