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Post by channonite on Mar 28, 2020 9:06:41 GMT
In these challenging times, how about sharing how you are coping with life where you are? I am particularly interested in those further away from St.Mary's.
As for me, we have been trying to keep to a routine and as the weather has been fine, doing all sorts of gardening projects. As the weather gets less forgiving over the next few days, I guess we will have to do more things inside. We try and go for walks every day, but those bring their own challenges of avoiding others. How people are managing to keep working I really don't know. Those in the health services, police, council, food distribution and other service industries get my total respect for doing what they do.
Also I have noticed a rapid shift in my outlook on life. For instance, I now realise that football is not that important any more, it's just a game. It really doesn't seem that important to finish the 2019/20 season and I don't care if I never hear another word about it. It just isn't important now. How can you view it any other way, when people are now falling ill all around you? These changing times even affects my view of some favourite foods that I considered I couldn't live without. I now realise that - do you know what? - I don't actually miss it, now that I don't have access to it.
With all these changes in perception and reality, will life ever be the same again? Probably not. I see a respected historian (yes, I have forgotten who already) said yesterday that in years to come this period will be referred to as BC and AC - Before Coronavirus and After Coronavirus.
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Post by saintsfan73 on Mar 28, 2020 9:24:51 GMT
I think things will get back to near ‘normal’ once a vaccine has been found. This may take a couple of years though. There may be some smaller changes to life like less travel and more WFH but I think things will largely return to what they were.
I wonder if we might see a change of approach on upcoming months? I can’t see how the infrastructure for basics like food and medicine can cope with everyone hiding indoors from the virus. As soon as we pop our heads out it will all kick off again. The virus seems to have the characteristics that for the young and fit it is nothing to be too concerned about but for the ill or old it is incredibly dangerous. I wonder if those young and fit will be encouraged to soon go back to work and those susceptible will have to stay indoors for as long as it takes to get a vaccine out, even if that is 18 months?
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Post by Willshakes. on Mar 28, 2020 11:32:56 GMT
Stratford Upon Avon has been a ghost town for a week . 4 million visitors a year have vanished- thank God: The Local populous has been extremely compliant with the Government edicts & we’re far enough away from Brum & Cov . We are fortunate that we didn’t have this virus in the 70’s along with the power cuts , strikes etc but then we didn’t have the sheer volume of choice to be able to Skype, Watch virtually anything we fancied, on any device we want. I.E The kids can chat with friends & have home learning- we can video call our friends & family (Zoom is excellent btw) On the whole things could obviously be a lot worse however I am a glass half full chap & my family are coping very well which, of course, is my priority. I firmly believe this will pass & we all have no idea when but it will .
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Post by melrose on Mar 28, 2020 12:09:35 GMT
Stratford Upon Avon has been a ghost town for a week . 4 million visitors a year have vanished- thank God: The Local populous has been extremely compliant with the Government edicts & we’re far enough away from Brum & Cov . We are fortunate that we didn’t have this virus in the 70’s along with the power cuts , strikes etc but then we didn’t have the sheer volume of choice to be able to Skype, Watch virtually anything we fancied, on any device we want. I.E The kids can chat with friends & have home learning- we can video call our friends & family (Zoom is excellent btw) On the whole things could obviously be a lot worse however I am a glass half full chap & my family are coping very well which, of course, is my priority. I firmly believe this will pass & we all have no idea when but it will . You are in Stratford? That was my home town until leaving for Uni but back several times a year for visits. My mother died last year though and we have just sold the house - so reasons to go back (apart from fishing maybe) will be limited now.
