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[pkondz]

I like all math that leads to Disney as a solution.

Taking orders. No discounts.

 

[declansdad]

That would be awesome mate. You can have my spare bed in the Poly if that seals the deal. Snuggles are an optional extra. Depends on how much Bourbon you get me.

Right now we are planning to be there about 2 weeks before that but i did just get the "if you think you can swing it" comment. I wonder if I can sell blood during this pandemic.

Looks like the Liquor store last night

Went to the Brookside Mall store yesterday afternoon and there was maybe 3 people there.

 

[Zmack]

Went to the Brookside Mall store yesterday afternoon and there was maybe 3 people there.

I went to Sobey's last night, there were 4 people shopping, the ANBL store next door was packed, there was a local rumor going around that ANBL stores were closing on Friday. Fortunately DW gave me a case of Vitamin R for Christmas...…......I should be good for a bit if it comes to that.

 

[Kazrak]

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Taking orders. No discounts.

My wife went out for a walk today, and apparently decided to stop at the local grocery store for a rest break. I suddenly get a picture of a package of toilet paper and a package of paper towels, "Would somebody like to come pick these up or should I carry them home?"

They were restricting to one package per customer, and were all gone 45 minutes later, by the time a friend I'd pointed there arrived.

 

[Zmack]

My wife went out for a walk today, and apparently decided to stop at the local grocery store for a rest break. I suddenly get a picture of a package of toilet paper and a package of paper towels, "Would somebody like to come pick these up or should I carry them home?"

They were restricting to one package per customer, and were all gone 45 minutes later, by the time a friend I'd pointed there arrived.

When I was grocery shopping last night, all the store shelves were well stocked, except for the toilet paper. It's one of the items that sells out the fastest.

 

[pkondz]

Yeah... I went to Sobeys a few days ago... no bread on the shelves. I just shrugged. Went the next day, or the day after that and... tons of bread. I got my one loaf of white and one of rye. Should be good for a bit now.

The virus hasn't prevented yeast from rising or the ability of bread to bake, oddly enough.

 

[londontime]

but i did just get the "if you think you can swing it" comment. I wonder if I can sell blood during this pandemic.

That's not a no.....
Just get your hands on some TP and Hand sanitizer, sell it on and you can fly down first class and we'll eat at Victoria and Alberts

 

[londontime]

Morning, O' dads of all things Disney.
The rumour over here is that London is going full on Lockdown from Saturday AM, like troops on the street, Handmaids Tale style. The kids finish school tomorrow, we are now coming up with a timetable for them to give them some structure.
Went to the supermarket at 0530 this morning to get some staples for the anticipated 2 week lock in, for a 6am opening. Got there at 550 and there were around 100 people in the queue already. Got almost everything we needed (mainly vegetables) and got the heck out of there. As I left, they had shut the doors and weren't letting anyone in for 20 mins.
Our local little Italian has started doing "to go" so we ordered from there last night. It was strange getting a bone in rib eye in a pizza box, but these are strange times. It was still delicious.
Had a count up as we normally shop at Costco for stuff like TP etc. We have 51 rolls in the house with half used bags of TP all over the loft, where Lady K can't be bothered to find climb over the loft to get the spares. I think we will be OK.
I've just come back from my Butcher, who is a lovely guy, but he is totally under the cosh. I've offered to go and help him out for a couple of hours, just till he beats the rush

 

[declansdad]

Morning, O' dads of all things Disney.
The rumour over here is that London is going full on Lockdown from Saturday AM, like troops on the street, Handmaids Tale style. The kids finish school tomorrow, we are now coming up with a timetable for them to give them some structure.
Went to the supermarket at 0530 this morning to get some staples for the anticipated 2 week lock in, for a 6am opening. Got there at 550 and there were around 100 people in the queue already. Got almost everything we needed (mainly vegetables) and got the heck out of there. As I left, they had shut the doors and weren't letting anyone in for 20 mins.
Our local little Italian has started doing "to go" so we ordered from there last night. It was strange getting a bone in rib eye in a pizza box, but these are strange times. It was still delicious.
Had a count up as we normally shop at Costco for stuff like TP etc. We have 51 rolls in the house with half used bags of TP all over the loft, where Lady K can't be bothered to find climb over the loft to get the spares. I think we will be OK.
I've just come back from my Butcher, who is a lovely guy, but he is totally under the cosh. I've offered to go and help him out for a couple of hours, just till he beats the rush

Pretty cool that you guys have a little Italian, does he need any special food or daily walks?

