"bring me soup mfers" (thread of urgent coronavirus quarantine requests shd need arise: london local)

other cities and regions shd make their own threads!

i am ok for now btw

Have bike will travel (also have tongs for transferring things but not soup)

we are officially holed-up (self-imposed) and would love the raw ingredients for chanterelle stir-fry

my Tesco delivery driver told me yesterday that they now aren't allowed or have been advised not to go beyond the customer's front door as they might sometimes do with elderly customers who are quite slow at unpacking (they stopped using plastic bags last year). I don't think it is inconceivable that home deliveries from supermarkets will be suspended at some point, but until then it's still an option.

This plastic bags thing is infuriating right now, I've arranged a big deliver to go to my Mum's house but no way is she going to be able to carry the big crates through to the kitchen herself.

I've received some deliveries to front door face to face over the last few days from ungloved couriers which has felt...unwise. Big long-life food order coming on Saturday night (at least that is the plan). I'm thinking about how I can potentially do small grocery runs on foot for anyone local who is locked down but nothing organised yet - probably best I get over this weak-ass bug fully first.

anarchist-based but.so possibly useful:

RT: Here are FB groups mutial aid groups to support people during Coronavirus. Use the FB group as a borough wide hub and then go into WhatsApp subgroups based on your ward:

Hackney: https://t.co/o1q1LsRQD8

Battersea: https://t.co/GsKEeSUWnn

Lewisham: https://t.co/YNSsPC6vSD

— Aviah Sarah Day (@Aviah_Sarah_Day) March 12, 2020

also Southwark: https://t.co/XumhLYrwGX

— Aviah Sarah Day (@Aviah_Sarah_Day) March 12, 2020

For people in Lambeth who want to support others through COVID-19. There is a mutual aid group you can join here https://t.co/eo9TKS0Qoj

— Joe Penny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌹 (@Penny_Dropping) March 13, 2020

almost worth rejoining FB for this :|

i think there are also whatsapp groups for them? not that i'm on whatsapp currently

I am in the US but can one of you UK ilxors bring me some soup? Thanks.

London adjacent but if anyone in Medway needs anything hmu.

Wondering if there's a realistic way to exchange DVD box sets for those of us who are TV / streaming hold outs.

Not really urgent until I start seriously considering watching Sons Of Anarchy again.

Depends how long the post is going for. We have an attic full of VHS tapes if you’d like those?

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.

Who's going to be coming round to check if you have a TV in the next eighteen months though?

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/plague-doctor-rendering-e1547665082279.jpg

xp John Rentoul will be at a loose end soon enough

London adjacent but if anyone in Medway needs anything hmu.

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.

yeowch! must be a relief to be on the other side though?

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.

glad you're feeling better. The world's your oyster now (post testing)

yes, glad you're on the mend, hope your recuperation continues smoothly

Thanks guys!

https://www.ft.com/content/e8c98d1c-6926-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75

yikes stevie, hope you continue to improve!

Thanks Mark! Slow but steady (but also coughy)

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/

Happy to help around Hither Green/Lee/Lewisham/Ladywell etc.

& <3 <3 <3 to all ilxors - isolated or quarantined or recovering or stricken

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

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)

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

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?

useful to know abt if yr house is infection-compromised, otherwise probably yes, yr advised method of delivery is shanks and his pony

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

and here for shops:

https://london.eater.com/2020/3/25/21193614/best-food-shops-london-bread-wine-meat-fish

inevitably they change quite rapidly but it may be a useful reference.

bless eater tbh, shitposting angels of mercy

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.

bless eater tbh, shitposting angels of mercy

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

I just tried knock knock but I’m outta their zone

ok i dug up some possibilities (i have tried none of these but various friends suggested them):

Crosstown
Dishpatch
HG Walter
Jaguar shoes
Natoora
Pale green dot

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

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?

https://newsocialist.org.uk/mutual-aid-incorporated/

New Covent Garden market website listing LOADS of places delivering fruit and veg all across london/the surrounds.

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

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)

(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'

no, nothing there except my various preferences settings (all clicked to YES SEND ME EVERYTHING lol)

My phone’s too old for the app and I confess I’m a bit relieved.

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 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.