Stay safe Lugum.
Amazing song. My favorite Pink Floyd song, and that's a version I was not aware of before. Thanks for sharing!
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Same to you canis39.
Me neither, there is also one with bowie (i am a big bowie fan) in a way a shame gilmour takes over although i guess it's his song but you could just play the original if you want that.
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I wonder how many times David Gilmour has played the Comfortably Numb mid-song guitar riff? 5,000? 10,000? I am pretty sure he could play it blindfolded with the guitar behind his back at this point.
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Lol true, similar story about Bowie how he must have singed rebel rebel over 5000 times and if he didnt get bored by it? And he said no he still loved it.
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You mean Billy Idol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I
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No meant Bowie, i think he performed a bit longer too then Idol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA
But maybe it was a different song,can't find the article back.
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My fault, overread Rebel Rebel. Thought I saw Rebel Yell.
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I still can't believe David Bowie isn't with us :/
Fun fact I've read yesterday: David Bowie banged Slash's mom.
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I am / was (i mean i like his songs but not really listening much anymore) a big fan of him, i got a closet shelf full of his stuff, even some rare stuff, i even once bought a rare 4cd remix thing that was 100 euro.
I think Bowie as you put it banged a lot of women (heck there are even stories about him and mick jagger together and in dancing in the streets they are really (too) close) in his life, he wasn't always faithful in previous relationships too.
My own fun fact :p got a bootleg of a Bowie concert i attented and it was taken right behind me (and i could see myself, my back atleast), and i been to Clapton, the Stones (horrible sound in some arena) but i barely remember them, but Bowie felt like he was just singing for you personally there.
We can only hope he left us with stuff/songs for others to put out.
There is this, but i mean new songs, he must have them.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/david-bowie-rarities-ep-changesnowbowie-record-store-day-2020-release-2594148
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yno45b-ZL-4
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I love all the Bowie classic like Ziggy Stardust stuff, but I also enjoy supposedly lame stuff like Tonight (the whole album). It's not so innovative, but I like it anyway. His version of God Only Knows is so much cooler than Beach Boys (personal opinion).
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All his albums are so different from eachother as he was an artist that adapted so much unlike many others, which makes him so enjoyable to listen to.
Hours i find his best, and sometimes a bit of Heathen/Outside, wasn't a fan of his last two albums, although his last one grew on me after his passing (and you understand it a lot more) watching the Blackstar clip became chilling even.
The clip of Tonight is great too, how he comes on stage, a fan coming on stage and he takes it with grace, smiles and continues singing.
How he sings Wild is the Wind i think is the ultimate song to whoever you want to confess your love to.
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I prefer Momentary Lapse of Reason stuff. But of course love Comfortably Numb as well. I remember years ago driving to university with a friend who's no longer alive. We were listening to Comfortably Numb and we were late already, but when we arrived the guitar solo just began. We waited for guitar solo to be completed, then went to classes :)
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I've been staying home as of lately. My workplace had me pick up the necessary equipment so I can start working from home.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hODALOTiH6A
Stay safe, mate
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stay safe man! and btw may I ask how old are you mate ? :)
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Sadly, this was only to be expected. Partially because there's no cure for the virus yet, but also because of the many idiots that didn't want to listen to our goverment and pretty much acted like it was a holiday. I mean, boxing lessons on the beach in a time like this?
I do wonder how this is all gonna work out, as I know for a fact there's gonna be quite some people who mentally just won't be able to handle this kind of a situation for over 2 months (and possible more).
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Yeah and joking they kept distance yeah the groups from eachother, but it was still one on one boxing.
I went to 3 grocery stores on saturday, noone kept any distance and i read on telegraaf.nl how supermarkets were a breeding ground to get corona, also these thin small plastic things are so useless, one cashiere still even gave me a receipt in my hands..
There were people in world war 2 that had to hide for a lot longer,It's more then likely it's gonna take a lot longer, hopefully a good 40c could kill it, but then winter, coming back?
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Here they've just closed all the non-essential business and of course schools have already been closed since last Friday till at least May.
I went to a grocery store yesterday and you're right. I was trying very hard to keep my distances but it was nearly impossible.
Stay safe and take care of yourself <3
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I am afraid it's gonna be till august/september atleast, but what can we do? Nothing but ride it out.
Yeah especially those that got such small aisles that can't even fit 2 shopping carts next to eachother. :p Whoever thought that placement/construction is handy (well it isn't but to keep us shopping for more stuff probably) should be shot.
Stay safe too and take care. :)
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Bump and meow. New Zealand goes into full lockdown tomorrow evening.
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It's certainly wise, governments will say its wise not to stock and maybe selfish to others and offcourse there is still plenty of food and paper for now (even though many stores aren't refilled yet) but there might come a point if this takes too long that things will run out, what if people can't work at a factory or less people at a distribution center?
Is it okay with your work, or taking days off?
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There is literally no point in starting a new job right now, unless you can find something to do from your home - online or otherwise - because many companies will file for bankrupcy and/or lay you off (we all know this situation is going to last for quite a while). I am sorry to hear that you are struggling, especially with health.
Just focus on staying safe and taking good care of yourself, mate, for this too shall pass. Life goes on and there will be job opportunities.
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I "volunteer" at a reintegration company for 3 days a week after 6 months of proving myself (simple work like folding boxes, taking out clothing out of plastic, breaking down old tools and recycle.
i was given the okay to start a pc repair service, together with a colleague, we just handed out 1000 flyers and now both sit at home, plus just started getting a jobcoach (should have had one months ago but her mother passed away the week i had an appointment with her).
So not really started a job yet, but more atleast to keep getting work experience to fill my CV as it already had several (long) gaps.
