How not to think about the referendum.

Just what I'm doing Shortlegs! Almost anything to blot out all the furore.
To be followed by a good blast of housecleaning I think!

I love that Pooh and Piglet cartoon - will definitely be passing it on!

Disappointed in the result but what worries me as well, is the amount of bigotry being promoted among younger children. According to TV clips and FB posts, younger children are already blaming the homogenous group of 60+ for anything that goes wrong as a result, regardless of the fact that many over 60s voted remain and many younger people didn't vote. I sat in the hairdressers last week listening to a discussion between 2 staff both under 30 and one with a degree and NEITHER of them had even registered to vote. NB with one exception, I am really gutted for the friends and others whose jobs were part of the huge Brussels machine.

Woke feeling shaky and shocked all over again. Went for a lovely morning walk which settled my physiology down. But then there's the news about Labour discord. The last thing we need right now.
But for the next 10 working days I'm in Welsh school 9-3 every day so that should help. Though by the end of it my ability to discuss politics in Welsh may be improved.

I have been very busy this weekend but the horrible reality keeps flashing back. It's too B scary particularly the financial mess we are now in.

I will take to my garden if I can. Tying in shrubs is very relaxing.

This made me really laugh out loud - thanks, Nanaand Grampy! At least we old folks can still smile, no matter how bad things look. Was in local caff with MIL yesterday discussing how it's going to affect our savings when the chap on the next table suggested he'd withdrawn his £4.10 from the bank and was going to put it under his mattress, as the interest was going to be higher than he's getting already!

Drink some Spanish wine and look at replacing it before the tariffs rocket.

Take the dog for a long walk, always helps to calm a sense of crisis.

Do some ironing. I find it therapeutic.

Source honeycomb Magnums!

I'm wondering if the sales of Magnums have rocketed since the decision- suppose it's some sort of bright side.
Will wine prices rocket? Oh no more misery!
I'm off to lead a history walk around my local area.

I'm worried about how to get a tea stain out of my carpet. Spilt a whole cup of tea on it. The carpet is a light lemon colour.

I've decided that any more comments on the Brexit vote will only polarise peoples' ideologies and cause even more division in our society, fracturing neighbourhoods families and friendships.

We are at a dangerous place, whatever our views we need to reunite to be the people we have always been, generous and committed to our neighbours whoever they are.
The politicians are tearing their parties apart in a desperate struggle for power and self survival, at the moment they will do or say anything to gain short term approval in an ungodly scramble to reach the top pushing anyone off the parapet to get there.
- We must try to calm things down- after all we are millions they are few, we do not need to be sheep and follow the loudest.
I sincerely hope we can negotiate a fair deal for our country and our children but to do that histrionics must be left behind. We are a great nation, we are a united nation we are a tolerant nation, please let us continue to be so.

Oh dear a serious post. I need more Magnums!!! Honeycomb I haven't tried them!

Falconbird a strong solution of Vanish might help. Also don't rub. Put soft cloths on wet patch when you've put on Vanish and stack heavy things on top- or walk on it. Repeat until cloth put on is dry. Hope this helps.

love my sunday paper, the only time i buy one, today wasted my money, it is completely taken over by the referendum, so disappointed because it usually takes me a couple of days to read it including the interesting supplements.

Thanks Trisher - will try that. Wondering if I'm getting old and doddery because of spilling the tea, so now I'm going to think about that and not "the you know what."

Reading my book at the moment so that helps. Also moaning about the great British summer

I cut the garden hedge. An awful job, but I was knackered afterwards and slept for 10.5 hours last night. Perfect. Even woke up feeling more positive, I wonder if it will last.
I didn't have Magnums in the freezer, only cheap ice lollies, but they helped with the hedge cutting too.

Finished my book this morning so will have to set to and find another distraction. Or just get on to Amazon and add to my Kindle library. Of course, there's always the football (!) and then, weather permitting, tomorrow sees the start of Wimbledon. I could do some ironing of course... Let's not go there.

Nothing's worked for me as yet, not even wine and chocolate. I think it'll just take time.

Got to persevere with the wine and chocolate -not forgetting Magnums.

Store those unread newspapers away somewhere for your grandchildren's history homework sometime in years to come.

I've left the country. ?

I think the referendum is the real news! I cannot remember such momentous events taking place in my lifetime ever before. The fallout from this sad and bad decision is far reaching. How can you not think this is the real news is beyond me.

poly I think the thread was started as a way of getting us to focus on coping strategies. Of course our minds will keep coming back, but suggestions of glasses of wine, a good book, magnums and anything else that helps is always a positive distraction. I'm about to clean out the frig with radio in the background. Not news though! Might go for a drive later on as the hedgerows are extraordinarily beautiful this year. The sight of them really does lift my spirits, if just momentarily. So wishing everyone on here happy distractions. Mmmmm maybe the wine will be the winner,

what fallout Poly? all it is at the moment is speculation from all quarters!!!

The desperate feeling of uncertainty and the prospect of its continuing with no positive end in sight is bad enough fallout for me.