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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2020 10:37:24 GMT -5
I have not been able to find TP in over 3 weeks, despite going to at least 6 stores! I don't want to be out and about, but we NEED TP!!! Amazon has the industrial stuff if you don't want to go without.
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Post by tcu2003 on Apr 11, 2020 12:23:06 GMT -5
It is nuts but I have been craving potato chips for a week. When I took the masks to town I went in a convenience store, I was the only customer and their clerk. Mask in plastic, plastic shield in front of clerk, sanitizer on both sides. I took the 2 bags to the car, wiped them down with sanitizer and cleaned off the bags, did the hands. Would not let DD touch them till I did. Hubs said you mean you put your life on the line for chips. Sadly, I guess I did. I am sitting here eating out of one. He and DD had been eating on the Kool Ranch chips. Add them to your Sam’s club order, and then you’ll have them for next time!
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Post by tcu2003 on Apr 11, 2020 12:25:25 GMT -5
I went to my local grocery store this morning. They did have TP - limit of 2 packages. We don’t need any, so I didn’t buy some. They’re still out of hand sanitizer. I think I saw paper towels, but we rarely use those and have an unopened roll, so I wasn’t looking. Plenty of eggs, meat, cheese, yogurt, fruits/veggies and bread. I could only find yeast for bread machines, but otherwise the baking aisle looked fairly well stocked.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 11, 2020 12:37:59 GMT -5
I already have added them to my grocery list. I have also been nibbling my way through my apricots I ordered on amazon, need to get another 2 pound bag but almost $30, damn.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 11, 2020 12:39:27 GMT -5
I went to my local grocery store this morning. They did have TP - limit of 2 packages. We don’t need any, so I didn’t buy some. They’re still out of hand sanitizer. I think I saw paper towels, but we rarely use those and have an unopened roll, so I wasn’t looking. Plenty of eggs, meat, cheese, yogurt, fruits/veggies and bread. I could only find yeast for bread machines, but otherwise the baking aisle looked fairly well stocked. How is that different from regular yeast? I can't find any yeast at all.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 11, 2020 13:20:21 GMT -5
Wow. Now I totally want to make bread.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 11, 2020 14:19:38 GMT -5
I have got a sourdough starter that I started about a week ago. I think it is just about ready to use. When I feed it today, I think I’ll make crumpets with the discard and use the rest to continue my culture. LOL.....it is just like tissue culture, only this culture I WANT contaminated!
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Post by jerseygirl on Apr 11, 2020 14:43:43 GMT -5
Isn’t that the recipe for jailyard Hooch?
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Post by Lizard Queen on Apr 11, 2020 14:57:05 GMT -5
Isn’t that the recipe for jailyard Hooch? I have no idea.
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Post by tractor on Apr 11, 2020 16:01:28 GMT -5
I have not been able to find TP in over 3 weeks, despite going to at least 6 stores! I don't want to be out and about, but we NEED TP!!! Our farm & garden store had some, it’s showing up in strange places. I’ve also heard that Ace Hardware and the Dollar store both had some near us. Might be easiest to call a few places and save the driving around.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 11, 2020 16:07:40 GMT -5
Isn’t that the recipe for jailyard Hooch? I have no idea. It can be. Yeast that ferments sugars has carbon dioxide and alcohol as byproducts. Just depends upon which byproduct you want!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2020 16:16:26 GMT -5
If anyone needs yeast, I have an extra pound I'd be happy to send somewhere...
