Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We are not talking poor, more a case of not being able to cover bills and mortgages. If, as expected, this carries on over the summer then that will be +18 months without an income for seasonal businesses..... john -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Philippe via LUG Sent: 18 March 2020 08:46 To: Leica Users Group Cc: Philippe Subject: Re: [Leica] the new normal Well, the dead no longer need money. Better alive poor than ? Amities Philippe > Le 18 mars 2020 ? 09:35, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> a ?crit : > > Spoken as a true employed civil servant ;-) All those 'restaurants, > caf?s, bars' still have overheads and probably staff to pay. In the UK > Johnson has said that we should not travel or go to bars / eateries, this > means that only those with 'pandemic insurance' are covered, he has to > force the bars etc to close to let them get their business continuity > insurance payouts. Around here many businesses are small and seasonal, > we are all coming out after living for months on money made during the > season and need Easter traffic to boost the bank accounts - that is not > going to happen.... > > john > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman > Sent: 18 March 2020 07:30 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] the new normal > > Here in Spain we are effectively in house arrest. The situation is serious > but I am glad that strong action is being taken. I am worried that US is > too disorganised to take such action in time, and also the public health > system has too many holes to be truly effective, and the lack of > protection for workers means that many people will go to work even if they > are not well, and? > > I am working from home, as is everyone else who can. Supermarkets, > pharmacies, post offices, SOME bank branches are open and there are no > shortages. All basic services function normally. But no restaurants, > caf?s, bars, museums, concerts etc. No going for a walk or a bike ride > unless going to buy food, medicines and for a few other permitted reasons. > I have ordered an exercise bike online, should be here next week. > > My wife went to the supermarket and got us some Guinness yesterday, I made > an Irish stew and my daughter baked a loaf of soda bread, and we had a > nice St Patrick?s Day dinner. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > > >> On 18 Mar 2020, at 03:49, Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> >> Happy St Patrick?s Day! There is no corned beef or cabbage to be found in >> the bare markets and the one Guinness came from my fridge. >> >> How long before it makes economic sense to import beer from Ireland >> again? Did it ever? >> >> Portland and the suburbs, including Stayton, were built on >> Flavortainment. What flavor is in people?s mouths now? >> >> I spent many years working as a City Councilor, Planning Commissioner, >> Parks Board Member, Vice Chair of the Parks Board and School Board >> Liaison doing what I could to serve brilliant, determined business people >> who wanted to pursue their now shuttered and perhaps shattered dreams. >> Tonight, I look out my door. Mick and Mom's is having a last call party. >> Snow Peak Brewery right next door is closed. The new high end pub that >> was scheduled to open today probably never will. The food carts are gone. >> The cafes and coffee shops shut, many for good. The curtain has come down >> on the promising little theater that opened to rave reviews in December. >> There are no stars on the silver screen of the Star theater. The Moose >> and Elk lodges are empty perhaps to return to pasture. As Alice Cooper >> said, School?s Out for the Summer?in mid March?the library, pool and city >> offices are closed. >> >> The street lights light empty streets and highlight the possible death of >> a downtown renascence. >> >> How long will the lights stay on if there are, as the Imperial College >> study predicts, two million deaths in the US before August? >> >> How many downtowns across America and the world are experiencing the same >> thing? Is this the new normal? >> > >