[Spridgets] News from England (no LBC)

[Weslake1330]

Yep, the most people you will ever meet is when you are out shopping.  I
don't think even the Italians closed all the shops.

On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 at 02:06, WFO Herb <froggi60 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ditto what Mike said; much the same here.
>
> As a single guy, I eat out (not much of a cook).  With all restaurants
> closed, I may be shedding a few pounds.  Crazy!
>
> Here's the rub...Why is it we can't eat out or be in a group of more than
> 10 people yet the grocery stores are packed with hundreds of people?  If
> the mean old virus is anywhere that's where it would be, right.
>
> Look at the numbers, things don't add up.  The liberal and the left has
> brought America to a standstill.
>
> Herb
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:43 AM Weslake1330 via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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