Went to Tesco last night. No pasta or tinned tomatoes, but as many spuds as you could want. We’ve not just gone mad, we’ve gone Italian
Taking the minimum approach to this.
We’ve enough paracetamol for 4 (4g per day each) for a week and a weeks worth of dried and tinned food for 4. If that’s not enough and there are no ways to replenish, then we are truly screwed anyway.
You should be able to combine paracetamol and ibuprofen for a fever etc?
tbh I find paracetamol totally useless. Can't even remember the last time I took any, probably about 20yrs ago. pointless stuff.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/research/what%E2%80%99s-point-paracetamol
That article is quite odd. I've never considered paracetamol as a painkiller, I've only ever used it to reduce temperature in a fever, which that article doesn't even mention in its uses?.
When you've a screaming baby with a raging temperature, it's a godsend.
What a difference a day makes.
If you ever want to experience life in a zombie apocalypse, pop to ASDA or Tesco Extra in Accrington. People have lost their frikkin' minds, they're running around like Anneka bloody Rice (which is ironic because there isn't any left). Shelves are bare, there's no Lemsip in town (cos that'll stop Covid19), front page of tabloids featuring Boris telling us we're all gonna die, cleaning products are being rationed, if you're going to have a poo in the next week you'll be wiping your arse on the cat, two only bottles of hand sanitiser per customer (all long gone).
Pro tip, people: it's great that you're taking it seriously and want to wash your hands, but that's not enough to prevent infection. You need to let other people be able to clean theirs as well.
Meanwhile, the Kiwis have got their priorities sorted.
You need to let other people be able to clean theirs as well.
Bosses at work at to email round reminding people of this... to stop them steals ng the hand sanitiser from the loos.
To me it is clear that there’s something in addition to corvid-19 going round and whatever it is is destroying brains.
Accrington is like the zombie apocalypse on a good day anyway!
Accrington is like the zombie apocalypse on a good day anyway!
Good point, well made.
Yup - went to get a chicken for Sunday dinner today and Morrison's in Harrogate was decimated - pasta, tinned tomatoes, many ready sauces, tinned spagetti, beans, painkillers, tinned soup all wiped out along with the chicken I wanted - there was not a single packet of any fresh chicken to be had save for a packet of wings that had a BB of today.
Went to Sainsbury's and it was a similar story (apart from the chicken - thankfully they had that. Panic-bought a packet of linguini and some J20 whist I was there.
Utter bedlam.
As we parked there to go to town, we popped into Waitrose in Stirling. As it happens, we haven't been able to buy loo rolls for about 10 days in our little Tesco in Dunblane as they shelves have been empty. Same in Waitrose. A staff member was saying they have had people in buying 80(!) loo rolls at a time, and he though the same people had been in the store daily bulk buying all sorts.
He was basically suggesting that a few nutters accounted for a good proportion of the panic buying.
And that one lady must have a garage full of loo roll. 😂😂😂
I think you need to look at the petrol pumps to see the real situation.
Supplies continue, you can only have one tank of fuel at a time = no problem
Once the nutters have filled their houses with Andrex, things must calm down.
No pasta, bread (who the Hell bulk buys bread?), tomatoes, eggs, toilet roll, ibuprofen, paracetamol, etc.
Loads of cold and flu medicine though...
When you’ve a screaming baby with a raging temperature, it’s a godsend.
we have a teething baby.
we have 3 bottles of calpol in the house at any one time - and will be maintaining that situation as long as possible.
We also have lots of ashtons and parsons baby crack for the gums for the same reason.
that and nappies....
on the other side - i have plenty of unleaded and 2 stroke for the chainsaw and generator.
We are short on diesel for the boiler though 🙁
Was in Lidl and Sainsbury's on Saturday evening. Needed ingredients for a Persian chicken and walnut stew. They had no pomegranates or pomegranate molasses AT ALL. I'll had to do without the pomegranate and swap the molasses for grenadine.
Saw a post on Twitter yesterday saying the panic buying was like a game of musical chairs. You really don't want to play, but you also don't want to be left without a seat.
Well that’s six shops visited this morning; when it comes to loo roll, I’m shit outta luck. 😏
exactly. Anyone posting about "stupid panic buyers" on social media are just being bloody stupid themselves though as they're only fuelling the fire. I live on my own and although (at the moment) there are people who could drop supplies round, I've made sure I've got a good couple of weeks of provisions for basic meals, etc, tucked away in case I need to isolate. It would be mad not to IMO.Saw a post on Twitter yesterday saying the panic buying was like a game of musical chairs. You really don’t want to play, but you also don’t want to be left without a seat.
Shit! I’m out of butter that means I’m going to need to visit a shop.
