Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

[Kiwi Pete]

Taking some lambs to the abbatoir today View attachment 866731

Crackers there Jim

 

[Kidds]

Are you sure he's "reasonably intelligent"!

That’s the thing, yes he is. So is his deeply religious father.
Intelligent people that are prone to believing fanciful things.

 

[Steel]

One in my local town......

Time for the Tin hat and the shotgun

Only one? There is a couple who were on the infected cruse from last week. They have been in isolation I believe.
With the age of Berrigans population it could kill 20% of the town. My parents live there and are over 80.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Are you sure he's "reasonably intelligent"!

Had the vet in to a poorly cow this morning and we were both bemoaning how even "intelligent" folk could be so incredibly stupid...

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Only one? There is a couple who were on the infected cruse from last week. They have been in isolation I believe.
With the age of Berrigans population it could kill 20% of the town. My parents live there and are over 80.

Rather than the faceache thing I was sent as a screenshot...I googled the story and it says 1 for the shire....so could be anywhere. .. https://www.bordermail.com.au/story...se-covid-19-positive-tests-through-awh-at-10/

 

[Bury the Trash]

Scientist gets magnets stuck in his nose after coronavirus device mishap | CNN

The internet is awash with suggestions for keeping yourself occupied at home during the coronavirus outbreak, but one Australian scientist ended up in the hospital thanks to his choice of entertainment.

edition.cnn.com

?

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

A funny on a drive radio show the other day. She said Prince Charles tested positive. His wife camilla has been tested as well and tested negative for coronavirus, but positive for equine flu......

 

[Kidds]

On the local Facebook page there’s an advert that basically says if you are feeling suicidal give me a call, I am an undertaker and will give you sympathetic guidance. :O
He’s now ranting about people having a go at him and no he wasn’t after more trade.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Redirect Notice

www.google.com

This follows on from Qld and WA doing the same thing....gubament must be worried....

 

[Kiwi Pete]

A funny on a drive radio show the other day. She said Prince Charles tested positive. His wife camilla has been tested as well and tested negative for coronavirus, but positive for equine flu......

Everybody's funny

 

[Steel]

Redirect Notice

www.google.com

This follows on from Qld and WA doing the same thing....gubament must be worried....

They claim it is due to increased chance of domestic violence. Which is bloody stupid.
I’ll go to the bottle shop and spend my ammo money on grog instead, because alcohol is never involved in domestic violence. ?
Government has no idea and are getting more stupid daily.

There was mention of ammo panick buying earlier, and now the government has proved why that was a good idea.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

They claim it is due to increased chance of domestic violence. Which is bloody stupid.
I’ll go to the bottle shop and spend my ammo money on grog instead, because alcohol is never involved in domestic violence. ?
Government has no idea and are getting more stupid daily.

There was mention of ammo panick buying earlier, and now the government has proved why that was a good idea.

2 slab limit now.....

 

[Yale]

2 slab limit now.....

Is a slab a pack of beer?

We‘ve got 3x 24 packs of lager beer for home delivery....

......that should last a week.

 

[Kidds]

Is a slab a pack of beer?

I was hoping it was cartridges.
I am currently swapping goose eggs for strong spirits

 

[Farmer Roy]

https://www.facebook.com/100000762374540/posts/2888004714568246

Did you watch tonight's Shitshow?

No, of course you didn't. Because you're not a masochist.

That's what you pay me for.

Trump: "We announced that we would be extending our social distance guidelines until the end of April..."

When was Easter again?

Trump: "...this is based on modelling that shows the peak in fatalities will not arrive for another two weeks. The same modelling also shows that by very vigorously following these guidelines we could save more than one million American lives. Think of that. One. Million. American. Lives."

Huh.

So, now Republicans suddenly believe in modelling then?

Cool, let's talk about Climate Change and how many lives we could save if we take the actions indicated by THOSE models.

Wait.

Where are you going?

Hello?

Right.

Trump: "Our future is in our own hands..."

Well, unless you need a respirator. I guess.

"...and the sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this ... virus ... and really the fate of our victory we will have a great victory."

So, we've decided it's a virus afterall? That's good.

The fate of this virus.

The sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this virus.

This guy should be impeached for serial abuse of the language, if nothing else. Trump rambles on for a few minutes about the next 30 days, these will be great days, the 30 days, which are important to our lives, which will be great lives again, probably. Very important. Then he talks about how over one million Americans have been tested. Which, Trump claims, is more than any other country by far. "Not even close."

One million.

Which is a pretty big number.

Impressive.

So long as nobody points out that it's about 1/3 of 1% of the population and that 321,000,000 Americans HAVEN'T been tested.

Secretary Azar brown-noses about how great Trump and Pence are. Trump then does some Abbott Labs product placement while the FDA Commissioner also does some brown-nosing of his own. Trump comes back to the podium to name all the pharmaceutical companies who are handing out <pause> hydroxy chlor o quine. I swear he has to pause and sound it out every damn time.

