Garage Gazette
General Category => GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC => Topic started by: DeadNutz on March 07, 2020, 03:40:25 PM
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Rumors of shortages of toilet paper and other items has people panicking. I saw it started in Australia where a newspaper even printed an extra 8 blank pages for people to use as TP.
My sister sent me a message earlier asking if I had bought all the TP at the Costco in Carson City. She said the employees told her that 300 people were lined up waiting for them to open and they ran in and grabbed all the TP. I think we need a wall between Calif and Nevada to keep all the looneys up at Lake Tahoe.
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We have a lot of Korean folks living in our area, and they flooded the local COSTCO in huge numbers earlier in the week. I guess it's a cultural thing that stresses preparedness within their Korean communities. I saw many rolling out pallets of TP and water -- why, I don't know. My wife thinks that since many of them are small retail business owners, they may be reselling these items within those closed communities. Whatever the reason, COSTCO, Target, and Walmart are seeing an uptick in profits from this Corona scare.
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Where is most TP made? Where are workers getting sick and causing factories and transportation to have delays.
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I think most TP comes from Canada...
https://weather.com/news/news/2019-02-21-american-toilet-paper-use-decimates-canadian-forests
(I don't think it decimates any forests as it is grown to be used quickly much like other pulp paper products, but you get the idea)
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Some folks are soo full of crap.
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<snip>. Whatever the reason, COSTCO, Target, and Walmart are seeing an uptick in profits from this Corona scare.
Yeah someone stands to wipe up.
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"they may be reselling "
You know it, big mark up.
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I think they will be left holding a big wad of the stuff, and getting reamed on the deal.
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One can only hope.
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You guys and your puns are so charmin.
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Lets just wipe the slate clean eh?
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The paranoia today reminds me of the Y2K scare. People buying up all sorts of stuff because the "world was gonna stop".
:-[
I went shopping on Wednesday, and saw alot of the canned meats were sold out. Oh well, I'm a bit of a prepper so I've got a couple weeks worth of stores - no big deal. I did buy a few boxes of Mac N Cheese, but didn't go a hoardin. People are so fickle.
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good thing there is handful of old men out there sitting on a billion rounds of .22 rimfire. Now they can take their .22 ammo and bolt action rifles and go mad max them selves some TP and potted meat.
:spam1:
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HEY HEY!! Do not fun of one of my favorite meals, show your respect to Spam............
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HEY HEY!! Do not fun of one of my favorite meals, show your respect to Spam............
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM beans SPAM SPAM SPAM and SPAM.
I do like grilled spam on toasted white bread with a fresh garden tomato, yum yum.
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Thankfully I just picked up a jumbo container of TP at BJ's last week. And I bought a bottle of hand santizer about a month ago so I will be fine for a bit :cool2:
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Lets just wipe the slate clean eh?
So we're on a roll here.
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Mrs. Torqueman today said we should get some extra TP to have 'on hand'. Her friend in upstate-NY is sounding the alarm because she cannot even order it on line.
I ordered 2 large packages of 26 count from Amazon. They said about a month. OK, longer than usual, but we'll manage.
Amazon just sent a notice, the TP has shipped and will arrive tomorrow.
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I'm not worried about a shortage. Between the MSC big book and Grainger and McMaster-Carr catalogs we are good.
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I bought an extra pack today just in case NY bans it . You guys remember when they made colored TP ???
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I'm not worried about a shortage. Between the MSC big book and Grainger and McMaster-Carr catalogs we are good.
Not to mention the six dozen pairs of old socks I've refused to throw away, then there's the 50 or so T-shirts that are a bit too tight… sometimes you gotta think outside the roll.
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You guys use toilet paper?
Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman
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I could not give a sheet about the shortage.
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You guys use toilet paper?
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Do you use corncobs like my dad used on the farm?
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I could not give a sheet about the shortage.
Now I'm all flushed.
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I have a dilemma. Out of town on business. Do I steal the 2 rolls in my room or just the tiny soap bars and soap, shampoo and conditioner supplied with the room?
:banghead:
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I think its Scotts turn?
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You guys use toilet paper?
Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman
Do you use corncobs like my dad used on the farm?
Soybeans..... easier on the bum
Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman
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I have a dilemma. Out of town on business. Do I steal the 2 rolls in my room or just the tiny soap bars and soap, shampoo and conditioner supplied with the room?
:banghead:
Is it John Wayne toilet paper or soft stuff?
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Someone once told me you are never too poor to afford good toilet paper. I think he was right. :lol_hitting:
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You guys use toilet paper?
Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman
Do you use corncobs like my dad used on the farm?
Soybeans..... easier on the bum
Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman
Butt the dust from the beans is so hard to clean up and leaves my bum all itchy.
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You guys use toilet paper?
Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman
Do you use corncobs like my dad used on the farm?
Soybeans..... easier on the bum
Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman
Butt the dust from the beans is so hard to clean up and leaves my bum all itchy.
Gotta use green leaves!!!!
Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman
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Well, the paranoia is reaching the desert!
Wife said she heard about the "pandemic" announcement, and one of her co-workers said the local Cosco was out of toilet paper. She phoned and asked me should she stop on the way home and get some, because we were going to be needing some. (Not hoarding, just it's that time of the month to buy a 12 pack). I told her don't worry - I'll head overt o Walmart and grab some with a few other items we're low on. Pretty sad to report the toilet paper aisle was decimated! Found one 12 pack of some brand I never buy so I grabbed it. People were reaching behind me to grab for a few remaining packs.