I found i proven myself in that time there, i am assertive, got the ideas to start something/be creative, i worked with all sort of colleagues so teamplayer and i took on all sorts of tasks.
Well most companies also want you to keep working at home but they need to have that type of work, and yeah they need to have a special made spot for me as i might not be able to work 5 days straight right away either, there were already not many companies these days giving you that chance but if so many will fall down, it's gonna be a lot harder.
Life does go on, i am just at an age something's gotta give though, just for once a stroke of luck.
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Oh man, really sorry to hear that Lady Luck is farting down your neck. Look at it from the bright side - people will still need computer repairs after all this crapstorm has passed. And you haven't started a company so you never had to lay anyone off.
I know it ain't much, but maybe it can give you another perspective, and at times - that is all we need.
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Hang in there... hope you stay safe and healthy, however long this takes. And thank you for all the GA's you've shared!
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Thank you, and hope you stay safe and healthy too.
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GHB is even more natural than CBD, since it's found in almost every living thing. But eating cannabis is very trivial to do, just melt some butter, grind your plant material and let simmer for a while. Then use that for baking, hot cocoa or just put on bread.
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GHB they make with chemical cleaning stuff, and even those that make it wear masks, it's full of junk, nothing natural about it.
Yeah and now you are saying it, some make (space)cake out of it, maybe something ever to try when i'm on my own,
You'd still hope on something natural, better alternative, if i had the money i'd even invest it in a 4000 euro bed like an auping or whatever if i knew that would help.
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It's made from GBL, which can be used for cleaning and sodium hydroxide aka lye. But that hardly means anything since they can easily use clean industrial chemicals without any extra junk. The process gives you Na-GHB which is something that is still found in every living thing naturally including humans, as natural as taking melatonin. People just mistake the other uses of the precursors to have anything at all to do with the end product. Similarly you could combine hydrocloric acid HCl with the sodium hydroxide NaOH, both sound completely evil and they will melt your skin, but together they react to provide NaCl in H2O as in salt water which doesn't sound so threatening any more does it? Just like every bottle of booze has both a fungal poison and an industrial solvent in them, renaming things can make them scarier than if you just said it's ethanol. :)
This guy who found it advertized it for good health and took it daily himself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Laborit
You can make anything you want from it, no need to even know how to bake cakes. Easiest is just using the butter on bread and my favorite especially in winter is the hot cocoa. You just need to heat the plant material for a while to transform THC-acid to THC and CBD-acid to CBD so they become bioactive, just eating raw plant material doesn't work that well.
Both of these are still completely natural and better is all about opinion. To me the best one is the one with most effect while having no bad side effects. I have benzos from my doctor for emergencies where I need to get good sleep and wake up early for something important, but I can't use them daily because they would build tolerance fast. I have a new bed, only 1k€ one tho, which also helped a lot. Then there is regular exercise which can help but often just gives me more energy instead of sleep. Melatonin, chamomille etc milder ones have very little effect on me after a while and none at all if I really have problems getting sleep.
But the main solution to sleeping well and enough has been to completely ignore any rhythm or schedule for sleeping and just go to sleep when tired, wake up when feeling like it so I can sleep 4-12h per day at any times and take naps if needed.
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It's not about a shortcut it's just to get sleep well period, what do you define as a long term solution then?
As i said elsewhere long term lack of sleep is also damaging to your health and environment (as you get cranky).
When doctors/people give you the usual tips (don't go behind your phone or pc right before bed), get clean sheets, have a windows open etc etc when you haven't thought about that before or tried it.
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Ah yes, I know those advice, they are useless!
I also hope that one day I get actual long term fixes for some stuff, 1 of them is sleeping because sure it's nice to get pills for it, but that doesn't fix the problem :(
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I know one woman whose daughter wrote a journal every night before going to bed describe her day, it helped that kid go to sleep better, not sure if it would work forr me (i am sceptical) or if it depends per person like someone who keeps hanging on a lot of their thoughts.
Maybe it's just something physical people with insomnia are missing (and can't be fixed or they haven't discovered what it is), sometimes it's also just adrenaline keeping you awake or your body is tired but your mind keeps racing. Yoga perhaps could also help but again might not be for everyone.
If i take pills for my diabetes and so many others for other stuff (my dad takes a whole bag for his heart) i am not really that opposed 1 if that helps me sleep, maybe it's bad, i dont know, i am not getting them officially from a doctor while i know a 14yr intern from work (different doctor) and he was given them with ease, and they let my mother take them for 2 decades, a pack of 30 would cost 10 euro, i'd even be willing to pay 20 euro, it goes so deep.
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I have sleeping problems since I am a few years old, even before we had internet let alone smartphones so the whole 'avoid those before sleeping' is useless to me, sure they aren't wrong but that's not the problem for me, same as that it doesn't matter if I did nothing all day or am exhausted from being active, high chance I can't sleep anyway.
I got sleeping meds from my doctor, had to pay them myself so I went back and he put them on my autism so I could get them for free, well, you still pay own risk but with 3 blood tests and 2 hospital visits in January alone I already spend all that anyway.
Sleeping pills are crap, but sometimes you just need them to have a decent night once in a while, my problem is mostly, I assume that my mind is a mess I guess? So technically I keep myself awake but I can't seem to manage to just make it shut up either so yeah, it's great!
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Later studies have proven that it's useless to avoid screens and if you feel like it just use the nightlight function to make it more yellow instead of blue. It's more about them keeping your brain active than the light. At least I've always had far more problems to get sleep in a completely dark and quiet room because then I'll start to think about all kinds of things, but if I have something boring running on TV and all lights on, thinking I'll go switch them off in a minute I'll fall asleep right away. :)
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My mom told me when I was young, to slowly count to 100 and take good breath in between, I asked her what to do at 100 and she said 'you won't, don't worry' the next morning she asked me how it went and I was like 'at around 1000 I gave up'.
