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Originally posted by alreadydead:

I still have shit from Y2K

That's a long time to be constipated.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Panicky idiots. Other than Alaska, eggs and milk do not come through ports.

I have them all out smarted. I bought four bushels of corn.

Shell the corn, and sell the cobs to people who couldn't get TP

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Originally posted by alreadydead:
I still have shit from Y2K, I am fine

I was working the night shift at Sam's Club during Y2K. Back then, they stocked overnight. The couple of months leading up to Y2K were insane. We'd just leave the pallets of canned goods, TP and bottled water up front by the registers. They sold pallets each day. Stuff was stacked up to the ceiling. I think they since changed policy to stacking no more than 2 pallets.

Do what Ms. Sig and I did - we bought a Ba-Day. Best $200.00 we ever spent related to hygiene products. Guessing we use one roll of TP a month now. Only takes two or three squares to dry off a wet bum.

I was not aware that the US imported most of it's toilet paper. Oh wait, it doesn't. Apparently, we manufacture 90% of TP domestically. People are idiots.

https://www.wxii12.com/article...emen-strike/62488730

People are stupid. My local grocery store today has not a single package of toilet paper, paper towels, or tissues.

I am glad that I always keep a decent stock of each and also have bidets.

I went shopping today, didn't really see any major shortages. It's hard to tell they are remodeling the store and everything is constantly moving. Paper goods were maybe 60-75% of normal stock.

I was in need of TP and paper towels so I grabbed the larger sizes of both, also happened to be on sale. I recall an economist once saying that if you see a great price on a product that you use frequently and has no shelf life, buy all of it (paper towels, TP, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, paper plates, napkins, etc) and store it.

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Originally posted by StorminNormin:
People are stupid. My local grocery store today has not a single package of toilet paper, paper towels, or tissues.

I am glad that I always keep a decent stock of each and also have bidets.

Same here for my weekly Costco run. I know several people that work there so I asked.
“We got a full truck this morning and it was all gone within 2 hours. We don’t get more toilet paper until Saturday.” The entire paper towel/TP aisle, was zeroed. Nothing, and I mean nothing there.

And while I was there, all these people were buying 10+ of the Costco water packs. Those are like 30 or 30+ 12 oz water bottles. I’m watching these people push 2 carts of water asking myself..is your water shut off at home dumbass? WTF? Meanwhile, my fish, chicken, meat, veggies, fruit, plentiful. Freezer section, good there too. Then I thought, wow there are people really up a creek in the South East from the Hurricanes right now and these idiots are hoarding bottled water. It’s Covid all over again. They told me they were waiting on corporate to announce a TP ration, just like during Covid. Sooner the better dipshits. The guy up there I know the best, he said people were buying 8 packs of the big ass Charmin rolls. 30 roll packs. Again, using multiple carts to buy it all. He said “And they’ll fuckin’ return it, you watch, when this calms down.”

I didn't even know the toilet paper run was a thing until I got my SIG Forum news early this week. I actually needed some for our family of five when I went to Sam's Club in Des Moines on Tuesday, ever since COVID they have kept what seems like half a semi load out on the floor at all times. It looked like that supply was down by 12 cases or so. I went to Costco tonight for our Thursday "half and half" pizza and perused the paper goods sector and they had a big 4'x4' piece of cardboard on the side of a pallet with the words "Sold Out BATH TISSUE" written on it. Looks like there was still some paper towels for those with rugged cracks and forgiving plumbing.

I was reading today that Gov. Desantis is opening the ports in Florida with the help from the National Guard. They have heavy equipment operators. If the unions want to cause issues, it won't happen in Florida as it is a right to work state. I say fire them all that are refusing to come back to work and get someone else or start automation, like other places are doing. They are only going to screw themselves just like UAW.

Well they just voted to return work and accept a 62% wage increase.

Was in Costco today in mobile AL just a few miles from the port. People were going stupid over water and paper products. We needed Costco brand dog food…

PSA - keep in mind that if you “need” TP or paper towels you can buy these at Lowe’s (at least you can in my area) as well as major cleaning supplies. I was in my local Lowe’s today buying a toilet kit and their shelves were full of TP and paper products. I did not go into my local Wal-Mart so no idea if this is even an issue in our area.

Where does the majority of pulp used to make TP come from?

It's moot. The ports are open again. So the hoarders can start enjoying eating their four dozen eggs they panic-bought and using their two-lifetimes supply of TP.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
So the hoarders can start enjoying eating their four dozen eggs they panic-bought and using their two-lifetimes supply of TP.

After eating all those eggs, a good TP supply might become handy.

Just got back home from my bi-monthly Costco run. People were pushing around carts full of nothing but TP, paper towels and cases of water. One woman was pushing one cart full of TP and pulling a second one full of paper towels. The staff were bringing in pallets of the stuff from the warehouse and customers were snapping it up as fast as they brought it in. One guy had cases of TP stacked as high as he could reach. He planned ahead though, and brought long bungie cords to tie them in place so they wouldn't tip over. Oh, and there were ZERO empty shelves, anywhere.

Then there are the big oversize cart things - whaddaya call `em, like a steel flatbed on wheels, no sides, just a push handle? I saw a woman piling one of those full of cases of water, and a guy loading one with TP and paper towels.

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Originally posted by Expert308:
Just got back home from my bi-monthly Costco run. People were pushing around carts full of nothing but TP, paper towels and cases of water.

Just heard the same thing from a friend who works at a Costco in Delaware today. Unbelievable. Truly highlights how totally uninformed most of the public really is.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
It's moot. The ports are open again. So the hoarders can start enjoying eating their four dozen eggs they panic-bought and using their two-lifetimes supply of TP.

According to my Costco employees, nah, they’ll return the shit and try to get a refund. That’s how stupid these people are

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
It's moot. The ports are open again. So the hoarders can start enjoying eating their four dozen eggs they panic-bought and using their two-lifetimes supply of TP.

According to my Costco employees, nah, they’ll return the shit and try to get a refund. That’s how stupid these people are

During a hurricane that hit Naples a few years ago all the stores had signs a week before it hit. No returns on generators or plywood. I had no problem with that. Reminds me of the low life’s that buy a big screen tv for the Super Bowl then return it after the game.

Wifey and I did our weekly Kroger run today (eastern end of Louisville/Jefferson County). Only thing I noticed was that paper products aisle (toilet paper, paper towels, etc) were a tad bear, but everything else was readily available.

At checkout counter, management had posted signage saying a limit of two (2) packages/cartons of toilet paper and bottled water. I informed that cashier that that sign was ridiculous as the Longshoremen work stoppage was being held in abeyance until mid-January. She didn’t know what I was talking about !!!

So yeah, let those panic-buyers drink their imported bottled water from Fiji, and wipe their butts with grade triple ZZZ sandpaper.