Our small town had panic buying thur and fri, wiped out supplies of everything Line ups out the door. I stocked up on 2 weeks worth of food before panic set in Im out of potatoes though Dave
On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 10:19 AM Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > I made my usual Saturday trip to Whole Foods yesterday morning. The place > had been stripped. I bought the last two potatoes; there was one bunch of > bright green bananas. There were no paper goods at all. The poultry section > was completely bare, as were the chests for frozen meat and seafood; but > they still had butchers working and selling fresh beef, pork, and lamb. The > seafood was well-stocked (I bought fresh shrimp for dinner). > > Ordinarily my wife and I would be rehearsing with the choir at church, but > that’s cancelled; there will be an on-line service. > > Still waiting for official word about work next week. Everyone is > encouraged to work from home, but since I’m in my late 60’s I expect be > told to stay away and let younger colleagues see my patients. > > Oy. > > Rick > > > On Mar 15, 2020, at 8:39 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I don't participate in the world of fear and panic. > > > > I went to the grocery store last evening as I usually do. I saw a lot of > frightened people doing silly things. As I went on my shopping round > through the store, I observed that I must not shop the way the other folks > do because most of the products I bought were fully stocked, as normal. The > notable ones that were different were peanut butter … shelves almost bare > (but I got my two jars), the tomato sauce lane was empty but for one small > jar (I didn't need any, have a couple of jars at home), tomatos in Produce > were nearly gone (but again I got what I buy in that domain), and of course > the TP and paper towel lanes were bare … but we have plenty of those things > at home as always. There was plenty of meat to choose from, plenty of > coffee, plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. > > > > Yes, I bought another bunch of bananas. :) > > > > Most of what the coronavirus, COVID-19 scare does is piss me off: It > means that there are fewer folks acting sanely, movie theaters have cut > ticket sales down so people can sit spaced apart, several of my planned > events are cancelled. Even my good buddies of thirty years don't want to > get together for our weekly dinner out of fear. Pah. > > > > The virus is airborne so it's gonna spread everywhere. Our bodies will > adapt to it in short order, and an inoculation against it will surface > soon. It'll mutate into something else soon too. Take sensible precautions > and ride it out. > > > > I'll be working/riding on my new bicycle, making photographs, and > playing my piano while the madness continues. ... > > > > G > > — > > If you're afraid to fall down, you'll never stand up. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
