Coronavirus sucks.. but the NRL lives!

[PONTIAN SEA EAGLE]

Ffs no pub or tab punting what now.The boys & i look forward to it on the weekends.

 

[BOZO]

This isolation should spice up our sex lives
I mean , what else is there to do stuck at home ?
This is the time we can all start making our own sex tapes
Honestly guys . You have to try at least once
You can always delete it if it does not turn out to your expectations

 

[HoldenV8]

I wonder if I can ring Sportsbet and put $50 on people cleaning out supermarkets in the morning with their last chance to panic buy after tonight's national address by our Prime Minister?

 

[ManEagle]

This isolation should spice up our sex lives
I mean , what else is there to do stuck at home ?
This is the time we can all start making our own sex tapes
Honestly guys . You have to try at least once
You can always delete it if it does not turn out to your expectations
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Depends if your Mrs has a sense of humour or who your Mrs is, I just convinced mine we have to observe the social distance of 2square meters indoors !!
Im in the dog house

 

[HoldenV8]

Depends if your Mrs has a sense of humour or who your Mrs is, I just convinced mine we have to observe the social distance of 2square meters indoors !!
Im in the dog house

 

[wombatgc]

This isolation should spice up our sex lives
I mean , what else is there to do stuck at home ?
This is the time we can all start making our own sex tapes
Honestly guys . You have to try at least once
You can always delete it if it does not turn out to your expectations
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The countries in a mess as it is @BOZO . I couldn’t do it to them.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Surely we can start by dropping the Titans out of the comp now. Why go on risking exposure to the three people who turn up to each of their games. Just give their opposing team the two points each week and cut down on exposure risk

 

[mave]

So my construction site is open, with about 2000 blokes climbing all over it, but I can't have a beer at the pub after work.

This really does not make any sense to me.

Either shut non essential stuff down, or don't.

Yet another half measure, with a lot of buzzwords and wishy washy explanations.

 

[Captain Moondog]

NRL, that's in QLD...

NRL considers moving competition to Queensland in last-ditch bid to keep season alive
Travis Meyn, Peter Badel, The Courier-Mail
March 23, 2020 12:16am


The NRL will explore relocating the entire competition to Queensland in a last-ditch bid to save the game from a $500 million wipe out and extinction.
League officials were on Sunday night locked in emergency discussions in a desperate attempt to keep the 2020 premiership alive following the AFL’s decision to suspend its season immediately amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus crisis has been moving so quickly that the NRL could simply be delaying the inevitable and be forced to shut down as early as Monday.
But as states around Australia ramped up lockdown guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19, the NRL was considering shifting all 16 clubs to the small Queensland town of Calliope, near Gladstone.

 

[mave]

Luckily the Gladstone strip club will be closed then.

 

[Cioran]

It occurred to me this morning as a stood in the shower reminiscing about what a great season Hawthorn had this year (100% win ratio) and wishing I hadn’t imbibed quite so much Guinness that the western worlds reaction to the Coronavirus is very much like a healthy body reacting to bird flu. It’s our immune system that’s killing us. Where a bodies immune system trying to cope with a completely alien infection might gradually destroy the lungs, kidneys, liver and nervous system of its host our social immune system is destroying the share market, the cash system, transport systems, supply chains, employment, taxation, education, communications. Any aspiring sociologists or economists out there might like to consider this as a thesis study. Providing, of course, you still have a university to attend.

 

[manlyfan76]

An alternative view?

 

[Jigzkiller]

I wonder if scotty is thinking he should have sold up when he had the chance? This stage I can't see the nrl (who cares) or sadly us surviving.

 

[Bearfax]

As I'm reading it so far, only newsagents, chemists, supermarkets, doctors surgeries, post offices and it appears that take a way food stores (no sitting for the meal or coffee) will be open on your suburban business street. I can see newsagents being closed, given news can be received on line and other mediums, while the others could operate in much stricter procedures to avoid close contact.

I support ScoMo's decision but I'm astonished that he wants to leave schools open. Most illnesses are hot beds within schools which are brought home by children to their respective parents.

I know it creates enormous problems, but my sister, who is a university lecturer, has with other lecturers, suspended physical attendance at classes and is doing all teaching on line, using camera connections to confirm students attendance. All the students have agreed.

Now I know many cant afford laptops, which these days all have a camera connections, but I would have suspected that most children are computer literate even down to 5 year olds, so the majority could be serviced, especially if a nanny such as an elder child or family relative can oversee the children's attendance on line, if parents have to be at work. Difficult I know but sending children to school in packed class rooms is a sure way to spread any disease. Not a well thought out decision in my opinion.

