[Maark Abbott]

Mezla PigDog, on 20 March 2020 - 01:31 PM, said:

My 3 year old has been home from nursery closed for coronavirus for 10 minutes and has managed to lock himself in the bathroom and wee in his own face. Starting as we mean to go on. Twelve week lock down here we come.

I mean, that's almost impressive... Despite being utterly gross.

[Maark Abbott]

I have been reduced to housework whilst I wait for IT.

The goddamn humanity of it.

[Tsundoku]

Mezla PigDog, on 20 March 2020 - 01:31 PM, said:

My 3 year old has been home from nursery closed for coronavirus for 10 minutes and has managed to lock himself in the bathroom and wee in his own face. Starting as we mean to go on. Twelve week lock down here we come.

This is what happens when we don't have female supervision for ten whole minutes. Imagine what he could do if he was an adult full grown.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 20 March 2020 - 04:44 PM

[Macros]

What's humane about IT Maark?

[Traveller]

'Home Schooling' starts at 9am.

They got a timetable all worked out, but I need to go and look at my lesson plan before they arrive (at the table) *pushes glasses up nose*

Sticking to school rules for the day, so no raiding food or playing switch or anything else they can't usually do.

Uh oh daughter already went and put on her summer school dress so she's serious - better go and prepare!

[Traveller]

Just arrived at work. Seems weird when everyone else is told to stay put and I'm off into the one building in the area with all the confirmed cases!

Doubt I'll have access to my phone all shift, but I'll check in later.

[Mezla PigDog]

Traveller, on 24 March 2020 - 07:38 AM, said:

Just arrived at work. Seems weird when everyone else is told to stay put and I'm off into the one building in the area with all the confirmed cases!

Doubt I'll have access to my phone all shift, but I'll check in later.

Keep up the good work, Trav. Really keen to hear first hand news. Good luck!

[Malankazooie]

From the "bound to happen" file: coronavirus porn is now a thing. And - shocker! - it stars a porn star named... wait for it .... Corinna Virus.

[Traveller]

Mezla PigDog, on 24 March 2020 - 01:38 PM, said:

Traveller, on 24 March 2020 - 07:38 AM, said:

Just arrived at work. Seems weird when everyone else is told to stay put and I'm off into the one building in the area with all the confirmed cases!

Doubt I'll have access to my phone all shift, but I'll check in later.

Keep up the good work, Trav. Really keen to hear first hand news. Good luck!

Not a bad day tbh. In fact, if it wasn't for the sense of an impending tidal wave of bad, things were good - fewer ops, loads of ward space, a+e admissions down drastically.

Weird though, I had a regular urology list, but there were groups of staff from theatre and day surgery tripping around having training for care of level 3 icu patients, and in the use of the ppe.

Anaesthetists kept appearing, asking how much stock we have of certain items - like the face cushions we use on prone patients (putting patients with respiratory disorders prone can help) so they want a load more ordered.

Other things hinting at the scale of escalation imminent - getting military advisors in to organise, freeing up so much space... it's looking like things are going to get really bad. And then worse as we run out of supplies, like ventilator circuits (breathing systems) ppe, and the actual anaesthetic drugs. It's all very well staffing and filling beds with critical patients but when the drugs are gone they are all f****d.

The military are being used to take coffins from hospitals in Italy as the system can't cope. That sort of news is pretty chilling when everything looks so normal at the moment.

[Cause]

Not really messing with my groove excatly but this seems the best thread to ask.

I have noticed Americans often will describe themselves as the first member of their family who graduated college. What do they want this to say about themselves? That they overcome adversity? Poverty? It can mean so much or so littel. Depending on the specicifics.

[amphibian]

Cause, on 24 March 2020 - 11:57 PM, said:

Not really messing with my groove excatly but this seems the best thread to ask.

I have noticed Americans often will describe themselves as the first member of their family who graduated college. What do they want this to say about themselves? That they overcome adversity? Poverty? It can mean so much or so littel. Depending on the specicifics.

They are telling you that they come from generational poverty and that their mannerisms may not fit into upper class situations. They are also trying to manage expectations that you may have. The adversity overcoming is part of it, but they may also have taken a while to get there.

[Abyss]

Beaver Killia, on 24 March 2020 - 05:02 PM, said:

Ok...does it make me weird if when I grow my hair down to my shoulders and then buzz it all off. I bag it and occasionally every few yrs open them to rub to feel if it’s still soft?

I got a few bags.

Yes.
Yes it does.

[Traveller]

Beaver Killia, on 25 March 2020 - 01:39 AM, said:

Goddamn that was a hard drive. Daughter wanted to bury her in their cemetery up there and I had to drive with a 12 yr family member in a trash bag(poor girl was bleeding out her mouth all over the floor after death) who I was just petting and playing with not an hour before the drive. I’m really happy she passed at the house though after yesterday with our Vet only doing drive thru service. I was so worried we would have to pet her down after just handing her off to people with PPE.