It can actually help to keep your mind from wandering though but you have to be careful not to take it to serious or that will ruin it I guess?
Now I listen to quit music so it's not fully quiet in my room and my mind goes weird, though my mind still goes crazy but sometimes it does help so it's something I guess (though last night I started the music, which I can do with a remote and my eyes closed at least 5 times and I didn't sleep until after 6:30 but ok) so yeah... You would think basic stuff like breathing, eating and sleeping shouldn't be so damn hard!!
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Het gaat goed komen! Weet niet of je iemand anders hebt die boodschappen voor je kan doen, maar dat kan een optie zijn om ook wat veiliger te gaan voelen. En ja wat betreft werk, geen idee wat je precies doet dus dat is inderdaad lastig. Maar het lijkt me dat de meeste bedrijven toch wel begrijpen dat dat gat in je cv komt door de hele corona toestand? Ik hoop in ieder geval dat je gezond blijft
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Mijn vader heeft het aan z'n hart, diabetes en leeftijd, ik een beetje 1 1/2 half dingetje uit de risicogroep, dus offer ik mijzelf liever op om het voor hem te doen, mijn moeder maalt er totaal niet om en gaat haar eigen gang wel en ook boodschappen doen kan het niet tegenhouden, ze is helaas ook niet zo van het handen wassen alleen.
https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/YqzK6vq daar staat een beetje wat ik nu doe, ik heb al veel gaten gehad (veel pech, waren ook wat crisisjaren toen, ook 6 maanden een stage beloofd gekregen wat niet doorging, gemeente met valse beloftes, 2x baan met een valse collega en dan ga je er als eerste uit natuurlijk, en als je dan voor magazijnwerk solliciteert vaak weer te hoog bevonden en echte it banen weer te laag als je geen officieel mbo of hbo papiertje hebt.
Heb ook wel wat ondernemends in me, die koffie in meeneem bekers 15 jaar geleden ver voor starbucks had ik bijna iemand zover die er net zo in geloofde maar durfde d'r huis niet op het spel te zetten, nu is starbucks groot hier.. maar zijn nog wel meer voedsel ideeen, en crisis of niet mensen eten altijd (behalve nu dan...) maarja een businessplan heb ik geen verstand van, en mis eigenlijk iemand die me een schop onder die kont geeft, makkelijk ook als je iets samen kan doen. of een liefdespartner die zegt je kan het gewoon.
Maar door die situatie waarin ik zit haken veel gewoon al gelijk af op een dating siteen is het swipe naar rechts.
Plus als je de 30 al gepasseerd bent hebben veel al iemand en kijk je al automatisch naar een trouwring.
Dankje hoop dat je ook gezond blijft. Ik zit in het midden van het land, in het zuiden is het ergst en hoor in boekel vooral en daar ken ik een vriendin, die is basisschooldirectrice en die moet open blijven voor opvang dus die kan niet thuis blijven zitten.
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dont take risks that you dont have to take, my friend.
While Im not strictly in the "at risk" group, i can perfectly relate to your situation, Im pretty much expecting to get fired since i refuse to get back to work until this epidemic situation is cleared out in my country (,while money is important, not gonna take the gamble with my heath)
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Thanks and sorry your job is at stake but you are right, your health should be more important (although that can go down the drain too if you don't have money, hope you atleast could get wellfare). what job is it you do?
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I work in retail as a cashier administrative employee (what a mouthful, i know), albeit in the office section so while im not directly in the "frontline", theres still a lot of people walking in and out of the office and thus making it even more risky, with or without face masks.
Been a glorified paperpusher with literally nothing to do since a good while now so changing workplace is definitely my plan but alas, with the epidemic spreading, it will have to wait for now.
Thankfully i do perceive financial aid due to my aspergers, its not much but its already something so ya know...could be worse shrugs Im at home with my mom so at least it makes things slightly easier in the meantime as virtually doing anything outside other than taking a walk in nearby nature, especially going to town is a risk (and we are only sitting on less than 200 confirmed cases but knowing our government we should probably multiply this by 5 minimum).
So yeah, stuck in my self-chosen "quarantine" for the time being, hoping for things to finally calm down a lil, whenever this may happen.. Be safe and avoid other people, thats probably the best solution we all have in our disposition.
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Don't know if you are actually touching cash, which yeah could also be a form of passing it on to eachother, i mean we all know if you put it under a microscope money isn't really that clean.
I believe that's right trying to be safe and avoid others as much as possible, atleast we have that option, unfortunately not all of us can and they have to work, and most don't even mind, they are heroes. But staying safe is what we can do to help them.
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Lockdown until June 1? Where is that taking place?
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Netherlands yeah, we aren't in an official "lockdown" as in they announced it as such yet, but basically a lot of places are closed, if we are with more then 3 people (even family) on the streets we can get a 400 euro fee, it's pretty much almost a lockdown as pretty much most people will still stay at home from work, it feels being locked down atleast as you pretty much stay inside.
Our goverment got a bit pissed so many people went outside sunday when it got sunny and so many didn't keep a distance, especially as some said youngsters don't take it seriously, so if this continues i am sure we will get an official lockdown next.
I will adjust the topic.
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I'm sorry to hear about this, I hope everyone there is okay through this time, and the virus doesn't spread more.
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Everything to it is beautiful, guitar, text.
Take care. :)
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This time is crazy, Thats a long time till June. Stay safe, hopefully people around us take it seriously as well.
I hope my country doesnt go into lockdown. We have state of emergency in country as of now.
My family was in middle of buying a house and I was in middle of job negotiations (Im an intern now) and everything stopped due to virus.. Hope this all doesnt stretch out too much.
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Thank you.