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Post by arfurdent on Mar 28, 2020 12:31:14 GMT
Stratford Upon Avon has been a ghost town for a week . 4 million visitors a year have vanished- thank God: The Local populous has been extremely compliant with the Government edicts & we’re far enough away from Brum & Cov . We are fortunate that we didn’t have this virus in the 70’s along with the power cuts , strikes etc but then we didn’t have the sheer volume of choice to be able to Skype, Watch virtually anything we fancied, on any device we want. I.E The kids can chat with friends & have home learning- we can video call our friends & family (Zoom is excellent btw) On the whole things could obviously be a lot worse however I am a glass half full chap & my family are coping very well which, of course, is my priority. I firmly believe this will pass & we all have no idea when but it will . sort of what the dinosaurs thought, worked out well for them
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Post by Willshakes. on Mar 28, 2020 15:32:30 GMT
Stratford Upon Avon has been a ghost town for a week . 4 million visitors a year have vanished- thank God: The Local populous has been extremely compliant with the Government edicts & we’re far enough away from Brum & Cov . We are fortunate that we didn’t have this virus in the 70’s along with the power cuts , strikes etc but then we didn’t have the sheer volume of choice to be able to Skype, Watch virtually anything we fancied, on any device we want. I.E The kids can chat with friends & have home learning- we can video call our friends & family (Zoom is excellent btw) On the whole things could obviously be a lot worse however I am a glass half full chap & my family are coping very well which, of course, is my priority. I firmly believe this will pass & we all have no idea when but it will . sort of what the dinosaurs thought, worked out well for them
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Post by Willshakes. on Mar 28, 2020 15:40:44 GMT
sort of what the dinosaurs thought, worked out well for them That’s me ! A glass half full dinosaur. Extinct in the long term but eating well in the interim . I may have to become a vegetarian dinosaur with no loo roll but there’s always a pegasaurus to wipe my arse on or eat
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Post by patred on Mar 28, 2020 15:49:22 GMT
this will last for a couple years until that vaccine is found or the virus mutates to a more mild type of flu. By then we should have a built in immunity from it. Maybe in that 2 years Covid 19 will have 'culled' the human race of the older 'problem' generation. Pensions, the NHS costs, have caused economical and political problems as the elder generation who are living longer become a bigger percentage of the population. We could lose 2 generations depending on the death toll. Both those generations will be the last 'smokers'. So a total ban on smoking could become a reality relieving our health services of the stress and cost of smoke related illness's. Maybe in years to come Covid 19 will be remembered as natures answer to the the aging population.... ................................Tongue in cheek!!!! In the meantime the tumbleweed is rolling down the High Streets of East Anglia, food is still difficult to get for us elder people in lock down, due to the greedy horders. But the stores are sussing them out and we are getting a few supplies. In two weeks I have had 3 visitors, 2 deliveries from Amazon who both put the parcel down, rung the bell, and ran back to their vans. The other was my district nurse who was dressed like a astronaut. She didn't come in but inquired about my health from about 3 meters. I was so pleased to see all my neighbours out at their front doors clapping the hard working NHS/carers/ and volunteers who have bravely continued to look after us, despite the danger to themselves. We are becoming a more caring society day by day, so be be nice when you can East Anglia continues to work, the windmills are turning, the sugar beet has been harvested, and still we are keeping an eye out for those nasty Norsemen from the east. KEEP SAFE ALL OF YOU...THIS THING WILL PASS EVENTUALLY
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Post by Willshakes. on Mar 28, 2020 15:53:04 GMT
Stratford Upon Avon has been a ghost town for a week . 4 million visitors a year have vanished- thank God: The Local populous has been extremely compliant with the Government edicts & we’re far enough away from Brum & Cov . We are fortunate that we didn’t have this virus in the 70’s along with the power cuts , strikes etc but then we didn’t have the sheer volume of choice to be able to Skype, Watch virtually anything we fancied, on any device we want. I.E The kids can chat with friends & have home learning- we can video call our friends & family (Zoom is excellent btw) On the whole things could obviously be a lot worse however I am a glass half full chap & my family are coping very well which, of course, is my priority. I firmly believe this will pass & we all have no idea when but it will . You are in Stratford? That was my home town until leaving for Uni but back several times a year for visits. My mother died last year though and we have just sold the house - so reasons to go back (apart from fishing maybe) will be limited now. Hence the Willshakes name. Moved here 10 years ago with work . Grew up in Chandlersford & like you since my Dad died my mum moved to Scotland so don’t go back. The one great thing from CF is that many of us are still close friends that have moved all over the place but meet up a couple of times every year & constantly chat - We had a Zoom call on Thursday & we’re going to do that each week during this shite. Of the 14 of us 10 are Saints fans - you support the team where your from & all that . One of them is on here . He shall be anonymous.