Come on folks, hoarding is going to produce problems not solve them! But most people are sheep and just do what the one in front of them is doing. :-[
Worse comes to worst I'll just go to "bun rags". Old dish rags or facial towels get turned into cleaning duties and get tossed in the washer regularly. (I don't suppose they'll be a run on small towels at the thrift stores). I ain't much into the "leaves" thing - especially when the leaves around here are cactus! :a102:
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I think the real reason is that NY banned plastic bags and the trees they grow for TP is now used to make paper bags. Maybe we need to start using the left over plastic bags instead of TP.
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They just cancelled the season of the NBA because a player has the virus
Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman
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Cancelled the Houston livestock show and rodeo because one guy in Montgomery county has the virus. :38:
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Get the 2 ply.
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Our next swap just got cancelled and the Gov wanker just made it illegal for more than 200 people to gather in a space.
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Cancelled the Houston livestock show and rodeo because one guy in Montgomery county has the virus. :38:
Wow, thats a huge event. That had to piss A LOT of people off. Im sure SheJack will hold a press conference and tell everybody she is saving their life and showing how well she can conjugate her verbs. :-[
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Get the 2 ply.
:93: haaaaaaaa that's great !!!
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Our next swap just got cancelled and the Gov wanker just made it illegal for more than 200 people to gather in a space.
Who's counting ?
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Came across this today - Aussie supermarket boss blunt reply to toilet paper hoarder wanting refund.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/supermarket-bosss-blunt-reply-to-toilet-paper-hoarder-wanting-refund/news-story/985cc7022ce371a71b7d86c3031e2ce5?fbclid=IwAR32brqtBmhu0S19iybmHcq6ZvKIFSeXNlJmx21vDt0MJwUc0a-dA2LiDWs#.19h7v (https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/supermarket-bosss-blunt-reply-to-toilet-paper-hoarder-wanting-refund/news-story/985cc7022ce371a71b7d86c3031e2ce5?fbclid=IwAR32brqtBmhu0S19iybmHcq6ZvKIFSeXNlJmx21vDt0MJwUc0a-dA2LiDWs#.19h7v)
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Came across this today - Aussie supermarket boss blunt reply to toilet paper hoarder wanting refund.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/supermarket-bosss-blunt-reply-to-toilet-paper-hoarder-wanting-refund/news-story/985cc7022ce371a71b7d86c3031e2ce5?fbclid=IwAR32brqtBmhu0S19iybmHcq6ZvKIFSeXNlJmx21vDt0MJwUc0a-dA2LiDWs#.19h7v (https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/supermarket-bosss-blunt-reply-to-toilet-paper-hoarder-wanting-refund/news-story/985cc7022ce371a71b7d86c3031e2ce5?fbclid=IwAR32brqtBmhu0S19iybmHcq6ZvKIFSeXNlJmx21vDt0MJwUc0a-dA2LiDWs#.19h7v)
Good for that store manager, he deserves a medal. COSTCO is doing the same thing as a company policy -- and hopefully lots of low-fife hoarders will feel the pain in their wallet now that they can't unload their massive stockpiles.
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Sometimes you just have to love how the Aussies respond. Properly stored TP doesn't have an expiration date so that hoarder is good on TP for years to come, scumbag.
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Glad the stores have grown some balls and put these idiots in their place. I really have a problem with the consumer mentality that whatever they say, the stores have to bend to them
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That's about right, I read a story on the drudge, guys buys 5k rolls. Figures out that big haul was not gong to pay off, as dreamed.
Goes back the the store wants a refund, owner tells him to take a long walk off a short pier I just love reading stuff like that here is a T shirt that store owner needed
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That's about right, I read a story on the drudge, guys buys 5k rolls. Figures out that big haul was not gong to pay off, as dreamed.
Goes back the the store wants a refund, owner tells him to take a long walk off a short pier I just love reading stuff like that here is a T shirt that store owner needed
Our local Lowes called the 5-0 on a guy that was stealing the giant industrial rolls out of the shitters in store. Good for you Lowes, good for you. :hee20hee20hee:
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One of the porto can guys here had his TP robbed off the truck while he was paying for gas. gotta be pretty desperate if you going after porto can TP. :smiley_confused1:
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One of the porto can guys here had his TP robbed off the truck while he was paying for gas. gotta be pretty desperate if you going after porto can TP. :smiley_confused1:
wow that is desperate :-\
I am so glad I by dumb luck bought a jumbo pack at BJ's two weeks before all this
Was able to buy napkins today. Not much else left in the paper aisle.
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Takes a real ass to steal TP.
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You need more TP when you are all ASS!!! :))
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Yes TP thief is definitely at the bottom
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hey, you guys are on a roll. :hee20hee20hee:
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Nothing like double ply. :c029:
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If a woman got caught stealing TP could you sewer?
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If a woman got caught stealing TP could you sewer?
Let the women steal it. Beats having them drip dry. :o
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If a woman got caught stealing TP could you sewer?
Let the women steal it. Beats having them drip dry. :o
Now that is funny.
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Yeah I had to wipe the tears from my cheeks.
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TPs good for wiping those cheeks
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Nuttin better that a clean cookie cutter :clap:
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So , I've been buying TP when ever I see it . My girlfriend has not. Now , she is out and trying to dip into my stash. While driving to the store I saw a dog scooting it's but on the lawn and said to her she better learn how to do that as she has no TP. The foul words shes yelled at me would make a rough sailor blush. Guess who is on a quest to find TP now ? :93:
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While driving to the store I saw a dog scooting it's but on the lawn and said to her she better learn how to do that as she has no TP.
My wife found great humor in that :))