Good for you deadlegion, I'm sure if you own your home Double Dole (tm) or Jobkeeper payments will cover your expenses.

Not me, I'm missing out on this staycation a lot of people are experiencing now, working 6 days and some nights instead. Kinda jealous

Well, this post will not be a long cast that goes deep !

A rather somber text from a buddy in the metro Detroit area was received as I started my ER shift tonight.
A 1200 bed hospital his wife works at has 600 SARS II patients (Covid 19).
This was most distressing to note needless to type.

Two of my EMS buddies were exposed and now self quarantined for 14 days.
So far none of my hospital colleagues have taken ill thank goodness.

Heart goes out to all the critical care doctors and RN's on the front lines in this war of attrition.

This world situation is most dire.
Please honour the orders to shelter in place people. Take it seriously.
We gotta weather the storm.......

So paddle kids, paddle like your life depends on it.
By paddle I mean, be vigilant, be aware, and be patient with the current day to day.

We will persevere........

Cheers mates

Respect to you firehorse, on the front line. Stay safe.

Back to work today after 2 weeks of leave. Wow that went quick.

yeah I don't get how so many people are apparantly "bored" after a couple of weeks of quarantine. I would never run out of stuff to do/watch/listen to. They must be just boring people. Or their only hobby is sport

Believe me, Forper. I've accumulated so much stuff in my life. Movies, music, video games etc. I could isolate for months and still not be bored. The joke is I didn't even get around to doing some of the stuff I planned to do. I really wanted to set up my X0 for testing. The step down converters is at my mums and she wont let me in the house till this blows over!

A big thank-you for your posts on this thread firehorse.

Take care yourself & stay as safe as you possibly can.

Respect to you.

John

Thank you John.....

Solidarity brother,

Cheers,

James

Seriously, I could never get bored at home. I always have something to watch, play or listen to.

I get that forper.

Got a few things to preoccupy myself, quite a few model kits to start or finish, books & comics to read or reread, some decorating to be done & of course my LDs..... lots of F1 LDs & quite a few others to be spun again & perhaps get them sorted into more of an ordered state.

Whatever gets you through this time is good though you are having your work appearing to be filling quite a bit of your time.

Take care & stay as safe as you can.

Cheers,

John

Stay safe James, this thing is only going to be more bonkers from places like where I live.

Here in DE we have under 400 cases or right over 300, can't remember.
But when we have so small a number people don't think its real so they start doing stupid s**t and that's how it goes haywire.


As for the bored people, they are bored due to the fact that they can't eat and drink the night away like they used to.
They live in these apartments with all their belongings in a sack and do the minimalist stuff so hard they can't figure what to do.

We have so much stuff to consume here in the way of books, LDs, CDs, DVDs etc. we would be fine for many months.
Then there are the house repairs that will be neverending and we haven't been to a home box store since early March.

I heard about these people who are bored and are doing puzzles, do you have nothing else to do in your house, apartment or life that that is your only outlet....

I know some are single or may not have pets but stay strong, enjoy our LDs DVDs even Blurays or whatever you enjoy.

I was only speaking to my wife the other day about this whole pandemic thing. She seems like a nice lady...

Stay safe all!

Would not recommend getting this virus, the test is terrible but not as scary as the shortness of breath I'm dealing with.

Stay safe everyone, hopefully I'll be okay through this, otherwise look for a LD lot for sale soon.

We unfortunately had our second death here today.
In her 90's at a resthome.
Local and is quite sad.

Halfway through our lockdown.
Heres a American CNN video about our reaction to the Chinese Coronavirus if interested.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/09/asia ... index.html

Over in this neck of the woods our lockdown period has been extended until the end of the month, and it could very well be extended further as well. Only essential services to continue to function.

Besides the obvious threat of the virus itself, there are many people here that from a financial point of view may not fall under the necessary criteria to be covered by government. I feel for them and their families. Without some type of financial buffer it will be impossible for those folks to try and ride this out until such time as the economy gets up and running again.

Take care Pokefraker

Thinking of you.

Hope you are posting here fit & well soon.

John

Hang in there pokefraker.
Follow Dr.s advice.
People have written that better outcomes can be helped with essential suppliments zinc, vit C, and D.

Wishing you well.....

Cheers,

James

We just found out we had some friends who got it in Jan, they said they had to sit up to sleep for a few days
and got through it.

Doesn't sound like fun, keep safe.

Guys, looking like Magnesium is a big plus for health benefits prophylactically and during ANY virus invasion of the body.

Do yourselves a favor and supplement with the heavy hitters of health ....
Vitamins A, D, C, and the last however not least ZINC........

Check Dr. Mercola on youtube for recommendations about dosages and age.
Also check Dr. Berg on youtube as well.....

Stay frosty out there people.......