[Closed] Panic Buying 2, watcha got?

I called in at Morrisons yesterday to pick up a few essentials. The very nice lady overseeing the self-checkouts said it was bedlam earlier in the day. Lots of the older generation buying bog roll, rice, etc and said it all got very fractious.

Gawd knows what makes people behave this way.

Power kites and ceramic poppies.

The stuff I ordered during round one hasn’t arrived yet!

(Mrs has mentioned she’s seen pics of empty supermarket loo roll shelves on social media)

Have bought 27 packs of instant noodles though. A shrewd investment I’m sure you’ll agree.

My son says it's been pretty quiet in the Sainsbury's he works in - That's in north Liverpool, so clearly panic hasn't broken out everywhere (yet)

I wondered why the fruit and veg section in Aldi last night looked so empty. Didn't realise panic buying was back in fashion.

Nothing to report in Edinburgh. All looks normal.

Tesco wasn't too bad earlier although there was a bellend with a whole trolley full of bog roll.

watcha got?

N+1 ordered

Reports from friends that one of the local Sainsbury's had queues of older folk outside and they were buying all the above up too. Muppets.

A bmw r1200gs rallye. Pick it up tomorrow before full lockdown

Sainsbury’s was fine when I did my parents weekly shop this morning, actually seemed a bit quiet. Maybe there’s not enough daily fail readers around here.

There was no 4 pints of blue milk at coop at 19.30

It's not that unusual tbh. I bought 2 of 2 pints instead.

@spud How did your friends know what the oldies were going to be buying if they saw them queuing outside??

watcha got?

SRAM Code RSCs

(and bog rolls, obvs)

The ****ing gutter rags have been whipping the Oldies into a fever all week.

**** ‘em all. We’ve got a plan, the moment the shelves start to look empty the Shops have been briefed to start making people queue up outside again. It was the queues that solved panic buying last time.

Weve not bought anything extra but have registered and done online shops with 2 extra super markets.... So hopefully less stress based conversation around 'did you get a slot yet?'. Although queuing at a South London Sainsbury's for a couple of hours once a week was one of the more civilised experiences I've had this year

3cwt of powdered egg, eight crates of ships biscuits, two of every animal, the full razzle back catalogue

4 new lego sets. Not got a prayer of making them all as well be working through like the last time.
But gives me something to look forward to.

Having a discussion about a campervan and maybe a potting shed so we can get growing food fast next year

The wife panic bought a chest freezer.

New bodyshell for my RC car

The wife panic bought a chest freezer.

..... it's to keep the body in... 😉

Guitar strings, socks and 'Sorry to hear about your loss' cards.

Some new brake pads and a gasket for my motorbike.

Our supermarkets were all normal today. Additionally, despite being only halfway through our last box of who gives a crap bog roll, another box of 800 rolls turned up on Monday.

Sex ponds back in B&Q at 'normal' prices. Or at least they were at the weekend.

I did buy some of my favorite bog roll just in case as we were getting low. Last time things were so desperate I had to buy 2 ply, I'll write a book one day on the trauma that caused.

Kickr Core.

I did buy some of my favorite bog roll just in case as we were getting low. Last time things were so desperate I had to buy 2 ply, I’ll write a book one day on the trauma that caused.

Wise. I also have several rolls of high quality bog roll in my locker at work, so I don’t have to use the awful scratchy stuff they provide and end up with an arse like a Wigan rosette.

Not panic buying, but made sure that we had got rice, pasta and noodles, as we seemed to use up the last of the stocks last week. We have enough for a week at least

I bought a pack of bog roll this afternoon, but that was only because I was running out.

There were no packs of onions in my local tesco, not last night or this afternoon, so I had to buy one of those 3-packs of giant ones. Who wants onions that big anyway? I have to cut them in half and put the other half in the fridge til next time. It's mildly annoying, that's what it is

Only just learnt that Kent is gaining its independence from the UK so I'm good I think.

We'll have a human chain through the chunnel to transport big roll, pasta, eggs and rice. All Covid secure as it's underground so the 5G masts can't infect anyone.

You foreigners will have to make do with what the Kent Foreign Aid package can supply I'm afraid.

