Thread: Corona Virus

And one for you Mr Bee.

Ennio Morricone – Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission Maja Łagowska – oboe conducted by Andrzej Kucybała - Bing video

Now Mr Bee, purely because I have had sufficient Guinness, I will tell you a story. Grandmothers favourite song was Danny Boy. Great grandmother was full blood Kalkadoon, grand father was Scottish jumped ship from a yankee whaler to find gold in Nth Qld. So what music do you think would come from aboriginal , Scottish and Australian ? Considering my Grandmother married a digger from WW1, and looked after him until he died from his time on the western front? Why Danny Boy of course. This little girl is the image of our grand daughter.

Danny Boy by Emma Sophia (age 4) - Bing video

Originally Posted by 4bee

But then, I am a Virgo.

That's amazing! So am I!

Originally Posted by ChookD2

I know I can count on you guys.

To the end Chook. Believe it or not.

Originally Posted by ChookD2

Not really my cup of tea Bob. This probably describes me better.

Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy - Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs (Original single edit) - YouTube

I'll second that. Probably explains why we make such good campfire mates.

Originally Posted by bob10

To the end Chook. Believe it or not.

Yes, I know. Believe it or not.

Thank you.... This has been on one of my favourite playlists for a long time, but never knew it's name.... no 'meta-data' on compact cassettes.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Some premiers are calling for drastic cuts to international arrivals, so how many people are travelling to Australia, and why? | Australia news | The Guardian

Just to put a human face to some of this stuff.


Generally I'm supportive of Daniel Andrews but this is bull****:

How to get Covid-19 vaccine: Daniel Andrews’ tough hotel quarantine call

Just over a month ago my elderly mother-in-law, who lives in Japan, had a fall and suffered a brain haemorrhage. Whilst being treated for that she had a heart attack. She's been in a coma pretty much ever since and no family member has been able to speak to her. My wife was told that her mother's chances of survival were 50/50 at best so she sought emergency approval to leave Australia which was granted and her employer gave her time off to go there. She's now doing two weeks of quarantine in Japan, will spend a week with her mother and family, and then back to Australia to do another two weeks in quarantine. So, four weeks of quarantine in 5 weeks. She's also aware that her mother could die before she gets out of quarantine over there, which everyone is hoping won't happen, or after she comes back, in which case she won't be able to attend the funeral. We have multiple kids at home, one of whom is doing VCE, so I'm now also solo parenting whilst working 60 - 90 hours a week. The costs of flights and the hotel quarantine back here are not insignificant either. And now Daniel Andrews is saying that blocking my wife from coming back would be "inconvenient":


“Yes there’d be inconvenience in less people being able to return home … a lot of that would be heartbreaking in many ways,” Mr Andrews said on Tuesday morning.


It'd be a great deal more than inconvenient. Apart from separating the family until - what 2025? when we have 80% coverage? - my wife would lose her job. It really is unconscionable.

BTW, she's had her first shot of Astra-Zeneca so is as vaccinated as most other Australians at present.