spur1 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, Me_ said: Ideas people! Ideas! We have a plethora of super brains in here, addicted to statistics and the passion of the game. Only this time, the game is a life and death survival program with no end in sight. Heres a great idea: Engineers are Converting Old Shipping Containers into Mobile ICUs Good idea. Maybe they could use them for homeless housing units. Could easily make two units per container. They can even be stacked. The only people we treat worse than the old folks in the care homes are the homeless. That being said the for the most part the homeless don’t treat themselves that great either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, spur1 said: Good idea. Maybe they could use them for homeless housing units. Could easily make two units per container. They can even be stacked. The only people we treat worse than the old folks in the care homes are the homeless. That being said the for the most part the homeless don’t treat themselves that great either. Been saying that for a long time. It was always deemed “uncreative” by architects. There are MILLIONS of these containers. And millions of others are unused. But it’s not “safe”. Which is synonymous with “I don’t want to be responsible should something go wrong”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spur1 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 43 minutes ago, kingofsurrey said: Sorry but that is unrealistic. Small business is the heart of BC. If current small business is wiped out... to much expertise will be forever lost. It will not simply be rebuilt. Many small businesses are simply a make work project or should I say avoid work project for the owners and are not needed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 It amazes me how some people get caught up in the fear mongering. My buddy was in tears the other day at work because customers weren't social distancing in our parking lot. Considering our counter is closed and we only do phone in orders he was really freaking out over nothing. One of the best moves I did was to delete Facebook. Far too many people losing their minds. We all need to go forward with our lives. Practice the social distancing but do not get caught up in the breaking news crap. Yes, people will die, but that is no reason to curl up into a ball. The mental health damage from COVID-19 will be much more long lasting than the virus, especially when the bankruptcy's and foreclosures pile up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spur1 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Me_ said: Been saying that for a long time. It was always deemed “uncreative” by architects. There are MILLIONS of these containers. And millions of others are unused. But it’s not “safe”. Which is synonymous with “I don’t want to be responsible should something go wrong”. Sounds like they are too stupid to add another door or window to make them safer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Grapefruits said: It amazes me how some people get caught up in the fear mongering. My buddy was in tears the other day at work because customers weren't social distancing in our parking lot. Considering our counter is closed and we only do phone in orders he was really freaking out over nothing. One of the best moves I did was to delete Facebook. Far too many people losing their minds. We all need to go forward with our lives. Practice the social distancing but do not get caught up in the breaking news crap. Yes, people will die, but that is no reason to curl up into a ball. The mental health damage from COVID-19 will be much more long lasting than the virus, especially when the bankruptcy's and foreclosures pile up. Absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 19 minutes ago, Me_ said: Been saying that for a long time. It was always deemed “uncreative” by architects. There are MILLIONS of these containers. And millions of others are unused. But it’s not “safe”. Which is synonymous with “I don’t want to be responsible should something go wrong”. Thats the reason why, no one wants the liability. There are some pretty cool setups I have seen around the world. I have actually looked and thought about putting a couple on my property as a rental house but I don't want to give up the soccer field I am currently trying to level lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spur1 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, Grapefruits said: It amazes me how some people get caught up in the fear mongering. My buddy was in tears the other day at work because customers weren't social distancing in our parking lot. Considering our counter is closed and we only do phone in orders he was really freaking out over nothing. One of the best moves I did was to delete Facebook. Far too many people losing their minds. We all need to go forward with our lives. Practice the social distancing but do not get caught up in the breaking news crap. Yes, people will die, but that is no reason to curl up into a ball. The mental health damage from COVID-19 will be much more long lasting than the virus, especially when the bankruptcy's and foreclosures pile up. This is just practice for the coming collapse caused by climate change. The ones being foreclosed and going bankrupt now will be the same, as they are not really essential. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 virus returns to China? https://www.covid-19canada.com/ China 82,692 cases up 351 deaths 4,632 up 1,290 Weeks of two or thee a day, now this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skolozsy2 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, gurn said: virus returns to China? https://www.covid-19canada.com/ China 82,692 cases up 351 deaths 4,632 up 1,290 Weeks of two or thee a day, now this? Yeah I noticed that. Have they even reported 1300 new cases over the last two weeks? