[Spridgets] News from England (no LBC)

[Weslake1330]

Hi List,

Some (no LBC) news from England.

As I told my kids (22 and 17) earlier I am 56 years old and I have never
seen supermarket shelves empty like I did earlier this evening.  Thursday
is one of my normal shopping days, the other is Monday.  Call me a snob but
I shop in Sainsburys and the other shoppers looked like Asda shoppers!

Ever since 9/11 I have kept a diverse supply of canned and dried food along
with some water and a few cartons of UHT milk - it would keep the family
going for about 3 weeks.  I have a note of the use by dates and routinely
an old tin comes out of the cupboard to be used and a new tin goes in the
cupboard to replace it. Of course we do always have other food in the
'regular' cupboard and we have a small freezer.  So, I'm constantly able to
remind the rest of my family about this in case they need reassurance.  We
have few elderly neighbours and we can share or shop for them if they need
us to

We call it toilet paper and I think you might mostly call it toilet tissue
and not to put too fine a point on it it's what you wipe your arse with.
In normal times we have occasionally had a martial row when the person who
was supposed to buy some let stocks expire.  Kitchen roll makes a poor
substitute and can block your household plumbing/outside drain and sewer.
We have a reasonable stock at present but I'm old enough to know that know
is a good time to hang onto a few more old newspapers than we do normally.
Of course I'm not sure we have any 'bulldog clips' but I think we could
manage without if necessary.  I guess other folk must have softer backsides
than I do or worry about seeing a reflection that includes newspaper print
when they look in the mirror.

The train I take to and from work each day is now almost empty.  Most of my
office is working from home but I want to stay at work for as long as
possible.  IT hasn't been great for everyone and here at home while I have
broadband it runs on copper wire to the telephone pole outside my house and
most likely to the green 'GPO' box at the end of my straight and maybe
still copper to the exchange in the town centre.

I don't have money worries but things can change fast and there are many
workers over hear in the wrong kind of job which now amounts to no job.

The virus doesn't actually seem to kill that many people and I expect to
live but if I don't I'm insured.  I'm also 'saved' (from my sins) so don't
have to worry about where I'm going to end up - Heaven, or no-where if I'm
mistaken in my beliefs.

So apart from what you can read at the BBC news site (which I think has
some bias) things are unusual here. I almost forgot - motor racing has been
cancelled and the churches have closed.

So maybe by a little extra now and again before panic buying takes off in
your part of the world and if 'Bird Flu Pandemic' (practically the same
book as 'Corona Virus' isn't your sort of thing maybe give a helpful vote
to the positive reviews or read 'Rich Girl' - more of a gear head story.
'Course even if I sell vast amounts of books and can actually afford to
cross the pond for a meet or an o-shit - there might not be many planes
flying.  And the winner in all this is - The Environment and the toilet
paper manufacturers - mostly likely short term for both.

Regards

Daniel1312
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