Tracking the global pandemic

racerbruce · 03-21-2020, 09:28 AM

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Not really it's up North about 160 miles away from me; I must say the Lotus name is synonymous with lightness and speed.
That Turbo Esprit used in the 007 film by Roger Moore was a hit with me!

Thank you M5 - yes, 160 miles is quite some distance; I have always been a huge fan of Sir Colin Chapman and his mantra "performance through lightweight"....it's unlikely I will ever be in a position to own an Exige S, but one never knows.

///M Power-Belgium · 03-21-2020, 12:21 PM

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Throw a handful in a box and mail them to me!

Well , Actually I already have done that in 2013 ...It was for Mike Benvo in LA , he tuned my car (engine + DCT) with the remote OBD cable tune via Skype.
He received a big box of pralines from me in LA , because his customer service was/is outstanding !

He said ...Please send more !

M5Rick · 03-21-2020, 01:33 PM

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Well said - F1's comment that the season begins in Europe may be a far cry from reality....we have been swept into a global pandemic.

BTW....send the juiciest pic of the birthday feast food.

Tried to send pics but no go today

racerbruce · 03-21-2020, 04:36 PM

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Tried to send pics but no go today

Oh no!
Problems with the zpost site?

M5Rick · 03-21-2020, 05:11 PM

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Oh no!
Problems with the zpost site?

Not a disaster..I'll try again later.Haven't been on z site except to look at your car.

///M Power-Belgium · 03-22-2020, 02:11 PM

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Not a disaster..I'll try again later.Haven't been on z site except to look at your car.

Just watched our newsflash : Today 4 doctors in our local hospital are infected by the Corona virus

racerbruce · 03-22-2020, 03:41 PM

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Just watched our newsflash : Today 4 doctors in our local hospital are infected by the Corona virus

Oh no - this is not good; so sorry to hear this; hopeful the four doctors recover @ 100% health; Italy's death toll in the past 24 hrs is nearly unbelievable - nearly 800 died.

///M Power-Belgium · 03-22-2020, 03:56 PM

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Oh no - this is not good; so sorry to hear this; hopeful the four doctors recover @ 100% health; Italy's death toll in the past 24 hrs is nearly unbelievable - nearly 800 died.

The problem is how many patients they have touched while examining in the past week/s ...
The 4 doctors are cardiologists !

Italy and Spain are a disaster ....

=> https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
The death toll today in Italy = 651 / Spain = 375
According the latest in Italy 5476 people died from Corona .

M5Rick · 03-22-2020, 04:25 PM

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Oh no - this is not good; so sorry to hear this; hopeful the four doctors recover @ 100% health; Italy's death toll in the past 24 hrs is nearly unbelievable - nearly 800 died.

Germany seems to be getting of lightly, just 62 died so far.
It is Mother's Day today here and our PM pleaded with people not to visit their parents because of risk so went to mine and left her card, present and food.Wore a baseball hat,light jacket thats being washed now and latex gloves. She fully understood!

racerbruce · 03-22-2020, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Germany seems to be getting of lightly, just 62 died so far.
It is Mother's Day today here and our PM pleaded with people not to visit their parents because of risk so went to mine and left her card, present and food.Wore a baseball hat,light jacket thats being washed now and latex gloves. She fully understood!

Well done M5!
Honoring your mother is a big deal

Hopeful that Germany's mortality rate stays low and does not spike.

M5Rick · 03-22-2020, 07:20 PM

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Well done M5!
Honoring your mother is a big deal

Hopeful that Germany's mortality rate stays low and does not spike.

Couldn't live with myself if I didn't go, rest of family stayed put at home.
On the way back got some more fruit and supplies near home, meat was as good as sold out in the Tesco I went to. Finished the day soaking in our hot tub

racerbruce · 03-23-2020, 09:55 AM

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Couldn't live with myself if I didn't go, rest of family stayed put at home.
On the way back got some more fruit and supplies near home, meat was as good as sold out in the Tesco I went to. Finished the day soaking in our hot tub

Wowie!
Soaking off the stress....well done.
We FaceTimed with both of our daughters last eve for about an hour, and watched our two grand-boys running insane; it was so great to just see everyone and connect.

In all of our lives to-date, we have never experienced anything like this global pandemic. I will always have etched in my mind, where I was when I heard that the first plane had hit one of the Twin Towers in NY. I will always remember where I was when I heard of the first COVID-19 death in Washington state.

