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I'm all good for WFH (and have been for a couple of years) but if/when schools and nurseries close I'm going to be able to do about 10% of the work I usually do. Maybe 20-30% if I spend every evening working.

Oldest is in reception so it's not like I can tell them to just bugger off and do their homework for a couple of hours. Wife isn't frontline NHS but needs to be on their network to get the data she needs so has to go into the office for that.

Manglement here still haven't made a formal announcement about WFH, but I'm doing all the prep to support it regardless.

We're all pissed off about it, and basically doing a go slow.

Johnson expected to announce England closures from Friday.

Assuming the coin lands on the correct side when he tosses it, arf.

Going to be carnage if you're leveraged up.

Well they’re expanding mortuaries with temporary structures but not the hospitals. It’s going to get overwhelmed very quickly.

Incidentally - Are Greta and the other Young People going to hate us non-Young People (more) for taking our eye off the Climate Crisis to focus on the Covid stuff?

mik wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:52 pm Incidentally - Are Greta and the other Young People going to hate us non-Young People (more) for taking our eye off the Climate Crisis to focus on the Covid stuff?

There has been a load of stuff from Greta about concentrating on climate change. Choose your timing, I appreciate the problem hasn’t gone away, but just hold on for a week or two...

I guess her School Strikes will have a little less impact now.

Strong noise about it all going into Spain/Italy Lockdown Thursday night..

simon_g wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:45 pm I'm all good for WFH (and have been for a couple of years) but if/when schools and nurseries close I'm going to be able to do about 10% of the work I usually do. Maybe 20-30% if I spend every evening working.

Pretty much this.

It will be interesting how this is interpreted with regards to people still needing to work.

Dave!

We are seeing lots of couples splitting the childcare responsibilities and catching up on work later in the evenings... we’ll see how sustainable this model is....

Rich B wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:55 pm

mik wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:52 pm Incidentally - Are Greta and the other Young People going to hate us non-Young People (more) for taking our eye off the Climate Crisis to focus on the Covid stuff?

There has been a load of stuff from Greta about concentrating on climate change. Choose your timing, I appreciate the problem hasn’t gone away, but just hold on for a week or two...

If she starts pointing out food shortages, illnesses etc are what to expect if we carry on consuming, particularly if the governments of the world bail out the rich again at the expense of the panic buying masses she might get some traction.

Broccers wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:34 pm Going to be carnage if you're leveraged up.

That sounds like sour grapes from someone heavily invested in the stock market

Jobbo wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:39 pm

Broccers wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:34 pm Going to be carnage if you're leveraged up.

That sounds like sour grapes from someone heavily invested in the stock market

Foz wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:15 pm Strong noise about it all going into Spain/Italy Lockdown Thursday night..

Heard the same thing, army personnel being briefed.

Jobbo wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:39 pm

Broccers wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:34 pm Going to be carnage if you're leveraged up.

That sounds like sour grapes from someone heavily invested in the stock market

That would be Absolutely bang on had you not sold 80 percent of your holdings in January.

mik wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:22 pm We are seeing lots of couples splitting the childcare responsibilities and catching up on work later in the evenings... we’ll see how sustainable this model is....

Yep, make it work.

Schools closing Friday...