Johns Hopkins Medical Centre - World Coronavirus infection Map by Country.

[Pigmy Pony]

Be interesting to see how many politicians contract the virus over the coming weeks.

[Macca]

I seem to recall they had the same issue in WW2 with people not observing the black-out restrictions, hence the formation of the ARP and 'Put that light out!'

Also there's a psychological aspect. People don't want to deal with the fact that something so catastrophic is happening and one of the ways of blotting that out is to try to carry on as normal.

Most of us are old and used to entertaining ourselves by reading, listening to music and so on. That's what we did when we were young when there was no money, only three channels of tv. Remember how dull a cold, rainy Sunday could be? Nothing was open, you had no spare money anyway, choice between watching Highway or Songs of Praise? We developed coping strategies in those times, the younger generations have not.

[Mikeandvan]

I seem to recall they had the same issue in WW2 with people not observing the black-out restrictions, hence the formation of the ARP and 'Put that light out!'

Also there's a psychological aspect. People don't want to deal with the fact that something so catastrophic is happening and one of the ways of blotting that out is to try to carry on as normal.

Most of us are old and used to entertaining ourselves by reading, listening to music and so on. That's what we did when we were young when there was no money, only three channels of tv. Remember how dull a cold, rainy Sunday could be? Nothing was open, you had no spare money anyway, choice between watching Highway or Songs of Praise? We developed coping strategies in those times, the younger generations have not.

Then you discovered beer.

[Macca]

Even the pubs were shut on a Sunday until, what was it, 7pm?

''In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when you know that you've had all the baths you can usefully have that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the papers you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul''

[Mikeandvan]

The kids these days bunch of social media zombies couch potato phones glued to their ears idiots anyway, staying in won't bother them. Personally I miss my daily coffee in a café, so now just sit at home and drink it instead, no biggie I guess. Where I live the po po are forcing everyone to use the same bit of seafront, by not allowing people on the beach, and insisting people cannot travel to get fresh air/exercise/scenic walk, we have to use the seafront esplanade only, along with sweaty exhaling runners, daft as hell!

[Pigmy Pony]

The word "boredom" only emerged with the punk movement of the late seventies. Don't ever recall hearing the word before then. And I don't recall the weather ever being so bad we couldn't go outside. Apart from "77 Sunset Strip", "The Saint", "Man from Uncle" and "Batman" I don't remember much telly. Oh and "Lost in Space" and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". Actually a few more titles are coming to mind, so I must have been a square eyes after all.

[Mikeandvan]

Even the pubs were shut on a Sunday until, what was it, 7pm?

''In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when you know that you've had all the baths you can usefully have that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the papers you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul''

Noooo, open at 11am, close at 3pm, then re open at 7pm, so the government made sure we all went home for tea.

[goraman]

When I was a kid and there was nothing to do I would listen to music and sketch. I aways had paper and pencils around as T.V. was pretty awful all 3 channels of it.

[struth]

when young up here, pubs couldnt open on a sunday at all. only hotels and had to be outwith your area.. think it was 2/3 miles away to deter folk.(fat chance) Cant remember when the law changed

[Pigmy Pony]

Noooo, open at 11am, close at 3pm, then re open at 7pm, so the government made sure we all went home for tea.

I remember it being 12 till 2, then 7 till 10.30 on Sundays.