THE VIRUS IN CANADA

[DUNKS]

Our daughter lives in New Brunswick Canada. No cases of the virus at present and no deaths. Guy was a suspected case when tested as he got of a flight in Moncton and refused to return on the next flight! He had no place to isolate so the RCMP are treating him to two weeks holiday "in jail"

I know it's a small  750.000 state but  "THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT"

Edited May 10, 2020 by DUNKS

[Lloyd90]

That’s the way to do it? Lock us all in cells for 2 weeks until the virus is gone? 🤔

 

I can only imagine putting him on the next flight back to wherever he came from, would have surely just spread it to everyone on that flight who then went all over the country? Hardly the model we should all live up to!  

[ShootingEgg]

20 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said:

That’s the way to do it? Lock us all in cells for 2 weeks until the virus is gone? 🤔

 

I can only imagine putting him on the next flight back to wherever he came from, would have surely just spread it to everyone on that flight who then went all over the country? Hardly the model we should all live up to!  

To be fair you should be in a cell for atleast a month lad hahaha 

[Lloyd90]

8 minutes ago, ShootingEgg said:

To be fair you should be in a cell for atleast a month lad hahaha 

I haven't left my garage for 8 weeks  

[Vince Green]

Lets face it, much of Canada like a lot of States in the US have been in isolation since before all this started.

Some twenty odd years ago I drove with my friend Jim from Nebraska to South Dakota  and some of it we did off the interstate on the backroads  because we were visiting some historical sites. People over here cannot begin to imagine driving two hours and barely seeing another soul, the odd dwelling,  a few farm trucks. Signs saying last gas for 60 miles and a diner.

[ShootingEgg]

1 hour ago, Lloyd90 said:

I haven't left my garage for 8 weeks  

You not classed as a key worker? 

[Lloyd90]

1 hour ago, Vince Green said:

Lets face it, much of Canada like a lot of States in the US have been in isolation since before all this started.

Some twenty odd years ago I drove with my friend Jim from Nebraska to South Dakota  and some of it we did off the interstate on the backroads  because we were visiting some historical sites. People over here cannot begin to imagine driving two hours and barely seeing another soul, the odd dwelling,  a few farm trucks. Signs saying last gas for 60 miles and a diner.

Bet the diner was good though

 

Australia is like that! My mate was travelling with 3 other lads, my mate and another lad flew from one coast to the other. The other two lads said they wanted to drive it. They wouldn't be talked out of it. They met up a week or two later, my mate asked them what it was like. 

The two lads said they took it in turns of driving 12 hours each. They'd drive for 12 hours, then swap over, the other one getting some sleep until their turn again. They said they saw almost nothing the entire way across and were just glad there are petrol stations etc there for them to gas up, and then carry on until the next one. 

 

They did not recommend it. 

[39TDS]

10 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said:

Bet the diner was good though

 

Australia is like that! My mate was travelling with 3 other lads, my mate and another lad flew from one coast to the other. The other two lads said they wanted to drive it. They wouldn't be talked out of it. They met up a week or two later, my mate asked them what it was like. 

The two lads said they took it in turns of driving 12 hours each. They'd drive for 12 hours, then swap over, the other one getting some sleep until their turn again. They said they saw almost nothing the entire way across and were just glad there are petrol stations etc there for them to gas up, and then carry on until the next one. 

 

They did not recommend it. 

What I like about is when you do see another car you both wave at each other.

[DUNKS]

Vince. You mean roads like this! Taken mid day a couple of years ago New Brunswick. Went to see the new Cabela's shop and have a good drool.

[Retsdon]

1 hour ago, Vince Green said:

People over here cannot begin to imagine driving two hours and barely seeing another soul, the odd dwelling,  a few farm trucks.

The size of the sky.

[Retsdon]

31 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said:

They did not recommend it. 

That's sad. Experiencing empty country is why you go to empty country. If you just drop in on an airplane and look at it it's not the same because you have no perspective. You might as well look at a postcard. Drive for 20 hours on a dead straight road without seeing another living soul and you'll appreciate what open space actually is. But of course, you have to be open to the notion of experience for its own sake. 

And that's why tourism is mostly wasted on tourists. Most people just want entertainment or selfies, and that can be done at home.

[Lloyd90]

1 minute ago, Retsdon said:

That's sad. Experiencing empty country is why you go to empty country. If you just drop in on an airplane and look at it it's not the same because you have no perspective. You might as well look at a postcard. Drive for 20 hours on a dead straight road without seeing another living soul and you'll appreciate what open space actually is. But of course, you have to be open to the notion of experience for its own sake. 

And that's why tourism is mostly wasted on tourists. Most people just want entertainment or selfies, and that can be done at home.

 

People too busy taking pictures for their social media, to sit and take in the beauty that is all around them  

[Lever357]

It is very hard to compare countrys, it's like comparing an apple to a pork pie. The population of California is larger than the population of Canada. Canada has a population density of 4 people per sq km, UK is 271 per sq km so the virus is bound to have more of an effect here.

