Amusing, but,,,, if it makes you feel protected;

[Oldbloke]

Dad was telling me when he was in the army in Croatia they were not allowed beards because it stops the gas mask from sealing. I think thats one of the reasons its a common grooming standard in armies.

Correct. Any leak around the face to mask seal reduces the effectiveness of the mask.

[TassieTiger]

I am waiting for someone to board a plane with a welding mask...lol.

[Tiger650]

Ok people, we are starting the random grocery item generator. It will spit out a new name every day and that item will no longer be available on supermarket shelves due to panic buying.

Caller on talkback radio yesterday reckoned he could not buy a freezer, a brief search of a couple of retailer sites indicate that he may be correct.

[flutch]

Yeha freezers were bound to sell out as people start to wanna stock up on perishables, unlike s**t paper however there will likely end up being a delayed restock of these as the majority come from asia

[flutch]

Love living on the farm, paddock is full of food, we already have bulk supplies, we already have bulk ammo and f-a, we already have fuel, we already have water, we already have basically everything city plebs don't. And if we run out of s**t paper, plenty of crossbred wool and we can always designate a dam for ass washing haha

[Die Judicii]

Love living on the farm, paddock is full of food, we already have bulk supplies, we already have bulk ammo and f-a, we already have fuel, we already have water, we already have basically everything city plebs don't. And if we run out of s**t paper, plenty of crossbred wool and we can always designate a dam for ass washing haha

Precisely.

This is the very reason Mr and Mrs China and all of their offspring are trying ( ? succeeded ) to buy Australia..

[flutch]

Precisely.

This is the very reason Mr and Mrs China and all of their offspring are trying ( ? succeeded ) to buy Australia..

Yeah I'm 100% behind banning foreign ownership of land and single dwellings on land, if we can only buy a condo in their country that's all they should be allowed to own here

[Sergeant Hartman]

Mate do you actually realise even Chinese cannot buy a house or land in China, at the most its a 100 year lease.

Using same logic or govt will need to stop us buying and owning land

[flutch]

Mate do you actually realise even Chinese cannot buy a house or land in China, at the most its a 100 year lease.

Using same logic or govt will need to stop us buying and owning land

I don't usually unblock your comments, but if that's your interpretation of my comment then it's a poor one at best, if anything by that logic they should have even less license to own anything here, it's weak policy inviting it in, rather see land/businesses nationalised than foreign ownership continued. Lease fine, run business fine, own assets like land and infrastructure, nope.

[sungazer]

In Asia it is common to have a garbage bin full of water next to the dunny. In it, it has a small plastic saucepan that you use as a scoop to get water out of the bin to pour on you bum to give it a clean. It works well just wash your hands. Nearly all the toilets over there can not handle TP so it is used to dry your bum then put in a bin.

The Alternative this used to be in the Mother in Laws house.

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[flutch]

Correct sungazer I have many times rinsed the posterior with a "Tabo" and given it a dab to dry after, good old hand scrub and dry on some paper towel or clean towel and bobs ya aunty

[Am88]

I cannot wrap me head around the toilet paper thing either, if you have to get in the shower afterwards, it's only a bit of poo. With the panic buying here going on there is a lack of food on the shelf already, but if it gets to it, the humble kangaroo is going to be on the menu for me as well as the venison in my freezer

[Bugman]

It could be possible that they wear a mask cause they is just real ugly

[RoginaJack]

Yeah Flutch but have you got wine or just in pill form still hanging on the vine and rum? So there!

[Sergeant Hartman]

I have a new theory.

They wet the toilet paper softly and wrap it around their faces and use as p3 masks

[flutch]

Yeah Flutch but have you got wine or just in pill form still hanging on the vine and rum? So there!

Don't drink anymore, so no need, have a few fruits happening but then I'm not big on any of them

[TassieTiger]

I have a new theory.

They wet the toilet paper softly and wrap it around their faces and use as p3 masks

Good point really - Why aren’t ppl using bandannas or similar where they can damp down and improve filtration quality? I have to fly my family from Hobart to Brisbane soon and kids are freaking out - I was thinking I’d get them masks if nothing more than for the psychology....but Damo bandanna over the nose and mouth might be the ticket, I can sell it to them in a fun way.

On yet another tangent. As a motorcycle rider, it’s demanded of me to remove my lid when Getting petrol, going into shop, etc - wonder if the ppl wearing masks at petrol stations will be subjected to the nsnny tanties that many have when you don’t show mouth, nose....

[Sergeant Hartman]

No cuz everyone know motorcycle riders are bad.... bikie gangs

[straightshooter]

Good point really - Why aren’t ppl using bandannas or similar where they can damp down and improve filtration quality? I have to fly my family from Hobart to Brisbane soon and kids are freaking out - I was thinking I’d get them masks if nothing more than for the psychology....but Damo bandanna over the nose and mouth might be the ticket, I can sell it to them in a fun way.

On yet another tangent. As a motorcycle rider, it’s demanded of me to remove my lid when Getting petrol, going into shop, etc - wonder if the ppl wearing masks at petrol stations will be subjected to the nsnny tanties that many have when you don’t show mouth, nose....

It's not very well understood by the general population but somebody wearing a mask is doing you a favour.
They are protecting you from the droplets they may otherwise be emitting into the air around them.
The mask provides little or no protection to the wearer due to becoming saturated with the wearers emissions after as little as 15 minutes and thus becoming a fertile environment for nasties that may be drawn into the mask.

[Oldbloke]

Yeh,went to Aldi yesterday. A lot of empty shelves.

I start digging my new bomb shelter in the back yard today.

[TassieTiger]

....[/quote]

It's not very well understood by the general population but somebody wearing a mask is doing you a favour.
They are protecting you from the droplets they may otherwise be emitting into the air around them.
The mask provides little or no protection to the wearer due to becoming saturated with the wearers emissions after as little as 15 minutes and thus becoming a fertile environment for nasties that may be drawn into the mask.[/quote]

Yes, but one might also assume that they are also creating a saturated focal point for the disease - that is, they touch the mask they are wearing and then touch a counter, a biro or similar and....and transfer is possible. Without a saturated focal point, that might not occur...- ps I’m not a quack, I’m just thinking out allowed.

[doc]

Whatever you do - DON'T tell people masks are useless. Let them wear them - because they're doing society a favour by not spreading their own germs and viruses around. Sadly the only reason many wear masks is for their OWN protection - so just keep encouraging them to do so.

I'm betting we're in for the lowest cold and flu season this year we've ever seen.