Like watching Woodville play Torrens in a mid week Escort Cup match.

right. this shit is getting personal now.

our first ever overseas trip got cancelled, not happy but i can deal with that. it will get rebooked at some point in the future.

kids sport postponed, ok, fine, the kids dont like it but they understand

now my usual friday lunch friends have all told me they cant meet me today. either working from home, leaving early, or just dont want to risk it. BAH!! :evil: how can i get through a friday afternoon sober??

You don't need people with you to drink. It's a myth.

Mrs Boon is going to work from home for the next two weeks so there's someone in and around the house to talk to, through the door or from a distance and someone to clean up behind her as she goes.

We'll be right.

Not the time for political point scoring.

Doing it tough at the moment lads, doling it tough. Daughter has been in Victoria with her boyfriend for two weeks, comes back tonight, goes into 14 day isolation.

At this point :

Do we assume she is carrying the virus and we lock her down and we all go into lock down with her? I suspect any cleaning/infection control measures we put in place won't stop her passing it onto us ( if she has it ).

Do we assume she isn't carrying it and we just lock her in her room, clean like mad bastards and go about or normal business? This feels socially irresponsible and it feels like we are, in more ways than one, isolating her. She faces challenges in her own mind without being put in this position. I feel like doing this is an injustice to her and socially irresponsible.

I'm lost.

All in all a Dad just wants to give his girl a hug and at best I'm two weeks from doing that.

Those who know me will know that I've had a pretty rough couple of days.

My old man was in a serious motorbike accident yesterday, during a memorial ride for a late member of their club. Have any of you ever heard the phone ringing, and just knew it was bad news?

Unfortunately the passenger on the other bike lost her life yesterday, and my dad is still in ICU. Dad's partner (and passenger on his bike) and the rider of the other bike suffered non-life threatening injuries. My younger sister and youngest brother raced to the Royal Adelaide, and all I was told was that his left leg was ******, and he was having what ended up being a 6 hour surgery to put steel and screws in it. He was placed in an induced coma last night.

So I went to visit him this morning, and I don't think I've ever been as floored, seeing him like that. The nurse said he was heavily sedated, but that he could possibly hear me if I wanted to talk to him. **** me, what do I say?

Due to the COVID-19 stuff, from now on only one person is allowed to see him for the duration of his stay. I figure he'll be in there a while. My brothers and sister decided that our youngest brother would be that person from now on, and that we'd all take turns to go with him for support.

On top of that, my wife is due back from overseas on Wednesday, and we'll have to deal with her being in self-isolation.

Much love brother. :heart:

LMA wrote:Italy still getting smashed, with the US and Spain.

Currently Italy accounts for 37% of the death toll.

Here's the lesson for every other country in the world.

Put measures in place before the curve gets out of control or the health system will crumble and people will die.

Honest question as I don't understand why, but why is the stimulus package giving 2 x $750 handouts to welfare and dole recipients when ultimately people who are working are the most affected as they will be losing their jobs?

I'm sure I've missed something here and not trying to be insensitive.

Might be thinking they're more likely to spend it back in the economy rather than put it towards a mortgage etc.

Whilst I think the money should be siphoned into people who have lost their jobs I get the reasoning.

At this point people on Newstart, in the main ( drug users/gamblers aside ) have very little disposable income. This package is designed to get them out spending that money and stimulating the economy. I see what they're doing.

Me, being as cynical as I am, just figure KFC and the local drug mule will profit from this, not the small business' that it's designed to support, the cafes, the local butcher, the local green grocer etc.

Eagles2014 wrote:

Booney wrote:South Australia :

22/3 100 cases
23/3 134 cases
24/3 170 cases

36 up on yesterday, 34 up on the day before.

Hearing Total Lockdown to be announced in next 24 to 48 hours, so about to get even more real!

Please do. We must.

Just had a meeting at work to discuss the on going situation with staff, one bloke who has openly called this all a sham when asked about what we just spoke about ( the restrictions the PM put in place last night ) said he didn't see it, he was at a family BBQ.

I may have to be spoken too by my boss, I unleashed.

