Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!

[Hooked]

Restaurant workers will be blocking roads next week in protest over lockdown rules
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/r...ng-roads-next-week-to-protest-lockdown-2020-7

"Restaurants, take-aways and coffee shops across the country will take to the streets next week to draw attention to the devastating effects of lockdown regulations on the industry.

On Wednesday 22 July, restaurants will be blocking the roads outside their premises by dragging all tables and chairs into the street. The protest is expected to last two hours, from 12:00 to 14:00...

Each restaurant owner will move tables and chairs from their empty restaurants into the street in front of their establishment in protest of the current regulations and to highlight the plight of the industry.”

Rasa is calling it the “Million Seats on the Streets” protest and is also planning to form a human chain from parliament in Cape Town on 24 July..."

 

[Raindance]

Powerships are ready to stop load-shedding in South Africa
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/ener...ng-in-south-africa.html?utm_source=newsletter

That R1.70 per unit is before kickbacks so do not get too exited.

Regards

 

[Hooked]

Licence validity period extended to November 2020
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/licence-validity-period-extended-to-november-2020
17 July 2020

"Motorists have been granted some reprieve as the validity period of vehicle licenses that expired during the lockdown has officially been extended to November 30, 2020."

 

[Hooked]

Five planets visible without a telescope this weekend
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/five-planets-visible-without-a-telescope-this-weekend
17 July 2020

"It’s going to be a busy weekend of astronomical events. Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus and Mars will be visible to the naked eye before sunrise on Sunday, July 19.

The five planets will all make an appearance for 45 minutes and will be accompanied by a beautiful crescent moon.

The planets and moon will form a curve across the sky and those eager to see the show are encouraged to find a viewing spot with a clear horizon to ensure the best visibility.

You’ll be able to tell the planets from one another as Jupiter will appear two hours before sunrise in a southwesterly part of the sky, and Saturn will be just above it to the right. Mars will appear in a southeastern direction and Venus will be visible in the eastern sky. Mercury will appear to the right of the moon and will be low in the sky in a east-northeast direction according to Space.com. Mercury will be the most difficult planet to see from Cape Town but will be visible nonetheless.

While you won’t need a telescope to see the show, those wanting to get a closer or clearer look at the planets and the moon should use binoculars."

 

[Hooked]

Liquid tobacco confiscated in Kabega Park in PE
https://www.algoafm.co.za/local/liquid-tobacco-confiscated-in-kabega-park-in-pe
17 July 2020

"Port Elizabeth Police have confiscated tobacco liquid to the street value of R360 000 at warehouse in Kabega Park.
This is after a courier company alerted them of a suspicious package at their warehouse on Thursday.

Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the company received a package from Cape Town.

It is alleged that a similar package was received for the same person earlier in the week and the suspicious behaviour of the recipient caught the attention of the company.

When another package arrived on Thursday for the same person, police were roped in to investigate. The package was opened and 30 boxes each containing 120 packets of various flavours of oka pipe liquid tobacco were confiscated. The total street value is R180 000.

At about 17:30, the same evening , police returned to the company as another package arrived. Another 30 boxes of the same liquid tobacco were confiscated. The total value of both confiscations is R360 000.

Colonel Naidu said a docket has been opened for further investigation.

Police have lauded the courier company for working with them in clamping down the movement of illegal and illicit merchandise.

 

[Hooked]

WTF??? Courier company snitching to the cops??? How much were they paid?
I'd love to know which courier company it is.

 

[Adephi]

WTF??? Courier company snitching to the cops??? How much were they paid?
I'd love to know which courier company it is.

I smell a rat. R360k of vape juice is more than just a "package".

 

[Dela Rey Steyn]

Isn't 'oka pipe' a hubbly? What would you need nicotine liquid for in a hubbly? Don't get me wrong, we poured all sorts of nonsense in a hubbly when I was young and stupid, but never 'nicotine liquid'

 

[Dela Rey Steyn]

As the madness continues to unfold around us, cooking off some game meat in the steam pot for pie, enjoying the last of the 'good' whisky while SWAMBO is at the hospital delivering the first born of very good friends of ours. Cheers to the ones that come in to this crazy world, cheers to those that left us and cheers to us, the inhabitants of this big green and blue rock, may we live long enough to enjoy ourselves but not too long to get bored with life.

 

[LeislB]

As the madness continues to unfold around us, cooking off some game meat in the steam pot for pie, enjoying the last of the 'good' whisky while SWAMBO is at the hospital delivering the first born of very good friends of ours. Cheers to the ones that come in to this crazy world, cheers to those that left us and cheers to us, the inhabitants of this big green and blue rock, may we live long enough to enjoy ourselves but not too long to get bored with life.
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Cheers to the weekend!

