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OT: What changes are you and family making to your lifestyle due to coranavirus?

just stocking up on items and watching shows we haven't watched because of work and other things.

What is it with the doggone toilet paper hording, geez us older guys need that stuff too.

Just stay safe and prayers that this passes sooner than later and we can get back to our normal sports filled lives
 
Interesting trip to two groceries this afternoon, our major chain and TJs. Figured I test my ankle brace by going out and picking up a few things.

Got to witness American Exceptionalism in action at the Giant Eagle. Bread, wiped out. Butcher dept - nothing in their case, although various self-service cases were somewhat stocked (pork more than chicken or beef). Cereals - looked like a tornado hit that aisle. Pasta - all non-premium brands, gone. Eggs - three cartons of $6 organic cage-free dozen packs were left in a case that fits 500 or more cartons. Ice cream half gallons mostly sold out in the popular flavors. Bottled water cases gone (although plenty of single bottles). Obviously no paper products or disinfectant. Surprisingly milk was fine.

Best part was store was jammed yet only me and one 30-something were using the self shopping hand scanners. Everyone else in line and waiting for long times.

So I had to go to TJs for eggs (it's 1/4 mile away). And they were fully stocked. But they were sold out of pasta sauce in addition to pasta. Also sold out of "normal" potato and tortilla chips (although they had plenty of the dark russet chips I love and lots of non-corn tortilla chips). Meat case was full, plenty of bread. Not crowded at all, zipped in and out, no line.

And in both cases, produce was completely stocked.
 
storrsroars said:
Interesting trip to two groceries this afternoon, our major chain and TJs. Figured I test my ankle brace by going out and picking up a few things.

Got to witness American Exceptionalism in action at the Giant Eagle. Bread, wiped out. Butcher dept - nothing in their case, although various self-service cases were somewhat stocked (pork more than chicken or beef). Cereals - looked like a tornado hit that aisle. Pasta - all non-premium brands, gone. Eggs - three cartons of $6 organic cage-free dozen packs were left in a case that fits 500 or more cartons. Ice cream half gallons mostly sold out in the popular flavors. Bottled water cases gone (although plenty of single bottles). Obviously no paper products or disinfectant. Surprisingly milk was fine.

Best part was store was jammed yet only me and one 30-something were using the self shopping hand scanners. Everyone else in line and waiting for long times.

So I had to go to TJs for eggs (it's 1/4 mile away). And they were fully stocked. But they were sold out of pasta sauce in addition to pasta. Also sold out of "normal" potato and tortilla chips (although they had plenty of the dark russet chips I love and lots of non-corn tortilla chips). Meat case was full, plenty of bread. Not crowded at all, zipped in and out, no line.

And in both cases, produce was completely stocked.
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I’ve made a couple trips to Highland Park Market and had similar experiences to yours at TJ. I wouldn’t dare go to Stop and Shop or Target/Walmart.
 
Was at the park today, wife walking - me sitting and smoking a stogie. The parks are active, people walking, some with dogs, bike riding and overall just outdoors enjoying the weather. Also practically no one were on their phones. It was like 1982.

Amazing all these years and I never appreciated our parks until there was a crisis. Think I will try and visit a new park every week until fishing season. Might even pack a basket for the Mrs. and I.

Will go to the range, play golf, maybe even try and do some outdoor photography (I'm an amateur) going forward. So many years inside watching Tourneys this time, I never got to notice the trees budding like I did today.

Just saying the outdoors is where its at.
 
Kitaman said:
Will go to the range, play golf, maybe even try and do some outdoor photography (I'm an amateur) going forward. So many years inside watching Tourneys this time, I never got to notice the trees budding like I did today.
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Trees budding in mid-March above the Mason-Dixon line is a whole other problem.
 
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storrsroars said:
Interesting trip to two groceries this afternoon, our major chain and TJs. Figured I test my ankle brace by going out and picking up a few things.

Got to witness American Exceptionalism in action at the Giant Eagle. Bread, wiped out. Butcher dept - nothing in their case, although various self-service cases were somewhat stocked (pork more than chicken or beef). Cereals - looked like a tornado hit that aisle. Pasta - all non-premium brands, gone. Eggs - three cartons of $6 organic cage-free dozen packs were left in a case that fits 500 or more cartons. Ice cream half gallons mostly sold out in the popular flavors. Bottled water cases gone (although plenty of single bottles). Obviously no paper products or disinfectant. Surprisingly milk was fine.

Best part was store was jammed yet only me and one 30-something were using the self shopping hand scanners. Everyone else in line and waiting for long times.

So I had to go to TJs for eggs (it's 1/4 mile away). And they were fully stocked. But they were sold out of pasta sauce in addition to pasta. Also sold out of "normal" potato and tortilla chips (although they had plenty of the dark russet chips I love and lots of non-corn tortilla chips). Meat case was full, plenty of bread. Not crowded at all, zipped in and out, no line.

And in both cases, produce was completely stocked.
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This is the new norm, for awhile:
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Kitaman said:
This is the new norm, for awhile:
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And it's stupid. Quire unnecessary.

