Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!

[Resistance]

It looks like a Sunday morning outside. Very little traffic ,a police van circuling and a stationary ambulance in the parking area.
Edit,the ambulance just left. Some people still walking to the shops and some returning just like an early Sunday morning and a car or truck passes the window about every 5 seconds.
Seems quite normal outside, but it won't feel like a Sunday morning all day as daylight changes.

 

[NOOB]

My wife and I are both working from home. She's pretty much on Standby and may be required to go to work in emergencies. I'm in IT, so have the resources to work from home without the need to go to the office.
Day 1 has been pretty chilled so far although, social media tells me that it's a pretty "normal" day in town with a lot of people visiting the supermarkets and pharmacies and this makes me a little nervous. Either way, I've stocked up on groceries and vape stuffs, so doubt I'll need to leave the house any time soon.
Our country "SHOULD" be OK as long as we all make smart decisions. Stay safe vape fam!!

 

[baksteen8168]

Day 45

Yes, you read that right... I tore the ligaments in my foot badly and had to have an operation on the 11th of Feb. Been at home since then. Monday would have been the end of my sick leave. I'm in IT as well so I'm working from home (decided to help remotely sometime in the end of Feb because I was going insane sitting at home without being able to walk properly or go anywhere as the moon boot is a real PITA.)

Sorted some work issues this morning but it's obviously a ghost town at work so very little calls are coming in.

Can I also just thank @Silver and the rest of the VapeCon team for an awesome VapeCon 2019. The amount of juice and supplies I bought there made sure that I didn't have to worry about anything vape related. Sad that 2020 is cancelled, but there's always next year.

And to top it off I've wanted to get back into DIY for a while so I bought DIY gear just after my op to keep me busy while I recover. Vaping on my first batch of 1 month steeped juice now. Think I'll call it Corona Sanity Saver

Stay safe people

 

[Silver]

Day 45

Yes, you read that right... I tore the ligaments in my foot badly and had to have an operation on the 11th of Feb. Been at home since then. Monday would have been the end of my sick leave. I'm in IT as well so I'm working from home (decided to help remotely sometime in the end of Feb because I was going insane sitting at home without being able to walk properly or go anywhere as the moon boot is a real PITA.)

Sorted some work issues this morning but it's obviously a ghost town at work so very little calls are coming in.

Can I also just thank @Silver and the rest of the VapeCon team for an awesome VapeCon 2019. The amount of juice and supplies I bought there made sure that I didn't have to worry about anything vape related. Sad that 2020 is cancelled, but there's always next year.

And to top it off I've wanted to get back into DIY for a while so I bought DIY gear just after my op to keep me busy while I recover. Vaping on my first batch of 1 month steeped juice now. Think I'll call it Corona Sanity Saver

Stay safe people

Thanks for the update @baksteen8168 - strongs to you - hope your ligament is healing though.

 

[Timwis]

Wow hasn't technology changed, many moons ago i remember only getting 2 TV channels full of C**P but this lockdown has made me realise i now have a whopping 200 TV channels full of c**P!

 

[CashKat88]

Wow hasn't technology changed, many moons ago i remember only getting 2 TV channels full of C**P but this lockdown as made me realise i now have a whopping 200 TV channels full of c**P!

Get Netflix, lotsa cr@p on there too but atleast you can pick exactly what crap you would like to watch at whatever time you choose, when I can't be bothered to pick something to get into then I just go to YouTube and watch car content or vape content

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[Timwis]

Get Netflix, lotsa cr@p on there too but atleast you can pick exactly what crap you would like to watch at whatever time you choose, when I can't be bothered to pick something to get into then I just go to YouTube and watch car content or vape content

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So pay more money to get even more c**p, think i'll give it a miss and watch the box sets of The Wire!

 

[Ruwaid]

Get Netflix, lotsa cr@p on there too but atleast you can pick exactly what crap you would like to watch at whatever time you choose, when I can't be bothered to pick something to get into then I just go to YouTube and watch car content or vape content

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But just be prepared to watch nothing for the first 3 days or so. When we first got Netflix my wife and I spent all the time creating profiles and adding to the watchlist but watched nothing lol

 

[baksteen8168]

Thanks for the update @baksteen8168 - strongs to you - hope your ligament is healing though.

Slowly getting there. Amazing how difficult some things become when you are not allowed to put any weight on one foot. At least I'm walking now. I look like a fat penguin hobbling along

 

[Christos]

Slowly getting there. Amazing how difficult some things become when you are not allowed to put any weight on one foot. At least I'm walking now. I look like a fat penguin hobbling along

*A fat penguin steaming and hobbling along

 

[baksteen8168]

*A fat penguin steaming and hobbling along

Hahaha

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[Timwis]

Slowly getting there. Amazing how difficult some things become when you are not allowed to put any weight on one foot. At least I'm walking now. I look like a fat penguin hobbling along

I did exactly the same thing when i was 14. Foot and ankle must of swelled four times the size and the heavy bruising included every colour of the rainbow. Couldn't put any pressure on it for a good 6 weeks and then had to almost learn to walk again with one foot very weak. I was off school for 2 months and out of the school football team for the entire year! That was my last lockdown!

