Lockdown Check In
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Life got more difficult last week thanks to someone who lists admission to the Golden Key International Honour Society as an achievement. FML
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@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Life got more difficult last week thanks to someone who lists admission to the Golden Key International Honour Society as an achievement. FML
Elaborate?
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@Hooroo said in Lockdown Check In:
@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Life got more difficult last week thanks to someone who lists admission to the Golden Key International Honour Society as an achievement. FML
Elaborate?
Massive over reaction to a completely unrelated issue making my job more difficult, resulting in the cats wandering off and have to be herded again. Now everyone's running around like blue arsed flies needlessly doing extra administration.
The reference to Golden Key gives an indication as to this person's self perception.
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@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
@Hooroo said in Lockdown Check In:
@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Life got more difficult last week thanks to someone who lists admission to the Golden Key International Honour Society as an achievement. FML
Elaborate?
Massive over reaction to a completely unrelated issue making my job more difficult, resulting in the cats wandering off and have to be herded again. Now everyone's running around like blue arsed flies needlessly doing extra administration.
The reference to Golden Key gives an indication as to this person's self perception.
I'm just not following.
As you were.
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@Hooroo he's cleaning up after a self important douche stuck his/her oar into said area/project
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@Mokey said in Lockdown Check In:
Solo isolating sucks.
Yeah, I have a good friend in Auckland who just moved up there in February. She doesn’t know anybody really and to make its worse her place doesn’t have any immediate neighbours. She’s on her own with just her dog and TBA I’m a bit worried about her mental health. If we’d had more warning we’d have got her to stay with us down here for the duration but we couldn’t organise it in time.
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@JC said in Lockdown Check In:
@Mokey said in Lockdown Check In:
Solo isolating sucks.
Yeah, I have a good friend in Auckland who just moved up there in February. She doesn’t know anybody really and to make its worse her place doesn’t have any immediate neighbours. She’s on her own with just her dog and TBA I’m a bit worried about her mental health. If we’d had more warning we’d have got her to stay with us down here for the duration but we couldn’t organise it in time.
Stink story! Feeling gutted for her. In saying that, I am stoked she has a dog as that would definitely help.
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@JC our 79 yr old neighbour who we have a lot to do with (none of his family are that interested, wouldnt be surprised he he hasnt heard from any of then in the past month) who constantly amazes me with his life stories, knowledge, resilience and positivity given all life has thrown at him (healthwise} is really struggling with this.
Usually we go for 9 holes on a Saturday arvo, or he buggars off on his yacht for a couple of weeks, or just go up for a few beers and he brings out the whisky....not now, and I am a bit suprised at the turn around in his attitude, really negative and down on everything.
We have chatted over teh fence everyday since lockdown, had a beer over the fence with him and the other neighbour on the other side of his drive on Saturday too...which seemed ot perk him up for a couple of days.
He wants to do his own shopping, just to get out and about, although hasnt been in yet, we have offered pretty much every day...
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@taniwharugby said in Lockdown Check In:
@JC our 79 yr old neighbour who we have a lot to do with (none of his family are that interested, wouldnt be surprised he he hasnt heard from any of then in the past month) who constantly amazes me with his life stories, knowledge, resilience and positivity given all life has thrown at him (healthwise} is really struggling with this.
Usually we go for 9 holes on a Saturday arvo, or he buggars off on his yacht for a couple of weeks, or just go up for a few beers and he brings out the whisky....not now, and I am a bit suprised at the turn around in his attitude, really negative and down on everything.
We have chatted over teh fence everyday since lockdown, had a beer over the fence with him and the other neighbour on the other side of his drive on Saturday too...which seemed ot perk him up for a couple of days.
He wants to do his own shopping, just to get out and about, although hasnt been in yet, we have offered pretty much every day...
Sounds similar to how my parents are trying to cope. They are in their 80s but when I stopped to think about it, their whole purpose is based around being independent. They want to trot of to the gym, down to the shops, a drive up to the granddaughters etc.
Take away that ability to be independent and even though their day to day life hasn't changed too much, it has a big effect on how they think. They don't have work to fall back on and I can empathise as this is exactly how you start to feel when looking for work for longer than you wish.
All we can really do is try to keep social contact up. Luckily they do have good internet and dad is tech savvy so I might change up the phone calls to maybe a zoom doing the quiz or something. Maybe just sharing a drink via video.
If you r neighbour is used to upping off and going sailing that seems to be his way of proving to himself that he is still functional? -
@Crucial yeah he is very much in the use it or lose type attitude.
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It's tough because the lockdown is a mental challenge and some are better equipped to deal with it than others
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@taniwharugby said in Lockdown Check In:
@Crucial yeah he is very much in the use it or lose type attitude.
As I'm 'must keep doing things cos if I stop I may as well give up'?
Had a mother in law like that. Chipping thistles up the top of the farm until she keeled over.
