A continuous period, spent in self-imposed or mandated isolation, after the onset of a pandemic, exceeding two calendar weeks.
Lox: Hey Rhys, once you get back to Soufa Straya do you have to self-isolate for a bit, since you were in Germany?
Rhys: Nah mate, it’s way worse than that. I gotta do a fucken isomarathon. Two weeks in Melbourne then two weeks in Adelaide, back to back!
Lox: That’s some fucken bullshit!!!
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.