05-01-2019, 08:34 AM
(05-01-2019, 04:20 AM)CardBoardBox Wrote: Was it the fable (?) of the Kid with his finger in the Dyke/dike *** I wondered to myself, or the Boy who cryed wolf, as I half suspected another posting of a video from the subject line. (no dig/zing)CCB, If you meant that you hesitated to click on this thread because of the subject and poster in the belief that it would be a video that was of no interest to you, you actually mean neither. The Fable (Aesop's in fact) "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is closer, but unlikely what you meant.
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14 days?
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The Dutch boy "sticking his finger in a dike" means to take action to stop a problem from becoming larger. Unlikely that your clicking on a thread would accomplish that.
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is used, usually, to mean raising false alarm (so that when actual danger arises, nobody believes you). The boy does fool the townspeople initially, and perhaps you wished not to be "fooled" by clicking on the thread, but that's not the larger meaning.
Maybe "Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice..." or something similar.
Then again, your post has "I wondered to myself", so it is perfectly plausible that you wondered so internally (albeit somewhat erroneously).
I digress.
As for 14 days... Gleaner has "It will initially remain in effect for 14 days." (emphasis mine). There have been other SOE that were extended after the initial time expired. I wouldn't be too surprised if these are as well.
I wonder what the impact will be on hotels/resorts that have staff who usually return home after-hours or need to rise early to get to their place of employment. Some articles talk about relief for business hours, but it is not clear to me what employees in transit during odd hours must do. Is it just a sort of checkpoint process where the individuals are granted permission by the JDF/JCF?