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.
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
NoiseDesign - Nov 19, 2020 1:11:07 pm PST #29985 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
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!
Sheryl - Nov 19, 2020 2:24:43 pm PST #29991 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Mr. S's school has decided that due to the increase in COVID19 cases in MD, that things will be 100% virtual from after Thanksgiving until winter break. It makes sense, but Mr. S has been doing so much better in the in-person classes than in virtual classes.
Volans - Nov 19, 2020 2:30:51 pm PST #29992 of 30019
move out and draw fire
Apparently part of the supply weirdness is the bullwhip effect and the rest is the intersection of global supply chains and individual decisions.
Like how all the turkey farmers didn't (couldn't?) change how many turkeys they produced this year, and without Ren Faires and big Thanksgivings and such there is a turkey glut.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 19, 2020 2:37:51 pm PST #29993 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Market them to people as pets!
msbelle - Nov 19, 2020 2:37:58 pm PST #29994 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Unsweetened/Unflavored Coconut "milk" is my coffee addition of choice and I have found it hard to find reliably since I moved here. TJs always has it, but that is not my go to store, so I buy 2 boxes of it whenever I see it. Rarely find it in Giants, Aldi does not stock it, Safeway and Sprouts are about 50/50 on it, Target maybe more like 60/40.
The OTC medicine I need is generic mucinex. I had a repeating order online and then cancelled and now cannot remember my login. I should get on that, so much easier than going to the store every few weeks.