Cover me...I’m going in.
I only came the office so I could have a shit and wash my hands...
Shit! I’m out of butter that means I’m going to need to visit a shop.
Cover me…I’m going in.
Could you pick me up a pack of loo roll while you’re there please? 🙄👍🏼
The shits gonna hit the fan.
And I mean that quite literally.
I've run out of bog roll so I've decided to blow it into next door neighbour's garden.
The elderly are stripping the shelves in our small Brixham stores today. It was heart warming (and will be ring warming) to see the old couple debating whether they'd be OK with some Pataks Madras as they normally have Korma.
I felt weird only buying lentils and sausages for luncheon.
Pataks Madras as they normally have Korma.
That explains the toilet rolls] shortage.
Could you pick me up a pack of loo roll while you’re there please?
I best take my sidearm too then.
No loo roll and very limited pasta in my local Tesco. Pasta now rationed to two packs per customer. Guy in the checkout said that the eggs were sold out too. No understand. Unless eating 36 hard boiled eggs is a method of using less bog roll.
Was delighted to find a couple of bottles of hand wash under the sink, so we're good for 6 months. However, I needed a bottle of Flash, but the cleaning products aisle had also been stripped.
There are some shysters flogging tp and hand gel on eby now for ludicrous prices. I guess there's no real come-back if I bid £10000 for a few items then forget to pay? If enough people do the same it might stop these arseholes trying to make a quick buck at the expense of those in genuine need.
Yeah – a food flask full of pasta (we use macaroni as it is smaller and fits nicely in the flask compared to other pasta) tossed in a little bit of butter to stop it from congealing and a separate little box with either grated cheese or tuna
Sounds like a good idea for our family winter bike rides
Just back from regular weekly shop at Aldi. Pasta and toilet roll all gone. Quite a change from last week. Oatcakes too, weirdly enough.
Got most of my other shopping and bought a roll of big bin bags. So many scenarios where refuse pickups stop. Might need 2 per corpse.
I’m back.
I have butter, lettuce and some bananas. Didn’t notice any toilet roll V8 but their was bags of pasta on offer.
Ventured out to my local supermarket yesterday.
There was plenty of bog roll and bread but none of your "traditional" veg. No potatoes, no onion, no carrots etc.
Whatever people are planning in Glasgow seems to involve soup.
I ordered a load of stuff like rice/beans/canned stuff online with Tesco. Next slot is end of next week and you couldn't order more than 2x for essential stuff like pasta/rice/etc. Most of their pasta was sold out.
When you run out of bog roll, what shape dried pasta are you going to reach for first from your pasta mountain?
A nest of tagliatelli?
half cooked fusili?
Or just scrape yourself clean with bits of lasagna sheet?
Whatever people are planning in Glasgow seems to involve soup.
Opening a brothel?
Mrs_oab went to pcworld/Currys as one of the lads keyboards had stopped working.
Apparently people have been buying extra freezers to stockpile further...
one of the lads keyboards had stopped working.
They're taking "self - isolation" way too seriously.
They’re taking “self – isolation” way too seriously.
Teens.
Teens.
Also explains the national bogroll shortage
Dad's just been to Tesco - says it is not carnage but anything like loo roll, wet wipes, pasta, tomoates, canned beans are non-existent. Clerk said people were in there at 6am this morning.
Just picked up a click & collect order from Tesco. Everything is fine apart from the one can of baked beans we ordered - out of stock and no substitute available. The girl who brought out my order rolled her eyes as did I. May explain why all the bog roll is needed though.
Apparently people have been buying extra freezers to stockpile further…
suddenly needing a generator makes sense......
best pick up a second jerry can of fuel 😀
Apparently people have been buying extra freezers to stockpile further…
I hope they're also stockpiling condoms so that they don't produce any more morons.
I hope they’re also stockpiling condoms so that they don’t produce any more morons.
I accept there is some absurd stuff going on at the moment, but we have stocked up on a little bit extra of some key things like toilet paper, potatoes, tinned tomatoes, pasta, milk and beer (probably about £60 worth of extras over what we would normally get). However I think some people are genuinely worried we might be in for the long haul and I can't blame them because very little seems to be happening to dispel any concerns. And with what is now going on in Italy, Spain and (most likely) France (ie going into virtual lockdowns) I can see why some people are going to extremes. You also have to bear in mind that some of these people may not have had large freezers in the first place (we have two so plenty of space, but they are usually packed with batch-cooked meals).
Personally I think the people in the 'moron' category are quite quite low in numbers, we just have many more erring on the side of extra caution.
Priority shopping hours for the elderly?
They're usually waiting outside when the supermarket opens at 8am anyway.
