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sorCrer wrote:Sards wrote:
I looked into it but its Hellishly Expensive....I think I was quote R 108 000.00 for 4 of us ....for a week
That is what foreign travel costs these days, boet.Sards wrote:sorCrer wrote:Sards wrote:
I looked into it but its Hellishly Expensive....I think I was quote R 108 000.00 for 4 of us ....for a week
WTF is funny...is that peanuts for you????
When it comes to your health and medical aid, I always take the safe option, so I have a good medical aid plan with the best Gap Cover. I'm happy to pay that premium for me and my family.Blake wrote:One would hope so, but I really don’t know.handyman wrote:Surely's one's medical aid will pay if you contract Covid?Blake wrote:Sards wrote:Give yourself an uppercut. I can't stand such self pity. You are a keyboard warrior dude. Us foot soldiers will put our best foot forward and confront the enemy for you.
I'm saving as much as possible to try and help our friends and family that aren't as lucky, and hopefully once all this has blown over and I've managed to avoid death or massive medical debt, there are going to be many assets to pick up for cents on the Rand.
I think there are a couple of variables, the plan you have, where you get admitted, the treatment you need, specialists (especially if you require a ventilator) and if there are any treatments you need to assist recovery.
Especially if you get admitted to a private hospital that charges more than your plan covers. If you don’t have gap cover and need to see specialists or have lasting lung damage that requires treatment etc...the costs might not all be covered.
Yeah, we've all seen your wife's Instagram feed....handyman wrote:Foreign travel does not have to be expensive. A few years back the wife and I went on an all inclusive holiday to Zanzibar for 7 days for under R 30k for the both of us. Mauritius will set you back about R 40k for 2.
As you can see, I like island/beach holidays
In your dreams boet, in your dreams.Sandstorm wrote:Yeah, we've all seen your wife's Instagram feed....handyman wrote:Foreign travel does not have to be expensive. A few years back the wife and I went on an all inclusive holiday to Zanzibar for 7 days for under R 30k for the both of us. Mauritius will set you back about R 40k for 2.
As you can see, I like island/beach holidays
Hard luck boet. I've also decided to try and save up on leave to do a proper holiday next year. Will take a few days in June just to catch my breath.beachboy wrote:I was supposed to be going to Italy next year but that is looking to be off the table at the moment and I have moved my plans to 2022. My son's one way ticket from The Philippines to SA was R32 000. It may be a while before there is enough competition and commercial viability to bring the cost of flights back to pre virus prices.
I can't justify that. Maybe I'm just too schnoop. Besides. I an blessed here in the Cape. I can repeat holidays over and still enjoy them. Although they seem a distant memory now.sorCrer wrote:That is what foreign travel costs these days, boet.Sards wrote:sorCrer wrote:Sards wrote:
I looked into it but its Hellishly Expensive....I think I was quote R 108 000.00 for 4 of us ....for a week
WTF is funny...is that peanuts for you????
Mauritius for 30 k.....neverhandyman wrote:Foreign travel does not have to be expensive. A few years back the wife and I went on an all inclusive holiday to Zanzibar for 7 days for under R 30k for the both of us. Mauritius will set you back about R 40k for 2.
As you can see, I like island/beach holidays
That takeaway just might redefine your life. Seeing my neighbour grow and blossom during lockdown is exhilarating.Sards wrote:
We are focused on my wife's takeaway. Bringing an extra income is worth more than a holiday right now. And costs are escalating daily. With it growing in size.
I was very lucky previously. The first time I visited the Mara, my ex-brother in law got me a great rate at Olonana because he worked for A&K, plus tourism was down as the Mombassa attacks had taken place the year before. The next two visits I stayed at camps owned by a friend (Governors, which was sold a few years ago), so paid mate's rates.assfly wrote:Kenya is a rip-off for tourists. Many see it as a one in a lifetime holiday, and they don't seem to mind paying crazy prices. It doesn't have to be, but you need to know somebody to steer you away from the tourist pricesSards wrote:I looked into it but its Hellishly Expensive....I think I was quote R 108 000.00 for 4 of us ....for a week
OomPB wrote:Best vibrant holidays in Lagos.
Nigeria is a beautiful country, but it has zero prospects of tourism. Pity that wildlife has been decimated. Perhaps one day they will try and reintroduce it, goodness knows they've got the space and the climate.OomPB wrote:Best vibrant holidays in Lagos.
My best location. Twice there too.Blake wrote:Botswana is also crazy expensive with their “luxury tourism” strategy.