My son works with me, he just came in and said one of the highlights was when I asked him "How f*cking thick is your f*cking head?"

amber_fluid wrote:I get your point but not being able to see your kids would change your thought process a little.

No doubt, no doubt, I'd love to give my daughter a hug ( she's in isolation ) I'd love to see my Mum, my Dad, but it is what it is.

Footy Chick wrote:

Sheik Yerbouti wrote:Realy.
Have had no contact whatsoever, any verbal is through a locked sliding door, neither has been outside since Friday (just let the dog out for a piss)

Yep, if you've been within 1.5m of them

I'd suggest calling SA Health on 1300 232 272 ( Prompt #3 when you get asked ) and run it past them.

Got offered a role working at the BWS at Arndale.s
Thinking I'll turn it down as
a) other casuals in my line of work would need it a lot more than me
b) I would rather continue to self isolate as my missus and daughter both suffer from immune deficiencies and the chance of picking up the disease in a place like Arndale would be pretty high

It was good that Woolies are looking after their staff like this and I feel like a bit of a prick for turning it down but I think its the right decision.

Community thinking, what we all need to do. Good one mate. Well played.

Dutchy wrote:

Booney wrote:For those working from home, what time is it acceptable to have a beer on my desk?

Day 1, Friday, racing back on.....productivity = 0%

Same as Airport rules IMO

So why the frown from Mrs Boon?

I'll have a word now.

Afl clubs looking to drastically cut lists to save money next year.


Down to as many as 36 so no afl reserves in our comp looking more likely.


To anyone who gave the old “they are here to stay just get over it “. You couldn’t of been more wrong

Wait, whoa, hang on, you think we're wrong because we didn't predict a global pandemic and economic disaster?

Tssk, silly us.

WAFW.

Corona Man wrote:

Dutchy wrote:

Booney wrote:Seeing @Spargo tucking his shirt in coming out of a house in North Adelaide.

Massage Palour?

Anne’s joint?

Spargo gets out of work vehicle. Booney approaches in loan car.

"Bloody hell mate, I thought Anne might live in a nicer place than that!"

"SELF ISOLATE!!"

Wedgie wrote:

JK wrote:Out of interest @Wedgie, what’s the difference between a standard keyboard and a gaming one?

Different mechanics, prettier colours and usually easier ability to bind macros to different keys.

And quiet, the boys keys make no noise compared to my clunky work one.

Toilet paper crisis sorted.

I see UK's old club Centrals have put a call out to members that they need their support now more than ever. All clubs will.

If you're not a member of your club and you can afford to support them financially at any level now is the time to do it.

I look forward to coming in here one day and the COVID 19 thread is halfway down the page with no posts in it for 2 months.

We'll get there folks.

PORT Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas admits the future of the club's long-standing state league outfit could be in jeopardy as the sport grapples with the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Finally, some good news to come out of this pandemic.

(edit) long standing? 6 years? Bwaaaahahahahaaaa.....

If you're rejoicing in any of the news relating to this you're a peasant. Whether it be Port, Centrals, West, South or the Bays. Pathetic.

Are the AFL players allowed to get jobs to supplement their income whilst they’re on reduced wages?
I know most of them won’t need to but some 1st or 2nd year players may need to.
Does their contract allow it?

Seeing they are getting a charmed run here they should be put into the Centrelink Call Centres to listen into the conversations the employees are hearing to get a dose of reality.
When the AFL does get up and running it would be nice if no supporters went to the first week of games (what's 1 more week after 3-6 months of no footy!). It would send a nice message to the players that the money is there because of supporters, not the other way around.

Just got off a pretty rough phone call with my Mum.

At 77 she's feeling like she's having a year taken away from her and at that age time is a precious commodity, "There's less ahead of me than there is behind me and I'm having some of it taken away. I should be living, I should be loving my children, my grand children, I can't even see them" she said.

:(

Yes, but the club is now closed due to the coronavirus and doesn't have any income.

I understand that, gazza's point was people in the area don't have $20 to spare to give the club, they do, they just choose to put it into something else and to be blunt it would be put to much better use giving it to the club than it would be throwing it away on shit, pokies especially.

(Some, not all)

smac wrote:Perhaps the timing, just before $750 handout round 1, is strategic?

