I’ve commuted yo work at home ever since I left my last agency job 12 years ago. For years it was a three-mile jog, later a two-mile walk, now a 30-foot shuffle from kitchen to office. When my health improves I plan to get back to a one-mile walk.
Paul > On Mar 18, 2020, at 7:11 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ralf R Radermacher >> Sent: 18 March 2020 09:01 >> To: [email protected] >> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
