The rain came quite heavily last night and this morning. I didn't hear it in the night, but everything was wet. We had a proper downpour this morning though. Nice for the garden, as I'd put some lawn feed down after cutting it yesterday, so pleased with that. And luckily we got a new waterproof coat for thing one, something that will fit over his school blazer. It's just a thin waterproof layer though something like this1 rather than a warm coat, so we might go shopping for something better for everyone. More to add to the redundancy pay day shopping list. I hope we'll be able to get a shopping trip to London in, maybe in half term now.
We went for our spontaneous dinner out at the White Hart last night. It's not right to do a "the pubs are closing soon, let's rush to the pub" of course, but it was sensibly socially distanced, just our family of four, sanitised hands, we sat outside, and all the staff wore masks. We could not have done much more safely apart from not going out at all. We were marking the end of the summer really rather than another forthcoming lockdown. And Clare paid too!
I have no strong feelings about the forthcoming lockdown really. Mostly I think whatever we need to do to keep people safe is OK. Part of me is thinking "if I start a new job soon2, then will I need to go to London?". Another part is definitely thinking "it's going to be one lockdown rule for the majority of people, and day trips to Italy and Barnard Castle for others". Right now I'm thinking I can lockdown a bit more, maybe not go to the Inn Doors this week, even though that's still allowed. Maybe go early and get a takeaway just to support them? Come Friday though will I feel the same?
Did you know there was a clever way of working out if a number was divisible by seven? It's in thing one's homework this week. Obviously divisible by two, five and ten are very easy to spot, then three if the digits add to three, six, or nine, and divisible by nine if the digits add to nine. Then (I never really thought about this) it's divisible by six if it meets the divisible by two AND three rules. Divisible by seven though?3, more complicated, but clever.
Good grief they're talking about christmas TV on Radio 4 now.
I have two gig anniversaries for today, Arab Strap which I don't remember, and Camera Obscura which I do. I went to two gigs in a row at the Water Rats by them (as well as other gigs that week) but I only have the dates for one of them. They were considered the new Belle And Sebastian at the time.
| Country | cases | deaths |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 7009844 | 204118 |
| Brazil | 4544629 | 136895 |
| India | 5485612 | 87909 |
| Mexico | 694121 | 73258 |
| UK | 394257 | 41777 |
| Italy | 298156 | 35707 |
| Peru | 768895 | 31369 |
| France | 452763 | 31285 |
| Spain | 668511 | 30607 |
| Iran | 422140 | 24301 |
Rain stopped now, I will go for a run later. Probably time it for when Clare has yet another interview-like phone call for her new job.
Coronavirus weekly death graph for USA + Brazil + India + Mexico + UK + Italy
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