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Onkel Neal

03-18-20, 11:25 AM

Mr Quatro

03-18-20, 11:37 AM

I have 12 rolls all brand new still in the package they came in willing to trade for any old classic automobile or truck :D

Bilge_Rat

03-18-20, 11:45 AM

I have over 20, bought on sale at Costco a few months back. Nothing to do with the crisis, it was just a good deal. :ping:

u crank

03-18-20, 11:56 AM

Sorry, I don't answer personal questions.

:O:

Mr Quatro

03-18-20, 11:59 AM

I have over 20, bought on sale at Costco a few months back. Nothing to do with the crisis, it was just a good deal. :ping:

Over 20 rolls purchased a few months ago? :o

Good grief man didn't you use any in those few months? :oops:

u crank

03-18-20, 12:09 PM

Ok you made me look. We have an unopened 30 pack of TP and an unopened 12 pack of paper towels from Costco. I guess I will sleep soundly tonight. :D

ikalugin

03-18-20, 12:16 PM

Our local store still has toilet paper.

Skybird

03-18-20, 12:17 PM

Quite some more. For bartering. :O:

As decribed on another day, I run a warehousing regime since long, and what gets consumed, immediately gets replaced.

Its also often used over here like cotton balls - for any other purpose than its primary one.

Aktungbby

03-18-20, 12:22 PM

after my midnight trip to Lucky's for the only three packs on the shelf as the stockperson(s) were just gearing up; I'm good for the month! However my boat captain's 103 year-old mom recalled using pages from the Sears catalogue growing up with a two-holer out-house in Wisconsin...and so I'm holding a stack of similar old phone books in reserve! I hauled paper from every papermill in the country in my trukkin' days: paper is paper; no need to get particular about style.:arrgh!: :know:

Bilge_Rat

03-18-20, 12:34 PM

Over 20 rolls purchased a few months ago? :o

Good grief man didn't you use any in those few months? :oops:

it's a Canadian thing, we like to "be prepared". You never know when a massive storm will dump 3 feet of snow on the ground….:ping:

https://youtu.be/9lpD4faVdY0

Moonlight

03-18-20, 12:37 PM

You peasants, we have a bidet. :haha:

Catfish

03-18-20, 01:05 PM

What is toilet paper.

Aktungbby

03-18-20, 01:14 PM

Put down your AR-15.... :O:
:nope: NEVER!

You peasants, we have a bidet. :haha: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2654617#post2654617 (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2654617#post2654617):Kaleun_Goofy :

Catfish

03-18-20, 01:32 PM

You heard of the new double-side-use toilet paper? The result is always at hand.

STEED

03-18-20, 01:37 PM

GOOD NEWS

Just before going to work checked my town centre and all but one shop were out. That one shop had two pallets and people were snatching them fast, restricted to two packs of four but hey I am glad. :)

That should get through a couple of weeks so will have to keep an eye out again in the mean time I am standing down to Yellow Alert.

Garion

03-18-20, 01:55 PM

I have my Left Hand :yeah::arrgh!:

Cheers
Gary

Mr Quatro

03-18-20, 02:11 PM

I have my Left Hand :yeah::arrgh!:

Cheers
Gary

Look what I found :up:

https://th.bing.com/th?id=OP.PIu1%2buu9VJPbhg474C474&w=160&h=150&rs=1&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=21.1

50pcs Finger Cots Finger Hand Protector Latex Glove
only $3.89

Onkel Neal

03-18-20, 03:45 PM

Kpt. Lehmann

03-18-20, 05:01 PM

Put down your AR-15 and do a quick inventory: how many rolls of TP do you have on hand currently?

If you are in the middle of an activity that requires the use of TP, complete this business then take your count.

:O:

I think we're ok here, but like someone else said, I'm not putting down my AR.... because TEXAS! :haha::haha::shucks: Relating to TP and ammo.... I think we may have enough. :shucks:

Otherwise, I'm really happy to see that some of the big stores seem to be rationing. The greed and hoarding I've seen with my own eyes is shocking. I'm sure I'm not saying anything new so far.

That being said, in Neal's own hometown, I've also seen some of the best humanity has to offer.

Try to remember to check on your neighbors. Someday it will be our turn to need help.

Reece

03-18-20, 06:54 PM

Only 4 rolls left in the house, hoping to get some today but looks grim, seems to be worse here in the country. :doh:
Might have to wash and reuse rags/hand towels. :oops:

August

03-18-20, 07:34 PM

Currently we have 3 rolls which I have reinforced with a couple big boxes of flushable (not really) wipes and a small garbage can to put them in. I also ordered another 10 online with an eta of beginning of April. We'll get by.

Onkel Neal

03-18-20, 07:46 PM

I think we're ok here, but like someone else said, I'm not putting down my AR.... because TEXAS! :haha::haha::shucks: Relating to TP and ammo.... I think we may have enough. :shucks:

Otherwise, I'm really happy to see that some of the big stores seem to be rationing. The greed and hoarding I've seen with my own eyes is shocking. I'm sure I'm not saying anything new so far.

That being said, in Neal's own hometown, I've also seen some of the best humanity has to offer.

Try to remember to check on your neighbors. Someday it will be our turn to need help.

Hey Todd, you are still an EMT, correct? Please stay safe out there and check in, mate.

In a week or so there will be TP on pallets everywhere, more than anyone can possibly use, so hang in there.

Neal

Currently we have 3 rolls which I have reinforced with a couple big boxes of flushable (not really) wipes and a small garbage can to put them in. I also ordered another 10 online with an eta of beginning of April. We'll get by.

Yeah, they may say flushable but you are right, don't :)

ET2SN

03-18-20, 08:03 PM

The non-preppers are missing out on an investment opportunity. Start buying cases of Axe body spray. Think it about it for one minute.. See where I'm going?