Trump: "And we're going to introduce you to some of the greatest business executives in the world today..."

This is it.

This is the moment they told you about in grade school, when Wall Street saves the day.

Trump thanks the FDA for rushed approval for a company that makes a machine to sterilize masks. 150,000 per day. Supposedly up to 20 times per mask. Great, if it works and the rushed process didn't let contaminated masks slip through. Wouldn't want to be the first nurse to suit up with one of those. I'd want to maybe wait 14 days first and see how it goes.

Trump thanks Mike Pence for the great job.

Mike Pence, the guy who was governor of Indiana when the roads there looked like Iraq a week into the last war. Guy couldn't even manage to pave I-65, but he's running the Pandemic Response now.

Trump: "In New York, the 2900 bed hospital under construction which is now completed, they completed in it three days, you might say three and half days, at the Javits Center, will be completed today, will be, and when you look, so they're going up, I think we'll be adding some more beds which will be completed today, whoops there goes our box, and my hair is blowing around, and it's mine, one thing you can't get away with, if it's not yours you got a problem..."

Oh, yeah, he's got this. Nothing to worry about.

He rambles on for a minute then comes back to the Javits Center like he didn't just talk about it.

Trump: "So it's been really, uh, pretty amazing what they've done, the Army Corps of Engineers what they've done, they've done, they, they just completed, think of it, a 2900 ... (he pauses here like maybe he's heard this bit somewhere before) bed hospital ... in New York ... in .. .just about 3 days. Maybe four days. (three days, four days, 220, 221, whatever it takes) And the whole city is talking about it. On top of that we floated in a great ... ship. Which is going to be a thousand rooms, which is being used for patients outside of what we're focused on and that will free up a lot of rooms for what we're focused on so it's been ... great."

And we're 12 minutes into an hour long briefing and I'm starting to think maybe I didn't bring enough bourbon.

Let's jump ahead to a couple special moments:

Trump: "We're actually paying people not to work. Nobody's ever heard that, that's not for us."

It's like he's never even met Don Jr. and Eric.

The highlight for me was when Trump introduced the My Pillow guy, who then tells us how the plague was sent by God because "God had been taken out of our schools and lives, a nation had turned its back on God. I encourage you to use this time at home to get back in the word. Read our Bible."

I gotta tell you, I've watched every Roland Emmerich disaster movie there is. And no matter how over the top, no matter how insane, no matter how ridiculous, even the guy who gave us Independence Day: Resurgence wouldn't have the My Pillow CEO briefing America on the invasion.

Bunch of CEOs come up one after the other.

They each adjust the mic, breathe on it. Trump adjusts the same microphone after each speaker. Social distancing.

Q and A time.

Trump gives the Q ..., ur, sorry, OAN "reporter a question. She wants to know about how the coronavirus is like abortion. Because with conservatives, everything is about abortion.

Trump trashes CNN, as expected: "If you look at those individual statements, they're all true. 'Stay calm, it will go away' ... it will go away ... that's why people just don't want to listen to CNN anymore."

Trump explains that he accused nurses and New York officials of stealing masks yesterday because he was told that was happening by an unnamed "tremendous power in the business." Then he says he's not making any charges, and then proceeds to suggest that nurses are stealing masks. Again.

And finally, the Yamiche Alcindor dismount: Alcindor quotes Trump's own words to him again and Trump responds: "You should be saying congratulations instead of asking a really snarky question, because I know exactly what you mean by that. You should be saying congratulations to the men and women who have done this job ... and if you don't say it I will..." and suddenly it's that scene out of Animal House where Otter is defending the Deltas by accusing school council of bad-mouthing the United States of America and they march out singing God Bless America.

And that's it, Trump abruptly ends on that note.

Can't wait to see the hatemail I get for this one.

See you tomorrow.

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[CornishTone]

I see the WA Premier is going to end the exemption for FIFO’s and put them under the same restrictions as everyone else. Mate of mine will end up doing an 8 week swing before possibly being allowed back to SA.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Is a slab a pack of beer?

We‘ve got 3x 24 packs of lager beer for home delivery....

......that should last a week.

Yup slab/carton

 

[Sharpy]

https://www.facebook.com/100000762374540/posts/2888004714568246

Did you watch tonight's Shitshow?

No, of course you didn't. Because you're not a masochist.

That's what you pay me for.

Trump: "We announced that we would be extending our social distance guidelines until the end of April..."

When was Easter again?

Trump: "...this is based on modelling that shows the peak in fatalities will not arrive for another two weeks. The same modelling also shows that by very vigorously following these guidelines we could save more than one million American lives. Think of that. One. Million. American. Lives."

Huh.

So, now Republicans suddenly believe in modelling then?

Cool, let's talk about Climate Change and how many lives we could save if we take the actions indicated by THOSE models.

Wait.

Where are you going?

Hello?

Right.

