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dinny_g wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:07 pm

NotoriousREV wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:58 pm Irish guy took me out for “a couple of pints” round Amsterdam.

Always dangerous

I thought that until I let the Russians take me out. I think it was around that time I semi-retired from alcohol.

Oh fuck yeah, those lads know how to drink!

The Finns are pretty full on too!

Indeed!

We do have a pretty good drinking culture at my place. Last Thursday we went out to celebrate a new project signing at lunch, and stayed out til midnight (all paid for). We decided that night to have a half day Friday too because we’d all worked hard!

Just read that sales of new cars dropped by 92% in China for the first 2 weeks of Feb.

https://apple.news/Ai6kzPKqXTn-yBsg0YcUC5Q

See the first page

That’s the thanks I get for backing you up?

How soon before our schools close? Italy saying theres are to be shut until March 15th. When's half term - can't they just wait till then

Genuine risk. And then lots more folks will have to WFH due to lack if childcare...

So it’s all going to have blown over in 10 days time? Those Italians are delusional as ever.

I've just booked to holidays to Europe. I have faith this will be another SARS.

I've just started working for a bank and they've been getting everything lined up to shortly announce a "everybody work from home who can work from home" policy by the look of things.

I do wonder how long it will be until all sporting events and gigs are affected, surely only a matter of time??

Gwaredd wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:38 pm I've just booked to holidays to Europe. I have faith this will be another SARS.

Same, booked our flights for Easter yesterday, was almost full too. There's how many billion people in the world, and how many infected? Just be sensible and get on with your life IMO.

tim wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:19 pm
Same, booked our flights for Easter yesterday, was almost full too. There's how many billion people in the world, and how many infected? Just be sensible and get on with your life IMO.

We're off to Holland for Easter again. Only 34 people infected there vs 87 here, so I figure we'll be safer

I reckon there will be 500 cases by the end of the week. Actually a good time book holidays as it’s so cheap but ending up having to do a quarantine would suck,

I love your optimism guys, but don't forget that as it can take 2 weeks to show issues, it's possible that the true number of those affected is already 2 weeks further ahead in the infection curve that we think....

Well if there’s people catching it out of “nowhere” then there’s probably a few thousand infected with it here already.

Gwaredd wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:56 pm

tim wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:19 pm
Same, booked our flights for Easter yesterday, was almost full too. There's how many billion people in the world, and how many infected? Just be sensible and get on with your life IMO.

We're off to Holland for Easter again. Only 34 people infected there vs 87 here, so I figure we'll be safer

Good luck getting your money back when they start banning travel