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Why isn't this thread in the politics section it has absolutely nothing to do with taxi news ?
Precisely what I was thinking, but didn't want to appear too nit-picking.
I mean, next someone will be complaining about people posting several nested quotes just to add a few words, or quoting a whole article just to add a few words. Er, if you need to quote a full article in a response, there's absolutely no point - that's why the posts are arranged in threads, and why there's a 'post reply' alternative to the quote button
jimbo wrote:
Haven’t any of you broken the rules in your private life, regarding lock-up? I know I have.
Certainly bent the rules, I think, and taken a common sense approach at times. After all, they don't cover all the complexities of life. And I think there's an 'any other good reason' exception to some of the lockdown rules, which indeed I think is what Cummings is trying to take advantage of, although I've not been following it all too closely.
But, for example, I think you're only supposed to exercise once a day. But I'm walking maybe eight miles a day, mainly to try to burn off the extra stuff I'm eating because of lockdown. So I'm dividing that into roughly two one-hour walks.
But I'm almost a mile up a private road (where I rent a small property near a few other houses), and can walk up and down that road for half an hour without seeing anyone, never mind coming anywhere close to them. And I did my first hour earlier between midnight and 1am. And intend going out again maybe 5-6am. Chances of me seeing anyone are very slim to non-existent.
Even if I walk onto the main road, I could walk there for a good five minutes, even mid-evening, without any vehicles passing, and again unlikely to see anyone. I walked on the main road for about 15 minutes just after midnight tonight, and not one car passed, never mind any other pedestrians.
So maybe a strict breach of the rules (or guidelines), but I'm willing to put my case in court if I have to
(Old habits die hard, so having been a night owl for twenty years (mainly because of the job), I've not really been able to change my habits during lockdown.)