Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!

[Hooked]

I am still working from the office, live in a 2 bedroom apartment with the wifey, both on calls all day, i think we would end up bumping heads because the place is small, so my company organised that permit so i could still come in, there are very few people at work but what a weird feeling to have roads so completely empty, a car here and there but barely anything... a little freaky though, has those "I am legend" vibes going on

Yes, it must be freaky! As if there are only a few people left in the world. I often used to drive between Windhoek and Jhb and in Namibia the roads were empty. A few hours would go by before another car passed me on the road. I'd stop for a break and a leg-stretch and just listen to the silence ... and imagine that I was the only person left in the world.

 

[Hooked]

Yeah I think one of us will be living in a tent in the garden soon.
Gonna have to run an extension cord and set up a workstation in there.

That said. I really fell bad for people that are totally alone physically at this time.
I'd much rather have someone to bump heads with than be in an empty house for the next 3 weeks.

I'm alone and I'd go crazy if someone were here with me!!

 

[M.Adhir]

You have gout.
Anti inflammatory will help with symptoms, but the only thing that will take it away is colchicine. Take note, colchicine take a day or so to work and you will run to toilet the next day a few times

Very afraid of colchicine after reading the dosage instructions.
Pretty much says keep taking in until you throw up or get the runs

 

[Hooked]

sorry to hear, I lost my job on 10th March, which could not have come at a worse time, guess I'll be joining t
that UIF queue if and when all this blows over along with many many others.
the Universe and I have been knocking heads too often lately, stupid cow

I'm sorry to hear about your circumstances @Dela Rey Steyn and @vicTor.

 

[Jean claude Vaaldamme]

Very afraid of colchicine after reading the dosage instructions.
Pretty much says keep taking in until you throw up or get the runs

Nt that bad. Dont keep taking them. Never throw up before, but the runs yes. Get the stronger 1mg take one and in 2 hours another one, then stop, it should not be that bad the next day. I sometimes take 3, but more than three messes you up for 2 days.
Most guys think they broke some bone the first time they get gout, mostly left foot, big toe. If its gout, good luck. This is just the start, maybe get it once or twice a year and then it will get more frequent, like once a week

 

[M.Adhir]

Nt that bad. Dont keep taking them. Never throw up before, but the runs yes. Get the stronger 1mg take one and in 2 hours another one, then stop, it should not be that bad the next day. I sometimes take 3, but more than three messes you up for 2 days.
Most guys think they broke some bone the first time they get gout, mostly left foot, big toe. If its gout, good luck. This is just the start, maybe get it once or twice a year and then it will get more frequent, like once a week

Second time in 6 weeks. But neve before that.
Did the colchicine thing the last time
Mistimed it and had to go to work.
Let me tell you clenching could be a Olympic sport.
But pharmacist told me take 2 immediately. Take one every two hours after that until all 6 are finished.

 

[ARYANTO]

Very afraid of colchicine after reading the dosage instructions.
Pretty much says keep taking in until you throw up or get the runs

Try K-fenak , helped with my broken ankle and femur after bike accident.

 

[Raindance]

Day 2. Need to go in for a crisis meeting. Really not happy about this.

Regards

 

[ARYANTO]

Day -2
Seems like the lockdown is going to make us all [most] lazy, Woke up 8:45 knowing nothing NEEDS to be done today . Again it's quiet outside but I guess not for long...Interesting case last night , SAPS caught a guy walking outside , they pulled over , and this dude chatted with them , reached into his pocket and handed ''something'' over and off they went , the man strolled merrily down the street.A SAPS van just drove past, maybe looking for victims.

On Twitter is a clip about Topps being broken in to , shows what an influence ''dop'' have in ''our'' culture. Sad actually , so , after all the bottle stores have been raided , what's next SAB 's warehouse ?
There is no shortage of anything yet , another day inside. I realized how anti social I am , nothing has actually changed in my life. I don't ''miss'' anybody because I have no family left , few cousins and so but we don't visit or have contact. .
Stay safe , will edit and update as the day goes. 21.20 Still people in the street , insanity , best of all there is kids running around too . I see we sit with ''lockdown stupidity'' instead of cabin fever .