 

[DavyH]

As the madness continues to unfold around us, cooking off some game meat in the steam pot for pie, enjoying the last of the 'good' whisky while SWAMBO is at the hospital delivering the first born of very good friends of ours. Cheers to the ones that come in to this crazy world, cheers to those that left us and cheers to us, the inhabitants of this big green and blue rock, may we live long enough to enjoy ourselves but not too long to get bored with life.
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A great toast! Slainte!

 

[Adephi]

As the madness continues to unfold around us, cooking off some game meat in the steam pot for pie, enjoying the last of the 'good' whisky while SWAMBO is at the hospital delivering the first born of very good friends of ours. Cheers to the ones that come in to this crazy world, cheers to those that left us and cheers to us, the inhabitants of this big green and blue rock, may we live long enough to enjoy ourselves but not too long to get bored with life.
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Wish I could cheers you back. But the apple beer takes a few days longer to ferment in this cold weather.

 

[Grand Guru]

It’s been a hell of a long week. Actually 2 in a row where I had to deal with the worst nightmare for a manager... can’t go into details. The public service could be so much better if politics was kept away from it. Who’s paying the price? Not the tax payers, that’s just money...

 

[Adephi]

 

[Hooked]

SA isolation period reduced to 10 days
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/sa-isolation-period-reduced-to-10-days
17 July 2020

"The Minister of Health has announced that the recommended isolation period for COVID-19 has been reduced from 14 to 10 days.

This change is on the condition that the person does not have a fever by the tenth day and that their symptoms, if they had any, have improved over this time.

“These guidelines apply to healthcare workers too and are implemented with immediate effect,” said Mkhize in a subsequent tweet.

These guidelines have been provided to the South African government by the World Health Organisation. The Ministerial Advisory Committee also submitted an advisory, which considered analysis to produce the proposal for an 8 day isolation. However, the government has opted to adopt the WHO guidelines.

 

[ARYANTO]

Don't know if this is informative or funny ...

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[DavyH]

SA isolation period reduced to 10 days
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/sa-isolation-period-reduced-to-10-days
17 July 2020

"The Minister of Health has announced that the recommended isolation period for COVID-19 has been reduced from 14 to 10 days.

This change is on the condition that the person does not have a fever by the tenth day and that their symptoms, if they had any, have improved over this time.

“These guidelines apply to healthcare workers too and are implemented with immediate effect,” said Mkhize in a subsequent tweet.

These guidelines have been provided to the South African government by the World Health Organisation. The Ministerial Advisory Committee also submitted an advisory, which considered analysis to produce the proposal for an 8 day isolation. However, the government has opted to adopt the WHO guidelines.

Huh? So not only are we the only country in the world with a tobacco ban, we also have the longest lockdown and the shortest quarantine.

In the immortal words of Charlton Heston, ‘It’s a madhouse!’

 

[Grand Guru]

SA isolation period reduced to 10 days
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/sa-isolation-period-reduced-to-10-days
17 July 2020

"The Minister of Health has announced that the recommended isolation period for COVID-19 has been reduced from 14 to 10 days.

This change is on the condition that the person does not have a fever by the tenth day and that their symptoms, if they had any, have improved over this time.

“These guidelines apply to healthcare workers too and are implemented with immediate effect,” said Mkhize in a subsequent tweet.

These guidelines have been provided to the South African government by the World Health Organisation. The Ministerial Advisory Committee also submitted an advisory, which considered analysis to produce the proposal for an 8 day isolation. However, the government has opted to adopt the WHO guidelines.

Just made my day!

 

[Dela Rey Steyn]

It's very good news for the health care sector and make much more economical sense.

 

[Dela Rey Steyn]

SWAMBO and I had a big discussion on the initial proposed 8-day isolation. But glad they at least decided to follow the WHO guidelines.

 

[Hooked]

I've just heard on CNN that in Miami if you're not wearing a mask you will be fined $50. There will no longer be a warning - a first offence gets a fine. I wonder how much is $50 relative to the American society, not simply converting it to Rands. Is $50 an expensive fine in Miami?

 

[Raindance]

I've just heard on CNN that in Miami if you're not wearing a mask you will be fined $50. There will no longer be a warning - a first offence gets a fine. I wonder how much is $50 relative to the American society, not simply converting it to Rands. Is $50 an expensive fine in Miami?

Well at ten US bucks for a Starbucks coffee, I dont think so.

Regards

 

[Resistance]

It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.

On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.

When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.

Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.

At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you were 55, you dealt with the fear of polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or dying.

At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.

Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on. Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above – you are called to stay home and sit on your couch.

They had and lead rather full lives and here us woosies complain about everything.

 

[Dela Rey Steyn]

It's never 'too early' for red wine, especially when you are cooking. Some beef curry on the menu tonight.