Er'indoors is quite suggestable (so long as the suggestion doesn't come from me) so she ordered some additional tinned things on the interweb shopping, that was about it.
I think it's great though, It's prompted lots of apocalypse discussions at home and I've been trying to encourage my kids to think more laterally, and keep asking them what they would actually need in order to survive the collapse of society.
So Far my eldest daughter has suggested firewood and matches, my youngest just said "Meat!" with no further explanation... I think they'll be just fine.
@cookeaa Your kids didn't say 'bikes' as an essential. Disown them now !
my youngest just said “Meat!” with no further explanation…
Better keep an eye on him, that sounds like the early stages to me. Has he started groaning recently? Salivating while staring at your head?
I am, the contents of my neighbours garage are quite something, who else has a black powder cavalry pistol, the manual and spare parts catalogue for a 1939 Triumph motorbike and a nazi map of the Normandy beaches.
Is your neighbour Indiana Jones?
Mrs M has been stockpiling shoes but that's not new behavior.
On the basis of the confirmed case rate in the UK today of 6.7/1,000,000 might be a bit early to panic buy. Better to wash hands, follow official.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
Still got tins in the bunker from the Bird and Swine not a bad boozer on quiet.
I can understand the stocking up on food in some cases. The moment you get told you need to isolate yourself from the world for 2 weeks is not really the best time to do a big shop to make things more comfortable.
I am sure the media reporting the panic buying doesn't help as it just goads others into following suit with the mentality of 'if they are buying it all there will be none left for me'.
I have enough bits and bobs to last two weeks in the freezer, who knows I may lose a bit of weight if I need to stay at home for a couple of weeks but right now I am just buying what I need at my usual cadence.
The moment you get told you need to isolate yourself from the world for 2 weeks is not really the best time to do a big shop to make things more comfortable.
As there is no other possible way to buy goods for example a relative?
mariner: leather shoes could be useful though...
Some years ago, there was a drought in northern Namibia. The Himba people were suffering badly from famine. They don't use numbers to count the years; instead they name them after memorable events. The year of the famine is known as "The year that the men got so hungry they ate the women's skirts" (or something like that).
Just to clarify, the Himba women's (minimal) attire is made of animal hide.
I have enough bits and bobs to last two weeks in the freezer, who knows I may lose a bit of weight if I need to stay at home for a couple of weeks but right now I am just buying what I need at my usual cadence.
Yeah, if it was only me, I wouldn't be too bothered but it's the two hungry yet fussy 10 yr olds and all their packed lunches I am most concerned about. I will eat pretty much anything myself and would find it a good way to make me use up stuff hidden in the depths of the freezer.
That’s not, strictly speaking, stock piling
Stop bouilloning him.
So you’re panic buying for your kids?
[edit] ah just read your op again, not yet, you’re just in a panic about whether to panic buy. No, it really isn’t the zombie apocalypse the media would like us to think it is.
ah just read your op again, not yet, you’re just in a panic about whether to panic buy. No, it really isn’t the zombie apocalypse the media would like us to think it is.
Apart from the 500g packet of macaroni, no, no panic buying yet. I did buy two geometry sets at lunchtime although I did strictly only need one set.
Most of the cheap pasta on supermarket shelves are empty but the slightly more expensive ones are all there ... 😒
Better keep an eye on him
Her...
Eldest is a borderline veggie who dislikes spicy food, youngest is the polar opposite, I cannot quite fathom it TBH.
Judging by our kitchen shelves, MrsTH has been panic buying and stockpiling tea for the last 2 years.
I had to go to Costco on Monday. We genuinely needed bog roll along with the monthly nappy and dried fruit supplies. They let the plebs in at 12:00. They ran out of bog roll at 12:05. People were stuffing their trolleys with paper towel dispenser refills, industrial rags and serviettes. It really was a lesson in the complete ignorance and 4kwittery of our general population. Bring on the plague!
I've not panic bought anything my only concern would be if the only things left on the shelf were Vegan foods!
Not done any panic buying as such but over the last week or so I have revisited the Cooking on a bootstrap brexit list from jack monroe.
