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Post by Jane on Mar 16, 2020 3:21:01 GMT -7
People are still panic buying here despite being told not to. There were no eggs at all this morning which was annoying as I don't eat meat or poultry but eat a lot of eggs. I still have the egg Mitzi laid last year. I might have to encourage her to lay some more. Jane
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Post by chris on Mar 16, 2020 5:45:36 GMT -7
People are still panic buying here despite being told not to. There were no eggs at all this morning which was annoying as I don't eat meat or poultry but eat a lot of eggs. I still have the egg Mitzi laid last year. I might have to encourage her to lay some more. Jane Mitzi suddenly has to work for her free room and board - hahaha! Panic buying continues here, with the bizarre phenomenon of toilet paper being at the top of the list. There seems to be no logic to this and the only sensible theory I have read is that humans are a social creature and when we see others doing something we are pre-disposed to follow along. Crazy!
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Post by Adele on Mar 16, 2020 7:46:03 GMT -7
We raised 5 laying hens last year, so we have plenty of eggs and supply our neighbors with them as well. Yeah, the panic buying is kinda crazy!
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Post by susan on Mar 16, 2020 15:11:32 GMT -7
OK I can kind of understand the fear of being without toilet paper, What to do when ?, but I don't understand the buying of water, What are they afraid the water will no longer come out of the faucet because of a virus ?
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Post by chris on Mar 16, 2020 16:10:28 GMT -7
OK I can kind of understand the fear of being without toilet paper, What to do when ?, but I don't understand the buying of water, What are they afraid the water will no longer come out of the faucet because of a virus ? I wonder if here in Florida we are atypical with the water because we're used to preparing for hurricanes. My suspicion is the water buying is pretty universal which as you say is really nuts. The virus isn't going to suddenly cause all the pipes to break.
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Post by Jane on Mar 17, 2020 1:48:34 GMT -7
Panic buying of toilet paper seems to be worldwide. They keep showing factories on the news absolutely stuffed with supplies, there is no need to panic buy but people are still doing it.
With the water situation I am wondering if people are worried that if there is a burst water main there could be a shortage of people to repair it.
Jane
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Post by Haz on Mar 17, 2020 8:53:46 GMT -7
Last time I was in the grocery store, there were long lines at the cash and a lot of empty shelves. It doesn't make sense. They showed one woman on TV. She had just bought a year's worth of toilet paper. Hopefully, the panic will be over soon.
Haz
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Post by chris on Mar 17, 2020 9:40:38 GMT -7
Panic buying of toilet paper seems to be worldwide. They keep showing factories on the news absolutely stuffed with supplies, there is no need to panic buy but people are still doing it. With the water situation I am wondering if people are worried that if there is a burst water main there could be a shortage of people to repair it. Jane I suppose that's a possible explanation for the water panic Jane. At least it's a hypothesis! I wouldn't have considered that myself just because, if it gets so bad we don't have anyone to repair a water main, we probably have more problems than stockpiling some bottled water is going to solve.
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Post by Jane on Mar 18, 2020 4:32:12 GMT -7
The shelves are getting worse, all sorts of things being bought up. All the supermarkets have now started limiting the number of any one particular food item to three or four per customer. In the circumstances (and depending what the food item is) that still seems quite high, plus I think they should have started sooner.
Jane
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Post by Adele on Mar 18, 2020 12:02:43 GMT -7
I'm in Los Angeles. We just did our regular shopping yesterday and most stores were pretty much as usual. Even our costco had plenty of toilet paper. The panic hasn't really struck here yet.
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Post by Jane on Mar 20, 2020 2:00:20 GMT -7
It is getting worse here. Lots of empty shelves in the shops, people still panic buying despite the supermarkets and the Government urging them not to, and people queuing up hours before the stores open. I think they should ban shopping trolleys, that would certainly limit the amount people can take.
Jane
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Post by susan on Mar 20, 2020 5:32:15 GMT -7
In Central Florida, no toilet paper on the shelves for at least 2 weeks, the stores are having a hard time keeping anything on the shelves, canned goods etc. Chicken and meat in short supply the last time I was in. Most of the downtown restaurants closed. So far half of my small retirement 403 lost. A new grim reality, Thank God for my little Sid and Pete That give so much enjoyment 24 hours a day, of course well stocked on their food.
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Post by Jane on Mar 20, 2020 11:11:12 GMT -7
Schools are already closed and the Government has just announced that all bars, cafes, restaurants, gyms, leisure centres, cinemas, theatres, libraries, museums, galleries etc. are to be closed tonight.
Jane
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Post by Haz on Mar 21, 2020 12:27:18 GMT -7
We have the same thing here. All the same things are closed here too although the restaurants are still doing take-out. We are in the capital city of Canada and even famous hotels are closed because we can't have tourists coming.
Only grocery stores and pharmacies are guaranteed to be open but with reduced hours. A few regular stores are open with reduced hours but who wants to go shopping?
Haz
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