Thread: Total lock down in 48hours

I just pulled over on the way home from work, quick chat and on my way.

Crazy waking up in a city and silence, can hear a pin drop .


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Just been up through Bethlehem on my exercise routine, passed 5 other regulars, about 1/4 of the usual traffic. Sitting having breakfast, no cars passed my place. Now I will see if I can get to work!

Originally Posted by Maca49

Just been up through Bethlehem on my exercise routine, passed 5 other regulars, about 1/4 of the usual traffic. Sitting having breakfast, no cars passed my place. Now I will see if I can get to work!

Jeez mate, you walk in the dark?

Originally Posted by mimms2

I assume we're all grown ass adults. As such: we each have made all the decisions that have lead us to where we are now. If you're "stuck in town" - that was your choice.
If you're playing gandalf on some criminal-farm: that's your choice.

If, you happened to have some kind of prescience/natural inclination that has you miles from from townie fuckwits, then you're probably not too worried. Good choice I reckon.

Phil, it sounds like you deal with the worst specimens. That must taint your view. It's an un-enviable job.
BUT you have chosen it.
And perhaps are taking on more stress than is good for you.
Try not to view everyone through the same lens. I can almost guarantee that a) No thinking-grown-up-people wants covid, and
b) no-one wants to kill someone by giving it to them.

Despite all evidence to the contrary (and there's a LOT), I still have faith in humans to not be fucking retards. Maybe I'm just an optimist.

Define "townie fuckwit"

Also, @Phil_H working in the prison system will have a better, more tolerant view rather than a tainted one. He will know more than most about criminals, dignity and who is actually a low life and how is a victim of circumstance.

Not everyone has the choice to live rural due to upbringing, skillsets etc so being "stuck in town" isn't always a choice.

This argument seems to rage on about going out, i know how to self-isolate, ive been doing this for years and never had an accident. Getting meat to feed my family, trying to find loopholes in the system. Its getting quite dull hearing about everyones perceived personal privilege. At the end of the day, we are in a state of emergency. For once, can everyone pull together, do whats being askes FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY and stop whining.

None of us want to be stuck inside, especially 'townie fuckwits" like me but stop acting like childish cunts and tow the line.

Once we do as we are being asked/told (whichever fits for you) we can go back to our chosen activities and start pouring on the hate to labour and ardern again.

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Originally Posted by aetchell

Define "townie fuckwit"

Also, @Phil_H working in the prison system will have a better, more tolerant view rather than a tainted one. He will know more than most about criminals, dignity and who is actually a low life and how is a victim of circumstance.

Not everyone has the choice to live rural due to upbringing, skillsets etc so being "stuck in town" isn't always a choice.

This argument seems to rage on about going out, i know how to self-isolate, ive been doing this for years and never had an accident. Getting meat to feed my family, trying to find loopholes in the system. Its getting quite dull hearing about everyones perceived personal privilege. At the end of the day, we are in a state of emergency. For once, can everyone pull together, do whats being askes FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY and stop whining.

None of us want to be stuck inside, especially 'townie fuckwits" like me but stop acting like childish cunts and tow the line.

Once we do as we are being asked/told (whichever fits for you) we can go back to our chosen activities and start pouring on the hate to labour and ardern again.

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Couldn't have said it better myself, bang on.

Regardless; from one who had self isolated many times through lifestyle: - The common rule in the current environment is; treat every person as a threat unless they are more than two metres from you and every object as a threat until you have sterilized it.
Applying those maxims to your movements and activities should keep you and other persons safe.
I feel pity for those whose jobs entail unavoidable close contact with "outsiders".

Already seen one local helicopter fly up the valley and come back again 15 mins later with just a pilot, weird to not see a deer dangling underneath it as normal.

Originally Posted by Kiwi Sapper

First, If you believe what The Minister of Hugs and sad faces says, Boy Oh Boy, have me and my bruver's got a deal for you.

