Covid-19

[jack neville]

Pretty sure my shed is Coronavirus free.
So to do my bit I will tell the missus I am self isolating in the shed for the next two weeks.
Should get The Tilly finished.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by jack neville

Pretty sure my shed is Coronavirus free.
So to do my bit I will tell the missus I am self isolating in the shed for the next two weeks.
Should get The Tilly finished.

Hi Jack,
After this past week, some people now have the Corowavirus, with an attraction to green (or sand) coloured vehicles.

A nice job on the Ford ute, well done.

regards Richard

[Gordon Yeo]

Hanno

Has there been any discussion if the V-E celebrations and parades in May will be happening or cancelled?

Gordon

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Gordon Yeo

Hanno

Has there been any discussion if the V-E celebrations and parades in May will be happening or cancelled?

Gordon

Hello Gordon,

Any event planned during the lockdown in March-April is cancelled. Count on it that the events in May will be cancelled too (if not already).

The Netherlands are in a semi-lockdown situation till 6 April. But this is likely to be extended or intensified. Many countries have closed their borders, only allowing vital traffic like food and medical supplies.

Some events are to be postponed till later in the year, others will be rescheduled for the same dates in 2021.

"See you on the other side!"

HTH,
Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Good to see a mix of humour and sense in this group as Phil and others noted.

Turns out the "green virus" inflicts a habit which helps to slow down the spread of another virus. Best to retreat further in your workshop and chase away the virus with metal grinding and welding sparks and loud bangs

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

I'm so glad that the MLU community can maintain its sense of humor and logic on this topic. Just email my kids that I was doing my bit to self isolate by planning to spend my time in the shop.

Not effecting wife and I as much as our grown children and their children. Son and his wife and our daughter are all teachers. Son is a university philosophy professor who was already teaching parts of his classes online.

Barbara his wife teaches at a private school which has a large number of foreign students, none of which have traveled in more than 8 weeks. Have not heard yet how they are going isolate students who live on campus from the teachers who don't.

Our daughter who teaches high school physics in one school district while her children are in a different district. All had different closures until this weekend when all the schools closed. Her husband is basically the only one who worked from home anyway, he was a web design company.

But for now all is well.

Cheers Phil

[Philliphastings]

In an unprecedented move, ANZAC Day commemorative parades on April 25 have been cancelled across Australia by our Returned And Services League (RSL) organisation.

I think that reflects the level of seriousness and concern here.

Cheers

Phill

Lest We Forget

[Mike Cecil]

We (me & wife) are seeing art shows cancel opening events and change to extended display periods with a lot more on-line marketing (wife is an artist: www.krystiimelaine.com). It means we don't have to travel at the moment, which is a good thing by the sounds of it.

I expect we might see a certain shift in how people do business which may end up continuing long after Covid-19 is beaten: even more on-line, rather than popping down to the local shops.

Watching the MVPA to see if the annual convention goes ahead in Ohio in May, but I expect the way things are going, we might see that postponed, too. We'll 'watch and wait': it's a long road trip for me, so I'll be happy if they delay it.

Richard: when do you fly back to the Ol'country, or are you stuck in Oz with Corowa-virus?

Stay safe, all y'all!
(oh dear, he's caught a regional language' disease! )

Mike

[Bob Carriere]

..... I will be wearing rubber gloves while writing emails......just in case.

Stocked up with food and beer ....keeping our distances......

So far the Hammond barn is virus free and totally isolated....... it seems that grinding dust keeps the virus away......

Stay healthy everyone....

[Robert Bergeron]

Hello all . Take this seriously . Look at Italy . Poor souls . 300 deaths a day . Anyway , stay safe and take care of your loved ones . As a group we already socialy distance ourselves this time of year spending time in the shop . I am pulling both gas tanks on my Carrier for overhaul and changing out a few wheels . Good luck to all . Stay safe . Cheers .

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Richard: when do you fly back to the Ol'country, or are you stuck in Oz with Corowa-virus?

Hi Mike,
Just got back to Sydney tonight from Corowa via Point Lonsdale, so a long drive. Fly out on Thursday, hopefully, don't know what sort of reception I will get at Heathrow.

We were lucky with the Corowa Swim-In as it ended on Sunday and the government but a block on any events of over 500 people from Sunday midnight.

regards, Richard

[Gordon Yeo]

Hanno

Thank you for the response about the situation in Holland.

Gordon