If TP does indeed become extinct, your friends may want to smell less gamey (if they want to stay friends). You could become rich in a very short odor, uh, order. :up:

You could also make new labels that read "ASSK" instead of AXE.

:Kaleun_Cheers:

ET2SN

03-18-20, 08:24 PM

Wow, tough crowd. :o

But think it, imagine if the local and state gov't forced everyone to take a free roll of TP when the panic first started.

"WHAT THE #@%^!! AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS? I'M WORRIED ABOUT A FLU!!"

Exactly.... :up:

Kpt. Lehmann

03-18-20, 08:28 PM

Hey Todd, you are still an EMT, correct? Please stay safe out there and check in, mate.

I made Paramedic shortly after you and I met right after Hurricane Ike. (2008 I think it was?)

I've been medically retired since May of last year due to injuries after 17 years on the streets. :( Recovering from another surgery now. Wish I could have made it to 20 years, but it wasn't in the cards. I really miss some things about being out there, but it is nice in some ways to sit out the latest crisis. Awesome Mrs. Lehmann though, is mostly glad I'm not out in the middle of it all anymore. :) On occasion she asks me to go play in the freeway. :D

At any rate, I think we'll be okay.... if not, we'll die side by side fightin' ta save the ship!

Shipmate, I really hope you and yours fair well.:salute:

August

03-18-20, 08:47 PM

Yeah, they may say flushable but you are right, don't :)

Yeah even if they don't clog the plumbing they will fill up my septic tank too fast. We normally use one ply.

magic452

03-18-20, 11:25 PM

I've got about 14 rolls and it's just me so I'm good for a long time.
I found part of a 12 pack that I didn't know I had, stuffed into the bottom of a
linen closet. Pleasant surprise.

Also good to go on sanitizers as well.

Magic

Buddahaid

03-18-20, 11:36 PM

I have my Left Hand :yeah::arrgh!:

Cheers
Gary

It's an old and proven method even if the sand kinda scratches.

Reece

03-19-20, 01:29 AM

I have my Left Hand :yeah::arrgh!:

Cheers
Gary
Lucky I shake with my right!! :D Btw, your hand stinks!! :yep:

Jeff-Groves

03-19-20, 01:33 AM

My Wife is a Manager at a Dollar Tree. She unloads the incoming trucks.
So guess who gets 1st chance to buy stuff?
I'm also 61 so I get to go in the stores early!
:yeah:

Thinking of starting a side line business.
Ask younger people what they need, Go buy it, then get a higher price from them for my troubles!

fumo30

03-19-20, 02:19 AM

I'm run out of TP.:cry:
I've seen a lot of it in the shops, but the problem is that in these circumstances I just can't go and get it, cuz I don't want to be labeled as a hoarding idiot. So buying it now is not an option, NO-WAY!
But i'm no stupid, I know theres a lot of old news papers waiting for me in the garbage bins.

:Kaleun_Salivating:
Man, I wish someone put an end to this corona thing quickly, I want to live a normal life.

:k_confused:

Dowly

03-19-20, 03:11 AM

One roll left. Just came back from the store, quite surprisingly there was none left. I thought better of our little city. :nope:

Jimbuna

03-19-20, 07:05 AM

More than plenty, due mainly to the fact my daughters place of abode has three toilets and she has always kept a healthy supply in the garage.

Reece

03-19-20, 07:20 AM

Yeh right!! :-?

Everyone, Jim has been hoarding the toilet paper!! :nope:

STEED

03-19-20, 08:11 AM

ATTENTION UK STAND BY FOR BLOCKED DRAINS!

Yes it is going to happen as people flush kitchen paper and news paper down the toilets blocking the drains and in the long term BACTERIA....:o

I don't want to say anymore as Bacteria is smarter.

So spread the word and stop people doing the wrong thing or you run the risk.

Onkel Neal

03-19-20, 10:21 AM

Here's some valuable help for you!

https://howmuchtoiletpaper.com/

https://forum.quartertothree.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/8/a8a311e5790fa6922affeba60f66341aed0ceb76.jpeg

:arrgh!:

Jimbuna

03-19-20, 10:45 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/sgxCm1jf/TP-meme1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Reece

03-19-20, 10:36 PM

Got 2 rolls today!! Yay I'm rich!! :up:

ET2SN

03-19-20, 10:44 PM

Thinking of starting a side line business.
Ask younger people what they need, Go buy it, then get a higher price from them for my troubles!

It gives new meaning to the phrase "gray market". :yep:

Aw, c'mon. Really? What does it take to make you people laugh?

Platapus

03-23-20, 05:08 AM

There is an app for this

https://howmuchtoiletpaper.com/

Created by London based student Software Developer Ben Sassoon and Artist Sam Harris after they had a discussion about how much toilet paper they each used on a day to day basis and how that would change during the pandemic. It has now been used by over 5,000,000 people and is helping to reduce toilet paper shortage round the world.

Sliders alter the amount of toilet rolls you have and the amount of times you go to the toilet everyday. There are also advanced settings which alter wipes per trip, sheets per wipe, sheets on roll and the length of your quarantine.

The average user has 500% more toilet paper than they need for quarantine.

STEED

03-23-20, 05:23 AM

There is a slight problem with that and without be rude it all comes down to how much wiping is needed. :03:

STEED

03-23-20, 05:52 AM

GREAT NEWS, MARVEL COMICS SAVES US ALL...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=marvels+snowflake+and+safespace&client=tablet-android-samsung-nf-rev1&prmd=sinv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiou5j5tbDoAhVlqnEKHfhbBDIQ_AUoAnoECAwQA g&biw=1280&bih=800&dpr=1.5#imgrc=W2jnTMx6qdfYiM

Only draw back this will be rather expensive toilet paper.

Jimbuna

03-23-20, 07:04 AM

Got 2 rolls today!! Yay I'm rich!! :up:

In terms of rolls that must mean I'm a millionaire :)

Jimbuna

03-23-20, 07:15 AM

Things aren't looking so bad then.

