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Post by Sulla on Mar 15, 2020 18:58:55 GMT
No, I usually maintain a stock of hurricane supplies anyway. So I'm good.
It's funny. I was in a small Walmart Friday and there were still some cans of food and other supplies available. The shelves were starting to look depleted and the employees were stocking as fast as possible. Everyone was still polite and civilized to each other, though. Later that night across town at a big Walmart, A friend's wife said there were large crowds and two women were fighting over the last of the toilet paper. Meanwhile at Publix and Winn-Dixie, they still had plenty of canned food and tp.
The panic-buying here is just starting. And it begins at Walmart.
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Post by divtal on Mar 15, 2020 19:21:13 GMT
I'm learning that mild senility can, actually, serve you well. I have often shopped, and thought "Hmm, do I have enough; tuna, kidney beans, garbanzos, etc.?" Then I buy some ... just in case. I was surprised, and comforted when I took stock, last week. I'm in great shape.
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Post by Stammerhead on Mar 15, 2020 20:04:03 GMT
No. I always have enough food at home to last for a few weeks and I refuse to panick before dead bodies start piling up on the streets. What if the dead start walking instead?
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Post by petrolino on Mar 15, 2020 20:48:41 GMT
I got a few tins of chilli con carne and curry in, just in case I'm laid up and can't cook, and some noodles. I need to get some frozen pizzas as I'm almost out. I think it's good to have a few items in the cupboard to fall back on, just in case you can't buy fresh food. I always have plenty of tinned fish - right now, tuna, salmon and mackerel. I also have a spare jar of mayonnaise, mustard, bottle of chilli sauce, need to get another Tabasco. Need to maintain the booze level and check the situation with tea bags (coffee, got plenty). We have some frozen foods. Funny you mentioned booze and tea. We always have an abundant supply. That's the spirit.
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Post by Nora on Mar 15, 2020 20:56:27 GMT
Brooklyn keeps completely unbothered by anything. people out in the streets, hipsters in cafes discussing the new Peruvian fig-ginger-beet flavor of their vegan cookies, black people in my street (which is everybody except me and one more guy) still sitting out on their porches or dancing in the streets, smoking weed, playing music or ball (like literally, thats whats going on under my window right now), the puertoricans in the deli still hanging out there in large groups and asking me to dance salsa with them, all stores i visited seem fully stocked (including toilet paper), so I feel like all of this is just some alternate reality on the news…. in short, if you need anything your stores or people dont have, come to brooklyn, we have it all, plus a lot of fun around.
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Post by Harmless elf on Mar 15, 2020 21:53:08 GMT
Nope, this is the advantages of not eating.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Mar 15, 2020 22:49:31 GMT
Just came back from the store. Bread, tortillas and water completely out, and there was only one pizza left of the brand I was trying to buy. There were cans on the shelf, but it seemed like only the crappy stuff nobody really buys. Luckily I'd already bought some stuff in the previous days.
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Post by alpha128 on Mar 16, 2020 2:34:23 GMT
I went to the grocery store earlier tonight. I was able to get what I needed, but I did note that bread and toilet paper were completely sold out.
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Post by mslo79 on Mar 16, 2020 5:36:34 GMT
No.
those who buy up way over the amount of toilet paper they need for a reasonable amount of time (say maybe a few months or so supply) are just screwing other people over who might need it ASAP due to they need to actually use it soon.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 16, 2020 6:11:11 GMT
Dad bought a ton of creams, moisturizers and soaps and a massive supply of toilet rolls, anti-backterial spray and Corn Flakes. So kind of.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 16, 2020 6:13:54 GMT
No. I always have enough food at home to last for a few weeks and I refuse to panick before dead bodies start piling up on the streets. What if the dead start walking instead? Well, given that this is a movie forum, one would hope he's watched enough zombie movies over the course of his lifetime to be able to handle such a scenario better than the average joe. I know I am.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 16, 2020 6:15:18 GMT
Shops must be loving this. Shops? Yes. Their staff? Not so much.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 16, 2020 14:08:31 GMT
No I just eat a lot.
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Post by Stammerhead on Mar 16, 2020 16:22:02 GMT
Anti-Panic Panda Patrol.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 16, 2020 16:32:15 GMT
Not me. I don't think we are at that point yet (and I am hoping we won't ever get there). I have plenty of non-perishable food to last me for at least two weeks, probably more. Having said that, I am planning to stop by the supermarket on my way home from work today and buy a few more things.
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Post by Raimo47 on Mar 16, 2020 17:26:36 GMT
No. I already have enough canned food, medicine etc.
Gatherings of 10 people or more have now been prohibited in Finland today, so this is a good excuse for me to buy chocolate, bacon, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, pizza and beer.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 16, 2020 17:54:35 GMT
Just got back from the store and there was carnage in the aisles, with tins especially in short supply. They had 3 types of noodles left, and all 3 were chicken flavour.
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Post by Jayman on Mar 16, 2020 18:03:28 GMT
I don’t understand why everybody is shopping like there is a nuclear war coming and everybody is going to be stuck in a bomb shelter for a year
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Post by Stammerhead on Mar 16, 2020 18:10:37 GMT
No potatoes in Sainsbury’s. This would be like the Irish Potato Famine if it wasn’t for the pack of frozen mash potato I bought instead.
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Post by Jason143 on Mar 16, 2020 18:19:04 GMT
I don’t understand why everybody is shopping like there is a nuclear war coming and everybody is going to be stuck in a bomb shelter for a year Most people are not smart.
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