Thread: What's everyone doing with all this spare time we have while locked down

Originally Posted by windsock

Where's the hot tap? A sphincter clinching temperature is not going to achieve anything!

Will just have to "Pucker Up" in winter

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Who here is locked down?

I'm not........

I am in NZ. We (NZ) have been in Govt sanctioned and State of Emergency driven lockdown since 11.59Pm on wednesday.

My "front door" is now the computer monitor in front of me in terms of the wide world outside. Other than that, we can only take walks locally, drive to our GP or the pharmacy, or the supermarket. Cops are out policing it and these will be backed up by the military if required. State of Emergency is also in conjunction with a "Epidemic Notice" where the local Health Dept can also intervene in situations deemed necessary to stop the transmission.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I'm not going anywhere. I had a tickle in my throat last night that, by 3am, had become a sore throat. No temperature as yet.

I’m in the susceptible group - a diabetic over 70yo.

Remember that the flu is actually still happening, despite all the talk being about Coronavirus. Have you had your flu shot yet?
A sore throat is more likely to be a cold or the flu.

Symptoms of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) compared with common cold and flu | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government

Originally Posted by trout1105

Will just have to "Pucker Up" in winter

Easy for you guys to say when your winter is still double digit temperatures.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Solved the toilet paper problem!

Thats excellent! Much more hygenic than toilet paper. Should be a standard fitting, I think.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Remember that the flu is actually still happening, despite all the talk being about Coronavirus. Have you had your flu shot yet?

Yep, damn good call. I got mine a few days ago. I was interested to note it contained a couple of Aussies...

• A/Brisbane/02/2018 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus; (strain change)
• A/South Australia/34/2019 (H3N2)-like virus; (strain change)
• B/Washington/02/2019-like (B/Victoria lineage) virus; (strain change) and
• B/Phuket/3073/2013-like (B/Yamagata lineage) virus.

The jab was administered by a lovely nurse who joked about menopausal flushes while wearing a face mask or something to that effect...

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Remember that the flu is actually still happening, despite all the talk being about Coronavirus. Have you had your flu shot yet?

Not available until April.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Not available until April.

Same as in NZ but that is for the general public. To those over a certain age, or with underlying health issues, we can get it here in NZ from last week. I am surprised a similar scheme does not run over there...