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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Wasp on March 25, 2020, 05:06:11 pm
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I know it has not much to do with VMX , but then again it does .We are not invincible and most of us are well over 50.As from next week , things are definitely on . This clip opened my eyes about hygiene and prevention.Please feel free to share with as many as you can . https://www.facebook.com/anna.luen/videos/2972807166096253/UzpfSTEwMDAwMzY1MjkyNjMxNjoxODkyODkxMjg3NTA5Mjg0/
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yeah most of us dont really clean our hands that well especially on the ends of our fingers or tips as i saw on 1 of the morning shows on the box,me i use a stiff nail brush with plenty of soap in it
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Do we really need a Corona virus thread here?
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We are all in this together , sorry if this post has offended you . But if this video just helps one person , then the post was worth it .
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The great thing about this post for me, is I have been religiously wearing my gloves whilst greasing both Bultaco and tandem trailer wheel bearings, so for me washing my hands properly is a forgotten talent I have. Normally my hands are covered in grease when doing this job (the bearing packers help but I still manage to get it everywhere!!
I am sure Walter and all of us are trying to help each other and lighten the atmosphere and keep us all occupied when isolated
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Would be good to see Australians adopting social distancing and other rules lot quicker than they do and be more considerate to "flatten the curve". Went to shop the other day and apart from seeing empty shells there was a mum with four children roaming around half empty supermarket. Do you really need a whole family to go and get milk and bread? Talked to my friend in Slovakia and she said that you will not be allowed in supermarket unles you are wearing facemask. Other than that shops are well stocked, you can buy as much as you need. Schools been closed for 3 weeks now. Only around 300 people infected. Big manufacturers such as VW, Peugeot/Citroen, Land Rover/Jaguar, Kia etc have closed their plants for now. Employers pay you 60% of your average pay to stay home. Very little casual employment there. Here we are arguing about when we are going to close schools. A bit sad.
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im in broken hill farrr west nsw and social distanceing isnt being obserbed so far with young people all piling in cars driving around and talking on the streets in big groups if nothing was different then before.woolworths have notices on the ends of checkouts to stay behind the blue line but most dont,i nearly got into a punch up when i asked a man to stand behind the line and the 3 security guards did nothing as they were too busy talking to each other all standing close together.the local forkwit im ok jack attitude is well and truely alive and will take alot of educating to change it
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TT5 Matt
i reckon in today's age of "its all about me" mentality this is true. had this happen 30 years ago it would have been different.
the dick-head you asked to stand back is a prime example of "its all about me... fork you i will do as i want"
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Unzud schools closed, every one lock down at home, govt pays 80% of all wages for every worker for next 4 weeks of isolation. No cars on roads or motorways very eerie. If your gong to beat this shit close down now.Keep well folks
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I was sent home from work on Thursday because I had a headache. There was 3 others sent home at the same time for having a headache. The manager was running back & forth to the owner of the business trying to find out what was the right thing to do. The trucks at work have 3 people squashed in the cab shoulder to shoulder. The toilet at work is that small you have 2 loos and a pee tray and 2 sinks all within in 2 meters of each other. There is around 40 workers in the factory. jimson
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Very strange times.
I feel very lucky to have just gotten home from hospital after back surgery. The way things are going all non-urgent elective surgeries are going to stop so despite being in serious pain I could have missed out, not something I even won't to think about. The private hospital I was in was already preparing with 2 wards shut down and being setup for virus patients and staff being re-trained in ventilator and protective clothing use. Visitors were being discouraged to enter the hospital and children not allowed at all. Won't be long before we see armed guards at the doors of hospitals.
Still in the back of my mind and will be for another week is the possible risk of having court the virus while in hospital as it would only take a nurse or one of the cleaners or catering staff to un-nowingly spread it to the whole ward.
Don't have to worry about work yet as it will be a month or so before I can return to even light duties, lucky my boss(me) is very understanding.