It's a tough one. Any jobs around the place you could ask him to do because he knows how (you can pretend that you don't)
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Well after getting married on Saturday my new wife and I are spending the first 2-3 weeks of our married life... at her parents place. I actually get along well with her folks so it's OK for now and the south coast town they live in is pretty lovely. Ask me in three weeks though and I may have a different answer.
Missing the social contact with our friends, so we are doing a HouseParty trivia night tonight. Getting it started up as a standing Tuesday night thing. We're writing the questions and the winner will host next week (Eurovision style). Just one way we are trying to keep our sanity.
But everything is pretty good considering how tough others are doing it. We both still have our jobs and can work from home OK. And being out of Sydney is a godsend.
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@barbarian said in Lockdown Check In:
Well after getting married on Saturday my new wife and I are spending the first 2-3 weeks of our married life... at her parents place. I actually get along well with her folks so it's OK for now and the south coast town they live in is pretty lovely. Ask me in three weeks though and I may have a different answer.
Missing the social contact with our friends, so we are doing a HouseParty trivia night tonight. Getting it started up as a standing Tuesday night thing. We're writing the questions and the winner will host next week (Eurovision style). Just one way we are trying to keep our sanity.
But everything is pretty good considering how tough others are doing it. We both still have our jobs and can work from home OK. And being out of Sydney is a godsend.
Congratulations mate!!
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@MajorRage apologies I was being over dramatic, I'm good for stuff but that's really kind thanks. It's more the work environment getting me down to be honest and constant stories of friends having coronavirus.
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@barbarian Well congratulations mate. I’ll raise a glass to you both.
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@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:
@MajorRage apologies I was being over dramatic, I'm good for stuff but that's really kind thanks. It's more the work environment getting me down to be honest and constant stories of friends having coronavirus.
Kia kaha @R-L. I’m pretty sure the purpose of this thread is to have a rant/cry/laugh if you need to. No judgement.
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@Crucial ha not really any jobs he knows I can do, but yeah he seems to think if he slows down, he will stop completely...but just try to keep my chat positive and offered to get him some stuff tomorrow in town and he finally agreed (probably fed up of me offering haha)
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@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:
@MajorRage apologies I was being over dramatic, I'm good for stuff but that's really kind thanks. It's more the work environment getting me down to be honest and constant stories of friends having coronavirus.
No problems that's good to hear. Life's a bit shit for a lot of people at the moment, so when can help out, happy to do so!
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No dramatic change for me tbh
Live in a small market town in rural Wales.
Essentials are in walking distance.
Shop shelves are well stocked and shopping is civilised.
Out with the dog at sun up and see the same 1-2 guys each morning.
Lunchtime walk round the block I see no-one.
Evening dog walk with the missus we may see 2-3 people.
Missus is working from home so I'm im the upstairs 'office' (see attached)
I keep house when I'm not teaching skiing so nothing different there.
Still having a chance to take photos when I'm out and about, but all commercial photography work is on hold.
Plenty of chat with family and friends via wattsapp and facebook.
And ski forums and the Fern.
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That is a multipurpose desk if ever I saw one.
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@barbarian You might want to think again re the Houseparty trivia evening. There's some stuff going around that the app has been hacked. Not sure of the truth of it but there was an article on the BBC suggesting house party had offered a reward (don't know if that is for the author of the hack or for the author of the rumour), article not showing now. Maybe just double check?
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@Catogrande said in Lockdown Check In:
@barbarian You might want to think again re the Houseparty trivia evening. There's some stuff going around that the app has been hacked. Not sure of the truth of it but there was an article on the BBC suggesting house party had offered a reward (don't know if that is for the author of the hack or for the author of the rumour), article not showing now. Maybe just double check?
Sshhh .... I was looking forward to watching their game.
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@barbarian massive congrats to you both. Dude, you can do this. Manage the lockdown and you are legit golden for life.. at least with the parentals, can't promise the same with the missus
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Lockdown in Chez Cato is doing OK. I am managing working from home and Mrs Cato has been furloughed. Ms Cato No1 lives at home and her work has dried up (she does PI work and comic book writing). Keeping sane (just about) by getting out and about, taking the dog for a walk - we take it in turns, morning noon and night. Go shopping maybe twice a week. Doing our best to keep fit with some HIIT circuits and trying to adhere to staying off the wine until 18:00 hours. So far so good but we're only 10 days into it.
The biggest problem for my personal sanity is trying to drag the ladies in my life up from the pits of depression following something they've seen on facebook or twitter, purported to be from some expert. I showed them that article that @barbarian posted from the Aussie doctor suggesting that all his colleagues should zip it but to no avail.
I'm self-diagnosing my own sanity by what time of the day I start looking at a bottle of wine.
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@chimoaus said in Lockdown Check In:
That is a multipurpose desk if ever I saw one.
Yeah, we've got one of those in our house. I always wondered what it was for.
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One thing I am struggling with is the eating side of things.
Trying to get into habits I have at work, 10.15 or so, have a coffee, sit on the deck, send a pic to my colleagues on whatsapp reminding them to break too.
