Am 23.03.20 um 17:23 schrieb Stanley Halpin:
I’ve been pretty cautious about going out, about being in contact with others. But today the governor of our state issued a strong Stay At Home order effective through April 13. Still ok to go out for food and meds but otherwise Stay Home.
We don't have any confinement. Christian democrat minister-president Armin Laschet of North Rhine-Westphalia thinks there can't be any further restrictions given that religious freedom is already restricted since people can't attend mass. The guy used to be chief editor of the episcopal newsletter in the town of Aachen and methinks he'd better stayed there. To make things worse, he's thrown his hat into the ring to become Merkel's successor. Instead there's a ban on being together outside in groups of more than two people who are not part of the same family or living under the same roof. All others have to keep their distance. All bars, pubs, restaurants (unless for take-away) and shops with the exception of supermarkets, pharmacies, drugstores and DIY stores are closed. The latter supposedly in order to keep people occupied while they're staying at home. All schools and public places like museums, sports grounds etc. are closed as well. As a result, Cologne city centre is as calm as on Xmas day. No car traffic, no noise, no exhaust fumes, no smells from the ventilation of the numerous restaurant kitchens around us. No more stink from the curry house behind our back yard when they let their bread scorch in the oven yet again. Great if it weren't for the gruesome circumstances. I haven't been out of the house for a week and a half and frankly I'm not missing much except our weekly day of shopping and tourism in Belgium on Fridays and of course our Easter holiday in Dunkirk, even more so since we hadn't been able to go there over Xmas. Other than that, we're fine. Let's hope all this will be over in the foreseeable future. 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.
