almost worth rejoining FB for this :|
― nashwan, Saturday, 14 March 2020 12:43 (four years ago) link
i think there are also whatsapp groups for them? not that i'm on whatsapp currently
― mark s, Saturday, 14 March 2020 12:46 (four years ago) link
I am in the US but can one of you UK ilxors bring me some soup? Thanks.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Saturday, 14 March 2020 13:25 (four years ago) link
London adjacent but if anyone in Medway needs anything hmu.
― ShariVari, Saturday, 14 March 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link
Wondering if there's a realistic way to exchange DVD box sets for those of us who are TV / streaming hold outs.
― Not a dancer by any traditional definition (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 10:44 (four years ago) link
Not really urgent until I start seriously considering watching Sons Of Anarchy again.
― Not a dancer by any traditional definition (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 10:46 (four years ago) link
Depends how long the post is going for. We have an attic full of VHS tapes if you’d like those?
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 10:49 (four years ago) link
I sometimes see nice late model VHS recorders going free and think that would be quite fun, but I'd need to get a TV license to have one in the house.
― Not a dancer by any traditional definition (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 10:59 (four years ago) link
Who's going to be coming round to check if you have a TV in the next eighteen months though?
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:01 (four years ago) link
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/plague-doctor-rendering-e1547665082279.jpg
― mark s, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:17 (four years ago) link
xp John Rentoul will be at a loose end soon enough
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:21 (four years ago) link
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:40 (four years ago) link
been down with what i assume is covid the last six days. the fever was a motherfucker, the cough isn't fun, and i'm pretty wiped out. but i think it's on it's way out now.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
yeowch! must be a relief to be on the other side though?
― ymo sumac (NickB), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
It is, though there's the still the fear that maybe I had an unrelated flu and still have Covid awaiting me (not been tested, no real way to get tested). But yeah, glad that I'll be able to do food-shopping etc in the coming weeks without worrying about infecting anyone.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
glad you're feeling better. The world's your oyster now (post testing)
― stet, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
yes, glad you're on the mend, hope your recuperation continues smoothly
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
Thanks guys!
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
https://www.ft.com/content/e8c98d1c-6926-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75
― stet, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
yikes stevie, hope you continue to improve!
― mark s, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
Thanks Mark! Slow but steady (but also coughy)
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Thursday, 19 March 2020 07:03 (four years ago) link
the homerton mutual aid whatsapp just posted this so i'm passing it on: https://survivorsnetwork.org.uk/online-resources-available-during-social-distancing-and-self-isolation/
― mark s, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
Happy to help around Hither Green/Lee/Lewisham/Ladywell etc.
& <3 <3 <3 to all ilxors - isolated or quarantined or recovering or stricken
― woof, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 11:22 (four years ago) link
haven't been on ilx much in the last week so missed this. based in brixton and more than happy to help around there and the surrounding areas
― devvvine, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
https://www.theresident.co.uk/london-culture-events/londons-coronavirus-mutual-aid-groups-a-complete-list/
^^^just went up on the homerton mutual aid whatsapp, which i signed up to yesterday
(they're are good for info, queries and volunteering)
― mark s, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 12:44 (four years ago) link
again from the homerton mutual aid whatsapp, a spread-sheet of food delivery sources (mostly all london): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1119qr4OX5vqdokrDwx9fJnAwJRwT3kI_VFPulRMcVFc/htmlview
― mark s, Thursday, 26 March 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
I feel like if I'm not in a vulnerable group I shouldn't be using up one of those precious slots I should be out there in our 'rona-ridden meanstreets, right?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 26 March 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
useful to know abt if yr house is infection-compromised, otherwise probably yes, yr advised method of delivery is shanks and his pony
― mark s, Thursday, 26 March 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
Eater London is trying to keep an up to date list of food delivery places listed here:https://london.eater.com/maps/best-takeaway-restaurant-delivery-london-west
― Fizzles, Sunday, 29 March 2020 12:16 (four years ago) link
and here for shops:https://london.eater.com/2020/3/25/21193614/best-food-shops-london-bread-wine-meat-fishinevitably they change quite rapidly but it may be a useful reference.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 29 March 2020 12:17 (four years ago) link
bless eater tbh, shitposting angels of mercy
― mark s, Sunday, 29 March 2020 12:23 (four years ago) link
Crossposting from one of the other covid threads:
For any ilxors in or around Peckham/Camberwell, a local company (Smith & Brock) who usually supply restaurant fruit and veg are doing home deliveries now with about a week's lead time and are really good, and not nearly as expensive as Natoora:
https://www.knock-knock-groceries.com
Also Monty's deli are delivering salt beef/pastrami etc. every Tuesday.
