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Electro Detective:
Well, as forecasted many weeks ago, we are all still here and in good health, and it seems many none the wiser

some or many? of us not fortunate to have a cushy 'Working From Home' gig,
now have one foot in the poor house along with local battlers
and businesses who have tossed in the towel and shut shop,
with the no rent/debt riddled landlords and suppliers getting screwed on the deal too

But that's oh so boring and repetitive, right?  Agreed!  :-+

So without further ado, it's giggle time to ease the disappointment and frustration

Please note either or both Youtube videos are STRICTLY for Sir Tom Jones fans and admirers  :clap:
with a sense of humor and open mind

youtube.com/watch?v=IwOtWmmKZlU

youtube.com/watch?v=18ex_0yMFhw



EEVblog:
Only one new case in our state yesterday, and that was someone who returned form the UK. And I believe the majority of our daily cases country wide have now been coming from one source in Victoria. And remember, this is a still with hundreds of thousands of people not locked down still out and about doing essential work. Pretty amazing.

coppice:

--- Quote from: paulca on May 11, 2020, 09:46:05 am ---I think pandemics like this put us firmly in our place.  I say it's enough of this "Earth was created for man" BS spun by religions.  Man is but part of nature, not the other way around.

--- End quote ---
No. No. The Earth was created for man, but by a God who is a real scumbag.

Seriously the issue of suffering in religious doctrine amuses me. Ancient religions used to have an answer - humans live at the mercy of a bunch of scumbag Gods. Modern religions are so wedded to the idea that God must be nice they just leave the issue suffering hanging.

Simon:
Looking at what disheveled information the UK government are willing to release in a confusing mishmosh of UK data and England only data you can see a linear decline in cases in england that will hit bottom in just over a week:

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/#category=utlas&map=rate

But there is a lot of confusion here with mixed messages. Stay at home has been replaced with stay alert but we are to stay home for 3 weeks more. Apparently people are now encouraged to return to work if they can't work from home but then they never told people not to go to work only to work from home if posible.

If the UK government tried to put their statements into a program they would get as many unexpected results and compile errors as the public is confused.

Oh yea tips can open but only rubbish that is unsafe to keep at home should be taken. But you can't take harmful waste to a tip without a commercial licence. It's a complete mess.

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: coppice on May 11, 2020, 12:17:10 pm ---Seriously the issue of suffering in religious doctrine amuses me. Ancient religions used to have an answer - humans live at the mercy of a bunch of scumbag Gods. Modern religions are so wedded to the idea that God must be nice they just leave the issue suffering hanging.

--- End quote ---

Well, seems true that ancient, non-monotheist religions tended (there are still some on Earth currently) to put the harshness of "nature" in the center of daily life - with various cults, but still imaging how harsh our environment was, and making man live with that.

Monotheist religions OTOH seem to have introduced a completely different approach, in which "nature" is not inherently harsh anymore per se. When it turns "against" man, it becomes because man did something "wrong". And so yes, man progressively lost the notion that our environment was inherently harsh, and acquired the notion of actually feeling guilty if nature suddenly seemed to be against us.

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