Lockdown/Covid Check In
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@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Was an hour late for work today which is no mean feat given it's 20m from where I sleep. My desk had the last remnants of the bottle of Woodford Reserve bourbon (opened previously). The night started with a glass of shiraz with dinner - pasta with bacon and arrabbiata sauce. Then more work and I see my last email went out after 1 am.
I don't mind working from home, it's not being able to leave that's driving me slowly insane.
So much of a goodness around this post.
Imagine the productivity businesses would get if we were allowed to drink at work. Some people just wouldn't go home.
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@antipodean said in Lockdown Check In:
Was an hour late for work today which is no mean feat given it's 20m from where I sleep. My desk had the last remnants of the bottle of Woodford Reserve bourbon (opened previously). The night started with a glass of shiraz with dinner - pasta with bacon and arrabbiata sauce. Then more work and I see my last email went out after 1 am.
I don't mind working from home, it's not being able to leave that's driving me slowly insane.
I too started late today, but I was reading fools on the internet rather than start my work.
I'm loving working from home, I'm way more productive, work in blocks rather than constantly, plus I do two walks a day in the sun - well, until today, where there's no sun and just rain.
I've also been meeting a work colleague once a week in Darling Square to swap hard drives and grab a coffee. Funnily enough, yesterday a ranger actually came along and asked us to move along (luckily we'd finished our catch up) and I was tempted to ask why they don't move along the Commbank smokers I see them walk past everyday. But that was my first encounter with any type of enforcement of the almost lockdown (although, I think we were actually fine as there was only two of us and we were meeting for work purpose).
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@Nepia said in Lockdown Check In:
I'm loving working from home, I'm way more productive, work in blocks rather than constantly, plus I do two walks a day in the sun - well, until today, where there's no sun and just rain.
yeah I find I get alot more work done, sure there is some stuff that would be easier from the office...I imagine I'd be even more efficient if I wasnt sharing my time as Mr TR....
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Lockdown lingo
Coronacoaster
The ups and downs of your mood during the pandemic. You’re loving lockdown one minute but suddenly weepy with anxiety the next. It truly is “an emotional coronacoaster”.Quarantinis
Experimental cocktails mixed from whatever random ingredients you have left in the house. The boozy equivalent of a store cupboard supper. Southern Comfort and Ribena quarantini with a glacé cherry garnish, anyone? These are sipped at “locktail hour”, ie. wine o’clock during lockdown, which seems to be creeping earlier with each passing week.Le Creuset wrist
It’s the new “avocado hand” - an aching arm after taking one’s best saucepan outside to bang during the weekly ‘Clap For Carers.’ It might be heavy but you’re keen to impress the neighbours with your high-quality kitchenware.Coronials
As opposed to millennials, this refers to the future generation of babies conceived or born during coronavirus quarantine. They might also become known as “Generation C” or, more spookily, “Children of the Quarn”.Furlough Merlot
Wine consumed in an attempt to relieve the frustration of not working. Also known as “bored-eaux” or “cabernet tedium”.Coronadose
An overdose of bad news from consuming too much media during a time of crisis. Can result in a panicdemic.The elephant in the Zoom
The glaring issue during a videoconferencing call that nobody feels able to mention. E.g. one participant has dramatically put on weight, suddenly sprouted terrible facial hair or has a worryingly messy house visible in the background.Quentin Quarantino
An attention-seeker using their time in lockdown to make amateur films which they’re convinced are funnier and cleverer than they actually are.Covidiot or Wuhan-ker
One who ignores public health advice or behaves with reckless disregard for the safety of others can be said to display “covidiocy” or be “covidiotic”. Also called a “lockclown” or even a “Wuhan-ker”.Goutbreak
The sudden fear that you’ve consumed so much wine, cheese, home-made cake and Easter chocolate in lockdown that your ankles are swelling up like a medieval king’s.Antisocial distancing
Using health precautions as an excuse for snubbing neighbours and generally ignoring people you find irritating.Coughin’ dodger
Someone so alarmed by an innocuous splutter or throat-clear that they back away in terror.Mask-ara
Extra make-up applied to "make one's eyes pop" before venturing out in public wearing a face mask.Covid-10
The 10lbs in weight that we’re all gaining from comfort-eating and comfort-drinking. Also known as “fattening the curve”. -
Got massively hosed last night with the wife.
By the time we hit the sack, I was going to quit my job, play more golf, write a book, go halves with my brother in law on a Porsche dealership & ensure I get back to NZ at least once per year to see my folks.
Looks like we are going to start that lot off with a massive headache.
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Oh and 2015 CWC NZ versing AFG on sky right now @MajorRage
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Beer o'clock motherfuckers!!
Another week of purgatory ends
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@mariner4life said in Lockdown Check In:
Beer o'clock motherfuckers!!
Another week of purgatory ends
Bit late. Beer o’clock started nearly four hours ago.
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@Crucial said in Lockdown Check In:
Today’s time killer.
A “Bug Hotel” for the garden, made from whatever shit I could find.Edit: must turn it on its side tomorrow
I am in love with this, totally my jam. Will attempt this at the weekend when the weather is meant to be nicer.
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@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:
@Crucial said in Lockdown Check In:
Today’s time killer.
A “Bug Hotel” for the garden, made from whatever shit I could find.Edit: must turn it on its side tomorrow
I am in love with this, totally my jam. Will attempt this at the weekend when the weather is meant to be nicer.
Has it had much activity?Early days Hoping for ladybirds and the like to eat the aphids.
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@Crucial said in Lockdown Check In:
@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:
@Crucial said in Lockdown Check In:
Today’s time killer.
A “Bug Hotel” for the garden, made from whatever shit I could find.Edit: must turn it on its side tomorrow
I am in love with this, totally my jam. Will attempt this at the weekend when the weather is meant to be nicer.
Has it had much activity?Early days Hoping for ladybirds and the like to eat the aphids.
Vicious little bastards.
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I just realised I've had one beer all lockdown and only two bourbons. Guess my subconscious was looking after me just in case.
Just checked that I'm good for when I do come out of iso - Pastis, Ouzo, some raki and 2 bottles of absinthe should see me good to go when the job interviews start up again.
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@SynicBast You like the taste of liquorice then? Your store cupboard has minging hangover written all over it! Good man.
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@Bones said in Lockdown Check In:
Couldn't think of two more kindred spirits to share a birthday.
Happy birthday fluffybunnies