Maybe I’m missing something, but why does the pay go up after taxes?
Quarantined how are you spending your time?
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Yes the combination of a lot of people stuck at home and not working is driving up home projects like DIY, gardening and so yes shops like yours deemed essential.
I just wanted to fix a leak.
There’s an awful lot of altruism, partly out of boredom.
Hopefully the Americans revisit it’s social care structures as it learns from the recent experience. Forcing ill people to work is not clever, you didn’t have Covid but you were ill, so you’re more at risk of getting Covid.
That last 20% you aren’t paid is mostly being taxed at 20% so your net goes down by a lesser amount than your gross. It’s the flip side of progressive taxation. Take a simple example of your gross was halved, your net would be higher than a half because of the tax free first portion is not halved. Make sense?
I’m cursed with a good memory so I know the price of everything, I’m seeing essential mundane items go up about 20% inflation, and we’re not yet in the worst part when most people ill.
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I’ve been trying to contact anker here and by email they are not bothered to answer 
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Out of curiosity… What are you trying to connect / contact for? Support issue?
Hey @Jad.sahmarani
Are you getting the auto responses?
I’ve never had an issues emailing direct, auto response instantly and normally a follow up email when the offices are open.
Depending on problem, sometimes you don’t get a response.
When I had a faulty lead I filled the warranty claim section and received the new one in the post a week later without comms.
I didn’t get anything so far
Goui is going to send a package to review and give my honest opinion I’ve heard a lot of there products but haven’t tried them yet. Once I get the package I’ll show it here in the community I’m too excited about it
So you want something for free and a fast response while you wait?
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@Jad.sahmarani Goui is a brand I know from UAE,… Note that Anker community is for reviews on products from Anker / Sister company (such as Soundcore, Eufy, Roav and Nebula)…
Usually reviews on 3rd party products are not welcome.
There is no easy shortcut to get products to review, unless of course you are a social media influencer with huge fan following OR you are selected in the “We love testing” or “Beta Testing” or win in some competition!
Also given the geography you are in, Anker.com does not ship it there (but may be through its subsidiary)
You may reach out to support.mea@anker.com (Middle East and Africa Only) to check if they have any Beta Testing or Product Testing… chances are zero / sifar - don’t keep very high hopes, but worth a try though.
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There is nothing for us which is really unfair
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Y’all stay safe and god bless all of us
Happy 
Most people are bored and feeling fatter. Some having a bad time.
I am doing as much voluntary work I can find, there’s more volunteers than work to be done.
I did the pie shop run earlier today, collated pie orders, went to shop, distributed pies. It sounds altruism but I actually had the excuse to get out and exercise so I probably gained.
I don’t personally out in the real world know anyone unwell or in need, all I could find I helped already. I see the news and its sad but in its probably not net as bad as the news implies. There’s probably a few not dead today due to not being in the traffic accident they didn’t had as stuck at home. Probably later this summer there will be a few less people dead from bad air quality due to less people driving. There’s going to be upsides which we may realise later.
Catching up with my quantum field theory sat in garden. Anker Powercore 20000 PD Essential keeps all fully charged through the day. Have my noise-cancelling headphones as some people have some strange sense of “music” from neighbours.
Any HitchHiker’s Guide the Galaxy fans will get resonance with this
Science:
Fiction:
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Well pretty much on the day we ended lockdown, I broke my arm, so I am still trying to keep my mind occupied to distract.
I finished my particle physics, standard model, guage bosons course.
So now I’m going back to electronics.
I think I might build one of these to point at anyone playing loud music.
Hey guys.
Today my bubble was burst! I got the call and start work again tomorrow.
After 3 months it will be difficult to readjust and get back into the swing of work as I’ve basically been full on teacher to Charlie.
I joked to my manager that I’ve basically defaulted, he didn’t seem to find that funny…
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Will you find your old office again, Paul?
Hope its not “demolished” meanwhile! 
All the best my friend!
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My old office is my dining room table, shared with Debs.
I make more calls than her so she won’t be pleased with the extra noise 
It will feel weird, and probably the office has to be quite different, coffee, toilets, desks, etc, all have to be Covid-19 compliant.
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I told Paul if his office is still existing.
May be they got some “new rooms” in the basement.
No more toilets, no coffee, an old, lousy shaky table as desk…
All deep cuts caused by “the crisis”
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