Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus

[bd139]

Wish it was like that here. Overcast and horrible.

In the interests of getting outside and detached from the situation I was going to attempt to cook myself something on the trangia in the garden but I'm not fancying it raining on my head now 

[0db]

Dell iDRAC

There is no iDRAC. It's not a Dell, but it's a Windows10 Workstation, and the best I can do is RDP.

[Electro Detective]

Good photo editing mate   

but we all know UK weather isn't like that   

So this is today's office...

[nctnico]

Good photo editing mate   

but we all know UK weather isn't like that   

The UK wheater can be like that. But only for 1 day a year!

[coppice]

Good photo editing mate   

but we all know UK weather isn't like that   

All that picture really shows is its not raining. Even the UK has days like that. It was 2C in the morning here in York  a day or two ago, but it looked just like paulca's picture.

This used to be my office some days. Much nicer. No risk of noisy neighbour's kids disturbing your work. Far from the madding crowd, yet just a short walk from refreshments.

[EEVblog]

Looks like we will be in the same boat here.
If the government lift restrictions next week from the current “Level 4” to “Level 3” they still want kids to be home schooled if possible.
Parents who have to go to work will be able to send their kids to school.
We will find out on Monday if the restriction level is to change on the proposed date of midnight next Wednesday.

Even in our current lockdown they have not closed the schools (but we are on normal school holidays at the moment), you can still send your kinds if you need to.

[james_s]

All that picture really shows is its not raining. Even the UK has days like that. It was 2C in the morning here in York  a day or two ago, but it looked just like paulca's picture.

I've only been to the UK once, but 9 of the 10 days I spent in Manchester it was gorgeous and sunny, the day I went home the clouds rolled in and it got stormy. That was late September and I gather it was quite unusual but it was a nice first impression.

[coppice]

I've only been to the UK once, but 9 of the 10 days I spent in Manchester it was gorgeous and sunny, the day I went home the clouds rolled in and it got stormy. That was late September and I gather it was quite unusual but it was a nice first impression.

On a dry day Manchester has a huge give away to its true nature. Just look how green everything is. It takes a lot of water to achieve that, and it doesn't come from a massive river flowing through the area, in the way that Hanoi is made super green by the massive Mekong River.

[Mr.B]

Even in our current lockdown they have not closed the schools (but we are on normal school holidays at the moment), you can still send your kinds if you need to.

Australia have not been as harsh as New Zealand.
We are feeling the pain nationally.

Our dishwasher blew up last Friday. I have repaired it a couple of times in the last 15 years, but this time the fire on the controller board was classed by me as irreparable.
The new one arrived this morning. If the shops had been open on the day it failed I could have had a new one that day. Oh well, a week of hand washing dishes never killed anyone AFAIK.

On the flip side – I have been working from home for the last three and a half weeks.
I am actually enjoying it.

[james_s]

On a dry day Manchester has a huge give away to its true nature. Just look how green everything is. It takes a lot of water to achieve that, and it doesn't come from a massive river flowing through the area, in the way that Hanoi is made super green by the massive Mekong River.

Well Western Washington where I'm from is known as "The Evergreen State" for similar reasons. I felt quite at home in Manchester, the houses looked different, transformers and motors sounded weird, even riding passenger in a car was a bizarrely disorienting experience and I became oddly aware of my own accent but aside from that it felt quite familiar.

[james_s]

Our dishwasher blew up last Friday. I have repaired it a couple of times in the last 15 years, but this time the fire on the controller board was classed by me as irreparable.
The new one arrived this morning. If the shops had been open on the day it failed I could have had a new one that day. Oh well, a week of hand washing dishes never killed anyone AFAIK.

Can you find a used one? I've never actually paid for a dishwasher before. The one I've been using for the past decade was free and it was brand new, I got it from someone who bought a house and decided they wanted all new stainless appliances. I've snagged dishwashers for a few family members that were being given away due to minor faults that were easily repaired.

[Mr.B]

Can you find a used one? ...

In the current circumstances that would be frowned upon by the authorities.
We are only allowed to leave our homes for the following:
Singular excercise - walking alone in your neighbourhood only.
Going to the supermarket to get food.
Going to a pharmacy or seeking other medical help.
Going to work, only if you work for an approved essential service.

[james_s]

Well I didn't necessarily mean right now, although I think acquiring a replacement dishwasher could be argued as essential. At least here plumbing and electrical is classified as such, and businesses catering to the trades. You could pick it up from the driveway and pay online or something. No need to cuddle on the sofa with the seller.

