We've just come down another notch as of yesterday so a lot more is opening up. We've had only one new infection detected nationwide over the past 4 or 5 days so hopefully we'll be back to normality soon. We can even get takeaways now :)
If things go well then we'll be able to open our borders soon, at least to Australia and the Pacific islands. Tourism is our second largest export so the sooner this happens the better. Cheers, Dave > On May 15, 2020, at 3:48 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 14/5/20, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Being imprisoned in one's own home by a virus is getting very, very old. > > We have just had some of our lockdown eased, so we are now able to drive > greater distances and take unlimited exercise in most forms. For me, that > means the water is open again and I can head down to the marina where my boat > awaits the joys of refitting. Lot of work to to. > > As far as the virus is concerned, I think the greatest chances of catching it > are in large population centres and indoor places like food stores etc. > Fortunately in our region of west Oxfordshire there have only been in the > order of 250 to 300 deaths total - although they likely would have passed > away at the Oxford hospitals 20 miles away, as we have nothing like that > around here. Swindon in Wiltshire is the other closest conurbation with > hospitals. > > Either way, practical precautions are needed and transmission is most likely > through infected surfaces, so common sense essential. There's a lot of > polarisation of views - some think it's far too early to ease the lockdown, > others think that common sense and some responsible attitude and precautions > are all that are needed. I'm in the latter group, but then, I have no direct > impact from anyone passing through the virus. Doubtless if I did, I may well > think differently. Impossible to know so I won't hypothesize. I'm 60 and have > no fear of going out into the world. I would not change my view if I were 70 > or even older. Like my mum said all those years ago: 'you just can't sit > still, can you!!' > > Meanwhile, keep the faith and hold fast! > > > > > > > -- > > /|___ > Cheers ///| )) > Cotty /////| ))) > ///////| ))) > /////////| ))) > ///////////| )))) > /////////////| ))) > //////////////| ))) > ////////////////|___))) > ___________|________ > \ / > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Contest 33 'Iris' SSR148875 > > > -- > 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.