And i really hope your family can still continue to buy that house and you can still get that job after this is all over.
Here our government promised to spend money on companies to keep them up, don't know if your government is?
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Thanks,
Regarding the house - we would have bought it, but the owner is from Sweden and when she was ready to sign documents, quarantine started and she couldnt get over border. Now we have too see if she can give power of attorney to the company that advertised the house. So its either that, or we wait till the situation calms down. Wouldnt be the worst thing to get out of the city in this time (fortunately no official cases in my city, but as we have sea port here, most likely there are cases already)
Dont really know about whats the government stance regarding this. I did hear something about companies getting tax "holidays" to ease the situation. But most of my friends (I included) work in places where we can do work from home, so I dont have experience with people who work in risk group companies
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Pas goed op jezelf!
Het zijn verdraaid moeilijke tijden, daar alleen lig je al van wakker en met chronische slaapproblemen wordt het niet beter. :(
Wat gebruikte je voorheen (als ik vragen mag) wat nu in de ban is gedaan?
Ik zou me nog niet zo druk maken over een gat in je CV, laten we eerst maar zien Corona vrij te blijven en/of het te overleven!
Maar binnen kunnen de muren op je afkomen.
Asl je eens om een praatje verlegen zit, stuur me gerust een friend request op Steam, was verbaasd te zien dat we daar geen vrienden zijn!
Denk om jezelf!
Ik offer mezelf ook constant op omdat mijn moeder me nodig heeft, omdat mijn terminale man hulp nodig heeft, maar soms heb je gewoon zelf hulp nodig, of op zijn minst RUST!
Helaas vaak makkelijker gezegd dan gedaan en dat is denk ik vaak ook het dillema waar jij in zit.
Ik zou eigenlijk naar mijn man moeten, om hem geld te brengen om te zorgen dat er geld van zijn rekening naar de gezamenlijke rekening overgemaakt wordt (dat lukt hem niet meer en de rekeningen moeten toch betaald worden), om boodschappen te brengen etc.
Maar ik ben zelf nog niet beter en er zijn ook milde besmettingen van Corona, dus moet ik nu wel naar een supermarkt, naar een drogist?
kan ik niet beter nog een paar dagen wachten en uitzieken, of word ik zieker?
Genoeg over mij, dit is jouw topic!
Ik bedoelde alleen, dit zijn hele onzekere tijden, waar we geen van allen op voorbereid zijn!
Het benauwd me hoeveel afstand we van elkaar moeten nemen, laten we dus virtueel close blijven met de mensen om wie we geven.
hopelijk helpt dat een beetje!
Ik ben er als je wilt praten, of wat ook.
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Dankje (jij ook).
Nou ik heb wel geleerd dingen van me af te laten glijden waar je geen vat op hebt, vroeger kon ik ook bijv overstuur raken over weer een rekening maar hoe je ook reageert het doet de oorzaak niet verdwijnen he. :)
Etizolam, het werkt net zo ongeveer op elk pilletje wat met pam eindigt als je ze kent, ze geven je gewoon even een chill gevoel, kalmer, en ik snap niet waarom we niet zo gemaakt zijn dat we dat altijd van nature hebben maar alles nu feitelijk wat niet in een apotheek gemaakt wordt, word verbannen om die labs ook waar ze nep xtc enzo maakten, en die troep in sloten dumpen, en dan weer die lachgas pakken ze nu rigoreus alles maar aan en dat is 3 weken geleden beslist door Grapperhaus (dus even naast corona nog).
Naja ik heb al niet zo'n fraaie cv door veel pech in het leven (gepest ook) daarop 8 jaar in de bouw gewerkt en dan weer met computers (ben een soort donald duck met ook allerlei baantjes), ook soms periodes niks (ook crisisjaren er tussen, stage beloofd wat na 6 maanden niet doorging, gemeente met valse beloftes etc). heb niet een officieel mbo of hbo papiertje (zat dicht tegen propedeuse aan maar geen geld voor verder te gaan).
Dus ja weer een gat erbij, bovendien hoeveel bedrijven vallen er straks niet om? en ik krijg nog een jobcoach maar zeker nu staan mensen niet te springen om iemand aan te nemen.
Ik heb ook dus gaten van een jaar, en ook vrijwel binnen gezeten toen en met zoveel spellen kan ik me ook best vermaken, alleen ja ga je wel wat vaker ook naar buiten dan je nu zou doen.
Zelfs als je vrij bent vliegen de dagen soms zo voorbij, heb al 3-4 dagen geen spelletje nog kunnen doen, eerst bezig met windows 10 opnieuw te installeren met al m'n programmatjes en dingetjes al 2 dagen, toen dag 3 verschillende plekken boodschappen doen, dan weer onder vloer nieuwe internet kabel trekken, nu hebben we zo'n mesh ding gekocht waar ik het over had.
Eerst kregen we 80-100mbps op wifi, het dubbele van normaal! maar ik denk mijn pc op de 1ste verdieping dus kan ook bekabeld en daar krijg ik dan 250mbps op zelfs, toen een derde mesh op zolder gezet en nu blijft wifi weer beetje steken op 30mbps, zo maar even bellen met tp link maar de pest is er zitten zo weinig instellingen in hun app (dat ik bang ben dat er weinig aan te doen is en ze wel weer zeggen (net zoals ziggo) het zal wel aan jezelf of aan je buren liggen dat er teveel wifi spul is, snap je.
Maakt ook niet uit wiens topic het is, nou ik las 5 dingen wat je kon doen om verbeterde weerstand tegen corona te krijgen en dat is beweging enzo maar vooral ook genoeg slaap, dus als je dat weinig hebt (zoals ik) maar ook als je al ziekjes bent (weet niet wat je hebt) dus loop je wel risico en wat je zelf zegt eigenlijk zou je wel misschien voor jezelf moeten kiezen, word het erger (gaan we niet van uit) dan hebben je man en je moeder er ook niks aan natuurlijk.
