self Isolation good or bad

my job rotates around school kids and camps, due to schools cancelling like theres no tomorrow, I am pondering the next couple of months.

hmmm SHED TIME, pure uninterrupted SHED TIME :2tsup: :)

may need a quick run to Adelaide stock up on plywood but I think Ive got enough screws, biscuits (TimTams), bitsnpieces etc etc to last awhile.
Fair go not even work heading to Bunnings anymore snag sizzles have just been shut down.

Nasty mind that I have, If love to set a BBQ up in back of ute with snags n onions and just drive around their carpark, pied piper at work again.

I would love to self isolate, shed time YES in buckets full, plus the 557 books I’ve promised my self I would read.
A few DVDS Sally has, a big collection?
But the crunch big time for me is $$$$$$


I’m classed as a sole trader.
We are now only spending money on essentials food fuel bills,absolutely nothing else, it’s quite worrying actually.

Cheers Matt.

I really like working by myself and have heap of projects I can do. In most cases I work around any obstacles but SWMBO who still has vertigo and can’t drive said once she recovers she is happy to do the odd hardware run although she has booked me to help take her horse to it’s next farrier appointment. The last time I got involved with the horse float the jockey wheel collapsed and the hitch fell onto my right foot toes. Luckily I had my steel caps on.

Been on holidays for the last week and returning to work next Monday but we've all gone WFH anyway.

My problem has been motivation the last couple or days, bought a ton of stuff for projects at Timbecon but can't drag myself to the shop. Hoping I can turn it around tomorrow, thinking of going to see The Timber Bloke for some inspiration. Been meaning to stock up on some nice timber for ages anyway and I'm sure he'd appreciate the business right now.

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Originally Posted by Simplicity

I would love to self isolate, shed time YES in buckets full, plus the 557 books I’ve promised my self I would read.
A few DVDS Sally has, a big collection?
But the crunch big time for me is $$$$$$


I’m classed as a sole trader.
We are now only spending money on essentials food fuel bills,absolutely nothing else, it’s quite worrying actually.

Cheers Matt.

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I hear ya Matt, and am in the same boat.

Some time off sounds yummy... needed even, but you gotta keep the coin coming in the front door, or else!

I work from home around my sons' school and childcare hours. So this self isolation isn't a big setback for me as being in rural Victoria I order most of my hardware online and had timber dropped off for my current order on Tuesday so I'm set for a few weeks.

The only understandable but frustrating thing for me is that all the markets I'd booked in for have been cancelled until further notice. I do have a pile of books to get through if I run out of work I suppose.

For me it's business as usual - get up in the morning, drive Jools to the station, come home and make the tough decision as to whether to go to the shed or stay in the house. :roll:

By the end of the week Jools may be working from home, so I won't even have to get up early to take her to the station.

Having been self-employed myself in the past I do have sympathy for the people doing it tough, but just for once in my life, it isn't me.

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Originally Posted by BobL

I really like working by myself and have heap of projects I can do. In most cases I work around any obstacles but SWMBO who still has vertigo and can’t drive said once she recovers she is happy to do the odd hardware run although she has booked me to help take her horse to it’s next farrier appointment. The last time I got involved with the horse float the jockey wheel collapsed and the hitch fell onto my right foot toes. Luckily I had my steel caps on.

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I store the local men’s shed trailer in my back yard, under the overflow tank beside my shed.
Had a geriatric old clown turn up last week in sandals to pick it up.
He was about my age but couldn’t even get down to attach the chain and plug.
I sent them a gentle missive re appropriate gear.
I’m probably wasting my time as they recently had a few fires in their tablesaw.
H.

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Originally Posted by doug3030

Having been self-employed myself in the past I do have sympathy for the people doing it tough, but just for once in my life, it isn't me.

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Me too. Isolation good or bad? In the case of a bloke having to keep the money flowing in, continuing to work is a necessity. I think sensible precautions like social distancing, keeping away from kids and vulnerable people would be appropriate. Isolation for 14 days is only needed when contact is made with a person who is symptomatic with COVID-19.

We have division in our household. SWMBO wants to stay in Sydney because we live very close to a major hospital. I want to go to the farm and spend time in the shed. Fortunately we're at an age where neither party minds very much.

Yesterday I was told that schools closed for a year during the polio epidemic sometime in the late 40s or early fifties. I must check with my older sisters.

mick

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Originally Posted by Glider

Me too. Isolation good or bad? In the case of a bloke having to keep the money flowing in, continuing to work is a necessity. I think sensible precautions like social distancing, keeping away from kids and vulnerable people would be appropriate. Isolation for 14 days is only needed when contact is made with a person who is symptomatic with COVID-19.

