Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!

What are you going to be doing during the lockdown?

  • At home. I’m non essential

    Votes: 70 41.2%
  • Working. The virus doesn’t scare me

    Votes: 41 24.1%
  • On standby

    Votes: 10 5.9%
  • Working from home. Too essential to take any risk!

    Votes: 66 38.8%

  • Total voters
    170
  • Poll closed .
So I wonder. DSTV is probably one of the companies that is doing great during lockdown. They must have more subscribers, they must be getting way more money from Boxoffice and showmax. Then they always say their biggest cost is the Sport, but now there is no sport and much of it they probably dont pay for.

So where is the money going? Why do we still just get bad movies and repeats of old movies?
Biggest skelms in SA, except for Zumta and Rain 5G
 
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The Cue has saved me quite a few times.
And worked very well in "flight stealth mode" while flying up and down lol.

I agree, think that’s why I have so many of these type of devices. I use them a lot when traveling so I find my self “loosing” them and needing to repurchase. Can not travel without one specially going through Dubai airport as those smoking holes are terrible.
 
Any advise on which local [SA] vape shops deliveries are up to speed , want to get new batt's and a vapresso pod, plus goodies , don't want to wait till next week for delivery .
 
Day 54,

it’s been 12 years that I haven’t put my feet in a hair salon! My last experience was in a fancy shop where the VERY young and stylish female hairdresser decided she’s going to cut my hair to fashion despite me opposing it. She told me in a very polite way that I can do what I want with my hair when I get home. I took her word for it and decided to hell with it. Since then I invest in a new hair clipper every second year. At first it used to take me more than 1 hour and now it’s 20min at most! And yes I’m doing what I want with my hair :)
 
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Wahl haircut machine bro.
I used to spend like 400 bucks a month on haircuts.
Invested in a R500 haircut machine (better quality/ stronger motor) than the budget ones (which are an option as well - they start from like 150 bucks).
I think i've paid a salon/ barber like 4 times in the past 7 or 8 years since then.
You could go a a single length all round (easy stuff), or one of the below if you have someone to help out.


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You didn't add any training holes:O
 
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Schools open 1st June.... That means i have to wake up early from Monday:(:facepalm:
Im essential now
 
17200 cases (up 767)
312 deaths (up 26)
7960 recoveries (up 662)

Source - Twitter DoH feed/ health ministers feed
 
Have a good day vape family.
Today I have unofficially converted someone.
He had a hard choice and always asked about vaping.alwaus wanted a setup. Today he came with a setup.
A cheap one because that's all he could get and afford and needed some help.
So +one for Vaping.
 
Have a good day vape family.
Today I have unofficially converted someone.
He had a hard choice and always asked about vaping.alwaus wanted a setup. Today he came with a setup.
A cheap one because that's all he could get and afford and needed some help.
So +one for Vaping.

Always a good feeling converting somebody from the dark side.

On Sunday I helped a heavy smoker order a Caliburn pod online. Unfortunately I didn't have a spare mod at the time. Will see next week if it will work.
 
Day 54 , 10:10
Excursion for food later , still waking up. Ordered some ink cartridges from Makro on the 7 th , still waiting , e-mailed them and got a generic little answer :
''Kindly be advised that your query has been escalated to the store to be fulfilled as for the exact date of delivery we can not confirm as yet we gonna revert back to you with feedback.''

The number on the mail goes straight to voicemail that states the same . Not impressed .
 
Lockdown rules are getting ever more absurd
"More and more absurd rules are being introduced. I have two friends who are brothers, and both have takeaway shops. They each have one daughter and are working in their takeaway shops with their wives and four other strangers from the beginning of the lockdown. Brothers, wives and daughters are not seeing each other for two months, yet are working with strangers every day, seven days a week in a one metre by one metre kitchen. Where is the logic? Where is the sense?"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/12/lockdown-rules-are-getting-ever-more-absurd

This is actually getting funny.
 
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Day 54 , 10:10
Excursion for food later , still waking up. Ordered some ink cartridges from Makro on the 7 th , still waiting , e-mailed them and got a generic little answer :
''Kindly be advised that your query has been escalated to the store to be fulfilled as for the exact date of delivery we can not confirm as yet we gonna revert back to you with feedback.''

The number on the mail goes straight to voicemail that states the same . Not impressed .

I'm beating you, I'm on day 55
 
Lockdown rules are getting ever more absurd
"More and more absurd rules are being introduced. I have two friends who are brothers, and both have takeaway shops. They each have one daughter and are working in their takeaway shops with their wives and four other strangers from the beginning of the lockdown. Brothers, wives and daughters are not seeing each other for two months, yet are working with strangers every day, seven days a week in a one metre by one metre kitchen. Where is the logic? Where is the sense?"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/12/lockdown-rules-are-getting-ever-more-absurd

This is actually getting funny.
Send brother 1 to go buy slap chips at brother two the one week , and vica versa next week ?
 
Lockdown rules are getting ever more absurd
"More and more absurd rules are being introduced. I have two friends who are brothers, and both have takeaway shops. They each have one daughter and are working in their takeaway shops with their wives and four other strangers from the beginning of the lockdown. Brothers, wives and daughters are not seeing each other for two months, yet are working with strangers every day, seven days a week in a one metre by one metre kitchen. Where is the logic? Where is the sense?"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/12/lockdown-rules-are-getting-ever-more-absurd

This is actually getting funny.


The implementation of the lockdown rules globally have not been ideal and yes in many cases absurd. However especially since both sets of business are working with their own sets of people this guy's example is literally self explanatory. The point of these distancing measures is to minimize the links in infection chains. So each business here has direct contact of 6 people, if anyone interacts, it's then 12 links (not counting the workers families), virus introduced then hits 12 people instead of 6, literally doubles. So what does the government do? Close these businesses? Limit the workers? Oh no no we are all dying from unemployment. And as soon as you say "yo go visit wtf ever you want", it will will flair up again, and people will start dying and overloading stuff.

S.Korea billed as the best controlled during this pandemic opened up stuff, one guy managed to cause an entire new cluster via several night clubs, and they had to contact trace 5000 people. Sweden used "herd immunity" and suffered more deaths than its neighbours, and still battling financially.

It's a balancing act, which no one appreciates because we are all suffering in different ways, but it's triage, and always was going to be as soon as it left its source. The lack of logic that most people complain about is in fact missing from their own brains due to them wanting life to be normal. It's not normal and it's not going to be normal for a long time.
 
Speaking of life as normal - went shopping @ PnP and wanted something at Mr P. , walked through the entrance and straight to men's section , next mo, ''Mister , mister , I must spray you ''- the lady with her disinfectant bottle , I totally missed her on the way in....:facepalm: forgot about ''spraying''
 
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