And just to take the American Exceptionalism thing a bit further, go to any message board regarding supermarkets reducing hours so they can restock and clean, and you'll find scads of entitled wusses complaining how inconvient it is for them to not shop at 4am when they can safely keep 6 feet apart from others (and on the other extremes, there are families still insist on bringing the kids during busy hours instead of just having one person do the shopping).

We suck as a society. Not sure why I'm surprised given my general usual cynicism.
 
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All bars and restaurants shut down in Illinois. My friend says California will go into lockdown by tomorrow.
 
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You know. I just don't get the whole toilet paper role hording thing. I mean, I really think one roll will be enough.

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methodology said:
Had a heated argument with my 3 year old daughter pediatrician. She had a 101 fever on Tuesday and they refused to see her unless she and I were tested for Coronavirus. I said there absolutely no reason to be tested for Coronavirus she hasn't left the town we live in for over a week and the closest positive test is Wilton. Next day her fever was at 104 called again they asked if we had been tested yet I told them no but if you refuse to see my daughter and something happens to her you will be hearing from my lawyer. They called me back within a half hour and said they would see her. She has flu strain A just as I told them on the phone that she probably has the flu. But because of their delay we couldn't give her the tamiflu since it had passed the 48 hours. She doing much better today after a rough 3 days

People are acting irrationally everywhere. Its important to control and limit the spread but putting a 3 year at risk is asinine
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My daughter experienced something similar for her twins. Were the people pushing back the office staff or the healthcare workers. In my daughters case, it was the office staff on a power trip. Note: my daughter is an oncology nurse at MSK and has solid experience.
 
ClifSpliffy said:
'You are correct there is an economic disaster that is developing...'
ehh, not so fast. mebbe, mebbe not. while I have no firm opinion on that yet, I do like to listen to folks who are way smarter than me. one brilliant observer of 'the economic scene' is gene marks, who along with a bunch of other stuff he does, is now a business writer for the guardian, which mostly comes across as a commie rag for folks like me. gene ain't no commie. specifically, and on john bachelor's show the other day (ol' gene been talking there a long, long time), he noticeably said that, to his eyes, he won't even say that it's certain we'll (as in us, USA) be going into recession. idk, but when that guy, with his rep, says that, well, people like me listen.
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Consumer goods should have a great quarter. Can’t wait to see Costco’s, Walmart’s Q1 numbers. Low oil price will help except in the oil industry. Warm spring and if this virus is seasonal in nature may help us. But a vaccine is needed by October.
 
Stinger92860 said:
Consumer goods should have a great quarter. Can’t wait to see Costco’s, Walmart’s Q1 numbers. Low oil price will help except in the oil industry. Warm spring and if this virus is seasonal in nature may help us. But a vaccine is needed by October.
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Best friend is operations director for a trucking company. He said it's crazy trying to get all goods shipped. One if their big clients is Georgia Pacific. I told him they may need to hire private security for those truck loads with TP.
 
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Also, while at Walmart some random observations on hoarding.
In the bread aisle every loaf of every manufacturer was gone except a handful of Peppridge Farm Rye bread.Went over to the bakery and grabbed some brioche and some sliced sourdough.
Almost all peanut butter was gone except some of the organic almond butter blends. There were plenty of jelly options.
Pasta was almost completely gone but plenty of sauce options.
Cereal, Pop tarts, protein and granola bars were aplenty but pancake mix was almost out.
All the paper products were gone.
All bleach and cleaning disinfectants were gone except one case of Clorox wipes. I grabbed one tub. Included in the hoarding was the Bar Keepers Friend cleaner O was looking for which seemed odd to ha e a run on that.
Pillsbury biscuits and croissants were scarce. Wouldn't have guessed that.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Also, while at Walmart some random observations on hoarding.
In the bread aisle every loaf of every manufacturer was gone except a handful of Peppridge Farm Rye bread.Went over to the bakery and grabbed some brioche and some sliced sourdough.
Almost all peanut butter was gone except some of the organic almond butter blends. There were plenty of jelly options.
Pasta was almost completely gone but plenty of sauce options.
Cereal, Pop tarts, protein and granola bars were aplenty but pancake mix was almost out.
All the paper products were gone.
All bleach and cleaning disinfectants were gone except one case of Clorox wipes. I grabbed one tub. Included in the hoarding was the Bar Keepers Friend cleaner O was looking for which seemed odd to ha e a run on that.
Pillsbury biscuits and croissants were scarce. Wouldn't have guessed that.
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People aren't touching the.rye? It's St. Paddy's, gotta have some rye for your corned beef.
 
superjohn said:
People aren't touching the.rye? It's St. Paddy's, gotta have some rye for your corned beef.
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This is about the most American comment I think I've ever seen here.

Homeland Irish don't eat corned beef. Kosher butchers basically invented corned beef as we know it. Irish immigrants adopted it as they were often living side-by-side with Jewish immigrants in crappy urban areas. And then it took a Lithuanian living in Omaha to invent the reuben.
 
storrsroars said:
This is about the most American comment I think I've ever seen here.

Homeland Irish don't eat corned beef. Kosher butchers basically invented corned beef as we know it. Irish immigrants adopted it as they were often living side-by-side with Jewish immigrants in crappy urban areas. And then it took a Lithuanian living in Omaha to invent the reuben.
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If he said "St.Patty's day," that would of been more American...
 
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