Hectic Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 4 hours ago, wloutet said: Yes the island is a poor place to live (sarcasm), it's too rainy compared to North Vancouver (sarcasm), it's real estate prices are too high(true, but sarcasm) compared to the mainland. And you have to on a ferry to get here. Come to visit (when COVID-19 is over), but then go home, to your commutes, the crowds, the..... i love the island, moved to Nanaimo a couple years ago and decided recently I'll be staying here long term. Awesome spot and I still go back every 2-3 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wloutet Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Hectic said: love the island, I am hearing Harry Belafonte singing "This is my island, in the sun, where my people have come since time begun....". Yup, it is a little bit of heaven here. I've always thought that Earth is the best planet in this Solar System to live on, and Canada is the best country on this planet to live in, BC is the best province in this country to live in, and Vancouver Island is the best part of BC to live in, and the Cowichan Valley is the best part of the Island to live in. So logically, what's the conclusion? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 15 hours ago, luckylager said: I'm happy you guys are back. My boy wasn't missing school at all, nor the social aspect, because he's out skateboarding, biking, shooting pucks and hanging out with the neighbourhood kids all afternoon. My 6yro daughter... she was so happy to go back and see one of her "million friends". I've tried to set up a few hangouts with her friends for her and it just hasn't been working out, I've been feeling pretty bad for her. The kidos need other kidos to do dumb $&!# with. I expected more kids back, especially since I'm in a moderately low socio-economic area, but our admin was pretty open with parents that this wasn't going to be a coming to school to hang out with friends on the playground experience. Social distancing was going to be respected and they only have a 15 free time period outside for lunch (they go outside with their teacher quite a bit, but not unstructured time.. I think most parents and kids just want to start up again in Sept 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 16 hours ago, luckylager said: Fyi, we dont actually want anyone moving here. The Island is closed. And we've had 1 case of COVID in the last 3 weeks (and the jackass came from Albertica). 3 hours ago, aGENT said: My brood and I will be moving there in a few weeks and joining you and @bishopshodan. Sorry I suggest a "Battle Royal" format competition between the three of you. Loser has to move to Port Hardy and second place gets Duncan..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 14 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Loser has to move to Port Hardy and second place gets Duncan..... I lived in both, you may have those prizes backwards. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 7 hours ago, skategal said: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/man-behind-sweden-s-virus-strategy-says-he-got-some-things-wrong Sweden’s top epidemiologist has admitted his strategy to fight Covid-19 resulted in too many deaths, after persuading his country to avoid a strict lockdown. “If we were to encounter the same illness with the same knowledge that we have today, I think our response would land somewhere in between what Sweden did and what the rest of the world has done,” Anders Tegnell said in an interview with Swedish Radio. Tegnell is the brains behind Sweden’s controversial approach to fighting the virus, and the government of Stefan Lofven has deferred to the epidemiologist in its official response to the pandemic. Gatherings of more than 50 people continue to be banned, but throughout the crisis Swedes have been able to visit restaurants, go shopping, attend gyms and send children under 16 to school. The laxer approach to containing the virus has drawn both praise and condemnation from across the globe. What is beyond debate, however, is the effect the strategy has had on the country’s death toll. At 43 deaths per 100,000, Sweden’s mortality rate is among the highest globally and far exceeds that of neighboring Denmark and Norway, which imposed much tougher lockdowns at the onset of the pandemic. “Clearly, there is potential for improvement in what we have done in Sweden,” Tegnell said. The comments appeared to frustrate some members of the government. Sweden’s minister of health and social affairs, Lena Hallengren, said Tegnell “still can’t give an exact answer on what other measures should have been taken. That question remains, I think,” the minister said, according to Dagens Nyheter. Falling Behind Until now, Tegnell had argued that the long-term nature of the Covid-19 pandemic required a more sustainable response than severe and sudden lockdowns. Despite criticism from abroad, Tegnell’s strategy enjoyed widespread support in Sweden. But with many other European Union countries now rolling back their lockdowns after appearing to bring Covid-19 under control, there are signs that Sweden may be left behind. That includes the freedom of movement of its citizens, as some EU countries restrict access to people coming from what are deemed high-risk Covid zones. What’s more, there’s so far limited evidence that Sweden’s decision to leave much of its society open will support the economy. Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson recently warned that Sweden is facing its worst economic crisis since World War II, with GDP set to slump 7% in 2020, roughly as much as the rest of the EU. The government has started to grow concerned at the apparent missteps taken to fight the spread of the virus in Sweden. On Monday, Lofven promised there’d be an inquiry into the handling of the crisis before the summer. Some lawmakers in Sweden’s parliament were quick to weigh in. Jimmie Akesson, the leader of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, tweeted that the comments by Tegnell are “astonishing.” “For months, critics have been consistently dismissed. Sweden has done everything right, the rest of the world has done it wrong. And now, suddenly, this,” Akesson said. But, but herd immunity! Better economy! Freedom! Smarter than us! Many of us have been trying to get the muppets who thought Sweden’s approach was the better approach, to understand that they were always in the wrong. Wonder if they’ll admit it now? I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 11 minutes ago, gurn said: I lived in both, you may have those prizes backwards. I only visited, but I gave Druncan the edge, because of it's proximity to Victoria.... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Ontario city considered COVID-19 hot spot warns 'reckless' backyard parties need to stop They’re all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 #BrokenBC Curious George. @impishchimp. 33m Funny that we’re told those same masks don’t work at schools. #bced #bcpoli @CBCNews · 2h Effective noon Thursday, airline flight crew and airport workers will be required to wear non-medical masks. https://cbc.ca/1.5597000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said: I suggest a "Battle Royal" format competition between the three of you. Loser has to move to Port Hardy and second place gets Duncan..... I don't want to win second place. Those kids used to come wreck our Parksville sandcastle weekends. Trying to beat everyone up. Who gives steroids to high schoolers? Then again, they were pretty good at hockey. BTW, Nanoose Bay does not exist. No need for anyone to try to find it. If you come for a visit and turn right after getting off the ferries in Nanaimo, do not stop until you see goats on a roof. Then you should pull over for an ice cream. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chon derry Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said: I suggest a "Battle Royal" format competition between the three of you. Loser has to move to Port Hardy and second place gets Duncan.....third prince rupert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Increase of 22 positive cases is the largest single day jump since May 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Tiger, lion, dog and two cats. All tested positive. All live in NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: I don't want to win second place. Those kids used to come wreck our Parksville sandcastle weekends. Trying to beat everyone up. Who gives steroids to high schoolers? Then again, they were pretty good at hockey. BTW, Nanoose Bay does not exist. No need for anyone to try to find it. If you come for a visit and turn right after getting off the ferries in Nanaimo, do not stop until you see goats on a roof. Then you should pull over for an ice cream. I remember it well, from when I gigged there at the old Galaxy (where the song Chinatown Calculations came from, BTW) back in the mid-80s. The place was wall to wall Roid monkeys.... ....I thought I had somehow stepped into a small wormhole and ended up in Williams Lake.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, trek said: Increase of 22 positive cases is the largest single day jump since May 7 No worries Dr. Bonnie says kids can't get covid... so at least all our kids are safe at school....... Schools open / kids playgrounds open... idiots out in public refusing to wear free provided masks... Say hello to the second wave of Covid. Humans are stupid. Edited June 3, 2020 by kingofsurrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Just now, RUPERTKBD said: I remember it well, from when I gigged there at the old Galaxy (where the song Chinatown Calculations came from, BTW) back in the mid-80s. The place was wall to wall Roid monkeys.... ....I thought I had somehow stepped into a small wormhole and ended up in Williams Lake.... I remember one time, it was becoming a annual event, Duncan was coming to beat up the Parksville guys. It always went off at night outside the Sandcastle dance at the community centre. However this year, some of the Parksville guys had challenged some dudes from Port Alberni. They showed up, in a bus! and immediately started scrapping the Duncan thugs. Masterful move Parksville kids!. At one point, '97 ...Parksville cancelled the festival, there was an actually a riot. True stories. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 10 minutes ago, trek said: Increase of 22 positive cases is the largest single day jump since May 7 Economics>Pandemic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, kingofsurrey said: No worries Dr. Bonnie says kids can't get covid... so at least all our kids are safe at school....... Schools open / kids playgrounds open... idiots out in public refusing to wear free provided masks... Say hello to the second wave of Covid. Humans are stupid. It’s not a second wave...yet. However, while wearing my mask and shopping today at several stores(Home Depot, Save On Foods, Hair cut business), I anecdotally share with you that about 1 in 20 people had a mask on. The others think the pandemic is over and everything is back to the old normal. The only business that placed an importance on social distance, masks, and sanitization was the place where I went for a haircut. Our gains, predicted on our now behaviour, will be our future loss. &^@# all of you who don’t where a mask while shopping or just out and about in close proximity to others, or who don’t continue to social distance and who think everything’s back to normal. And most likely I’m talk to ‘You’. Buy some masks at Canadian Tire if you don’t know where to get them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Also, there’s no point if your wife or husband, or mum and dad is wearing a mask and you aren’t. It’s useless you morans! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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