FabSwingers.com forum: Things you actually miss since lock down?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Randomly watching goggle box and remembered family Skype call during covid lock down... It was great, so funny and made you realise who was important and who you missed and made family time great again.

I appreciate this thread isn't for everyone and I know a lot of people lost people through covid but this is just meant as light hearted fun about what people actually enjoyed about lock down... No offence meant and no negatives please

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Not working at all, yet still receiving full pay.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

So far, struggling to relate to either comment

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

The crazy government hand outs we received for our businesses.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Feeling like there was a better reason for why no one wanted to meet me lol

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Lovely clear country lanes without the all the knobhead groccles , who can’t reverse or pull in , for fear of scratching their cars. Made my job a whole lot easier and less stressful.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Quiet roads

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Working 12hr shifts every day in covid wards... oh wait

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

Getting paid for overtime although I wasn’t working. Lots of exploring of my new area.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Standing outside my house and hitting shit out of a saucepan with a wooden spoon every Thursday night

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By *ust JuicyWoman
over a year ago

east london

"Feeling like there was a better reason for why no one wanted to meet me lol"

Haha I remember that feeling well

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
over a year ago

Glasgow / London

The way all the local restaurants turned into cool little delis selling fresh stuff out of a side window.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

Sophie Ellis Bextor's kitchen disco on a Friday, and the national ballet putting out videos of some great performances on Facebook for free.

I was lonely and scared and stressed, so these little things were wonderful moments of escape for me.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"Lovely clear country lanes without the all the knobhead groccles , who can’t reverse or pull in , for fear of scratching their cars. Made my job a whole lot easier and less stressful.

Ooh this reminds me.

Walking out to the end of my garden and for the first time in my life not hearing the distant thrum of vehicles... the silence was beautiful.

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By *ent1000Man
over a year ago

swanley

Being the only one on the train and tube going to and from work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not being deemed eligible for meaningful financial support. Oh, wait, yeh I definitely do not miss this.

I miss the lockdown cat I adopted and midnight walks by the sea.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The way all the local restaurants turned into cool little delis selling fresh stuff out of a side window."

This

I think some things will stick around.

I also liked how quiet it was and the half price food with eat out to help out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The absolutely beautiful weather we had for the 1st one!

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Dorchester

I've not missed anything

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

The sense of community spirit.

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

It kept me busy but with things that I'd normally be rushing to do. So was a bit more relaxed take your time no rush and the weather at times was good for it (roasting)

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By *hroatQueen_CATV/TS
over a year ago

Carlisle

Miss being with my best friend during Covid as we were in a bubble! Even though he was battling cancer at the time. We have to cherish every moment! Because we just never know when it's our time, Time is so precious really.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

My delusion that enough people would take it seriously and the covid transmission chain could be broken. My delusion that there was such a thing as "society" and that "society" would make sure that everyone was okay.

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By *GermanInLondonMan
over a year ago

London

Having to ecto start something new. For me was gardening and baking. Now back in the threadmill and difficult to find time.

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By *aya_69Woman
over a year ago

Stoke/Cheshire

Hated that I was out working harder than normal, while others sat at home and got paid, did there houses up, while I was barely in mine,

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

I miss lockdown itself.

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By *heoneandonlyEJCouple
over a year ago

Rotherham

Zoom comedy gigs

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Anyone find that every Thursday when you went out to clap, everyone said hello to neighbours and people across street etc.... Restrictions lapsed and now your lucky if you get an acknowledgement off them

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By *hroatQueen_CATV/TS
over a year ago

Carlisle

"Anyone find that every Thursday when you went out to clap, everyone said hello to neighbours and people across street etc.... Restrictions lapsed and now your lucky if you get an acknowledgement off them

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We were clapping at eachother! Lol

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By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago

Beds (or anywhere beginning with B..!?)

"Being the only one on the train and tube going to and from work "

This, and being one of the limited few going through airport security... I miss the ease of strolling through passport control with no queues!!!

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By *weetkitten65Woman
over a year ago

Halifax

Peace & quiet, no drama.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not having to be anywhere.

Long dog walks and seeing nobody.

Knowing nobody was going to come unexpectedly visiting.

Discovering I liked watching TV for the first time and how relaxed that made me.

Afternoon naps.

The time and energy to cook proper meals in the evening.

Lovely clean and tidy house and garden because I had time to do it.

Not having to pay £100s out each month for doggy daycare

Finding new hobbies.

For me it was an indulgent, relaxing, stress free time to myself, and I loved it.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Driving on empty roads.

The mr

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

The 2 meter rule, I miss queuing without someone stood up my arse. I like my personal space.

Mrs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The 2 metre rule, baffled me that it took a pandemic for people to stay the fuck away from you anyway.

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By *ayjay_uk2Man
over a year ago

Redditch

Fully remote job

Social distancing-never realised how many space invaders there are!