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all of whats going on is going to get alot worse before ever getting better,here some are still having parties and bbq's,young adults still driving around with 3 or 4 in the car,standing in the streets in big numbers close together talking and dont seem to concerned of whats happening,they just havent caught on and still think its like catching a common cold.worst thing for us is that we are going out of summer and into our cold season which the virus thrives on.stay safe everyone and stay home,do those jobs down the shed you couldnt find time to do,phone a mate instead of seeing him
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Not much on the supermarket shelves yesterday, so I decided to improvise.
Dinner last night was a risotto I made with some mushrooms I foraged for locally.
Not only was it delicious, but soon after a Welsh male voice choir of purple elephants
showed up and sang the whole of Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell album, accompanied by spectacular light show.
Zane
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Zane, where can I get some, I love music.
Mike
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Not much on the supermarket shelves yesterday, so I decided to improvise.
Dinner last night was a risotto I made with some mushrooms I foraged for locally.
Not only was it delicious, but soon after a Welsh male voice choir of purple elephants
showed up and sang the whole of Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell album, accompanied by spectacular light show.
Zane
Winter mushrooms. ;D
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Why is this woman still Premier of NSW? If she refuses to stand down her health minister and or get rid of the person responsible for letting these 2700 odd passengers off that cruise ship then she has to go.
These arseholes by releasing the passengers, and rushing them through customs, have indirectly caused the death of innocent Australians. All because of their incompetence and failure to follow the rules. I watched an interview tonight with a bloke who just lost his wife because NSW health did not do the right thing, hard to watch.
But I suppose some won't agree with me and will be happy to let thing sort themselves out, the trouble is these parasites always seem to be able to find a way to keep their jobs and stuff everyone else.
Anyway how are you blokes handling the lock down? At 70+ I find that it is certainly the smartest option for me and there are worse things to do than playing in the workshop everyday. Hope all on here and their families get through this okay.
My grandson said to me today, if this virus was transmitted to humans from animals, then why can't it be spread to all other animals from us? Sobering thought.
Zane
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Someone sent me this clip on the virus . I first thought it was another conspiracy theory , but the longer I watched it , the more it makes sense.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBCiwPTwE2k&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3AFuBn8ESuaPSCG05cQ87RGNn0XFe8e6xVrkY7S6SewgSri6scL12LCls
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Someone sent me this clip on the virus . I first thought it was another conspiracy theory , but the longer I watched it , the more it makes sense.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBCiwPTwE2k&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3AFuBn8ESuaPSCG05cQ87RGNn0XFe8e6xVrkY7S6SewgSri6scL12LCls
looks like it was shutdown.....probably by the Bat eating Wuhans maybe
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Hi Walter, that site won't open, maybe it's not politically incorrect, it will probably turn up again from a different source.
Cheers Zane
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Actually it seemed well researched . It questioned the global distribution of the virus and the possible impact on the american elections and the western following downturn.It is a fact , the Chinese offloading lots of gold at the moment and buying lots of cheap Western shares with the proceeds...... A pretty clever takeover without firing a shot .... The sad thing is we have to take party of the blame . We wanted cheap products , we deserted our industries, we now have bought politicians or even more bluntly , we have Chinese politicians here that orchestrate the local sellout .
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There is going to be some terrible economic fall out from this pandemic.
Hopefully some good will come as well. I would not be surprised if many of us become willing to pay more for “Australian made” in the future. Perhaps the advantages of manufacturing things here, might overcome the higher cost for some more products. (Post WW2, with car parts from OS in short supply, the government of the day announced “Australian Made Cars”)
Masks and other medical PPE spring to mind.
Several politicians should be executed each year until we have Australian Oil refineries again.
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It will be hard for Australia to recover from this. The biggest industry here is travel and holiday. It will take a while for visitors to come back and the government will make it harder when it comes to turist visa applications(health checks, vaccination etc may be required for visitors). Even if restrictions are lifted people will not just jump on planes and go to see Uluru. They will be happy to find a job. Was a bit ironic watching news today as they had a plane from Wuhan delivering hospital equipment to Australia. China is making money already.Sad
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It will be hard for Australia to recover from this. The biggest industry here is travel and holiday. It will take a while for visitors to come back and the government will make it harder when it comes to turist visa applications(health checks, vaccination etc may be required for visitors). Even if restrictions are lifted people will not just jump on planes and go to see Uluru.