Je hebt niemand die het even wil doen (en kan vertrouwen)?
Naja veel doen egoistisch in deze tijden, vooral jongeren maar toch mooi ook initiatieven te zien waarin mensen wel samen komen om mekaar te helpen.
Dat is lief van je, maar ja ik kan soms lang reageren maar soms kan ik ook geen prater zijn uit nature, het moet zo ontstaan ik zou niet gauw bij iemand even aankloppen laat maar zeggen, ik denk dat jij mij hebt verwijdert, wij zouden ooit een bordspel game doen wat we ook geprobeerd hebben maar denk ook niet echt mijn ding was (bovendien heb ik nu helemaal zoveel) maar ik gebruik ook idlemaster om kaarten te idlen en dan zie je 50x je speelt dit en dat, dat dat sommigen er ook echt gek van worden (ik snap uberhaupt niet waarom mensen dat niet uit zetten) maar misschien ook omdat we mekaar lang niet meer hadden gesproken.
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Life is getting complicated but staying inside is the only option for now, hopefully the situation will get better at some point. Just stay safe.
Here we're under actual lockdown (country wide quarantine) and the government is considering to extend it beyond the current end date of April 1st, mainly because winter is coming and they expect it to make it worse.
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Yeah then you also have people getting the flu and thus their resistance lowering too and people not knowing when a cough is the flu or corona, if i am not mistaken.
Stay safe.
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The Australian government is only now (today) starting to broadcast advertisements/PSAs telling the public about social distancing and washing your hands with soap for 20 seconds, and we had our first death more than 3 weeks ago. I went to a supermarket on Friday (under duress - I had ordered contact lenses online but they insisted I have another eye test) and it was literally business as usual. Fashion retailers, beauty therapists, gift stores and cafes were all operating and being patronised by customers that had apparently not heard about social distancing or thought it applied to others. I saw one woman with a mask but it was around her neck like a medical-chic scarf, not over her face.
https://youtu.be/KxtGJsnLgSc
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Stay safe and work on your backlog Lugum. At least your country looks unified, in my country the opposition sabotaging the gov on the defense against the virus.
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Thanks, I had like 1 1/2 week off and i never had so much non gaming stuff to do. :p now last 2 days tried 2 new mesh systems, happy when you see a spike of your wifi doubling in speed just to see it drop again a bit later, tried one based on your power supply and one just on wifi.
The box advertizes it goes through concrete and what not, yesterday i had a technichian of their help desk not advicing their power supply version and so i got the wifi one, and today i got one on their helpdesk basically saying nothing will help you.
Dunno what it is or how to fix it that we can have decent speed all the way up to the attic, what about big places likes businesses and schools or people with big houses, there must be ways? Cabled it's 250mbps, wifi first floor 40mbps, attic pretty much 0.
Yeah hoping tommorow to finally start tackling some of that backlog again, if only that could be a job, and i thought about streaming but not many interest in people doing indie games, and the AAA games many are already on it, besides it might kill the fun out of a hobby.
How are they sabotaging it exactly? Really is horrible a government can't work together in a time of crisis, goes to show they are usually sitting their for their own instead of us normal people. Stay safe.
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What many people don’t realize is that it’s not a matter of “if” you’ll get it, but “when”.
The purpose of the lockdown is to slow the spread of the disease to a manageable level to avoid overloading hospitals and to delay until greater capacity is created... and hopefully a cure, even.
Think of it this way. In a developed country, a city of 500,000 will typically have around between 1000 and 5000 hospital beds and between 30 and 150 critical care beds . If, as estimated, 40% get sick, at current rates that same city will hospitalize 24,000 (12% in US) to 40,000 (20% in China) with as many as 8,000 needing critical care.
If everyone got sick at the same time, those numbers are overwhelming. But if those same numbers are spread over a year, it becomes more manageable. Particularly if during that time capacity is increased significantly.
Realistically, the disease can’t be contained. And right now it’s not even about finding a cure. It’s about slowing down the transmission rate so hospitals can cope.
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Our prime minister basically said let people get it, then a group becomes immune to it. so the risk of it spreading to others around them will become smaller etc, you never know though when they find a cure, it can be tommrow, it can be 2 years, it can be 10.
It can all blow away like a breeze in a few months. Will a lot get it? Sure , will everyone get it? I don't think so, especially if you are allowed to avoid it and stay home and everyone staying sensible together.
It's not as a flu, you get it, and you get over it and recover, most will have a permanent long damage (if you already got health issues) yet eventually force people to start working again... i read today it would feel like your longs are on fire, we all should just accept that?
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From what I read (in scientific publications) 20-60% will catch the virus, of which 80% will have no or mild symptoms.
The problem is, that means in The Netherland, between 700,000 and 2,000,000 people will have severe symptoms, of which 150,000 to 500,000 will need intensive care, with 65,000 to 230,000 dead. Picking a city with a population in the middle, that means all of Maastricht, weg.
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I wish you the best in this time. Though I'm in the USA I have family in The Netherlands. Some are elderly & I also worry for their safety. Though I tend to worry about things in general; so that's not a surprise. 🤦♂️ I don't speak the language BTW. Just some bits & pieces I've picked up at holidays. I did read your dutch posts though via translation.
I'm sorry to hear about your job situation mentioned in said post. I'm not that familiar with the papers you speak of but I have a cousin who has been out of a job for years. From what I've heard it's a very hard job market. He's very qualified as a Radio Operator (Naval) but that job became obsolete & was done away with. He has had employment issues in the many years since. I hope your financial situation is acceptable for the current issues you're facing! I know a random stranger wishing you luck on the internet doesn't mean much but you have my kindest wishes & regards.