STEED

03-23-20, 08:06 AM

Reading reports water ccmpany's are urging people not to flush anything other than toilet paper and bin the rest as reports of blocked pipes have gone up.

All set for Mr. Bacteria wanting his share of killing thanks to stupid people...Lets all hope note.

vienna

03-23-20, 08:36 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7nFEnFtvCM

<O>

STEED

03-23-20, 08:37 AM

^Crap film forgive the pun but that scene was funny. :haha:

Jimbuna

03-23-20, 10:49 AM

Reading reports water ccmpany's are urging people not to flush anything other than toilet paper and bin the rest as reports of blocked pipes have gone up.

As has always been the case as I recall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMC54M20_CA

Mr Quatro

03-23-20, 11:20 AM

Went to the store yesterday eggs, milk, bread all in good supply, but no hand sanitizer and TP was limited to one package with only three or four left.

So I bought paper towels for on $1.29 each ... I don't have any problems wiping my butt with a paper towel and avoiding the fear of the great America break through. :o

Aktungbby

03-23-20, 11:29 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7nFEnFtvCM

<O> ^ NOW FOR THE BAD NEWS- HOW TO USE THAT
SINGLE SQUARE PROPERLY DURING TP RATIONING:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKsFUiS8QPM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKsFUiS8QPM) :D
VIOLATERS WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10818

Eichhörnchen

03-23-20, 01:03 PM

I watched my mother-in-law's dog dragging his arse across the lawn the other day. Made me think...

Jimbuna

03-23-20, 01:17 PM

I watched my mother-in-law's dog dragging his arse across the lawn the other day. Made me think...

"What a cute looking arse"? :)

mapuc

03-23-20, 01:18 PM

I watched my mother-in-law's dog dragging his arse across the lawn the other day. Made me think...

You could be thinking of

Corona virus
Toilet paper shortage
alternatives
#4

Markus

Moonlight

03-23-20, 05:46 PM

I watched my mother-in-law's dog dragging his arse across the lawn the other day. Made me think...

Its time you found a different hobby Mr Squirrel. :D

mapuc

03-23-20, 06:02 PM

Sharing

In my effort to buy toilet paper i got a lot of double arks

I have double of number 3, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, 22 and 25

I would like to change those with number 1, 8, 11, 12, 18, 22 and 27

So if you have extra/double of these ark numbers and are missing those I have double of then post a comment.

Markus

Reece

03-23-20, 06:14 PM

I watched my mother-in-law's dog dragging his arse across the lawn the other day. Made me think...

"What a cute looking arse"? :)

:har: That is just so bad Jim!! :har:

Mr Quatro

03-23-20, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by Jimbuna View Post
"What a cute looking arse"?

:har: That is just so bad Jim!! :har:

Did you count the words Jim posted and realize he now thinks in just five (5) words :D

Catfish

03-24-20, 02:23 AM

I watched my mother-in-law's dog dragging his arse across the lawn the other day. Made me think...
But why use your own garden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxXZ6a7XH4

vienna

03-24-20, 05:34 AM

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10818

Is that a full-auto model or is it a square-at-a-time?...

<O>

Jimbuna

03-24-20, 07:55 AM

mapuc

03-24-20, 09:04 AM

What is an 'ark' Markus?

Oh now I understand why you didn't though my comment was somehow funny.

a roll of toilet paper, are made of hundred smaller pieces. These are called in Danish "ark". Unfortunately I did not know what their name was in English

The only word I can come up with is sheets

I should have used that word instead...that's my problem sometimes...change language in my head=think English when writing here on our forum.

Markus

Platapus

03-24-20, 09:17 AM

Jimbuna

03-24-20, 09:42 AM

Mr Quatro

03-24-20, 10:39 AM

But your toilet system may have problems when you flush paper towels

I just put fish tank cleaner in my toilet bowl and wait 30 minutes before I flush :D

Catfish

03-24-20, 10:42 AM

I just put fish tank cleaner in my toilet bowl and wait 30 minutes before I flush :D
After doing that, you could then gargle, and finally drink it. Some advisor told me it works.

vienna

03-24-20, 10:52 AM

Advisor? I heard he was an expert... :03:

<O>

Aktungbby

03-24-20, 01:02 PM

Oh now I understand why you didn't though my comment was somehow funny.

a roll of toilet paper, are made of hundred smaller pieces. These are called in Danish "ark". Unfortunately I did not know what their name was in English

The only word I can come up with is sheets

I should have used that word instead...that's my problem sometimes...change language in my head=think English when writing here on our forum.

Markus Ah, righteo. Makes sense now :yep: Well that explains why when, I 'covenant' with my arse in my 'privy chamber':doh:, I have an underlying concept of the 'ark royal'....:yep: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/E_344_22_f2_15352.jpg :O:

Eichhörnchen

03-24-20, 01:57 PM

Aktungbby

03-24-20, 04:24 PM

a roll of toilet paper, are made of hundred smaller pieces. These are called in Danish "ark".
Markus

. "Get yourself a little white dog" he said... "maybe put it on a stick"
That'd surely make it bark ...but I deign to ponder such cruelty.:timeout:

Eichhörnchen

03-24-20, 04:31 PM

https://i.imgur.com/4Y2hLoJ.jpg (You use much less than regular tissue)

ET2SN

03-25-20, 03:19 AM

I spoke to my mate up the road today (on the phone of course) and told him we were about to run out. "Get yourself a little white dog" he said... "maybe put it on a stick"

"My mother-in-law has three rabbits" I said... "perhaps I could borrow them"

Then I said I wondered whether Pets At Home might soon find they'd got no rabbits left:

"We've got birds... guinea Pigs... but no rabbits... wonder why?"

