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Re: Hows the panic buying going?
Reply #1245 - Mar 26^th, 2020 at 4:52pm

Brian Ross wrote on Mar 15^th, 2020 at 5:12pm:

Frank wrote on Mar 15^th, 2020 at 4:52pm:

The world has reached peak stupid.
Greta and her climate catastrophe - or is it still only emergency?
Trump derangement
Brexit derangement
Howard-Abbott-Morrison derangement
Transgender is a daily concern for progs
Socialism demanded by the under-30s on uni campuses
No platforming and trigger warnings for the same ijits
Identity obsession by anyone who is not normal
Corona panic.

Have I left out anything?

That you are a Xenophobic, Racist, Islamophobic, idiot, Soren? Roll Eyes

Islamophobic attack- Theatre of the Absurd, once again.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25022 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Hows the panic buying going? Reply #1246 - Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:00pm Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 8:56am: Same I have 70 rolls of toilet paper, but its because my parents went to Costco last year and dumped 100 on me. Big family? Thirty rolls of toilet paper used in a year.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25022 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Hows the panic buying going? Reply #1247 - Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:02pm Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 9:24am: YAY! Got a 20-pack of toilet paper - should last a couple weeks - hopefully Spot Wait. I was hasty in judging Bojack. 20 toilet rolls to last "a couple weeks"? IBS problems? Large family? I take back what I said, Bojack.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25022 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Hows the panic buying going? Reply #1248 - Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:04pm Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 10:22am: chimera wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 10:18am: 1 1/2 rolls a day. Do you have vaseline and local anaesthetic? This is a large household Spot Oooohhh. But, still...
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26513 Australia	Re: Hows the panic buying going? Reply #1249 - Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:16pm chimera wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 12:34pm: Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 10:22am: This is a large household Spot You're squatting at Bondi pavilion? Haha no - theres teenagers Spot
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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 48261 Gender:	Re: Hows the panic buying going? Reply #1250 - Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:41pm How long will your supplies last - calculator. https://howmuchtoiletpaper.com/
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 139758 Gender:	Re: Hows the panic buying going? Reply #1251 - Mar 26^th, 2020 at 7:25pm Frank wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:41pm: How long will your supplies last - calculator. https://howmuchtoiletpaper.com/ One man, one poo a day. I have about 6 months' supply of dunny rolls, and I didn't even panic-buy & hoard at the expense of pensioners, like Gordon et al.
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Re: Hows the panic buying going?
Reply #1252 - Mar 26^th, 2020 at 8:55pm

Frank wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:41pm:

How long will your supplies last - calculator.

https://howmuchtoiletpaper.com/

Ten rolls of toilet paper. But the paper would only last 160 days at one movement a day? A roll of toilet paper per month -- 300 days. That is taking into consideration that I do use public toilets for some days.

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Reply #1253 - Mar 26^th, 2020 at 10:23pm

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 4:38pm:

cods wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 6:52am:

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 12:19am:

Are the stores stocking the shelves with toilet paper and there is still a rush to get them? Because 3 weeks into this madness, people are still needing to buy more. I get the feeling that the stores have been holding back, under govt instructions to give people something to worry.

seriously unsub... Roll Eyes

its the morons that cause the PANIC BUYING>...

.what the hell has toilet paper got to so with covid-19??????...

its WEIRD!

It is either the shops not stocking up 3 times a day because of a limit. Or people are buying way too much. Either way, the need for Australians to buy so much toilet paper should have abated by now. So, why is the buy up still going? An 8-pack of toilet paper should last a family of 6 a good month. Three weeks later, we might start seeing people needing to restock. But the overbuying should have meant that toilet paper supplies could have been shipped in by truck more frequently.

I would say that perhaps there is a hold off of supplies for some other reason. I get the feeling that the government is doing more to scare the public into a reliance. Perhaps reasoning that people will forget about their troubles of politics with this distraction.

I noticed how slow shelves were being replenished. And as for instance, Coles said 5000 jobs will be available to help, and with all the now unemployed applying for jobs, the process seems slow.
My son’s wife had started last week with interviews and applications with resumes and had 3 interviews already.

It’s Thursday night and still waiting for word of application process.

I think that Coles as an example, are overwhelmed with interviews and applications waiting to be processed.

Hence why extra staff are not employed yet, to help restock shelves, then there is some training surely?

I saw yesterday, 2 young lads, in normal clothes, (not wearing woolies storeroom outfits,) being shown products, trolleys, in aisle, and they were asking questions.

So it is happening, new recruits as extra staff, for a while, maybe nighfill casual as long as needed until.....

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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26513 Australia	Re: Hows the panic buying going? Reply #1254 - Mar 27^th, 2020 at 5:20am the calculator says 12 days - not not 2 weeks but hopefully we can get the teenagers to use less. Theres prolly rolls hoarded in ppls rooms anyway. Spot
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Re: Hows the panic buying going?
Reply #1255 - Mar 27^th, 2020 at 9:11am

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 8:55pm:

Frank wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:41pm:

How long will your supplies last - calculator.

https://howmuchtoiletpaper.com/

Ten rolls of toilet paper. But the paper would only last 160 days at one movement a day? A roll of toilet paper per month -- 300 days. That is taking into consideration that I do use public toilets for some days.

like all the old tight arses that I used to work with ..... they'd hang on to make sure they had a crap at work.

Some old batchelors would even come in to take a shower in the workshops amenities because they deliberately didn't have a hot water system at home - because it used too much power.

Mind you a lot of that went on in the days when govt. toilet paper was rubbish that was more like grease proof paper than toilet tissue. Some fools would even pinch it to take home.

It was issued to all public schools as well. That's why except for taking a piss I wouldn't use school toilets, work toilets - & especially public toilets ...

unless it's a dire emergency.

The main reason also is because they were nearly always filthy.

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Gnads Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 30110 Gender:	Re: Hows the panic buying going? Reply #1256 - Mar 27^th, 2020 at 9:25am I bought 5 packs of 48 rolls back in November 2019 before I retired. I gave a dozen rolls to my daughter & SIL a week ago they couldn't get any in B'berg - they have 2 young sons. I have 2 packs left.
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Re: Hows the panic buying going?
Reply #1257 - Mar 27^th, 2020 at 9:37am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:16pm:

chimera wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 12:34pm:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 10:22am:

This is a large household

Spot

You're squatting at Bondi pavilion?

Haha no - theres teenagers

Spot

spot! no paper in the loo...

give them each their own roll ...tell them not to come back before such and such a date.....make them responsible for themselves....

for years now we have taken everything for granted...

we all have... sometimes we need a rude shock to wake us up to reality..

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Re: Hows the panic buying going?
Reply #1258 - Mar 27^th, 2020 at 9:48am

Gnads wrote on Mar 27^th, 2020 at 9:25am:

I bought 5 packs of 48 rolls back in November 2019 before I retired.

I gave a dozen rolls to my daughter & SIL a week ago they couldn't get any in B'berg - they have 2 young sons.

I have 2 packs left.

2 packs of 48 rolls = 96 rolls.
If there are 2 people in house, say uses approx 2 rolls per week?
That’s 48 weeks worth of loo paper.

I have 32 rolls at present, so 16 weeks worth for us.

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Re: Hows the panic buying going?
Reply #1259 - Mar 27^th, 2020 at 9:51am

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 5:00pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Mar 26^th, 2020 at 8:56am:

Same I have 70 rolls of toilet paper, but its because my parents went to Costco last year and dumped 100 on me.

Big family? Thirty rolls of toilet paper used in a year.

They like bulk buying. Toilet paper doesn't have a use by date, so I don't have to buy any for a while.

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