To the mods!

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Kind of you both. And I agree-it's a situation which is unique in almost all of our lifetimes and which must be akin to wartime conditions in many ways. It's bloody scary, especially when you've got older relatives or people in your family or friends in vulnerable groups. It's brought out the worst in people-Ashley, hoarders, etc- proved how fucking dumb lots of people are-daytrippers to the Lakes as if it's just a bank holiday, etc, but also brought out the best in folk and, ironically, brought people closer together-social distancing and self isolation notwithstanding!

And on that last point, any chance we get to stay in touch with each other is an opportunity to be relished-cherished, even- and, much as it can be part of the problem, this is where social media actually makes sense and can be a force for good. Our forum along with so many others as well as facebook pages, Twitter feeds, etc is going to be an important part of keeping people together whilst we're all apart-the 'social' part of social media has never made more sense.

And if what I've just said seems to be an over-reaction, well we're at the very beginning of months where communities will be kept apart and I think the internet generally is going to be something that we're all extremely grateful for in these coming weeks because of its role in keeping us in touch with each other. This is our particular, tiny little part of that internet and I'm very glad to be here.

[toptoon]

True. Social media gets quite a bit of stick these days but at a moment like this you can see how important it is. Can you imagine how it would be now with no internet? We’d only have tv and radio for up to date news and there has been so much good humour and camaraderie on it, including on here.