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Post by orde on Mar 28, 2020 16:28:35 GMT
I don't think we've found a routine yet. Kids are just starting back in online classes through zoom. Only started on friday and they haven't actually started learning yet. My wife is an academic physician and supposed to be spending the majority of her time on writing grants and designing experiments, however she is now being designated as backup for the internal medicine physicians in the hospital if their numbers become depleted. Now she is worried in the long run she will lose her funding because she won't be able to keep up with the academic side of her work if she ends up spending too much time in the hospital. For me personally work won't really change that much. We are going to the grocery store once a week, trying to schedule for the lightest time of day, and trying to make sure we get an adequate supply to last an entire week without going overboard. We are trying to get takeout from our favorite restaurant once a week to help keep them in business. Going for a daily walk / run, which our dog loves.
Mentally, I am preparing for this to continue for about a year from now, when vaccines are hopefully available. I hope it will end much sooner, but I'd rather expect the worst and hope for the best.
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Post by dontknowcantremember on Mar 28, 2020 19:40:20 GMT
No idea how it's going here in West Yorkshire as I haven't gone more than a few yards from our garden other than to get footballs and tennis balls back. Struggling with working from home, partly because when I work from home normally I have the place to myself, but mainly because I'm bored of my job. Been spending a lot of time in the garden with my eight year old son playing football and cricket, just to make things interesting we have an undesignated footpath through part of our garden which is at the end of a private road (our house used to be a railway goods shed), so whenever we see anyone coming we shout "spreaders" and hide behind the car (puerile, but fun). I can see a ban on leaving your house for exercise coming - we had 25 people in 1s and 2s coming through our garden in the hour we were out there today. The local bridle path, which is a field away and lined with dry stone walls, nettles and dog eggs was even busier and was probably having a social distancing failure every ten minutes or so. Given that every other person in this village would have fallen into the coffin dodger category pre-covid you would think that they might be more careful,but you can't tell them owt as they are from Yorkshire and their family has been here ever since the first viking came over and shagged the local sheep.
If the trains going past our house are anything to go by public transport could be the place to self-isolate. Most trains have the driver in the front cab, the guard in the back cab and a passenger in each carriage. They are pacer trains, so I'm guessing people are more likely to catch the black death on them than any of these new diseases.
No idea about the state of the shops as my wife started stockpiling for the apocalypse, Brexit vote, every possible no deal Brexit date and the possibility that we might be snowed in and now feels vindicated. Hopefully, bog roll and pasta will be available when we run out in June.