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Anyone with major pre-existing medical conditions should seriously consider long term (ie not just 14 days) isolation. My GP even recommends that anyone over 70 without pre-existing medical conditions should also consider this. I was somewhat gobsmacked at all those seniors showing up en masse at grocery shops on the TV. I guess they will eventually tjust end up giving it all to each other. Thin the herd I guess, maybe not a bad thing?

I'm 65 with 4 pre-existing medical conditions so I have really taken this on board. I'm driving SWMBO to the stores and sitting in the car while she does the shopping.

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Yesterday I was told that schools closed for a year during the polio epidemic sometime in the late 40s or early fifties. I must check with my older sisters.

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The US did this in 1916 and later in the 40's? The effectiveness of closures is debatable and there is some research that also indicates that students who experienced this had lower overall educational outcomes for the rest of their lives. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1951.tb01445.x

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Originally Posted by Glider

Yesterday I was told that schools closed for a year during the polio epidemic sometime in the late 40s or early fifties. I must check with my older sisters.

mick

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I was at high school in the early 1950s and school was not closed here in Victoria.

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Originally Posted by BobL

I'm 65 with 4 pre-existing medical conditions so I have really taken this on board. I'm driving SWMBO to the stores and sitting in the car while she does the shopping.

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I'm 60 with a few pre-existings as well so also high risk category. My pre-existing PTSD probably does not make me more susceptible to Covid19 but every time I have to go out to the shops it makes my Bull$h!t fuze shorter and shorter when dealing with the idiots I encounter.

Today I was second in the line at the fruit and vege shop, and because I take it seriously because of my medical conditions I was standing right at the end of the checkout while the person being served was down the other end near the cashier, over a metre of "social distancing". A woman joined the queue behind me and stood so close I could feel her breath on my arm.

I politely said to her "Excuse me but do you really think it is advisable to stand that close together?"

She snapped back "Well if you Fu*k!ng moved up the counter I could put my stuff on it."

Me: "Are you aware that we are supposed to be practicing social distancing?"

Her: "Do you think I am a ***king leper or something?

Me: "No not at all, it's just what the Government is recommending because of he pandemic."

Her: "Don't give me that %h!t, I'm not a f**&ing idiot."

Somehow I kept my cool and paid for my shopping and left while she continued to cast aspersions on my parentage to anyone who would listen.

And it is only going to get worse.

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Me: "Are you aware that we are supposed to be practicing social distancing?"

Her: "Do you think I am a ***king leper or something?

Me: "No not at all, it's just what the Government is recommending because of he pandemic."

Her: "Don't give me that %h!t, I'm not a f**&ing idiot."

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I would beg to differ with the lady.

mick

In times like this, I think we have to be extra nice to these idiots, not for their sake, but ours.

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Originally Posted by justonething

In times like this, I think we have to be extra nice to these idiots, not for their sake, but ours.

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I thought I had built up a pretty good immunity to idiots, but there seems to be a new strain out there.

Idiot #2 for the day:

Jools came home on the train and walked from the station to Woolies. I parked in the car park out the front to wait for her. Just sitting in the car listening to the radio with the window down. Next thing I know there is a head in the car with me, intruding through the window, asking me if I want to buy a raffle ticket. I just turned the ignition key to on and hit the window up button and the head magically withdrew from the car's interior. The head then started streaming profanities at me through the glass, but I just picked up the phone and started up the camera. Unfortunately once the phone came out the head disappeared before I could actually start recording. Social distancing and Covid-19 aside that was too intrusive any day of the week. What the hell are people thinking?

I'm thinking of getting SWMBO to make me a T-shirt with "Pox carrier" or "Medically compromised Lifeform" on it, to wear down the park while walking the dogs.

Bugger, and bottoms !!!!
Sally and I have have made the decision, that if we go into lock down, it will be in Melbourne looking after Sal,s elderly father,
It’s the right thing to do.

But my toy tools will be one hour 45 minutes away!!!
Looks like I’m reading and posting inappropriate remarks on social media.


Cheers Matt.

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Originally Posted by BobL

I'm thinking of getting SWMBO to make me a T-shirt with "Pox carrier" or "Medically compromised Lifeform" on it, to wear down the park while walking the dogs.

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Could she be persuaded too do two, please

Cheers Matt.

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Originally Posted by BobL

I'm thinking of getting SWMBO to make me a T-shirt with "Pox carrier" or "Medically compromised Lifeform" on it, to wear down the park while walking the dogs.

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perhaps the T-shirt message should be

should you compromise my social distance you might be spat upon

:D

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I'm thinking of getting SWMBO to make me a T-shirt with "Pox carrier" or "Medically compromised Lifeform" on it, to wear down the park while walking the dogs.