[Retsdon]

25 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said:

 

People too busy taking pictures for their social media, to sit and take in the beauty that is all around them  

It's endemic these days. A couple of years ago I stole some time off to go back to South Africa to stay with an old fishing pal for about a fortnight. We were doing a lot of fishing  and anyway one day we paired up with a couple of other guys that my friend knew, so that day we weren't fishing together. The bloke I was with a great guy and a good fisherman but he wanted to take pictures of everything.  My first fish was a 9 inch rainbow and he wants me to hold it up so he could take a picture! It was absurd  -every single fish had to be committed to some cloud-based photo bank somewhere - even a 9 inch rainbow.

And I have to say, quite honestly it spoiled my day. I like to be in the moment and as soon as you start messing about recording stuff, you're not in the picture anymore - you're outside it. The moment has now become an opportunity that you have to be outside of to take advantage of.

And for what most of the time? Just another random JPEG.

Edited May 10, 2020 by Retsdon

[Lloyd90]

2 minutes ago, Retsdon said:

It's endemic these days. A couple of years ago I stole some time off to back to South Africa to stay with an old fishing pal for about a fortnight. We were doing a lot of fishing  and anyway one day we paired up with a couple of other guys that my friend knew so that day we weren't fishing together. The bloke I was with a great guy and a good fisherman but he wanted to take pictures of everything.  My first fish was a 9 inch rainbow and he wants me to hold it up so he could take a picture! It was absurd  -every single fish had to be committed to some cloud-based photo bank somewhere - even a 9 inch rainbow.

And I have to say, quite honestly it spoiled my day. I like to be in the moment and the as soon as you start messing about recording stuff, you're not in the picture anymore - you're outside it. The moment has now become an opportunity that you have to be outside of to take advantage of.

And for what most of the time? Just another random JPEG.

 

Uploaded to a file somewhere, never to be looked at again. Better off inside your head! 

[AVB]

32 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said:

 

Uploaded to a file somewhere, never to be looked at again. Better off inside your head! 

What do you mean. I photograph every pigeon I shoot. I have large collection of about 10. I often look at them and reminisce. 

[Lloyd90]

1 minute ago, AVB said:

What do you mean. I photograph every pigeon I shoot. I have large collection of about 10. I often look at them and reminisce. 

 

Some memories are more special if they just remain in your head  

I can still remember the first duck I ever shot. Dark as anything, sat freezing in a small wet ditch on a coastal farm in Wales, couldn't touch my gun barrels for fear of my fingers sticking. 

A group of about 3 teal came low across this tiny scrape of a pond, they skimmed the water and zoomed past me, one only about 6 inches left of my head. I somehow managed to spin around and drop one of them as they went away. I don't know how as I later found out the gun I had bought was left handed  ... the bird dropped into some bracken and I sent my labrador Skye to get it. She was my first ever dog and I had done a poor job of training her, although at the time thought it was ok. I think she was about a year old. It was also her first ever duck. She got to it and the duck twitched and she stood there barking at it  and I had to go pick it myself! 

I can also still remember the plop sound of a large mallard drake I shot coming into that same splash as it hit the water on my first shot. 

 

Those memories are special. No picture can ever capture those moments, but I can remember them vividly in my mind. I am not looking forward to the next few months as the old lab Skye has started to go downhill a bit. She's at my folks in Wales still who won't hear anything bad said and think she's absolutely fine, but imagine I will have to take her to the vets at some point this year. 

[AVB]

2 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said:

 

Some memories are more special if they just remain in your head  

I can still remember the first duck I ever shot. Dark as anything, sat freezing in a small wet ditch on a coastal farm in Wales, couldn't touch my gun barrels for fear of my fingers sticking. 

A group of about 3 teal came low across this tiny scrape of a pond, they skimmed the water and zoomed past me, one only about 6 inches left of my head. I somehow managed to spin around and drop one of them as they went away. I don't know how as I later found out the gun I had bought was left handed  ... the bird dropped into some bracken and I sent my labrador Skye to get it. She was my first ever dog and I had done a poor job of training her, although at the time thought it was ok. I think she was about a year old. It was also her first ever duck. She got to it and the duck twitched and she stood there barking at it  and I had to go pick it myself! 

I can also still remember the plop sound of a large mallard drake I shot coming into that same splash as it hit the water on my first shot. 

 

Those memories are special. No picture can ever capture those moments, but I can remember them vividly in my mind. I am not looking forward to the next few months as the old lab Skye has started to go downhill a bit. She's at my folks in Wales still who won't hear anything bad said and think she's absolutely fine, but imagine I will have to take her to the vets at some point this year

I agree. Sorry to hear about the dog. 

[Lloyd90]

24 minutes ago, AVB said:

I agree. Sorry to hear about the dog. 

One of those things. I have been expecting it for a while but still hits you hard when you see it. Some of her litter mates have started to be PTS now in their old age. 

[old man]

19 hours ago, Vince Green said:

Lets face it, much of Canada like a lot of States in the US have been in isolation since before all this started.

Some twenty odd years ago I drove with my friend Jim from Nebraska to South Dakota  and some of it we did off the interstate on the backroads  because we were visiting some historical sites. People over here cannot begin to imagine driving two hours and barely seeing another soul, the odd dwelling,  a few farm trucks. Signs saying last gas for 60 miles and a diner.

Sounds like the land of the Kiwi too?