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Had a work colleague yesterday saying she was planning to visit her folks this weekend but her siblings were trying to convince her not to. The poor lass had stopped watching the news because it was too depressing. I imagine there are probably a few in that camp.
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@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Had a work colleague yesterday saying she was planning to visit her folks this weekend but her siblings were trying to convince her not to. The poor lass had stopped watching the news because it was too depressing. I imagine there are probably a few in that camp.
She off to say her goodbyes while she potentially infects them with a death sentence?
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@Godder said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@NTA And in NZ with all the smaller competitors closed, the supermarket logistics are more stretched since the demand will remain high for at least the close down. On the plus side, the staff discount was increased to 10% for workers.
Yeah we got that, too. Includes booze thank fuck. Mrs TA and I have been drinking small amounts every night the last week.
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Give mixed messages and hesitate, this is what you get
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To be fair, that was two weeks ago. That's an eternity in this situation.
Misguided? Yes, but willfully stupid? I'm not so sure.
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Give mixed messages and hesitate, this is what you get
Before the restrictions and the entire article is a bit shit IMO. It's laced with "may have".
Also:
The Sun-Herald spoke to a 27-year-old student who attended the Bucket List party and later tested positive for the virus. The woman from France, who requested anonymity, said she had a fever and had lost her sense of smell."I have a headache," she said. "I just feel like I need to sleep and I sleep all day. Normally I'm quite active."
Oh noes. Hope your last will and testament is up to scratch.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
the entire article is a bit shit
It was from Stuff...
Still a great name for the bar under the circumstances. Maybe they could offer methanol as a drink. It has been very popular in Iran as a prevention for Covid 19 apparently. 1000 sick and 300 dead.
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@Snowy said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
the entire article is a bit shit
It was from Stuff...
Still a great name for the bar under the circumstances. Maybe they could offer methanol as a drink. It has been very popular in Iran as a prevention for Covid 19 apparently. 1000 sick and 300 dead.
As long as it's not watered down.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
To be fair, that was two weeks ago. That's an eternity in this situation.
Misguided? Yes, but willfully stupid? I'm not so sure.
I think it just illustrates how slow the government have been to react. My sister is a doctor in Melbourne, they were all sure it was going to hell by then
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Went out today - had to grab a replacement lock for the deceased grandfather-in-law's house. Bunnings was full of signage about "4 people per aisle" and "1.5 metre distance".
Unfortunately it was also full of fucking morons. One couple in their late 50s/early 60s walked right next to me and I was standing still the whole time, somewhat amazed they seemed to be oblivious to it all.
Woolies was a little better.
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I went for a two hour walk around Darling Harbour-Pyrmont and on the way back I saw people with toilet paper, so wandered down to see where they're coming from. The Woolies Metro is completely stocked, shelves are full and pellets placed around everywhere. I wonder if they have more space so can just leave the pellets there and that's why they don't have similar shortages as everywhere else?
As an added bonus the donut cafe down the road was open, I'm not usually a fan of fancy one, prefer the good old cinnamon/sugar donuts from bakeries in NZ, but the apple pie and mars bars donuts (2 separate ones, I only had a half of each though, I'm not that piggy, well I am but there were two of us) definitely filled the spot.
All in all a succesful pre lockdown (if it ever comes) morning.
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@Nepia the dock space in full sized supermarkets is poor-middling.
The dock space in Metro sites is highly variable but the idea is snappy logistics chain restocking at appropriate rates putting a limit on required dock space.
Funny story - the Metro we opened in Kirribilli is limited in terms of energy usage; so they can't run the bakery ovens and air con at the same time
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Nepia the dock space in full sized supermarkets is poor-middling.
The dock space in Metro sites is highly variable but the idea is snappy logistics chain restocking at appropriate rates putting a limit on required dock space.
Funny story - the Metro we opened in Kirribilli is limited in terms of energy usage; so they can't run the bakery ovens and air con at the same time
So basically this Metro looks like it's larger than normal (it might be the old IGA) and there's lots of space in front corner from the checkouts, so they had a number of pellets there waiting, then pellets near checkouts in what looked like a bakery/bread area and then the shelves near there were stocked with TP.
Oh damn, those are two things you kind of want running at the same time! Funnily enough one of the discussed walking routes was over the bridge to Kirribilli but I did that walk recently (when the markets were still open).
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That the one on Miller Street that opened later last year? If so, probably leans more toward a small supermarket than the ones in the CBD, so they'd have the room.
At present, particularly with things like TP, quicker to just chuck it on the floor and let seagulls fight over the chips
@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Oh damn, those are two things you kind of want running at the same time! Funnily enough one of the discussed walking routes was over the bridge to Kirribilli but I did that walk recently (when the markets were still open).
Fortunately they don't tend to need them at the same time with bakers starting very early. It is certainly a quirky store from an energy point of view.
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This is cool as shit - CityMapper showing rates of movement. Same guy tweeted this a few days back, with the headline stats:
2 weeks ago: Sydney and Melbourne moving mid-90s percent of normal
1 week ago: both dropped to mid-50s percent
Now getting into the 20sOf course it is a sample size consisting entirely of users of that app, I suppose.
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
That the one on Miller Street that opened later last year? If so, probably leans more toward a small supermarket than the ones in the CBD, so they'd have the room.
At present, particularly with things like TP, quicker to just chuck it on the floor and let seagulls fight over the chips
@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Oh damn, those are two things you kind of want running at the same time! Funnily enough one of the discussed walking routes was over the bridge to Kirribilli but I did that walk recently (when the markets were still open).
Fortunately they don't tend to need them at the same time with bakers starting very early. It is certainly a quirky store from an energy point of view.
Yeah, that's the one - did it take over the IGA that used to be there? Yeah, the seagulls weren't really racing in, was almost like pre TP-mageddon days. Although I've told so many people now I've probably ruined it for them.
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
This is cool as shit - CityMapper showing rates of movement. Same guy tweeted this a few days back, with the headline stats:
2 weeks ago: Sydney and Melbourne moving mid-90s percent of normal
1 week ago: both dropped to mid-50s percent
Now getting into the 20sOf course it is a sample size consisting entirely of users of that app, I suppose.
Over 100% mobility? WTF?
Also re Alexei T, I hate when people panic over one fucking data point.
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Beach is closed but it doesn't seem to stop people.
https://www.tiktok.com/@franmagiera/video/6806873088995642630
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