As we are more than just a car club/ how are you all coping with COVID-19

[boosted]

Garage stereo got corona virsus...raa....no planet rock today

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[re japi]

You know what really pissed me off in this whole thing is:

1: I am currently changing job. I have really good change to get that new job, and Im really exited. However, because of this situation, they have to re thing they situation and they cant get new personel

2: allready two of my favorit rallycross events are canceled! And both were my favorits. Second one, in late May, was suppose to MY debut race with Blueberry

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[LINAS]

Don’t forget... To just think of yourself....... 


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[LINAS]

Japi


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[re japi]

Here in Finland, we still live in our nice little bubble. S**t hasnt hitted the fan yet. Im not sure how many have been infected but not much I think...

Still what worrys me alot is that how little companys and self imployed people will survive thru this. So most important thing that we as persons can do is support those little companys to keep wheels turning. Because within months, they could be out off business, and that means loss off expertice, knowledge and so on...

Different thing is these capitalism bastards like my boss, only thing they are worried is money for them selfs. I work for big company. And hes worried about sales. Few days ago he came to as crying about 5% loss off sales allready. I told him that in this point, I dont give a f**c about this company, my concern is on my family. Well, I so fed up with this company and boss anyways...

Anyhoo, my point is, panic wont do any good. Only thing we can do is to keep our familys safe, try to live as normal life as we can. Because if you shut your self in the house, many will do that to, and eventyally it will shut down your community, shops and your entire society...

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[clive]

Don’t forget... To just think of yourself....... 

Good line.
For once thinking of yourself helps other people 

[re japi]

Don’t forget... To just think of yourself....... 

Good line.
For once thinking of yourself helps other people 

That is true. Basically, only way to survive and keep your family safe is to think selfish. Sad, but true....

However, I truly believe that now is to time to think other wise in some cases. As I wrote above. This could have bigger effects than economy depressions have ever had. This can shut down companys in really short period of time.

As I write this, Im sitting all alone in my local petrolstations cafe. Sad. Usually, in this time of day, its full...

Well, these are just my thoughts. As some of you know me, Im a weird bastard. But now its time to go to do Vert...

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[Jamie R]

I’m very blasé about the whole thing

I’m very doubtful that the country did this much panicking over world war 2.

On one hand I need to be careful that I don’t bring germs home and infect Emma as her immune system is already on its ass, but then she’s harping on about my diabetes and how I should expect to be self isolating.

Schools shutting, empty shelves, deserted streets, businesses going bump, no one mentions or even gives a crap about the 10000 people who die each year from flu.

The media don’t mention the 000’s of people who have been cured from this virus.

I woke up this morning with a cold sore, does that mean I’m run down? Am I more vulnerable? Should I wrap myself in cotton wool?

F that, Boris should be leading an example and being out on the streets handing out cans of “man-up”

This new C word it’s getting more annoying and offensive than the last “C word” ...,. So I’ll start using another C word for the whole thing.... 

... Codswhallop !


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[jinx]

Twenty odd years ago I was at an event where a very senior doctor was predicting that the viruses were so much smarter than the pharmacologists, they were what the world needed to worry about. Seems he was right.

I don't know much about pre WW2 panic but then those were different times, not burdened by 24 hour news broadcasts desperate to say something even if only to speculate what someone else might be going to say the next time they speak.  Nor, in 1939 did the Governor of the Bank of England have to issue a public warning to stock traders not to speculate against businesses likely to be badly effected by events beyond their control.  But the modern world is one in which the other bloke had it coming if he didn't see you first so betting on other's likely misfortune is fair game.  Of course, back then there was the added benefit of being able to spot a German with a machine gun coming towards you, as opposed to having to dodge microscopic particles of doom you can't see.

