rockabilly777Member, The FramerPosts: 587✭✭✭ Daybiller
I'm late to the party with reading/responding, Charlie, but my thoughts and prayers include everyone her passing, her husband and the virus has impacted, not the least of which is you. I'm sorry to hear it.
It would appear I spoke too soon about my good fortune for continued employment. I found out last night that due to virus related impact and related cutbacks, that I've been "furloughed" for up to 90 days. If I get called back during that time period, everything goes back to normal. If it exceeds that 90 days, I'm officially "laid off", which I believe is their vernacular for "you're fired". Generously, they're paying for health insurance during that time, but the uncertainty isn't something we really needed right now.
As you said, Charlie, we'll keep the poster family love at VMPF.
That sucks Rock. Its times like these when everyone should be more considerate and do as much as they can to preserve all jobs. Hope this gets sorted soon
rockabilly777Member, The FramerPosts: 587✭✭✭ Daybiller
I understand how tremendously blessed I am in general, so while I can certainly throw a doozy of a pity party over the handful of things going sideways, I'm way more fortunate than so many others. This too shall pass, and hopefully the lessons we need to learn from it will become clear.
So the easter long weekend with nowhere to go saw us build EVERY lego set the girls own between them! Days of looking for mixed up and missing bits, but we got there. Will get some pics and post tomorrow maybe.
Homeschooling starts Tuesday. Lordy, help me stay sane and calm!
Home schooling - I feel ya! 4 kids here to 'teach'...oh boy!
My work continues to chug along; I've only been in the office for a few hours in the past month and it is starting to feel pretty isolating. I really feel for those on furloughs or 'extended leave' - it's just another layer of uncertainty in what is already such an uncertain time.
It is nice to have the VMPF Clubhouse to hang out in :-)
I think the hoarding is over here. Plenty of loo paper, tissues and paper towels. Just a shortage of premedicated wipes and disinfectant spray cans. But that too shall pass. Got my flu shot before the rush. That alone kills too many people a year.
rockabilly777Member, The FramerPosts: 587✭✭✭ Daybiller
Thanks for the update. It's good to hear things are stable there, if not maybe even looking up a little. Hopefully the trend keeps going in that direction.
Infection rates are actually 50x - 85x more than recorded in one county studied.
I have a terrible feeling when all this is over and using hindsight vision, the great corona virus shutdown will have all been mass hysteria. For now, everyone stay safe.
That second mouse in the bowl of cream we call life...
I think the hoarding is over here. Plenty of loo paper, tissues and paper towels. Just a shortage of premedicated wipes and disinfectant spray cans. But that too shall pass. Got my flu shot before the rush. That alone kills too many people a year.
Yeah found this too, the last couple of weeks. Slowly but surely, the morons realised there is no need to hoard!
rockabilly777Member, The FramerPosts: 587✭✭✭ Daybiller
The scary thing here (and of course that reflects my own opinion) is that there's a growing unrest/movement to stop the stay at home idea, and push to get life back to normal. While I totally understand the need for that economically, it seems like a disaster waiting to happen with regards to a resurgence in rates of infection. The basic supplies needed to treat this thing are reportedly still very low, so letting people loose seems like throwing a whole bunch more fuel on to an already raging dumpster fire.
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Hoping her husband can pull through.
Keeping everyone in my thoughts. Anyone who needs to connect for any reason, reach out!
Best wishes to everyone
It would appear I spoke too soon about my good fortune for continued employment. I found out last night that due to virus related impact and related cutbacks, that I've been "furloughed" for up to 90 days. If I get called back during that time period, everything goes back to normal. If it exceeds that 90 days, I'm officially "laid off", which I believe is their vernacular for "you're fired". Generously, they're paying for health insurance during that time, but the uncertainty isn't something we really needed right now.
As you said, Charlie, we'll keep the poster family love at VMPF.
Will be hoping you get that callback well before the 90 days.
Take care!
We can go global before we go local...
Its times like these when everyone should be more considerate and do as much as they can to preserve all jobs.
Hope this gets sorted soon
Homeschooling starts Tuesday. Lordy, help me stay sane and calm!
My work continues to chug along; I've only been in the office for a few hours in the past month and it is starting to feel pretty isolating. I really feel for those on furloughs or 'extended leave' - it's just another layer of uncertainty in what is already such an uncertain time.
It is nice to have the VMPF Clubhouse to hang out in :-)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/04/17/health/santa-clara-coronavirus-infections-study/index.html
Infection rates are actually 50x - 85x more than recorded in one county studied.
I have a terrible feeling when all this is over and using hindsight vision, the great corona virus shutdown will have all been mass hysteria. For now, everyone stay safe.