kungshamra71 687 Posted December 20, 2020 #3971 Share Posted December 20, 2020 3 hours ago, heywoodu said: On which, according to experts, the vaccines most likely will work as well. Bit of a panic reaction to shut down everything from the UK in a matter of hours now (the Netherlands stopped all flights from the UK during the last night, out of the blue), but alright. Let's see how it goes. In Portugal they just decided now to forbid entry from anyone coming from UK, except for Portuguese people, and for those they demand PCR negative test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungshamra71 687 Posted December 20, 2020 #3972 Share Posted December 20, 2020 On 14/12/2020 at 12:09, heywoodu said: 'Hard lockdown' incoming from tonight on, apparently, although I'm still annoyed by the use of the term lockdown (Wuhan had a lockdown). Partially due to a huge increase in new daily cases (going from 6k earlier in the month to nearly 10k a day now) and partially because of Germany's decision to close a whole lot of stuff tihs week, which would otherwise lead to half of Germany going to the Netherlands - history has shown that's not a good idea. Apparently only supermarkets, bakeries, pharmacies and such will remain open, but that's all your standard 2020 stuff in Europe/the world anyway No way gyms remain open, so we'll have to improvise (maybe with some tyres or heavy bags) for a certain Brazilian Totallympian to keep up the strength training if coming here this week actually works out Interesting thing, this whole new spike of cases are about two weeks after the black friday (where i guess you know how too many people went to the shops because.... korting!...). Maybe it's coincidence, but still interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungshamra71 687 Posted December 20, 2020 #3973 Share Posted December 20, 2020 On 16/12/2020 at 21:42, heywoodu said: I have (at least since I got my job in June) and it has been glorious. I wish this part can stay forever, with going to the office being only optional once this has all blown over No 30-40+ people running and yelling around the office (which I heard from colleagues who've been there longer), meaning I wouldn't be able to get any work done. 90% of the communication done in chats on Teams, meaning most of the important things being said can easily be found instead of having to dig through one's own memory. I can have 5 conversations at the same time, since they're all on Teams it is super easy to keep track of them without having to juggle them in my mind, and I can take a bit of time to answer appropriately. Instead of having to get ready for work 1,5 hour before the start time (travel time etc), I can get ready 5 minutes before the start time. As soon as the workday is done, private time starts, instead of first having to travel all the way back home. I can turn on the TV to some sports (without sound of course, to not get distracted) to keep an eye on. During my break, I can lean back in my comfy chair and watch some TV or something instead of having lunch at work. I'm working from home since march or april (i dont know, from the first lockdown basically) with no prediction on when to return to the office. I like it, but i must say i miss a bit the social part with the team. Online team events help, but it's not the same... Where do you work btw, in Amsterdam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,694 Posted December 20, 2020 #3974 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Here we go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,694 Posted December 20, 2020 #3975 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Someone must play in Plague Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opruh 129 Posted December 21, 2020 #3976 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Total lockdown is needed asap. Hopefully it's not too late yet and the new strain will stay there and not infect the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,562 Posted December 21, 2020 #3977 Share Posted December 21, 2020 7 hours ago, kungshamra71 said: I'm working from home since march or april (i dont know, from the first lockdown basically) with no prediction on when to return to the office. I like it, but i must say i miss a bit the social part with the team. Online team events help, but it's not the same... Where do you work btw, in Amsterdam? Amersfoort Well, Nunspeet mostly this year But Amersfoort is where the office is. Perfect location in the center of the country and not even a 5-minute walk away from the train station. I would like the social part a bit more sometimes, but am really glad it's not every day. The people are not the problem, the noise would be If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,694 Posted December 21, 2020 #3978 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Good luck elected Mr. President Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,592 Posted December 22, 2020 #3979 Share Posted December 22, 2020 A lot of winter sports are competing and many summer Olympic sports events like badminton are expcting to resume soon. Athletes are counting on these to collect points for Olympic quotas. Is there gonna be a general vaccination plan for athletes helping them international traveling? IOC should do something. opruh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted December 23, 2020 #3980 Share Posted December 23, 2020 First cases on Antarctica. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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