I also wish you the best of luck in acquiring what you mentioned in your dutch post for anxiety. I'm quite familiar with pharmacology myself but try not to post anything in public forums due to my location. Though general information is fine I'm sure. Also the substance in question falls in a grey area in my country but if not for human consumption is technically legal. As such I guess I could discuss it after all. I'd have to double check your country. Though usually it's more liberal in that regard. 🤔
I haven't been following the status of the various DNM's (my assumption on the "grey site" you mention; I could be wrong) to closely. I know that the supply chain for various substances & products have been impacted. I'm assuming your familiar enough with the "am" you mention to know that if used on a regular basis abruptly discontinuing it could lead to complications (seizure, etc)?
I just figured I'd toss you a heads up just in case. As like I stated; I worry. 🙂
If you have any further questions regarding pharmacology or anything else for that matter; just reply & we can speak more privately elsewhere. I hope your situation improves & that things go as well as possible for you!
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Thank you, i wish you and your family the best too, is it true trump is gonna remove the lockdown there? I only heard a small bit on tv but seems he is treating it like it's all over or something?
I got 6 Microsoft certificates that is basically a minimal requirement if you want to work at a helpdesk, but i did an internship and found being on the phone all day, isn't my thing (also you just got tickets in a system and had to move them, actual work or helping wasn't even done). Even with a good friend we skype with cam but we don't speak, we type.
But i quit the internship back then, another thing you could do with those papers is driving to companies to solve problems on location and if i had a license i already could have had 2 jobs in my pocket, but i failed 6 times (nervous but it's also hard to get, there are even rumors that they need to let a certain percentage fail) but it's costly 200 euro for an exam alone and with no money.. and even if i had now i would spend it on other things, besides even owning a car is also expensive.
Then i got another 8 certificates and wanted to follow an official IT study with that, but again that money to actually start never came (it's a good 6000 euro).
It does mean much to me and it's always "good" (i mean offcourse i feel bad for your cousin) to hear that your aren't alone, that there are others that have it tough with jobs too, i can totally relate to him.
Well, i am watching some old soaps and with that American commercials (all the way from 1984 to 2009) and i seen many gone by with commercials about medicine and all the risks, and some just even mention strokes or death.
And those are from your drugstores/pharmacies even and not even grey sites.
It's always a risk still though yeah but that could happen with anything, i tried something else before and it gave me that right side feeling (i dont want to call it pain, more an annoyance, like when i had alcohol) so i tossed what i had away,
It's important to listen to your body, although yeah i don't know what i got now does,
It's what i liked to have found out, and also more research done to my body, like my liver but you can't get a doctor appointment or blood test done and who knows for how long, all i know is that etizolam is going through the liver (like other benzo's). I guess it's smart to maybe stop all together even with the prescribed oxazepam for a bit, give the liver a break, but yeah then you got to deal with the anxiety all on your own.
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I hope he doesn't! As someone familiar with the medicine & who communicates on medical forums the response has been a disaster sadly enough. Though in regards to your question it's technically irrelevant in this case what Trump (the federal government) wants. As in regards to "lockdowns" the orders given by the Governors at the state level over rule anything Trump might state. For example the orders given by Governor Andrew Cuomo of NY state to NY state would still be in effect if Trump said to lift the "lockdown". The Governor of NY state Andrew Cuomo would still have authority in his state so he would have to also order the lifting or it would still continue. Luckily I don't believe that most governors would lift the "lockdown".
Well actually it would depend on political affiliation. Republican Governors likely would. Though I'll not get into politics. 😉 When it comes to expressing anything political on the internet I generally stick to "neutrality". Saves a lot of headaches! 😁
I'm sorry to hear that the IT things haven't worked out for you. Like I said I'm not that familiar with the job market outside of what I know of my cousin. We don't speak on a regular basis though I am more likely to talk to his mother (my aunt) but I digress. I'm glad my post was meaningful! I try my best to friendly, polite & helpful. I enjoy helping others. I agree with you that being able to relate to others is very helpful. In my case I know from getting some of my medical diagnosis late in life & finally identifying with others as opposed to wondering why I was so different. I'll explain below when I mention my health though.
Money issues are always there regardless of the current situation sadly enough. I wish you the best of luck with them! I myself had work issues years ago. I have various physical ailments & am "neurologically different" I guess? (Autistic (What they used to call Asperger's Syndrome)). Though I'm lucky in that regard as I have a very high IQ & am able to mimic social understanding. I feel for those in my situation who don't have the ability to observe things & mimic them. I don't understand the logic behind a lot of human interactions or at times the emotional component to them as I tend to do things based on logic but am able to mimic social interactions to a good degree. Or so I've been told. I digress though as I often do. To sum it up job wise I don't work now. After years of fighting a disability case (it was assinine I clearly was disabled as my Dr. indicated) I finally won & now life with my wife without papers as I call her. So luckily I don't have to worry about a job anymore at least. Not that we get much $ from disability but we make do.
I tend to be VERY VERBOSE as you have noticed! My apologies for the length of my posts. 🤦♂️
I'm now on disability & much happier with my life in general. With the health problems I have it's hard to leave the house let alone work. I'm someone who also falls in the "high risk" category. As well as the various other things I have affecting my health I also have lung issues. I recovered from antibiotic resistant pneumonia after a month in the ICU a few years ago & my lungs have never been the same. I was intubated & had a bronchoscopy performed to remove fluid from my lungs. I ended up with COPD diagnosis. Seeing as I do communicate & follow the medical community I realized relatively early that this would be an issue & planned accordingly. Due to financial reason I was unable to stockpile quite as much as I'd like but I haven't left the house since the beginning of February. I self quarantined very early. 🙂
Not that I leave the house much to begin with as I stated. So it's not a huge change for me there. I try to 🙂 so I try to use some humor when looking at situations. Thus my trying to 😆 at the fact I don't leave the house much anyways. I figure it is what it is. I can't change the reality of the situation so I try to make the most of it.