 

[londontime]

Pretty cool that you guys have a little Italian, does he need any special food or daily walks?

He does like his tummy being tickled now and then

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Good morning, fellas.

I got all set up by the office computer nerds, so I'm probably going to start working from home this afternoon. It's gonna be weird, for sure.

Oh, and I checked in with Doc and Rob yesterday just to make sure they're ok. Haven't heard from either of them in a while here. Both of them say they are ok health-wise and extremely busy at work.

The virus hasn't prevented yeast from rising or the ability of bread to bake, oddly enough.

It also hasn't contaminated or stopped the flow of water from the tap in my house, yet people are still buying up bottled water everywhere.

 

[Zmack]

Toilet paper hoarding explained....

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Mornin' Dads! Hope this finds you well. I started the day off yesterday with high hopes of finishing it, but went down for the count at about 11 am and went home. Oh, I wasn't getting sick at work, but had forgotten how lightheaded and nauseous one feels the day after having the stomach bug. I just couldn't do it, so I went home. Got home and spent the day trying to get Facebook messenger to acknowledge built in computer mic was on and would allow me to use video chat...but to now avail. So if any of you are techies and know how to get the two working I'd appreciate any tips. I'm on a Dell laptop with windows 10 and have tried literally everything I could think of to get it to work. Anyways, things are good. Yesterday was day 1 of homeschooling the little one. And she's all about following the schedule. "Daddy! It's after lunch! We have to do recess!" Me (trying not to get nauseous): "Are you serious?" hahaha I suffered for my little Munchkin.

Morning, gents.

Home today. But just a regular day off. DW's gone to work as she is essential service.

Hope she's able to get some stuff. The stores are pretty cleared out here.

Ugh. The worst. Been there.
Then again... considering what's lurking out there...

I hate the stomach bug. Haven't had it in years and had forgotten how bad it is.

I'd suspect you're right about that.

And now I'm hearing reports of unemployment will spike because of this. This certainly won't help me in finding a job.

How close contact do you have with the other co-workers?

I don't want to say we're on top of each other, like at an office, but for the most part we're able to stay at least 6 fee away from each other.

Hang in there.

Thanks.

Morning, O' dads of all things Disney.
The rumour over here is that London is going full on Lockdown from Saturday AM, like troops on the street, Handmaids Tale style. The kids finish school tomorrow, we are now coming up with a timetable for them to give them some structure.
Went to the supermarket at 0530 this morning to get some staples for the anticipated 2 week lock in, for a 6am opening. Got there at 550 and there were around 100 people in the queue already. Got almost everything we needed (mainly vegetables) and got the heck out of there. As I left, they had shut the doors and weren't letting anyone in for 20 mins.
Our local little Italian has started doing "to go" so we ordered from there last night. It was strange getting a bone in rib eye in a pizza box, but these are strange times. It was still delicious.
Had a count up as we normally shop at Costco for stuff like TP etc. We have 51 rolls in the house with half used bags of TP all over the loft, where Lady K can't be bothered to find climb over the loft to get the spares. I think we will be OK.
I've just come back from my Butcher, who is a lovely guy, but he is totally under the cosh. I've offered to go and help him out for a couple of hours, just till he beats the rush

It may not be fun, but it is the best way to fight this thing. Just think of all the free things that are now available online? Here in the US, you can take several online classes for free from several colleges, plus all the museums now offering free online tours.

 

[pkondz]

Morning, gents.

Whelp, DW is working from home now, so there's that. She's set up in the kitchen with her laptop and phone.

Got home and spent the day trying to get Facebook messenger to acknowledge built in computer mic was on and would allow me to use video chat...but to now avail. So if any of you are techies and know how to get the two working I'd appreciate any tips.

I remember having issues with that. I downloaded firefox (presume Chrome would work too) and used that instead of MS Edge. That worked.

Yesterday was day 1 of homeschooling the little one. And she's all about following the schedule. "Daddy! It's after lunch! We have to do recess!" Me (trying not to get nauseous): "Are you serious?" hahaha I suffered for my little Munchkin.

