good here too. india declared a complete lockdown for three weeks until april 14 although according to official figures the number of infected patient stands at 716 and the death toll at 18 (for various reasons, the official figures are suspect).
for the last six days i have been housebound and i generally go out shopping for groceries once a day. and it is a delight because hardly anyone is out there. i've got a teenager who is going to college this summer in the house but he seems to be taking the lockdown well between catching up on his reading (history), his backlog of movies and the occasional gaming on ps4 :) we are of course the lucky ones. there are heartbreaking images emerging on the plight of migrant labourers and the homeless: https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/journalists-capture-heartbreaking-images-of-jobless-migrants-walking-home-after-covid-19-lockdown-2552461.html media being an essential service here, we start working from this monday. with all public transport suspended, the office is arranging transport. i hope to take the necessary precautions but it'll be a welcome change. i hope you do too.... stay safe. ~subash On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 01:35:35 +0000 Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: > Good like Christine and everyone. It's important for your mental > health to get outside as much as you can within the limits of your > local rules. Over here we can go out for one exercise session, walk, > run or cycle, per day, plus shopping. People where i am seem to be > fairly reasonable about keeping two metres apart. I generally go out > for a ride in the morning for an hour, and a walk 20 minutes along > the river to a supermarket in the late afternoon to pick up fresh > veggies etc. This morning I went for a 30-minute run on the riverside > path around Greenwich Peninsula, and cycled 30 minutes each way to a > supermarket in the afternoon. > > The weather is still beautiful, but quite cold. There's very little > traffic and the air is clean, so it's a great pleasure to be out. > > We are keeping our French classes going over Skype, but it's not as > much fun as personal contact. > > I work during the day and we're well set up for home working, but my > ancient personal laptop has given up the ghost so I'm having to do > everything with my iPhone (my ancient iPad's not up to it), which is > very inconvenient. I'm arranging to cycle in to the office next week, > currently closed except for security, to pick up the laptop I have > there. > > > On 26 Mar 2020, at 22:52, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > We just got an emergency alert via our mobile phones that the City > > of Chicago is closing down the lakefront, beaches etc, which I > > think is a good idea. > > > > I’ve been pretty busy with shifting my teaching to online. Our > > community college district shifted pretty quickly as things turned, > > and faculty have really risen to the occasion. This week I’ve had > > video sessions with students, and I’ve been greatly inspired by > > students wanting to persist with the semester despite these > > difficult circumstances. > > > > What is worrisome is finding food and supplies. I haven’t been out > > in 10 days expect for a 30 minute walk in an empty park. I’m not > > that keen on going to the store, but I will have to in the next few > > days, and, of course, I will take precautions. Ordering online is > > great, but so much is out of stock and the wait times can sometimes > > be a bit long, but it just requires us to do a bit of rationing and > > be smart about how we use up supplies. A constant refrain in the > > house is “we’ll just have to make do,” which everyone around the > > world is saying. > > > > Also, we have some friends who are nurses, and I have some students > > whose mom’s are nurses, so we’re very worried about them. There > > are women everywhere in America sewing cotton face masks for > > hospitals. Maybe you’ve seen the calls for face masks on Facebook. > > I’d love to stitch some up since I have sewing skills, but my > > school work has my time pretty occupied. Maybe I can stitch some > > up week after next, since we will be on spring break. > > > > Christine > > > > > > > > > >> On Mar 23, 2020, at 11:24 AM, Stanley Halpin > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> I’ve decided there is nothing else I can do, and so will try to > >> ignore what is happening elsewhere and start putting together some > >> Blurb books, catching up on travels I have done over the last 7 > >> years. > >> > >> I do have a new camera arriving from Adorama tomorrow, a Ricoh > >> WG-70, but I am thinking I will not be anyplace to fully take > >> advantage of its features… -- 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.