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Post by chiver78 on Apr 11, 2020 17:18:22 GMT -5
I have got a sourdough starter that I started about a week ago. I think it is just about ready to use. When I feed it today, I think I’ll make crumpets with the discard and use the rest to continue my culture. LOL.....it is just like tissue culture, only this culture I WANT contaminated! did you post a recipe/link for that starter anywhere? I would love to try this myself, might be a good summer project for the rental house while I'm there.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 11, 2020 18:05:59 GMT -5
I have got a sourdough starter that I started about a week ago. I think it is just about ready to use. When I feed it today, I think I’ll make crumpets with the discard and use the rest to continue my culture. LOL.....it is just like tissue culture, only this culture I WANT contaminated! did you post a recipe/link for that starter anywhere? I would love to try this myself, might be a good summer project for the rental house while I'm there. Try Alton Brown’s Wild Yeast Risin. Basically mix 125g flour with 125g water, cover with towel and let it sit on the counter. I mixed it in a 1 qt Pyrex measuring cup as there was a greater surface area. Let it sit for 3 days. Scrape off the crust and add 50g of what remains to 100g water with 100g flour and put in a large neck 1 qt canning jar. Cover with lid loosely. Let sit. Do this transfer and feeding a week, and you see lots of bubbles form.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 12, 2020 13:49:26 GMT -5
I have plenty of yeast, need to bake some bread. But we love it and will eat through a loaf a day. Just so durn fattening because it is soooo good.
I didn't get up till noon. I made canned biscuits and gravy for brunch. I had 2 boiled eggs chopped up on mine. I really like that. to be fancy, you can chop up the whites in the gravy then put the yolks through a sifter to top it. Called goldenrod eggs.
I also have yeast enhancer that makes wheat bread rise better. I keep it in the fridge and it will keep forever, the yeast will too. Just proof it before using it, to make sure its still good.
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Post by crazycat on Apr 12, 2020 14:10:19 GMT -5
My son , a grocery worker , is now in quarantine. Being as we have a little house , my DH , my other son , and I are as well. Doctor sent him on Thursday to get tested . He needs to be quarantined 14 days + 72 hours per Doc .
Stay safe everyone 😷
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Post by haapai on Apr 12, 2020 15:18:20 GMT -5
My son , a grocery worker , is now in quarantine. Being as we have a little house , my DH , my other son , and I are as well. Doctor sent him on Thursday to get tested . He needs to be quarantined 14 days + 72 hours per Doc . Stay safe everyone 😷 This should be a separate thread. I have tons of questions to ask you but also want to respect your privacy and your son's privacy. I'm also assuming that you do not have the results of the test that your son was sampled for on Thursday.
How are you guys set for supplies and cabin-fever inhibitors? Do you have thermometers? Do you have enough batteries for those thermometers? Have you worked out just how long it will take before any of you can leave the house and just how long that can be extended if any of you develop symptoms? (FWIW, it also seems to matter a great deal which symptoms occur and timelines are affected.)
Are you actually quarantined or are you being asked/advised/ordered to self-isolate?
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Post by crazycat on Apr 12, 2020 16:40:23 GMT -5
We do not have results back yet . My son was ordered to quarantine by Dr . We all chose to quarantine with him because our house is so small (830sq ft) , it just makes sense to do so . Also , safer for everyone , in my opinion . I think we are ok on supplies .
Why do you think this should be a separate thread ? It’s about grocery workers , right .
Thanks for your concern .
You can pm me if you want .
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Post by haapai on Apr 12, 2020 18:05:13 GMT -5
I'm also a grocery worker and I'm not getting a whole lot of guidance regarding what to do.
I've repeatedly failed pre-work medical checks because I voluntarily disclosed having a cough and shortness of breath. I have never registered a fever either by checking at home or by having a touch-less thermometer aimed at my head. (FWIW, I don't think that those remote temperature checks are worth much.)
I've smoked for thirty years so there isn't a whole lot of mystery regarding why I cough and have a tightness in my chest. Despite the obvious explanation of my symptoms, I am completely comfortable with absenting myself from work, and from the public, and staying inside my own house, and with having other members of my household self-isolate.
But no one is really telling me to do that. The first time that I consulted the CDC's self checker, I was instructed to stay home for 72 hours after the symptoms subsided. The second time that I consulted the checker, I was told to begin self-isolation and seek medical advice within 24 hours.
I got a tele-medicine consult and was prescribed nicotine patches but given no guidance regarding self-isolation or return to work.
Since I still have the cough, I'm on a voluntary, unpaid, 2-week leave from work but nobody has told me to stay the f*** at home. I haven't even been asked if I live alone. Nobody has said anything regarding getting tested, or even acknowledged how tragically inadequate testing has been in every area of my state.
