So...Anyone Out of Toilet Paper Yet?

[sablebrush52]

Astonishing to see New Yorkers gathering together to watch as USNS Comfort berths. I suspect these will be the first patients!

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Regards,

Jay.

You are looking at the reason for the current shutdown. People can't be counted on to consistently act in a rational manner or remember even basic safety practices. Many people have a very limited ability to make connections. They will kill thousands and/or themselves with no awareness of having done so.

 

[philairfoil]

The Romans used a sea sponge tied to a stick...kept in a jar of vinegar or seawater. When in Rome...

 

[jpmcwjr]

Astonishing to see New Yorkers gathering together to watch as USNS Comfort berths. I suspect these will be the first patients!

Don't know about the NYC Hospital ship, but the LA one will serve only those who aren't infected.

Now, if anyone has Apple Maps, please check out this address:
700 W 51st St, NY. NY.

There's a large ship berthed where Comfort is now. But it's quite obscured, even though it looks more like a cruise ship than a Navy vessel. Anyone have an idea why or how it's so obscured?

Google maps are of a different time, different ship. No obscuring there.

Inquiring minds, and all.

 

[crawdad]

"Not yet. Been holding it in for the past week."

You tight bugger Crawdad, you're not from Yorkshire by any chance are you? Or perhaps of Scottish descent?

Regards,

Jay ?

Scots-Irish. I dread why you ask.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Scots-Irish. I dread why you ask."

Crawdad, for my own sanity, best I leave you to work it out for yourself chum but be assured no offence was intended, too many snowflakes around these parts lately that have no sense of humour ?

BTW....I'm a Yorkshireman myself.

Regards,

Jay ?

 

[davek]

We started moderate social distancing weeks ago. Now, I personally am behind the masses most likely.

I do a little work at property I do not live at every day, and we were shopping once a week. The shopping is necessary, of course, and my logic on my work was that I was exposed to only one other person. As we see what a cluster*ck this is really going to be, we are preparing to really hunker down for a few weeks. I'm giving myself this week to finish up at my property and get some staples. I stop at Aldi's on my way every morning and only get canned and dry foods. Am also hoping to get a bit more toilet paper.

There is *no* toilet paper anywhere. I believe you could trade it for sex like a chocolate bar during WW2.

Thankfully, we got a moderate amount last week or two. We will have to conserve.

One big shopping day over the weekend and Monday will likely start the hermitage. Hopefully not too late.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

I buy TP about four times a year. Just a regular 48 roll bulk bag. Got just lucky enough to refill in February.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

...
I would reserve the prison time and execution for hoarding scalpers of hand sanitizers and medicinal alcohols.

Apparently all the Canadian breweries are switching to produce hand sanitizer, I assume (hope) American companies are doing the same.
Between that and the ethanol normally mixed into gasoline there should be a practically infinite amount of alcohol to go around for sanitation. I'd bet the main bottleneck is just basic packaging and logistics.

This is another example of a practice that should have become the norm from the moment hand sanitizer was invented. The best we can all hope for is that public spaces become covered in the stuff all the time and the consumption of hand sanitizer stays at this level forever.

I would LOVE to see automatic "Sanitizer" systems become the norm in vehicles, keeping oddly shaped pump bottles in the door is annoying.

 

[saintpeter]

HA! Social distancing my...ummmm...decided to quit bathing a month ago. Six feet??? Depending on the direction of the wind people will give ya a 20 or 30 foot personal space.

 

[okiematt]

I work for a large paper manufacturing company...towels and toilet paper. We have significantly ramped up production at our facility. It's just going to take time to restock stores and then after that the warehouses that typically feed those stores.

 

[Old School 3319]

I tried dragging my butt across the floor but the wife started chasing me with a rolled up P&C magizine

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

in former CCCP when there were shortages in Toilet paper supply , the only option was to use newspapers and paper napkins

 

[mso489]

Anyone ever seen one of those charts showing the molecular biology of a living being? The work involved for mammals (just for one example) to ingest, process, utilize, cull, and discard waste products is so astonishingly complex that if you visualize the work involved, it seems like all the work any of us could ever do. So the elimination process, considered a great indignity of life, is really the completion of a long series of intricate jobs. If you think about it, you'd barely do anything else for a days work. So here's to the end of scarcity of toilet paper, the final deed in the incredible quantum of processes of life.

 

[voorhees]

I did not panic buy like everyone else two weeks ago. I had 6/7 rolls and figured I was good.
I went down that isle today to see the damage and was surprised to find a pretty good stack. I bought a 12 pack. And never had to fight anyone for it.

 

[BROBS]

TP is here in stores but limited to 1 pack a day.

 

[shanez]

 

[irishearl]

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That's a good one and yes I have.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Shortage of toilet paper? You'd better call Saul ?

Regards,

Jay.

 

[coming to_falling too]

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread