Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@Bovidae said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
An updated graphic on the cases by age bracket. Those in their 20s are almost double the other age groups.
That bracket are the fuckers mainly responsible for spreading covid19, and the least likely to die from it
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Well, I just swung by pak'n'save Glen Innes that opens at 7. The queue at 0650 was (from Google Maps) about 250 m long. Fark that, came home for a cup of coffee and to do some work.
This feels very communist/Eastern European- long queues for essentials, no flour to be seen for weeks.
Interesting times indeed.
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@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Well, I just swung by pak'n'save Glen Innes that opens at 7. The queue at 0650 was (from Google Maps) about 250 m long. Fark that, came home for a cup of coffee and to do some work.
This feels very communist/Eastern European- long queues for essentials, no flour to be seen for weeks.
Interesting times indeed.
Really? Commumnist eastern Europe? Is this what it really feels like for you? I'm sorry to hear that it feels such a weight on you.
Sure, this is a bit of a pain but I don't feel hard done by
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@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Well, I just swung by pak'n'save Glen Innes that opens at 7. The queue at 0650 was (from Google Maps) about 250 m long. Fark that, came home for a cup of coffee and to do some work.
This feels very communist/Eastern European- long queues for essentials, no flour to be seen for weeks.
Interesting times indeed.
Really? Commumnist eastern Europe? Is this what it really feels like for you? I'm sorry to hear that it feels such a weight on you.
Sure, this is a bit of a pain but I don't feel hard done by
Yes, it did feel like that. From living in paradise, and growing up with capitalist first world problems, where our biggest issue is the price of avocados, to flour and yeast (basics) just not being available for nearly two weeks. Yep, that feels eastern european.
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@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Well, I just swung by pak'n'save Glen Innes that opens at 7. The queue at 0650 was (from Google Maps) about 250 m long. Fark that, came home for a cup of coffee and to do some work.
This feels very communist/Eastern European- long queues for essentials, no flour to be seen for weeks.
Interesting times indeed.
Really? Commumnist eastern Europe? Is this what it really feels like for you? I'm sorry to hear that it feels such a weight on you.
Sure, this is a bit of a pain but I don't feel hard done by
Yes, it did feel like that. From living in paradise, and growing up with capitalist first world problems, where our biggest issue is the price of avocados, to flour and yeast (basics) just not being available for nearly two weeks. Yep, that feels eastern european.
When are you taking possession of the new Trabant?
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@Billy-Tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Well, I just swung by pak'n'save Glen Innes that opens at 7. The queue at 0650 was (from Google Maps) about 250 m long. Fark that, came home for a cup of coffee and to do some work.
This feels very communist/Eastern European- long queues for essentials, no flour to be seen for weeks.
Interesting times indeed.
Really? Commumnist eastern Europe? Is this what it really feels like for you? I'm sorry to hear that it feels such a weight on you.
Sure, this is a bit of a pain but I don't feel hard done by
Yes, it did feel like that. From living in paradise, and growing up with capitalist first world problems, where our biggest issue is the price of avocados, to flour and yeast (basics) just not being available for nearly two weeks. Yep, that feels eastern european.
When are you taking possession of the new Trabant?
The Party says I'm number 3,678 in the priority queue.
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@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Well, I just swung by pak'n'save Glen Innes that opens at 7. The queue at 0650 was (from Google Maps) about 250 m long. Fark that, came home for a cup of coffee and to do some work.
This feels very communist/Eastern European- long queues for essentials, no flour to be seen for weeks.
Interesting times indeed.
Really? Commumnist eastern Europe? Is this what it really feels like for you? I'm sorry to hear that it feels such a weight on you.
Sure, this is a bit of a pain but I don't feel hard done by
Yes, it did feel like that. From living in paradise, and growing up with capitalist first world problems, where our biggest issue is the price of avocados, to flour and yeast (basics) just not being available for nearly two weeks. Yep, that feels eastern european.
I'm not sure what part of the country you are in but all of what you described is available.
And if you are in NZ, you are still living in paradise. (and you should consider yourself lucky)
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@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I'm not sure what part of the country you are in but all of what you described is available.
Flour and yeast is not available around this area, and hasn't been for a couple of weeks. Partner was talking to the supermarket yesterday - their advice was that shelves were stocked overnight, and that flour was disappearing with the first 50 people or so. We (and our neighbours) have been in 4-5 different supermarkets since last weekend, with no flour or yeast available.
So yeah, after nearly two weeks of shortage, and then a queue that long in the dark, it didn't feel great. I'm delighted you have access to basics, and we're not going to starve - but ongoing shortages and queues like that did trigger an emotional response from me. Make of that what you will ... we do live in paradise, but that doesn't mean there aren't issues in the supply chain.