As for the Rugby League issue, I guess if they can keep the players isolated for the duration of the season, and the players are prepared to be kept from their families and friends as well as external socialising, I suppose it can work. Pretty tough ask, but then in the past people often were away from home for well over 6 months on ocean going sailing ships, wars, exploration etc so its not unheard of. Pretty lonely though. I guess its a limited time and they are being paid and pampered well. Keeps them away from mischief I guess. But if one returns a positive reading for Covid 19 at any stage, that's the ball game.

 

[BOZO]

Good Monday morning feathered friends
Let us all not feel sorry and sad
but be grateful and glad
for what we have and we all have something to be grateful for
The one thing that money cant buy that we have is our good health so look after your selves
We also have hope that things will eventually change
A moment spent is a negative frame of mind is a waste of precious life time
Find something productive positive and happy thing to do
I am off to the park to do something that keeps me healthy and makes me happy . I am going to the park and do a cardio sprint session .
The gyms may be closed but the parks are always open . When we get into a positive optimistic frame of mind we are always open to new alternatives .
Have a great positive day
and be kind to your self and others x

 

[BOZO]

As I'm reading it so far, only newsagents, chemists, supermarkets, doctors surgeries, post offices and it appears that take a way food stores (no sitting for the meal or coffee) will be open on your suburban business street. I can see newsagents being closed, given news can be received on line and other mediums, while the others could operate in much stricter procedures to avoid close contact.

I support ScoMo's decision but I'm astonished that he wants to leave schools open. Most illnesses are hot beds within schools which are brought home by children to their respective parents.

I know it creates enormous problems, but my sister, who is a university lecturer, has with other lecturers, suspended physical attendance at classes and is doing all teaching on line, using camera connections to confirm students attendance. All the students have agreed.

Now I know many cant afford laptops, which these days all have a camera connections, but I would have suspected that most children are computer literate even down to 5 year olds, so the majority could be serviced, especially if a nanny such as an elder child or family relative can oversee the children's attendance on line, if parents have to be at work. Difficult I know but sending children to school in packed class rooms is a sure way to spread any disease. Not a well thought out decision in my opinion.

As for the Rugby League issue, I guess if they can keep the players isolated for the duration of the season, and the players are prepared to be kept from their families and friends as well as external socialising, I suppose it can work. Pretty tough ask, but then in the past people often were away from home for well over 6 months on ocean going sailing ships, wars, exploration etc so its not unheard of. Pretty lonely though. I guess its a limited time and they are being paid and pampered well. Keeps them away from mischief I guess. But if one returns a positive reading for Covid 19 at any stage, that's the ball game.

Have a great day feathered friend and look after your self

 

[niccipops]

I support ScoMo's decision but I'm astonished that he wants to leave schools open. Most illnesses are hot beds within schools which are brought home by children to their respective parents.

I'm a Year 1 teacher. They are beautiful but absolutely germy little sods who will just randomly hurl themselves at you for a hug or get up in your face because 'he looked at me' and the like.
We are educating them and they're doing good but they are spontaneous. While they might remember to cough into their elbow most of the time there are still many flying coughs and sneezes. I have elderly parents and a brother with chronic illness.
Atm it feels like we teachers and our families are just cannon fodder for the greater good.

 

[HoldenV8]

Listening to Adelaide radio this morning ... the decision to play on by the AFL and NRL has been a great one for the past two weeks. Now that the AFL have suspended their season and everyone is suddenly a Monday morning expert, its open season on bagging the NRL because they should never have started the season in the first place.

And they are literally laughing at the talk of moving all 16 NRL teams to one location to continue playing.

 

[Captain Moondog]

It occurred to me this morning as a stood in the shower reminiscing about what a great season Hawthorn had this year (100% win ratio) and wishing I hadn’t imbibed quite so much Guinness that the western worlds reaction to the Coronavirus is very much like a healthy body reacting to bird flu. It’s our immune system that’s killing us. Where a bodies immune system trying to cope with a completely alien infection might gradually destroy the lungs, kidneys, liver and nervous system of its host our social immune system is destroying the share market, the cash system, transport systems, supply chains, employment, taxation, education, communications. Any aspiring sociologists or economists out there might like to consider this as a thesis study. Providing, of course, you still have a university to attend.

 

[HoldenV8]

I'm a Year 1 teacher. They are beautiful but absolutely germy little sods who will just randomly hurl themselves at you for a hug or get up in your face because 'he looked at me' and the like.
We are educating them and they're doing good but they are spontaneous. While they might remember to cough into their elbow most of the time there are still many flying coughs and sneezes. I have elderly parents and a brother with chronic illness.
Atm it feels like we teachers and our families are just cannon fodder for the greater good.

Reading social media last night, there are numerous parents complaining that the schools aren't closing. To most it doesn't make any sense to close just about everything, have social distancing etc, yet schools remain open. I'm not a parent, but I fully agree.

And of course, then there are parents who are complaining that the kids will be bored and have nothing to do at home if they are forced to stay home. They don't seem happy that during what will be normal school hours they might actually have to be responsible for their own kids.