I think that we all need clearer guidance if we are going to get this monster under control.
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Post by oped on Apr 12, 2020 18:13:45 GMT -5
Testing did you say....
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 12, 2020 18:59:57 GMT -5
I just read where Smithfield shut down a huge meat processing plant 3700 workers and 200 with the virus. The governor asked them to close for 2 weeks. They said others are getting sick. They are concerned about more food workers getting sick, distribution employees. Postal workers are getting sick and it goes on.
Farm workers are getting sick too, and there is concern about food shortages. I'm sure not from the top. But each of us might think about it. I hope to top things off this week. A meat run may be in order if our meat place is not closed down.
I'm more concerned with enough people getting sick and the money not getting out to people. If that happens, and people get desperate, I see grocery stores getting broken into and overrun. So many concerns. It's more like the apocalypse books daily. A very poor leader and issues all the way down the line ending in total chaos in the US. We are at the beginning. It can still go either way. But if this money doesn't get out and no food distribution, what do you think will happen?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2020 19:30:07 GMT -5
I just read where Smithfield shut down a huge meat processing plant 3700 workers and 200 with the virus. The governor asked them to close for 2 weeks. They said others are getting sick. They are concerned about more food workers getting sick, distribution employees. Postal workers are getting sick and it goes on. Farm workers are getting sick too, and there is concern about food shortages. I'm sure not from the top. But each of us might think about it. I hope to top things off this week. A meat run may be in order if our meat place is not closed down. I'm more concerned with enough people getting sick and the money not getting out to people. If that happens, and people get desperate, I see grocery stores getting broken into and overrun. So many concerns. It's more like the apocalypse books daily. A very poor leader and issues all the way down the line ending in total chaos in the US. We are at the beginning. It can still go either way. But if this money doesn't get out and no food distribution, what do you think will happen? We've had shortages before and handled them in a civilized manner. The government issued rationing books or whatever during WWII. More recently, we had gas rationing in the 1970s. It doesn't automatically equate to the Apocalypse. In those (like Stephen King's The Stand), most people died so there was plenty to go around. I worry more about a full-scale Great Depression. Now that I can see happening.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 12, 2020 19:33:13 GMT -5
Did anyone watch Last Man on Earth with Will Forte? A bleak comedy. But I have the picture of a decimated population and think about what the start of that would have looked like. Would it look like this? Probably worse, since apparently it had a 99.999% death rate.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2020 19:51:48 GMT -5
I'm also a grocery worker and I'm not getting a whole lot of guidance regarding what to do.
I've repeatedly failed pre-work medical checks because I voluntarily disclosed having a cough and shortness of breath. I have never registered a fever either by checking at home or by having a touch-less thermometer aimed at my head. (FWIW, I don't think that those remote temperature checks are worth much.)
I've smoked for thirty years so there isn't a whole lot of mystery regarding why I cough and have a tightness in my chest. Despite the obvious explanation of my symptoms, I am completely comfortable with absenting myself from work, and from the public, and staying inside my own house, and with having other members of my household self-isolate.
But no one is really telling me to do that. The first time that I consulted the CDC's self checker, I was instructed to stay home for 72 hours after the symptoms subsided. The second time that I consulted the checker, I was told to begin self-isolation and seek medical advice within 24 hours.
I got a tele-medicine consult and was prescribed nicotine patches but given no guidance regarding self-isolation or return to work.
Since I still have the cough, I'm on a voluntary, unpaid, 2-week leave from work but nobody has told me to stay the f*** at home. I haven't even been asked if I live alone. Nobody has said anything regarding getting tested, or even acknowledged how tragically inadequate testing has been in every area of my state.
I think that we all need clearer guidance if we are going to get this monster under control.
My job isn’t doing pre-work medical checks, but a few days ago, I did find out that I’ve worked alongside someone that tested positive for COVID-19 recently. Given my experience and everything that has happened (or not happened) since I learned of my exposure, I can’t express just how much I wholeheartedly agree with your last sentence.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 12, 2020 20:10:32 GMT -5
Our problem is we have no leadership from the top. We no longer have food supplies back, which I did not know. Everything is just in time inventory.
