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Started by Barrister, March 24, 2020, 04:57:44 PM

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How is your employment been affected by Covid-19

I'm "essential" - I still have to go to work
18 (22%)
I'm working remotely from home
49 (59.8%)
I've been laid off
9 (11%)
I wasn't employed to begin with
6 (7.3%)

Total Members Voted: 82

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celedhring

#270
April 03, 2020, 09:55:55 AM
Sorry to hear that Josephus. Yeah, over here a local magazine has gone under too. Small local media were already having a hard time and this will be a tough test.

Hope you can find something else soon.

Valmy

#271
April 03, 2020, 10:03:38 AM
Quote from: celedhring on April 03, 2020, 09:55:55 AM
Sorry to hear that Josephus. Yeah, over here a local magazine has gone under too. Small local media were already having a hard time and this will be a tough test.

Hope you can find something else soon.

It is a real civic crisis as Democracy needs good local news.
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Syt

#272
April 03, 2020, 10:06:32 AM
Austrian government has announced a scheme to support print publications during the crisis. Unfortunately the subsidy is based on circulation, so shitty tabloids and free subway "newspapers" will get the bulk, while smaller ones will get little, if anything at all. <_<
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mongers

#273
April 03, 2020, 10:20:28 AM
Quote from: Valmy on April 03, 2020, 10:03:38 AM
Quote from: celedhring on April 03, 2020, 09:55:55 AM
Sorry to hear that Josephus. Yeah, over here a local magazine has gone under too. Small local media were already having a hard time and this will be a tough test.

Hope you can find something else soon.

It is a real civic crisis as Democracy needs good local news.

It goes further than that, small communities need their local papers, I'm guessing for a lot of elderly Jewish people there it helps to re-enforce the sense of community.
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

mongers

#274
April 03, 2020, 10:22:46 AM
Quote from: Syt on April 03, 2020, 03:46:15 AM
Weekly shopping done. Supermarkets are supposed to hand out masks to customers this week. From next week it's mandatory to wear one in supermarkets.

My supermarket didn't hand out masks. But 95% of people wore one. So I felt like a weirdo without a mask. Human herd mentality is a funny thing. Only a month ago it was weird to see people with mask.

Toilet paper was low, but I got my preferred bread this time. Didn't check for yeast. :P It's funny the cravings you can develop. I haven't had fish sticks in probably 20 years, but now I bought several packs. :D Also, Pringles Teriyaki BBQ flavor are awesome and may become my official self isolation snack.

Le Nozze di Figaro is on the Vienna Staatsoper stream today. I caught half an hour of Nixon in China on the Met's channel yesterday, but it was too late so I had to go to bed. Unfortunately it's off the free rotation today. It seemed weird but interesting.

Syt, you had a good hunting trip then.

Funny you shoulld mention fish stickers, I bought some 'fish fingers' the other day and really enjoyed them. May beg some more on my next trip.
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derspiess

#275
April 03, 2020, 10:24:52 AM
As I posted on FB, I found bread flour yesterday :showoff:

We already had yeast.
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mongers

#276
April 03, 2020, 10:29:30 AM
Quote from: derspiess on April 03, 2020, 10:24:52 AM
As I posted on FB, I found bread flour yesterday :showoff:

We already had yeast.

:cool:

Just a suggestion to other posters, open your windows and listen to the birdsong.

I'm gonna get up early tomorrow and record the dawn chorus, hopefully with the pre-virus drone of traffic a mile away.
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garbon

#277
April 03, 2020, 10:40:59 AM
I'm not all that big on pigeons cooing.
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Syt

#278
April 03, 2020, 11:00:10 AM
Quote from: mongers on April 03, 2020, 10:29:30 AM
:cool:

Just a suggestion to other posters, open your windows and listen to the birdsong.

I'm gonna get up early tomorrow and record the dawn chorus, hopefully with the pre-virus drone of traffic a mile away.

What is this "birdsong" of which you speak? I don't have that here. :unsure:
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celedhring

#279
April 03, 2020, 11:05:26 AM
My neighbor has the most annoying cockatoo ever, and now I'm subjected to it 24/7.

Josephus

#280
April 03, 2020, 11:13:23 AM
Thanks for your virtual hugs, guys (and gal). It really does help.

Civis Romanus Sum

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derspiess

#281
April 03, 2020, 11:14:30 AM
Quote from: mongers on April 03, 2020, 10:29:30 AM
Just a suggestion to other posters, open your windows and listen to the birdsong.

I'm gonna get up early tomorrow and record the dawn chorus, hopefully with the pre-virus drone of traffic a mile away.

Weather has finally gotten decent around here.  I've got some of the windows open and am finding more & more excuses to hang out on the deck.  Birds are nice but there are a couple damned woodpeckers I'm tempted to eliminate :ph34r:
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PDH

#282
April 03, 2020, 11:15:43 AM
I get the sounds of seagulls bumping uglies right now.  It is like the Santa Cruz seabird sexathon outside these days.
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grumbler

#283
April 03, 2020, 06:29:05 PM
Quote from: Josephus on April 03, 2020, 07:04:37 AM
So as a few of you know, I lost my job yesterday. My little weekly jewish paper, which was suffering from a pre-exisiting condition was felled by COVID, and is forced to shutter down permanently.
I've been there for around 30 years, so it's hard, but I'm healthy still and look forward to moving on, at some point.

Damn.  Sorry to hear that.

Makes my own disappointments seem kinda petty.  I am retiring at the end of this school year and was kinda bummed that I will never get to teach in my cool classroom (it had an 18' by 6' conference table instead of desks) ever again.  I won't get to see any of my students before they graduate.  We're still doing an online school, but it isn't the same.  On the other hand, it's just the loss of nice-to-have, as opposed to what is happening to people like you.

I have a feeling that there will be a lot of opportunities opening up as this virus thing recedes, and I hope that rising tide lifts your boat.
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Barrister

#284
April 03, 2020, 06:31:15 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 03, 2020, 11:14:30 AM
Quote from: mongers on April 03, 2020, 10:29:30 AM
Just a suggestion to other posters, open your windows and listen to the birdsong.

I'm gonna get up early tomorrow and record the dawn chorus, hopefully with the pre-virus drone of traffic a mile away.

Weather has finally gotten decent around here.  I've got some of the windows open and am finding more & more excuses to hang out on the deck.  Birds are nice but there are a couple damned woodpeckers I'm tempted to eliminate :ph34r:

We've had a crazy cold snap.  -20c overnight, -10c daytime high, over the last few days.  That's pretty crazy for early April.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.
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