A bit of a PTSD in a grociery store

I've been working on my bread making skill, lack thereof. I really am having a good time doing it. Amazing what you can do with flour, leavening and eggs.

I've been vegetable self-sufficient for a long time with our planting beds out back.

Garlic and onions are something that can be stored well for a long time, so I've bought a lot of those. Funny there seemed to be plenty at the store.

My friend Mark's wife has four chickens and two ducks so eggs are always available.

We sadly had to cancel a bunch of social events this week, and church is closed.

But there's a lot of live-stream Mass broadcasts.

In a couple of weeks people will grow tired of sitting in their toilet paper bunkers and life will begin to return to normal.  Not everyone is suited for the modeler's life style!  

GMorrison

I've been working on my bread making skill, lack thereof. I really am having a good time doing it. Amazing what you can do with flour, leavening and eggs.

That's what I've suspected all along. It IS all Bill's fault, buying up all that flour and all those eggs.

The TP, however, remains unexplained, so I guess you get a pass on that part of it.

Greg

 

 

GMorrison

I've been working on my bread making skill, lack thereof. I really am having a good time doing it. Amazing what you can do with flour, leavening and eggs.

 

 

That's what I've suspected all along. It IS all Bill's fault, buying up all that flour and all those eggs.

The TP, however, remains unexplained, so I guess you get a pass on that part of it.

 

Well, i must admit, i do use TP for wiping my paint brushes and cleaning my air brush. But i don't use that much, honest

Greg

 

 

GMorrison

I've been working on my bread making skill, lack thereof. I really am having a good time doing it. Amazing what you can do with flour, leavening and eggs.

 

 

That's what I've suspected all along. It IS all Bill's fault, buying up all that flour and all those eggs.

The TP, however, remains unexplained, so I guess you get a pass on that part of it.

 

Bish and Steve,

I must say, this does seem to be aiming right back at Bill afterall. Thank you for your insight, both of you.

People are panicing because they live basically on instinct their entire lives, they could always just go to the shop and get what they need. They're used to the globalised world and now they're paying the price for it and are trying to stock pile anything and everything with no idea how to do it. It's crazy to watch and I'm glad I'm not living in a city where I assume a weeks worth of supplies is all I'll ever need. Those places are going to turn very nasty, very fast soon. We're already seeing tensions in the area around me and lines being drawn. It's not politically correct to say but I'm seeing ethnic lines being drawn and warehouse stores showing ethnic preference where supplies come in and they phone their local community to be there within minutes and leave nothing after. This is happening up the chain, not at the super market level but if it gets noticed I can see battle lines being drawn and a lot of shops being set fire to like we saw in the London riots. I think we've got maybe a week for this to cool off or unprepared people are going to be out of food and will turn violent over it. I hope everyone here is away from those hot spot areas and don't get caught up in it if it does go bad. We're already hearing stories of older folk being targeted by gangs because super markets are letting them shop before everyone else.

On a far more fun note, Gundam model kits in the Phillipines have been panic bought. It looks like the peope hunkering down are buying models to work on while they do it.

I'm not sure what part of the world you're living in, Robotism (I'm assuming the Phillipines), but where I am (northern half of North America) other than some people panic-buying certain products, shopping centres have been fairly calm since last Thursday night.  

The funny part about it all is that our supply chain is intact and not under threat.  Other than products manufactured in China; none of which are essential.  The economy, however, is under threat; our governments at all levels are making non-partisan decisions to put safeguards in place.

Greg

Bish and Steve,

I must say, this does seem to be aiming right back at Bill afterall. Thank you for your insight, both of you.

 

GMorrison

 

 

Greg

Bish and Steve,

I must say, this does seem to be aiming right back at Bill afterall. Thank you for your insight, both of you.

 

 

 

 

In the spirit of full disclosure, I've been putting together a B'Day present for Ms. G.

 

 

LOL, good idea to cash in on covid 

Cdn Colin

I'm not sure what part of the world you're living in, Robotism (I'm assuming the Phillipines), but where I am (northern half of North America) other than some people panic-buying certain products, shopping centres have been fairly calm since last Thursday night.  

The funny part about it all is that our supply chain is intact and not under threat.  Other than products manufactured in China; none of which are essential.  The economy, however, is under threat; our governments at all levels are making non-partisan decisions to put safeguards in place.

 

This is the mesage that needs to be hammered over and over again to people. 

Compare the Matt Colvin story to this:

https://spiritofyork.com/spirit-of-york-re-dedicates-production-facilities-towards-producing-hand-sanitizer/#

A company rep was on the radio today talking about supplying first responders once they get production all ramped up.  They've had suppliers give them bottles and boxes and help with distribution.

GMorrison

 

 

Greg

Bish and Steve,

I must say, this does seem to be aiming right back at Bill afterall. Thank you for your insight, both of you.

