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Old 06-03-2020, 11:22 AM
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Irish Priest holds up a earthworm during his sermon and dips it in a glass of whiskey. It promptly dies, with the priest saying to Murphy is the front row, what lesson can we learn from the daemon drink Murphy?

If we drink whiskey, we won't get worms!? (it's an old Dave Allen joke).
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Perhaps I'll just have to stay sozzled until the pandemic passes.
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Old 06-03-2020, 12:25 PM
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Yes that would be sad

If the pandemic continues on course, by May ASNSW will likely have no choice but to cancel SPSP.

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At this point in time the ASNSW has not even considered the threat.

We will follow any government directions deemed appropriate at the time, but consider the event as a low risk event with prospect of people even self quarantining in the lead up in order to continue their attendanc, or avoiding if they deem themselves a risk.

We will add it for discussion at the next committee meeting, in lieu of things like refunds for non attendance if being asked to isolate.
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Old 06-03-2020, 01:17 PM
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Perhaps I'll just have to stay sozzled until the pandemic passes.


Well researched!
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Old 06-03-2020, 01:36 PM
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You sound like the Grinch who wants to cancel Christmas.
That's totally your interpretation Marc. I would be very disappointed if SPSP were required to be cancelled because Covid 19 advice was escalated but as dogs, butane camp stoves and lost children events have shown in the past, not much can be done in some cases but to have policies in place and adhere to responsible regulations for the safety of all.

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Old 06-03-2020, 01:42 PM
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At this point in time the ASNSW has not even considered the threat.

We will follow any government directions deemed appropriate at the time, but consider the event as a low risk event with prospect of people even self quarantining in the lead up in order to continue their attendanc, or avoiding if they deem themselves a risk.

We will add it for discussion at the next committee meeting, in lieu of things like refunds for non attendance if being asked to isolate.
Sounds like a plan

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Old 06-03-2020, 02:50 PM
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I’ve stockpiled 375million rolls of toilet paper. I’ve already had offers from Costco and Woolies (Coles lowballed me). I’m gonna be rich...rich I tells ya.

Watch a certain US big pharma rake in the trillions when it miraculously finds a cure....conincidence? (deliberate mis-spell) You be the judge
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That's totally your interpretation Marc. I would be very disappointed if SPSP were required to be cancelled because Covid 19 advice was escalated but as dogs, butane camp stoves and lost children events have shown in the past, not much can be done in some cases but to have policies in place and adhere to responsible regulations for the safety of all.

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Old 06-03-2020, 05:57 PM
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Widespread drought, extreme heat, choking smoke, destructive and deadly fires, pummelling hail, downpours and floods, a deadly pandemic ...

What comes next? Giant meteorite, dinosaur style (uh oh)? Or Kyle Sandilands getting another TV show (ewww)?

It's times like these when we need a cool quote from Jack Burton (Big Trouble in Little China):
I read about the various extinction events. The Younger Dryas ...30 feet sea level rise overnight apparently and another 400 sea level rise in the next five years. Some would have it that it was a cosmic impact that wiped out a reasonably well advanced civilization...and you think what would be left of us if the sea level played is those cards.
Imagine just the havoc of 30 foot over night tomorrow and another 400 feet by 2025.
Would what's left survive? If not what would be left after 10000 years.
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I could imagine losing the ability to mine or generate power, mining coal may be beyond us..all that is left is recycled ...mmm
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Old 06-03-2020, 07:29 PM
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Well, at least some people twigged to this thread being tongue-in-cheek. I thought the Kyle Sandilands reference and "Jack Burton" quote would have been dead giveaways.
No perhaps that is what "these" are for !
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No perhaps that is what "these" are for !
Fair enough, I suppose. But I defy anyone to create a single emoticon that conveys the full (horror) meaning of "Kyle Sandilands".
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Old 06-03-2020, 10:02 PM
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Fair enough, I suppose. But I defy anyone to create a single emoticon that conveys the full (horror) meaning of "Kyle Sandilands".
He does not exist in my universe.
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What's next you ask .....??

A New Scope ... what else is there ...!!

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What's next you ask .....??

A New Scope ... what else is there ...!!
Yes it's that way for me, unfortunately for me I want more scopes which is stupid given I can't use effectively the ones I have...thank goodness no one else has such an issue.
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Yes it's that way for me, unfortunately for me I want more scopes which is stupid given I can't use effectively the ones I have...thank goodness no one else has such an issue.
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want to bet on that?
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Old 07-03-2020, 03:05 PM
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want to bet on that?
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Thinking about it I guess app fever is somewhat common.
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And a reality check for some of the more sensitive persuasion...
Those statistics come to 62,425 people per day or 22.8 million per year.

The 1918 H1N1 Spanish Flu pandemic killed an estimated 40 to 100 million people when the world population was only 1.9 billion.

Today the world population is 7.8 billion, or 4.1 times larger than it was in 1918.

So if the world population in 1918 had been 7.8 billion, perhaps the death toll would have been 164 to 410 million people from the H1N1 virus.
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Old 08-03-2020, 10:24 PM
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Those statistics come to 62,425 people per day or 22.8 million per year.

The 1918 H1N1 Spanish Flu pandemic killed an estimated 40 to 100 million people when the world population was only 1.9 billion.

Today the world population is 7.8 billion, or 4.1 times larger than it was in 1918.

So if the world population in 1918 had been 7.8 billion, perhaps the death toll would have been 164 to 410 million people from the H1N1 virus.
Yes, and we have progressed exponentially in medical science.

Comparing statistics from 102 years ago when medicine was still VERY primitive to now is chalk and cheese.

The sky is not falling, people aren't dropping dead in the streets in droves. Keep calm and carry on living.
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Yes, and we have progressed exponentially in medical science.
Sure, but that medical science hasn't found a cure and will take 12-18 months to deliver a vaccine.

Until then, practice excellent hygiene, observe good social distancing and obey quarantine instructions ... for which one needs to be reasonably prepared ... not ridiculously over-prepared (people with 6 months supply of toilet rolls) or not at all (idiots that go shopping after testing positive).

Medical science has improved exponentially but, alas, common sense seems to have gone backwards.
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