So What Is Everyone Doing To Pass Time

[Must_dash]

Here in Italy we're approaching 5 weeks of lockdown. Getting tough.
Everything is erily quiet, the road outside my house is sometimes a car every 5 minutes rather than the main road it is that normally is constant cars. It is now compulsary for mask and gloves to leave the house in addition to having signed an declaration of where you're going. Essential stores only: food (supermarkets are obliged to take your temperature as you go in), pharmacy, specialist animal food, hardware (but not superstores)(for repairs) and a few others. Most shops have a limit on the number of people allowed inside to ensure distancing, and queuing outside. The first time I've ever seen Italians form an orderly queue, maybe they'll remember how to do it afterwards! Police have random roadblocks. Anybody outside with a temperature and found to be Covid19 positive is arrested for attempted murder.

Hopefully only another 2 weeks to go. For the first time the number of critical care cases has dropped, as have deaths.

I really don't think the rest of the world is ready for Covid's arrival.

 

[BlueTrin]

Here in Italy we're approaching 5 weeks of lockdown. Getting tough.
Everything is erily quiet, the road outside my house is sometimes a car every 5 minutes rather than the main road it is that normally is constant cars. It is now compulsary for mask and gloves to leave the house in addition to having signed an declaration of where you're going. Essential stores only: food (supermarkets are obliged to take your temperature as you go in), pharmacy, specialist animal food, hardware (but not superstores)(for repairs) and a few others. Most shops have a limit on the number of people allowed inside to ensure distancing, and queuing outside. The first time I've ever seen Italians form an orderly queue, maybe they'll remember how to do it afterwards! Police have random roadblocks. Anybody outside with a temperature and found to be Covid19 positive is arrested for attempted murder.

Hopefully only another 2 weeks to go. For the first time the number of critical care cases has dropped, as have deaths.

I really don't think the rest of the world is ready for Covid's arrival.

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Here in the UK, the government is thinking of limiting more the movement and increasing the penalty for breaching the rules.

This weekend was fairly sunny and there were reports of people breaching the rules.

 

[TuckerIdaho]

I am maybe 30min worth of work away from having completely sanded 40 years of bottom paint off the boat in my avatar. I hate boat yard bottom jobs.

 

[kelemvor]

Cleaning guns, making ammo and sharpening knives.

I'm going to be trying my hand at reloading next weekend. A friend of mine is bringing over his reloader, and I've got a large ammount of brass saved up as I used to donate them to a children's charity.

Ammo prices sure have shot up. Everyone says there was a run on ammo due to the virus but I've not found any of the stores I shop at to be out. They did raise prices a lot.

Well that's not entirely true. I like the Federal brand "Law enforcement" 9mm rounds (LE925). I can't find those but they've always been a rare bird.

Going to the range is out.. and shooting at home is illegal in my city. Even if you built a proper range.

 

[TuckerIdaho]

Everyone says there was a run on ammo due to the virus but I've not found any of the stores I shop at to be out. They did raise prices a lot.

Never let a tragedy go to waste.

 

[Must_dash]

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Here in the UK, the government is thinking of limiting more the movement and increasing the penalty for breaching the rules.

This weekend was fairly sunny and there were reports of people breaching the rules.

I have my opinion on the way that the UK and many other countries are handling it. None of which are complimentary!

 

[BlueTrin]

I have my opinion on the way that the UK and many other countries are handling it. None of which are complimentary!

Most of countries have waited too late before to do a lockdown and when they did, they usually waited long before to enforce.

 

[Must_dash]

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Most of countries have waited too late before to do a lockdown and when they did, they usually waited long before to enforce.

Joked and laughed at Italy saying it' 'oh it's Italy, won't happen to us....'
It's going to put a lot of strain on EU relationships as northern europe have refused to help Spain and Italy.

 

[BlueTrin]

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Joked and laughed at Italy saying it' 'oh it's Italy, won't happen to us....'
It's going to put a lot of strain on EU relationships as northern europe have refused to help Spain and Italy.

That’s not true.

I do not think anybody laughed at Italy, like Italy did not laugh at China.

I think it is more a case that for a politician it is hard to shutdown a country before fatalities and also the UK was trying to promote this idea of herd immunity at the beginning.

Also the the EU and the UK ... you maybe heard of Brexit ?

 

[Must_dash]

Also the the EU and the UK ... you maybe heard of Brexit ?

Germany and Netherlands.
I know all about BREXIT, currently furloughed because of the virus and don't know if I have a job or a place to live after the end of the year when the transition period finishes. A lot of Brits who live in Europe are quite nervous as there is no agreement in place and nobody is negotiating BREXIT while the virus is about. Hopefully common sense will prevale...... But we're talking politicians here....