I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.

Simon ,'Safe'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Volans - Nov 19, 2020 12:40:51 pm PST #29981 of 30019
move out and draw fire

After a decade of living in places where a regular TP supply was not assured, I set up a subscription via Amazon. It delivered more than we used, so we had a surplus. In February when the box arrived, my DH was like "I think we have enough...can you cancel this subscription?"

WELL WHO LOOKS LIKE THE GENIUS NOW?!?!?

Also events sort of cancelled it for me.

I'm choosing to believe that people are spreading out their STPR purchasing over more weeks, so we won't get as much system shock, and that the TP companies have shifted how much "home use" they produce vs. how much "industry use" and it will be better this time.


Jessica - Nov 19, 2020 12:57:05 pm PST #29982 of 30019
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

TP companies have shifted how much "home use" they produce vs. how much "industry use" and it will be better this time.

I agree, the supply chain issues mostly sorted themselves out by early summer so HOPEFULLY we'll see less hoarding in the months coming up.

I have noticed that canned tomatoes seem to be in short supply, at least in my local supermarkets. The shelves aren't bare but there are weird gaps - I sometimes can't find diced tomatoes at all.


sj - Nov 19, 2020 1:00:14 pm PST #29983 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I still can’t get my regular subscription of paper towels from amazon.


Jesse - Nov 19, 2020 1:06:35 pm PST #29984 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It just seems like all the supply chains are lumpy -- one week there was no KA AP flour, the next week, the end caps were full of it.


NoiseDesign - Nov 19, 2020 1:11:07 pm PST #29985 of 30019
Our wings are not tired

I set up a subscription via Amazon

This is what I did as well, so just before the lockdown started we got shipment that arrives once every three months. Because we use recycled it only ships in large quantities. I looked like a genius.


msbelle - Nov 19, 2020 1:25:43 pm PST #29986 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

It just seems like all the supply chains are lumpy

this.

Weird gaps in grocery shelves. I am trying to be smart about what I stock up on, but my planning and whatnot is FOR SHIT right now.


Steph L. - Nov 19, 2020 1:59:51 pm PST #29987 of 30019
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Weird gaps in grocery shelves. I am trying to be smart about what I stock up on, but my planning and whatnot is FOR SHIT right now.

Are there any OTC meds you wouldn't want to run out of? Tim takes Tylenol for his RA, so we've been keeping a backup bottle of Tylenol in the Covid stash ever since spring, because the Tylenol shelf tended to be empty really often. Or tampons/pads (if applicable) -- their supply wasn't affected back in the spring, but I'm slightly paranoid, so I have extras of those, too, because running out would *really* suck.


sj - Nov 19, 2020 2:09:33 pm PST #29988 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Flour and yeast if you plan on doing much baking, dried and/or canned beans, extra butter that can be stored in the freezer, canned milk or boxed nut milk with a long shelf life are some of the suggestions I have based on what I had trouble getting last time around.


EpicTangent - Nov 19, 2020 2:21:34 pm PST #29989 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Pasta was the one thing I actually wanted and had a hard time laying my hands on. And when I thought I might do a "comfort food dinner" for my brother's birthday back in March, I couldn't find Kraft Mac & Cheese to save my life. When I mentioned this idea to him, he said what he'd really like was a Rice-a-roni thing our mom used to make with beef flavor Rice-a-roni. All of a sudden, there was plenty of Kraft Mac & Cheese and Beef Rice-a-roni was more elusive than Charmin.


meara - Nov 19, 2020 2:23:04 pm PST #29990 of 30019

Yeah I feel like the shortages have been super random lately. Like one day there was no yogurt. Another day, zero frozen fruit. But what Teppy said about otc meds and period supplies. I’m picky on the latter, so shortages would bum me out. And I got a big thing of sudafed on the former because it’s not as easy to get!