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Post by andyroo on Mar 29, 2020 3:35:56 GMT
G’day cobbers, well, nobody actually seems to say that but it’s what you probably expect. Australia seems to be catching up with the implications of slowing down the rate of transmission and the easing of pressure on hospitals. There’s certainly some tension between the Federal government in Canberra, who are driven like Boris by some alt right views that commerce may be more important than saving lives, and the individual State governments concerned with managing their health systems. Here in Victoria and its major city, Melbourne, we probably could be described as the most left leaning of the States. Consequently our Premier, yes we have both a Prime Minister and Premiers, has been one of the most firmly convinced of the life preserving nature of isolation. Our health system is a sort of hybrid UK and USA model, where there is at least a free public system that’s well funded. Access is universal unless you’re a tourist stuck here, a student or one of the million or so with temporary work visas. It’s hoped the public system has learnt from Italy and Spain and has made use of the time lag in spread to better prepare. Such is the relative affluence that the two of the larger outbreaks have been from a cruise ship carelessly disembarking and wealthy skiers returning from Aspen and then going to parties to celebrate their privilege without much apparent care. The police have also been enforcing beach closures in chilly Victoria on one of the last warm weekends before autumn sets in. Self regardingly bullet proof young folk haven’t quite caught on yet and want to party. Seems you can walk, swim, run, jog or surf whilst maintaining distance but you can’t sit down on the sand. A lot of us are lucky enough to have a second home to enjoy a mountain or sea view while isolating, not too tough. I do feel for those less fortunate who may be in shared housing, temporary accommodation, students, workers far from home and families and particularly those imprisoned asylum seekers our federal governments have sought to demonise for political benefit. Supermarkets are likewise difficult places but we do have a great fresh veggie and produce culture, particularly in Melbourne. Our wonderful open air, old school markets are still open with great farm produce, seafood and quality butchers. Sadly the expanding outer aspirational suburbs only seem to have our duopoly of supermarkets. My thoughts do wander to what my late parents lived through in wartime Southampton and count my blessings. Truly grateful for their many sacrifices and a free education that led to me finding such relative freedom and wealth. Shame it took me so long to realise this. One day when the game starts again, I hope to get to St Mary’s again and join in a chorus of that song. In the meantime the only saints are those marching to work in healthcare, the food industry and all our essential services. Go well you outsiders, wherever.
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Post by spot51 on Mar 29, 2020 12:07:26 GMT
I bore you with much of the daily routine here in Ryde already.
I understand our Council have no powers to stop visitors coming here but they now require non-residents to spend 14 days in isolation before going out for "exercise".
Many of the posh houses in Bembridge, Seaview and the like are second homes. Seems quite a few city types came down prior to active discouragement ramping up. However, Chelsea Jo related a (hopefully non-apocryphal) story of a conversation heard in the Wightlink ticket office on Ryde Pier last week:
Toff: "Day return to London please".
Clerk: "What?"
Toff: "I want a day return to London".
Clerk: "Look - I can't refuse you a ticket but I'm not happy. Why can't you chose one of your f*cking homes and stay in it?"
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Post by budidgary on Mar 29, 2020 12:14:50 GMT
All good here in Thailand thus far, though I should be back at work in Phnom Penh, but can't so tough.
I pass people in the street and shops and lobby daily, with and without masks. I have not known one person to get it as yet. It is more quiet on the streets, without doubt and when I went to our TH office on Friday I was shocked how quiet the transit trains were. Offices are still running normally it would seem. Food markets still open, take aways, tesco, etc.
We are supposed to be closed down in part until April 30th. What sort of a world will we come out to? One where small and medium sized businesses are bust or very near bust, about to be swallowed up or bought out for peanuts by the mega's? Large rises in unemployment as said businesses go bust or near bust? Rise thus in crime, robberies, pick pocketing and similar. More turning to alcohol and drugs to escape the depression and rage some will feel at losing so much?
Grim reading, but very real prospects that after the virus, we may well be facing even more torrid times in many respects.
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Post by ivangolac on Mar 31, 2020 6:44:12 GMT
Outskirts of Winchester. All is quiet, home schooling cracking on with a very grumpy teenager and a slightly more positive 11 year old. I'm still working and the Mrs too. I've cryogenically frozen 750 staff as of tomorrow as business is closed for sales (although remain open for essential repair services for key workers with a merry little band of heroes). Will stay working for the foreseeable as still lots of customers communicating, heartbreaking watching a lifetime of work crumbling to dust. Made progress on DIY at the weekend, the garden will look good and the bike is getting ridden like Seabuscuit. The dog is saying "no more"!
I think every understands a month, can probably tolerate another, but any longer than that you could see some real issues. Businesses will still spend cash and some will run out of it. very quickly. I would be getting hold of padlocks and securing up your household, there will be some desperate people out there.
What is just as scary is how we ramp back up, everyone (mostly the Premier League players) seem to think this is some binary deadline where all is fine the day after, but a long period of transition will be needed where the support 'probably' disappears. Then you will see the true cost of this.
Stay Safe everyone....
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