I've been commuting to work at home this week, and for the foreseeable. This means I cycle into Central London and back again, then start working at home, so that I still get an hour's exercise and (fresh?*) air, and I have a psychological moment between home and work.
So far the motor traffic is not significantly different from normal, and certainly not on the order of difference I see during school holidays (the schools here are still open). When I pass the tube and railway stations they are empty, so it looks as if people have abandoned public transport and those who still have to come to town are using their cars instead. There are noticeably fewer cyclists, which I expect is because they are not doing a pseudo-commute like me. *Perhaps when the motor traffic dies down I really will get some fresh air. I also have the river as a place for walks. People around, but generally on their own and keeping their distance. It's very important for people to get outside and get some vitamin D, which boosts the immune system. > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML <pdml-boun...@pdml.net> On Behalf Of Ralf R Radermacher > Sent: 18 March 2020 09:01 > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Re: OT Covid-19 > > Am 18.03.20 um 03:04 schrieb ann sanfedele: > > > There are a few things that I consider a bit of a benefit... NYC on > > st Patricks day, is worse than NEw Years eve and Santa-con - the > > drunken sots usually screaming well into the night outside my window are > gone. > > Same here, although sans St Patricks day. We live in the city centre and > there's a celestial peace outside. Haven't been woken up in the middle of the > night by some idiots yelling around and now it's about as calm as > 7 a.m. on Xmas day. No noise, very few cars, no fumes from the kitchens of > the many restaurants around us. A dream if it weren't for the circumstances. > > And we aren't even in lockdown yet. > > All the rest is business as usual. We've been working at home for almost > 40 years, long before the term home office was even thought of. Still enough > work. No probs so far. > > The only thing we'll really be missing is Easter in Dunkirk. > > All the best to you and the other good people of the PDML. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real- > fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