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to lighten the tone somewhat ...

that T-shirt idea reminds me of the text I once suggested be worn by a female dog walker

He's gay, I'm available




I'm not sure how the arrow would be positioned.
(Idea borrowed from the I'm with an idiot T-shirt)

I work from home, but this is not the same thing. I have my professional rooms (like a granny flat) built above the garage. From there I see patients through the day.

I have a large - LARGE - sign on the front door, as well as another inside the entrance, which ask everyone to wash their hands upon entering and before sitting down in the waiting room ... I go around spraying and wiping down surfaces between every patient, where they sat, what they may have touched ... bloody exhausting. 8 hourly appointments each day.

The first patient - a father brings in his son - and I ask them “Did you wash your hands ... did you see the signs”. Blank stares ... “Yes, I washed my hands at home this morning ... “ No, they did not read the signs.

Some of the kids pretend to wash, and require supervision to ensure compliance. It’s a new test for Oppositional Defiance Disorder!

Not everyone is like this.

I am taking a week off as I have mild asthma from a postnasal drip (allergy). I need to be well and not lower my immunity. I am going to reduce the number of appointments I make each day, and look into on-line consulting.

Regards from Perth

Derek

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Originally Posted by derekcohen

I am going to reduce the number of appointments I make each day, and look into on-line consulting.

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forgive my ignorance, but is there a Medicare rebate for online consulting?

Ian, Medicare have just released a new set of rebate claiming and criteria for Covid-19 ...

New MBS telehealth items for the coronavirus - Services Australia

This does not mean that I can simply see everyone via telephone or video conferencing ... unless I was also deemed to be at-risk. If I do not meet the criteria simply because I am a Provider of services. In effect, I am on the "front line", so to speak (along with teachers, supermarket checkout staff, and others meeting people everyday).

Regards from Perth

Derek

I am laughing so hard at this!!!!:d

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Originally Posted by riverbuilder

I am laughing so hard at this!!!!:d

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What is so amusing?

Regards from Perth

Derek

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Originally Posted by derekcohen

Ian, Medicare have just released a new set of rebate claiming and criteria for Covid-19 ...

New MBS telehealth items for the coronavirus - Services Australia

This does not mean that I can simply see everyone via telephone or video conferencing ... unless I was also deemed to be at-risk. If I do not meet the criteria simply because I am a Provider of services. In effect, I am on the "front line", so to speak (along with teachers, supermarket checkout staff, and others meeting people everyday).

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Derek, I didn't expect my question to elicit such a reply.
It's sort of a bit off topic for this particular thread but it does suggest that the contention that Centerlink "needs time to adjust our systems" before splashing the $750 in cash around in a new, perhaps less than favourable, for Centerlink, light.


Can't have the "stimulus money" appearing in the current bush fire affected quarter can we now??



Thank you for sharing

Hi Ian

I thought a bit more detail would be useful for anyone here who wants support and needs to know the ins-and-outs.

I have constant input via the health departments.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Derek

I was referring to a post in, I think, the Corona virus = empty shelves thread, that suggested that Centerlink would need time to adjust their systems before they could "splash the cash".

Given that Government services essentially use different parts of the same IT platform, confirmation that the "splash" is apparently being delayed till next quarter is interesting...

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What is so amusing?

Regards from Perth

Derek

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sorry I was laughing at the story about the guy sticking his head in the car, and the t-shirts, still getting a handle on the controls for those quotation box thingies.

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I was referring to a post in, I think, the Corona virus = empty shelves thread, that suggested that Centerlink would need time to adjust their systems before they could "splash the cash".

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When I get my $750 "splash" if I am lucky it might ALMOST cover the increase in meat prices for a month or two. I can't see it leaving enough to create an economic stimulus of discretionary spending.

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Originally Posted by doug3030

When I get my $750 "splash" if I am lucky it might ALMOST cover the increase in meat prices for a month or two. I can't see it leaving enough to create an economic stimulus of discretionary spending.

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It wouldn't be so bad if it was going to the farmers but I suspect there's a fair bit of siphoning along the track.

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When I get my $750 "splash" if I am lucky it might ALMOST cover the increase in meat prices for a month or two. I can't see it leaving enough to create an economic stimulus of discretionary spending.

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I seriously hardly think any of $750 hand out will hit small businesses.


It’s going back to the big chain stores mostly.

Cheers Matt

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Originally Posted by Simplicity

I seriously hardly think any of $750 hand out will hit small businesses.


It’s going back to the big chain stores mostly.

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I would usually drop a lot more than that on small businesses at woodworking shows but we probably won't see any of them this year. :rolleyes: