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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Quote for the Day

“There’s nothing like a jolly good disaster

to get people to start doing something.”

- Prince Charles

to farmers of Somerset, England,

on inspecting flood damage in 2014.

Prince Charles has now been diagnosed as having Coronavirus.

Bonus quote, this one about , rather than by, Prince Charles:

Des Hanafin (1930 - 2017) was an Irish politician.

Working from Home

It won’t be long, is my guess, before we here in Sydney will be working from home. Here are some insights for if or when that happens . . .

(Thanks to those who have sent me items: Rosie, Sandy, Thomas).

. . . and a couple of related ones . . .

For the benefit of overseas readers, the Federal Government has shut down a lot of business categories but will allow wedding limited ti 5 persons, will allow funerals but limited to 10 persons (friend Graham suggests that persons getting married should instead call it a funeral and double the number), and will allow hairdressing salons to remain open but limited to 30 minute appointments.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Thought for the Day

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Burn, Baby, Burn

Today, no mention of COVID-19 or Coronavirus. Well, that’s not right because I just mentioned them. No further mentions then, just some images from a Bored Panda post at:

https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-comebacks/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

They are a light delightful diversion from grim times.

These comebacks, retorts and responses, which they group under the word “burns”, are witty, humorous, sometimes caustic and sometimes risqué, so proceed at your own risk . . .

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