This is an old Eddy Murphy joke:

One fine day, a bear was walking through the woods when he met a rabbit.
"Hey rabbit, I was wondering if I could ask to you a question?"
"No problem" says the rabbit. "Shoot".

"Well, do you have problems with #### sticking to your fur?"

"No. I've never had a problem with that."

So the bear wiped his ### with the rabbit.

Dowly

03-25-20, 03:48 AM

https://i.imgur.com/XnxmZ8P.gif

Pisces

03-25-20, 09:02 AM

About 2 weeks ago I was halve way through my last role. I kept forgetting to get a new pack of roles for a few days at the time the TP-hording started getting in the news. Perhaps luckily because I live in a part of the Netherlands where Corona still isn't at large, the racks were still reasonably full. I was just in time (before our Prime Minister declared restrictions for large gatherings) because it was empty a few days later. Now I hope stocks will replenish when the 'end is neigh'.

Rockstar

03-25-20, 09:49 AM

NSFW - language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=ojrtwXqqc6g&feature=emb_logo

STEED

03-25-20, 09:52 AM

RICHARD III
"My kingdom for a horse I mean toilet paper lots of toilet paper"

Jimbuna

03-25-20, 09:57 AM

Why are people stockpiling toilet paper?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51731422

Catfish

03-25-20, 10:56 AM

^ There is no real answer to why people stock tp.. calling this "irrational" is very polite. Those pictures are just unbelievable. How can people be so.. :nope:

@Rockstar 'My Corona', great adaption :D

Platapus

03-25-20, 06:05 PM

I feel that people do it because they are scared and feel that they have little control over what is happening. Buying stuff like TP and milk can help people feel that at least they are doing something, which can give them a sense of having some control.

Different people "stock up" on different things. TP, because of the large packaging, is easy to notice.

Rockstar

03-25-20, 06:23 PM

Wasnt til the 30's toilet paper had a mass appeal. Before that people were content with yesterdays newspaper or leaves. But I suppose we can thank "locust capitalism" and mass media drilling into our skulls day after day what we cant live without it.

mapuc

03-25-20, 06:38 PM

This is nothing new.

In the end of the 90's Danish people started to hoard yeast for unknown reason.

The country was suffering a national strike.

From an old article in a Danish news paper

"Back in 1998, Denmark lay completely still for 11 days. The stores could not get goods run out, the newspapers did not come out, and the Danes stocked food and gasoline like never before.

The yeast crisis, as the conflict has been dubbed because the Danes began to demand extremely high demand for baked yeast for unreasonable reasons, lasted from April 25 to May 6"

Throughout the years thereafter psychologist had tried to find an explanation this this behaviour.

Markus

em2nought

03-26-20, 06:10 PM

I used my Office Depot rewards on toilet paper before toilet paper became a "thing". I think a Scott 1000 sheet roll lasts me about a month.

Lowes was selling one single roll per customer today so I bought my cousin one. She's a REAL hoarder, but she only hoards clothing and furniture. LMAO She has tiny pathways in her house from room to room, it's kind of like walking in canyons and you don't want to accidentally brush the canyons walls for fear of a collapse. :har:

Reece

03-26-20, 06:19 PM

If she searched through the pile she might find a fortune in toilet paper!! :yep:

Platapus

03-26-20, 06:59 PM

She's a REAL hoarder, but she only hoards clothing and furniture. LMAO She has tiny pathways in her house from room to room, it's kind of like walking in canyons and you don't want to accidentally brush the canyons walls for fear of a collapse. :har:

My mother is a hoarder. It is only funny on the surface. It is rough mental illness. But her house is just like you described except there are a few rooms where you can't even get into.

em2nought

03-26-20, 07:11 PM

If she searched through the pile she might find a fortune in toilet paper!! :yep:

She should start using the clothing for TP instead, and then bagging it. The garbage collector might not agree though. :o

She has abandoned her house to her addiction and sleeps in her car instead.

Sean C

03-26-20, 07:47 PM

Police escort for the TP. :03:

https://youtu.be/CCc1rCw_VOA

Jimbuna

03-27-20, 07:50 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/W4z8rZmT/funny-meme-that-reads-toilet-paper-seeds-25-each-above-a-photo-o.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

STEED

03-27-20, 07:56 AM

Police escort for the TP. :03:

https://youtu.be/CCc1rCw_VOA

GOOD GRIEF IF THAT IS TRUE. :o

Sean C

03-28-20, 12:53 AM

GOOD GRIEF IF THAT IS TRUE. :o

No, the officer was apparently just waiting to buy some. I purposely edited the video to make it look like he was standing guard over it. ;)

Jimbuna

03-28-20, 08:42 AM

No, the officer was apparently just waiting to buy some. I purposely edited the video to make it look like he was standing guard over it. ;)

:haha:

Catfish

03-29-20, 10:36 AM

How to make more out of a roll..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JEfCAFHcPk&feature=emb_logo

Platapus

03-29-20, 04:45 PM

Went grocery shopping this morning and there was plenty of TP.

Seems that our friends in Canada came through as the shelves were stocked full of

https://upup-downdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/royale-canada.jpg

We were grateful for our allies. :up:

Still a limit of one package, but at least there was enough for everyone.

u crank

03-29-20, 06:54 PM

Seems that our friends in Canada came through as the shelves were stocked full of ...

We were grateful for our allies. :up:

Yer welcome eh!

:D

Eichhörnchen

03-30-20, 02:08 AM

Jimbuna

03-30-20, 09:26 AM

We're okay now since they brought back rationing

But yesterday on Face Book someone posted the following:

"I used to spin that toilet roll like I was on The Wheel Of Fortune, but now I turn it like a safecracker" :haha:

That's all it takes....rationing, beats the hoarders every time.

Anyhoo, as fate would have it....I was talking to a neighbour who works at ASDA last Monday and told her that whilst we had sufficient TP stocks in the house it would be appreciated if she could let me know if and when new stocks appeared.

