So...Anyone Out of Toilet Paper Yet?

[saintpeter]

So...Anyone Out of Toilet Paper Yet? Only thing I am out of, and driving me up a wall, is Top Ramen.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Nope, never been unavailable around here.

 

[buzkirk]

Yep, paper towels, napkins, haven't seen a roll available here in a month.

 

[Bengel]

We raised five kids, so even with just the baby home from school we buy the large Scott’s pack. Glad we did because it is rare as hens teeeth around here. We have one or the largest paper factories just north of us, so I don’t know what’s going on

 

[alaskanpiper]

Nope. Costco case and half left. Good till June at least. Even after that we’ll have baby wipes galore.

 

[mawnansmiff]

No toilet paper problems here as there's only me in the house but I'd gladly trade the few thousand pounds (that's pounds sterling, not weight) of pipe tobacco I have for some bottles of beer.

Not smoked a bowl in a year but still drinking beer and rapidly running out and supplies are hard to find ?

Regards,

Jay ?

 

[ThreeRivers]

No toilet paper problems here as there's only me in the house but I'd gladly trade the few thousand pounds (that's pounds sterling, not weight) of pipe tobacco I have for some bottles of beer.

Not smoked a bowl in a year but still drinking beer and rapidly running out and supplies are hard to find ?

Regards,

Jay ?

Lol, TP is hard to come by locally, but the beer coolers are still being stocked to max capacity.

 

[ray47]

Not yet. Hopefully we'll start to see more TP available in the next few weeks when the panic buying subsides. I think the wife & I will survive until then. Maybe we should start gifting TP instead of tobacco. I can see a box pass now in the works .

 

[shanez]

 

[condorlover1]

I hear that the new government issued bog rolls have 'P.T.O' on each sheet

 

[Jaylotw]

Almost out. Stores here have been out, as well, for weeks. As my uncle says, though, “TP lasts twice as long if you use both sides!” We’re almost to the point of separating the plies...

 

[mityahicks]

We have been rationing in my house. Our current usage should last 2 months.

Coordinate showers with dumps will reduce usage.

 

[smokeyweb]

Yep... and not going back!

 

[3rdguy]

Got lucky and had just restocked before the shit hit the fan so to speak. 63 rolls and standing. If I have trouble going I watch the daily White House briefings..

 

[mso489]

So sad, that some greedy people will end up with a bank of toilet paper in their basement or guest room long after the shortage is over, and others will have newsprint in their bunghole because of it. I bought one twelve pack while there was still some left for others, and I hope I won't be punished for my citizenship. Other churlishness goes to the suppliers, who could ramp up and get tough about distribution, so most have a shot at it. If there comes to be a ten-dollar roll of toilet paper, I want jail time for the perpetrators, to send the message for next time.

 

[sablebrush52]

So sad, that some greedy people will end up with a bank of toilet paper in their basement or guest room long after the shortage is over, and others will have newsprint in their bunghole because of it. I bought one twelve pack while there was still some left for others, and I hope I won't be punished for my citizenship. Other churlishness goes to the suppliers, who could ramp up and get tough about distribution, so most have a shot at it. If there comes to be a ten-dollar roll of toilet paper, I want jail time for the perpetrators, to send the message for next time.

Toilet paper is one of those items that has a fairly consistent rate of usage, so the supply chain isn’t set up to handle a run on rolls, such as the widespread dementia of the population brought about. It will catch up, and responsible retailers can set purchasing limits in the meantime.
I would reserve the prison time and execution for hoarding scalpers of hand sanitizers and medicinal alcohols.

 

[Bowie]

It's interesting to me how society used to label people who prudently and routinely store 6-12 months of food and supplies as odd "preppers" but are now referring to them as "greedy" and "hoarders."

 

[sablebrush52]

It's interesting to me how society used to label people who prudently and routinely store 6-12 months of food and supplies as odd "preppers" but are now referring to them as "greedy" and "hoarders."

Maybe it's because one no longer has to hitch the horses to the wagon and make a two day trip to the General grocery and feed store to lay in supplies. Ready supply has rendered such practices irrelevant to most people's thinking.
I always have back up stores because I have so little free time when I'm working, and I'm aware that I'm adrift in a sea of stupid.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"If there comes to be a ten-dollar roll of toilet paper, I want jail time for the perpetrators, to send the message for next time. "

During my lengthy spell in hospital last year I was regularly given moist hand wipes for use as and when and foung them very useful.

When I came out I remembered the brand, it was Clinell and I went to Amazon and was delighted to see the very same products for a mere £10 per 200 sachets so bought myself a box and had one sent to my elderly mother.

I checked on Amazon the other day and blow me they are now £1:29 EACH!!!

Four months ago they were :05p each so if that's not price gouging then what the hell is?

Regards,

Jay ?

 

[ophiuchus]

Only rare sightings of the stuff in my neck of the woods, In about a month or so, I'll be in trouble.