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@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I'm not sure what part of the country you are in but all of what you described is available.
Flour and yeast is not available around this area, and hasn't been for a couple of weeks. Partner was talking to the supermarket yesterday - their advice was that shelves were stocked overnight, and that flour was disappearing with the first 50 people or so. We (and our neighbours) have been in 4-5 different supermarkets since last weekend, with no flour or yeast available.
So yeah, after nearly two weeks of shortage, and then a queue that long in the dark, it didn't feel great. I'm delighted you have access to basics, and we're not going to starve - but ongoing shortages and queues like that did trigger an emotional response from me. Make of that what you will ... we do live in paradise, but that doesn't mean there aren't issues in the supply chain.
Oh, yeah, I get there are supply chain issues. I don't just make the Olympic size leap to feeling like communist eastern Europe.
It's a small inconvenience while we are trying to tackle a massive inconvenience if our health services get overwhelmed.
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I drove past one of the Backpackers in Matamata where a camper van was obviously being made to stay. Two guys on a trip in a small Mitsi L200 type thing. One was in a chair out of the van one was just sitting in the van. That would be hard work in such a tight space for at least 4 weeks.
Thankfully they both had a tablet it seemed.
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@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I'm not sure what part of the country you are in but all of what you described is available.
Flour and yeast is not available around this area, and hasn't been for a couple of weeks. Partner was talking to the supermarket yesterday - their advice was that shelves were stocked overnight, and that flour was disappearing with the first 50 people or so. We (and our neighbours) have been in 4-5 different supermarkets since last weekend, with no flour or yeast available.
So yeah, after nearly two weeks of shortage, and then a queue that long in the dark, it didn't feel great. I'm delighted you have access to basics, and we're not going to starve - but ongoing shortages and queues like that did trigger an emotional response from me. Make of that what you will ... we do live in paradise, but that doesn't mean there aren't issues in the supply chain.
Oh, yeah, I get there are supply chain issues. I don't just make the Olympic size leap to feeling like communist eastern Europe.
It's a small inconvenience while we are trying to tackle a massive inconvenience if our health services get overwhelmed.
Because queuing for food and not having basics in the store is a pretty staple part of the old Eastern Bloc, it was a joke not a complaint, I guess. What we are doing, and it is no biggie we know, is amusingly like 80s Warsaw Pact before the fall of the wall.
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@Machpants said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nzzp said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I'm not sure what part of the country you are in but all of what you described is available.
Flour and yeast is not available around this area, and hasn't been for a couple of weeks. Partner was talking to the supermarket yesterday - their advice was that shelves were stocked overnight, and that flour was disappearing with the first 50 people or so. We (and our neighbours) have been in 4-5 different supermarkets since last weekend, with no flour or yeast available.
So yeah, after nearly two weeks of shortage, and then a queue that long in the dark, it didn't feel great. I'm delighted you have access to basics, and we're not going to starve - but ongoing shortages and queues like that did trigger an emotional response from me. Make of that what you will ... we do live in paradise, but that doesn't mean there aren't issues in the supply chain.
Oh, yeah, I get there are supply chain issues. I don't just make the Olympic size leap to feeling like communist eastern Europe.
It's a small inconvenience while we are trying to tackle a massive inconvenience if our health services get overwhelmed.
Because queuing for food and not having basics in the store is a pretty staple part of the old Eastern Bloc, it was a joke not a complaint, I guess. What we are doing, and it is no biggie we know, is amusingly like 80s Warsaw Pact before the fall of the wall.
But the basics are there. Just because everyone has decided to become a baker overnight doesn't mean the basics aren't there.
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@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo some basics are still hard to get, or at least harder to get. So it's a fair comparsion IMO.
Whether that shortage is caused by the inefficiences of socialism or panic buying fucktards, it's still a huge difference to last month.
Feels like Communist Eastern Europe to you too then?
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@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
the queue might be 250 metres but that's 125 ppl. So the moment they open the queue is going to almost disappear. That wasn't true of Eastern Europe. Been there, done that, couldn't find a T-Shirt
Clearly it's not a perfect analogy, but it's a fair comment to say it feels like that.
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@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
the queue might be 250 metres but that's 125 ppl. So the moment they open the queue is going to almost disappear. That wasn't true of Eastern Europe. Been there, done that, couldn't find a T-Shirt
Clearly it's not a perfect analogy, but it's a fair comment to say it feels like that.
I have an Eastern Euro friend that would laugh laugh and laugh at these "hardships" I guess reality of what truly Commy Eastern Europe was like and what we think it was like are two different things altogether.
I don't imagine it was such a cruisy time for them back then.