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 hours ago, skolozsy2 said: Yeah I noticed that. Have they even reported 1300 new cases over the last two weeks? CCP added a bunch this morning because people died at home and weren’t counted until now. I don’t believe their numbers at all. Add a few zeros... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 What happened when five million medical masks for Canada's COVID-19 fight were hijacked in China 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Coronavirus: German zoo may have to feed animals to each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 5 hours ago, gurn said: virus returns to China? https://www.covid-19canada.com/ China 82,692 cases up 351 deaths 4,632 up 1,290 Weeks of two or thee a day, now this? As been said.....earlier numbers from the Communists in charge were a fabrication. No different from the likely other problem to emerge in Russia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 34 minutes ago, Me_ said: Coronavirus: German zoo may have to feed animals to each other Thats unfortunate... I guess silver lining its the cycle of life.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 13 hours ago, Ray_Cathode said: There is a much simpler explanation. Taiwan keeps a close watch on communist China and does not trust them as far as it could throw them. So does South Korea. When you live next to the troll under the bridge, it is a good idea to know what it is up to. Our prime minister views communist China as his favourite form of that he admires, something to reflect on in this nation’s shutdown and why it happened: https://torontosun.com/2013/11/08/trudeau-admires-chinas-basic-dictatorship/wcm/72d62ec4-e0f4-4720-bb18-d998f445630c I always assumed that Taiwan and S. Korea would have very well developed plans in place to deal with bio warfare in the event it was used against them. PPE equipment in strategic supply and methods of following infections and then dealing with it. They also probably have a level of training for such events that far exceeds anything seen in NA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 12 hours ago, Laser Canuck said: Please show me the criticism from MSM on our PM doing practically nothing until it was far to late. This is the one story I could find and I guess you can say he did do something, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-faces-criticism-for-sending-16-tonnes-of-personal-protective/ I really want to be wrong on this. Your talking about a country that allowed a governing party, in essence, nationalize the media with $600 million taxpayer dollars. Combine that with the $1.5 billion the disgraceful CBC gets. In fairness the National Post and the G&M have ran recent stories about Chinese lies about the virus and the WHO complicity in those lies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CBH1926 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2020 7 hours ago, gurn said: virus returns to China? https://www.covid-19canada.com/ China 82,692 cases up 351 deaths 4,632 up 1,290 Weeks of two or thee a day, now this? 6 hours ago, skolozsy2 said: Yeah I noticed that. Have they even reported 1300 new cases over the last two weeks? With Chinese numbers I generally use multiplier of 10. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RUPERTKBD Posted April 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2020 Nice to see a little Karma during this crisis.....courtesy of a store owner in Oz..... https://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/whats-hot/store-boss-flips-off-coronavirus-hoarder-asking-for-dollar10k-toilet-paper-refund/ar-BB12Km9e?li=AAggNb9 Quote A grocery store manager in Australia says he flatly refused to give a coronavirus hoarder a refund, after the shopper tried to return more than $10,000 Australian ($8,900 Canadian) worth of toilet paper and other supplies that he'd stockpiled to sell online. John-Paul Drake, who runs Drakes supermarket in Adelaide, says he gave the customer the middle finger after the man tried to return approximately 5,000 rolls of toilet paper and 150 one-litre bottles of hand sanitizer earlier this month. Drake says the man was a profiteer who'd been trying to sell the in-demand items online during the pandemic. He went back for a refund after eBay refused to let him sell the items at a steep markup. "I told him that that is the sort of person who is causing the problem in the whole country," Drake said in a weekly video update posted on YouTube. Drake told Australia's ABC News that the shopper used a team of 20 buyers to snap up $10,000 worth of toilet paper when the crisis started. "In that conversation [he said], 'my eBay site has been shut down, so we couldn't profiteer off that,'" Drake told ABC. “That is the sort of person that is causing the problem in the whole country," he added in his video. Australia went through an intense period of panicked toilet paper-buying in early March, when fears of the COVID-19 were ramping up worldwide. "We have had some staggering statistics," Drake said in his video. He says the store sold eight months' worth of toilet paper in about four weeks, and a year's supply of flour in nine days. "If everyone had just bought the things that they'd needed for their immediate short term, we would be fine," Drake said. "The whole world is in the same boat." 1 2 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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