Coronavirus - Overall
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@dogmeat no shit! Unnecessary, and super-close proximity to people
laugh it up, my friend just layed all her staff off and is close to shutting her salon, because people are cancelling their appointments hand over fist
whoa, I'm definitely not laughing - just not sure that this should be deemed essential if this shutdown is as necessary as the authorities are telling us it is.
Its a deadset disaster for stacks of people, nothing funny about it
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@dogmeat no shit! Unnecessary, and super-close proximity to people
laugh it up, my friend just layed all her staff off and is close to shutting her salon, because people are cancelling their appointments hand over fist
whoa, I'm definitely not laughing - just not sure that this should be deemed essential if this shutdown is as necessary as the authorities are telling us it is.
Its a deadset disaster for stacks of people, nothing funny about it
as i said, we are not at "essential services" stage yet. The government has been very clear about that. What they have shut down are places where lots of people congregate. The full lock down is coming, probably this week. And then the beauty shops will go too.
However that hasn't stopped people taking themselves away from the salon, with good reason.
so, to your original point, Australia isn't classing hair salons as "essential" they are just not places where lots of people get together under the same roof.
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@mariner4life ah, that makes much more sense then, my bad
Shit times.
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I've only read the head line and first few sentences, but this is why I am glad I am in NZ over these types of countries. This wouldn't happen here.
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life ah, that makes much more sense then.
Shit times.
the fucking worst.
for most, that only became apparent yesterday.
to have a million people lose their jobs (govt figures now) with the double whammy of the health fear, it's almost unbearable for some. And for it all to happen so quickly as well.
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@chimoaus said in Coronavirus - Overall:
US of course doing their best to be #1
China's numbers def looking more manageable, serious and critical numbers dropping
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life ah, that makes much more sense then.
Shit times.
the fucking worst.
for most, that only became apparent yesterday.
to have a million people lose their jobs (govt figures now) with the double whammy of the health fear, it's almost unbearable for some. And for it all to happen so quickly as well.
We are all under the pump mate, just over 24 hours from now NZ is locked down. We are facing at least 4 weeks of life like this, probably much longer.
Your turn will come it’s only a matter of time, it’s some scary shit, personally I’ve never felt so helpless and unsure what to do next. There’s nothing I can do except go home after work tomorrow and stay there.... family and all.. -
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life ah, that makes much more sense then.
Shit times.
the fucking worst.
for most, that only became apparent yesterday.
to have a million people lose their jobs (govt figures now) with the double whammy of the health fear, it's almost unbearable for some. And for it all to happen so quickly as well.
We are all under the pump mate, just over 24 hours from now NZ is locked down. We are facing at least 4 weeks of life like this, probably much longer.
Your turn will come it’s only a matter of time, it’s some scary shit personally I’ve never felt so helpless and unsure what to do next. There’s nothing I can do except go home after work tomorrow and stay there.... family and all..it's really weird alright. i am sort of stuck with what to do next. And we are trying to put in place plans with out having even teh foggiest notion of how long we are talking.
Has anyone thought about the realities for civilisation as we know it for being locked down for more than 4 weeks? People are going to go fucking nuts.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life ah, that makes much more sense then.
Shit times.
the fucking worst.
for most, that only became apparent yesterday.
to have a million people lose their jobs (govt figures now) with the double whammy of the health fear, it's almost unbearable for some. And for it all to happen so quickly as well.
We are all under the pump mate, just over 24 hours from now NZ is locked down. We are facing at least 4 weeks of life like this, probably much longer.
Your turn will come it’s only a matter of time, it’s some scary shit personally I’ve never felt so helpless and unsure what to do next. There’s nothing I can do except go home after work tomorrow and stay there.... family and all..it's really weird alright. i am sort of stuck with what to do next. And we are trying to put in place plans with out having even teh foggiest notion of how long we are talking.
Has anyone thought about the realities for civilisation as we know it for being locked down for more than 4 weeks? People are going to go fucking nuts.
Are you getting government help for businesses and employees like here?
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life ah, that makes much more sense then.
Shit times.
the fucking worst.
for most, that only became apparent yesterday.
to have a million people lose their jobs (govt figures now) with the double whammy of the health fear, it's almost unbearable for some. And for it all to happen so quickly as well.
We are all under the pump mate, just over 24 hours from now NZ is locked down. We are facing at least 4 weeks of life like this, probably much longer.
Your turn will come it’s only a matter of time, it’s some scary shit personally I’ve never felt so helpless and unsure what to do next. There’s nothing I can do except go home after work tomorrow and stay there.... family and all..it's really weird alright. i am sort of stuck with what to do next. And we are trying to put in place plans with out having even teh foggiest notion of how long we are talking.
Has anyone thought about the realities for civilisation as we know it for being locked down for more than 4 weeks? People are going to go fucking nuts.
Are you getting government help for businesses and employees like here?
yep. heaps being rolled out. lets hope it is enough. And that is entirely dependent on timeframes.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life ah, that makes much more sense then.
Shit times.
the fucking worst.
for most, that only became apparent yesterday.
to have a million people lose their jobs (govt figures now) with the double whammy of the health fear, it's almost unbearable for some. And for it all to happen so quickly as well.