Made sure I have the usual store cupboard staples
Pasta,
Rice,
Herbs n spices
Tinned veg
Beans
Spaghetti
Etc etc
No excess on loo rolls, sanitizer paracetamol etc though, just my usual monthly shop last week
As long as I have plenty of beer and a few jazz mags I'll be happy.
few jazz mags
Are we expecting the internet to be affected by the virus?? 😳
you are asking if you should panic buy to avoid panic buying?
No he is asking if he should panic buy to avoid death by starvation. Why don’t you people understand this 🙄
you are asking if you should panic buy to avoid panic buying?
No he is asking if he should panic buy to avoid death by starvation. Why don’t you people understand this 🙄
To ease your mind just buy as you see fit at least help the supermarket to clear some old stock out ... 🙄
Are we expecting the internet to be affected by the virus??
Contingency plans.
My local Morrisons hasn't had bog roll on any of my visits since last Friday. Today they had signs up restricting the quantities each shopper can buy and there still weren't any left at 4:40.
The charity shops are full of paperbacks if it gets too bad.....I recommend Dan Brown for normal movements and Jeffrey Archer if it gets a bit sticky...
Just been in Lidl in Stirling. Either there's no panic here or everyone is dead, plenty of stuff. Also managed to buy a pack of paracetamol in boots earlier. All varieties in stock except the 49p stuff. Plenty of their own brand stuff though.
I've got about ten kilos of huel currently.
Maybe a slight panic but I usually buy more when I run down to about 3kg anyway as the shelf life is so long.
Tempted to buy a 15kg sack of kibble for the pupper.
Not really panic buying I don't think though.
Why are people panic buying pasta? It's just carbs.. A month on that yi you won't be looking to bright lol
So, a slightly contrary view; we have had a steady built up supply of non perishables, paracetamol etc in prep for a worst case brexit. I know the country would do something so the nation doesn't starve but it is still my responsibility as a father of 2 kids to make sure we are OK and don't need to rely on outside help. When things started looking a bit virus like we started topping up the supplies again. Not stuffing multiple packs of bog roll into the trolley but gradually building up again. I recon my family would be OK for a month without leaving the house if it came to it. Panic buying or responsible?
I posted on another thread t'other day, but my local Sainsbury's have sold out of chopped tomatoes. But only non-Italian chopped tomatoes!
I wasn't aware that the humble tom could catch the Covonia (please come back Ainsley Harriot) virus.
I wouldn't call it panic buying, but I did a tins shop after work in Lidl on Monday and hoarded them in my work locker, just need to remember to unusually take my rucksack in to get them home... Or buy a tin opener to put in the locker. 😈
Has anyone else noticed that whilst the dry pasta has been decimated no one is buying pesto or sauces?
Making a meal reasonably tasty goes out the window when daily mail inspired shop clearance starts, it would seem.
We do a "big shop" every three weeks or so whether we need to or not, so our cupboards are bulging by default. We won't starve even if we have to resort to baked beans on pasta or something. Wine, on the other hand, seems to disappear rapidly after purchase so that's my only real concern.
few jazz mags
I had no idea it was still possible to buy such things.
Is your neighbour Indiana Jones?
Well there is a large chest I haven't opened yet, maybe it's The Ark of the Covenant
Buying trolley loads of loo roll is bonkers, but I have ensured we have food/medicine to self-isolate my family for up to 3 weeks.
Hopefully it doesn’t get bad, but my job is all about risk analysis and contingency planning.
I still have my Brexit shelf of quinoa and cassoulet. And 6 weeks of toilet roll based upon 3/week. Unless that's a poor assessment.
A thought today in Tesco, which had literally no loo roll or tissues whatsoever, no paracetemol, and hardly any soap... If people were really worried, they wouldn't go "oh there's no loo roll, never mind" they'd go "oh there's no loo roll, I'll buy kitchen roll because I can wipe my arse with that". But those shelves are full.
I ended up getting loo roll from a local shop, because we actually needed some. But I felt a bit bad just buying bog roll and paracetemol because I looked like a panic buyer, so I got some vodka and some creme eggs too to make it clear that I was just doing a normal shop.
Perspective. I care for a 90 year old. Of course she has underlying health conditions.
