Coronavirus
Mar 15th 2020, 5:06 am
#481
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: Cochrane, Alberta
Posts: 7,861
Re: Coronavirus
No worries. Here's a fun thing. My client doesn't have the VPN bandwidth to support everyone working from home so there's a value ranking; if you're important you can work from home, if not then you can go in or not be paid. Obviously, I'll be going in and available for lunch any time (not if dead).
Mar 15th 2020, 12:44 pm
#482
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Coronavirus
For contractors an Unbilled Hour is, of course, a fate worse than SARS so the above only applies to employees.
Mar 15th 2020, 2:24 pm
#484
Oscar nominated
Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Moncton, NB, CANADA
Posts: 50,786
Mar 15th 2020, 2:44 pm
#485
Tea Drinker
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
Posts: 5,387
Re: Coronavirus
Last edited by Danny B; Mar 15th 2020 at 2:47 pm.
Mar 15th 2020, 3:34 pm
#486
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2019
Location: France atm
Posts: 747
Re: Coronavirus
I normally keep a good supply of all sorts of things. Mum never ran out of things..always made sure she had a good supply of essentials and things we liked. I suppose that’s what living through WW2 did to her. A week ago I went shopping but only for bits and pieces. I have ordered some things to be delivered by Loblaws, sometime next week. Since Wednesday we have self isolated because I am at high risk, We go out several times a day for a walk by the lake, it is very quiet down there, but we keep our distance. We can also take a drive out somewhere and perhaps if it’s a very quiet location, get out and walk. Anything delivered will be sprayed best I can and stored in a downstairs room for several days, in the hope that any virus will be killed.
Our daughter arrived home from the UK last week. She is self isolating for 14 days along with her 5 yr old daughter. They live about 50 yards away. Just been stood chatting by her gate, while they stayed the other side of their patio door.
Our daughter arrived home from the UK last week. She is self isolating for 14 days along with her 5 yr old daughter. They live about 50 yards away. Just been stood chatting by her gate, while they stayed the other side of their patio door.
Mar 15th 2020, 4:11 pm
#488
Tea Drinker
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
Posts: 5,387
Mar 15th 2020, 5:43 pm
#489
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jun 2015
Location: Vancouver BC
Posts: 1,706
Re: Coronavirus
US centric but finally an article with some context
https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispa...mpared-to-what
https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispa...mpared-to-what
Mar 15th 2020, 5:53 pm
#490
Account Closed
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 0
Re: Coronavirus
Another ski hill has announced they are closing, Cypress Mountain is closing until further notice, likely the rest of the season at this point.
I predict more travel restrictions are coming in the near future.
Pot stores in parts of the US are now as popular as toilet paper as people begin phase 2 of stock piling, stock up on the pot.
Looks like in Washington they may temporarily prohibit evictions due to inability to pay rent if affected by the virus.
This is exposing how fragile our society is.
I predict more travel restrictions are coming in the near future.
Pot stores in parts of the US are now as popular as toilet paper as people begin phase 2 of stock piling, stock up on the pot.
Looks like in Washington they may temporarily prohibit evictions due to inability to pay rent if affected by the virus.
This is exposing how fragile our society is.
Mar 15th 2020, 6:01 pm
#491
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jun 2015
Location: Vancouver BC
Posts: 1,706
Re: Coronavirus
Another ski hill has announced they are closing, Cypress Mountain is closing until further notice, likely the rest of the season at this point.
I predict more travel restrictions are coming in the near future.
Pot stores in parts of the US are now as popular as toilet paper as people begin phase 2 of stock piling, stock up on the pot.
Looks like in Washington they may temporarily prohibit evictions due to inability to pay rent if affected by the virus.
This is exposing how fragile our society is.
I predict more travel restrictions are coming in the near future.
Pot stores in parts of the US are now as popular as toilet paper as people begin phase 2 of stock piling, stock up on the pot.
Looks like in Washington they may temporarily prohibit evictions due to inability to pay rent if affected by the virus.
This is exposing how fragile our society is.
Mar 15th 2020, 6:08 pm
#493
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,338
Re: Coronavirus
US centric but finally an article with some context
https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispa...mpared-to-what
https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispa...mpared-to-what
Mar 15th 2020, 6:21 pm
#494
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jun 2015
Location: Vancouver BC
Posts: 1,706
Re: Coronavirus
what good is saving the vulnerable now if they end of dying anyway from not having the ability to earn a living or lack retirement savings?
what we need to do is look at the long term picture and not be driven into madness and irrationality by short term emotional reactions, as tragic and sad as the personnel consequences of that are.
for instance when Trudeau says stuff like; so far the evidence hasn’t shown a need to do [travel bans and closing birder] so, but that given people's concerns and "the shift in posture from the United States" that it gives the federal government "significant things to think about."
it is clear we are moving away from a scientific based decision making process to what ever the masses feel will help and tit for tat politics.
Last edited by Engineer_abroad; Mar 15th 2020 at 6:29 pm.
Mar 15th 2020, 6:28 pm
#495
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Coronavirus
Yes. It's interesting that people working entirely on cloud based applications are unaffected, they can WFH or wherever. The cloud may be expensive and insecure but it's handy right now.