Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!

[ARYANTO]

My Broadband :
Lockdown blueprint
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/gove...-this-is-a-blueprint-for-its-replacement.html

 

[Dela Rey Steyn]

With SWAMBO back at work today, I'm taking full advantage of the "rest" day after yesterday's slave drive. She is coming home for lunch, so I made her a Moroccan chicken salad. Having surplus fresh herbs that tend to wilt fast, I decided to prepare some for long-term storage. Finely chopped them and put into ice trays. Cover them with olive oil and freeze. So when I want to use it in my cooking I just take a cube or 2 and voila;
Fresh herbs to give any meal a good flavour punch!

 

[ARYANTO]

With SWAMBO back at work today, I'm taking full advantage of the "rest" day after yesterday's slave drive. She is coming home for lunch, so I made her a Moroccan chicken salad. Having surplus fresh herbs that tend to wilt fast, I decided to prepare some for long-term storage. Finely chopped them and put into ice trays. Cover them with olive oil and freeze. So when I want to use it in my cooking I just take a cube or 2 and voila;
Fresh herbs to give any meal a good flavour punch!
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DRS , didn't know you can freeze olive oil ?

 

[ARYANTO]

OK People plug in your headphones turn that volume up ...

 

[blujeenz]

I put it in rice haha, will see if this works, if not I'll have a memorial on Thursday

That trick wont work, the Chinese guys that would normally be attracted by the rice are all under lockdown.
Try a food dehydrator instead.

 

[ARYANTO]

16:41 update,
2415 up 142 -passed, still 27
Morningside hospital [JHB] , 12 staff infected.

 

[M.Adhir]

16:41 update,
2415 up 142 -passed, still 27
Morningside hospital [JHB] closed , 12 staff infected.

Yikes
Where did you see the closure?
That's one of the 3 hospitals in my area
One has a designated Covid facility so I'm avoiding that one
If morningside is closed I might be in a bit of k@k

 

[Hooked]

Item 2 is insightful
1]SARB CUT RATES ANOTHER 1% TO 4,25 -just in ''The CITIZEN''

2]https://mybroadband.co.za/news/tren...elaxed-in-south-africa.html?source=newsletter

I watched/listened to him explain this on eNCA last night. He's an excellent speaker and he explains everything in a way that the man-in-the-street can understand. What stood out for me was that SA was on the same trajectory as the UK at the beginning i.e. cases increasing rapidly. If it weren't for Ramaphosa taking swift action with lockdown we would be where the UK is now. SA is handling the Corona situation a thousand times better than any of the other countries have done. Ramaphosa is one man for whom I have the greatest respect and admiration.

 

[Hooked]

Speaking of lockdown (what else?) a couple of spoilt adult-brats were most indignant when I suggested, before lockdown had even been thought of, that Yzerfontein should seal itself off to non-residents. How could I suggest such a thing, when they have a holiday home here???

Well, they came here to stay in their holiday home for the lockdown period. Now they're complaining that there's no point in being here if they can't even go to the beach. What did they think lockdown means, I wonder? Eish. Some people.

 

[Adephi]

So my source was a bit out with his description of the destillers yeast.



Think I will call it Ctrl-Alt-Del Cider.

 

[M.Adhir]

So my source was a bit out with his description of the destillers yeast.

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Think I will call it Ctrl-Alt-Del Cider.

That cider sounds like it will provide its drinker with a factory reset

 

[ARYANTO]

Yikes
Where did you see the closure?
That's one of the 3 hospitals in my area
One has a designated Covid facility so I'm avoiding that one
If morningside is closed I might be in a bit of k@k

IOL
Johannesburg - Mediclinic Morningside staff in Sandton are demanding transparency from their employers after about 12 employees, including seven health-care workers, tested positive for Covid-19.

This comes a week after Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban was shut down because 66 people, including staff and patients, tested positive for Covid-19 and five people died.

 

[M.Adhir]

IOL
Johannesburg - Mediclinic Morningside staff in Sandton are demanding transparency from their employers after about 12 employees, including seven health-care workers, tested positive for Covid-19.

This comes a week after Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban was shut down because 66 people, including staff and patients, tested positive for Covid-19 and five people died.