Focus: Stop the virus getting into the house ideally as my likelihood of giving this to my mother are high if I catch it. Being a carer and self isolating? Right!....
Most of my purchases/precautions were sorted a couple of weeks back but have ramped up over the last week.
Purchases:
Meds, paracetamol and ibuprofen etc. etc. bought a while back.
Litres of IPA bought just as prices began to hike up. Decanted into small spray bottles from Amazon, dotted around the house and given to friends and family. I carry one with me all the time when out.
Lots of non perishable food, powdered milk etc. purchased some time back.
Digital thermometers. One each.
Toilet roll, tissues, kitchen roll.
Various surface sanitising products etc.
Masks bought before they went totally mental price... Only FFP2 but all I could get. If I need to wear it...the battle is probably lost already anyway. See comment above about self isolating as a carer.
Precautions:
As from a week ago I carry alcohol hand cleaner with me when out and I've limited shop purchases after seeing numerous workers and customers coughing into their hands as usual and then using atm machines, handling products in the shops etc etc. I have heard numerous people talking about this just "going away". That delusion doesn't give me faith in this ending well. This is the main reason I bought most of the stuff early. Covid lives on surfaces for at least 9 hours, probably days...
Every item brought into the house now is sprayed with some form of antibac (confirmed to kill other corona viruses) be it packaged food, prescription meds etc. Even letters/junk mail put through the door gets sprayed, left to dry, then opened. Bottoms of shoes sprayed just in case. When some men get colds etc they feel the need to spit on the pavements...
Mother told not to open the door to anyone for any reason whatsoever. If there is a knock,I answer the door.
Family/friends told to be prepared for us simply to say no to them coming over at some point soon. This includes my partner that lives separately from me. She works in a pathology lab at a hospital and is totally understanding bless her.
"Cleaning station" by front door. Basically a tray with various sanitising products ready to be used. Including one to spray on the other products AFTER their use to stop cross contamination on the bottles of spray.
A finger clip type blood oxygen monitor. Long reason why that is handy but can't be bothered to type it all.
All the above is to ensure that I need to leave the house as little as possible...I'm the way the virus is likely get into the house...I'm a carer so this isn't even that different to normal life for me these days anyway. If supply chains do begin to buckle it also ensures I am not hunting around shops for non existent basics whilst exposing myself to the virus for no good reason.
Over the top? I really bloody hope so! I really hope that a month or two from now I'm taking loads of food to the local church food bank and glancing at my chapped/dried hands* and you lot are ripping the proverbial p*** out of me.👍
*That part won't happen, skin moisturiser also bought.
TLDR? I'm not prepared to have my 90 year old mother pay the price for me not bothering to get ready for this situation as it worsens. It hasn't cost that much and just takes a bit of time and relearning some old habits. So what?
If she catches this virus it'll almost certainly have come from me and me alone.
I don't need that kind of guilt trip on my conscience.
And 6 weeks of toilet roll based upon 3/week. Unless that’s a poor assessment.
Sh*t assessment?
Call me silly but we shop weekly and I've put an extra weeks shop away in the freezer and cupboards. If I'm getting the virus (which is very likely as I work in acute healthcare with people coughing on me and we've just had it confirmed a 100 metres from me as I type.) then I'd rather rest easy than dick around getting food in or making my asthmatic mother go for me.
Also made sure we've got adequate paracetamol, calpol and ibuprofen. Got 9 bog rolls and some nappies for the little man.
I'm wondering about starting a couple more panic buying threads. I don't need one now, but you never know.
In a few weeks time you may see some guy wearing leather bondage gear, with an Australian cattle dog by his side and a sawn off shotgun at 6am in your local Asda with flies round his head desperate to wipe his arse
I generally just shop every 3 or 4 days and don't really have a stock of canned or dried goods - I did think I should probably get a few things in 'just in case' but I figure I can always just loot the nearest Tesco if they close it.
“oh there’s no loo roll, I’ll buy kitchen roll because I can wipe my arse with that”
And what would you do with the wiped paper? You'd soon be in a mess if you tried to flush it. And if everyone started doing it, there could be some serious blockages everywhere in the sewerage system.
