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Positive Ideas of How to keep entertained at home
« on: Thursday 19 March 20 20:20 GMT (UK) »
There are lot of us who are trying to keep everyone safe by staying at home, it is important that we keep ourselves busy and happy here are some idea's if you are fed up of housework.

If anyone else has any good ideas please add them to the list.

https://chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/list-of-online-resources-for-anyone-who-is-isolated-at-home

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Re: Positive Ideas of How to keep entertained at home
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 19 March 20 20:29 GMT (UK) »
What an exhaustive list of online entertainment, thanks for sharing Sarah. I have  jigsaw puzzles, OH has Sudoku puzzle books, and an extensive collection of unread books. I have also put my easel up and dusted of the paints and brushes and I tend to start painting again. I have many boxed games and jigsaws that I plan to take to a residential home in the next few days.
Stay safe.
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Re: Positive Idea's of How to keep entertained at home
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 19 March 20 20:44 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Sarah!
At the point in time that I looked . . . . .

Don't see "Genealogy" / Genealogy Help = Rootschat            :)
Don't see ( Don't need ) "Chudleigh Rocks and Stones" ( Facebook ) or Devon or anywhere else = very popular all over.

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Re: Positive Ideas of How to keep entertained at home
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 19 March 20 21:53 GMT (UK) »
I posted this some months ago but  it might not have received the attention it deserves.  The site is MapCrunch and it shows random street view  images from all over the world.   You have to imagine that you've somehow woken up there, you don't know where you are, and you need to get home.  By travelling along the roads, you can eventually, with a bit of detective work, find out where you are, and then with a bit of googling, find out where the nearest airport is, and so navigate to that.

https://www.mapcrunch.com/

How to play:

On the home page, press Options and select Stealth at the bottom of the locations sheet.  Then press GO, and you will be taken to somewhere in the world.  I've had hours of fun on this, although to be honest, I've never yet got myself to an airport.
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Re: Positive Ideas of How to keep entertained at home
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 19 March 20 22:01 GMT (UK) »
Looks like great fun, will give it a try  :D
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Re: Positive Ideas of How to keep entertained at home
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 19 March 20 22:10 GMT (UK) »
Ooh mapcrunch looks good, I used to do a similar one, GeoGuessr, until they made you pay for it. Very addictive!
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Re: Positive Idea's of How to keep entertained at home
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 19 March 20 22:17 GMT (UK) »
If anyone is interested in MMOs I can heartily recommend "Villagers and Heroes"

It has a very friendly community, no pvp, a huge variety of things to do and chat is generally friendly and polite. Perhaps because of the above, it also has an unusally large number of shall we say more mature players and also an unusually high number of women who play.
Howie (Riccarton Ayrshire)
McNeil/ McNeill (Argyll)
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Re: Positive Ideas of How to keep entertained at home
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 19 March 20 23:01 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Greensleeves on Thursday 19 March 20 21:53 GMT (UK)
I posted this some months ago but  it might not have received the attention it deserves.  The site is MapCrunch and it shows random street view  images from all over the world.   You have to imagine that you've somehow woken up there, you don't know where you are, and you need to get home.  By travelling along the roads, you can eventually, with a bit of detective work, find out where you are, and then with a bit of googling, find out where the nearest airport is, and so navigate to that.

https://www.mapcrunch.com/

How to play:

On the home page, press Options and select Stealth at the bottom of the locations sheet.  Then press GO, and you will be taken to somewhere in the world.  I've had hours of fun on this, although to be honest, I've never yet got myself to an airport.

Clever idea, Who thinks them up  :D will pass that one on, it looks fun.
Carol
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Re: Positive Idea's of How to keep entertained at home
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 19 March 20 23:11 GMT (UK) »
Albufera, what are MMOs and pvp?

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