Posted on 03/17/2020 1:34:44 PM PDT by LibWhacker
We’ve had cloth diapers for millennia. Got wash-clothes, warm water and detergent? Baby, mommy or daddy, no dif. And get good fiber, makes everything better.
Not hardly.
I’ve seen that … TP, fresh produce, fresh meat, bread.
Agreed.
I assume that somewhere, the factories that manufacture T.P. and other staples are running flat-out, 24-7.
I note that Kimberly-Clark stock is up nicely in recent days.
They need to do that. You guys are now the bloodstream running oxygen through the nation's veins. You are necessary to help keep us alive.
>>I haven’t seen anything in my neighborhood that approximates those photos. Nothing.
Boston area. All paper aisles at all stores here look like that, as do a lot of cleaning supply aisles. Meat sections have some areas like that, some not. Right now eggs are gone from one store; still in another. Depends on the product. One store is out of broth cans; another still has some. It’s like when you were young and starting out and counting every penny. Instead of shopping every store for the best price on this or that, you’re shopping every store to find out who still has eggs or who has the only brand of dog food your dogs will eat.
About two years ago a friend gave us a chest freezer. It has been in my garage and getting in the way since. Been talking about moving it into the house for months.
Finally a week or so ago, literally just before the present shopping spree commenced, I brought it in and fired it up. So this leave us (myself, my wife and two hangers-on grown kids) with two refrigerators and a chest freezer.
This evening Sue and I went to WalMart and filled up a cart with mostly frozen foods. At this point I believe we are as they say prepared, everything from booze to bacon with a backup generator to boot. Plus, while I’m not a prepper, I have enough canned and survival food to last 6-8 weeks, maybe longer.
OMG you went to Walmart an FOUND frozen food amazing!!!
Wow! It’s completely normal here except for tp.
Might be that you have less cases where you are, so people are in an earlier stage of panic. Boston is definitely behind NY in the panic department, but I have faith that we’ll get there. Saw my first face mask on a grocery store customer two days ago, and the checkout clerks are all wearing gloves.
Groomer closed down today. Doctors calling to cancel apptments. Bird seed store owner is hysterical over how much people are buying and how much she has to restock alone. (I’ve got 4 20# bags of peanuts and 5 20# bags of bird seed. My outdoor critters will be fine.)
Walmarts in central NC are restocking at a very fast clip.
Their semi’s are all over from Charlotte to Greensboro.
My local WalMart, while out of Rice a Roni, had quite a bit of stuff. I ran into a friend that was able to get a few rolls of TP and some bottled water! This was after work about 6:00PM. I filled a cart with frozen vegtables, frozen potato products, frozen chicken products and frozen fish products. Right now I have ample supplies of frozen productsl.
Next on the list...SPAM!
The warehouses are full - there are not enough workers to pick orders and fill the trucks. Warehouse workers are already worn out from overtime. Kroger is up to $20 an hour for warehouse labor.
I joke that before this is all over we are all going to be working for Amazon.com.
I’m moving to Venezuela. They probably have more stuff on their shelves.
Good points, thanks!
I live in fricken America! I shouldn’t have to stand in Soviet Union style lines to find Venezuela empty shelves! I’m mad as hell and don’t understand why everyone isn’t. This panic was created by government and the media.
I’m neither going to lick nor rub my bare butt on the carpet.
On what planet?
Very likely.
That's why anyone with the means ought to top off their supplies before the next mad rush.
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