Off Topic Thread 4.0

Congrats awec, getting seriously outnumbered there now.

Is anyone else actually running out of those ****ty little jobs around the house to be done? Everything that needed organising, tidying, cleaning, fixing or hanging is basically done here now. If things like dumbbells and benches weren't worth their considerable weight in gold right now I'd probably consider setting up a mini gym in the spare room.

mfceiling wrote: »

Unfortunately mine can't distract me as she's outside the 2kms from my house!!

Are any of the creches still looking for payment while they are closed?

We decided to keep paying our childminder for the foreseeable future. She only does a few hours a day with us so it's no fortune to be honest, plus we know she'll be there when this is all over.

It will be all over sometime won't it?

I believe some were but the government has advised that parents won't have to keep paying childcare for 3 months anyway.

My place contacted me to advise they were postponing payments before that. We were happy enough to pay still given the staff weren't working at that point and we're both still working. The woman who runs our place is doing some yoga for the kids online with them which is really good of her.

Bazzo wrote: »

Is anyone else actually running out of those ****ty little jobs around the house to be done? Everything that needed organising, tidying, cleaning, fixing or hanging is basically done here now. If things like dumbbells and benches weren't worth their considerable weight in gold right now I'd probably consider setting up a mini gym in the spare room.

I'm a software developer so I have to keep working the whole time which means I've not had time to do any of those little jobs. I'm obviously incredibly lucky too still have a job and income at this time but I'd be lying if I din't say that there wasn't the odd moment where I wish I had the time off to get some stuff organised around the house.

ps congrats awec

awec wrote: »

Our first was an emergency too, things got serious very quickly and it was not an enjoyable experience at all.

Was elective section this time, so no labour involved, went much better, much calmer and enjoyable for herself.

I dare you to describe it as enjoyable in front of her and film her reaction

awec wrote: »

So in news that's not corona-related, the awec family increased in size today, another girl to add to the mix.

Father of daughters, plural now. I think I'll be tapping up mfceiling for advice on coping mechanisms.

Bit late for that now don't you think?


But congrats to all of you, house is getting smaller by the minute

First Covid-19 and now .ak is back.

It truly is the apocalypse.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Numbers in the UK paint a very poor picture today and from what friends over there are telling me the shutdown is nowhere near as comprehensive as here in terms of enforcement and compliance.

I hope people in NI are listening to Dublin and not Westminster or we're going to share in the pain of their serious misjudgment despite a more aggressive approach.

Yesterday


https://twitter.com/Michael_Heaver/status/1244967316959514625?s=19

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This video is worrying. Gives the crazies in the states something to fall back. I would ordinarily take the word of a Stanford professor.

I'd retort that he keeps saying there isn't enough data. Just because there isn't enough long term data doesn't mean we shouldn't err on the side of caution when the other option is needless deaths. There arguably could be more deaths in the states due to their lack of welfare support systems though if their economy completely tanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6MZy-2fcBw

This is infuriating.

This moron is clearly doubling down on this horsecrap, he wrote a few weeks ago.

Clearly a more quantitative version of the Jordan Peterson "all I'm saying is" model, where you don't outright specify support for a certain perspective, but you carefully use tone and complexity (bordering on confusion) to confirm it in the minds of people who want it confirmed.

He's also just boldly lying in places: "Part of Italy's problem was its lack of ICU beds" - Italy are 11th in the world for ICU/CCB beds per capita, particularly in the more wealthy Northern regions where this thing spread like the clappers.

Whatever about anything else, the sooner this queueing up for 20 minutes to get into a supermarket ****e end the better