 

[SmokeyJoe]

Day 1: Already gatvol. Realisation has hit me that i didn't buy enough booze

 

[baksteen8168]

I did exactly the same thing when i was 14. Foot and ankle must of swelled four times the size and the heavy bruising included every colour of the rainbow. Couldn't put any pressure on it for a good 6 weeks and then had to almost learn to walk again with one foot very weak. I was off school for 2 months and out of the school football team for the entire year! That was my last lockdown!

That's EXACTLY what I'm going through now.

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[ARYANTO]

POTCH 'S GOT THE RIGHT IDEA , WISH THEY ENFORCE IT IN JHB

The violations listed by the Potchefstroom Magistrate Office include:

Fines of R5 000

• Convening of a mass gathering.
• Opening a liquor licensed premises and giving access to 50 people or more.
• Hindering or interfering with any SAPS or SANDF member as they try to carry out their duties.
• Lying about having coronavirus, or falsely telling someone they have it.
• Continuing to operate as a business without permission or selling prohibited goods.

Fines of R2 000 or below

• Failing to present permit which allows businesses to continue trading.
• Failing to confine yourself to your residence without good reason.
• Being part of any illegal gathering, such as a planned worship or protest action.
• Moving between metropolitan areas.

 

[Grand Guru]

So Day 1.

Felt like a Sunday morning on the way to work but not what I was expecting. No police cars, no SANDF tanks
I was expecting road blocks at least on the main arteries etc. nothing, niente, nada!
Had 3 meetings with different staff categories where I repeated for the 20th? Time at least the same speech. Gave the same talk. Answered the same questions
It is stunning how the media hype around this is shaping people’s way of thinking. People quickly loose their professional reflexes and react in the weirdest and dumbest ways!
But it was a productive day like I like them, where you forget about time, dates and even that it was a Friday: weekend is starting. Yippee!

 

[ARYANTO]

I dont FKN believe the audacity

''If you are concerned about the National Lottery games being unavailable during the lockdown, please rest assured we are working remotely, all PowerBall, LOTTO and DAILY LOTTO draws will continue as usual but due to lack of fixtures we have suspended SPORTSTAKE draws.''

 

[ARYANTO]

18.50 - 1170 confirmed.

 

[Jean claude Vaaldamme]

This Afternoon I made cowboy(brunch?) with leftover braaivleis. Me and the boy had a few good Fortnite battles. I surfed the web a bit, got a rumor that Pornhub has free subscription during lockdown.
Was so busy, still havent spoken to the wife, maybe tomorrow.

 

[zadiac]

Day 1

Went to work
Dealt with maybe just over a hundred people. Wore my mask and gloves en sanitized regularly (constantly actually). Have no idea if I've contracted the virus or not. 20 more of the same day to come. Gov issued us with dust masks, not medical. Work must go on. Wanted to buy medical masks for myself for a while now. Can't get anywhere.

 

[Rob Fisher]

Pretty much a normal day for me apart from the fact I can't hitch up the boat and go fishing! Chatted to mates all over the planet... carried on with the Fit Chef diet and it's only a week in and I could eat a whole packet of Woolies Donuts! And of course wicked up some Dvarw DL's!

 

[M.Adhir]

So Day 1.

Felt like a Sunday morning on the way to work but not what I was expecting. No police cars, no SANDF tanks
I was expecting road blocks at least on the main arteries etc. nothing, niente, nada!
Had 3 meetings with different staff categories where I repeated for the 20th? Time at least the same speech. Gave the same talk. Answered the same questions
It is stunning how the media hype around this is shaping people’s way of thinking. People quickly loose their professional reflexes and react in the weirdest and dumbest ways!
But it was a productive day like I like them, where you forget about time, dates and even that it was a Friday: weekend is starting. Yippee!

Army has only deployed about 2800 soldiers from what I read. That's an average of around 300 per province. I don't expect to see much of them unless deployment is increased

 

[M.Adhir]

I had to get a set of crutches today.
Not sure yet if its a broken or cracked bone or arthritis, but pretty much can't put any weight o.ny foot.

Don't wanna chance going in to hospital for x rays unless pain doesn't subside in the next 3 days or so. Tapping into my stash of myprodol and valium and hoping for the best. That's my almost chronic med for a cracked spine from a car accident a few years ago.

No roadblocks or cops on the way to the pharmacy. About 10 people shopping when we got there. Pharmacy argued the point about crutches being non essential, took about 20 minutes of chat to convince them to sell to me.

 

[Jean claude Vaaldamme]

I had to get a set of crutches today.
Not sure yet if its a broken or cracked bone or arthritis, but pretty much can't put any weight o.ny foot.

Don't wanna chance going in to hospital for x rays unless pain doesn't subside in the next 3 days or so. Tapping into my stash of myprodol and valium and hoping for the best. That's my almost chronic med for a cracked spine from a car accident a few years ago.

No roadblocks or cops on the way to the pharmacy. About 10 people shopping when we got there. Pharmacy argued the point about crutches being non essential, took about 20 minutes of chat to convince them to sell to me.

You have gout.
Anti inflammatory will help with symptoms, but the only thing that will take it away is colchicine. Take note, colchicine take a day or so to work and you will run to toilet the next day a few times

 

[ARYANTO]

Meanwhile in JHB...