The CV19 thread

Discussion in 'The Lounge Bar' started by Dave55, Feb 28, 2020.

  1. papiermache

    papiermache Well-Known Member

  2. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    The St. Patrick's Day parade and festivities in New Orleans has been canceled due to the current mass neuroses overreaction of the Kung Flu virus. The parade and festivities are still on schedule to roll as planned in Baton Rouge Saturday morning, which is a good thing. I want to get drunk and throw beads.
     
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  3. Robert-w

    Robert-w Banned

    During WW1 the RN and the British Army had different standards for loo paper although both specified sheets of the same area one was square and the other oblong. Had standardisation been achieved by WW2?
     
  4. Tolbooth

    Tolbooth Patron Patron

    WHO has just declared it's a pandemic.

    I'm not worried about the virus. What's worrying me is that all my users are going to try and work from home and I'm going to be spending all day explaining that no, you can't access that file cos' its on a server IN YOUR OFFICE AND YOU'RE AT HOME! and no, I don't know what the password is for your home Wifi, and no, they can't hear you in the Skype meeting cos you need to TURN THE MIC ON! and on, and on, and on......:banghead:

    I hate people.....why I work in IT Support I'll never know

    Rant over.
     
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  5. Robert-w

    Robert-w Banned

    You've answered your own question
    "I hate people"
     
  6. Tolbooth

    Tolbooth Patron Patron

    I shall treat that remark with the disdain it so richly deserves......
     
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  7. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Tolbooth

    Can I refine your remark

    I hate most people

    TD
     
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  8. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    oh I remember all that good luck
     
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  9. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Before this bloody virus came along I was fairly content with my lot.

    I had reached the age of 96 with a reasonable chance of achieving the legendary 100 before I shuffled off this mortal coil and I still had a pretty busy calendar.

    No more, I'm afraid......Covid 19 has put paid to all that and I am once again reminded of the old Roman adage “If you want to hear the Gods laugh, tell them your plans ". My annual dose of sniffles, which had never before given me any cause for concern, has now achieved sufficient importance that I have been obliged to self quarantine in order to “consider others”

    Most of my weekly activities are now cancelled and I am stuck at home with limited visits from my two lovely daughters who studiously keep their distance from me, presumably “just in case” they infect me.

    The 75th Anniversary of D day in May now looks as if it is not going to happen at all, despite the vast amount of organisation that has already been made to give us oldies a chance of riding down the Mall on a float and dining en-masse with Her Majesty !!! (I kid you not !!!)

    So, nothing but misery for this particular veteran but, of course, so much worse for all those poor folk around the globe who have actually caught the virus and in many cases have already perished.

    Your further thoughts on the subject ?

    Ron
     
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  10. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    I spent 9 hours in hospital on Sunday and 5 hours on Monday, as I was experiencing signs of another potential stroke. Are you kidding me i thought, as I've stayed away from most of humanity recently. A cruel joke perhaps. Thank God, it was not, but a resolution is still to be found.

    In that long period, I shared the fears of all the wonderful staff and patients alike. A rare camararderie emerged and not one of us wore a mask. I wish them all well in the coming days, weeks and months, especially the staff.

    Life is a Lottery and we don't always get a winning ticket. Sod it, I'm going to have a small glass of wine. Cheers to you all. :cheers:
     
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  11. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    My 401K!!!!
     
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  12. Quis Separabit

    Quis Separabit Junior Member

    Though the media do like to focus on the negative because it sells more papers/gets more viewers, there are always silver linings out there......

    Chinese grandmother, 103, recovers from coronavirus after being treated for less than a week

    and considering China is a country of 1.4 billion people...…
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    In short, China is a country of 1.4 Billion people and had:
    - 24 New Cases yesterday
    - 1,587 RECOVERIES yesterday
    but you won't see that headline in the news......

    See - China Coronavirus: 80,790 Cases and 3,158 Deaths - Worldometer

    Quis Separabit
     

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  13. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Thanks Quis Separabit I feel so much better now - might start booking my Easter holiday to - any suggestions anyone?

    TD
     
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  14. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    as oft quoted on here


    Man makes plans and God laughs
     
  15. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    Bobby,

    Our equivalent is Registered Retirement Savings Plans and everything is in the shitter. Like 2008, it's better not to look at your portfolio too often and just ride out the storm.
     
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  16. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Hey, you're too young to start drawing that out anyway. Stay the course and you'll be fine. :)
    If I had extra cash at the moment I'd be buying with both hands.
     
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  17. KevinC

    KevinC Slightly wierd

    I decided to self quarantine myself by going bird watching in the local nature reserve. Not a soul or virus in sight.
    I think I'll be doing that more often.
     
  18. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    ?any birds though?

    TD
     
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  19. Vintage Wargaming

    Vintage Wargaming Well-Known Member

    Watch out for bird flu. Still it’s way less strong than man flu
     
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  20. KevinC

    KevinC Slightly wierd

    Saw a Greater Pink Breasted Titbabbler.
     
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