The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Suffolksue

Sorry just realised wrong thread and don’t know how to move it to the Pleasures 

unrecordings

singlestep said:

Something I was reading on Twitter tonight: this time two weeks ago, Italy had fewer cases of this virus than we do now and were taking similar measures to those we are now and in some ways better.  Their situation could be ours by two weeks from now. Person saying this said that they hoped this prediction would be wrong - as do I.  We don't seem to have a specific concentration of cases in one area yet, which is one big difference.

The difference is going to be how many !!!!!! there turn out to be if/when social distancing starts. The Italian response was lackadaisical at best and had been widely ignored for several weeks. The events over. It seems most of Northern Italy has fled South. And it doesn't take Machiavelli to figure out that a large proportion will head North, threatening the rest of Western /Central Europe (see my Swiss comment yesterday). Hopefully they've the balls to shut up shop and set a precedent

ziggy2004

unrecordings said:

singlestep said:

Something I was reading on Twitter tonight: this time two weeks ago, Italy had fewer cases of this virus than we do now and were taking similar measures to those we are now and in some ways better.  Their situation could be ours by two weeks from now. Person saying this said that they hoped this prediction would be wrong - as do I.  We don't seem to have a specific concentration of cases in one area yet, which is one big difference.

The difference is going to be how many !!!!!! there turn out to be if/when social distancing starts. The Italian response was lackadaisical at best and had been widely ignored for several weeks. The events over. It seems most of Northern Italy has fled South. And it doesn't take Machiavelli to figure out that a large proportion will head North, threatening the rest of Western /Central Europe (see my Swiss comment yesterday). Hopefully they've the balls to shut up shop and set a precedent

Yup I read an account of someone who after the quarantine was announced decided to leave the area anyway as if they were going to be ill they wanted to be near family. It was swiftly deleted after they received negative comments. Thing is people are selfish creatures and will disregard the impact their actions will have on others if they feel it is in their own best interest. 

pineapple

Just did an online shop at Sainsbobs - everything I wanted was available. It was the same at our little local Co-op - apart from the loo rolls which had been well and truly plundered. My aim is to have enough for one month hunkering down when this ramps up. Even now I'm minimising going out - I'm on immune supressants. 

Si_Clist

When I did my usual sparrowfart sweep of Morrison's today I noticed the shelves were brimming with bogrolls, kitchen towels, paracetamols and hand "sanitiser", albeit with a limit of two per punter on the latter.

Two hours later, however, a neighbour prevailed upon me to get her a few bits and bobs from Waitrose if I was passing it, which is what I normally do because all the bullsh1t with which they bombard the chattering classes offends my sensibility (who comes up with nonsense like "You can taste when eggs come from happy hens" on a big window poster, and why are they not stoned to death for their pains?).  Sorry, where was I ... oh yes ... not a bogroll to be had in Waitrose, nor even a pack of kitchen towel!  Don't know about hand "sanitiser" as in my haste to get out of the place I didn't look ...

pineapple

Si_Clist said:

When I did my usual sparrowfart sweep of Morrison's today I noticed the shelves were brimming with bogrolls, kitchen towels, paracetamols and hand "sanitiser", albeit with a limit of two per punter on the latter.

Two hours later, however, a neighbour prevailed upon me to get her a few bits and bobs from Waitrose if I was passing it, which is what I normally do because all the bullsh1t with which they bombard the chattering classes offends my sensibility (who comes up with nonsense like "You can taste when eggs come from happy hens" on a big window poster, and why are they not stoned to death for their pains?).  Sorry, where was I ... oh yes ... not a bogroll to be had in Waitrose, nor even a pack of kitchen towel!  Don't know about hand "sanitiser" as in my haste to get out of the place I didn't look ...

The Waitrose bogroll must have extra special powers.

maryb

The only place I have noticed shortages of anything other than hand sanitiser is Waitrose.  Waitrose shoppers obviously do a superior class of panic  (that IS sarcasm btw)

Si_Clist

A pound to a penny says the reason why Waitrose sells out of "essentials" faster than inferior supermarkets is simply because they don't stock much of them.  After all, why fill shelves with things like bogrolls when you can fill them with the high-margin stuff for which Waitrose is notorious renowned?

OK, another factor might also be that the archetypal Waitrose punter is more affluent, has a greater sense of self-entitlement, and also has the enormous 4 x 4 in which to cart home the bulk purchase of bogroll ...

singlestep

We did a slight top up of the stores shop today as well as the usual fresh stuff for a usual week.  I added a few things like cooking chorizo and some gammon. For me, any extras were things that will be useful when I move soon if not needed imminently. 3 or 4 extra tinned meals and peripherals were for a family friend without the means to stock up and then put a few of the same items in to the food bank point.  I really hope that TPTB don't overlook those in such dire need in the event of a shut down.

We could get everything we needed during our trip to three supermarkets this morning, but some of the tins and cleaning products were a bit less plentiful than usual. Of course, there was no hand sanitiser to be had. I don't need it for now, thankfully!

Onebrokelady

jk0 said:

Onebrokelady said:

I went to do my shopping today and managed to buy everything on my list except for Quorn products,

Same at my Waitrose yesterday. There did not even seem to be a space in the freezer for Quorn mince. I wonder if they discontinued it?

Hi jk0, I've just been to Mr S and the Quorn mince is back in stock,in fact all of it is apart from the sausages,I'm worried they've got rid of the sausages because there was no shelf sticker for them 😟 I did however manage to buy a box of Linda Mc mozzarella burgers which were also sold out yesterday, the bonus was they were on special offer for a pound 😊