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 zoom3+1=4  Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66328 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 
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Hoarders... Thankfully I don't do that.  Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST 
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Admiral Gloval  Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21272 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66328 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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Covid-19 meets the TP Fortress...  Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST
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Dr Who Fan  Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3343 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4
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Best #satire article I have seen so far on the tp crisis: No Greater Love: Widow Puts Last Toilet Paper Roll In Offering Plate KIRKLAND, WA—Local widow Ethel McMillan displayed radical love for her fellow man during a church service Thursday night by placing her last roll of toilet paper in the offering plate as it passed #satire #Babylon Bee  |
AndyW   Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5862 Credit: 10,957,677 RAC: 18 
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Can confirm there is no loo roll here in the shops. Empty shelves galore! Don't tell the world, but I have 36 rolls in my emergency zombie apocalypse stash (along with about 3 months worth of food). Who's laughing at the preppers now? |
rob smith    Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22526 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Dyslexia rules..... The scare mongers can't tell the difference between Norovirus and Coronavirus - Norovirus is very unpleasant, especially if it strikes when one is out of range of a toilet, while Coronavirus affects the respiratory tract. But both are viruses and......... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66328 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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I can buy some TP for sure online, but I'd rather wait beyond Monday and online is at least 3 times as expensive as buying locally. But then I have a wash cloth & soap and hot water which cuts TP use significantly. Though what I do need soon is Bleach and Oxi Clean laundry detergent for My clothes and I can afford this, but not much more at the moment, but both together are $14.04 in town while supplies last. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST
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Gary Charpentier  Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31002 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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Fantastic herd mentality really, and says a lot about how free people really are :-)I know. But I don't herd well. Then again I don't twit, rumpbook, linkup, rumordoor or ... the fonts of all fake news. |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13854 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 
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If ones weekly supply of needed toilet paper, needed sanitize items, or anything else, is in short supply for any reason.Buying 5 years worth when only a few weeks are required, is stupid in my book. Particularly so when they are also buying 6 months (or more) worth of products, that might have a shelf life of 3 months (and in quite a few cases considerably less). Grant Darwin NT |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66328 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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Agreed, 5yrs of TP is way too much, finding a place for 30 rolls is a challenge, since Grace my cat would shred them if I didn't have a place for them. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13854 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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Anyone who goes through 1 roll of TP in 2 months is constipated.Or just makes plenty of use of facilities other than their own. Grant Darwin NT |
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AndyW Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5862 Credit: 10,957,677 RAC: 18
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Been to 3 large stores here this morning. Not a roll of toilet paper in sight! Time to open up the apocalypse store then! Did manage to get some more packet noodles and tinned foods, because it looks like this might go on for some considerable time the way our Government are dithering and being indecisive. Oh and I filled the car with Diesel, although it's supposed to be going at the end of the month IF my new car gets built & delivered in time! |
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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19396 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67
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that might have a shelf life of 3 months (and in quite a few cases considerably less Just got back from my local supermarket and I think the manager there might have pulled a fast one on the panic buyers on Sunday. On one fresh food section, one member staff was busy clearing the shelves and two others were re-stocking. When I got to the aisle where the clearance section is the same staff were slinging some of the items into a bin, marked 'out of date' and the rest was being marked down and put onto the clearance shelves. I have never seen the clearance shelves so full. |
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AndyW Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5862 Credit: 10,957,677 RAC: 18
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If any flat footed pointy headed copper tries to stop me it will be to his disadvantage. You still have them around your way? Couldn't get the police here when I got burgled before Christmas. Gave me a reference number on the phone and a letter in the post 2 days later to say "case closed". Piss useless waste of space - unless you're speeding and THEN they are there! |
Alien Seeker  Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 57 Credit: 511,652 RAC: 32 
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But, the reason for this post is about the availability of OTC Drugs. Be it Aspirin, Tylenol, decongestant's, etc. Careful with that. Anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin, cortisone, ibuprofen and co) are suspected to be a cause of worsening in young healthy patients. Only paracetamol, in moderate quantities, should be safe. In doubt, it's better not to self-medicate. Gazing at the skies, hoping for contact... Unlikely, but it would be such a fantastic opportunity to learn. My alternative profile |
Sirius B  Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 
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Anyone over 70 is apparently being shortly to be advised to self-isolate for 4 months or risk a £1000 fine. A perfect example of why it will be difficult to contain & prevent spreading. |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21272 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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I live just a bit south of Oklahoma City and tp and bottled water are hard to find in Walmart. I figured if you don’t like tap water then buy a filter. I did just that. I got a Zerowater water container. Can’t say just yet about the taste. But it is better than unfiltered.
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7
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Been using a Kenwood for years, still got 4 filters in stock. As for shortage of TP, just buy some kitchen rolls. :-) |
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Kevin Olley Send message Joined: 3 Aug 99 Posts: 906 Credit: 261,085,289 RAC: 572
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Been using a Kenwood for years, still got 4 filters in stock. As for shortage of TP, just buy some kitchen rolls. :-) The ones that are normally on the empty shelves alongside the TP and the empty tissue shelves:-( Luckily I brought a pack of 9 TP just after I started my last pack a couple of weeks ago, 7 - 8 months supply in stock for a single male:-) As for water, never drink it unless its boiled and put in teapot, hard unfiltered water makes better tea, or if its frozen and swimming in a good single malt! |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7
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:-) Still available here atm. Have noticed recently that they have stopped selling packs of 8 TP & reduced to 6. :-( As for the Kenwood, only used it for fruit squash. & agree about the tea. As for coffee, don't use water but hot milk. Lovely taste. :-) |
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