There were awful piercing screams from out the front, I was sure someone was being murdered. I was right! Jan was ripping poor defenceless veggies out of the garden and decapitating them.
No doubt I will feel guilty when eating them for dinner.
Meanwhile were were almost back into boater mode having to deploy the plank to reach the shore.
The driveway and path are being replaced in two stages.
The first stage places us in lockdown. Being trapped inside has some advantages when I suggested we have a homemade “spoons” big breakfast for lunch.
During this period of enforced confinement I’ve been cutting the plywood for my new work bench. I appeared to have a surplus sheet of plywood and decided to make it into garage shelving.
Shelving resting on its tummy.
Everything was going well until I realised I didn’t have sufficient plywood for the top shelf. However I then realised I had a 2400x400mm offcut from the work bench. Everything was going well until I attempted to fit the top shelf only to discover the first plywood sheet was 2440mm long whilst the work bench sheets were 2400mm. The damned shelf was 40mm short. Eventually I came up with a solution involving a piece of scrap timber.
I can live with the anomaly as it’s only garage shelving.
We sat down to lunch whilst watching the midday news. The federal PM (Scomo from Marketing) appears to be digging himself a deeper political grave. One of the State Health Ministers has informed the press that the Federal government is not distributing the COVID vaccines based on population ratio. The NSW State government is getting a greater share of the vaccine compared to Queensland, Victoria and West Australia. It’s true that NSW has a significant COVID problem which it’s endeavouring to control via vaccination rather than lockdown suppression. Giving them a greater share of the national vaccine stock might be justified. However it’s also true that the Federal and NSW State governments are Liberal, whilst the other three States have a Labor government. Politics? Some will claim it is.
The NZ PM was also on the news explaining that NZ was in the final stages of contract negotiations for the supply of vaccine. Here was me thinking Australia had well and truly missed the bus!
2 comments :
Not quite correct on the NZ situation. The PM is organising a couple of early deliveries of vaccine ahead of the ordered large shipments due in October. The extra supplies are required due a big increase in demand over the last few weeks as we currently have a delta outbreak which is becoming under control with 15 new cases today (down from the peak of 83 pd). The first top up is currently above the Pacific on its way from Spain. The current vaccination rate in NZ is better than that in the West island.
Don as of 8 Sep the NZ vaccination rate was 28% of the total population has received two jabs. That figure is from the NZ Health.gov.nz website. The rate in Australia was 31.5%.
Both the NZ and Oz Govts were very slow in arranging contracts for the supply of COVID vaccine. Not sure about NZ, but the Oz govt is attempting to mask their failure by telling the population they waited because other countries were in a crisis and the (Oz) generously allowed them to have priority. Oz (and I suspect NZ) are currently able to procure additional stock of vaccine because those other countries have too much which is also about to expire. Eg, Oz has done a deal wirth Singapore and Poland to take some of their surplus vaccine which is about to expire whilst giving back some of their stock which is due for delivery early next year.
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