Total "Lockdown" - How will you pass the time?

Long term and well respected member "Twyla" ....has suggested/requested this Topic -  which is a great idea!

What will you do?

Do people have any special Hobbies?  Reading? Music? Movies? Gardening? etc. etc.

Cleaning out "stuff" that has been put off for years? Tidying drawers/cupboards/garages/spare rooms (if you have any?)

Whatever you do - stay safe and best wishes to all ....

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What the?? Where did page 5 go??? Foxy and I just posted??

Ask musicveg maybe he swiped it! 

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Incognito

There was a cryptocurrency spammer who put his stuff amidst your and Foxy's conversation.

When the spam was removed the comment and sub comment went with it, which in turn shrunk  the whole post back to page 4.

Thanks for letting me know Suze, I thought I was going mad lol.

Rather than twiddle her thumbs in quarantine, this bored 15-year-old girl recently turned one of her bedroom walls into a proper 8-foot climbing wall—and it only took her one week.

Erin Sloan says she was inspired to build the structure after the North West Face Climbing Centre—which is where she has been climbing for the past four years and working as an instructor—was closed due to COVID-19.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bored-teen-builds-climbing-wall-in-quarantine/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=22-04-2020

If you have time here is a good course to do, I don't have the time but thought others might if they are bored.

What does it mean to be happy?

While these 7 words have aroused philosophers for centuries—like so many things in life—there’s an ancient aspect to this question, but a modern scientific answer.

And what science says in response to “what does it mean to be happy” is rooted in decades of psychological research—all of which you can now learn about for free through the online “Science of Happiness” course available through the UC Berkeley website ad gratis.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/uc-berkeley-is-offering-up-their-popular-science-of-happiness-course-for-free-online/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=22-04-2020

Computer time is limited due to family member working from home. Reading books that  I am still able toaccess from the library thanks to volunteers. The  usual clean up

Computer time is limited due to family member working from home. Reading books that  I am still able toaccess from the library thanks to volunteers. The  usual clean up

 

That is nice Suze, thanks for the smile, yes doing great, just learning about tolerance more, noisy kid next door needs to get back to school!

Hope you are doing well too :)

Thinking of going to brave the big wide world this week sometime to get my mum a mother's day present, shipping adds extra expense and it might be out of stock and then you have to wait for refunds and end up with no present.

 

Yes I too Incognito,

will be glad when they send the noisy children back to school as well as some of the noisy adults that must be stressed being locked inside.

From Friday the 1st of May in NSW, 2 adults/+-children will be able to visit other households ... just in time for Mother's Day.

 

 

I wish the rules were national would make it a lot less confusing.

The real problem with confusion I see is with the media

they just ramble on mixing not just

Australian rules but also NZ and other countries.

And as for the eggsurts they interview are mostly politicians and celebreties

...seem very much like reality TV shows

You are not wrong about the media you only have to change channels and here conflicting reports, and they need to say which state and/or country they are talking about more clearly. Could have one of the banners at the bottom saying "this is for Australian state..." or "this is for NZ".

 

 

Suze - nice for N.S.W. - Daniel Andrews doesn't give a stuff what freakin' day it is - the man's a "panic-demic" lunatic!

 

 

gorgeous horsey

 

 

And what about this Foxy:

“If we went back to normal tomorrow, completely stopped social distancing, a second wave would happen,” Kathryn Snow, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Melbourne, warned. 

This is the new fearmongering to keep people in a restricted life, the "second-wave". How can you have a second wave if the cases are going down, so they will keep testing until they find more?

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/fears-of-social-distancing-fatigue-as-australian-coronavirus-cases-plummet?cid=sbsnews:edm:newspm:relation:news:na:na

Couldn't agree more, Incognito! I am surprised they are not going door to door to test us all. Seem desperate to find more cases.

By the way, I do not really eat all that fat and carbs (wrote about my day a few weeks ago). It was meant to be funny, not serious.

Well if they came to my door I would not open it, no I think it is an impossible feat considering we cannot even have enough staff to process all the welfare claims and people are still waiting for help after the bushfires too. 

I don't remember your comment about fat and carbs, but it is hard to tell funny from serious sometimes. Keep away from the fat lol, carbs are good if it is wholefoods.

Could not think of anything worse than having a swab of the back of your throat and your nose

Coronavirus testing: What So. Utahns should expect when getting tested

You also risk germs/bacteria/viruses being pushed further into your body, something which you might normally blow out, no thanks! Sniff some eucalyptus :)

 

Well believe it or not I have always thought personally that we live in one - if not the best - country in the world .....    

There are heaps of wonderful places in the World but when you weigh up all the pro's and con's - we do pretty "ok"  here .......   :)

We (Sydney) even made the American News broadcasts tonight - "Australia re-opens it's famous Bondi Beach"   haha ...............

I agree it is a great country and we have a chance to make it better, I hope. Why so many people want to come and live here.

Survey Finds Working From Home Has So Many Benefits, 48% of Workers Would Take Pay Cut to Continue 

Although adults around the world have been forced to start working from home amidst the novel coronavirus outbreaks, a global poll of 2,250 office workers suggests that many of them are actually much happier working from home.

Not only that, 77% believe working from home is one of the most effective ways to help the environment.

The survey, conducted by OnePoll in conjunction with GoTo by LogMeIn, aimed to uncover how office workers feel about working from home and their environmental impact. The poll included 1,000 U.S. office workers, 250 office workers in India, the UK, Brazil, and Germany, 125 office workers in Australia and 125 office workers in New Zealand.

