Mortdooley wrote on Mar 14^th, 2020 at 12:00am:



Passionfruit cheesecake - love it

I shop at a supermarket in a small rural town and even the loo paper shelves there were empty. I asked an assistant how come? He said the shelves were stacked full at 6am and empty by 8.30am. Zombies rush in every morning and grab the lot. I got there at 2.30pm

Everyone shopping after 8.30am and needing loo paper missed out. For me to get some would mean another 160km round trip tomorrow morning and get there when the doors open. Luckily I still have a supply.

We shouldn't laugh at preppers - reckon they'd be laughing at us now

People are morons. Panic buying only confirms it. toilet paper is the LEAST useful commodity in a situation like this.

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 14^th, 2020 at 8:16am:


When the hospitals are overloaded with Corona patients you'll turn up with gastro. Good job.

I found the Zombies, they are in line at Costco! The wife just had to go to buy cheese and potatoes so we had a close up look at the Herd. The real harm is to the small businesses who don't have a financial cushion. We spoke to the Manager of our favorite sandwich shop and he said they may move out some of the tables to give customers a six foot seating distance and just wait this out. There were only six or seven people there during lunch time.

Mortdooley wrote on Mar 14^th, 2020 at 12:00am:

Well, the zombies are still lining up to get into the larger food stores. We are just glad we already have plenty of what they are in line for! I hope the small businesses can survive.

I have dirty water coming from my hot water system. It would probably take a replacement of the hot water system to alleviate the problem. That problem is that the hot water system mixes up with the cold water during showers. In its own way, the kitchen tap water that I have been using to fill my filter jugs have been getting the hot water system water mixing into my drinking water. With double filtering of the jugs, it is still not enough to undo the mild chemicals seeping into the drinking water.

I bought 18 litres of bottled water to dilute and wash out whatever chemicals that could not get filtered by the jugs I was using. I will have to do that for the next 26 weeks, or until the hot water system can flush out the chemicals it is carrying. I would assume that 50 litres worth of showers per day would dilute the system by June.

I guess hurricane victims would have had to put up with the conditions we did in the year 2015 after our cyclone -- The floodwater would have made it difficult to produce clean drinking water, with all the debris floating about. We Rockhamptonites had to rely on bottled water for a few weeks until the treatment plant could clean up the flooding problems.

Colorado has bright orange water all the time but they hoard it and Mexico gets its fair share.

For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2020 at 3:24am:



Sounds like your tank is rusted. If it's that dirty then it's only a matter of time before the tank fails and leaks. You'll need to replace it.

Is there a way to keep 2 weeks supply each week without shuffling like a zombie to restock?

My experience with two weeks of no power to cook meant that we had BBQ dinners. Steaks and/or sausages with boiled vegetables. There were trucks giving out packets of bottled water (free expense). I did the line up at the Salvation Army to get a handout of food to last me the rest of the week. I also go a $200 voucher (card) to use for my next grocery shop.

If people need to raid shopping centres for toilet paper and bottled water, then things must really be bad for them. They can't trust other people.

Bottled water??? It's the third worlders who can't imagine that tap water is safe. I saw an African crone buying a few cases of 750ml 'mineral water ( )

Chinese "Australians" are going to country town and are stripping their supermarkets. 

Community cohesion and enrichment by vibrant, innit.

John Smith wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2020 at 10:58am:




You try to make reasonable preparations sound like a bad thing. Hoarding would be accumulating things someone has no use for, we are eating our food and drinking our drinks therefor it is all useful. We have cash on hand in case credit cards and ATMs are not available. You would probably consider that a bad thing as well.

The Zombies were limited to two 30 roll packages of toilet paper and two 40 bottle pack of water at both Costco and Sams Club. I expect they will return every Saturday until the government tells them they are safe buying more and more toilet paper and bottled water. They are now clearing out the bread, frozen food and refrigerated meats sections. By next week they may be clearing out the cookies and crackers.  We prefer to eat a lot of fresh produce and fruit, the panicked masses don't appear to have much interest in that section so we find what we want when we go during the lulls. There is nothing in any of the stores worth our time to stand in line for!

Karnal wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2020 at 11:02pm:




You would have to ask them, we wonder about that too. I buy in bulk when on sale if it is something that has a long shelf life and we will use it.  You can't save money buying stuff you don't need or more than you will ever use.

I've read the panic is in full bloom in Australia as well.

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2020 at 5:36pm:


The 2015 cyclone Marcia. We had no power for 2 weeks, in places. I had no work for that amount of time, too. Had to rely on bottled water that was donated. And I had to have BBQ dinners with my folks. Later to have dinner at my brother's place when he had power reconnected quickly.