Fraser

Thank you!
And a happy birthday to @Fraser as well

Wardruna - Skald

Thank you all and Happy Birthday for the 5th FA, i like to say it always goes off with a bang ?? but will be a quiet one this year
 
had nothing planned for my Bday anyway apart from 2 days off work and kids were going to be babysat on the 6th so me and the wife could get a good drink and listen to some music at a decent volume. Just felt shit that it had to be the 5th the lockdown started again officially. But I agree it is needed so needs must!  

Happy Year Older Thingy to anyone trying to catch me up in the immortality stakes.
I think we are finally seeing a bit of realism in the UK and an acknowledgement that Spring 2021 is likely to be the earliest point in time that we see a return to some sense of normality.  Without a vaccine there's a huge challenge still but I believe if everyone follows the rules and stays safe then we stand a much better chance of not crippling the health service.  I think that is the important distinction, no one is saying a lockdown will cure the virus and whilst it will most definitely control it's spread it will still mean local measures post-lockdown.  The point of the lockdown is to stop a national health service crisis (one that I believe it would not recover from for a number of years).

Right you are Nat
We're not in a lockdown right now, but schools are all closed to in-person learning, nobody wants to have any social gatherings (I sure fucking don't), and there isn't "anything" to "do". Most of the time it's ok, but when I start feeling isolated there's no good remedy. It's a struggle to stay motivated to do anything productive right now. Walks in the woods are a real help. 
I'm looking at 41 with a good amount of skepticism. I haven't gotten to do much for my birthdays in recent years but this one will take "not much" to a new level. It's hard not to feel a bit bitter about that. But, chin up, and keep some good beer in the fridge!

I'm sure FA here shares a birthdate with you. Happy upcoming birthday and ikr, sucks. It's made me so paranoid. What happens after this lockdown though?  I suppose this is how life is now going to be..

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Alice in Chains - Rooster

Owlcrusher - Owlcrusher 

Bolt Thrower - War Master 

random classical stuff on the radio

Bolt Thrower - War Master 

Bolt Thrower - War Master 

Woodford Reserve Bourbon 

Bolt Thrower - War Master 

Bolt Thrower - War Master 

Unearth 
I bet all of 2 people have heard of that band! You and me. Fairplay haha

Khonsu

Enslaved - Utgard
 
I love this group so much, got into them as a teenager and still listen to them a lot. Especially Hippjokk and Karelia Visa. Perfect when it starts getting a bit colder out.

Hedningarna - TrA

My repeated go to programmes are
.Only Fools and Horses
.Still Game
. Men Behaving Badly