Trump: "Our future is in our own hands..."

Well, unless you need a respirator. I guess.

"...and the sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this ... virus ... and really the fate of our victory we will have a great victory."

So, we've decided it's a virus afterall? That's good.

The fate of this virus.

The sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this virus.

This guy should be impeached for serial abuse of the language, if nothing else. Trump rambles on for a few minutes about the next 30 days, these will be great days, the 30 days, which are important to our lives, which will be great lives again, probably. Very important. Then he talks about how over one million Americans have been tested. Which, Trump claims, is more than any other country by far. "Not even close."

One million.

Which is a pretty big number.

Impressive.

So long as nobody points out that it's about 1/3 of 1% of the population and that 321,000,000 Americans HAVEN'T been tested.

Secretary Azar brown-noses about how great Trump and Pence are. Trump then does some Abbott Labs product placement while the FDA Commissioner also does some brown-nosing of his own. Trump comes back to the podium to name all the pharmaceutical companies who are handing out <pause> hydroxy chlor o quine. I swear he has to pause and sound it out every damn time.

Trump: "And we're going to introduce you to some of the greatest business executives in the world today..."

This is it.

This is the moment they told you about in grade school, when Wall Street saves the day.

Trump thanks the FDA for rushed approval for a company that makes a machine to sterilize masks. 150,000 per day. Supposedly up to 20 times per mask. Great, if it works and the rushed process didn't let contaminated masks slip through. Wouldn't want to be the first nurse to suit up with one of those. I'd want to maybe wait 14 days first and see how it goes.

Trump thanks Mike Pence for the great job.

Mike Pence, the guy who was governor of Indiana when the roads there looked like Iraq a week into the last war. Guy couldn't even manage to pave I-65, but he's running the Pandemic Response now.

Trump: "In New York, the 2900 bed hospital under construction which is now completed, they completed in it three days, you might say three and half days, at the Javits Center, will be completed today, will be, and when you look, so they're going up, I think we'll be adding some more beds which will be completed today, whoops there goes our box, and my hair is blowing around, and it's mine, one thing you can't get away with, if it's not yours you got a problem..."

Oh, yeah, he's got this. Nothing to worry about.

He rambles on for a minute then comes back to the Javits Center like he didn't just talk about it.

Trump: "So it's been really, uh, pretty amazing what they've done, the Army Corps of Engineers what they've done, they've done, they, they just completed, think of it, a 2900 ... (he pauses here like maybe he's heard this bit somewhere before) bed hospital ... in New York ... in .. .just about 3 days. Maybe four days. (three days, four days, 220, 221, whatever it takes) And the whole city is talking about it. On top of that we floated in a great ... ship. Which is going to be a thousand rooms, which is being used for patients outside of what we're focused on and that will free up a lot of rooms for what we're focused on so it's been ... great."

And we're 12 minutes into an hour long briefing and I'm starting to think maybe I didn't bring enough bourbon.

Let's jump ahead to a couple special moments:

Trump: "We're actually paying people not to work. Nobody's ever heard that, that's not for us."

It's like he's never even met Don Jr. and Eric.

The highlight for me was when Trump introduced the My Pillow guy, who then tells us how the plague was sent by God because "God had been taken out of our schools and lives, a nation had turned its back on God. I encourage you to use this time at home to get back in the word. Read our Bible."

I gotta tell you, I've watched every Roland Emmerich disaster movie there is. And no matter how over the top, no matter how insane, no matter how ridiculous, even the guy who gave us Independence Day: Resurgence wouldn't have the My Pillow CEO briefing America on the invasion.

Bunch of CEOs come up one after the other.

They each adjust the mic, breathe on it. Trump adjusts the same microphone after each speaker. Social distancing.

Q and A time.

Trump gives the Q ..., ur, sorry, OAN "reporter a question. She wants to know about how the coronavirus is like abortion. Because with conservatives, everything is about abortion.

Trump trashes CNN, as expected: "If you look at those individual statements, they're all true. 'Stay calm, it will go away' ... it will go away ... that's why people just don't want to listen to CNN anymore."

Trump explains that he accused nurses and New York officials of stealing masks yesterday because he was told that was happening by an unnamed "tremendous power in the business." Then he says he's not making any charges, and then proceeds to suggest that nurses are stealing masks. Again.

And finally, the Yamiche Alcindor dismount: Alcindor quotes Trump's own words to him again and Trump responds: "You should be saying congratulations instead of asking a really snarky question, because I know exactly what you mean by that. You should be saying congratulations to the men and women who have done this job ... and if you don't say it I will..." and suddenly it's that scene out of Animal House where Otter is defending the Deltas by accusing school council of bad-mouthing the United States of America and they march out singing God Bless America.

And that's it, Trump abruptly ends on that note.

Can't wait to see the hatemail I get for this one.

See you tomorrow.

Its bad enough reading that never mind watching him.

 

[Kiwi Pete]