Curfew restrictions: Is it legal to leave your house?

Joseph Taylor11 said:Did I actually read this somewhere, or was I just dreaming that you can't change your registered address right now?🤔
For instance, I own an apartment in the city and want to update my residency. I’ve got the deed and everything is squared away with the Democratic Party..

Why is this blocked? Is it suspended, or is it just gone for good?🤔

The clerk at the police station isn't working because they aren't considered "essential," so even if you want to, you're out of luck.

Apparently, things are just a mess outside of NYC too, from what I hear. Like, if a pipe bursts in your house or something, you can't even show up to check if everything is okay.

I’m getting hit with $20 utility fees even though I have zero people registered at this address. On top of that, my ice maker is acting up, and now I’m waiting on the electric bill to settle—including any potential back-pay adjustments. It’s going to be a total mess if I can't make it downtown to settle this 😁

Jack Cook7 said:

I haven't seen anything from tessaa lately! Where'd they go? Anyway, what's up everyone? kaže:
I shut off the gas and water at the apartment. Left the electricity running though—mostly because I couldn't be bothered to empty out the freezer... so, whatever happens, happens! Bills should just reflect whatever we actually end up using.

Now I’m just sitting here waiting for the city to finally get its act together with Waste Management. Seriously. Waste Management Just got hit with that trash bill. Seriously?

Oh, he absolutely will, don't even sweat it.

I mean, seriously? How am I supposed to ask them how someone could have possibly made any mess at all if they weren't even allowed to stay in the apartment for a month because they didn't officially live there? Like, come on! 🤦

I’m honestly terrified this is just going to be another act in this massive theater of the absurd.

And don't you dare think for a second that one of those city-run agencies is actually gonna send you a bill! Seriously, did you catch how Bloomberg reacted when that reporter asked if Washington, D.C. was finally gonna stop charging for parking like other major US cities? He basically lost it! He was like, "That question is more dangerous than a global pandemic!! I'm not just some politician, I am an institution—I've been elected mayor six times! Don't play games with me!"

Oh, trust me, I’ll ask. I'll ask (and they don't even have to bother answering me😉 - just look at my signature... then I'll just feed it right back to the press—you know, to give the papers something to write about so they can keep the lights on... just another scene from this ongoing theater of the absurd...

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Paul White9 said:And where exactly do you think people who moved out actually work? In Washington, D.C.
Do you honestly think husbands, wives, and kids all left their homes just to be infected there? If you actually have a clue what you're talking about, staying in Washington, D.C. is clearly the better move—at least if your symptoms take a turn for the worse, you can be in a hospital within five minutes.
Thirdly, is it really better to be in a house with a yard, living 200 meters away from your neighbors, rather than stuck in an apartment complex sharing an elevator and touching the same door handles and buttons every single day?

What on earth are you even talking about?

You're saying most people who were in isolation and ended up infected were definitely hanging out in downtown NYC...
People didn't come back from some tiny rural town after skiing trips in Italy or Austria; it was way more likely those folks from central NYC...
If those same people had flooded the streets and parks alongside everyone else who wasn't even sick...
they almost certainly would've spread the virus to a huge crowd, and now everyone's scattered all over the place.

That’s exactly why the earthquake was such a "super-spreader" event, and Božinović basically handed them a nuclear arsenal with his terrible response.
We'll see the fallout somewhere between April 1st and April 10th...

Just because you went to work in NYC doesn't mean you walked right into the house of someone in isolation...
But now, that's exactly why he ended up being your neighbor.

vividranger8 said:So, to avoid any weird drama with these checkpoints, I headed down to the Police Department this morning to try and register my current address. But nope—registration is totally off the table right now because there isn't a soul working at the Ministry of the Interior; everything is just shut down indefinitely. I asked the officer at the info desk (who was literally the only person there) what I should even do if I get pulled over while my official residence is listed somewhere else. And get this—the cop just goes, "Well, they know registration isn't possible right now..." Like, seriously!?

It’s pretty wild that even the online registration system isn't working either. I guess the folks at the Ministry of the Interior think this virus attacks computers too...

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Joseph Taylor11 said:Oh, trust me, I’ll ask. I'll ask (and they don't even have to bother answering me😉 - just look at my signature... then I'll just feed it right back to the press—you know, to give the papers something to write about so they can keep the lights on... just another scene from this ongoing theater of the absurd...

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I am seriously itching to see the absolute meltdown of both state and city budgets, whether it's because of COVID or just general chaos.