Lunching the same time as I would, but it's having more choice readily available makes it easy to make poor choices compared to taking lunch...plus id go for walk round town, here I tend to just go grab a few feijoas from the tree and eat them.
Only consolation is I use my usual 20 min drive home as my exercise time, so exercising a lot more.
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@Catogrande said in Lockdown Check In:
The biggest problem for my personal sanity is trying to drag the ladies in my life up from the pits of depression following something they've seen on facebook or twitter, purported to be from some expert. I showed them that article that @barbarian posted form the Aussie doctor suggesting that all his colleagues should zip it but to no avail.
This is undoubtedly the biggest problem I have at the moment. We are dedicating the government 5pm updates now to our focus on the wider situation and that's it.
However, my wife has friends who work in the NHS, and it seems they love to give an update ... to be fair not all are negative. A friends son suspected he broke his finger yesterday playing football in the backyard. Went to A&E at St Peters hospital just up the road, was very quiet, 30 minute wait to be seen, and gone in an hour total. So it does seem that for people ARE listening to the advice and staying away.
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@chimoaus said in Lockdown Check In:
That is a multipurpose desk if ever I saw one.
To be honest, I thought the apron was a bit overkill. But then we don't know what Mike was watching before someone sneaked in and took the photo...
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All going pretty good here. Both lucky enough to still be working, although she's a contractor her current one is pretty safe.
What is hoped to be a nursery is still not required, so for now it's been turned into a den. Friday's groceries, also picked up a tv and hung on the wall and a desk that folds down from the wall and it's now Bonesetta's office, freeing up the downstairs office for me. Also will double as a movie/xbox room as it's the biggest tv in the house.
She's in there every morning doing yoga/pilates, we break from work about 11:30ish for a short, sharp workout in the back yard, then a short rest and lunch. She goes for a walk in the afternoon and I'm going to start heading down the park with a ladder and some cones to do a bit of running around.
Pretty well stocked up food wise and could probably survive a couple of weeks without even needing to shop. Trying to stay off the booze on weekdays....survived until Thursday last week...
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@Hooroo said in Lockdown Check In:
Going pretty well. Even on the farm I am feeling a little closed in. Doesn't help we have a bull that is taking a while to come right. Prick must be getting there though as he charged me this morning for the first time only for true-love to start laughing.
Yeah - it's weird - almost nothing has changed in terms of daily routine on my farm/lifestyle block - but the first couple of days I found I all a bit unsettling. Back in the routine now though and it all seems normal.
And my rams are also bolshie as fuck, but they're out to work tomorrow and that should calm them down!
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My happy life has been turned upside down to be honest. Worst thing I've been through apart from the death of immediate family. Missing Rugby and Cricket. Missing the normal routine. Really tough to be working fulltime away from place of work and trying to home school the kids at the same time. Lots of people I know are sick. I'm worried about everyone.
Really proud of the resilience of my kids. The dog seems really happy to have us around more. Listened to a few good podcasts. Able to go for a run around the park as a family each day. Great banter from 2 metre plus from neighbours. Heard from a few friends I've not heard from in ages. Glad not to have the constant background rumble of motorway traffic. Those are the postives.
We'll get through all of this, but it feels like a prison sentence. I go to sleep each night hoping normal will return very soon.
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@Bones said in Lockdown Check In:
All going pretty good here. Both lucky enough to still be working, although she's a contractor her current one is pretty safe.
I'm going to start heading down the park with...some cones to do a bit of running around.
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That may not help bro -
@sparky remember there is a whole community here for you. You might not see us everyday, but we are around and here to help. Feel free to reach out privately off you'd like.
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@voodoo Cheers mate. Same for everyone from me.
"COVID-19, we'll knock the bugger off"
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@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
@Bones said in Lockdown Check In:
All going pretty good here. Both lucky enough to still be working, although she's a contractor her current one is pretty safe.
I'm going to start heading down the park with...some cones to do a bit of running around.
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That may not help bro
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@sparky said in Lockdown Check In:
@voodoo Cheers mate. Same for everyone from me.
"COVID-19, we'll knock the bugger off"
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Scariest bit, here in Outer London, is number of medics and carers who are sick.
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Weirdest part for me is I'm in an office that normally has around 30 all by myself for 11 hrs/day.
I do have some interaction with the Ops staff that are working but we try to keep that to a minimum.
So I'm getting in at 6:30 and spraying down all the hard surfaces in Ops with disinfectant before staff arrive. Working for 10-11 hours - a lot of which is COVID as I am heading our response - checking in on people etc.
Then go home. Which should be the same as normal but somehow isn't. I've realised I was going to the supermarket too often. Partly because it was a bit feral yesterday and partly because two of the places we deliver to have Covid cases and so people in my work bubble are getting a bit too close to exposure and I don't want to be putting others at risk.
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I have a networking zoom meeting today, bit sad that I am looking forward to it
What should I wear? Where should I go...spare room, deck, lounge...these are the big decisions!