That's really sad... glad you at least got to choose the send off.

That hair thing is just weird though.

[Mezla PigDog]

Traveller, on 24 March 2020 - 10:20 PM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 24 March 2020 - 01:38 PM, said:

Traveller, on 24 March 2020 - 07:38 AM, said:

Just arrived at work. Seems weird when everyone else is told to stay put and I'm off into the one building in the area with all the confirmed cases!

Doubt I'll have access to my phone all shift, but I'll check in later.

Keep up the good work, Trav. Really keen to hear first hand news. Good luck!

Not a bad day tbh. In fact, if it wasn't for the sense of an impending tidal wave of bad, things were good - fewer ops, loads of ward space, a+e admissions down drastically.

Weird though, I had a regular urology list, but there were groups of staff from theatre and day surgery tripping around having training for care of level 3 icu patients, and in the use of the ppe.

Anaesthetists kept appearing, asking how much stock we have of certain items - like the face cushions we use on prone patients (putting patients with respiratory disorders prone can help) so they want a load more ordered.

Other things hinting at the scale of escalation imminent - getting military advisors in to organise, freeing up so much space... it's looking like things are going to get really bad. And then worse as we run out of supplies, like ventilator circuits (breathing systems) ppe, and the actual anaesthetic drugs. It's all very well staffing and filling beds with critical patients but when the drugs are gone they are all f****d.

The military are being used to take coffins from hospitals in Italy as the system can't cope. That sort of news is pretty chilling when everything looks so normal at the moment.

Can't decide if this makes me feel better or worse. Do you have enough PPE? Although I suspect there isn't enough PPE in the world at present.

There's a goddamned bluetit making a racket on my windowsill.

[Maark Abbott]

I really don't think work's systems can cope with the amount of remote access going on. It's down again.

It's like we've DDOS'd ourselves.

[Silencer]

Maark Abbott, on 25 March 2020 - 09:25 AM, said:

I really don't think work's systems can cope with the amount of remote access going on. It's down again.

It's like we've DDOS'd ourselves.

Yeah, our hub offices have just been moved off week-about teams coming in to everyone working from home effective tomorrow. It's probably going to cause a meltdown given we weren't going that for system constraints and nothing has changed except the governments' rules for social distancing. XD

[Maark Abbott]

Silencer, on 25 March 2020 - 10:42 AM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 25 March 2020 - 09:25 AM, said:

I really don't think work's systems can cope with the amount of remote access going on. It's down again.

It's like we've DDOS'd ourselves.

Yeah, our hub offices have just been moved off week-about teams coming in to everyone working from home effective tomorrow. It's probably going to cause a meltdown given we weren't going that for system constraints and nothing has changed except the governments' rules for social distancing. XD

All this quiet isolation is starting to make my head spin a little too.

I am used to being home alone on say a weekend, but... I dunno, cabin fever starting to creep in a little already.

[Macros]

Mezla PigDog, on 25 March 2020 - 07:48 AM, said:

Traveller, on 24 March 2020 - 10:20 PM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 24 March 2020 - 01:38 PM, said:

Traveller, on 24 March 2020 - 07:38 AM, said:

Just arrived at work. Seems weird when everyone else is told to stay put and I'm off into the one building in the area with all the confirmed cases!

Doubt I'll have access to my phone all shift, but I'll check in later.

Keep up the good work, Trav. Really keen to hear first hand news. Good luck!

Not a bad day tbh. In fact, if it wasn't for the sense of an impending tidal wave of bad, things were good - fewer ops, loads of ward space, a+e admissions down drastically.

Weird though, I had a regular urology list, but there were groups of staff from theatre and day surgery tripping around having training for care of level 3 icu patients, and in the use of the ppe.

Anaesthetists kept appearing, asking how much stock we have of certain items - like the face cushions we use on prone patients (putting patients with respiratory disorders prone can help) so they want a load more ordered.

Other things hinting at the scale of escalation imminent - getting military advisors in to organise, freeing up so much space... it's looking like things are going to get really bad. And then worse as we run out of supplies, like ventilator circuits (breathing systems) ppe, and the actual anaesthetic drugs. It's all very well staffing and filling beds with critical patients but when the drugs are gone they are all f****d.

The military are being used to take coffins from hospitals in Italy as the system can't cope. That sort of news is pretty chilling when everything looks so normal at the moment.

Can't decide if this makes me feel better or worse. Do you have enough PPE? Although I suspect there isn't enough PPE in the world at present.

There's a goddamned bluetit making a racket on my windowsill.

The lady works at the local health center.

They don't even have enough masks for the reception and admin staff

[Morgoth]

I am pleasantly surprised that the university managed to move all 7 000 or so employees over to remote connections without any serious hiccups to the system. If that's not an excellent advertisement for our IT related degrees I don't know what is.

[Macros]

Its messing with my groove that this IT success messes with Morgoths groove