Twenty or so minutes ago her husband knocked on our door and the wife opened the door to see him at the end of our drive and what had he left on the doorstep?

https://i.postimg.cc/cHMbKrbM/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

The thing is he wouldn't accept any money so I think I'll reciprocate with a case of beer tonight.

Platapus

03-30-20, 12:30 PM

Isn't that the definition of Black Market?

Jimbuna

03-30-20, 12:39 PM

No, they're a white couple.

vienna

03-30-20, 01:51 PM

Divine help is at hand...

Conservative Pastor Who Refused to Close Church Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Suggests God Will Help By Multiplying Toilet Rolls --

https://www.newsweek.com/conservative-pastor-who-refused-close-church-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-suggests-god-will-help-1494903

Still, not much of an encore after that fishes and loaves thing ... :hmmm:

... then, again, who hasn't looked at an empty cardboard tube and thought, "Oh God! We're out of toilet paper!!..."...

<O>

Jeff-Groves

03-30-20, 01:58 PM

Still trying to figure out how ManKind survived before the mass availability of TP.
I'm thinking squirrels.
:hmmm:

ET2SN

03-30-20, 02:06 PM

Page back for "the bear and the rabbit" joke. :yeah:

Jimbuna

03-30-20, 02:14 PM

Still trying to figure out how ManKind survived before the mass availability of TP.
I'm thinking squirrels.
:hmmm:

I'm trying to figure out what the scruffy gits used to clean their hands before all the hand sanitiser vanished.

mapuc

03-30-20, 02:20 PM

Your discussion reminded me of some episode of a series on History Channel

The program is called War Crime and does not cover what type of crime the military did during WWII but what type of crimes ordinary citizens in England did and what they accepted.

Host:

Before the war, citizens was very critical to this type of trade, but now when the war is upon them, they saw through the fingers and many of them even toke advantage and bought things from the black market.

Markus

Catfish

03-30-20, 02:40 PM

It was that time that TP was invented, that there sudenly were white rabbits

Jimbuna

03-30-20, 02:45 PM

Save all the hassle of the supermarkets and have a bidet installed for about £200 supplied and fitted.

Catfish

03-30-20, 03:12 PM

https://i.imgur.com/jOceICbl.jpg

Platapus

03-30-20, 03:38 PM

We are looking into getting one of those, but a lot of them need electric power and I am trying to find out how difficult it would be for me to shunt some power into that area.

Mr Quatro

03-30-20, 04:13 PM

Who are the three (3) members that ran out of TP?

What are they doing for, uh ... well you know to clean the back end? :oops:

Catfish

03-30-20, 04:16 PM

Who are the three (3) members that ran out of TP? What are they doing for, uh ... well you know to clean the back end? :oops:
Chasing white rabbits? :hmmm:

Sean C

03-31-20, 12:18 AM

No, they're a white couple.

:har:

STEED

03-31-20, 03:20 AM

9 pack of good old cheap cheerful rough bog paper....BLISS. :)

Reece

03-31-20, 04:31 AM

Chasing white rabbits? :hmmm:
They won't be white for long!! :D

Platapus

03-31-20, 04:52 AM

Come on. We have all heard the old joke about the bear asking the rabbit whether poop sticks to the rabbit's fur

Jimbuna

03-31-20, 07:51 AM

Aldi, Morrisons and Waitrose are easing restrictions on some of their products which were imposed in the wake of stockpiling earlier this month.

All the major supermarkets restricted customers to buying fixed amounts of individual items to keep shelves full.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52102906

Hopefully the beginning of a return to normality.

I know our local ASDA store is almost fully stocked and was relatively quiet this morning.

Onkel Neal

03-31-20, 08:40 AM

No, they're a white couple.

:haha:

Who are the three (3) members that ran out of TP?

What are they doing for, uh ... well you know to clean the back end? :oops:

https://i.redd.it/skmj0eyspba41.jpg

ET2SN

03-31-20, 09:22 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj34aaaqRmo

OK, no hard feelings but we'll be attacking soon. :yep::arrgh!:

Buddahaid

03-31-20, 09:34 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2syg10o3A0

Jimbuna

03-31-20, 10:29 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/NMyVw1TF/3sq1jl.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Jimbuna

04-01-20, 11:47 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/c442f86C/bc5-panisroom.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

ET2SN

04-01-20, 12:04 PM

I just got back from my "weekly" shopping excursion. :yeah:
In case you were keeping track, I live in central Iowa south of Des Moinse.

Overall, things are looking almost normal. No price gouges and selection looks good. Except for paper products, AGAIN (still?). :doh: I talked to an employee and asked what was up. He said that yeah, its odd to see this kind of hording in tornado country but his idea is that this is almost a second "panic" wave after the first emptied the stores.
This is odd because the empty paper isle still has signs limiting purchases to one package per customer. :hmmm:

I'm guessing now is a good time to buy stock in paper companies, just be ready to sell it quick once the crisis is over. :doh: TP and kitchen towels don't have a shelf life. :O:

vienna

04-02-20, 08:50 AM

Crime in the sheets...

Nearly 200 rolls of toilet paper found in stolen SUV pulled over in Beverly Hills: Police --

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/nearly-200-rolls-of-toilet-paper-found-in-stolen-suv-pulled-over-in-beverly-hills-police/

Think you've got enough Charmin?...

https://howmuchtoiletpaper.com/

Be sure to check out the "Advanced Options" button...

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ET2SN

04-02-20, 10:04 AM

Be sure to check out the "Advanced Options" button...

<O>

They need to include "House has at least one cat". :p2:

STEED

04-02-20, 02:06 PM

Clean bum filthy mind....:hmmm:

August

04-02-20, 03:29 PM

Scored a 36 roll bag of 2 ply today shopping during elderly hours. Yay me!