With our low covid numbers and best health system in the world why wouldnt you want to travel here for a holiday.We all love it.
Cheers
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Just because it was the biggest industry doesn't make it the best for our country. We've been selling everything to foreigners for far to long. We need to be more self sufficient and get back into making things. We need to stop the prostitution of our country and make a manufacturing revolution. Now is the time for our leaders to create a new chapter in Australia. jimson
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Just because it was the biggest industry doesn't make it the best for our country. We've been selling everything to foreigners for far to long. We need to be more self sufficient and get back into making things. We need to stop the prostitution of our country and make a manufacturing revolution. Now is the time for our leaders to create a new chapter in Australia. jimson
There will likely never be a better time to head back towards manufacturing. Lots of people prepared to support Australian Made I suspect.
We need to sell our stuff world wide. We need the reputation: “Not cheap, but the best there is”.
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A series of spineless governments sold our great country out. The best Coal in the world goes off shore and sold at rock bottom prices. Our Natural gas also gets sold for less than what Australians can get it for. Our steel industry, our Fuel industry has been nobbled so we need to buy our improved export of ore back . That doesnt make economic sense
To make Australia great again we need a politician with balls . Balls to say NO to overseas investments and a buy back of our now foreign owned investments.. New Zealand seen China extending its grasp and stopped them so why cant we?
Its about time we took control of the corrupt water management and started repairing the Murray Darling system and the great Artesian low levels and start work on the Bradfield scheme to channel the excess flow from the Northern QLD rivers back over the range and down inland QLD to NSW and so on and make that land arable and value add it. The infrastructure and support business created is what we need, Infrastructure for the inland. The US did it in the great depression and isnt that what we see i front of us now with so many out of work and closed business? The Big picture needs someone interested in Australia not their own retirement fund.
Australian made from sweat and tears. Thats something to be proud of. Maybe we could even make cars again.
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Well said. We need to embrace (value add), that is where the multiplifier effect creates real long term growth
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Hi Everyone,
Well said Pokey, I couldn't agree more with what you have just said!
Just my opinion but the first thing we need to do is send the Pandas back to China, correct me if I am wrong but it used to be $1 000 000 per year per Panda! When you add the 3 off them together in a deal where surprise surprise we CAN NOT OWN THEM! Just doing simple maths over the years that we have had them, it would reduce our foreign debt/ deficit substantially!
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Pandas and they must be great for tourism, but if we are not having anyone visit our Great Country, we simply CAN NOT AFFORD THEM! Like you said we need someone with BALLS and stop doing these deals that are not good for us! Can't we video them before they go back and have a virtual display?
OK, someone else's turn on the Soap box.
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OK, someone else's turn on the Soap box.
Sky hasnt fallen,Pandas are tucked in for the winter weather & WA keeps pumping out Coal power and Iron ore.
Tourisms starting to get on track with plenty new gov bale out $$.
Its given us time to reproritise and clean out the shed/house.
Big events have been cancelled ,though crews are ready to roll when we get the go ahead.
Ride park days are proving popular.
Get stuck in your still breathing. 8)
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OK, someone else's turn on the Soap box.
Sky hasnt fallen,Pandas are tucked in for the winter weather & WA keeps pumping out Coal power and Iron ore.
Tourisms starting to get on track with plenty new gov bale out $$.
Its given us time to reproritise and clean out the shed/house.
Big events have been cancelled ,though crews are ready to roll when we get the go ahead.
Ride park days are proving popular.
Get stuck in your still breathing. 8)
When I was over West last I was much more interested in seeing the breeding Numbats; so was the part Chinese ex girlfriend.
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When I was over West last I was much more interested in seeing the breeding Numbats; so was the part Chinese ex girlfriend.
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Numbat Porn - No place for it on a VMX forum!!
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