Quote from: Ben Waterhouse on 13 March 2020, 04:49:48 PM
How's the hysteria going?

It's a great album, can't believe See Leopard are still going.

Quote from: petercooman on 13 March 2020, 07:14:56 PM
Like true idiots, people are organizing pre lockdown parties to empty the kegs before closing. Just pointless  to lock down when you get every one together first 

Your reasoning is impeccable, Peter.   Except, perhaps, they are Prince* fans?   

* thinking ..... 
Say say two thousand zero two zero party over, oops, out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's nineteen ninety-nine
[excuse the paraphrasing]

 

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 13 March 2020, 07:30:37 PM
When Belgium closes bars, you know the situation is serious.

Quote from: Westmarcher on 13 March 2020, 08:29:39 PM
Your reasoning is impeccable, Peter.   Except, perhaps, they are Prince* fans?   

* thinking ..... 
Say say two thousand zero two zero party over, oops, out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's nineteen ninety-nine
[excuse the paraphrasing]

Maybe they think booze kills the virus 

Quote from: petercooman on 13 March 2020, 09:02:27 PM

Maybe they think booze kills the virus 

Don't blame them. I thought it was worth a try tonight ....    

Without picking sides it does look like Dominic Cummings has got the  apocalypse  he possibly wanted

As a relatively young and very healthy member of the 'herd' I'm ready to follow government advice and sacrifice myself to this contagion to save you old bulls.

I hope you appreciate it!

Seriously, if it helps my olds I'll take it on the chin now.

Was out doing the weekly shop this morning here in NZ today....somewhat to my surprise it was very quiet at the supermarket, (though I did go in fairly early) and they had reasonable stock of loo paper/hand sanitsers etc - all limited to one per customer though....

Can't get facemasks here for love or money, though I am not sure what the heck people are doing with them as I have yet to see one person actually wearing one in Wellington this week.....

My workplace moved entirely to laptop based workstations after the earthquakes we had here a couple of years ago so we are required to take them home with us each day in case we need to work from home.

NZ has been really fortunate only having 5 cases so far in total with no fatalities yet, but like the rest of the world we are taking the Covid 19 threat very seriously.

There are supposedly signs that Covid 19 things are stabilising in China. Hopefully the crisis will pass and the world will be able to get back to some degree of "normality" sooner than later.

No matter where you are I wish everyone "Bon chance" - stay safe, stay well and keep calm.

Quote from: Matt J on 13 March 2020, 11:13:59 PM
As a relatively young and very healthy member of the 'herd' I'm ready to follow government advice and sacrifice myself to this contagion to save you old bulls.

I hope you appreciate it!

Seriously, if it helps my olds I'll take it on the chin now.

Seems you can't predict how 'hard' you get it, so might not be the best idea.

Quote from: pierre the shy on 13 March 2020, 11:20:18 PM

No matter where you are I wish everyone "Bon chance" - stay safe, stay well and keep calm.

Same to you sir!

Quote from: Ace of Spades on 12 March 2020, 01:54:16 PM
I live in the Southern part of the Netherlands and apparently we're doomed..

Well, given my son has just stomped XXX through it, and dropped artillery and typhoon anti tank rockets on the rest, I'm not surprised
And I've blown up a load of bridges

Several cases in Ohio now. The Governor declared a state of emergency, banned gatherings over a hundred in number, with a few exceptions. Schools, colleges and churches closed. Toledo libraries closing from tomorrow. TP, hand sanitizer food flying off the shelves. A feeling of real fear beginning to settle in. Strange days.

Closing large ecclesiatical gatherings might be useful. Remember the pious fallout from AIDS?

Na - cant close down religion, God would get VERY annoyed 

Quote from: ianrs54 on 14 March 2020, 08:23:33 AM
Na - cant close down religion, God would get VERY annoyed 

And I lifted up mine eyes to the hills and espied the four horsemen of the apocalypse... .

Quote from: Norm on 13 March 2020, 04:58:05 PM
Most governments and the stock market seem to think this is a thing and that it is worth worrying about.

My pension fund's lost a quarter of its value over the last three weeks. First world problem I know, but it will have a real-world effect. Not to me - I have a long and tiresome wait until I'm old enough - but there will be people retiring now who've suddenly become a lot poorer in their old age.

Quote from: Dr Dave on 13 March 2020, 12:17:33 PM
As for "Pull your kids out of schools if you have some." - well yes, we have lost of schools ( ) but children are also the most robust and resistant to the extremes of covid-19, plus my lad is away at school - if I pulled him out he'd most likely be at more risk of catching something that probably wont really affect him anyway. So I regard that as a bit of an over-reaction.

Yes, kids seem to the least vulnerable. That's not the point. Schools are excellent distribution systems for anything going. So although the kids may not get too sick, they could well introduce it into the household, and then everyone else is at risk.