Now on to the next part of your post. In regards to benzodiazepines (well technically etizolam is a thienodiazepine derivative (a thienodiazepine derivative is a benzodiazepine analogue) but that's irrelevant to our conversation) I'm very familiar if you have any questions at all. I myself have taken benzodiazepines for over 2 decades with no effect on my liver. Benzodiazepines aren't known to cause liver damage in general with normal usage.
As stated by the NIH at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK548298/
"Benzodiazepine therapy is uncommonly associated with serum enzyme elevations, and clinically apparent liver injury from the benzodiazepines is quite rare. Alprazolam, chlordiazepoxide, clonazepam, clorazepate, diazepam, flurazepam and triazolam have been linked to rare instances of cholestatic liver injury but the other benzodiazepines have not."
To translate that into simple terms; benzo' generally don't cause liver damage. 🙂 Hopefully that helps calm some of your worries in that regard! I've taken clonazepam & diazepam for prolonged periods of time & in some cases relatively excessive dosages (long story) & in my case despite my other health problems I have a good functioning liver! 👍
The site I linked at NIH.gov has more information if you're interested in the topic. To put it simply though you have very little or nothing to worry about in terms of benzo's affecting your liver. In terms of liver damage alcohol is the thing to worry about. I luckily have avoided any damage there even though I drank heavily for approx 5 years or so in my youth.
The warning I was giving you in regards to benzos was if you STOP taking them. Not if you keep taking them.
It's dangerous when you STOP after regular usage. I won't go into the pharmacology of it (unless you want me to 😆) as most people aren't interested in GABA, etc. To put it simply if you STOP after regular usage over a period of time you can have seizures. That's what I was warning you about. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
Hopefully that clarifies what I was saying? 🤞 Just let me know if it doesn't! As I can try to reword it to be more clear. I've taken oxazepam in the past. It's a relatively mild benzo from my experience. I don't have experience with etizolam myself. Though I have had times where I have had to acquire other "RC" benzos due to a lapse in my script. Phenazepam in particular. At the time it was the closest I could get to clonazepam in the "RC" market. Though phenazepam & etizolam are both sold as "RC's" they are both prescribed in various regions medically & as such technically aren't research chemicals by the standard definition.
If your concern with benzo usage is regarding your liver I wouldn't see that as an issue. Unless you have pre-existing conditions that I'm unaware of that would complicate the picture? Otherwise benzos are considered relatively safe for the liver. No need to stop taking them to give your liver a "break". If anything stopping could be dangerous as I stated. I don't know how often, how much or how long you've used benzos but as I stated it's the stopping that has risks when benzos are taken on a regular basis.
Honestly they are not an ideal choice for long term anxiety treatment due to the dependency issue as well as tolerance. However if one still gets relief from the same dose of a benzo & tolerance isn't an issue that may change the picture. Also if the patient has already been on benzos for a long period of time it can be very difficult to successfully discontinue. I ramble though.
If you have any other further questions please ask! Again my apologies for such a long post! As I said I tend to be very verbose. Hopefully my post has at least been informative for you though. Best wishes! I hope your week is going as best as is possible at this point in time. 🙂
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Sorry if it was obvious in the previous posts, but do you live by yourself?
If not, would you get more comfortable with someone by your side or you think that would be even worse?
I don't fret that much about the matter, but being isolated while my sister leaves the house almost everyday to work is a big risk. Wouldn't want to be with her if I had health complications
Or maybe I'm exaggerating it?
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I live with my parents who are retired and 17 year old niece (daughter of my sister who died several years ago) who is mentally//age wise a bit behind and needs special care, while my parents are already 70+ which leads to frustration as noone really expected to still be in this situation at this point there are days we barely speak a word and other times it good,
However on the other side the housing market is in crisis, we are short 350.000 houses and we can't really build more because of the co2 thing, i am signed up for rental places i was first for 1 house but the site who handles it has server problems and a bunch of mails didn't got sent out so i never received an invitation, what i miss most is just a love relationship someone to say i love you and back, hug eachother but also leaving eachother free, not force eachother to sit on a sofa watching eachothers tv shows, and yeah my biggest wish would be kids but my age is getting against me, still some time but not much (if i want someone my own age).
And well as i mentioned in other places my living situation and work situation as it is (even though i am working on it) that's already enough reason for most women to swipe right (no).
I could easily be on my own, i could easily spend my whole day gaming (i mean i got a lot to last me 5 lifetimes) and i could be with people just as at work i could work fine on my own but also easily in a team.
Normally i would take a stroll to the supermarket to get some lottery tickets or for certain draws every few days, i want to have something physical in my hands, but now i just rather order them online and print them out, i do avoid things when i can but you know you can't really avoid every single thing, and now most tv shows you turn on are all about corona in which you just get an overkill, sometimes you just need to shut off your mind and tv that can give some piece of mind too. ;)
And when groceries has to be done i still rather i'd go so my dad can stay at home and avoid risk, even though i'd rather stay at home especially when you hear from everyone noone is keeping distance and a supermarket could be a hazard in so many ways (the shopping carts people touch, scan devices, the fruit etc etc. or is that exaggerating it? :p
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That's harsh Lugum. Sounds like you're by yourself although not living alone. I have only my sis, but we kind of work together all the time.
I can see now it wasn't an exaggeration of mine. Still, as you said, best thing for now is to follow the instructions, but also shut off your mind and just be at peace in these troubled times. I was getting really frustrated some days ago (financially speaking I'm having a LOT of trouble) but I have achieved a healthier state of mind and body. Hope you can find a happier place as well.