 

With a whopping 84% of respondents worrying about their environmental impact, over 75% of respondents say their commute to work is something they feel guilty about when it comes to the daily impact it has on the environment.

The average office worker surveyed revealed they used to spend nearly an hour every single day commuting to and from their jobs—that’s five hours each week office workers could get back by working from home.

Additionally, the poll revealed that 48% of participants would happily take a pay cut if it meant they could work from home indefinitely.

“We’ve long seen the benefits of remote work to allow employees to have more flexible schedules, but as most of the world has turned to full-time remote working amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the unexpected benefits is the impact this is already having on the environment,” said Mark Strassman, SVP and GM for Unified Communications & Collaboration at LogMeIn.

And it’s not just the environmental benefit of working from home that proved appealing to workers. In addition to saving time with their commute (72%), office workers surveyed say saving money (66%) is a huge perk to working from home.

Other benefits associated with working remotely include the ability to spend more time with family and friends (56%), feeling happier (45%)—and actually being more productive (37%).

Over half surveyed (57%) revealed working from home provides them with the ability to embrace a more flexible schedule while a further 48% say they can save money on things like their commute or childcare when they work remotely.

Beyond that, 56% say they simply enjoy the ability to wear whatever they want when working from home.

Another 46% of those studied say one of the best things about working remotely is the close access to their kitchen while a further 44% can get some of their weekend chores out of the way.

“It’s clear from our survey that office workers are concerned about the impact their behavior is having on the environment,” continued Strassman. “And allowing them to work full-time or even part-time remote can help to mitigate carbon emissions, save employees’ time and ultimately create a work culture where employees are happier and more productive.”

TOP 5 PERKS OF WORKING FROM HOME…
1. Flexible schedule 52%
2. Saving money 48%
3. Access to kitchen 47%
4. Wearing whatever they want 45%
5. Completing weekend to-do’s 44%

 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/48-percent-of-workers-would-take-pay-cut-to-continue-working-from-home

 

A couple who created ‘Britain’s best garden’ have outdone themselves with a spring spectacular bursting with color after spending lockdown tending to their oasis.

Retired medical doctor Tony Newton and his wife Marie have nestled 3,000 plants and flowers, including 450 azaleas, 120 Japanese maples and 15 blue star junipers into a one-quarter-acre plot of land.

 

The couple have spent 38 years transforming their modest yard in the industrial heartland of the Black Country into what is now nicknamed the “four seasons garden”.

Since they began self-isolating, the couple has continued to plant Acers and camellias thanks to online shopping.

Dazzling drone pictures show the garden in Walsall, West Midlands, exploding with pinks, reds, greens, and purples which the couple say is the most stunning display they have ever known.

SWNS

Grandmother-of-four Marie, 72, started tending the garden in 1982 while working as a transport planner and a nurse while Tony, 70, joined her after he retired from medicine.

She said, “Tony and I usually spend two hours a day in the garden but obviously since the lockdown and the fact we are over 70 means we have even more time to spare.”

 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/britains-best-gardening-couple-outdo-themselves-during-lockdown

That is what happens to a garden when it exeeds its prime.

... whilst there are some beautiful healthy plants it is over cluttered.

I would have liked to see this garden in 1990 when it would have been in its prime.

Yes I agree it is too contrived and not natural enough -- I also don't like so many gardens that at so neat and trimmed with lots of straight lines --

Nothing like playing sudoku to pass time of the day when it is too cold in the garden

... my result for mild this morning:)

I like doing sudoku but I prefer the pen and paper version, I don't know what it is but I like the feel of writing in numbers. Hate it when you are nearly done and you know you have just made a mistake and it is too late too fix it.

I like the internet one because of the time factor

...try to get the 4 games in the top 20%

... have a decent time gap between them.

 

The Swan Project .... a beautiful musical collaboration - all these wonderful cellists in different parts of the world connected seamlessly!

We hope this video serves as a comfort during these bleak times.

As musicians, music is our haven when life gets rough. With the combined force of 24 student cellists from around the world, we wish to share that experience with you through "The Swan" from Saint-Saëns's The Carnival of the Animals.

It is a piece of cello repertoire that harnesses simplicity and beauty in a language that speaks directly to the soul.

In this unprecedented time of COVID-19 gripping the world, our bodies may be in different places, but our souls can still unite through music. #songsofcomfort

Created by Cameron Chiu and Brandon Cheng

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hE1enPDh3nM

 

Must have good internet connections, not into this type of music but it is great that musicians are doing this sort of thing.

Made me cry. Beautiful.

Toddler Pals Living Next Door Can Finally Play Together Again After Crafty Mom Installs Fence WindowBy Good News Network -    SWNS

These young BFFs who live next door from each other in England can finally play together again from quarantine after one of their crafty moms turned a section of their garden fence into a perspex window.

Since the novel coronavirus forced their families into self-isolation, 3-year-old Arlo and 2-year-old Arabella Devonport had been missing their pal Leo Adlington, who lives next door to their home in Wakefield, Yorkshire.

As a means of uniting the kids while still respecting social distancing guidelines, the siblings’ mom, 27-year-old Amy Vickers, came up with the idea of cutting a hole out of their shared backyard fence and installing a transparent window.

 

“Arlo and Arabella have been finding it hard not seeing anyone during lockdown,” said Vickers. “It got to the point where they were climbing on top of the rabbit cage that we have next to the fence so they could see over it into the neighbor’s garden—which is clearly dangerous.

“Instead of them climbing up, we decided to make them a little window so they would be able to stand there and see their friend next door.”

After Leo’s mum agreed, they set to work.

 

Great idea!

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