But sorry you weren't feeling great.

Hope she's able to get some stuff. The stores are pretty cleared out here.

They are and they aren't here.
Went yesterday (or was it the day before?) And while the bread shelves were wiped out a few days earlier, they were all stocked again.
People seem to forget that supply chains are still running.

And now I'm hearing reports of unemployment will spike because of this. This certainly won't help me in finding a job.

No it definitely won't. I think this virus will have more of an impact on people financially than physically.

 

[budamacdvcr]

Hope all are staying safe and sane. Work is too stressful as a result of what is going on. Keep the humor and coming guys.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Morning, gents.

Whelp, DW is working from home now, so there's that. She's set up in the kitchen with her laptop and phone.

Are you both working from home? If so, and the place starts getting messy, blame it on an invisible co-worker.

I remember having issues with that. I downloaded firefox (presume Chrome would work too) and used that instead of MS Edge. That worked.

I never thought of using another web browser. I currently use Google Chrome, so maybe that's the problem. I'll switch when I get home and see if that works. Thanks for the suggestion.

But sorry you weren't feeling great.

I took it in stride. I brought our dog out and they played. He'd run, she'd run after him, and vise versa and I watched.

They are and they aren't here.
Went yesterday (or was it the day before?) And while the bread shelves were wiped out a few days earlier, they were all stocked again.
People seem to forget that supply chains are still running.

That's just it, the supply chain is still running, so people need to stop hording stuff. My wife has a friend who's child has severe allergies, and she's finding it hard to get stuff for him. So people really need to calm down

No it definitely won't. I think this virus will have more of an impact on people financially than physically.

I'm afraid I might be one of them. I'll do whatever job I need to do to keep food on the table for my family, but this is going to hit me hard if my job shuts down because all of my wife's music gigs have dried up so she's not working.

 

[londontime]

It may not be fun, but it is the best way to fight this thing. Just think of all the free things that are now available online? Here in the US, you can take several online classes for free from several colleges, plus all the museums now offering free online tours.

Yep, we have a had a home school pack sent home with them, as it is likely to be 3 months. We are going to do a few virtual museum tours, a fair bit of Lego building, and mix it in with their usual online work, as well as some fun stuff.
We are gonna set up a rota system with a family down the road. Morning/Afternoon 1 per parent, so we can all get about 1 1/2 days in 2 done.

It also hasn't contaminated or stopped the flow of water from the tap in my house, yet people are still buying up bottled water everywhere.

But it doesn't come out of the tap slightly sparkling like San Pelligrino does.....

I'm afraid I might be one of them. I'll do whatever job I need to do to keep food on the table for my family, but this is going to hit me hard if my job shuts down because all of my wife's music gigs have dried up so she's not working.

Fingers crossed mate

Keep the humor and coming guys.

I'll take care of the humour (well I'll do my best), any volunteers for the other half of that statement?

Yeah... I went to Sobeys a few days ago... no bread on the shelves. I just shrugged. Went the next day, or the day after that and... tons of bread. I got my one loaf of white and one of rye. Should be good for a bit now.

The stores over here have stopped doing 24 hr open so they can replenish. Like you say, its not a production issue, its a logistical one. However we rely on Spain and Italy for a fair amount of our non seasonal fruit, so thats gonna take a downturn.

 

[Zmack]

Time for a sail with my friend.

Cheers

 

[budamacdvcr]

I'll take care of the humour (well I'll do my best), any volunteers for the other half of that statement?

Great catch of that typo but with social spacing whoever volunteers will be on their own with that

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Are you both working from home? If so, and the place starts getting messy, blame it on an invisible co-worker.



I never thought of using another web browser. I currently use Google Chrome, so maybe that's the problem. I'll switch when I get home and see if that works. Thanks for the suggestion.



I took it in stride. I brought our dog out and they played. He'd run, she'd run after him, and vise versa and I watched.



That's just it, the supply chain is still running, so people need to stop hording stuff. My wife has a friend who's child has severe allergies, and she's finding it hard to get stuff for him. So people really need to calm down



I'm afraid I might be one of them. I'll do whatever job I need to do to keep food on the table for my family, but this is going to hit me hard if my job shuts down because all of my wife's music gigs have dried up so she's not working.

praying