https://www.montys-deli.com/shop
And I just found out Beigel Bake on Brick Lane have their own app now and will deliver basically anywhere in London, though they aren't currently operating 24/7 which seems reasonable.
― crisp, Sunday, 29 March 2020 12:37 (four years ago) link
― Fizzles, Sunday, 29 March 2020 13:00 (four years ago) link
re-upping this for ppl who have questions or ideas abt non-supermarket delivery and how to find out abt it
some ideas follow tim's post on this thread: rona moved in: ilx0rs with the bug report on their progress
― mark s, Saturday, 11 April 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
I just tried knock knock but I’m outta their zone
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
ok i dug up some possibilities (i have tried none of these but various friends suggested them):
Crosstown Dishpatch HG WalterJaguar shoesNatoora Pale green dot
― mark s, Saturday, 11 April 2020 17:43 (four years ago) link
If none of those come up trumps it’s probably worth a trawl through this list - loads of different NCG suppliers covering loads of different postcodes each.https://www.newcoventgardenmarket.com/blog/home-deliveries-of-fresh-fruit-and-vegetables-from-new-covent-garden-market
― Madchen, Saturday, 11 April 2020 18:53 (four years ago) link
supermarket slot metasearch here:https://shoppingslot.co.uk/i don’t know how *actually* useful it is, as i just searched and for every supermarket it said “sorry no slots currently available” but i guess it might be worth checking you save time?
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 08:33 (four years ago) link
https://newsocialist.org.uk/mutual-aid-incorporated/
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 26 April 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
New Covent Garden market website listing LOADS of places delivering fruit and veg all across london/the surrounds.
― crisp, Sunday, 26 April 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
https://www.newcoventgardenmarket.com/blog/home-deliveries-of-fresh-fruit-and-vegetables-from-new-covent-garden-market
my NHS covid app beeped this at me "POSSIBLE COVID EXPOSURE. Verifying exposure info. The app has accessed the date, duration and signal strength of the exposure" -- but when i open the app i can't find any details of what it's talking about. (I haven't left the house since yesterday and no one's been here.)
seems like something JOHN LANCHESTER shd write a bad sort story abt
― mark s, Thursday, 8 October 2020 10:35 (three years ago) link
it's this apparently: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54389083
(tho my alert is still there in my alerts, so it didn't vanish)
― mark s, Thursday, 8 October 2020 10:36 (three years ago) link
(sorry this is probably the wrong thread, i don't need soup)
go to your phone settings, then Exposure Notifications.. maybe something there? there's a link to 'View Exposures in App'
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 8 October 2020 11:14 (three years ago) link
no, nothing there except my various preferences settings (all clicked to YES SEND ME EVERYTHING lol)
― mark s, Thursday, 8 October 2020 11:17 (three years ago) link
My phone’s too old for the app and I confess I’m a bit relieved.
― Madchen, Thursday, 8 October 2020 15:46 (three years ago) link
― mark s, Thursday, 8 October 2020 10:35 bookmarkflaglink
this happened to me as well. got a notification which i saw at two in the morning when i couldn't sleep, clicked on it, notification vanished, and took me into the app where there was no notification. presumably some bit of metadata in the background triggered the notification but doesn't surface anything in the UI.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 8 October 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link