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misterpop wrote:You also may see a lot more of me on here for a time.

Every cloud has a silver lining.
Take care, Ian. Wishing you all the best.

Thanks idris.

Another interesting article (especially the contents of the last paragraph which I haven't seen highlighted elsewhere).

misterpop wrote:You also may see a lot more of me on here for a time.

That is a good thing to do: read posts you've previously passed over and expand your knowledge base. Interacting with our collections is also a good "social distancing" activity: re-arranging displays, cataloging, tackling restoration projects, and even bombing your beaters across the floor (or tabletop, if you prefer).

Squid wrote:

misterpop wrote:You also may see a lot more of me on here for a time.

That is a good thing to do: read posts you've previously passed over and expand your knowledge base. Interacting with our collections is also a good "social distancing" activity: re-arranging displays, cataloging, tackling restoration projects, and even bombing your beaters across the floor (or tabletop, if you prefer).

Maybe a lot will get done in these next few months...What a great idea to play with our stuff after all we only live once why not enjoy what we have searched for and paid good money for...

Hi All, I can see a lot of collections coming up soon ,everybody stay well Pete.

From The Guardian's Covid 19 blog today: "On some estimates the UK economy is on course to shrink by 15% in the second quarter of 2020. That is not a recession, it is a collapse surpassing anything in modern times, including the Great Depression".

Squid wrote: That is a good thing to do: read posts you've previously passed over and expand your knowledge base. Interacting with our collections is also a good "social distancing" activity: re-arranging displays, cataloging, tackling restoration projects, and even bombing your beaters across the floor (or tabletop, if you prefer).

I fully retired this year and have never been so busy. Redecorated lounge, dining room, kitchen & entrance way as well as concert going, sport, shopping and socialising. The last week has seen a big change. All sport, from Junior to Senior level has been cancelled, so no hockey and all concerts have been cancelled. Even going out for the day you have to think about how crowded it will be as NZ Government advises no indoor gathering of 100+ people and keeping physical distancing to 1 metre (luckily on the golf course we're all over the place and only get close on the tee & green).

Decided to have a big tidy up of my toy room, everything out of cupboards, out of the room, cleaned and then decided to reorganise and have all on display. Like misterpop said it was great to spend time with the collection and enjoy it again. Also might be time to sell off the duplicates.

Idris wrote:From The Guardian's Covid 19 blog today: "On some estimates the UK economy is on course to shrink by 15% in the second quarter of 2020. That is not a recession, it is a collapse surpassing anything in modern times, including the Great Depression".

I hope they're wrong.

tractorboy wrote: I fully retired this year and have never been so busy. Redecorated lounge, dining room, kitchen & entrance way as well as concert going, sport, shopping and socialising.

I retired 3 years ago, and still wonder how I ever found time to go to work! Always something to do.