Zoom/skype calls with family and friends

A less busy life

Clean air

Quiet roads

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By *ittlemiss1985Woman
over a year ago

Lansing

"Hated that I was out working harder than normal, while others sat at home and got paid, did there houses up, while I was barely in mine, "

That's me but add begging management to let me work in a different department even part of the time to minimize the risk to taking it home to my high risk parent so they wouldn't die of it then being placed at the door with the most contact and hand out masks.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Empty roads on my commute to work!

Social distancing, I like my personal space.

Mrs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Miss table service for drinks instead of having to fight to get to the bar.

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

The unfortunately temporary respect for other people's personal space. Shame about all the people who don't know what two metres looks like. I'm forced to assume it was all the same five-inch guys who claim to be VWE, and the women who believe them.

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

The temporary suspension of the pants-on-fire whopper that office jobs have to be done in an office and CAN'T POSSIBLY be done from your front room.

The landbastard class especially hated this one. "Who cares if you get permanently disabled by an airborne vascular infection? oUr rEnTaL iNcOmE!"

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

I miss the Morristons boxes loved the mystery of what was in them! And of course being on furlough first time round and the comradeship x

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

"The 2 meter rule, I miss queuing without someone stood up my arse. I like my personal space.

Mrs "

Still do this. I came to like space between queuers, trouble is now, if you leave a respectful space, someone steps into it thinking you are not in the queue. Happened again in a shop a few days ago, had to point out to the person that there was in fact a queue and would they mind joining it , behind me.

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

Little bored trouble makers not being allowed out

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Hated that I was out working harder than normal, while others sat at home and got paid, did there houses up, while I was barely in mine, "

Almost this, although we did our harder than normal work from home, so our entire lives consisted of sitting in our living room, morning, noon and night. I worked 12+ hour days throughout much of the lockdowns.

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By *hyguy469Man
over a year ago

BROMSGROVE

Teaching a maximum of 10 kids and playing electronic monopoly with them!

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Speaking to the family more often, even if it was on whatsapp.

Holding a quiz once a week for our friends and family.

Not having someone right next to you in the queue at shops.

The roads being a less busier.

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By *urora1912Woman
over a year ago

Norfolk East anglia

Surrounded by idiots going crazy buying all the toilet roll

It didn't give you the shits

Being a supermarket worker you were seen as amazing being ehre working through it all, now you're looked at as being something on the bottom of someone's shoe

Total respect has gone

The roads were quiet, was bliss going to work

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I kinda miss the teaching across all the timezones from -5 to +9. Although it was incredibly stressful and nigh on impossible, it was amazing to be "in" the houses of our students across the world and to see what was out of their window and where they lived. I enjoyed sharing gardening tips with them too

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By *weetkitten65Woman
over a year ago

Halifax

"Surrounded by idiots going crazy buying all the toilet roll

It didn't give you the shits

Being a supermarket worker you were seen as amazing being ehre working through it all, now you're looked at as being something on the bottom of someone's shoe

Total respect has gone

The roads were quiet, was bliss going to work "

Agree, it's now our fault prices have gone up & shelves empty

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By *ornycougaWoman
over a year ago

NORWAY Wherever I lay my hat

Quiet cycle lanes when commuting to work

Not having to see the cockwombles at work in person

Those long afternoons/evenings spent in that gorgeous weather we had. Just lying on my balcony with my Kindle and cocktails - chilling in the sun without feeling like a lush or wracked with FOMO as I couldn't do anything else

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By *ORBCouple
over a year ago

Dundalk

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By *ORBCouple
over a year ago

Dundalk

My health and energy levels.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Since lockdown I miss the peace and quiet in the streets and being able to walk without the hoi poloi of society dropping rubbish and acting loutishly .....

bring back lockdown !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Strangers smiling back at me when I was out on my mandatory 1 hour's exercise outdoors.

Feeling a daft flood of warmth when someone stepped away to maintain social distance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surrounded by idiots going crazy buying all the toilet roll

It didn't give you the shits

**Being a supermarket worker you were seen as amazing being ehre working through it all, now you're looked at as being something on the bottom of someone's shoe **

Total respect has gone

The roads were quiet, was bliss going to work "

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By *Mr-Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

Some of the friendships formed on the Fab forums; some great threads and great people who seem to have now moved on!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Doing fuck all? God I wish I had discovered fab then.

How many people broke the rules to meet I wonder

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By *moothpussyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

I just miss the quietness of the world at that time. I appreciate it was difficult for most but I loved that the world just took a break.

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By *ansexualPandaMan
over a year ago

Near You

Fresh air and sunshine and getting paid to sunbathe!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The price of petrol absolutely nose diving

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

Empty streets!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Quiet cycle lanes when commuting to work

Not having to see the cockwombles at work in person

That last point is absolutely me. I joined Fab just before lockdown so felt like we were all int eh same boat but as soon as restrictions were lifted, I got serious FOMO at seeing loads of people meeting with new verifications.

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By *ustamanMan
over a year ago

weymouth

Quiet roads meaning you can hear all the birds

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By *Jones1983Man
over a year ago

Liverpool

I miss the empty roads and shorter working days I got, cut my post work commute from 1-1 1/2hrs to 45mins.