Reece

04-02-20, 05:36 PM

Haven't been able to get any at all here for 2 weeks!! :oops:

STEED

04-02-20, 05:52 PM

Haven't been able to get any at all here for 2 weeks!! :oops:

Use the hose pipe and put up a screen. :03:

I know what you mean even now its hard to find that gold dust.

Reece

04-02-20, 06:02 PM

Funny, I can get tissues ok, but a bit expensive!! :doh:

STEED

04-02-20, 06:06 PM

Funny, I can get tissues ok, but a bit expensive!! :doh:

lucky you, not seen them since the panic buying scumbags stripped the shops.

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 06:27 AM

Haven't been able to get any at all here for 2 weeks!! :oops:

Some of the footage of Australian panic buying of TP has been aired on UK tv and it doesn't look very pleasant at all.

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 06:34 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/HWVqg42m/cap.png (https://postimages.org/)

Platapus

04-03-20, 06:59 AM

That is just insane. No consideration for others. It is all about them.

Hate that attitude.

STEED

04-03-20, 08:53 AM

^^Just a load of scumbags the world over.

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 09:01 AM

That is just insane. No consideration for others. It is all about them.

Hate that attitude.

I must admit I was a little surprised because my relatives dotted around Australia say everything is quiet.

ET2SN

04-03-20, 09:12 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/HWVqg42m/cap.png (https://postimages.org/)

That can't be. I was reading one of those infographic things that explained how there really isn't a TP shortage because there are two grades of TP (industrial and commercial) and since no one is going to work or the pub the commercial stocks are down. That's all.. So, if the shelf at the store is empty just go back to work. :up:

:k_confused:

Edit- In case you don't believe me:

https://marker.medium.com/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c812e1358fe0

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 11:00 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/J45T9PFP/better-call-jim.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Onkel Neal

04-03-20, 12:07 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/HWVqg42m/cap.png (https://postimages.org/)

That's on the stores too, they could easily stop that with limits. Around here everything is limited to 2 per customer.

Man, that picture is basically a "stupidity indicator" wth does anyone need with that much TP? That is a 5 year supply!

August

04-03-20, 12:16 PM

lucky you, not seen them since the panic buying scumbags stripped the shops.

Had a similar situation. What finally worked for me was going there first thing in the morning when they opened.

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 12:39 PM

That's on the stores too, they could easily stop that with limits. Around here everything is limited to 2 per customer.

Man, that picture is basically a "stupidity indicator" wth does anyone need with that much TP? That is a 5 year supply!

That is precisely how they were stopped in my town.....rationing to two or three of the same item. Heck just this Wednesday I went to a local supermarket and was limited to a single case of beer so off I went to another two miles away and was able to pick three more up.

ET2SN

04-03-20, 12:45 PM

That is precisely how they were stopped in my town.....rationing to two or three of the same item. Heck just this Wednesday I went to a local supermarket and was limited to a single case of beer so off I went to another two miles away and was able to pick three more up.

So, you're saying that hording is bad, right? :hmmm:

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 12:58 PM

So, you're saying that hording is bad, right? :hmmm:

That is correct.

If people adhere to the limits set by each store they visit then so be it because there are plentiful stock levels now on the shelves.

ET2SN

04-03-20, 01:03 PM

Ah, OK. So, hording is bad when other people do it. :up:

We're all supposed to be on the same team. :yep:

Catfish

04-03-20, 01:07 PM

So, you're saying that hording is bad, right? :hmmm:
Is it hoarding when you need three cases of beer a week :hmmm:
:O:

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 01:17 PM

Ha! The wife was standing next to me when you last posted and I said "Here's the bait, let's take a nibble" :)

FYI historically for many years now and if you take the time and effort to search this forum you will see I have often stated I have what some on here refer to as my 'beer emporium' which is often stocked with in excess of thirty cases of beer and multiple bottles of dark rum.

Now I'm retired and no longer expected to run toward the danger I intend to live as comfortable a retirement as possible so choose the odd tipple as opposed to gambling or smoking.

If the above quantities are classed as hoarding even years prior to any pandemic scare then so be it.

What I am opposed to are those who fill their shopping trolleys up with excessive numbers of the same item an example being what I posted earlier.

Take up to the limits set out by the supermarket and that is fair because there is enough for everyone.

What I have witnessed is people making multiple trips to the car park unloading their trolley then going straight back into the supermarket....that I firmly can't condone.

Take your allowance and if you want more, go to another supermarket and queue for their allowance.

August

04-03-20, 01:18 PM

Is it hoarding when you need three cases of beer a week :hmmm:
:O:

Yeah what is he going to do for the other 6 days? Better get back out there Jim! :)

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 01:19 PM

Is it hoarding when you need three cases of beer a week :hmmm:
:O:

Could well be in some peoples opinion Kai :03:

ET2SN

04-03-20, 01:19 PM

Its certainly unfair to the other booze hounds. :haha:

(Sorry Jim, I should have been a boy scout when I was a kid)

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 01:20 PM

Yeah what is he going to do for the other 6 days? Better get back out there Jim! :)

I'm going to donate it to a food bank Dave :03:

https://i.postimg.cc/XN96QZM3/liaranimatedanimationli-1.gif (https://postimages.org/)

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 01:22 PM

Its certainly unfair to the other booze hounds. :haha:

(Sorry Jim, I should have been a boy scout when I was a kid)

No problem and no apology needed but for the record....I have never taken the last of the cases off the shelf and stocks are genuinely plentiful.

Catfish

04-03-20, 01:24 PM

^ :haha::har:

Well, beer is referred to as "liquid bread" here..

Jimbuna

04-03-20, 01:32 PM

^ :haha::har:

Well, beer is referred to as "liquid bread" here..

