date:20200316

Covid Madness

2020-03-16 Thread jcoyle

Just returned from a small shopping expedition: found our local supermarket
with 30 metres of empty shelves where the meat is usually found, and two
metres of empty cold cabinet where frozen fruit is found.  Lots of other
blanks as well: seeing that the car park, usually crowded, was half empty, I
deduce that the mad crowd has driven off to stage a raid on the nearest
alternative shops!  If they've stocked up on frozen fruit, one understands
why they needed to buy so much toilet paper...

I quote from a friend's email:
Apparently the first person in Adelaide has sadly died because of the
coronavirus.
In his house they found 500 cans of assorted food, 100kg of pasta, 75kg of
rice, 200 toilet rolls and 30L of hand sanitiser,  which he had panic bought
from Coles "just in case!"... 
 
 
The whole lot collapsed and buried the stupid Prick .. 


John in Brisbane





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RE: OT Covid-19

2020-03-16 Thread jcoyle

Very sorry to hear that, Larry - I am close to that situation myself, my 
102-year old mother is in a high-care aged care facility, and we have twice 
been advised to prepare for the worst.  One can only ask for an easy transition.

John in Brisbane

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From: PDML  On Behalf Of Larry Colen
Sent: Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:17 PM
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> On Mar 16, 2020, at 6:41 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> A six-county-wide mandate has put me under Covid-19 House Arrest today. I'm 
> not supposed to leave home for anything other than "living essentials" like 
> grocery shopping, particularly since I'm a "senior". Until April 7th… 

Make that seven counties, Santa Cruz County is going to shelter in place. On 
the bright side, if I can get off my ass, I guess I have an opportunity to make 
some progress on a few of the crisis around the house.

Meanwhile, unrelated to covid-19, I was woken this morning by a text from my 
sister. Mom is declining, despite the home being on lockdown they were working 
on procedures for her to be with Mom at the end, unless of course Mom pulls 
through again.  A 1700 mile drive, however, is out of the question.  I’ve 
pretty much said goodbye for the last time every time I’ve seen her for just 
over three years, and she wouldn’t even know I was there.  I do wish I could be 
there for my sister though.

All things considered, Mom passing is the best thing for everyone involved, 
especially her, or what’s left of her.  She’s been my mom less and less, and 
less and less of the time since she broke her hip. I just wish that her passing 
could go better than it looks like it will, though I honestly don’t think 
she’ll know the difference. 

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South Africa is now in lockdown too. The authorities are trying hard to
contain it but the number of confirmed cases has shot up from 1 to 62 in
a week. Schools, Universities, Cinemas, Theatres, Restaurants, Churches,
etc restricted/closed. Serious panic buying started in the big centres
yesterday. It will likely spread to the Platteland in the coming days.
All sporting events have been cancelled/postponed until April 15th when
further announcements will be made. Sportsmen have been urged to keep in
training. No financial interventions yet. Stock market has fallen about
35% in 10 days, 12% yesterday after the US rate cut. The SA economy was
already in recession & now this.

Alan C

On 17-Mar-20 03:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

A six-county-wide mandate has put me under Covid-19 House Arrest today. I'm not supposed to leave
home for anything other than "living essentials" like grocery shopping, particularly
since I'm a "senior". Until April 7th…

I'm glad I went to the grocery store as well as got a haircut over the weekend.
And also glad I went to the gym today for a good hour and a half session and
took a 10 mile bicycle ride. (Nothing's going to be open except for banks, post
offices, gas stations, hospitals, and grocery stores … Not much point to going
for a cycle ride and cafe break when there'll be no cafes or restaurants open.)
Oh yes, and washing my hands and face every ten minutes: I'm not going to run
out of TP, but I am going to run out of soap. LOL!

Seriously, I plan to spend the next couple of weeks doing my home workouts,
cleaning the office, catching up on the photography that has been waiting for
me to have the time, playing the piano, watching a few videos, and reading a
dozen or two books that I've been meaning to get to. About ten events I was to
attend between March and May have all been cancelled now, etc etc;
disappointing but, eh, there'll be other events to go to.

Not much I can do other than deal with it.
No fear or panic solves anything.

With luck, there'll still be some semblence of the world I remember living in
left when I open the door on April 8.

usw,
G
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If you're afraid to fall down, you'll never stand up.

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Re: Portfolio

2020-03-16 Thread P. J. Alling

I decided to add four more categories and a few images to existing 
ones.  Enjoy.


On 3/16/2020 8:50 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:

Well with everything in Connecticut being closed...

I spent the day building a small portfolio using jAlbum and a bunch of 
previous PESOs.


In case anyone is interested you can look a test cut of the same.

http://webster26.epizy.com/Portfolio/index.html

Feedback is welcome, though you all have probably seen the images before.


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