Coronavirus - Australia
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Have made a few forays into the real world, even had dinner at a restaurant on Friday night. Brekky at a cafe on Sunday.
My initial observations are that most restaurants/cafes will probably survive, but it's casual staff that will feel the impact. The 10-50 person limit means that a place can operate as normal, but there will be a much lower need for waiters/bartenders.
They are the last ones who will be rehired, and I imagine that will be the case right across the retail/hospo/tourism sector, which will be the last sectors themselves to come back.
If I were the Government I'd be thinking about greater support for those 18-25 year olds who may be at uni or TAFE, who pay rent/fees by pulling beers or waiting tables. I can see it having a big impact on the rental market as many will just move back in with their parents, or downsize, or crash on someone's couch.
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have had a bit of "normalcy" over the past few days
Back working from the office full time with the kids back in school
Had friends over for drinks on the weekend
The wife and I went out for lunch on Monday as well. First time in a restaurant since Feb!
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Local shopping centre has come back to life progressively over the last two weeks. Every fluffybunny ignoring social distancing so I've started loudly saying "ONE POINT FIVE METRES THANKS" once I get the shits, which is about 3 people in. Fuck 'em.
Still about 30% of retailers shut, and the ones that are open have big signs up about number of customers.
We won't be back to normal until Bunnings are running Sausage Sizzles again.
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Local shopping centre has come back to life progressively over the last two weeks. Every fluffybunny ignoring social distancing so I've started loudly saying "ONE POINT FIVE METRES THANKS" once I get the shits, which is about 3 people in. Fuck 'em.
Still about 30% of retailers shut, and the ones that are open have big signs up about number of customers.
We won't be back to normal until Bunnings are running Sausage Sizzles again.
I'm the opposite TBH. Anyone who wants in my zone, I'm stoked. I'm good for high 5's, shoulder/chest bumps, random hugs.
Social dustuncing (best NZ accent there) is over for me.
Had lunch out today, can't have been more than 60cm from 2 ladies at the next table, who also didnt care. We needed a photo, the waitress happily took one on our phone.
Time to get back to normal.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Had lunch out today, can't have been more than 60cm from 2 ladies at the next table,
That's a man who knows his length.
I usually work in inches, but I try to be modern
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Had lunch out today, can't have been more than 60cm from 2 ladies at the next table,
That's a man who knows his length.
I usually work in inches, but I try to be modern
Oh. Awkward.
It's 3cm to the inch, not 30.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Had lunch out today, can't have been more than 60cm from 2 ladies at the next table,
That's a man who knows his length.
I usually work in inches, but I try to be modern
Oh. Awkward.
It's 3cm to the inch, not 30.
2.5cm if we're being accurate
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Had lunch out today, can't have been more than 60cm from 2 ladies at the next table,
That's a man who knows his length.
I usually work in inches, but I try to be modern
Oh. Awkward.
It's 3cm to the inch, not 30.
2.5cm if we're being accurate
2.54
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@booboo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Had lunch out today, can't have been more than 60cm from 2 ladies at the next table,
That's a man who knows his length.
I usually work in inches, but I try to be modern
Oh. Awkward.
It's 3cm to the inch, not 30.
2.5cm if we're being accurate
2.54
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
I'm the opposite TBH.
Let me be clear on this: I don't like people.
This entire lockdown thing is my jam. I'd have told people to get the fuck away from me before February if it was deemed socially acceptable.
People just fuck everything up - particularly shopping centres, amusement parks, and holidays.
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
I'm the opposite TBH.
Let me be clear on this: I don't like people.
This entire lockdown thing is my jam. I'd have told people to get the fuck away from me before February if it was deemed socially acceptable.
People just fuck everything up - particularly shopping centres, amusement parks, and holidays.
Ha, I hear that!
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@booboo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Had lunch out today, can't have been more than 60cm from 2 ladies at the next table,
That's a man who knows his length.
I usually work in inches, but I try to be modern
Oh. Awkward.
It's 3cm to the inch, not 30.
2.5cm if we're being accurate
2.54
Great film
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@booboo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
so wait. You have 8 total active cases. No one in Hospital. Day after day of no new cases.
And the only thing to note is a really old person who died. And she had it once, but recovered, and then died later. But you're still counting it.
Why they fuck aren't you guys fully open?
I guess we could ask the same of QLD. Four cases in hospital, one of which is in ICU.
What do Jacinda and Annastacia have in common?
30yo dude dying in Blackwater with no idea how he got it (or that he had it) just a little risky.
But agree with the sentiment.
I get the feeling people aren't being honest about that case, because "virus magically appears in town isolated by hundreds of kilometres" sets off the BS alarm.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@booboo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
so wait. You have 8 total active cases. No one in Hospital. Day after day of no new cases.
And the only thing to note is a really old person who died. And she had it once, but recovered, and then died later. But you're still counting it.
Why they fuck aren't you guys fully open?
I guess we could ask the same of QLD. Four cases in hospital, one of which is in ICU.
What do Jacinda and Annastacia have in common?
30yo dude dying in Blackwater with no idea how he got it (or that he had it) just a little risky.
But agree with the sentiment.
I get the feeling people aren't being honest about that case, because "virus magically appears in town isolated by hundreds of kilometres" sets off the BS alarm.
"No it totally wasn't a prostitute I picked up as a truck driver"
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@booboo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
so wait. You have 8 total active cases. No one in Hospital. Day after day of no new cases.
And the only thing to note is a really old person who died. And she had it once, but recovered, and then died later. But you're still counting it.
Why they fuck aren't you guys fully open?
I guess we could ask the same of QLD. Four cases in hospital, one of which is in ICU.
What do Jacinda and Annastacia have in common?
30yo dude dying in Blackwater with no idea how he got it (or that he had it) just a little risky.
But agree with the sentiment.
I get the feeling people aren't being honest about that case, because "virus magically appears in town isolated by hundreds of kilometres" sets off the BS alarm.
Some talk about a false positive.
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@booboo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@booboo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
so wait. You have 8 total active cases. No one in Hospital. Day after day of no new cases.
And the only thing to note is a really old person who died. And she had it once, but recovered, and then died later. But you're still counting it.
Why they fuck aren't you guys fully open?
I guess we could ask the same of QLD. Four cases in hospital, one of which is in ICU.
What do Jacinda and Annastacia have in common?
30yo dude dying in Blackwater with no idea how he got it (or that he had it) just a little risky.
But agree with the sentiment.
I get the feeling people aren't being honest about that case, because "virus magically appears in town isolated by hundreds of kilometres" sets off the BS alarm.
Some talk about a false positive.
And so it seems. Did not have COVID.