Isolation diaries - Page 71

Miisa · #**1751** 03-05-2022, 07:14 AM

There is no dialogue in King Kong, silly.

JoeP · #**1752** 03-07-2022, 10:50 AM

The Queen will 'make Windsor her permanent base after two years WFH'

Quote:

THE Queen will never live in Buckingham Palace again, it was reported last night.

The 95-year-old monarch will instead make Windsor Castle her permanent address after spending two years “working from home” at the 1,000-year-old castle.

Royal approval for wfh.

Stormlight · #**1753** 03-08-2022, 07:42 AM

We can't hear you ma'am! You're on mute! YOU HAVE TO UNMUTE! :glare:

Sock Puppet · #**1754** 03-08-2022, 10:49 PM

"I wonder why they're ignoring and talking over me ..."

Stormlight · #**1755** 03-11-2022, 08:11 AM

While I'm now plague free for over a week, the symptoms haven't gone away. :glare:

Slight nausea, cough etc. I'm also tired all the time but that might just be a crushing depression. :crossed:

JoeP · #**1756** 03-11-2022, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormlight

I'm also tired all the time but that might just be a crushing depression.

That's not long covid, it's long life.

Stormlight · #**1757** 03-11-2022, 01:40 PM

Yay.

vremya · #**1758** 03-11-2022, 02:28 PM

for stormy

Miisa · #**1759** 03-17-2022, 08:51 AM

Happy second birthday, thread. :bday:

Stormlight · #**1760** 03-17-2022, 11:09 AM

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**1761** 03-19-2022, 09:05 PM

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Scythe

JoeP · #**1762** 03-20-2022, 06:15 PM

JoeP · #**1763** 03-23-2022, 04:08 PM

Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going ‘goblin mode’? | Life and style | The Guardian

Apparently I've been trendy all along.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**1764** 03-30-2022, 04:56 AM

Forgot my mask going to 7-11. Went in anyway, distanced like a champ, got my thing, got out, washed hands.

JoeP · #**1765** 03-30-2022, 09:58 AM

Misread as

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

distanced like a champ, got my thing out, washed hands.

Good that you washed.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**1766** 04-15-2022, 08:15 PM

Gotta admire the fearlessness of a pair of 60-70 year old maskless ladies who don’t distance next to the masked dude suffering what’s probably allergies.

Stormlight · #**1767** 04-20-2022, 01:20 PM

We're pretty much all back in the office again which was fun! For a while ... I was quickly reminded why I hated the office in the past: the noise, the smell, the guy tapping his pen on the desk for 30 minutes, the guy eating like a pig next to you. And of course nobody keeps any kind of distance anymore.

I'm not saying I'm ready for the next pandemic but ... you know.

Pan Narrans · #**1768** 04-20-2022, 01:38 PM

... but you are ready for there to be less people on the world. :death:

viscousmemories · #**1769** 04-20-2022, 01:57 PM

I will never go back to an office if I can help it, and I'm a "people person".

vremya · #**1770** 04-20-2022, 02:04 PM

We had 6 people in the office yesterday, which was probably the most in months.
I'm usually the only person there, maybe one or two more. I miss having someone to walk down the hall to chat with.

I started going back since I couldn't handle working at home any more - it felt more like living at work instead of working at home.

JoeP · #**1771** 04-20-2022, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormlight

... I was quickly reminded why I hated the office in the past: the noise, the smell, the guy tapping his pen on the desk for 30 minutes, the guy eating like a pig next to you.

Miisa and I are both working in her flat this week ... which means the guy tapping his pen and the guy eating like a pig ... are both me.

The smell, however, we can still blame on the dogs. And the noise is the what the fuck are they doing neighbours.

Ensign Steve · #**1772** 04-20-2022, 09:18 PM

I'm going to do a little re-do in my home office. Maybe not technically a re-do but an initial do, as we've only been here 5 months and everything is still in the initial "okay, we've unpacked, now what?" stage.

Like many home offices, mine is a bedroom with a desk instead of a bed. The closet is on the opposite wall from the desk and has mirrored doors, so you can see my whole ass on the webcam. Unacceptable! Then I remembered, we own this fucking joint. We can do whatever we want.

I am going to take the doors off the closet, remove the clothes-hanging bar, put my desk in the closet, and convert it into a little workspace hutch. There's already a light in there, which means there's wiring for even different lighting if I feel like it in the future.

I'm going to turn the opposite corner into little break nook with a comfy chair by the book cases. This is so I can take a break without entirely exiting the office and getting sidelined by my giant TV, adorable puppies, doting spouse, etc. I will hang up some posters and art and whatever, too.

I don't love remote working, but it looks like at this point it's not going away, so I better set myself up for success. I definitely didn't do that 2 years ago, and that's why now I'm looking for a jerb.

Stormlight · #**1773** 04-21-2022, 06:13 AM

Also, I haven't had a cold in two years. Well, guess what ... :glare:

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**1774** 04-21-2022, 06:44 AM

Just think, we’re going back living this way to satisfy the sunk cost fallacy involved with an office space lease despite having communication technology ahead of Star Trek.

JoeP · #**1775** 04-21-2022, 07:39 AM

The communicators cannae penetrate the shield raised by big business!