I don’t miss all the overtime I worked and didn’t get paid for though…

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

People standing far away from me and not almost standing on me on queues.

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By *onnie 90Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

The peace and quiet.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Less rubbish on the street

Nature taking over

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By *ittlemiss1985Woman
over a year ago

Lansing

"Surrounded by idiots going crazy buying all the toilet roll

It didn't give you the shits

Being a supermarket worker you were seen as amazing being ehre working through it all, now you're looked at as being something on the bottom of someone's shoe

Total respect has gone

The roads were quiet, was bliss going to work "

Can confirm, and some of the customers at my store wonder why we can't keep anyone the way customers and management treats employees these days

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By *ldFashionedGentMan
over a year ago

Chelmsford

The absolute need to go for a walk and enjoy the great outdoors.

Returned to the ‘rat race’ a little too quickly sadly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I worked all through lockdowns so was actually hardly home but i did enjoy walking in the quiet streets

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By *ust JuicyWoman
over a year ago

east london

I miss not having a brilliant excuse to refuse hugs when meeting friends

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Open roads no traffic.

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan
over a year ago

Wales/ All over UK

I miss people having an appreciation for key workers and the vital jobs the do for society…

Now there’s a large section of society that think they’re greedy for wanting a pay rise that doesn’t actually equate to a massive pay cut

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By *atprincess88Woman
over a year ago

Nottingham

I think there was a bit of Blitz Spirit of coming together & community & connection but then everyone got weary & tired & burned out & then the conspiracies... etc etc..

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By *atprincess88Woman
over a year ago

Nottingham

Totally. I wasn't working in retail at that time but it was brutal how people were treated and the disrespect etc. I can't decide if this was 2 or 3 years ago or a decade ago... seems like it's been forever!

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By *ungle VIP 1Man
over a year ago

colchester

People getting along, although seems we out the other side now everyone has become even more selfish than before, shame on us all and what we doing to the world

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The weather. It was hot and gorgeous.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

It made me realise just how resilient, selfreliant and independent I actually am; and how little I need from other people!

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By *ames-77Man
over a year ago

milton keynes

Nothing to miss didn't alter my life in the slightest carried on as normal

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By *luestan555Man
over a year ago

walsall

We love sex

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By *haron StonerTV/TS
over a year ago

Haywards Heath

People were happier even with death all around them.

Now they're miserable and grumpy having forgotten already about the thousands that died.

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By *ames-77Man
over a year ago

milton keynes

"People were happier even with death all around them.

Now they're miserable and grumpy having forgotten already about the thousands that died.

Same number of people die every day .. just not covid related written on their death certificate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cheap fuel and empty roads

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

Nothing my life only got more stressful durning lockdown during lockdown and since. I still worked the whole way through and in fact during it all did ridiculous hours we weren't allowed to take annual leave and had to put up with an incredible amount of crap from people who acted like we were personally responsible for restrictions on visiting etc.So no I miss nothing about it all.

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

Quieter roads are definitely missed. Petrol under a pound a litre too. I miss people caring about others. I miss all the conspiracy theories..... and others saying it was all made up...

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

"Quieter roads are definitely missed. Petrol under a pound a litre too. I miss people caring about others. I miss all the conspiracy theories..... and others saying it was all made up..."

Okay I do not miss the last two points...

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By *opman121Man
over a year ago

stoke on trent

Cheap fuel

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

There were positives amongst the negatives.

Quiet streets.

No commute or an easier commute.

Settling in to my new abode.

Great weather.

Very little queuing round my way and people were polite.

My margarita nightcap when I finished my 10.30 homeworking shifts.

My bubble

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

We enjoyed the forum get togethers in the cam rooms, and I kinda miss those nights

Empty roads on my commute was nice too, a usually hour long journey each way became twenty minutes

LvM

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

Tongue and cheek, but true. - The distance most (though not all) kept in a queue. What is it with people wanting to come so close you can feel their breath right up the back of your head. Even when you move away, they still don't get it and move right up you again as if you just had your honeymoon. Please give me a little bit of space. You are already in the queue, it will not be any faster if you breathe at the back of my head. That onion breath or getting your sniffles is not something I want.

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

The amount of sex we could have and spend a lot of the day in bed together. It was our first year together and literally having nothing else to do other than have sex was amazing

The roads being quiet all the time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Zero callers to my home

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Quiet roads while driving to work every day was bliss.

Not having to rush our kids here there and everywhere to the different clubs etc took a whole load of pressure off life.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The fact I could be sat in the garden before lunch drinking gin and noone batted an eyelid

(don't worry, I don't have a drinking problem

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

absolutely nothing to be honest. it was awful. Px

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"Not working at all, yet still receiving full pay."

I miss furlough

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By *urvyBi-84Man
over a year ago

Lancs

Definitely do not miss lockdown at all. I spent six months cooped up in a small flat with nowhere to go. My mental health was destroyed and I only survived because I was able to buy a house and escape.

I’m glad I was able to work from home too - I don’t think I would have coped being furloughed.

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