 

 

 

 

In the spirit of full disclosure, I've been putting together a B'Day present for Ms. G.

 

 

That is AWESOME, Mr G !!

castelnuovo

 

The funny part about it all is that our supply chain is intact and not under threat.

 

 

This is the mesage that needs to be hammered over and over again to people. 

 

Robotism

On a far more fun note, Gundam model kits in the Phillipines have been panic bought. It looks like the peope hunkering down are buying models to work on while they do it. 

Clearly everyone has lost their minds.  Rational doom prepper modelers know that the really important stuff to hoard is glue and paint!  Model kits, psh, a lot of us have enough to last YEARS.

Tell you what, when there are no more kits on the shelves (or after the stores close which might be very soon), I’ll trade anyone a kit of their choice for a pack of toilet paper.

And remember kids, there is still that hose out in the yard.  .

Robotism,

HGUC = Standard Ply

MG = 2-Ply

P-Bandai = Deluxe 2-Ply

Don't most people know this?

Aparently not  as peopel are not thinking rationaly. Look, the virus is not causing diarhoea, so why stockpile TP? Armed gangs are not roaming the countryside disrupting the food supply, so why stockpile food? Gun and ammo sales have gone up in Canada, but against whom do those people need it? This is a mass hysteria and panic and some people are like lemings: they do something but they don't know why, without any rationale.

It's a good thing GMorrison is making his own bread as that is one other item that has disappeared from shelves. I went by the store again today.  There was plenty of TP, but no bread except for a few hotdog buns.  Luckily, that was what I was looking for.  

Gary

tempestjohnny

My big hope when all of this is over. The stores refuse to return all these items these people have been hoarding. Then they will have to deal with credit card bill for 1000 rolls of tp and such 

COSTCO is already doing that.  Folks who bought items such as excess TP or rice will find that they cannot return it. 

It takes a special kind of stupid to steal toilet paper from public toilets as a pandemic starts to take hold...

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/dunny-roll-wiped-out-in-regional-victoria-c-754303

tempestjohnny

My big hope when all of this is over. The stores refuse to return all these items these people have been hoarding.

Happening now here in Australia. At least one of the major chains is refusing "change of mind" refunds on a range of goods including TP, paper towels, wipes, canned goods, rice, flour and a few other lines.

Phil_H

 

 

tempestjohnny

My big hope when all of this is over. The stores refuse to return all these items these people have been hoarding.

 

 

Happening now here in Australia. At least one of the major chains is refusing "change of mind" refunds on a range of goods including TP, paper towels, wipes, canned goods, rice, flour and a few other lines.

 

Here's an idea, if people bring this stuff in for a refubnd, how about confiscating the items and giving them free to those who need them.

I have been wondering how many hoarders are getting home only to realize they haven't the freezer space to hold all of the frozen stuff they bought?

I don't know about y'all, but we seldom have much freezer space to spare. I'll bet a disgusting amount of stuff is already being thrown out.

Thankfully, toilet paper doesn't require freezing.

   In the recent self quarintine with me and my wife awaiting test results I have dicovered TP is not the most required item in my home. Believe it or not it is TRASH BAGS!! OMG my wife went on a cleaning/ clesring spree, sorry Greg but yea we had a bunch of out date food stuffs, and I'm filling a 30gal trash can every other day.

    To add alittle humor...I wanna retire in a couple years. My wife and I have been together for 20yrs and now I know why......I HAVE ONLY BEEN HOME COLLECTIVELY 4yrs of the 20. God bless my wife and I love her dearly......gonna take some getting used to being around her nearly 24/7. 

     Lets all COLLECTIVELY beat this thing so we can get back to " normal".

armornut

sorry Greg but yea we had a bunch of out date food stuffs, and I'm filling a 30gal trash can every other day.

You should have seen me in my younger years. My then wife and I were shamefully wasteful with food, so throwing stones I am not, my friend. (left to my own devices, I probably still would be, but the current and hopefully forever boss will have no part of all that).

Shhhhhh re the trash bags. You might start something.

  Mever crossed my mond of a stone being thrown Greg, I try reall hard NOT to hoard parishable and even non parishables as in the world we live in today it isn't neccessary, IMHO.

 As for "prepping" if disaster strikes it is up to me to provide by hopefully proper and legal means, hunt, fish, garden. IMHO a large stockpile of materials makes one a target, thing would have to be REALLY bad for that however.....

  No harm no foul good sir, and yea I'll keep MY dilemma from becoming the next supply chain issue LOL

I was at the supermarket this morning. There was a sign at the TP, "One pack per customer". A woman arrived at the checkout with her three kids and four packs of TP. The cashier said, "One pack per customer". The woman with the three kids said, "One pack for me and one pack each for your three other customers".