HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> FUD Wrote:
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> > Out here in The Valley (Central, not San
> > Fernando), food availability (fresh, frozen, or
> > packaged) isn't a serious issue. The shelves
> > stripped by the hoarders have mostly been
> > restocked. Paper products, bleach, and
> household
> > cleaners are still pretty much unobtainium, and
> we
> > don't have a lot of non-chain stores with
> robust
> > suppliers so with the Safeways and Raley's and
> > Wincos and Costcos still having problems so do
> we.
> > I was, as I usually am, prepared for 2-3 weeks
> of
> > store problems; not 2-3 months (among other
> > things, where would I store it?).
> >
> > I recently tried a Raley's delivery. They
> filled
> > about 1/3 of the order, even with
> substitutions.
> > And I wasn't even asking for TP. Guess their
> > warehouse isn't getting deliveries, like the
> rest.
> > Delivery or in-car pickup doesn't matter if the
> > goods aren't there.
> >
> > It's funny, though, seeing people still loading
> up
> > multiple baskets of bottled water. Um, the city
> > water still works, it's chlorinated and
> otherwise
> > disinfected and filtered (ok, it probably has
> some
> > fluoride in it to *Contaminate your Precious
> > Bodily Fluids* (look up the term)), is tested
> > regularly and has to be reported on annually to
> > the customers, and anyway where do you think
> that
> > bottled water comes from? Most of it is bottled
> > right out of a city water main; the more
> expensive
> > brands might run it through another filter or
> > reverse osmosis. And unless they're pulling a
> > fiddle like having the kids do separate
> purchases
> > on multiple cards, the store won't let them buy
> > more than a couple of packs anyway. I was even
> > limited to 2 distilled water - not a problem,
> > since that was what was on my list anyway (a
> > couple weeks' supply), and distilled water is
> not
> > recommended for general consumption.
> >
> > Distilled alcohol, now ... has anybody seen
> > Everclear in the last week or 2, even the
> diluted
> > stuff that's legal in California?
> >
> > The stores around here are enforcing distancing
> > conspicuously, some demand masks for patrons
> (to
> > protect the employees if not the other patrons;
> > wear one when out of the house, just like those
> > Asian Masses do), and meter access to the store
> so
> > things don't get too crowded. So the shopping
> > experience isn't bad: still, prepare a list and
> > use it to minimize your time in the building
> > (reduce exposure, and improve throughput for
> the
> > line outside) especially if you're an olde
> farte
> > like many of us railfans.
>
> True story
>
> Worked with a guy who lived during the Serbo
> Croatian war. He told me once that back then a
> bottle of Vodka was with it’s weight in gold and a
> can of potted meat could buy yourself some sexy
> time with a single mother.
>
> We are very far away from that point.

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