that are now firmly ensconced in your life. Not wearing masks or anything but positives.
Smart shopping (you know, where you scan the goods yourself, put straight in your bag and pay yourself at the end). I appreciate that it is a further threat to comrade checkout assistant but it's so bloody convenient.
Paying with your phone. My credit card stopped being contactless right at the start of lockdown but my wife showed me how to pay by phone and it has quickened up my shopping only slightly less than Smart shopping.
Video bootcamps. Not Joe bloody Wicks but my mate who is also my PT who moved to Italy and started doing video bootcamps during lockdown for free. They are half an hour and every other day. You can do them in your living room and don't have to go anywhere. After a couple of months, we persuaded her that she should charge but they are still fantastic value.
Writing pub quizzes. When the pubs shut down, a few of the teams at our local pub quiz did a zoom version and, whoever won, wrote the next week's and they have become more elaborate. We even managed to add our bingo round last week. As it happens, due to a couple of couples giving birth during lockdown, one having MS and the aforementioned ex-pats in Italy, we have carried on even now the pub quiz has started up again.
"Parts Unknown" - the fantastic Anthony Bourdain travelogue (plus) that EIM introduced me to. A fantastic way of vicariously travelling through lockdown.
"Tiger King" - yeah, like everyone else. However, I thought it was much better crafted TV than it was given credit for. That's my excuse anyway.
"The Magnficent Mrs Maisel". As I am still watching "Parts Unknown" and "Tiger King" is unlikely to have a second series, this series is the one that I will be intrigued to see if it holds up post lock-down. I hope so as it was good entertainment.
Smart shopping (you know, where you scan the goods yourself, put straight in your bag and pay yourself at the end). I appreciate that it is a further threat to comrade checkout assistant but it's so bloody convenient.
Paying with your phone. My credit card stopped being contactless right at the start of lockdown but my wife showed me how to pay by phone and it has quickened up my shopping only slightly less than Smart shopping.
Video bootcamps. Not Joe bloody Wicks but my mate who is also my PT who moved to Italy and started doing video bootcamps during lockdown for free. They are half an hour and every other day. You can do them in your living room and don't have to go anywhere. After a couple of months, we persuaded her that she should charge but they are still fantastic value.
Writing pub quizzes. When the pubs shut down, a few of the teams at our local pub quiz did a zoom version and, whoever won, wrote the next week's and they have become more elaborate. We even managed to add our bingo round last week. As it happens, due to a couple of couples giving birth during lockdown, one having MS and the aforementioned ex-pats in Italy, we have carried on even now the pub quiz has started up again.
"Parts Unknown" - the fantastic Anthony Bourdain travelogue (plus) that EIM introduced me to. A fantastic way of vicariously travelling through lockdown.
"Tiger King" - yeah, like everyone else. However, I thought it was much better crafted TV than it was given credit for. That's my excuse anyway.
"The Magnficent Mrs Maisel". As I am still watching "Parts Unknown" and "Tiger King" is unlikely to have a second series, this series is the one that I will be intrigued to see if it holds up post lock-down. I hope so as it was good entertainment.
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