Lockdown living tips

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Since many of us will have our lifestyle changed for a few months it seemed prudent to start a tip thread specific to the current situation. Relieving bordom, maintaining a mental state you would like to keep or attain and so on.

If you have any good ideas post them here.


For myself keeping the area you frequent most clean and ordered. It provokes a sense of comfort and wellbieng. For example i spend a lot of time chilling on my bed reading with lucozade bottles and food plates able to mount up very quick in just a few hours. Clean that shit up! you will become sloppy. Your environment will mirror your mentality. Make your bed, keep the house on point!

If you already garden then you are sorted, fix that soil ph, make that composting box, try again to grow lemon thyme without a greenhouse. For those who don't and have kids; Now would be a fine time to sew the seeds of growing your own into their minds, excuse the pun.

Anything, TV shows that come on for the kids, a quick heads up for a film thats on TV etc, anything like that. Easy hobbies, bbq'ing tips, nature walks you find, post your day kinda stuff, anything at all really in that ball park.

I see some advice given on other threads but it is quickly swamped out diluted in the sea of posts we are having regarding this virus. A dedicated thread for such things seems a good idea. Please accept my apologies mods if you think i have been at the shiraz all night and need to shut up. I will accept the thread deletion with the grace of a tired 2yo :-D
 
Lots of walks in the countryside, which we've always done.

Dusted off the old dumbbells and yoga mat.

Rediscovered how therapeutic it can be making Airfix kits! Done a Vulcan already now working on a Lightning! Loads of them available on ebay.

Reading - books instead of the iPad, there's fuck all to look at online with no sport.

Gardening.

And the mrs can spend hours cleaning anyway, she loves it! Even more so now.
 
A lot of reading for me. We also tried to continue our poker night last. using an online version. That was a bit shit to be fair, kept crashing , but used google hangouts which I’ve never heard of before so we could all see each other on video and chat during the game. If we could find a decent poker site to allow us to play we’d have it nailed.
 
babyape said:
A lot of reading for me. We also tried to continue our poker night last. using an online version. That was a bit shit to be fair, kept crashing , but used google hangouts which I’ve never heard of before so we could all see each other on video and chat during the game. If we could find a decent poker site to allow us to play we’d have it nailed.
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Not played for a while but I'm sure the Pokerstars site let you set up your own table and invite guests
 
Grow some taters, it is easy as it gets. Dig a trench about a foot deep, put some dense fertiliser at the bottom ( a thick slurry of fish blood and bone or compost) and stick your tater there load more soil on the stems that grow out so it mounds up about a foot like a massive mole hill then leave it. Pick off the flowers that develop so all nutrients go to bulb/potato production. Feed once a week with a gentle nutrient mix, seaweed, fish blood and bonesprinkled around etc. Stay away from these "growmore" type chemicals as they use cheap nasty hacks, trust me i have tried it all, natural fertiliser is best by a long way. Keep a good "airgap" as the slugs love a good potato plant.

Stick a bottle of beer on its side with the dregs still in near them, slugs love a piss up and will go to that before the plants and drown in it/get stuck.

Strawberry's for the kids as they can see it there. Buy a strawberry plant or get a cutting of a pal. They are thirsty plants but a good drink every 2-3 days depending on weather, every day if prolonged dry hot spells and your good. Try to keep the soil around the plants covered with straw or dry grass cuttings. The fruit will droop and mould/ruin or get hammered by slugs otherwise.
 
Jogging. If you're a beginner, start with the Couch to 5k app. Stick with the programme, and you'll enjoy it and benefit greatly. Aim to do a Parkrun when they open again.

Cooking, if you can get the ingredients. Much tastier and more satisfying than pre-prepared shop meals. It kills time, and will be a skill for life.

Reading. Start with the all time best seller, the Bible.
 
mexico1970 said:
A lot of people never get round to reading that book or books they have bought so the hours can fly by with a good book.
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The last part of the 'Wolf Hall' trilogy has just been published. Hilary Mantels 'The Mirror and the Light' weighs in at nearly 1000 pages. For those that haven't read 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring up the Bodies' both of which won the Booker prize, they are truly wonderful books and will be seen as bone fide classics. Richer and deeper than the excellent BBC production, recommended to take you through the next three months.
 
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