I found several packets of Aldi Lentils in the back of the cupboard the other day. Must be left over from the first round of panic buying.
Lentils, Orange Mousse Chocolate and the odd bit of cycling kit are the only things I buy in Aldi.
Apparently cycle kit is back this Sunday so - nah cba.

I did buy some of my favorite bog roll just in case as we were getting low.

This was me Sunday morning. A 16 roll pack (I’m aberdonian, special offer and it was the best value). Sunday pm putting bog roll away, ah, last time I seem to have bought a 24 pack... 🤦‍♂️ That’s me shittin pretty for the rest of the year.

I also picked up 3 (three) carex handwash things and a four pack (special offer) on Kleenex. It’ll all go by in a blur...💪

Oh, and a new set of hair clippers, despite the fact that I haven’t cut my hair in six months... 🤷🏼‍♂️

Cattle Prod and an industrial oven .

A set of bearings from my front hubs and 2 gear cables . might even go a spare tube for the rucksack .

Replaced most of the drive chain on the MTB - cassette, chain, inner ring, bearings on freehub and a rear tyre - why, I've been riding loads more - all worn out.

We do have 4 weeks worth of cat food, with 5 of them, they go through £100 a month in food - just bought a load on offer. Oh and a spare 24 rolls of loo role in the garage - 2 weeks spare in case we need to isolate and a bag of tinned stuff (soup etc) - again enough if one of us get's ill. We had nothing last time.

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Cattle Prod and an industrial oven .

Exactly what type of cannibalistic, zombie apocalypse are you planning for there?

A 9 bar of the best hash in the north and 100 packs of Maryland cookies.

A vax ultimate carpet shampoo machine. 2 toddlers means much cleaning.

I’ve bought exactly the same as the last time, nothing. I can’t help but think some of the panic buyers on here last time must still have stock or at least feel embarrassed.

Ok own up who bought the sex pond from B&Q Silverlink I was just looking at????

One of you did after reading the PSA above!

4 packets of pancakes and syrup..

I'm going to be breakfasting like a king for at least a week

No panic buying up in Scotland as far as I can tell

Is this really happening? I popped into my local co-op today, and all seemed normal.

Now that I know, though, I'll be going out tomorrow to get a 3 month supply of teabags and fig rolls. Some things cannot be left to chance.

3 month supply of.....fig rolls.

Better stockpile bog rolls too then.

Haven't a clue I just open cupboards and stuff is there.

RGT subscription,last time I bought a turbo, useful now as we are in isolation

Stans sealant and decaf (Dr's orders) coffee.

fig rolls

I got two packs of those also.

Brings my stash total to: two packs. I’m not sure I’ve got the hang of this panic buying malarkey yet... 🤪

I haven't eaten fig rolls in ages. Those are going on my shopping list. I may go mad and pick up two packs.

A Genesis Fugio 30 and Frazzles.

Also got a strange urge for a pack of fig rolls....

Pssst anyone got any quinoa?

Seriously? Last round there were people quite literally fighting over rice and saying how they were going to starve whilst packets of quinoa sat morosely on the shelf.

As its the end of summer our chest freezer is full from various legumes, onions and leeks are sprouting like mad, enough cucumbers pickled to stock a burger joint. Raspberries went mad this year so we have kg frozen, sorbet's and purees. Getting to the end of the fresh tomatoes though.

8 boxes of Eley No. 7 shot
A caravan

Also have a turbo trainer table in order, fed up with using an old carbon box.

Kool-Aid lots and lots of Kool-Aid

ceramic poppies.

Oh christ, that's coming round again isn't it.

A two ear headset to replace my one ear headset.

A coffee grinder so i can buy any of the coffee options.

I am getting edgy about sit stand desks being available when i get paid on Friday...

Mince pies. They'll be out of stock again in January.

Managed to get some dried Porcini mushrooms and a jar or grilled artichoke antipasti so very relieved that we have those essentials again, we have some Parmaggio but its being rationed just in case...

As for loo roll, just remember the three sheet rule: one for up, one for down and one to polish.

A treadmill on order. Considering an RC plane to go with it.

SSRIs

Glad I have a good stockpile of good bread flour also (which was nowt to do with panic-buying, might I add).

Is this really happening? I popped into my local co-op today, and all seemed normal.

My local Sains was packed to the rafters with Codgers buying up all the bread and milk Monday night. I guess after last lockdown when despite it all, no one starved they've defaulted back to Panic 1.0 AKA 'Snow Forecast'.