I was under the impression German supermarkets were adequately stocked :hmmm:

Catfish

04-03-20, 02:53 PM

^ they are, no shortages here, beerwise :)

I am drinking a "1709 Grüner Vollbier hell" from Fürth in Bavaria just now.. but for all political bull there i really prefer chech beers.

August

04-03-20, 03:17 PM

Well one thing is for sure I will be improving the medical sections of my GTHOOD caches.

I wonder if they make a solar powered ventilator? :hmmm:

Jimbuna

04-04-20, 04:55 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/1X1L27vm/IMG-4388.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Catfish

04-04-20, 11:29 AM

Well one thing is for sure I will be improving the medical sections of my GTHOOD caches. [...]

What is a GTHOOD, or a G.. cache? :hmmm:

B.t.w. am i still up to date with Covid 19, or is there already a C. 20 :hmmm:

ET2SN

04-04-20, 12:18 PM

G- Get
T- The

and it finishes with
D-Die

The shorter form is GTFO. :yeah:

August

04-04-20, 01:16 PM

G- Get
T- The

and it finishes with
D-Die

The shorter form is GTFO. :yeah:

Yeah but in a kinder gentler way! :D

Catfish

04-04-20, 01:20 PM

Ok thanks :haha:

Onkel Neal

04-04-20, 04:23 PM

What is a GTHOOD, or a G.. cache? :hmmm:

B.t.w. am i still up to date with Covid 19, or is there already a C. 20 :hmmm:

Get the hell out of Dodge (bug out)

cache - hidden emergency supplies

Jimbuna

04-05-20, 06:00 AM

Whoever took this picture should have taken another as they were driving off showing their vehicle registration number.

https://i.postimg.cc/bwFd7yTL/dgrgrgrg.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

August

04-05-20, 09:09 AM

Whoever took this picture should have taken another as they were driving off showing their vehicle registration number.

Right, so hooligans know which vehicle to destroy? What happens if she was picking up supplies for shut ins? Does she get a chance to defend herself before she is publicly shamed or worse?

Jimbuna

04-05-20, 10:22 AM

Fair point but why only TP?

Jeff-Groves

04-05-20, 10:25 AM

Fair point but why only TP?

looks to be a crappy couple there.

Catfish

04-05-20, 10:31 AM

"Ok they are all dead, but did you see how clean their a$$holes are?"

edit: tks Neal

Jimbuna

04-05-20, 10:33 AM

"Ok they are all dead, but did you see how clean their a$$holes are?"

edit: tks Neal

https://i.postimg.cc/YC7GHrJw/Anita-Ekberg-768w.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

August

04-05-20, 10:33 AM

Fair point but why only TP?

Dunno, maybe she was the one designated to get that particular item.

Thing is that she may very well be a hoarder but unless that picture is old I wonder where would she be allowed to take that much TP without a good reason? All the stores around here are limiting purchases to one or two packages per customer. It would have to be a pretty good story to get that much past the checkout, not to mention the line of angry fellow customers.

Mr Quatro

04-05-20, 12:48 PM

I still have twelve (12) rolls left due to paper towels work great in the out house :yep:

https://www.bing.com/th?id=OP.1TG6gaHOIhRRRg474C474&w=256&h=256&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=21.1

STEED

04-05-20, 04:26 PM

Running low on the main stock but have emergency two packs of four in case i am unable to buy any. Toilet paper is the present gold dust along with soap. Speaking of not been able to buy any for three weeks and i ran out. Lucky to buy a bar the last one from a small supermarket near me on Friday.

Sean C

04-06-20, 12:15 AM

[...] why only TP?

At least half of that is paper towels.

https://www.kroger.com/product/images/large/front/0003040021977

Jimbuna

04-06-20, 06:02 AM

Rgr that, I believe some people are cutting them in half to be used Like TP.

Jimbuna

04-06-20, 06:13 AM

Here are some novel and not so novel ideas.

15 Toilet Paper Alternatives For When You Get Desperate
https://homesteadsurvivalsite.com/toilet-paper-alternatives/

Jimbuna

04-07-20, 11:36 AM

Not long back from the supermarket and every shelf is now fully stocked with a restriction of one per visit on only three items, TP, hand sanitiser and baby milk/powder.

Reece

04-08-20, 07:25 AM

Went to the local supermarket today and was able to get a carton of 24 rolls! :yep: I'm rich!! :D

Jimbuna

04-08-20, 08:25 AM

Should just about last you a couple of days :)

Catfish

04-08-20, 08:27 AM

Those packages come with numbers of 8 or 10 rolls here, and usually last for months. :hmmm:

Really don't know what people are up to, but from nothing to eat, to dying from starvation, to turning to Zombies, their butts will be clean :O:

Sailor Steve

04-08-20, 10:06 AM

I went to our local market yesterday, and they had some on the shelves. Not much, but I was able to buy two 12-packs of jumbo rolls, so I should be set for awhile.

Jim, I love your link. I've used some of those from time to time.

vienna

04-08-20, 10:55 AM

The pharmacy I go to doesn't have any TP on the shelves; however, it appears they have it stashed under the checkout counters and only sell it if a customer asks, so if you don't know they have it stashed, you won't know to ask; if you do ask, the limit is two packages of four rolls each, eight rolls total...

<O>

ET2SN

04-08-20, 11:04 AM

Should just about last you a couple of days :)

Does he tend rabbits? :o

Jimbuna

04-08-20, 11:15 AM

Jim, I love your link. I've used some of those from time to time.

Well, if all else fails you can always depend on the tried and trusted no 15 :03:

Jimbuna

04-08-20, 11:18 AM

Does he tend rabbits? :o

No idea but him being an Aussie means we all know what they're full of :)

:O:

Reece

04-08-20, 06:40 PM

I resemble that remark!! :O:

Mr Quatro

04-08-20, 07:12 PM

Jimbuna

04-09-20, 06:57 AM

I resemble that remark!! :O:

:03:

Jimbuna

04-09-20, 06:59 AM

Not my meme so not my spelling.

https://i.postimg.cc/vmtyW6Bh/securtity-spider-guarding-the-last-roll.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

mapuc

04-10-20, 09:16 AM

Seems like none of you have mentioned a thing which also is very important.