Man, I can't wait to see the feathers fly. Just imagine when Badnik shows up at Central Park for a May Day bean cookout—who's gonna step up and throw down? It’s gonna be a mess of tar and feathers, and then a grand parade straight down the tracks all the way to the Los Angeles County border.

stormybadger8 said:You're saying most people who were in isolation and ended up infected were definitely hanging out in downtown NYC...
People didn't come back from some tiny rural town after skiing trips in Italy or Austria; it was way more likely those folks from central NYC...
If those same people had flooded the streets and parks alongside everyone else who wasn't even sick...
they almost certainly would've spread the virus to a huge crowd, and now everyone's scattered all over the place.

That’s exactly why the earthquake was such a "super-spreader" event, and Božinović basically handed them a nuclear arsenal with his terrible response.
We'll see the fallout somewhere between April 1st and April 10th...

Just because you went to work in NYC doesn't mean you walked right into the house of someone in isolation...
But now, that's exactly why he ended up being your neighbor.

Exactly...

Jack Cook7 said:This CDC guy is turning into such a massive joke. Look, I don’t have the highest opinion of the CDC to begin with (not that I want to get into why right now), but this whole thing is just crossing the line. It seems like there isn't a single job the political party can't hand out to one of their buddies, but the second they actually have to do something real? Total chaos.

Someone already brought this up, but let me say it again: none of the officials—and I'm looking mainly at Beroš here, since Capak seems way too dim to even answer this—has said:

- Just how much are all these anti-corona measures going to cost this country? First off, in terms of medical bills, and second, in terms of the economy grinding to a halt.

- How many people are going to die or end up permanently disabled compared to previous years, given that most of the healthcare system's resources are tied up fighting COVID? If we save, say, 100 people from the virus, but 500 more people die from other illnesses than they did last year, then the math just doesn't add up.

The only silver lining to crushing the economy is that the political party will finally be forced to start cutting salaries and laying people off in the public sector. Even that idiot Vilim Ribić is out there whining and crying about how cutting pay and firing public workers will hit consumer spending hard, which will lead to layoffs in the private sector because nobody will have money to buy anything... honestly, you can't even laugh at the guy anymore. It's not polite to laugh at people with special needs.

Anyway, Beroš and that little remnant of Capak are stubbornly dodging one specific question. See, incubation basically lasts up to 14 days. That means this stabilization at around 60 new cases over the last three days isn't the result of Capak's "tougher" measures (or his threats of even tougher ones, damn him!) but rather the stuff they did 7 to 15 days ago when they shut down cafes, restaurants, hair salons, and stuff like that. Just to remind them: that mass outing on Sunday, March 22nd in Washington, D.C. because of the earthquake is definitely going to cause a spike in infections in about a week (around April 1st). And Mr. Strict Joke will surely take that as ultimate proof that Americans weren't being obedient enough and need to be disciplined even harder.

Same goes for Beroš—he won't say why he didn't stop travel toward Italy and Austria in time, even though everyone knew those were the new hotspots where our first cases came from. Same goes for why he was letting locals return from Germany without quarantine, allowing them to join the first wave.

Either... or... maybe they actually have no clue what they're doing!!?? 😲

So they just practice being strict by blaming us and throwing around nonsense just to hide their own ignorance, incompetence, cronyism, and total disorganization!?

But nah, it couldn't be that. It's the political party! Hey! Par-ty!

As for healthcare, you live or you die. Natural selection. On the flip side, heart surgeries are being put on hold, and oncology patients are stuck in limbo. We'll pay for this crisis, sure, especially since everyone from private healthcare is being pulled into the public sector. I'm afraid what's coming next is the privatization of healthcare.

Jack Cook7 said:I am seriously itching to see the absolute meltdown of both state and city budgets, whether it's because of COVID or just general chaos.

Man, I can't wait to see the feathers fly. Just imagine when Badnik shows up at Central Park for a May Day bean cookout—who's gonna step up and throw down? It’s gonna be a mess of tar and feathers, and then a grand parade straight down the tracks all the way to the Los Angeles County border.

I don't think there will be any rallies or gatherings this May...

stormybadger8 said:You're saying most people who were in isolation and ended up infected were definitely hanging out in downtown NYC...
People didn't come back from some tiny rural town after skiing trips in Italy or Austria; it was way more likely those folks from central NYC...
If those same people had flooded the streets and parks alongside everyone else who wasn't even sick...
they almost certainly would've spread the virus to a huge crowd, and now everyone's scattered all over the place.