Brake pads for the bikes. Lockdown will mean a lot more folk cycling again and we'll be in the wetter/muddier time of year.

A treadmill on order. Considering an RC plane to go with it.

But would the plane be able to take off on the treadmill........?😀

Easter Eggs .... this isn't going away any time soon

But would the plane be able to take off on the treadmill……..?😀

The plan for Lockdown 2.0 is to find out.

Mince pies. They’ll be out of stock again in January.

Good shout.

Have brake pads being delivered as we speak....

Absolutely nothing!

Pissed of with the Daily Heil and Express whipping up panic. The laboratory engineered hate spawn of Hopkins and Farage, Julia H-B was posting on Twitter empty shelves in Waitrose and wondering how this could be. I went in Morrisons last night and all was calm and stocks were plentiful. Probably says more about the clientele of Waitrose than anything else.

Stans sealant and decaf (Dr’s orders)

Jesus man, just buy bog roll like everybody else. Your method is just going to end in disaster...🤩🤩

When my wife saw the Oz stories before lockdown she decided to order from Who gives a crap - toilet roll delivered to your door with some ethical back story (possibly just good marketing), we've bought a second box since, or perhaps third it's not important enough to remember. It removes the need to stress about bog roll from the supermarket and usually means we have plenty in. Hardly panic buying though.

I'm still working my way through the 25kg of flour I bought from the bakers I like back in November last year Campillou flour, got a really good loaf out it this weekend after adding some treacle to the mix!

We did a slightly bigger than usual Tesco shop on Tuesday to build up stocks so we can survive two weeks without leaving the house.

Mrs Dubs works in a germ factory (secondary school) so the chances of us having to isolate at some point are pretty fair.

We buy our bog roll from costco, and recently bought some so I imaging theres over 40 rolls left in the cupboard.

Panic bought some new grips. Well I crashed on sunday and broke the end of one grip.
Renthal traction kevlars - these the right ones for a long lockdown - yeah/no?

Bog roll. Well we are still on the pack of 6 we bought during last lockdown. We couldn't get any so bought some massive commercial rolls. My kids had to build a new holder for these behemoth rolls.

On the fig rolls thing:

The best food I have ever tasted was fig rolls with condensed milk from a tube. They were our emergency rations when I climbed Mont Blanc. On the way down we stopped to admire the view and ate them with lukewarm tea from a flask. I have never enjoyed food more.

I've got my brake pad stash - didn't get any discounts on 4 pairs of Race Matrix at the start of lock down, so paid the normal £30. Still got them. Also two spare packs for MrsF's SLX brakes.

Now I've been using the road bike more - hmm, must be a stash of pads in my stash box.

Not so much panic buying as such but our local Sainsbury's bought in a load of niche Italian flour (that they didn't ordinarily stock) during the first round of shortages then, when they didn't sell it all, put it on cheap so I have about 9 bags of pasta/pizza flour that they were selling off at 75p a bag.

@Yak, how's your bottom holding up using commercial loo role. Oh my ! My Brother In Law will only use Andrex. He was made up when he found a packet of two rolls in July.

I've got a spare chain too !

I panic bought a lawn mower deck, electric garage door opener (and a WiFi box that lets me open it with Google or Alexa) and some whisky.

Not sure what else to panic buy. Freezer has food in it, garage has usual level of beans, pasta and tinned tomatoes. Just buying replacements as I use them.

Still haven't used all the flour from 16kg bag.

Oh christ, that’s coming round again isn’t it.

**** yeah - The Sun wot got Sir Captain Tom, Lord Beckham, and Baron Joshua of Hertfordshire launching its poppy campaign according to the front page today. Makes me so proud. This virus thing has got no chance.

We couldn’t get any so bought some massive commercial rolls. My kids had to build a new holder for these behemoth rolls.

So long as (despite the operators best efforts) the dispenser tears off a one sheet at a time, I think you could call that a success!

Yeah, I reckon it's a success. Although it is a low-tech dispenser (think big stick on a pattress plate), the natural use is to only tear off 1 sheet. Each piece is a double length to start with, so with a couple of folds you are on 3 wipes per sheet.

More efficient than regular bog roll I reckon.