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Stay sane or plan for the apocalypse?

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    #32
    airhead_eire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭airhead_eire


    jim salter wrote: »
    I have 6 generators safely stashed in 12 locations (yes, you heard me right).

    Standby hovercraft or spaceship, alchol free beer and water too. The TV you got me on....

    The end is nigh

    :rolleyes:

    Alcohol free ?? Jaysus man, the virus would be better than that......


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    #33
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    jim salter wrote: »
    I have 6 generators safely stashed in 12 locations (yes, you heard me right).

    Standby hovercraft or spaceship, alchol free beer and water too. The TV you got me on....

    The end is nigh

    :rolleyes:

    Yeah you are truly royaly fcuked


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    #34
    Eire Go Brach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭Eire Go Brach


    SnowyMuckish wrote: »
    I’m on the edge, Beginning to think I should buy a massive chest freezer and hunker down. (I’ve done no panic buying to date, herd mentality is setting in).In all seriousness, this is getting serious....

    How the Fock are you planning to keep sane in the next few weeks....

    You won’t get a chest freezer. Sold out everywhere.


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    #35
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Eire Go Brach wrote: »
    You won’t get a chest freezer. Sold out everywhere.

    That's for keeping the bodies cold


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    #36
    airhead_eire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭airhead_eire


    A stash of Razzle magazines (or Mayfair) and bottle or two of Wild Turkey and it'll be grand. Kleenex might be hard to get though......


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    #37
    SnowyMuckish
    Registered Users Posts: 858 ✭✭✭SnowyMuckish


    As serious as things are, it’s nice to have a bit of humor to take the edge off things, even if it’s just for a brief few moments, we can forget worry of our loved ones for a tiny fraction of time, hopefully we all keep safe, sláinte to after hours and #stay safe #stayathome #itillbefinedrinkwine


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    #38
    airhead_eire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭airhead_eire


    SnowyMuckish wrote: »
    As serious as things are, it’s nice to have a bit of humor to take the edge off things, even if it’s just for a brief few moments, we can forget worry of our loved ones for a tiny fraction of time, hopefully we all keep safe, sláinte to after hours and #stay safe #stayathomeb #itillbefinedrinkwine

    If we lose our sense of humour then we are all truly lost !


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    #39
    RandomViewer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    When will Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise and the likes be coming in to save the day

    This is the low budget version, Vinny Jones and Sammo Hung are all that's acvailable


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    #40
    revelman
    Registered Users Posts: 977 ✭✭✭revelman


    SnowyMuckish wrote: »
    I’m on the edge, Beginning to think I should buy a massive chest freezer and hunker down. (I’ve done no panic buying to date, herd mentality is setting in).In all seriousness, this is getting serious....

    How the Fock are you planning to keep sane in the next few weeks....

    It is easy to forget that for 99% of the history of humanity life was “nasty, brutish and short” as one famous thinker once put it. In a country like Ireland, we are lucky to be living in relative comfort with some of the longest life expectancies in history. That is not to say that life in Ireland is straightforward for everyone but as a general principle it holds true. So we tend to not to realise (at least until something truly bad happens in our lives) that human life is fragile.

    Nonetheless we have access to far more scientific knowledge today than in the past. We will be able to develop treatment in the form of antivirals and ultimately a vaccine. We need to delay transmission of this virus as much as we can. Sensible precautions will save lives.

    It is also worth thinking about the fact that the makeup of this virus is apparently similar to SARS from 2003. What was remarkable about the 2003 pandemic is that it basically burned out in July. There are a lot of unknowns about this particular strain of course. But I think we have reason to be optimistic that if we delay this for a few months we can get things under control. It is summer in the Southern Hemisphere but infections there tends to be associated with travel to those regions and then ensuing local transmission. There does not appear to be sustained community transmission in the Southern Hemisphere. This bodes well for the summer. I’m not a scientist but I think we have many reasons to be hopeful and not to despair. Here is the SARS graph: 1920px-2003_Probable_cases_of_SARS_-_Worldwide.svg.png


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    #41
    RandomViewer
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Rumours of a lockdown starting tuesday and could last 6-12 months

    Irish lockdown will be interesting to see,


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    #42
    kieran.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,174 ✭✭✭kieran.


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Rumours of a lockdown starting tuesday and could last 6-12 months

    It's been a long time since I smoked but I thinking a big bag of weed maybe neccesary to see us though......


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    #43
    Vita nova
    Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    SnowyMuckish wrote: »
    I’m on the edge, Beginning to think I should buy a massive chest freezer and hunker down. (I’ve done no panic buying to date, herd mentality is setting in).In all seriousness, this is getting serious....

    How the Fock are you planning to keep sane in the next few weeks....

    A 15 to 30-day supply of nonperishable food at home is sensible. If you end up infected and fighting the virus at home you don't want to be going to the shops when you're at your most infectious or weakest.

    As for keeping sane, I imagine it'll be an opportunity for a lot of people to catch up on reading, hobbies or DIY tasks.


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    #44
    begbysback
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    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    No one expects the national grid to go down or the mains water to stop working Might be a few isolated outages and take longer to repair than usual. Food also unlikely to run out. Main thing to prepare for would be avoiding cabin fever id say

    Stop talking sense man, theres people waiting their whole lives to have a proper doomsday panic, dont ruin it for them


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    #45
    CBear1993
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    What’s everyone’s thoughts on heading away for a few days now to escape this information overload.