We are all under the pump mate, just over 24 hours from now NZ is locked down. We are facing at least 4 weeks of life like this, probably much longer.
Your turn will come it’s only a matter of time, it’s some scary shit personally I’ve never felt so helpless and unsure what to do next. There’s nothing I can do except go home after work tomorrow and stay there.... family and all..it's really weird alright. i am sort of stuck with what to do next. And we are trying to put in place plans with out having even teh foggiest notion of how long we are talking.
Has anyone thought about the realities for civilisation as we know it for being locked down for more than 4 weeks? People are going to go fucking nuts.
Are you getting government help for businesses and employees like here?
yep. heaps being rolled out. lets hope it is enough. And that is entirely dependent on timeframes.
It's going to be ugly. But you just hope to ride it out
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@mariner4life We offer an essential service to Hospitals. One of our smaller branches the staff have refused to work. For too long this afternoon it looked like I was going to have to drive for 6 hours then spend four weeks working my arse off at a boring job - meanwhile running everything remotely and sleeping in the office. and hoping not to get sick.
That's still a real possibility if anyone else falls over.
Lock down doesn't sound too bad.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil also i hope i am not coming across too "woe is me" because i'm in a decent spot. I just know too many people who no longer are.
Nah mate we are all entitled to feel sorry for ourselves and be a bit titchy. No one knows what to feel or what will happen next. It’s all new only thing we can say is we are all in this together.
My new norm... walk in the door after a draining day at work, wife runs over tells me my clothes are contaminated and starts spraying shit all over. Growls at me for rummaging around picking new clothes to wear then tells me off for standing there not getting dressed fast enough.. like what the fuck..
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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil also i hope i am not coming across too "woe is me" because i'm in a decent spot. I just know too many people who no longer are.
Nah mate we are all entitled to feel sorry for ourselves and be a bit titchy. No one knows what to feel or what will happen next. It’s all new only thing we can say is we are all in this together.
My new norm... walk in the door after a draining day at work, wife runs over tells me my clothes are contaminated and starts spraying shit all over. Growls at me for rummaging around picking new clothes to wear then tells me off for standing there not getting dressed fast enough.. like what the fuck..
As if there wasn't enough to get told off about as it is
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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil also i hope i am not coming across too "woe is me" because i'm in a decent spot. I just know too many people who no longer are.
Nah mate we are all entitled to feel sorry for ourselves and be a bit titchy. No one knows what to feel or what will happen next. It’s all new only thing we can say is we are all in this together.
My new norm... walk in the door after a draining day at work, wife runs over tells me my clothes are contaminated and starts spraying shit all over. Growls at me for rummaging around picking new clothes to wear then tells me off for standing there not getting dressed fast enough.. like what the fuck..
the realities dawned on Mrs Mariner for the first time yesterday. I talked to her every day last week, but she obviously just dismissed it.
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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil also i hope i am not coming across too "woe is me" because i'm in a decent spot. I just know too many people who no longer are.
Nah mate we are all entitled to feel sorry for ourselves and be a bit titchy. No one knows what to feel or what will happen next. It’s all new only thing we can say is we are all in this together.
My new norm... walk in the door after a draining day at work, wife runs over tells me my clothes are contaminated and starts spraying shit all over. Growls at me for rummaging around picking new clothes to wear then tells me off for standing there not getting dressed fast enough.. like what the fuck..
It's not that silly though. My wife is changing clothes before coming home for that same reason.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil also i hope i am not coming across too "woe is me" because i'm in a decent spot. I just know too many people who no longer are.
Nah mate we are all entitled to feel sorry for ourselves and be a bit titchy. No one knows what to feel or what will happen next. It’s all new only thing we can say is we are all in this together.
My new norm... walk in the door after a draining day at work, wife runs over tells me my clothes are contaminated and starts spraying shit all over. Growls at me for rummaging around picking new clothes to wear then tells me off for standing there not getting dressed fast enough.. like what the fuck..
the realities dawned on Mrs Mariner for the first time yesterday. I talked to her every day last week, but she obviously just dismissed it.
Mrs Rembrandt too..except she's had to deal with 6 weeks of my jabbering to finally take it seriously...now the hand sanitisers at the door aren't the work of a crazy germophobe.
Looks like her work has been designated an essential service, good for finances but it does mean we are likely to be getting a visit from Mr Corona at some point by the number of people she will come in close contact with (radiography). Will be good to get on the other side of that.
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@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Virgil also i hope i am not coming across too "woe is me" because i'm in a decent spot. I just know too many people who no longer are.
Nah mate we are all entitled to feel sorry for ourselves and be a bit titchy. No one knows what to feel or what will happen next. It’s all new only thing we can say is we are all in this together.
My new norm... walk in the door after a draining day at work, wife runs over tells me my clothes are contaminated and starts spraying shit all over. Growls at me for rummaging around picking new clothes to wear then tells me off for standing there not getting dressed fast enough.. like what the fuck..
It's not that silly though. My wife is changing clothes before coming home for that same reason.
Totally makes sense, it’s just slammed into me now and I wasn’t in the mood when I literally crawled in the door..