 

[Jean claude Vaaldamme]

Day 2
Pornhub crashed, too much traffic
Had to greet the wife

 

[baksteen8168]

Day 46

Played Xbox with friends till 02:30 this morning. Woke up to kids being kids. Think I'll sort out the pool today

 

[Grand Guru]

Day 2
I slept 1:30am and woke up at 5:00 as usual bot got out of bed past 9!
The gardening services didn't show for the last 2 weeks so got the kids to help clean the jungle... it's still looking ugly

 

[Dela Rey Steyn]

Day one was a complete abomination, slept until 10am, spent the day on the couch watching movies and series. And went to bed fairly late. Today went much better. Got up early(ish) round 7, made breakfast and planned my day. Had to make a run to town for some foodstuffs. Completed all my required forms and went about my business. Thinking of taking a stroll through the "garden" this afternoon. Never been more grateful for living rural than now.

 

[Raindance]

Back home. Two roadblocks later. No one enforcing the roadblock came close to the cop in Rob’s lounge so I just stated my purpose and off I went. Next expedition, Monday.

Regards

 

[Silver]

Day 2

Took a walk in the car park in our complex, lol
Did some work for about 2 hours
Ate breakfast
Time for a snooze, I almost never have a midday snooze so I think I am going to get into it

@Dela Rey Steyn , you are very lucky to live rural. Must be so peaceful!
And @ARYANTO, just remember you have a big vaping family here on the forum. Love reading your posts and seeing your photos

 

[blujeenz]

Being on lockdown is like retirement.

• Every day of the week feels like Sunday.
• After spending the entire morning doing nothing, you decide to run out to buy some diy hardware and all the shops are closed.
• Theres nowhere you have to be.
• A full tank lasts 2 months.
• You spend a lot more time planning food restocks than washing a car.
• Set sleep and wake up times are out the window, I've gamed till 3am and only woken up at 11:30 the next morning.
• Peanut butter or vape juice shirt stain, no problem can wear it the rest of the day.
• Pajamas's can be worn till supper time.

What I'm enjoying during lockdown is:

• No rude interruptions at the front door from "Witnesses" or beggars.
• Its quiet enough to hear my neighbor's music and he's using headphones. okay slight exaggeration, but I live next to the N7 and its now quiet enough at 8pm as it used to be at 2am, big win for a good nights sleep.
• No taxis making k#k on the roads if you dont ride in their time frames.

There's probably more but its only day 2 of lockdown.

 

[ARYANTO]

Day 2

Took a walk in the car park in our complex, lol
Did some work for about 2 hours
Ate breakfast
Time for a snooze, I almost never have a midday snooze so I think I am going to get into it

@Dela Rey Steyn , you are very lucky to live rural. Must be so peaceful!
And @ARYANTO, just remember you have a big vaping family here on the forum. Love reading your posts and seeing your photos

Love you guys too , you can see Ecigssa is my 2nd home

 

[Timwis]

Had a good morning watching all the available reviews of the new Pearl Jam Album, listened to a few tracks to wet my appetite but left a handful and made sure i didn't listen to any two tracks in their natural order on the album as i still want to keep that first time listening experience for when i get my physical CD next week! 7 years but well worth the wait! Favourite lyrics "Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse come forged the north and west
Then there's Sitting Bullshit as our sitting president"

 

[Timwis]

Of course there will be lockdown activities that people keep private, just been reading any reduction in the planets population will be short lived as a baby boom is expected between the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021!

 

[Christos]

Of course there will be lockdown activities that people keep private, just been reading any reduction in the planets population will be short lived as a baby boom is expected between the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021!

There will possibly be a first time pregnancy boom but not for parents who have kids already

 

[Dela Rey Steyn]

I'm officially a House Husband cooking up a hearty creamy Butternut soup for SWAMBO for when she gets home from work.

 

[incredible_hullk]

Day 2... feeling kinda batty, like I'm on the event horizon ship

Only so much cleaning and Netflix one can do

Eish this is gonna be long

NASA training for isolation would have come in handy right now

 

[Adephi]

Finished my 3rd nap today. Or my 4th. Lost count between 2 and 3.

 

[Rob Fisher]

I guess I'm lucky because I'm used to this... having been retired for a long time already I have gotten used to chilling and doing what I want when I want... I spend quite a bit of time online chatting to mates in the HE game all over the planet... but I must say I'm battling with the fact that my boat has all the new goodies on it and I haven't managed to get it wet yet...

My wife is already battling on day two because she is used to going to her mates for tea and shopping...

I think tomorrow I will dust and clean the display cabinet!

 

[Hooked]

Day -2
I realized how anti social I am , nothing has actually changed in my life. I don't ''miss'' anybody because I have no family left , few cousins and so but we don't visit or have contact. .
Stay safe , will edit and update as the day goes.

Same here @ARYANTO. My brother and I were just saying that our lives haven't changed since lockdown!

I feel sorry for people who live in flats without even a balcony. I'm in a house and I can enjoy time outside, so not being able to leave the property is no big deal.