[Electro Detective]

Can you find a used one? ...

In the current circumstances that would be frowned upon by the authorities.
We are only allowed to leave our homes for the following:
Singular excercise - walking alone in your neighbourhood only.
Going to the supermarket to get food.
Going to a pharmacy or seeking other medical help.
Going to work, only if you work for an approved essential service.

If any big brudder bullies pull you over, just tell them you are on a supermarket crawl for dunny paper

Chances are they were too, and decided to earn their pay by pulling you up

If they are nice about it and sort of fess up to having no choice in playing along with the C game, 
tell them where there is dunny paper in stock

The few good cops around are an asset to the community 
and remember that it's only the police and criminals that have guns.

Well that's how it is here in pants down defenseless gun robbed Australia.
If some armed creeps hit on the front door,  the only options are handing over all your cash and DSO/s
or undocumented deployment of gardening and cordless power tools   

OTOH five or six Dobermans might mean having to eat less to keep them fed,
but good viewing in a failed home invasion
and the payoff comes upping the proceedings and aftermath on Youtube
i.e. the dogs pay for themselves after one unauthorized visit, and totally legit afaik

Hmmm.. 

[Mr.B]

...although I think acquiring a replacement dishwasher could be argued as essential...

Yes, it is classed as essential, but not visiting someone elses home to get it.
Problem is that it had to be shipped from Auckland to Nelson and freight is struggling at the moment.
The store I would normally buy from would deliver, but didn't have the model I wanted in stock, hense delivery from Auckland.

Oh, and I am not going to bother with a reply to Electro Detective...

[james_s]

What difference does it make whether you pick it up from a home or a store? The average home probably has a lot fewer people passing through than even a small store.

[Electro Detective]

What difference does it make whether you pick it up from a home or a store?
The average home probably has a lot fewer people passing through than even a small store.

Most of the white goods stores and most every other store limit the amount of people going in,
i.e. one goes out one comes in, 2 out 2in etc

and limits on how many allowed in an isle, as well as markers to keep queued people at a distance at checkout counters etc

You can buy/sell used stuff, just don't shake hands,
pass cash in an envelope or direct bank transfer beforehand,
DIY load up, and drive off..

How hard is that ?   

wearing gloves and mask throughout the entire transaction is a must,    whether you believe in this latest fear flu scaredemic or not   

[paulca]

I'm in Northern Ireland.  It goes like this...

Winter - raining
Spring - raining
Summer - raining
Autumn - raining

Last year we had summer... on a Tuesday.

CovID-19 lock down - SUNNY, SUNNY, SUNNY, 17+*C. 

It will probably be sunny all lock down and  then go straight to raining if/when we get let out again.

But while getting bread and milk out amongst the zombies I managed to snaffle two disposable BBQs.  So I'm having BBQ'd sirloin and pepper for lunch on my own today

[paulca]

wearing gloves and mask throughout the entire transaction is a must,    whether you believe in this latest fear flu scaredemic or not   

I just keep my distance, hold my breath if I get close and don't touch my face until I get back in the car and wash my hands and face with alcohol sanitiser.  Then I come home, sanitise the car steering wheel and gear knob, go in the house, wash my hands, unpack the shopping wash my hands again.  I "should" sanitise the shopping packaging, but I tend not to unless I'm like lifting something immediately to eat.

[bd139]

I licked my packages clean for a week and got this over with before the hospital capacity issues kicked in. 

(99% certain I have had covid-19)

[Muttley Snickers]

Our government has an online remedy for everything but no application for common sense.         

   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-14/coronavirus-app-government-wants-australians-to-download/12148210
   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/paul-kelly-coronavirus-tracing-app/12158854

[khs]

(99% certain I have had covid-19)

The test is simple:

Put your nose deep into an aged organic waste bin.

If you smell nothing it's covid-19.

This is one or my customers from Munich reported me..

[bd139]

Yes that’s about right. Had that. Also ridiculously high temperature for a week and the cough of doom. Fortunately not enough doom to get me. The lack of taste was horrible. Coffee and chocolate tasted like snarfing an ash tray for a week.

As for the app, NHS here are pressuring Google and Apple to break their APIs and they said “nope” 

[AndyC_772]

IIRC it's been calculated that, in order to be effective, a contact tracing app would have to be installed on about 80% of smart phones in order to be effective. For some reason, the idea wasn't then immediately abandoned.

[bd139]

Insta-death-march. That's why