///M Power-Belgium · 03-23-2020, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Germany seems to be getting of lightly, just 62 died so far.
It is Mother's Day today here and our PM pleaded with people not to visit their parents because of risk so went to mine and left her card, present and food.Wore a baseball hat,light jacket thats being washed now and latex gloves. She fully understood!

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Well done M5!
Honoring your mother is a big deal

Hopeful that Germany's mortality rate stays low and does not spike.

Horrifying images show coronavirus patients lying on the floor of a packed Madrid hospital !!!

Disaster in Spain (Madrid) => https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/corona...drid-hospital/

M5Rick · 03-23-2020, 02:01 PM

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Horrifying images show coronavirus patients lying on the floor of a packed Madrid hospital !!!

Disaster in Spain (Madrid) => https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/corona...drid-hospital/

Yeah got it on Daily Mail site here also.

Look,Italians and Spanish go out every day to cafe's, coffee bars,outside restaurants ..it's a way of life that's imbedded into them,they CAN'T stay at home.

M5Rick · 03-23-2020, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by racerbruce

Wowie!
Soaking off the stress....well done.
We FaceTimed with both of our daughters last eve for about an hour, and watched our two grand-boys running insane; it was so great to just see everyone and connect.

In all of our lives to-date, we have never experienced anything like this global pandemic. I will always have etched in my mind, where I was when I heard that the first plane had hit one of the Twin Towers in NY. I will always remember where I was when I heard of the first COVID-19 death in Washington state.

Good that you're seing what your grand children are up to on a screen!
I was working at Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer,biggest lawyer in UK when 911 happened..the whole place just froze and we had a visitor from Massachusetts over our place, who left before her time rushing back home as soon as, landing at JFK!

///M Power-Belgium · 03-23-2020, 04:13 PM

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Yeah got it on Daily Mail site here also.

Look,Italians and Spanish go out every day to cafe's, coffee bars,outside restaurants ..it's a way of life that's imbedded into them,they CAN'T stay at home.

In the beginning of the virus , I agree . But for the moment they are very afraid. In most families someone died . Last week I saw a woman speaking , she was the only survivor in her neighborhood . The Police and the military is very focust the last 2 weeks .

I never expected to see such a global horror disaster in our generation...

M5Rick · 03-23-2020, 04:42 PM

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Thank you M5 - yes, 160 miles is quite some distance; I have always been a huge fan of Sir Colin Chapman and his mantra "performance through lightweight"....it's unlikely I will ever be in a position to own an Exige S, but one never knows.

Exige S..1.1tons,345bhp V6 toyota supercharged,3.8sec to 60,get it with the removable top if you do.

racerbruce · 03-23-2020, 06:50 PM

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Exige S..1.1tons,345bhp V6 toyota supercharged,3.8sec to 60,get it with the removable top if you do.

That would be incredible, but out of my price range; the 08 Exige S is appx $45-$55K US; that's out of my range, but at least in the realm of "maybe"....

M5Rick · 03-23-2020, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by racerbruce

Well said - F1's comment that the season begins in Europe may be a far cry from reality....we have been swept into a global pandemic.

BTW....send the juiciest pic of the birthday feast food.

Afraid no pics of food, went too quick before I could shoot,
instead some of my presents..the wife knows what I like.

racerbruce · 03-23-2020, 07:23 PM

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Afraid no pics of food, went too quick before I could shoot,
instead some of my presents..the wife knows what I like.

M5 is stylin' & profilin'....

Well done! Great BMW gear!

M5Rick · 03-24-2020, 06:35 AM

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M5 is stylin' & profilin'....

Well done! Great BMW gear!

Appologies for poor quality pics, was done on wife's apple phone so weird why they're poor. Only answer is to get a later phone and I'll use my Lumix camera for now.

///M Power-Belgium · 03-24-2020, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Afraid no pics of food, went too quick before I could shoot,
instead some of my presents..the wife knows what I like.

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Originally Posted by racerbruce

M5 is stylin' & profilin'....

Well done! Great BMW gear!

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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Appologies for poor quality pics, was done on wife's apple phone so weird why they're poor. Only answer is to get a later phone and I'll use my Lumix camera for now.

Well my friend . Your next level is on the ///M-catwalk !