Thanks. Did some checking. Seems morningside isn't closed, but has implemented additional separation measures.

Nevertheless I will try my best to avoid that facility for now.

 

[Adephi]

Thanks. Did some checking. Seems morningside isn't closed, but has implemented additional separation measures.

Nevertheless I will try my best to avoid that facility for now.

To be honest, its best to avoid any medical facility at this time unless you really need to go.

 

[M.Adhir]

To be honest, its best to avoid any medical facility at this time unless you really need to go.

Yep. I've been on crutches for almost 3 weeks now. Avoiding medical facilities like the plague so just trying to bear the pain and manage it with tablets and keeping my leg up alot etc.

 

[Silver]

Yep. I've been on crutches for almost 3 weeks now. Avoiding medical facilities like the plague so just trying to bear the pain and manage it with tablets and keeping my leg up alot etc.

Sorry to hear
Hope it gets better

 

[Adephi]

So if you are going to spend your Saturday all teary eyed and bored with yourself might as well follow this concert.



Solid line-up for a concert.

 

[Grand Guru]

People are hungry.

 

[ARYANTO]

3 weeks later and still no food packages - I will toyi-toyi as well.

 

[Resistance]

I baked bread but the kids prefere it as a treat ,so we're having a late night snack.

 

[ARYANTO]

Day 20 - 08:16
Managed to get into bed at about 1 ish , so not another all nighter . Need to go get Coke and Zoo's , as promised , Coke will get delivered to Norwood SAPS to thank them for ''cleaning'' our street . Awaiting my CBD order , hopefully today.
MyBroadband - salary cuts
A high number of South Africans expect salary and staff cuts at their companies
Staff Writer15 April 2020


39% of tech-savvy South Africans expect salary cuts or staff cuts at their companies as a result of the national lockdown.

This is according to the results of MyBroadband’s Working from Home 2020 Survey, which was conducted in April 2020.

2,348 MyBroadband readers took part in the survey, providing excellent insight into the tech-savvy segment of the market.

 

[Adephi]

Day 20 - 08:16
Managed to get into bed at about 1 ish , so not another all nighter . Need to go get Coke and Zoo's , as promised , Coke will get delivered to Norwood SAPS to thank them for ''cleaning'' our street . Awaiting my CBD order , hopefully today.
MyBroadband - salary cuts
A high number of South Africans expect salary and staff cuts at their companies
Staff Writer15 April 2020


39% of tech-savvy South Africans expect salary cuts or staff cuts at their companies as a result of the national lockdown.

This is according to the results of MyBroadband’s Working from Home 2020 Survey, which was conducted in April 2020.

2,348 MyBroadband readers took part in the survey, providing excellent insight into the tech-savvy segment of the market.

I got THAT email from our CEO on Monday that things are not looking too rosey. I don't think anybody can say they are confident in their jobs or salaries right now.

 

[ARYANTO]

SAA - NO MORE ''RESCUE''
Government cuts off further funding to SAA

South African Airways has been denied any further funding by its government owner as the national carrier looks for ways to recover from the coronavirus crisis and a local form of bankruptcy protection.

The airline’s administrators, who were put in charge in December, were told by the state to instead source cash from available resources, according to a letter they sent to affected parties and to Bloomberg News dated April 14.

“We are currently assessing the impact of this development on the business-rescue process and will communicate any decisions to be made,” they said in the letter.

 

[ARYANTO]

IOL
Essential goods
Attorney Richard Spoor said the definition of essential goods was a catch-all. “There’s nothing in law stating tobacco can’t be sold because there’s no definition of basic goods. But the prohibition is not limited merely to the sale of non-essential goods – factories producing the goods can also not continue to manufacture or produce the goods.”

He said for lawyers, there’s a sense of déjà vu: “During apartheid’s state of emergency, lawyers spent a lot of time challenging regulations, which is happening now too.”

* Georgina Crouth is a consumer watchdog with serious bite. Write to her at consumer@inl.co.za, tweet her @georginacrouth and follow her on Facebook.

 

[CashKat88]

I couldn't find Zoo Biscuits anywhere, finally found it at woolworths haha, I think @ARYANTO has boosted sales for Zoo bees