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Can you go to your office during the day or is this 24h lockdown?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 12:09:55 PM EST
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It's been 24h so far. We're hoping they'll let us go to the office tomorrow.
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 12:11:35 PM EST
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But there is a good reason, ne? Or do you welcome increased risk?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 12:18:03 PM EST
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I think it's an overreaction.  I don't think the risk for me is any higher than it was in July.
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 12:19:57 PM EST
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OK, i'll accept that you are the best judge, for sure i can only imagine. then i guess you have to use the lockdown as enforced writing exercise. (and some good films?)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 12:23:17 PM EST
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I just feel depressed and isolated. I can't write. I can't concentrate on reading, or even films/tv.

They are making all of these over-the-top decisions about our "security," which amounts to being as conservative as humanly possible because nobody wants to take the blame if something were to go wrong.  And nobody gives a damn about whether it's possible to live under these absurd, draconian and utterly unnecessary security provisions without losing our minds.  Because the people who make the decisions don't actually have to live by them.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 12:37:54 PM EST
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Arrgghh, it does sound very depression and extremly challenging. Most be a pretty helpless feeling being so ratically locked down. Hope it will over for you soon.  
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 01:06:51 PM EST
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Normal, but there's nothing like forced confinement to make you go deeper, and discover states you didn't know you had.

Mandela?  still, my heart goes out to you, partly because it's also cold there.

Music doesn't work?  Often works for me.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 01:08:03 PM EST
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This sounds plain awful. Protecting human life by making human living inhumane.

Can you tell more about these conditions - is this the same house with the insufferable housemate?

by Nomad on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 01:20:20 PM EST
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Objectively it's probably not as bad as I make it sound. My room is comfortable enough, if sort of neo-Soviet.  But yes, at least two of the housemates are unbearable, and the food is dreadful.  It's manageable if one can get out once in a while, but when you're trapped here 24/7, it's awful.
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 03:14:05 PM EST
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if im going to be alone I want it to be my own choice, having someone else chose it for me  wouldnt be fun.

Hope they let you out soon, sounds like people have got far too  used to  solitary confinement as a solution to problems.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 01:29:50 PM EST
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Ceebs, I thought of you when I saw reports of flooding in The Lake District. Don't know how far it extends and how close you are.  Glad to see your post.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 02:10:10 PM EST
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Im off down on the other side of the country, a good distance away now.

The bad weather  is 80 miles north of where I used to live.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 04:25:04 PM EST
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They are making all of these over-the-top decisions about our "security," which amounts to being as conservative as humanly possible because nobody wants to take the blame if something were to go wrong.  And nobody gives a damn about whether it's possible to live under these absurd, draconian and utterly unnecessary security provisions without losing our minds.  Because the people who make the decisions don't actually have to live by them.

Authoritarianism in three sentences.

by ATinNM on Sat Nov 21st, 2009 at 02:04:14 PM EST
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