Covid-19 Boredom Thread

Anyone else bored as already?

I didn’t mind so much the football being off whilst I could still play, but having played Sunday (and Won 2-1), our Sunday League season has now been postponed too.

What is everyone up to, to try and keep themselves sane? I’m planning to try and set up Subbuteo in the Garage, provided all the stuff is able to be delivered in the Post.

Help me!!! I’m bored! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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You think you’re bored? Make the most of your freedom while you can. we are virtually under house arrest here in Spain. only one person per household at a time is allowed out to buy essential food supplies or visit the chemist and that is more or less it. Police and army on the streets enforcing the “lockdown”

The same is Coming to you probably in 2 to 3 weeks unless Boris the clown continues to spout the "carry on working, you’ll be ok’ attitude the government have put across. Yes, probably 90% of people that catch it will survive, but do you really want to be among the other 10%?. He has emphasised that the people dying are elderly or sick, and made it sound as though that’s ok, and everyone else has nothing to worry about. I wouldn’t shed any tears if Boris and his advisers came into that minority, that’s for sure. I think we are actually living through a 3rd rate disaster movie. It’s a pity Hollywood won’t come rushing in to save us isn’t it?

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Seems we in Canada are at the same stage as you guys Jim. It’s been declared a state of emergency for 2 weeks, but only some businesses have been closed. No lockdown whatsoever yet. Reading reports & testimonies out of Italy makes me feel like we should be better prepared for what’s ahead.

My only concern is how long this will all last for. I think UEFA was only hopeful that the end of June was a feasible date to host the CL & EL finals. I feel it is only wishful thinking. I’ve only been hearing medical experts saying this is only the beginning.

Stay strong over there. We’ll get through this. What have y’all been doing to keep your minds off this madness?

The aliens are laughing at us as we speak. We boast all this tech and now look at us! :sweat_smile: Do you think the reaction to this outbreak will cause societal changes?

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I’m glad to see that precautions are getting serious in the UK now. Just read that actors on Coronation St will no longer be kissing on set, and Boris has SUGGESTED that people stop going to the pub. That one is causing an uproar.

What a difference eh?

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[quote=“Edinho, post:4, topic:805”]
Stay strong over there. We’ll get through this. What have y’all been doing to keep your minds off this madness [/quote]

Well I cleaned the oven yesterday :smiley:
Catching up on my reading, listening to music & watching tv. Luckily we have a dog so we have been taking turns on walking him round the block. (This is allowed providing you don’t go far & only one person at a time)

Yes the people leaving Madrid in their droves and travelling to their second homes down here has no doubt played a significant part in spreading it around.
The start of it all was allowing tens of thousands of people to come to Madrid on the 15th for the international womans day marches, then dispersing all over the country taking the infection with them. :stuck_out_tongue:

We have just had two guys dressed in full Hazchem gear pass our house spraying the street with bleach. A bit scary but kind of makes us feel safer.

Keeping our fingers crossed & (soapy) that it doesn’t drag on too long.

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I had to re-register as my login didn’t function anymore.
@Brian whereabouts are you?
I’m in Sevilla Capital and this is a drag, We went to the Supermarket Saturday but now we are in lock-down, it seems like a month already, you don’t realise what freedom is till you lose it.

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Welcome back Tim. I’m in Estepa

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Hope everyone and their family is healthy. It’s getting scary all around. Lack of government action, and personal accountability is getting a lot of folks killed.
Let’s hope for a vaccine soon.

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In some Asia country, 99.9% of people wear face mask while in Europe it seems to be the other way round. I wonder why :thinking:

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There is a cure, apparently, and it’s an anti-malaria drug that’s already passed all the clinical trials. hydroxychloroquine or Chloroquine diphosphate. Quinine has been used for centuries to treat Malaria, this modern drug uses other components to boost the penetration of cells and increase their PH or Alkalinity and that cures the illness. Malaria is not a virus but this drug kills off the coronavirus. In the limited tests so far it has had success rate of 50-75% and the 75% cure rate was achieved within 6 days.

So there is hope.

As an added bonus, the UK banned export of this drug on February 26th, why or how I don’t know.

But the situation is bad and going to get worse, the politicians are useless and are stoking up problems that are still going to be felt in 5 to 10 years. Boeing and Airbus will need bail-outs, all the airlines will need bail-outs and so on …

Edit [President Trump just announced Chloroquine will be made available as a treatment.]

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Looks like the season is over.

How do you think it should be resolved?
Top 4 go to Champions or a liga projection of who would finish top 4?
Bottom 4 (or 2) relegated?
No relegation? (apart from Betis)

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I don’t know - It kind of sucks either way on how it finishes. I guess the most fair thing is to finish as is with no relegation.

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I can only see one outcome and that is this season is cancelled and considered null & void.
Next season (whenever it starts) will begin with all teams in the same leagues as they were last August, together with the same qualifying teams in the european competitions.

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Hey fellow Sevillistas. Hope everyone is doing well!

I agree with Brian on that - it could very well mean that the seasons all around the world will be cancelled. Of course except the Belarusian season where Lukashenko ordered to continue, lol!

We were about to have that kind of Government in Kosovo, but even in this pandemic situation, it had to be brought down from the Parliament after 50 days in power as it was risking everything within the country and our people do not stand to any form of dictatorship - dodged a bullet there.

Hope everyone is staying safe and hopefully this situation will not remain too long so that we can enjoy the beautiful football again, along with our daily normal lives.

Cheers to all - try to enjoy the quarantine as much as you can and stay safe again! Wishing all the best to you and your families wherever you are.

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I changed a light bulb today

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Luxury, I had to unblock the sink.

This is crazy, we have a place on the coast and it’s forbidden travel to second residence, so I’m stuck in an apartment in Sevilla. The police are patrolling the beaches and arresting people who dare to jog along the beaches even though they are kilometres away from the nearest person, way to go.

I’ll do a Sevilla quiz for you all, no prizes, just a memory test.

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Ok quiz question 1, guesses only no googling.

(This is difficult)

Player. Transferred from Valencia to Sevilla

H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s M _ _ _ r o

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Well done, you win the right to pose the next question :grin:

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This is a bit difficult to answer, I give in, but I’ll have to guess at someone … Luis Fabiano?

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That was about 2 seasons prior to when I started watching SFC. Sorry guys - been kind of it lately. Glad to see you all posting some things. The trivia is awesome. Keep it coming.