Had the good fortune of 2 amazing trips there when an uncle was running a camp in the delta a couple of years ago.
Africa doesn't respect its resourcesassfly wrote:Nigeria is a beautiful country, but it has zero prospects of tourism. Pity that wildlife has been decimated. Perhaps one day they will try and reintroduce it, goodness knows they've got the space and the climate.OomPB wrote:Best vibrant holidays in Lagos.
FebruaryAli's Choice wrote:So my boets, any idea of when pro-Rugby will restart in South Africa?
I suppose the rest of the world needs more time than us to catch up.Sandstorm wrote:FebruaryAli's Choice wrote:So my boets, any idea of when pro-Rugby will restart in South Africa?
August 2020Ali's Choice wrote:So my boets, any idea of when pro-Rugby will restart in South Africa?
SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux confirmed on Monday that the sport’s governing body was planning for their own version of Super Rugby, much like New Zealand’s Super Rugby Aotearoa, to begin in August at the earliest.
However, unlike New Zealand’s competition, which begins with the Highlanders facing the Chiefs in Dunedin this weekend, South Africa’s competition would be held behind closed doors.
The plan hinges heavily, of course, on government’s existing and evolving Covid-19 regulations, which, according to Roux, could allow rugby to return to contact training in Level 2, should all health boxes be ticked.
Professional contact sports were given the amber light to return to non-contact training by the sports, arts and culture minister, Nathi Mthethwa, at the end of May, provided they supplied government with a clear health and safety protocol.
According to Roux SA Rugby submitted a comprehensive 500-page return-to-training and return-to-play protocol to government, which he said was awaiting the green light for non-contact training in "the next couple of days".
Rugby was targeting a return to training by next Monday and they needed a four to six-week period to get players ready to play on the field for competitive rugby, said Roux. If all goes according to plan, Super Rugby could return as early as August.
"Realistically, it’s becoming a bigger chance than it previously was," said Roux.
"Our plan is to have a home-based, truncated, domestic version of Super Rugby for a period of time and then go into a Currie Cup competition as well as an Under-21 competition, following that on with international fixtures, pending a decision on border restrictions.
"Basically, you would have a Super Rugby version, based on the fact that the Kings and the Cheetahs will most likely be unable to travel to the north, with them being part of the competition for that month."
For the most part, it seems rugby has successfully convinced government that the sport is ready to get back to the field sooner than had been anticipated.
Roux said SA Rugby had a couple of contingency scenarios in place to have the competitions staged in either a Johannesburg-based "Bio-Bubble" – as mooted by Rugby Australia and the US’s NBA – or same day travel to game cities by chartered flight.
"The one issue we couldn’t get away from was that we are a contact sport – that’s why we like it, that’s why we’re in the game and that’s what we have to live with. We had to bide our time and go through the process," Roux said.
"Initially we thought we would only return to training somewhere in August and return to play somewhere in September. But since the subsequent announcements by government, we have had some very interesting negotiations with them.
"If government wants us to have a 'Bio-Bubble', we’ll obviously do that, and the most likely venue for it would be Johannesburg, for a number of logistic reasons.
"If that’s not necessary, we’ve got a second plan that will involve certain elements of travel around chartered flights and dedicated hotels. We want the least amount of engagement within the environment. It will almost be a scenario where you fly in the morning for the game, play, and then fly out in the evening."
Springbok Rugby World Cup winners, should the competitions go ahead, would be made available to participate, with the hope that they would be ready for international rugby during the revised October-November Test window.
"The Springboks will absolutely be involved," he said.
"We need them to get back to match fitness, to be slim and trim again after the lockdown and then we need to get them back to being contact fit and game fit, etc."
Care to share where you got this bit of insider knowledge from?Sards wrote:I never got that. The Sharks boys are ready and raring to go...its only thr softcock unions that need to get their players fit.
It's sards. The man who at the start of covid had a whole process of getting out of his work clothes in the garage before running naked to the shower and now he's regularly braaiing with a group of friends.Lemoentjie wrote:Care to share where you got this bit of insider knowledge from?Sards wrote:I never got that. The Sharks boys are ready and raring to go...its only thr softcock unions that need to get their players fit.
Every weekend. Last night was an awesome session. Kids had their girlfriends around...MIL is here every day to see the kids and this afternoon we have a low key session of just one couple for dinner. Its our nature to be sociable. We are careful and do the necessary before everyone is inside. Dude. I get my temperature taken 50 times a day and sanitize my hands so many times a day it's like breathinghandyman wrote:It's sards. The man who at the start of covid had a whole process of getting out of his work clothes in the garage before running naked to the shower and now he's regularly braaiing with a group of friends.Lemoentjie wrote:Care to share where you got this bit of insider knowledge from?Sards wrote:I never got that. The Sharks boys are ready and raring to go...its only thr softcock unions that need to get their players fit.
