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Old 04-01-2020, 08:59 AM   #194
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Returning to the lockdown issue, is painting and decorating a house an essential service? The house next door to me had a minor fire before Christmas, no one one hurt. Just one elderly man lived there and I believe is now staying with his son.

Nothing happened with the house for months, apart from a clearing out of furniture. Now there's a crew of men working on it. I was surprised to find this happening right now, with the Covid 19 restrictions. Naturally, I haven't spoken to them, but wonder whether they should be doing it.


Cydric, my cat, died on tuesday morning. I was on the way to see the emergency vet when he went. I partly blame Covid 19 and the vet surgery's reaction for this. They closed for all but urgent cases so he wasn't able to have weekly visits which may have indicated that he needed different treatment. When I took him tuesday morning I had to wait in the taxi, the nurse took the cat into the surgery, I spoke to them on my mobile phone. The vet confirmed that Cyd had passed. Their response to this crisis almost verges on paranoia imho.

When I got home I rang a close friend - two, in fact. One lives close by and was reluctant to come over to help me to bury him later today (weds) because of Covid, the other, who lives a short distance away, is worried about being stopped by the police while travelling here. I can't do it on my own, having recently had a cast removed from my arm and having very thin bones.
Eventually, the one who lives nearer reluctantly agreed to help.

My point being that this Covid 19 situation is having consequences I wouldn't have dreamed of.

I'm so sorry about your cat. I lost a kitten a few weeks ago. It was the runt of the litter and I guess just wasn't well developed enough to survive. It's always hard. I would like to think that I'm a good enough person to help a friend or neighbor bury a beloved pet, even in these times.

Fortunately the kitten's litter mates are still running around leaving mayhem and destruction in their wake. They keep me amused in these gloomy days.
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