Captain Caveman wrote on Mar 6^th, 2020 at 4:28am:


They’ve lived 5000 times our lives.
I can’t even imagine how good it would be to have the best nutritious chefs, doctors, nanny’s, protection, transport, holidays, housemaids, butlers, holidays, dressmakers, etc and basically everyone licking their arze. Everyone at their beck and call.
Never having to worry about making a buck to survive.
Can anyone imagine that?
It has always irked me how the rest struggle whilst this privileged lot are always  in our faces about their lavish lifestyle.
And furthermore, that when they come to Australia, we mere tax payers pay them when they can afford to million times over.
But alas, always in front pages of magazines to keep sticking it up us.
I’m not a royal family fan in case anyone didn’t notice 
Bet they don’t worry about running out of toilet paper!

You know what’s funny, re this virus and people advised to keep away from crowds, yet it’s their royal duty to go amidst crowds, talk to them, shake hands etc  I bet we see an upgrade of how distant they keep from herds of people now, or else wear masks, but if Princess Diana were alive, she shook hands with aids sufferers which dispelled fears....

I'm at the point now where I'm resigned to the fact I'll get it.

Exactly, being in education of health care professionals, I figure I'm in a higher risk category of contracting the illness, but since I'm under 50, don't smoke, have no pre-existing illness, I'm in a low risk category of having serious consequences of it.

So my practice from here is, practice my handwashing, cover my nose and mouth when I cough and sneeze and then as soon as I feel sick, isolate myself.

Sophia wrote on Mar 6^th, 2020 at 8:56am:


Not at all. I am nervous about running out of toilet paper though. 

Front page of yesterday's West Australian newspaper had a story about how all the mining companies plan to have a 'get together' to discuss how to protect their armies of fly in, fly out workers from coronavirus (a lot of the workers also like to travel to Bali when they're not rostered on, apparently).

After reading the article the cynic in me could be excused for thinking that the mining companies were more corncerned about losing money due to potential shutdowns than they are about their workers' health.

In other 'news', I've just been reading the Finance section of another forum - someone was saying they will wait until Qantas is sub $1 before they decide to jump in and buy.

Someone replied: "What, the shares or the whole company?"

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 6^th, 2020 at 10:13am:


Yep, it's another case of "doing the right thing for the wrong reason".

Seen it many times over the years (especially lately) with a lot of jobs where you have to do a safety course and then sign off on it to show you understand it all and will abide by it.

We're told that this is to protect people in the workplace - which it should do, of course. But, the main reason for having all this "safety" business in workplaces is to protect businesses from workers compensation claims and lawsuits, etc.

As I said - doing the right thing for the wrong reason.

But, it does have the required result, I guess?

(Having said all this in my last 2 posts I would like to make it clear to everyone that I definitely do not want to see people losing their jobs in mining or anywhere else. But, unfortunately, it looks inevitable at this stage).

Bias_2012 wrote on Mar 6^th, 2020 at 11:11am:


And we don't want you here.

Sir lastnail wrote on Mar 6^th, 2020 at 11:23am:



It's the End Times.