Panic is not the sole reason for empty shelves in supermarkets though is it?  That is as likely to be about people with a heightened sense of entitlement who think their needs supersede others. Did they exist in 39? Probably, but their numbers were far smaller because, by and large, very few had the necessary spending power. I was in a local convenience store the other day - you know the sort, ideal for emergency bread, milk and eggs. A lady in front of me paid her +£300 bill with a piece of plastic, content that her bulging shopping trolleys were nothing more than her right.  Perhaps I am being unfair and she was not just looking out for Number 1 but shopping for beleaguered battalions of OAP's who could not get out of the house because they were afraid or immobile and unable to get their usual delivery service to oblige because all the slots had been taken by others who could have walked or driven to a store with little or no risk to life.  I'm not suggesting we all cower in bunkers and worry ourselves thin but it seems hard to deny the situation need have no effect on life when it so clearly already is and estimates of 250,000 fatalities make Flu's scores look a bit half hearted. (Call yourself a virus?)

British war debt to the US was paid off in 2006.  If the government plans to keep its promise to support 'everybody' through this situation, we will be paying for it for a very long time. They might like to connect forethought and action to the promises before they make them but seem to believe the appearance of action is the same as the real thing.  Maybe the real issue is how do they do they co-ordinate events in a society where the rights of the individual are now taken to trump (small t) any other commitment.  Co-operation is surely the only alternative to coercion but it does not appear to come easily to some people any more.

And finally, as an experienced self isolator (my normal life), a tip for those working from home is to hire an imaginary colleague as a repository for blame. It was not you or your dearly beloved (of either gender please note Malcolm) who left the trailing hoover cable you tripped over but that idiot <insert name of virtual colleague here> who must already be on his third verbal warning this week.

Sorry...thinking aloud again....obviously too much time on my hands...something to do with a virus.  I'll just go and tap a few weevils out of a stale Ryvita for lunch.

[clive]

Saw reality setting in for real today, as Jarno predicted.

Across from our office is another company that supplies staff for school dinners up and down the county which they have done for many years.

It was awful to overhear that they are having to terminate their entire work force in the vain hope of keeping their company afloat, so they can re-employ their staff once they have news of schools re-opening, of which they have no date for ! 

[re japi]

Damn...

...and so it begins...

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[boosted]

I was undecided til i watched the news...3500 deaths in Italy...
Thats chilling. Made me think of my mother and father in law and how id feel if i lost them to this virus....just some simple adjustments stay in abit more.

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[jinx]

It was awful to overhear that they are having to terminate their entire work force in the vain hope of keeping their company afloat, so they can re-employ their staff once they have news of schools re-opening, of which they have no date for !

I can't help feeling that if the powers that be had more experience of running a small business rather than a hedge fund, they would have foreseen that offering to lend a business the money to pay staff not to work, made it a no brainer to sack the entire workforce and mothball the business until the dust settles.  Add to that the pressure from daily press conferences to announce something 'new' and they made the pledge with no machinery in place to deliver on it so even those businesses who tried to enquire got only a vague promise about something being in place in a couple of weeks.  Denmark's government is already paying 75% of wages and employers 25% in businesses adversely affected by COVID-19. I'm not sure I am in awe of the UK governing class - whatever colour banner they fly.  Be well everyone.

[clive]

WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH PEOPLE 

Aside from stripping shelfs, this morning I had a woman that wanted to stand close to me in the supermarket and wondered if I was queuing because I had left a gap in front of me.

I found myself having to tell her we are supposed to be leaving gaps between ourselves, unlike the till next to us where they were all huddled like penguins, which I confess I said loud enough for people to hear, with no reactions from anyone !

Listening to the radio, if we can’t control ourselves the restrictions will become much greater.

An English woman rung in who lives in Paris to say that they are not allowed to travel more than one to two kilometres from home.
They also have to have a dated written note on them, stating why they are out of their homes. The police are checking and giving fines to people with out these notes.       

[Casey]

This is quite chilling. From a reputable source and shows the UK is on the same trajectory as Italy and Spain, just a week or two behind them, heading for the same number of deaths if nothing changes. The daily rate of increase of deaths of 33% is scarily consistent, but also shows China's harsh measures have had a positive impact since day 12 of their outbreak.

It brings it home how important it is to socially distance and stop the spread before it overwhelms our NHS resource.