Gracii Guns

Completed my first half marathon today. It took me three hours, but I did it. 

5 hours ago, Live Like a Suicide said:

When it comes to merchandise, music, videos or anything else, what is your 'holy grail'?

Now I'm a suburban mum, that blackcurrant scented candle circa 2004 would come in handy. 

2 minutes ago, dontdamnmeuyi2015 said:

are they in a senior home?  My parents are over 65 and have pre-existing conditions, but they are still waiting for their vaccine.

Sorry that it hasn't made it to your grandparents yet. I think they get very little notice for when they are invited for the vaccination. It could happen very soon and they wouldn't know for more than a few days beforehand. 

My grandparents are over 80. They probably got it fairly sharpish as my grandad is in and out for hospital care anyway. My grandmother expected a further wait as she's with a different GP. However it wouldn't be unlike her to cheekily ask if she could go at the same time as my grandad. 

My grandparents got vaccinated today. They live in a town which usually makes the 'crap places to live' list, so am impressed with how quickly it's reached them.

I'm a Lost Cities addict. Have gifted it to my brother for Christmas too! 

On 10/14/2020 at 3:40 AM, Powderfinger said:

There’s a Free monopoly app for Android.... We could create a GNR room and Play.

Don't you think there's enough arguing here already? 

This watch is my Christmas present to myself. I don't normally buy myself gifts, but it's a reward for achieving so much at running this year. 

I chose this book on assurance that it wasn't touchy-feely self help. I'm three short chapters in and the author is already using terms such as The Universe and "raising your frequency". 

I felt a great justice in writing a one star Amazon review. 

16 hours ago, arnold layne said:

I had the secks once. It was cool.

WELCOME BACK NATE! 

@RussTCB Hey Russ, I'm catching up with Infectious Groove while I'm at work. Just want to say that the sentence "I'm usually driving the Axl crap bus" made me really chuckle. Thank you!

15 hours ago, dontdamnmeuyi2015 said:

I thought these vaccines are free? 

The NHS is free at the point of use, however all medicines cost money to produce and that's the cost the NHS will be paying on our behalf. 

I read somewhere that the NHS budgets £2200 per person, per year. Obviously there are years where individuals won't depend on it much at all, and years when we will. It's something I'm glad my taxes pay for. 

On 10/31/2020 at 3:01 PM, DieselDaisy said:

Boleyn had small breasts. Henry VIII liked ladies with small breasts, which is why he didn't like Anne of Cleves famously calling her a ''Flander's Mare''. Anne of Cleves had big jugs.

Henry VIII undeniably made a few poor life choices, but why did he marry a woman he didn't find attractive? 

 Saw a guy last week wearing a mask over his nose, but not his mouth. And that's the most exciting thing I've seen all year! 

My husband has really stepped up his cooking lately. He's been experimenting with dry brining chicken, which was lush.

I made a green shakshuka on Wednesday, which is becoming one of my regulars. I'll try putting crispy bacon in next time. 

And I'll add regarding the poorest areas being hit hardest, spend any time on a council-estate and you'll see a tight-knit community. People on council estates move far less often. They're born and raised, then get a house of their own in the same area, so they can behave more like family than neighbours. They're happy to walk into each others' houses, look after each others' kids, let friends who have it worse sleep on their sofas. Lockdown hasn't made a difference to these practices, so of course,  Covid is spreading more there, sadly. 

I just want to clarify that while I was angry last night, I'm not angry at any specific individuals. I'm angry that the American government has led its citizens to believe that travelling long distances and visiting each others' homes is acceptable during this pandemic. It hasn't communicated clearly enough how dangerous Covid-19 is. For a society where everyone pays vast sums of money for their healthcare, I expected culturally that there might be a bit more adversity to catching it. 

8 hours ago, ZoSoRose said:

Lol I have friends who are nurses who went from michigan to go to Disney world this week. Idiots

 

 

 

 

Florida? They flew from Michigan all that way for Disney World? It's so selfish. 

All this is causing me not to like Americans in general. 

I just need somewhere to vent. A friend of mine in the USA has posted on Facebook a photo of her hugging her dad. It was taken today. They live four states apart. 

I'm absolutely fuming that nobody in the US seems to appreciate that there's a highly infectious virus which spreads when people travel and spend time with each other. 

Y'all don't give a crap while Europe is in a second national lockdown. I've not seen my elderly grandparents since Christmas! 

Estranged. One I hated as a youngster, but have come to really appreciate in adulthood. 

3 hours ago, Destiny said:

That's great! Do you use a running app of the sort? I've been using the Runkeeper app by Asics for years now and I barely found out it has training programs to help with speed and turnover. Fartleks and progression runs etc. It's helped me stay focused and not get stale with my running. I'm working toward a new PR for my 5k this year and I'm behind!

 

 

I used the One You Couch to 5K app. I didn't get on with a 5K-10K app, so just run now, and measure my time with Strava. 

I'm more interested in running far, not fast. But I'm fairly slow, so perhaps using one of the apps you use is a good idea. Thank you for sharing your experience with them. 

I've never once paid to listen to AFD. The first version I had of it was a burned CD, complete with scanned and home printed album artwork. I just listened to that on repeat for years, until music became purely digital. 

And to be honest, I'm fairly underwhelmed by the reunion. But perhaps that's because I'm a cynical adult and not a 15 year old fangirl anymore. 

I've always fancied being an architect, but it's too late for me to retrain now. A good friend does it, but it seems like all jobs; same shit, different day.

I like being a designer, but the job's only as cool as you make it. And it's impossible to create anything original these days. Having said that, I'm thankful that I'm standing on the shoulders of giants. There's so many opportunities now thanks to the internet. 

Sixth wedding anniversary! It just keeps getting better. 

16 hours ago, AtariLegend said:

You're planning on living that long? Retirement age will probably be 80 by then.

 

 

I certainly hope so. It's the reason I run so much. 

And my younger sister is definitely the kind of person who is here for a long time, not for a good time. I need to outlive her. 

7 hours ago, Gavin82 said:

Furlough just been extended too end Marxh 21 @ 80%

And the self employed get a third SEISS payment! I'd like to say that it's paying for a holiday, but it's probably going to go in my pension.