Lockdown/Covid Check In
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@snowy said in Lockdown Check In:
3 kms works for me. I have a couple of people allowed inside that, the rest of you can fuck off and stay on the internet. That's close enough.
3kms is my upper limit for calling in airstrikes. Although a hellfire can usually be deployed on the paint at 4+ Kms but it's hard to actually confirm ID of the target once it hits.
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@synicbast said in Lockdown Check In:
@snowy said in Lockdown Check In:
3 kms works for me. I have a couple of people allowed inside that, the rest of you can fuck off and stay on the internet. That's close enough.
3kms is my upper limit for calling in airstrikes. Although a hellfire can usually be deployed on the paint at 4+ Kms but it's hard to actually confirm ID of the target once it hits.
Collateral damage.
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@snowy said in Lockdown Check In:
@synicbast said in Lockdown Check In:
@snowy said in Lockdown Check In:
3 kms works for me. I have a couple of people allowed inside that, the rest of you can fuck off and stay on the internet. That's close enough.
3kms is my upper limit for calling in airstrikes. Although a hellfire can usually be deployed on the paint at 4+ Kms but it's hard to actually confirm ID of the target once it hits.
Collateral damage.
but impossible to retrieve any gold teeth
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So hows everyone doing in this fucked up world?
I realise that I sit here in NZ, where we continue to stumble along seemingly largely unaffected by Covid, but jeez I am fucking over it all!
I talk to people in the US and UK know that most people in NZ simply have no idea how bad it is in some places.
Some days I think it'd almost be better for NZ to be just getting on and dealing with Covid in our community than live in the constant fear our freedom could be snatched away and peoples livelihoods destroyed.
But jeez, plenty of days at present I honestly cant be arsed, have zero enthusiasm for things.
I will add before anyone thinks the worst, there is zero chance of me doing anything to myself.
I barely watch the news anymore, I browse headlines and might click some, but so sick of covid, crime, climate change, politics and general negativity
Add in that my kids are at fucking awkward ages at present, and thier BS infects me too, my solace is Mrs TR and the gym!
I make sure I give Mrs TR time, talk to her, love her and be upbeat for her, I love the gym too, smashing tin and pushing myself and always feel great after!
My worry though, is if I am feeling down at times through this BS, knowing it is largely pretty good here, how the fuck are all these other poor souls with money or health issues or family issues or marriage issues or just really struggling dealing with it all, I guess plenty arent, plenty wont and this will linger on for plenty for years to come.
This isnt a cry for help or anything, just venting, and making sure people know it is ok to vent and they need to talk!
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@taniwharugby "But jeez, plenty of days at present I honestly cant be arsed, have zero enthusiasm for things."
Totally identify with this! Even though we can still exercise outdoors here, it's bloody hard to get motivated. Wake up everyday to groundhog day, it's hard to haul myself out of bed.
As you say though, there are so many people doing it infinity time more tough than me. The whole construction industry is shut here, that's tradies, labourers, all getting no income. Businesses collapsing with folk losing their savings. And all the while asset prices inflate at record rates making the rich richer.
I can't believe we are here again, I remember sitting in Queenstown in April 2020 thinking "should all be sweet by June". What a muppet I was!
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@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
"But jeez, plenty of days at present I honestly cant be arsed, have zero enthusiasm for things."
Yeah count me in too. Is there a club we could join? Oh....
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4236/grumpy-old-man/ -
@bones said in Lockdown Check In:
@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
"But jeez, plenty of days at present I honestly cant be arsed, have zero enthusiasm for things."
Yeah count me in too. Is there a club we could join? Oh....
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4236/grumpy-old-man/Fuck that, looks more like a gang than a club
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@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
@bones said in Lockdown Check In:
@voodoo said in Lockdown Check In:
"But jeez, plenty of days at present I honestly cant be arsed, have zero enthusiasm for things."
Yeah count me in too. Is there a club we could join? Oh....
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4236/grumpy-old-man/Fuck that, looks more like a gang than a club
I don't even wanna know what their initiation practices are.
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While I was cut off from the world the other week, and feeling very relaxed, I made a conscious decision
I am now all about letting shit go. I was wasting far too much energy being angry at shit that I had zero control over. No one was affected but me. So what's the point?