Had to rub my eyes. It can't be. But, it is.

Any of you watch the "Onward to Victory" doco on Sunday?
Caught bits towards the tail end, as they were going through the 1990 controversy and pre-Port Power stuff. Like Bum Crack, this was less appealing to me, although seeing highlights of KG getting mobbed at Alberton in that game against against Westies brought back memories - I remember listening on the radio to the scores around the grounds, and hearing that there was almost a riot down there.

I'll have to track it down to see the earlier footage and interviews from the 50s through to the mid-80s (is it still available on Channel 7?), more up my alley.

Yep, I think it's on the C7 catch up app.

I was sitting in the Williams Family Stand looking to my right as KG made his way down from the commentary box and watched him walk across the front of the stand to leave. There was not one eye on the game at that point, around 15,000 from memory looking at the heaving crowd in front of the stand.

We lived in Brooklyn Park and only rarely stayed back for after match presentations, we stayed that night and couldn't even get into the downstairs bar let alone the upstairs function. The place was electric, in fact I'd say it rivals any game I've ever been to as far as the "buzz" around the ground went. Unbelievable.

Hairs on the back of my neck just stood up thinking about it. :D

Bagshaw
Seemed to be in slow motion but just his balance and poise and at the same time just committed to the footy. Compared to Ebert he seemed more languid but to see him at pace drill blokes with stab passes, skill personified . Once again you could see him playing as the swing/outside mid.

Rebounding precision passes from the half back, release from defence as a mid or the 3rd fourth tall forward with his marking ability . So versatile for todays game. Would star.
Never saw Bagshaw play, but from what I've heard and seen in old footage there seems to be some parallel between him and Darren Jarman, in terms of the overall skills factor, the sometimes casual ease with which he would operate in heavy traffic, and the ability to play as a forward. Bagshaw probably more inside the Jarman was.

I'm glad you didn't say he was hungrier than Jarman. :lol:

I'm not buying that, how many people would have dropped $20 in the pokies over the last 12 months in the area? How many would have dropped $20 in Grand Central itself?

You have to keep in mind that a high percentage of regular pokie players probably have no interest in Centrals the football club and only go there because of the facility itself.

Those people dropping $20 in the pokies most likely have no reall concern for Centrals long term and will just go and drop $20 at the elizabeth tavern, Red Lion, Midway.

My point was saying "there's no disposable income" in the area isn't true. Like many lower socio economic areas go into a KFC/Macca's/HJ's and tell me people aren't throwing splash money around.
ok, now go and ask them to cough up $140 for a season ticket to a sports club that isn't playing sports.

That's not what the club is asking for though, $20 donations will all add up.

Mine included.

Rumors the Magpies will not exist next year are gaining momentum. Looks increasingly likely there won't be a side from the PAFC in the SANFL. :(

Wouldn't that mean a 9 team competition (provided the Crows Reserves stay in) which means 1 team will have bye each round.
Lose the crows,
8 team comp*
play each other 3 times
final 4
LOVE IT!

*If 8 teams survive.

I think for people in construction March and April will be somewhat ok because people have committed to that expenditure. It will be on the other side of this will people/businesses looking to hold money and be trying to recover.

If construction isn't halted ( by a lockdown ) I think it will be one industry that doesn't get hit too hard. Anything that is already signed off on will go ahead and anything nearly finished will be.

My only concern is 12 months from now but to be honest I was already worried about that.

Dutchy wrote:Agents are struggling at the moment also, I know of plenty of contracts that were in place that collapsed once this hit.

We have 20 houses in our street, 5 are currently for sale, all went on the market just before this started.

They don't like the neighbours?

Jesus H.

The US has revised their forecasting and predict 100,000 people in the US will die with the number potentially reaching as high as 240,000. :shock:

There is no way Trump can get reelected, his handling of this has been nothing short of diabolical. His actions and words are verging on criminal. You severely underestimate how dumb the Yanks are. Half of the US love Trump and he will turn it all back on China and promise the world to the public and they will lap it up.
He will utterly destroy Biden

No, I know they're f*cking stupid. Like really, really f*cking stupid.

