Coronavirus - Overall
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@Crucial said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
Marmite on crumpets with sharp cheddar (unmelted).
@R-L won't be able to experience that as it only works with NZ Marmite, not the horrid UK stuff.
I always liked the story from a Brussels-based NZ diplomat describing the look on a Belgium diplomat's face when he bit into a croissant at some diplomatic breakfast, having confused the Vegemite with chocolate spread....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
Ask an actuary.
I thought accountants were boring until I met some actuaries. Fark me.
(Hope you're not an actuary...)
Haha, no. Not good enough with numbers to do that.
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@chimoaus said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback If you were in power what would you do.
I dont think the govt is doing much wrong (apart from increasing benefits on the sly)
I would have also eliminated the stand down period for the unemployment.
I would use this period where NZ is not yet vastly infected to order lkocal firms who can to make ventilators , we have firms who could do it.
I would then contoinue the current conditionas for while and let the irus run a course, knowing there is oging to be pain. The ntry and hope that we can handle the pain. -
my kids fucking hate coronavirus because they have gone from having sport nearly every day to having nothing. And May is basically next year to them.
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@mariner4life if your kids were 100% gaming nerds they might not have even noticed the world has changed!!
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
Ask an actuary.
I thought accountants were boring until I met some actuaries. Fark me.
(Hope you're not an actuary...)
Haha, no. Not good enough with numbers to do that.
Doing Due Diligence on an Life Insurance outsource contract a few years back. Went out to dinner with the actuaries and they spent much of the evening discussing their most "interesting" underwriting cases.
Talk about living up to hype,
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
my kids fucking hate coronavirus because they have gone from having sport nearly every day to having nothing. And May is basically next year to them.
Would suck for kids, we have just found out our oldest camp is canceled, no surprise there.
Eventually when they close schools here it’s going to make life interesting.. and by that I mean shit because kids stuck at home just eat all the time -
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@chimoaus so your real name is Callum, never picked you as a Callum.
Muffins and crumpets are different.
I expected more from you
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@R-L muffins and crumpets are different, I like them both.
Is that what you meant?
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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
my kids fucking hate coronavirus because they have gone from having sport nearly every day to having nothing. And May is basically next year to them.
Would suck for kids, we have just found out our oldest camp is canceled, no surprise there.
Eventually when they close schools here it’s going to make life interesting.. and by that I mean shit because kids stuck at home just eat all the timeyep, eldest had his first ever camp cancelled already. he took that alright. then soccer cancelled, and he got shitty, and then 5-a-side cancelled and he lost his shit.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@R-L muffins and crumpets are different, I like them both.
Is that what you meant?
Don't play dumb rebel!
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@mariner4life I'm on my way home from my daughter's camp...no matter how often you tell them, kids have no idea about proper hygiene, social distancing, not touching/hugging etc.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
my kids fucking hate coronavirus because they have gone from having sport nearly every day to having nothing. And May is basically next year to them.
Can sympathize.
Mrs M's daughter is an NHS nurse but her hubby isn't an essential worker so they are sat at home. They'd love to come to Cornwall but can't.
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Here's a problem for the Fern to help me with. As I said a few pages back, my wedding is scheduled for next Saturday.
It's in a location in regional NSW where as yet there are no cases. The ceremony will be outdoors, and the reception in a large barn-type building that is fairly open. We are expecting around 60 guests, with nobody coming from overseas.
What do we do? On the one hand, do we have a responsibility to the wider community to cancel such an event, knowing that even if precautions are taken it may lead to the virus spreading amongst our group and beyond? Or in these tough times, do we owe it to our friends, relatives and ourselves to go ahead as planned, giving us something to celebrate when everything is dark?
Complicating this further is some recent medical news in the family that adds to the urgency of the occasion, without giving too much away.
The other relevant fact is the food has been ordered and paid for, the venue booked and paid for, as has the grog. We postpone and the food is wasted.
As yet the Government has not banned this type of event (outdoor, under 100) but who knows where we will be next week.
So, my friendly band of kiwi internet weirdos... what do I do?
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
As yet the Government has not banned this type of event (outdoor, under 100) but who knows where we will be next week.
So, my friendly band of kiwi internet weirdos... what do I do?
Have the wedding, but let everyone know if they choose not to come you'll understand?
Get smashed and have fun!
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
Here's a problem for the Fern to help me with. As I said a few pages back, my wedding is scheduled for next Saturday.
It's in a location in regional NSW where as yet there are no cases. The ceremony will be outdoors, and the reception in a large barn-type building that is fairly open. We are expecting around 60 guests, with nobody coming from overseas.
What do we do? On the one hand, do we have a responsibility to the wider community to cancel such an event, knowing that even if precautions are taken it may lead to the virus spreading amongst our group and beyond? Or in these tough times, do we owe it to our friends, relatives and ourselves to go ahead as planned, giving us something to celebrate when everything is dark?
Complicating this further is some recent medical news in the family that adds to the urgency of the occasion, without giving too much away.
The other relevant fact is the food has been ordered and paid for, the venue booked and paid for, as has the grog. We postpone and the food is wasted.
As yet the Government has not banned this type of event (outdoor, under 100) but who knows where we will be next week.
So, my friendly band of kiwi internet weirdos... what do I do?
It’s bloody tough!
I don’t envy you at all, I know someone over here who must be getting married the same weekend as you.Weddings can be stressful enough when it goes to plan, hate to imagined what you and the soon to be Mrs Barb are going through
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
Here's a problem for the Fern to help me with. As I said a few pages back, my wedding is scheduled for next Saturday.
It's in a location in regional NSW where as yet there are no cases. The ceremony will be outdoors, and the reception in a large barn-type building that is fairly open. We are expecting around 60 guests, with nobody coming from overseas.
What do we do? On the one hand, do we have a responsibility to the wider community to cancel such an event, knowing that even if precautions are taken it may lead to the virus spreading amongst our group and beyond? Or in these tough times, do we owe it to our friends, relatives and ourselves to go ahead as planned, giving us something to celebrate when everything is dark?
Complicating this further is some recent medical news in the family that adds to the urgency of the occasion, without giving too much away.
The other relevant fact is the food has been ordered and paid for, the venue booked and paid for, as has the grog. We postpone and the food is wasted.
As yet the Government has not banned this type of event (outdoor, under 100) but who knows where we will be next week.
So, my friendly band of kiwi internet weirdos... what do I do?
Will you be inviting old people? Will you know if anyone is presymptomatic or asymptomatic?
Brother of a wife's friend postponed his wedding in Japan to remain in Hong Kong for pretty much that exact reason.
I'm a risk taking person, but I'd hate to have my decision responsible for an old person getting very ill.
Just thankful I'm not in your position. Whatever you do, I wish you all the best regardless.
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@barbarian live stream it, we will all watch!