I'm barely looking at the news. And even if I did, it is just to read, I am not reacting. It's the other stuff that is harder, not getting upset by traffic, shit like that. And yelling at the kids less.
Covid is fucked. Governments are fucked. But they don't care about me so I don't care about them.
Embrace the peace bros
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@mariner4life said in Lockdown Check In:
While I was cut off from the world the other week, and feeling very relaxed, I made a conscious decision
I am now all about letting shit go. I was wasting far too much energy being angry at shit that I had zero control over. No one was affected but me. So what's the point?
I'm barely looking at the news. And even if I did, it is just to read, I am not reacting. It's the other stuff that is harder, not getting upset by traffic, shit like that. And yelling at the kids less.
Covid is fucked. Governments are fucked. But they don't care about me so I don't care about them.
Embrace the peace bros
Just wait until ALB gets left out of the team to face Aus.
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@bones said in Lockdown Check In:
@mariner4life said in Lockdown Check In:
While I was cut off from the world the other week, and feeling very relaxed, I made a conscious decision
I am now all about letting shit go. I was wasting far too much energy being angry at shit that I had zero control over. No one was affected but me. So what's the point?
I'm barely looking at the news. And even if I did, it is just to read, I am not reacting. It's the other stuff that is harder, not getting upset by traffic, shit like that. And yelling at the kids less.
Covid is fucked. Governments are fucked. But they don't care about me so I don't care about them.
Embrace the peace bros
Just wait until ALB gets left out of the team to face Aus.
When he's replaced by Bridge?
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@crazy-horse said in Lockdown Check In:
@bones said in Lockdown Check In:
@mariner4life said in Lockdown Check In:
While I was cut off from the world the other week, and feeling very relaxed, I made a conscious decision
I am now all about letting shit go. I was wasting far too much energy being angry at shit that I had zero control over. No one was affected but me. So what's the point?
I'm barely looking at the news. And even if I did, it is just to read, I am not reacting. It's the other stuff that is harder, not getting upset by traffic, shit like that. And yelling at the kids less.
Covid is fucked. Governments are fucked. But they don't care about me so I don't care about them.
Embrace the peace bros
Just wait until ALB gets left out of the team to face Aus.
When he's replaced by Bridge?
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@bones said in Lockdown Check In:
@mariner4life said in Lockdown Check In:
While I was cut off from the world the other week, and feeling very relaxed, I made a conscious decision
I am now all about letting shit go. I was wasting far too much energy being angry at shit that I had zero control over. No one was affected but me. So what's the point?
I'm barely looking at the news. And even if I did, it is just to read, I am not reacting. It's the other stuff that is harder, not getting upset by traffic, shit like that. And yelling at the kids less.
Covid is fucked. Governments are fucked. But they don't care about me so I don't care about them.
Embrace the peace bros
Just wait until ALB gets left out of the team to face Aus.
Would not give a shit
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@taniwharugby said in Lockdown Check In:
So hows everyone doing in this fucked up world?
I realise that I sit here in NZ, where we continue to stumble along seemingly largely unaffected by Covid, but jeez I am fucking over it all!
I talk to people in the US and UK know that most people in NZ simply have no idea how bad it is in some places.
Some days I think it'd almost be better for NZ to be just getting on and dealing with Covid in our community than live in the constant fear our freedom could be snatched away and peoples livelihoods destroyed.
But jeez, plenty of days at present I honestly cant be arsed, have zero enthusiasm for things.
I will add before anyone thinks the worst, there is zero chance of me doing anything to myself.
I barely watch the news anymore, I browse headlines and might click some, but so sick of covid, crime, climate change, politics and general negativity
Add in that my kids are at fucking awkward ages at present, and thier BS infects me too, my solace is Mrs TR and the gym!
I make sure I give Mrs TR time, talk to her, love her and be upbeat for her, I love the gym too, smashing tin and pushing myself and always feel great after!
My worry though, is if I am feeling down at times through this BS, knowing it is largely pretty good here, how the fuck are all these other poor souls with money or health issues or family issues or marriage issues or just really struggling dealing with it all, I guess plenty arent, plenty wont and this will linger on for plenty for years to come.
This isnt a cry for help or anything, just venting, and making sure people know it is ok to vent and they need to talk!