Shit decision :

Marngrook Footy Show axed by NITV.

what if you're still working?

I think you'd have to demonstrate "financial hardship" by providing income assessments.
Exactly. That's why they should give EVERYONE 8 weeks off whether you are working or not and it's your choice whether you put it back into your mortgage during that time. The money that would get injected back into the economy would be massive. Better than any stimulus package.

How is money getting injected into the economy?
Everything is closed.

Agreed.

You know what I would do? I'd pay it off my mortgage!

25,000 DVD's and VHS dating back to 1982 and 50 hard drives of footage.

Little old bloke who drank at my local, lived alone, had been in shocking health for several years. Had a hip replacement, it came out three or four times, had it done again, same thing.

A few of us pitched in and braved some pretty ordinary conditions about 12 months ago and went to his house for a working bee and gave his house the clean it desperately needed. Fair to say he wasn't taking very good care of himself.

When the pubs closed I feared for him a bit, knew it would be tough on the old bugger, firstly the 6 pints he had every afternoon with his daily doubles and the contact it gave him with other people would be gone.

He was found a couple of days ago by the district nurse after having a stroke and being there for a day or two on his own, he passed away last night.

Rest easy little Bazz, I'll have a daily double later and a pint in your memory.

PatowalongaPirate wrote:I saw an article about extending Daylight Saving to boost the morale of those in isolation.

What does everyone think?

I know one safooty poster that may actually blow a valve when he reads this

I think I'd struggle to each my lunch in the dark.

Of 800 tests conducted 2 returned positive in SA yesterday taking us to 409 cases. Great signs but we can’t become too complacent, still going to be many more months of restrictions IMO but shows we are in a far better state than most other countries

Absolutely. The longer we keep doing what we're doing the better.

Easy way to donate : ( If you can )

If you go to games, be it some or all, check where your team was playing that weekend and donate the $15 entry you would have paid to that club.

If the footy was on you'd be there, even in these tough times.

That's what I'm doing. Last week Westies got $15, Norwood get $15 this week ( if they have a fund set up? ), if not it will go to my club.

Magellan wrote:

LMA wrote:A great song indeed.

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.

Under appreciated post.

Watched about 10 minutes of Monday night's Classified last night, a segment called "House of Hutch" where Hutchy suggested al clubs go to Tasmania to play and Tasmania have a team for this year only....I can't actually be bothered typing it all out, such was the stupidity of it.

Much like the bat in Wuhan, that appears to have a pulse.

She's good for respecting privacy this one.

Why I stood for as long as I did watching her indoors taping the skirting boards up ready for us to start cutting in and painting.

Sometimes, often in fact, I'm my own worst enemy.

July 1st before we see any changes to public gathering numbers.

I disagree. Not always :D But i am sympathetic to your plight Booney, 16 and 23 years is a long long long time, perhaps if you could find a South supporter, they might have some advice for you to get through these hard times

Bit of a drought, yes, but my my club wasn't irrelevant for 40 years before it chimed in with some cheap ones in a weakened comp.

We painted the man cave / rumpus room on Friday / Saturday, tape, cutting in, walls on Friday, tape, cutting in and ceiling on Saturday.

We've been in the house nearly 13 years and it badly needed it, more so gave me a chance to take all the posters/images down, patch the holes and think about the lay out more whilst putting proper gyprock anchors in place. Made a huge difference, looks so much more inviting.

Next week the laundry will get the same treatment with a view to doing the kitchen in the coming weeks.

Sunday the hamstrings were shattered from the up/down the ladder and silly old me decided that would be the perfect time to do some garden work, get moving I thought to myself. Was fine while I was moving, spent most of yesterday in constant fear of the hammy's cramping up every time I moved.

RIP Little legend indeed.

Further to my post, what do you think the life changing outcomes from Coronavirus will be.

The life changing outcome is that, next time, we won't take two goddamn months to shut the border.

Agree.

Also introducing the 14 days isolation period for people returning from overseason. I think that will be in place a little bit more often for certain nations at certain points in time. Once again not a bad thing imo.

I think it might be in place permanently for some countries.

Could, off topic for a moment, mean Port never play in China again.