    But is it actually safe to go and stay in a hotel? Don’t know who’s stayed there in that room the night before you. Or who is in the hotel... ???

    I’d love to head off to kerry Or Donegal and get out of Dublin but maybe that’s stupid and irresponsible heading to a hotel.


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    #46
    Snails pace
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭Snails pace


    I've order 4k litres of diesel off a friend and bought a few cartridges as well. Here's to 2021


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    #47
    AndrewJRenko
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    SnowyMuckish wrote: »
    I’m on the edge, Beginning to think I should buy a massive chest freezer and hunker down.

    What do you plan to do with all the massive chests when they thaw out? I like a boob as much as the next man but the novelty will wear out fairly soon.


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    #48
    Plumbthedepths
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    Pretty much decided whatever sh*t happens I'll just roll with it. Had an awesome life got to do and experience some wild stuff and still here. Slightly annoyed that a virus might end it ,but hey ho.


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    #49
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Spanish
    Guitar
    Online Courses in IT

    Basically everything I always wanted to do but procrastinated on.

    **** it in crisis there is opportunity.

    Also as per poster above, jaysus I've had some good times. We will see what happens.


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    #50
    Borgo
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭Borgo


    I didnt think it would get this bad but the hired Garda cars alone would make ye think that the **** is going to go down. Something just doesnt feel right. Good few countries in Europe are starting to close down now so why would we be any different?


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    #51
    PTH2009
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    think its time to sit back and put on a playlist of scrubs songs and to yourselve reflect on your whole life from the ups and downs and quielty fade away with a smile on your face and say 'everything i done in my life is what it is and at the end of the day it happend'

    End Scene


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    #52
    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,264 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    CBear1993 wrote: »
    What’s everyone’s thoughts on heading away for a few days now to escape this information overload.

    But is it actually safe to go and stay in a hotel? Don’t know who’s stayed there in that room the night before you. Or who is in the hotel... ???

    I’d love to head off to kerry Or Donegal and get out of Dublin but maybe that’s stupid and irresponsible heading to a hotel.

    Stay home.


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    #53
    Graces7
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    Take it one day at a time. Makes it easier. And ban " what ifs"


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    #54
    Graces7
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    CBear1993 wrote: »
    What’s everyone’s thoughts on heading away for a few days now to escape this information overload.

    But is it actually safe to go and stay in a hotel? Don’t know who’s stayed there in that room the night before you. Or who is in the hotel... ???

    I’d love to head off to kerry Or Donegal and get out of Dublin but maybe that’s stupid and irresponsible heading to a hotel.

    Maybe those who have holiday homes in country or coast? Or a holiday let that has been empty all winter

    But turning off boards and TV etc is safer?

    Dratted covid19 infiltrates every small forum if we let it.


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    #55
    DellyBelly
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    Scary times. But I think for the majority of people we will be fine. The ones to work for are the elderly people in their 40s 50s and older must feel very fearful at the moment. Hopefully this will pass and in a few years time we will all be watching this period on reeling in the years.


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    #56
    NIMAN
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    Borgo wrote: »
    I didnt think it would get this bad but the hired Garda cars alone would make ye think that the **** is going to go down. Something just doesnt feel right. Good few countries in Europe are starting to close down now so why would we be any different?

    We aren't any different. We will go exactly the same way. I would expect more measures this coming week to curb the spread.

    It is only a matter of time before we have non-essential businesses told to shut.

    Locally some people are already doing it on their own initiative. Barbers, newsagents, cafes etc. Maybe its an element of them not having staff with the schools being off, or simply not enough customers coming in to make it viable to remain open?

    Either way, prepare to see new measures soon.


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    #57
    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    NIMAN wrote: »

    Either way, prepare to see new measures soon.

    And expect the morons here to flagrantly ignore these measures.

    We are home to some of the most stupid people in Western Europe.


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    #58
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    I shall probable get 'da Corona'. Its probable going to happen. I am isolating from family members already

    And while I'm not looking forward to feeling like ****, I'm not worried either. I will get it, I will be sick, I will get better and life will continue.

    The death rate is dropping and is about 5% at the moment?!?! That's no apocalypse. It's nasty and if the estimates are right, it's a sizable number globally but society will continue.

    (Awaits people calling me names for being pragmatic instead of emotional)


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    #59
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    DellyBelly wrote: »
    Scary times. But I think for the majority of people we will be fine. The ones to work for are the elderly people in their 40s 50s and older must feel very fearful at the moment. Hopefully this will pass and in a few years time we will all be watching this period on reeling in the years.

    Elderly people in their 40s? How old are you sonny?


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    #60
    NIMAN
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    The death rate is dropping and is about 5% at the moment?!?! That's no apocalypse. It's nasty and if the estimates are right, it's a sizable number globally but society will continue.

    Imagine if you caught a disease and you were told you had a 1 in 20 chance of dying.

    I wouldn't like those odds tbh.


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    #61
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    October is when I see normality being restored, it's going to be a messy journey until then. I see martial law, rations, control of movement within the country all coming.

    Yeah all of these things are a given for me tbh. I don't think the Irish public will handle it well at all and a lot of peoples mental health is going to be severely tested like never before. We are now pretty much guaranteed the worst recession the world will ever have witnessed and unthinkable numbers of job losses. :(


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