A large bridge in our Largest city Auckland , good annual returns and today only, JUST FOR YOU only $50,000 in "notes and coins of the realm."
BUT WAIT, there's more, For another $25, 000 we will throw in a similar bridge located in the country of our largest neigbour, Australia,
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Second.......Coronavirus stayed on surfaces for up to 17 days on Diamond Princess cruise, CDC says

A link..... Watch the video as well .. https://tinyurl.com/wehhy58

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@Kiwi Sapper, we need to get the message out to everyone to Quarantine goods coming into the household. If you re-read my post I am applying a two week dated quarantine. The Virus may still be detectable on surfaces after 17 days as was found in the study that you linked, and in all reality it may (RNA) be detectable in 100 years. What we don't know is for how long it is viable and can cause infection. Longer than the three days the PM tells us. Desiccating ( drying ) the virus on package surfaces should be the aim of storage

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

@Kiwi Sapper, we need to get the message out to everyone to Quarantine goods coming into the household. If you re-read my post I am applying a two week dated quarantine..........................

@Moa Hunter Your concern that "goods" could hold the virus was raised a couple of weeks ago about packages from Aliexpress, China. Initially NZ Customs said they would delay processing them for a period but then went all silent....Nothing since. I did note that I received one delivery since their statement and that was not delayed.

HOWEVER, I agree you have a valid point about this and 14 + days is probably a good starting point in view of the uncertainty and "false news."

A proviso, treat all of the Show Pony's statements with the derision they deserve because of her ongoing history of political falsehoods.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

@Kiwi Sapper, we need to get the message out to everyone to Quarantine goods coming into the household. If you re-read my post I am applying a two week dated quarantine. The Virus may still be detectable on surfaces after 17 days as was found in the study that you linked, and in all reality it may (RNA) be detectable in 100 years. What we don't know is for how long it is viable and can cause infection. Longer than the three days the PM tells us. Desiccating ( drying ) the virus on package surfaces should be the aim of storage

From speaking with the smart people, IMO this advice about desiccation is spot on. Plus, Tincture of (Elapsed) Time before opening/touching anything is our friend in this context.

Xi-virus loves itself our warm wet places (above the waistline...) which is why it multiplies so vigorously / so early on (a thousand times the volume of SARS virus particles are shed) in the mouth, nose, nasopharynx and airway, before it then does a deep dive down to those lovely moist lungs.

It does not love hot dry places.

State Highway is dead, a lot of trucks and essiential vehicles going past , but nothinglike normal. Its Quite weird to be honest.
Had a few people walking their dogs go past and a couple of people on bikes but that's it so far.

Living rural dont think one one car has been past all day. Might be a fire truck soon with these piled up willow trees am trying to burn before winter

Originally Posted by mimms2

Despite the myriad failings of the "justice" system, I don't think anyone gets to jile on accident.

This requires a longer answer than I can be bothered to type but lets make up a couple of quick examples about people who 'accidentally' end up behind bars. Firstly, incarceration by accident/unintention does happen. You get dragged into a scuffle in the street and end up killing someone or cause serious injury - could end up behind bars.

How about the boy who was raised by the fist, only knows the fist and carries on this tradition - its all he knows, he has no education, maybe he's in one of the gangs, maybe he got hooked on drugs while younger and had to pilfer or rob cars to feed his habit. Circumstance is a cruel mistress.

I take this point of view because I listen to my wife who has spent the last few years since we moved to NZ working in addiction clinics and now the prison system. What info she tells me is very sober about how people end up "inside" or addicted.

Townie fuckwits: spend 3 hours a day in traffic, drive into each other a lot, panic buy TP. Those ones.

Those are just fuckwits, Townie plays no part in it, fuckwits exist in high numbers rurally too I imagine.

Originally Posted by Jusepy

State Highway is dead, a lot of trucks and essiential vehicles going past , but nothinglike normal. Its Quite weird to be honest.
Had a few people walking their dogs go past and a couple of people on bikes but that's it so far.

I live just north of wellington and I can see SH1 in the distance, traffic looks as it normally would but I went for a walk with the dog at lunchtime, its like a practice run for the rapture, odd car, a couple of people walking dogs and a couple of seniors gardening. everyone seems desperate to say hello to each other which is nice and quite comforting in these strange times. I saw 2 buses, no passengers.