I hear people are hoarding because of Corona
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Our favorite Vietnamese grocery store was out of rice. They usually have 25lb bags stacked over 6ft high. No fight. Good for them, as I’m 6’2” and clearly would have the advantage!
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Given those beer choices, I would have kept the TP....The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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Ha, me too.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Yesterday I went to the grocery store that usually shop at. Got there about 10:30am, which is usually a time when it isn’t to crowded. What a nightmare. They actually had to have employees acting as traffic cops be the registers, because people were blocking the aisle and no one could.
Many of the shelf were empty. Kind of reminded me of the pictures from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. I actually stopped at just stared at people at the meat cooler. They were actually pushing a couple of employees aside as they dug into the boxes before they could be placed into the cooler.
Talk about boarder line insanity.
I picked up a couple of things that I wanted for dinner, and left.
Today I went back there about 1230 this afternoon, to miss the church crowd, and guessing from a couple of previous post a miracle happened. The vast majority of the shelves and coolers were completely stocked. They were low on bottled water, and I couldn’t tell you about toilet paper and cleaning product, as I didn’t need any of those items.
Spoke to one of the managers and mentioned that I was impressed that they were able to restock almost everything. He laughed and said they planned for this on the previous Monday. What they didn’t expect was people driving from over 50 miles away for toilet paper, so that will probably take a few more days.
So I guess I’ve been affected by the Corona also. I wasn’t able to get a whole chicken yesterday, so I had to pull steaks out of the freezer. They had plenty of whole chickens today, so that’s what will go on the grill. Sunday’s dinner on Saturday, and Saturday’s dinner on Sunday.
In closing, I’ll share my personal preventive measures with those that are interested.
First, is not turn on the news. I’ll get the weather from my phone.
Second, stay away from news sites on the internet. I’ll self quarantine for a week or so.
Third, play music a little louder. I want to make sure I’m isolated from any stray viruse talk.
I’m reasonably sure that following these simple procedures, along with generally good hygiene practices, will protect me. -
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Never really understood the ‘stick your head in the sand’ philosophy. Falls into the ‘ignorance is bliss’ category.
It's not sticking your head in the sand, it's using common sense, which is in extremely short supply these days. Living in fear is not living.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Funny, I just said pretty much the same thing on the other thread. -
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Wrong thread
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Too much hiding under houses! 😛afterburnt wrote: »What's wrong with my thread?
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Media and cell phones created a panic.
Perfect example is emptying out the shelves of daily supplies.
Gov't puts up billions so we shelter in place.
Business make provisions for you to work at home so you shelter in place.
Sporting and entertainment cancel events so you shelter in place.
Schools/Universities close so you shelter in place.
This is all done to limit spreading, to track spreading, and to buy time to distribute testing, and containment.
SoWTF does everyone do....run around like the last day before Christmas and horde up in stores. Drive 50mi for a roll of TP causing mass chaos. Completely going against the grain of what was trying to be accomplished.
Same thing happens when you live coastal and a hurricane is coming. They ask everyone north of I-10 to wait till X-date to evacuate so us coastal communities can gather and exit...but NOOOOO people panic and jam us that are needing to evacuate when the live 100mi from the coast.
That's why I'm numb to this BS...;;.;.breathe people breathe.
My wife called me about the shopping spree 1-1/2 days before for the spread of go grab TP and long grocery lines hit Dallas area. That BS is faster and the worse thing you can do in these situations.
Makes me want to live off grid and appreciate the ones who do
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Never really understood the ‘stick your head in the sand’ philosophy. Falls into the ‘ignorance is bliss’ category.
Being aware of the realities around you and preparing appropriately is not sticking your head in the sand. Hyperventilating like the world is going to end and hoarding everything in sight is not being prepared... THAT is burying your head deep inside the tiny little hole between your butt cheeks.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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nooshinjohn wrote: »Never really understood the ‘stick your head in the sand’ philosophy. Falls into the ‘ignorance is bliss’ category.
