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Message 2040030 - Posted: 24 Mar 2020, 3:18:08 UTC

There was a bit more on the shelves.

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Message 2040046 - Posted: 24 Mar 2020, 6:36:11 UTC

Plenty in the back of my truck last night, Its the first time that I have seen packs of TP with address labels on them:-)

I was also informed that because of some of the items that we carry we are now included in the key workers category.
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Message 2040048 - Posted: 24 Mar 2020, 7:07:31 UTC - in response to Message 2040046.  

Plenty in the back of my truck last night, Its the first time that I have seen packs of TP with address labels on them:-)
Probably one of the most valuable loads you have ever carried.
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Message 2040123 - Posted: 24 Mar 2020, 16:17:34 UTC

Wisconsin officially shut down for a month, except for essential business. Unless revoked earlier.

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Message 2040170 - Posted: 24 Mar 2020, 20:18:59 UTC

Oh, S++t ... ... ... If you really want our company, keep flushing wet wipes down the toilet, plumbers say!
People without toilet paper are starting to use alternatives such as Kleenex, wet wipes and other paper products that may be biodegradable, but do not break down as well as toilet paper when immersed in water.

The Kleenex, wet wipes and other things that people are using in the place of toilet paper are clogging toilets and causing sanitation issues, plumbers say. They advise putting those items in the trash instead.

Plumbers are also saying there is no real substitute for toilet paper.

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Message 2040503 - Posted: 26 Mar 2020, 10:09:54 UTC

Gasoline prices are getting better. $1.69 USD for no ethanol.

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Message 2040559 - Posted: 26 Mar 2020, 14:28:27 UTC

Right now gasoline prices or TP is the farthest from My mind.

Last night the gas furnace went out with a noise I'd never heard before, a grinding noise,there has been no heat since then except for this PC.

So tonight I'm hooking up the portable electric heater for night time,
it's 69F @ the thermostat and 70F at the PC, outside is 42F, winter isn't over, daytime can be 20-30F warmer than at night.

I've been coughing on and off all night since I have asthma.

Maybe the park whom I already owe $20 to the park furnace guy can do something.

I still need gasoline to pickup a prescription to work on an infection in My left shin,
if a recycling center is open and I'm not sure they are considered essential or not
under the current circumstances, I could turn in 3 bags of 2L bottles.
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Message 2040568 - Posted: 26 Mar 2020, 15:03:21 UTC

I understand your worry about your home and health. I was living in my car for three months starting in the middle of October the year before last.

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Message 2040965 - Posted: 27 Mar 2020, 23:10:19 UTC

i was told by someone who knows that
a certain grocery cannot get chicken of any sort.
fresh or frozen. none to be had.
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Message 2040998 - Posted: 28 Mar 2020, 3:09:01 UTC

Makes sense to me... wipe that coronavirus right out!
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Message 2041499 - Posted: 30 Mar 2020, 1:51:27 UTC

We have a winner here! #SundaySatire Lol
Toilet Paper Crisis Solved As Government Prints Trillions Of Fresh, Soft Dollar Bills

... The statement also included several best practices for making the most use out of each crisp, worthless dollar bill, and even some tips on precise folding techniques in order to avoid defacing the United States’ first president.

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Message 2041505 - Posted: 30 Mar 2020, 2:49:32 UTC
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I still can't get any TP, maybe Tuesday morning at 8am I can get what I need for April.
I did find this, but it's for a Doll House...

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Message 2042183 - Posted: 1 Apr 2020, 4:40:41 UTC

Not seeing so many parcels of TP , but there seems to be an increase in shelving units and such oddities as Inflatable Jacuzzi's.

Volumes in next day deliveries are increasing, too many people with nothing better to do than shopping online:-)
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Message 2042189 - Posted: 1 Apr 2020, 5:02:22 UTC

The local stores unload the TP from the truck and soon after some people come in and buy up all the TP, the stores need to impose some limits...

2-TP packages instead of 5-6 a day, every day...
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Message 2042197 - Posted: 1 Apr 2020, 5:32:23 UTC

Since supermarkets here have imposed social distancing and a one in one out policy we have started to see more food on the shelves.

(Rather than the selfish (car) drivers raiding the shelves and screwing over everybody else.)

My father tells me it feels like it did when he was young. Rationing from WW2 didn't stop in the UK until around 1954.

I doubt the present right wing government would have imagined bringing in socialist rules but I doubt we would disagree.

A good tip for smokers is should you run out of TP there is always Rizala's. Get em whilst you can. (Just avoid the menthol flavoured.)
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Message 2042201 - Posted: 1 Apr 2020, 5:40:49 UTC

All my work is inter-depot for a parcels delivery company, most but not all will be direct to home deliveries.
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Message 2042219 - Posted: 1 Apr 2020, 6:18:32 UTC

Another alternative

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Message 2042264 - Posted: 1 Apr 2020, 11:58:36 UTC
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Bad enough for men. But women?!

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