That's cool. I'm quite jealous that you are doing so well in your relationship with your wife.
My wife and I are at each other's throats, pretty much 24/7.
I'm a fluffybunny, so she's got reasons, but equally...
We save quite a lot - relative to earnings- so we just don't enjoy anything now with Covid. Travel was our big release and was the thing which kept me sane in living here. Without the big trip somewhere nice (like Nice, France) in summer then the winter trip home (Xmas & NY with my parents in the warm) we've (I've) just really found ourselves in a place where we can't agree on anything.
So, I can't be fucked going to a job I don't really like that doesn't have any payoff, except for keeping my son and wife healthy and fed (of course).
Suffice to say that if we didn't have a kid, we'd be divorced. That part is unsaid, but it's there - lurking - pretty much all of the time behind every conversation we have. Divorce also isn't an option - I know that I won't be going back to NZ unless I get divorced, and with the custody laws here, that means I might never see my boy again. So, I'm stuck here.
My father - who is slowly dying from cancer - told me today to start worrying about my mother, who is starting to forget things and is generally getting to the point where she puts a timeline on things (e.g., I better do this now, because I'll probably only have a few years to enjoy it before I die) and the subtext of that conversation was "when I'm dead, take care of your mother", so that was fun.
All in all, I'm 100% over this shit.
With my wife's job, she gets about 15 days off at Xmas/NY, so we could go to NZ and see my parents for a day (assuming we can get perfect MIQ at the right time) and then she'd have to go back to JP for work, or I could try to not kill my boy for 14 days, but even then I'd only see my parents for 5-6 days before I had to go back to work. I don't want to make the trip without my boy but I'm honestly afraid of trying to do 2 weeks in quarantine with him and no outlets (park, beach, mountain).
So, I honestly dunno what to do.
I can't think of an action that will make me happy, because every action either puts up in financial trouble or family trouble.
On the good side, my son is healthy, and I know I can't undervalue that.
But, but, I hate it that my parents don't get to see him and enjoy him while he is at an age when they are probably his favorite people in the world (never angry, always interested, always ready to spoil). From seeing my siblings' kids grow through that stage, I know that it takes years before my parents - being separated - get that kind of attention again.
Ah fuck it, wine time.
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Absolutely glorious weather here in Cornwall.
From today in the UK we can go for a drive and have a normal meal in a pub, I don't have to wear a mask in most places and we're hitting our neighbours garden for a BBQ next WE. Only downer is many of the tourist places are crammed (and that's before the school hols) and the traffic on the roads is way higher than normal.
Looking to buy a new car this week, so today I'm riding the Honda down to Truro to check a few out. It's great when you roll up to a car dealership on your bike - really confuses them...
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@victor-meldrew said in Lockdown Check In:
Absolutely glorious weather here in Cornwall.
From today in the UK we can go for a drive and have a normal meal in a pub, I don't have to wear a mask in most places and we're hitting our neighbours garden for a BBQ next WE. Only downer is many of the tourist places are crammed (and that's before the school hols) and the traffic on the roads is way higher than normal.
Looking to buy a new car this week, so today I'm riding the Honda down to Truro to check a few out. It's great when you roll up to a car dealership on your bike - really confuses them...
I'll be down there Wednesday! We got a place at Watergate bay hotel for a 4 nights. Pretty amped about it.
Going to look at Una in St Ives too as potential investment. I'm bored of our rental, just gives us crap 24/7 and the little profit we make, the government takes half. Time to do something different.
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@gt12 That really sux mate, sorry to hear that. Although my relationship is really strong, I understand your thoughts about not being able to get home. It really gets to me sometimes, can't believe how much I miss my parents. I'm 43 FFS.
What I can offer though is I know a guy who had a similar situation and ended up getting divorced (I assume your wife is JP). He's still in Tokyo and managed to move on with life and get it all sorted out - he stuck with his ex for about 2 years longer than he wanted to for all the reasons you say. Eventually though, he made the the move and it's worked out really well for him. So if you are after some legal advice etc on how he managed to get through it, I'll be more than happy to ping him to get you some contacts.
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@majorrage Enjoy. The weather is set fair.
But watch out for the speed cameras - loads about at the moment.