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I am sure my quarantine story is not unique but it does feel weird when I am sitting quietly as I am now before the family wakes.

I live with my 81 year old mother (who has a breathing condition) in the UK. I also have a family in Manila (estranged wife and two young daughters). I headed out to Manila on March 11th with a plan to renovate a couple of my apartments for sale and find a new school for my 9 year old returning to the UK on April 8th. On March 16th Manila went into lockdown.

I felt for the foreigners stranded in the Philippines especially those in remote places but I was sitting pretty in my apartment spending time with the family and I could renovate even if I can't sell (probably for quite some time). Of course as time goes by I realise that unless I rent in the UK (which I can't really afford) I cannot return as it would put my mother at too great a COVID-19 risk.

So here I am quite enjoying being stranded in Manila, but thinking about if and when I will be able to return to the UK. It is dawning on me that I may not be able to return to living with Mum until there is a vaccine some time next year as I am unable to liquidate assets in Manila to fund a purchase in the UK. No one is buying right now understandably.

Oh well, another day of playing barbies and refurbishment. I am certainly not bored, if I had one wish it would be a haircut. I am in danger of ending up like the videos I laugh at on line by allowing my daughters to cut my hair!
 
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decafjava said:
Yes I am.

On my mind, I wish I had a Covid-19/Coronavirus/SARS-COV-2 filter not jsut for this forum but the whole damn internet.

No actually the world.
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He's Florida man, man. Have you tried using a keywords filter in your browser of choice?
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Some of them might be under considerable domestic - and personal - stress, also.
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I dare say. But these issues predate the Covid-19 crisis. It’s not a training issue either. It’s just some of them don’t care!
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yaxomoxay said:
I am shocked that E-sports are not gaining their momentum now.
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"You're fired" (use either Trump's or Lord Sugar's voice).
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I’d take Sugar over Trump any day of the week. Friend of mine used to work for him. But (obviously) didn’t report to him or anything like that.
 
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kazmac said:
😂@D.T. Cyclops setting a good example for every other mutant.
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Oh, hahaha, that's actually Racer X, aka, The Masked Racer, aka, Rex Racer :D

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Apple fanboy said:
I’d take Sugar over Trump any day of the week. Friend of mine used to work for him. But (obviously) didn’t report to him or anything like that.
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A friend of mine was actually on Trump's The Apprentice (won't tell you who, but he was in one of the first three seasons...). Told me lots of stuff (before Trump entered in politics), no nothing scandalous :)
 
yaxomoxay said:
A friend of mine was actually on Trump's The Apprentice (won't tell you who, but he was in one of the first three seasons...). Told me lots of stuff (before Trump entered in politics), no nothing scandalous :)
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I’ve never seen it. I watched the first few seasons of the U.K. one, but it got very samey. Just the usual BS from the hopefuls.
 
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Apple fanboy said:
I’ve never seen it. I watched the first few seasons of the U.K. one, but it got very samey. Just the usual BS from the hopefuls.
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Never really seen it either, I actually had no idea that my friend was on there. I watched only the first episode in which my friend appears, and nothing more. I found it extremely boring (as 99.999999999% of the so-called reality shows)
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Now that I think of it, the only "reality show" I used to somewhat watch was the first edition of the Italian Big Brother (year 2000). In retrospective, it was a somewhat charming experiment in media, especially since the participants didn't really know that they would become "famous", so albeit over-the-top, it was never over-acted. I had the opportunity to see some other reality show, and some snippets of the episodes from the US and Italian Big Brother in following editions... it's clear that after the Big Brother S1, the participants learned that the more noisy and outrageous they are, the more "famous" they'll become, hence they tend to overact.
I also used to watch "Hell's Kitchen", it was a funny distraction. Look at the first couples of seasons, compared to the other seasons. It slowly moved from a Ramsey yells in the kitchen show while they cook show to "who has the biggest fight after the cooking sessions." Not sure which season, but I gave up on the show during a season in which they spent 90% of the time yelling at each other in the apartments (clearly what the producers want). Biggest Loser wasn't much different, it moved from "the drama of losing weight" to "the drama between contestants".
I guess people just like to see people fight against each other for their 5 minutes of fame.
 
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yaxomoxay said:
Never really seen it either, I actually had no idea that my friend was on there. I watched only the first episode in which my friend appears, and nothing more. I found it extremely boring (as 99.999999999% of the so-called reality shows)
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Now that I think of it, the only "reality show" I used to somewhat watch was the first edition of the Italian Big Brother (year 2000). In retrospective, it was a somewhat charming experiment in media, especially since the participants didn't really know that they would become "famous", so albeit over-the-top, it was never over-acted. I had the opportunity to see some other reality show, and some snippets of the episodes from the US and Italian Big Brother in following editions... it's clear that after the Big Brother S1, the participants learned that the more noisy and outrageous they are, the more "famous" they'll become, hence they tend to overact.
I also used to watch "Hell's Kitchen", it was a funny distraction. Look at the first couples of seasons, compared to the other seasons. It slowly moved from a Ramsey yells in the kitchen show while they cook show to "who has the biggest fight after the cooking sessions." Not sure which season, but I gave up on the show during a season in which they spent 90% of the time yelling at each other in the apartments (clearly what the producers want). Biggest Loser wasn't much different, it moved from "the drama of losing weight" to "the drama between contestants".
I guess people just like to see people fight against each other for their 5 minutes of fame.
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I’m not into reality TV either. I prefer programs that are Sci Fi or fantasy. I don’t want realism or reality. Get enough of that in the real world.
 
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Apple fanboy said:
I’m not into reality TV either. I prefer programs that are Sci Fi or fantasy. I don’t want realism or reality. Get enough of that in the real world.
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I would be more for reality shows if they were actually "real", documentary/experiment like. Now it's just a short path for some to become famous, encouraged by producers (apparently they even dress them to fit personality styles) so they don't behave in any real way.
 
yaxomoxay said:
I would be more for reality shows if they were actually "real", documentary/experiment like. Now it's just a short path for some to become famous, encouraged by producers (apparently they even dress them to fit personality styles) so they don't behave in any real way.
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I’m not sure I could name any reality TV stars. Or pick them out of a crowd.
 
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I watch very little television in general, but right now I am following the US version of "The Masked Singer," since a favorite singer is on there (fans are 99.8% convinced, anyway, that it is her!). It's kind of fun, something a bit different than the usual shows and now it is getting more competitive as the show is in its last four episodes of Series 3. Not sure that I will bother watching Series 4 whenever it is aired next year, but this has been a fun diversion for a few weeks.
 
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Apple fanboy said:
I’m not sure I could name any reality TV stars. Or pick them out of a crowd.
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I assure you, there are people who know them very well, and with social media (Instagram in particular) they can cash in their "somewhat of a celebrity" status.
I barely know showbiz VIP's in general... I just recently found out who Lizzo is, only because someone mentioned her name to me causing general shock when I asked "what's that?"
 
yaxomoxay said:
I assure you, there are people who know them very well, and with social media (Instagram in particular) they can cash in their "somewhat of a celebrity" status.
I barely know showbiz VIP's in general... I just recently found out who Lizzo is, only because someone mentioned her name to me causing general shock when I asked "what's that?"
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No idea who that is.
 
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