Everywhere you go in you get scanned. I scan before I leave for work and when I get home too. Even our domestic is scanned arriving and leaving.Sandstorm wrote:50 times a day? Must be using a rectal thermometer
That's a grand BP Express. I just struggled getting in and outsorCrer wrote:Our local BP Express which was operating this morning and I've been into multiple times this week was boarded up completely and closed for decontamination when I drove past there now.
Won't help for shit when you realise that asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic people shed virus by hey ho. You do you.Sards wrote:Everywhere you go in you get scanned. I scan before I leave for work and when I get home too. Even our domestic is scanned arriving and leaving.Sandstorm wrote:50 times a day? Must be using a rectal thermometer
In a 10km radius from my house we've had:sorCrer wrote:Our local BP Express which was operating this morning and I've been into multiple times this week was boarded up completely and closed for decontamination when I drove past there now.
Blake wrote:Won't help for shit when you realise that asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic people shed virus by hey ho. You do you.Sards wrote:Everywhere you go in you get scanned. I scan before I leave for work and when I get home too. Even our domestic is scanned arriving and leaving.Sandstorm wrote:50 times a day? Must be using a rectal thermometer
At this point in time I'm just hoping people like you get Covid, get well, and get on with your lives.
People like you are a massive risk to the rest of us, becoming "super spreaders" because of your "social nature"...so the sooner we can add you to either the "recovered and hopefully immune" group or the "dead" group, the better for all the rest of us.
you better stay away from the office dude...and order your food online and make sure you decontaminate everything before packing away...Blake wrote:In a 10km radius from my house we've had:sorCrer wrote:Our local BP Express which was operating this morning and I've been into multiple times this week was boarded up completely and closed for decontamination when I drove past there now.
1x Shoprite
2x Checkers
2x Woolworths
1x Spar
1x PnP
All closed down for decontamination due to staff infections in the last 6 weeks.
My company currently has 13 confirmed cases, and 40+ in self-quarantine due to symptoms / exposure.
We had our first Covid-19 confirmed death in the organisation over the weekend.Blake wrote:In a 10km radius from my house we've had:sorCrer wrote:Our local BP Express which was operating this morning and I've been into multiple times this week was boarded up completely and closed for decontamination when I drove past there now.
1x Shoprite
2x Checkers
2x Woolworths
1x Spar
1x PnP
All closed down for decontamination due to staff infections in the last 6 weeks.
My company currently has 13 confirmed cases, and 40+ in self-quarantine due to symptoms / exposure.
Sad to hear that Chilli...what were the circumstances...?Chilli wrote:We had our first Covid-19 confirmed death in the organisation over the weekend.Blake wrote:In a 10km radius from my house we've had:sorCrer wrote:Our local BP Express which was operating this morning and I've been into multiple times this week was boarded up completely and closed for decontamination when I drove past there now.
1x Shoprite
2x Checkers
2x Woolworths
1x Spar
1x PnP
All closed down for decontamination due to staff infections in the last 6 weeks.
My company currently has 13 confirmed cases, and 40+ in self-quarantine due to symptoms / exposure.
Mother of 3. Is part of a lift club at the Head Office and subsidiary companies . One of the members caught it and obviously spread it to the others. They were all tested and confined. This happened on Wednesday. She passed away on Sunday.Sards wrote:Sad to hear that Chilli...what were the circumstances...?Chilli wrote:We had our first Covid-19 confirmed death in the organisation over the weekend.Blake wrote:In a 10km radius from my house we've had:sorCrer wrote:Our local BP Express which was operating this morning and I've been into multiple times this week was boarded up completely and closed for decontamination when I drove past there now.
1x Shoprite
2x Checkers
2x Woolworths
1x Spar
1x PnP
All closed down for decontamination due to staff infections in the last 6 weeks.
My company currently has 13 confirmed cases, and 40+ in self-quarantine due to symptoms / exposure.
What he is actually asking is:Chilli wrote:Mother of 3. Is part of a lift club at the Head Office and subsidiary companies . One of the members caught it and obviously spread it to the others. They were all tested and confined. This happened on Wednesday. She passed away on Sunday.Sards wrote:Sad to hear that Chilli...what were the circumstances...?
