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12 hours ago, deespicable me said:

So Jeff Kennett  has come out and said , it's all a disaster, too hard to make happen and we should call the season off.

I think he should be strapped to a chair and have his eyelids pried open and watch the Hawks 2021 season on repeat, for the rest of the year. 

 

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What on earth could the SA be asking for if they have agreed to FIFO for Collingwood.

 

Not much chance of the QB game at AO if that is how the SA are going to negotiate dictate.  Too much grandstanding going on by Premiers.

As I said in earlier post SA is a key reason why we in lockdown. 

They should stop being so stubborn and step, up not for the AFL but for Daniher and the MND cause.

26 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Heard the Crows want to wear their new prison bars jumper...

 

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    SA being absolute a holes. We are in lockdown because you stuffed up your quarantine. Not once have I seen them offer to help out Victoria. Bloody typical. 
    Thank god for NSW. One normal state. 

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    "All politics is local".

    SA will allow AFL games with crowds once the Government there determines that the voting public prefers AFL games to be played at the Adelaide Oval to their fear of another Covid outbreak.

    14 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Heard the Crows want to wear their new prison bars jumper...

     

    The design has a prominent white collar..... 

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    I'm very fortunate that lockdown is only inconvenient for me - unlike for many whose livelihoods are affected or have kids in home schooling but ...

    On my morning exercise walk 1/3rd of people not wearing masks.  We have 2 Covid sites in the neighbourhood but about 20 people assembled outside the local cafe waiting for their take-away coffee - chatting, half a metre apart - no masks.  Multiply by a thousand Melbourne-wide.  Selfish, thoughtless people who think they are special and the rules don't apply to them.  This is a big reason why there is lockdown and extended lockdown.

    Don't get me started on unvaccinated aged care workers - what they're thinking beggars belief.

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    6 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    "All politics is local".

    SA will allow AFL games with crowds once the Government there determines that the voting public prefers AFL games to be played at the Adelaide Oval to their fear of another Covid outbreak.

    "we are being guided by medical advice"

    Couldn't help but chuckle that Queensland Ana and her health advisor had not been vaccinated and then when they were publicly pressured they decided to get the flu vaccine first

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    12 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    now suggesting in the Age that the extension will be longer than a week

    My guess is the Monday night of QB

    Would make sense. If they made it a week, it would lift Friday week. And then after 2 weeks in lockdown people are going to want to get out and about, including on the public holiday Monday.

    Very frustrating, but probably good risk management.

    Throws the bombers clash into doubt crowd wise

    The Feds should come to the party, get as much vaccine to victoria as possible and support the vic gov to have use the lockdown period to vaccinate as many people as humanly possible. use the army to support

    Starting with the poor buggers in disability accommodation, aged care facilities and all the related front line workers.

    Set an ambitious goal. Make it a war footing. And vaccinate Victorians.

    This is not state issue. This is a national issue. For Christ sakes we are a country, not a series of self governing islands.  The feds need to step up.

    Leaving potics aside it is an abject moral fail that the feds have not sorted the vaccination to the disability accommodation, aged care

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    6 minutes ago, binman said:

    Seven day lockdown. 

    They already said no regional travel in Victoria over the long weekend. They might ease restrictions slightly. 


    2 hours ago, binman said:

    The design has a prominent white collar..... 

    The three colours of the vertical bars being 'Chardonnay', 'Shiraz' and 'Quince Paste'. 

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    4 hours ago, Pollyanna said:

    I'm very fortunate that lockdown is only inconvenient for me - unlike for many whose livelihoods are affected or have kids in home schooling but ...

    On my morning exercise walk 1/3rd of people not wearing masks.  We have 2 Covid sites in the neighbourhood but about 20 people assembled outside the local cafe waiting for their take-away coffee - chatting, half a metre apart - no masks.  Multiply by a thousand Melbourne-wide.  Selfish, thoughtless people who think they are special and the rules don't apply to them.  This is a big reason why there is lockdown and extended lockdown.

    Don't get me started on unvaccinated aged care workers - what they're thinking beggars belief.

    I think I find myself in a similar position Polly. Not being able to see my GD's as often as normal is my big problem. Your last line says it all " what were they thinking" I suggest not a lot. The other problem is we have moved firmly into the " it won't happen to me" phase. 

    PS I have 2 friends who yesterday told me they are waiting for the Pfizer vaccine. It is more effective and less chance of problems. But that could be next year! Yes but we don't do much we won't get the virus. So why have it all? Silence. 

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    Collingwood allowed into Adelaide, just when you think common sense has prevailed the SA CHO comes out with this pearler for those who will attend the match

    “If the ball comes towards you, my advice is to duck and do not touch that ball," 

     

     

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    4 hours ago, binman said:

    The design has a prominent white collar..... 

    With a splash or two of St Hugo Eden Valley Chardy present

    4 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

    Collingwood allowed into Adelaide, just when you think common sense has prevailed the SA CHO comes out with this pearler for those who will attend the match

    “If the ball comes towards you, my advice is to duck and do not touch that ball," 

     

     

    That's a joke right?

    3 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

    Collingwood allowed into Adelaide, just when you think common sense has prevailed the SA CHO comes out with this pearler for those who will attend the match

    “If the ball comes towards you, my advice is to duck and do not touch that ball," 

     

     

    is that quote for real?    haven't they heard of "fleeting transmission" and "creeping assumptions"?

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    5 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

    Collingwood allowed into Adelaide, just when you think common sense has prevailed the SA CHO comes out with this pearler for those who will attend the match

    “If the ball comes towards you, my advice is to duck and do not touch that ball," 

     

     

    More like..."if someone offers a free room for the night in an Adelaide Hotel...run".

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    5 minutes ago, old dee said:

    I think I find myself in a similar position Polly. Not being able to see my GD's as often as normal is my big problem. Your last line says it all " what were they thinking" I suggest not a lot. The other problem is we have moved firmly into the " it won't happen to me" phase. 

    PS I have 2 friends who yesterday told me they are waiting for the Pfizer vaccine. It is more effective and less chance of problems. But that could be next year! Yes but we don't do much we won't get the virus. So why have it all? Silence. 

    Apparently, Case 5 who is the case zero in the current outbreak was eligible for a  vaccine but hadn't decided to have it. 

    I was told the Flemington vaccination hub, in the northern suburbs ie the epicenter of the current outbreak,  had been virtually empty as over 50's weren't getting vaccinated. 

    No wonder the vaccine roll-out has been slow - people choosing not to have it. 

    The silver lining in the current outbreak is that it has shaken people up and we are now setting vaccination records in Victoria.

     

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