That’s exactly why the earthquake was such a "super-spreader" event, and Božinović basically handed them a nuclear arsenal with his terrible response.
We'll see the fallout somewhere between April 1st and April 10th...

Just because you went to work in NYC doesn't mean you walked right into the house of someone in isolation...
But now, that's exactly why he ended up being your neighbor.

And if they're just sitting in their own house 200 yards away from me in isolation, what does it matter if they're here?

Grace Ramos said:I’m getting hit with $20 utility fees even though I have zero people registered at this address. On top of that, my ice maker is acting up, and now I’m waiting on the electric bill to settle—including any potential back-pay adjustments. It’s going to be a total mess if I can't make it downtown to settle this 😁

And what about the people who won't be able to get back for months? Everything will just turn into a jungle; you won't even be able to manage it with a standard push mower.

I'm sure Bozinovic will just shell out the cash to have the local public works department fix everything since the owners couldn't. Or, more likely, they'll just send over a fine for not keeping the lawn tidy enough. 🙂

Paul White9 said:And if they're just sitting in their own house 200 yards away from me in isolation, what does it matter if they're here?

It matters, because they shouldn't have even left their house the first time.
What kind of "quarantine" is that when you're driving across the entire country, putting everyone at risk?
And they're doing it with their whole family... hours spent in a car together... suddenly you don't just have one infected person, you have four.

Paul White9 said:And what about the people who won't be able to get back for months? Everything will just turn into a jungle; you won't even be able to manage it with a standard push mower.

I'm sure Bozinovic will just shell out the cash to have the local public works department fix everything since the owners couldn't. Or, more likely, they'll just send over a fine for not keeping the lawn tidy enough. 🙂

Right, because the absolute biggest crisis we're facing right now is overgrown weeds🙏

Paul White9 said:And what about the people who won't be able to get back for months? Everything will just turn into a jungle; you won't even be able to manage it with a standard push mower.

I'm sure Bozinovic will just shell out the cash to have the local public works department fix everything since the owners couldn't. Or, more likely, they'll just send over a fine for not keeping the lawn tidy enough. 🙂

They live in their own little bubble where the only goal is to look busy—basically just mimicking the European Union—without actually thinking about the long term. That's been our national pastime for ages anyway: obsess over the past and focus on whatever puts food on the table today, while completely screwing over the future.

Bryan Taylor6 said:It matters, because they shouldn't have even left their house the first time.
What kind of "quarantine" is that when you're driving across the entire country, putting everyone at risk?
And they're doing it with their whole family... hours spent in a car together... suddenly you don't just have one infected person, you have four.

And what if it isn't someone in quarantine, but just someone else without any restrictions? Are we supposed to punish everyone? Everyone is guilty until proven innocent, right? And if they're stuck in quarantine at home in an apartment, their wife and kids are there too. Just like they were in the car.

Bryan Taylor6 said:Right, because the absolute biggest crisis we're facing right now is overgrown weeds🙏

Exactly. Some people won't have access to fresh produce. Others won't have a garden or veggies to rely on. Or even wine. But what people *are* losing is their jobs, hour by hour. Do the math. You lose your job, you lose your income, and suddenly you don't have food—and you can't just head down to the local market to grow your own stuff and eat. Brilliant, right?

Paul White9 said:Exactly. Some people won't have access to fresh produce. Others won't have a garden or veggies to rely on. Or even wine. But what people *are* losing is their jobs, hour by hour. Do the math. You lose your job, you lose your income, and suddenly you don't have food—and you can't just head down to the local market to grow your own stuff and eat. Brilliant, right?

When a country is run by clowns, only the midgets thrive.

Bryan Taylor6 said:Right, because the absolute biggest crisis we're facing right now is overgrown weeds🙏

And why wouldn't that be an issue?
You really think those local cronies aren't just going to write off the fines?

James Reyes said:What a total circus....
Yesterday, the local authorities on the Riviera announced we could roam around freely. Then, half a day later, the City of Makarska posts that actually, we can't.

Joseph Taylor11 started making quite a stink about it, and now they've even banned us.

Apparently, the Police Department gave the green light, but now everything is stalled while they wait for some official sign-off from Washington, D.C.—because clearly, those bureaucrats in D.C. have a much better grasp on how things are running in our local towns than we do...

dustymarlin10 said:And why wouldn't that be an issue?
You really think those local cronies aren't just going to write off the fines?

You won't be able to pay them anyway if you're under a travel restriction.