@kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Overall:

i think i just dont think im strong/smart/confident any number of other things to be responsible for another human

Even as a parent, I still think this but my wife decided otherwise 😂

My daughter (only-kid) heads away to university in a week. My emotions feel so conflicted ... huge mix of end-of-era sadness, general worrying, happiness for her.

Only things every parent would agree imo is that being a parent is a rollercoaster and it flashes by.

@crucial I think the booking system possibly put some off, back when they first opened it for 16 yr olds, the booking system said it was 6 week wait for TR Jnr to get his jab (which would be in a week or so) but we took him to the large centre they have set up here and got it.

@bayimports said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@gibbonrib said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@nta said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@gibbonrib said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@nta said in Coronavirus - Australia:

@kiwiwomble it is fucking bullshit. I'm honestly sick of people who don't want a vaccine.

I'd tell some of these guys to fuck off back to Croatia, but you're not allowed to enter the country without proof of vaccination

https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/croatia-becomes-the-first-country-to-set-a-maximum-validity-period-of-covid-19-vaccination-certificates/

It all feels very Trumpy to me

I preferred the way Declan Rice handled it TBH

Im sorry, is there a right way to handle assault? FFS..

It was a joke. Maybe not the greatest, and maybe a football joke on a rugby site wasn't the best idea.

https://www.sportbible.com/football/funny-news-reactions-hungary-fans-pelt-england-players-with-cups-declan-rice-drinks-it-in-20210902

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have to say, the current protests in Melbourne are hitting me a bit hard, kind of thought we'd come to an easy truce, we'll hang around in the shit lockdown for a bit longer and slowly open up

im fully expecting a bump in cases coming as well probably some people who were sitting on the fence re getting the shot galvanising one way or the other, long and short i cant see any good coming from it

@victor-meldrew Plus the chipset in AZ isn't forward compatible with Windows 11 😉

Seriously though, they are starting to trial an improved AZ booster shot here as well.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-06-28-first-trial-participants-vaccinated-oxford-covid-19-variant-vaccine

@taniwharugby said in Alternative Covid - Challenging the Narrative:

@victor-meldrew isnt it more effective in stopping YOU spreading it rather than protecting you?

I guess if it stops transmission by even 5%, isnt that a good thing?

Definitely. I was posing a thought that mask rules were possibly brought in to change behaviours/awareness of Covid as much as protect against it, if not more.

@voodoo said in NZ Travel bubble:

@nepia said in NZ Travel bubble:

@voodoo said in NZ Travel bubble:

@kiwiwomble said in NZ Travel bubble:

So, I’ve successfully returned from NZ, spent the weekend downsizing my mums place (throwing out stuff and changing 9 light bulbs), I really felt bad over the last year, if she had got sick or just old I couldn’t get over their easily to help her

One great score was finding my old Otago and highlanders jerseys!

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Great work, I changed 2 bulbs and a door handle thingee last time I went back. The latter took me 4 x trips to Mitre 10, fark I'm hopeless at that stuff 🤣

Next lockdown you should spend it working on your handyman skills rather than relaxing in Queenstown or hanging out on the Northern beaches. 😉

The phrase "lost cause" springs to mind

I'm pretty sure @Nepia is the guy that can't cook....have at him mate!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300211341/covid19-it-hit-me-like-a-train-crusaders-coach-jason-ryans-virus-scare

@Bones said in What’s it like having Godzone all to yourself?:

@Hooroo thought I remembered you mentioning on here you mentioned something to your bro in front of her that upset her! Prolly making it up.

Maybe when I was over there visiting last year. It's very likely 🙂

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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Media Discussion:

Govt told the Times to fuck off.

Terrible use of their time.

https://healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/04/19/response-to-sunday-times-insight-article/

Embarassingly comprehensive rebuttal. Journalist and editor should resign.

Has anyone been using Syncplay or similar apps to watch movies or listen to music with friends?

I've been using https://www.airtime.pro/ to stream music to friends.

Any app or service suggestions? Would love to be able to stream music to friends easily from my desktop.

@Crucial said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:

Do you peasants drive yourself or something?

Funnily enough, we haven't been for the first 2 months of 2020 - and have hated it! Bali roads, licenses, insurance etc, all leads to expats renting a car + driver. And it's kinda fun for a week, and kinda crap after that!

Can't put a price on independence.

@Baron-Silas-Greenback I think that's the point.

The China numbers are totally fucked but hardly anyone's can be trusted. Everyone has different testing regimes, the US had hardly done any testing (proportionately) before they had community transmission - some cases are still only testing hospitalised patients.

That's what Bloomfield said today - the fact the we are now testing much more but the number of cases is stable is good news and suggests that while it is out in the community not to a massive extent.

@Stargazer said in Public Holidays:

When I discussed ANZAC Day with a mate of mine (via Skype) a few days ago, his youngest girl heard it and suggested that everyone should put a poppy on the bear they have in front of their window (she still counts them every day on their daily walk around the block). It was very cute to hear an 8-year-old actively think about it, this way.

that story just broke me.

@Stockcar86 said in Potential Positives to Look forward to:

Absolutely inline with an earlier post I made about NZ approach to Covid.

@Machpants said in COVID Testing. Anyone?:

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Stories of some staff moving to headbands with buttons sewn on, as the over-ear masks are starting to chafe.

One of the oldies homes here in Sydney is going through 800 sets of PPE a day.

@nzzp I got an email from my sons school (high school) which gives me access to see what work they are giving him and what he has done...