Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Just back from the Co-op. The panic buying looks to have started. Tinned food, tissues, hand sanitiser, paracetamol all out of stock!
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
The stairs in your house can be a good workout. Go up and down them for a few minutes.
kingrollo
Guru
I think the panic phase will pass when people start recovering "Next door neighbour had it - its feck all" etc - at the moment we don't have any of those stories.
People need to think of the bigger picture instead of just themselves. If we have shortage of bog roll and people can't practice good personal hygiene - those bog roll hoarders are then more likely to get infected.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Exactly and if others don’t have hand sanitisers when out and about, because you hoarded them, then it’s more likely the virus will be sitting on a surface waiting for your hand.
"Where are we going Piglet?" asked Pooh.
"We need to get supplies," said Piglet. "For the Coronavirus"
"Ahh," said Pooh, nodding in understanding. "Things like bread, milk, cough mixture, tissues and cat litter even though we don't have a cat?"
Piglet did a little laugh, and a sort of leap and bit of a cough. "No," said Piglet. "No, those aren't the sort of supplies we need at all! What we need are family sized bags of chocolate buttons, massive toblerone, jelly babies and crunchies and a freezer full of stuffed crust pizzas, and all of the Prosecco that we can possibly carry, so that when we get quarantined we won't mind it even slightly. THOSE are supplies."
All of a sudden, Pooh thought that the idea of coronavirus didn't seem quite so bad, and actually, getting quarantined with Piglet and their supplies really didn't sound such a terrible thing after all.
"Oh Piglet," said Pooh. "I really do think you are a very wise animal."
"We need to get supplies," said Piglet. "For the Coronavirus"
"Ahh," said Pooh, nodding in understanding. "Things like bread, milk, cough mixture, tissues and cat litter even though we don't have a cat?"
Piglet did a little laugh, and a sort of leap and bit of a cough. "No," said Piglet. "No, those aren't the sort of supplies we need at all! What we need are family sized bags of chocolate buttons, massive toblerone, jelly babies and crunchies and a freezer full of stuffed crust pizzas, and all of the Prosecco that we can possibly carry, so that when we get quarantined we won't mind it even slightly. THOSE are supplies."
All of a sudden, Pooh thought that the idea of coronavirus didn't seem quite so bad, and actually, getting quarantined with Piglet and their supplies really didn't sound such a terrible thing after all.
"Oh Piglet," said Pooh. "I really do think you are a very wise animal."
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I was at a supermarket this week with 4 boxes of 40 cat food pouches and a huge bag of dried food. I said, "I'm not stock piling, this won't last two weeks - we've got 5 cats". 
At least you have something to eat if you are in a real lock down. Of course that assumes you keep the cat flap closed.I was at a supermarket this week with 4 boxes of 40 cat food pouches and a huge bag of dried food. I said, "I'm not stock piling, this won't last two weeks - we've got 5 cats".
MrsD was in Argos last week and a woman using a touch screen just openly sneezed 3 times.....right onto the screen. No tissue and no attempt to control it.
I asked "why did you not say something"?
Scary answer was "she was black, I was frightened she might accuse me of being racist".
I know that, given time to think, there were several options but point is..........those touch screens can be deadly.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Chief Medical Officer has said that their models suggest a peak infection rate in 2-3 months time. 50% of all infections will occur in a 3 week period and 95% within a 9 week period.
So based on that, we might expect the new infections to peak May/June and drop to a very small number by July/August
What is unknown is the number of total infections. A lot of that is down to us and the various mitigation strategies available to us
So based on that, we might expect the new infections to peak May/June and drop to a very small number by July/August
What is unknown is the number of total infections. A lot of that is down to us and the various mitigation strategies available to us
No sign at all of panic buying here. I had no problem buying the last 400 toilet rolls and 72 packs of paracetemol at our co-op
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
At the hospital yesterday, young couple go to their car (parked in a disabled bay with no badge) as I'm getting the wife's wheelchair out of the back of ours. He gets in, winds down the window and gobs out of it. Cue torrent of abuse from me and he roars away giving me the finger. Ignorant arse.
kingrollo
Guru
Makes you wonder if the world is worth saving !
shiny paper!worse than Izal!