We have a policy to not let migrants come in to harvest, now people getting sick. We no longer have civilized thoughtful people in charge that would develop a rationing system. Who are we going to look to for this and leadership. It's all been thrown to the states now, can they handle it?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2020 20:12:59 GMT -5
Our problem is we have no leadership from the top. We no longer have food supplies back, which I did not know. Everything is just in time inventory. We have a policy to not let migrants come in to harvest, now people getting sick. We no longer have civilized thoughtful people in charge that would develop a rationing system. Who are we going to look to for this and leadership. It's all been thrown to the states now, can they handle it? This, 100% this.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 13, 2020 0:54:24 GMT -5
Our problem is we have no leadership from the top. We no longer have food supplies back, which I did not know. Everything is just in time inventory. We have a policy to not let migrants come in to harvest, now people getting sick. We no longer have civilized thoughtful people in charge that would develop a rationing system. Who are we going to look to for this and leadership. It's all been thrown to the states now, can they handle it? This, 100% this. Agreed.
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Post by resolution on Apr 13, 2020 6:59:42 GMT -5
I'm more concerned with enough people getting sick and the money not getting out to people. If that happens, and people get desperate, I see grocery stores getting broken into and overrun. So many concerns. It's more like the apocalypse books daily. A very poor leader and issues all the way down the line ending in total chaos in the US. We are at the beginning. It can still go either way. But if this money doesn't get out and no food distribution, what do you think will happen? A lot of states have activated their Disaster Nutrition Assistance Program, which is a version of food stamps that is a lot faster and more generous than the regular program. The federal government has been approving requests for it without any difficulty. If a state is motivated to provide assistance and the residents apply for the program, then access to money to buy food shouldn't be a problem. However that doesn't do anything about the potential shortages caused by workers being sick and unable to harvest or process meat. And then there are people like me; I buy more food staples every time I read a scary article about the supply chain. I should probably stop buying so there is plenty for other people, but every time i read about a meat packing facility shutting down, it makes me want to buy and freeze more meat.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 13, 2020 7:01:35 GMT -5
I'm also a grocery worker and I'm not getting a whole lot of guidance regarding what to do.
I've repeatedly failed pre-work medical checks because I voluntarily disclosed having a cough and shortness of breath. I have never registered a fever either by checking at home or by having a touch-less thermometer aimed at my head. (FWIW, I don't think that those remote temperature checks are worth much.)
I've smoked for thirty years so there isn't a whole lot of mystery regarding why I cough and have a tightness in my chest. Despite the obvious explanation of my symptoms, I am completely comfortable with absenting myself from work, and from the public, and staying inside my own house, and with having other members of my household self-isolate.
But no one is really telling me to do that. The first time that I consulted the CDC's self checker, I was instructed to stay home for 72 hours after the symptoms subsided. The second time that I consulted the checker, I was told to begin self-isolation and seek medical advice within 24 hours.
I got a tele-medicine consult and was prescribed nicotine patches but given no guidance regarding self-isolation or return to work.
Since I still have the cough, I'm on a voluntary, unpaid, 2-week leave from work but nobody has told me to stay the f*** at home. I haven't even been asked if I live alone. Nobody has said anything regarding getting tested, or even acknowledged how tragically inadequate testing has been in every area of my state.
I think that we all need clearer guidance if we are going to get this monster under control.
Please stop smoking. I know it's hard, but you can do it. I smoked for 20+ years and quit about 5 years ago. It took a while and it was hard. When I was smoking I caught a horrible pneumonia and literally thought I was going to die. I spent a week in the hospital in isolation it was so bad. I feel so much better and am so much more healthy now that I don't smoke. The pneumonia really got me and my lungs will never be the same. I think I only survived it because I was so young. I don't know how old you are, but it's never too late. My grandpa died from pneumonia a couple of years before I had it. It showed up out of nowhere and it took him fast.
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