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Coronavirus

CarltonTheBear said:
azzurri63 said:
Hello everyone thought I'd check in see how everyone is doing. Hope no-one has been affected by the virus in anyway. All good out here in BC other than going a little stir crazy. Hopefully some hockey in the not too distant future.

BC seems to be doing a really good job with things.

I feel like I'm just in a waiting period now. Sort of begrudgingly gotten used to physical/social distancing life. Things aren't going back to normal for a very, very long time still but I'm looking forward to when we can start increasing our social bubble a little.

I also really, really need a hair cut.

Mine was driving me nuts so I got out the clippers and took it down to the bare wood. 
 
Frank E said:
A friend of mine owns "Architect Hair Design" on James North...good spot, and you can have a beer...of course, when they get to open back up again.

Yeah I've definitely heard of them but never been. A little pricey for my cut which is pretty quick/simple. I might give it a go as a celebratory cut though when it opens.
 
Rob said:
Mine was driving me nuts so I got out the clippers and took it down to the bare wood. 

I've thought about it. Not completely off but enough. I'm in hat-mode any time I leave the house because of it so even if it's bad I can just keep that up until a pro can fix it.
 
I will say this, though - as someone who is...folically challenged...if I had a full head of hair, I'd be growing it as long as I could right now, like I was in an 80s hair metal band!  How many times will you have this opportunity!?!?
 
louisstamos said:
I will say this, though - as someone who is...folically challenged...if I had a full head of hair, I'd be growing it as long as I could right now, like I was in an 80s hair metal band!  How many times will you have this opportunity!?!?

My problem is the front/top of my hair and the back/sides of my hair disagree on how much they can grow so it looks pretty ridiculous unless I keep it short.
 
louisstamos said:
I will say this, though - as someone who is...folically challenged...if I had a full head of hair, I'd be growing it as long as I could right now, like I was in an 80s hair metal band!  How many times will you have this opportunity!?!?
Folically challenged! I like that. It just sounds better than bald. I haven't been to a barber in thirty years. I'm just a folically challenged old guy with a pony tail.
 
Lucky for me my wife does a good hair cut, just had a mop taken off a few days ago. Must say it does improve ones attitude for a few days and then its back to funkytown.

Funny, I go out for a drive in the car and it always takes me to the liquor store.  Don't know how that happens ::)
 
bustaheims said:
My fianc?e and I moved a couple days ago, which was a super interesting experience in the middle of a pandemic.

Congrats on the engagement and new home! How are you going to get Internet?
 
louisstamos said:
I will say this, though - as someone who is...folically challenged...if I had a full head of hair, I'd be growing it as long as I could right now, like I was in an 80s hair metal band!  How many times will you have this opportunity!?!?
It gets hot under the 'fro, you know? I started looking like a homeless Bob Ross [emoji23]
 
herman said:
bustaheims said:
My fianc?e and I moved a couple days ago, which was a super interesting experience in the middle of a pandemic.

Congrats on the engagement and new home! How are you going to get Internet?

Thanks!

Basically everyone is dropping off the equipment and guiding you through a self install. Already have it up and running.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Rob said:
Mine was driving me nuts so I got out the clippers and took it down to the bare wood. 

I've thought about it. Not completely off but enough. I'm in hat-mode any time I leave the house because of it so even if it's bad I can just keep that up until a pro can fix it.

I went down to about 3mm all over. It felt great.

what didn't feel great was seeing how much grey was in the pile of hair I shaved off.
 
In more leagues restarting news, apparently the British government has cleared the EPL to return at the beginning of June.

And in more exciting news of top level soccer, apparently the Faroe Islands soccer league has already restarted.
 
Farce islands and the Korean league have started back up football wise. German league due next week. I was meant to be in the Faroes for a meeting last week, now rescheduled for October so I shall report back then.
 
Nik Bethune said:
In more leagues restarting news, apparently the British government has cleared the EPL to return at the beginning of June.

And in more exciting news of top level soccer, apparently the Faroe Islands soccer league has already restarted.

Does this make sense logistically? Seems a bit early no?
 
Bender said:
Does this make sense logistically? Seems a bit early no?

Which bit? The EPL or the Faroes? If it's the EPL then a lot of people agree with you. The mayor of London has said the city isn't ready and I'm not sure that even all the teams have agreed. The UK government has been heavily criticized for their response to the outbreak and continues to be, both externally and from the heads of the various devolved governments within the UK itself. So this may be another bad decision.

As to the Faroe Islands I have no idea what the situation is like there so I couldn't say.
 
Faroe Islands coped very well. 180 or so cases and not a single death as far as I know. No new cases since about 24th April

England?s response has been an embarrassment and all of the 3 devolved nations are handling it much better.

I?m normally very sceptical of our executive here in Northern Ireland but they set out their roadmap to lift the lockdown and I think they?ve done a decent job with it.

We?ve another 3 weeks of the highest level of lockdown ?stay home? already set out then we?ll review it again to see if we can start to move along and release any of it. There?s 5 stages and several strands such as education, retail, social gatherings etc and we could see education move to stage 3 but retail only go to stage 2, for example.

They haven?t set defined dates against any state which I think makes sense cos the virus won?t just go away cos we want to get kids back to school on June 1st

(The stages are on pages 10-11 of this https://www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/execoffice/execuitveour-approach-to-decision-making.pdf )
 
Arn said:
Faroe Islands coped very well. 180 or so cases and not a single death as far as I know. No new cases since about 24th April

England?s response has been an embarrassment and all of the 3 devolved nations are handling it much better.

I?m normally very sceptical of our executive here in Northern Ireland but they set out their roadmap to lift the lockdown and I think they?ve done a decent job with it.

We?ve another 3 weeks of the highest level of lockdown ?stay home? already set out then we?ll review it again to see if we can start to move along and release any of it. There?s 5 stages and several strands such as education, retail, social gatherings etc and we could see education move to stage 3 but retail only go to stage 2, for example.

They haven?t set defined dates against any state which I think makes sense cos the virus won?t just go away cos we want to get kids back to school on June 1st

(The stages are on pages 10-11 of this https://www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/execoffice/execuitveour-approach-to-decision-making.pdf )
That 1-5 scale makes absolutely no sense. They're not defining anything adequately.

Also, seems to make sense but islands generally seem to be doing. Probably much harder to import cases.
 
Comparing it to Boris Johnson?s ?Stay Alert*? message makes it look like War and Peace. A low bar, I know.


*when asked what stay alert meant, it was defined by a government minister as ?stay alert will means stay alert by staying at home as much as possible?
 

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