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In a way yes you a correct, on top of it i am supposed to be out of of quadruplet (what the odds surviving that) although my parents say/remember little about it. my mom "joked" fpr a very long time suppose there were really 4 of you... but one day i asked seriously about it and she just shrugged it off like oh i hardly remember, which i find odd and something you'd remember.
Anyway i then started thinking if perhaps unconciously i always miss them and that's how my life turned out like it is, that i am "different". I got enough to write a book, but then again who'd care? And offcourse i am far from alone with it, like there are people that been in jail for years without having done anything, although i like the text in that song from queen - we are the champions:
I've paid my dues,Time after time
I've done my sentence., But committed no crime
And bad mistakes, I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face,But I've come through
We are the champions, my friends, And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end
I had two older sisters, one passed away about 13 years ago (cause unknown) and i got one left who is 11 years older,so i had three mothers and they loved me when i was a little kid, but my middle sister moved out quickly and had her own issues and my oldest sister already started moving on with her life so we were never close, and in a way i always missed having either a big lor little brother, who knows how things would have turned out then but you never know, that's why i so much want kids, even if i'd be a stay at home dad (which is kinda looked as a bad thing here, being a wuss), i think i'd make a great youth coach, i even applied to some sort of a job like that once when no certain papers/experience was requirement for it, but didnt even get an interview.
Anyway i used to watch tv shows with my sister each week with loads of tea (before the whole internet and binge watch) when she still lived at my parents too, then i went to her place but that kinda stopped for reasons, although we both now also just download a show and she usually watches with hey boyfriend, and she runs a daycare from her home so she is often too tired after.
But yeah you kinda easily start to take your brother or sister(s) for granted sometimes and when your parents arent there anymore it's usually all you get left (and in my case my niece then) so one should be very precious in taking the times with whomever loved ones that are still around you (grandparents, parents, siblings) while you still can.
It's another long story which i am not also gonna put here but i didn't had wellfare until a year ago, a big reason being them (too) strict, where i volunteer/work and some that actually come from there say it too, now i got someone in the middle and she is handling all the conversations and i just collect my wellfare, volunteer my days there and tommorow start with my jobcoach.
So i understand a lot when you mention financial problems (and even if i get a job it wont be a top salary either offcourse) whenever i did get a medical bill (i get money from our goverment because low income, but it always cost more so at the end of the year i was always short) i used to cry, get angry, but at one point you get to what's the use? It does not make that bill go away, so you might as well stay calm under things, it's healthier too, and i know sometimes it's still hard, and might take practice at first but you can get there too. My financial situation always refrained me from seeking a love interest even if i say i am working towards something and tried some dating sites again the responses are little, and some girls won't care, but with a lot of things in life you need that "bit of luck" and it hasn't come yet but you got to keep faith.
And then this song is great for that (should atleat read the lyrics). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USXQ758nVBQ
Our time will come too, it's been a long time but our time is finally near, i really wish you the best too with your finances and other things in life.
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I think your plans are as valid as any other else. I am not sure why they think that way in Netherlands, but oh well.
If you weren't speaking literally, I apologize, but I wanted to point out that the painful book publishing process shows us it's not only about someone caring to read your writings and stories. Because I'm sure people would / do care! These topics are a way of you telling us about them - althought less explicitly - but it's still neat. Of course there will always be the ones entering these topics only for the giveaway, but the internet is a sea full of message bottles. Sometimes someone will see them more than just a random thought thrown away - and read, and then send another one back.
I can see you are an intelligent guy, I know you know everything I'm saying, but I'm happy that we are sharing our thoughts nonetheless. I wasn't expecting to have deep thoughts on the SG forum when I joined it, but the community can be really heartwarming. Your stories with your sisters are inspiring.
I said I had only my sister, but actually I have a partner. A girl whom I love very much, but we're distant atm (it's nothing that bat). When younger, I was a hopeless romantic, but was very alone. That bit of luck you mentioned was the most unexpected thing, because it only appeared when I had given up. Of course everyone's case is different, but I believe this bit of luck appear to everyone, at different points in their life. I hope it helps you in the near future.
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Not sure how much the boss feels about it, if that means i stay even longer home (i am basically volunteering, while keeping wellfare so think its okay).
Got diabetes and a heart thing so i am basically a risk factor too, and wouldn't be the only one staying away there, it's more the gap in my cv i am creating again and the possibilty of companies closing down (and thus again less chance for a company giving me a chance).
And i finally found something on a grey site that kept helping me sleep a bit and calm and now our great government managed to also find time to just totally banish that (and i understand it being for dirty/tainted xtc and that crap, hard drugs are just bad, but what i had is basically close to what you would get from a pharmacy).
Okay i adjusted the title a bit, we aren't in official lockdown but after sunday when it was sunny, a lot of people went outside close together. in which our government took drastic actions.
F.e if we are now with more then 3 people together on the streets (even family) you risk a fee of 400 euro, also birthday parties with more then 3 visitors are forbidden and basically most of us still can't work till june 1, so we are / it still feels like being (semi) locked down.
I did grocery shopping in 3 different stores saturday and even there many don't give one bit about distance, although many stores got aisles so small you can't even avoid eachother.
So many youngsters that do not take things seriously, and not care or think about, risk spreading it to other (elderly) people, i am sure if these steps not help, our government will gonna put us into an official lockdown next.
But i think for most countries who had april 6 will have going to have that date moved, and i think personally it's even gonna take longer then june 1.
Anyway mysterious song.
Sorry if i missed some replies, i been trying 2 mesh systems without much luck unfortunately so had moments without wifi, and busy with other stuff.
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