Being aware of the realities around you and preparing appropriately is not sticking your head in the sand. Hyperventilating like the world is going to end and hoarding everything in sight is not being prepared... THAT is burying your head deep inside the tiny little hole between your butt cheeks.
At least their butt cheeks will be clean.
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txcoastal1 wrote: »
Media and cell phones created a panic.
Perfect example is emptying out the shelves of daily supplies.
Gov't puts up billions so we shelter in place.
Business make provisions for you to work at home so you shelter in place.
Sporting and entertainment cancel events so you shelter in place.
Schools/Universities close so you shelter in place.
This is all done to limit spreading, to track spreading, and to buy time to distribute testing, and containment.
SoWTF does everyone do....run around like the last day before Christmas and horde up in stores. Drive 50mi for a roll of TP causing mass chaos. Completely going against the grain of what was trying to be accomplished.
Same thing happens when you live coastal and a hurricane is coming. They ask everyone north of I-10 to wait till X-date to evacuate so us coastal communities can gather and exit...but NOOOOO people panic and jam us that are needing to evacuate when the live 100mi from the coast.
That's why I'm numb to this BS...;;.;.breathe people breathe.
My wife called me about the shopping spree 1-1/2 days before for the spread of go grab TP and long grocery lines hit Dallas area. That BS is faster and the worse thing you can do in these situations.
Makes me want to live off grid and appreciate the ones who do
I'll just go back and stick my head back in the sand.....Good Day
This is what happens when the hurricane in your analogy arrives at everyone's doorstep not simply to those living near the coast. Imagine what the sentiment would be if the food delivery chain to the grocery stores would be interrupted for a week or two.
That’s what is happening now but nationally
It’s not about the supply nor demand, it’s about transportation and restock man hours.
Just like when the gasoline plant went down a couple years ago. People would top off daily, horde gas cans even milk jugs of gas interrupting natural supply and transportation due to panic. If you back off suppliers and transport will mobilize and get product out because the money is there. Long story short...slow the “F” down it will be all right
Long story long we did not do any favors in the spread with everyone running around with their heads on fire.
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If anything, the panic buying cramming stores and putting bodies in close proximity with each other exacerbated the problem.
But, y'know, y'all keep feeding into the FUD.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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I'm surprised that none of the stores put a limit on how much one person could buy. They did it here (St. Louis), in Chicago, in Colorado (just outside Denver), and in El Paso (I have family in those places). Even if people came into the store and grabbed 80 packs of TP right when the store opened, when they got to the checkout register they were told that there was a 2-item limit per person on TP, sanitizing products, etc.Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
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afterburnt wrote: »Has anyone seen this in your area?
From what I have seen it has gotten worse. Good thing I have all of these MRE's TP included. -
I'm surprised that none of the stores put a limit on how much one person could buy. They did it here (St. Louis), in Chicago, in Colorado (just outside Denver), and in El Paso (I have family in those places). Even if people came into the store and grabbed 80 packs of TP right when the store opened, when they got to the checkout register they were told that there was a 2-item limit per person on TP, sanitizing products, etc.
Limits were put up the day after shelves were wiped out
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Interesting. Apparently he left the hospital after testing positive without permission.
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This is disgusting. Scammers are scumbags.
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Interesting. Apparently he left the hospital after testing positive without permission.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/539494/coronavirus-kentucky-patient-self-isolate-armed-guard/
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FWIW, while TP is hard to find, I've seen paper towels everywhere. Paper towels will wipe a butt too. Just sayin'...Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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And clog your sewage system.
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afterburnt wrote: »And clog your sewage system.
BAH!
Fifteen bucks and a little elbow grease...clear it right up!
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afterburnt wrote: »And clog your sewage system.
One square per person, after that....let the laundry machine take care of the rest.HT SYSTEM-
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