What does it help you have a clean butt, but are a nervous wreck because who haven't got your morning coffee for several days.

So it's not just having enough of tp, but also enough of coffee and filters.

Markus

Jimbuna

04-10-20, 10:27 AM

The coffee filters can always be used as TP I suppose :03:

Catfish

04-10-20, 10:31 AM

^ just do not use it the other way round

Mr Quatro

04-10-20, 10:44 AM

The coffee filters can always be used as TP I suppose :03:

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.9nFTsnlvdNp571xb_m7dvAAAAA?w=198&h=272&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.3ZAAmVnu1_kOtUL1b-BpSgHaHa?w=198&h=198&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.9NcdaROt4lFMVby8nT3nfAHaHa?w=198&h=198&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7

Jimbuna

04-10-20, 11:21 AM

^ just do not use it the other way round

:haha:

August

04-10-20, 12:40 PM

^ just do not use it the other way round

Nope. Tried it (in desperation) and it does not work. Shreds and melts away as soon as the hot water swells the grounds.

Jimbuna

04-11-20, 07:08 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/BbyWnhPX/wish-to-pay-toilet-paper-meme.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

vienna

04-12-20, 03:53 AM

What? No payments by Bit-Wipes?...

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Onkel Neal

04-12-20, 09:56 AM

Jimbuna

04-12-20, 11:23 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/ZYjsfWw0/7bd4.jpg (https://postimg.cc/K4k5j8Sy)

Mr Quatro

04-14-20, 11:17 AM

https://scontent.ffar2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/92670299_2115015101964294_33378132182433792_n.jpg? _nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_oc=AQkDysvZBCqc-TX9R_9st5bwQ4orr8oqGEdxbhGgy9arjfBRvVOuMTjpFIti-P4PTU4&_nc_ht=scontent.ffar2-1.fna&oh=9cdde66c51015b3df5d86d19d36b199d&oe=5EBB3C3D

Jimbuna

04-14-20, 12:38 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/cCDC5LG3/toilet-paper4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Mr Quatro

04-14-20, 01:02 PM

^ :o:haha::haha::haha:

Reece

04-14-20, 06:10 PM

^ :o:haha::haha::haha:
The first smiley is shock that Jim posted the word sh it, the others is because it was funny, very funny!! :yep:

Mr Quatro

04-14-20, 11:23 PM

The first smiley is shock that Jim posted the word sh it, the others is because it was funny, very funny!! :yep:

You read me well Reece :up:
but I didn't know you could type more than five (5) words :haha:

Reece

04-15-20, 02:42 AM

My wife helped me! :up:

Eichhörnchen

04-15-20, 05:46 AM

Hopefully things will one day return to normal at the supermarket

https://i.imgur.com/8f7w7tJ.jpg

Jimbuna

04-15-20, 07:02 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/ZqSdVy4Q/3ksw8d.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

ET2SN

04-15-20, 05:29 PM

Well, it was time to once again hike out for groceries. :yep:
Prices are holding stable and selection is good on food items and meats.
If there were a food shortage in Iowa, there would definitely be riots and outbreaks of cannibalism. :up:

Paper goods are still as rare as solid plutonium nose rings (ie, there ain't none) which is strange. :hmmm:
Three to four weeks on the panic train and you would think things would start to relax as people got bored and the stocks would return to normal. But, I guess civilization is built on a foundation of Charmin. :O:

Jimbuna

04-16-20, 06:44 AM

^ Thankfully those days in my area seem to be gone now and long may it continue.

Sailor Steve

04-17-20, 12:33 AM

My local store has a strict "Two per Customer" policy and now always has some in stock. Grabbed a 12-pack just today.

blackswan40

04-17-20, 03:02 AM

With the world ecomonies in Meltdown Billions of Dollars wiped off the stock markets and currancies around the world are devalued what can we use all this paper money for don't rush me im'a thinking ha got it

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=1230&pictureid=10942

Jimbuna

04-17-20, 10:12 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/MKCG4B2q/tumblr-2a032f7293b4cf23ad86735386419506-d5647eeb-500.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Jimbuna

04-18-20, 01:24 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/Z5x9c6FM/funny-toilet-paper.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Jimbuna

04-19-20, 12:37 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/zGKJY849/3sl95u.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Aktungbby

04-19-20, 12:43 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/zGKJY849/3sl95u.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
:har::haha::har::haha:NO WONDER THE ATLANTIC IS AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING LAKE!:()1: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10818 https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2644961&postcount=163 (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2644961&postcount=163)

Mr Quatro

04-19-20, 01:06 PM

finally got out yesterday for an hour to the local grocery store where all of the old paper towels and toilet paper had been
were now rolls and rolls of single TP for only $1 each (limited to one) and $2 each for the one roll generic paper towels,
but you could have as many of them as you wanted.

Case of water for only $3.99 :yep:

Got my favorite chicken too :up:

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.omGi-nb-QBRuCv2GmSTF7gHaHS?w=189&h=187&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7

Aktungbby

04-19-20, 01:18 PM

^ GOOD THAT PRICE WISE! MY LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD SMALL CONVENIENCE MARKET HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THE POLICE FOR 'PRICE GOUGING' DURING THE CRISES FOR TWO WEEKS NOW.

Jimbuna

04-20-20, 06:02 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/mrjM7tQs/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

ET2SN

04-21-20, 11:21 AM

April 21st and my local grocery store is..

RESTOCKED!!!!

:Kaleun_Los:

:rock:

Yeah, yeah, there's buying limits and selection isn't the greatest and we all need to sacrifice and blah, blah, yadda, yadda..

Whatever.. :D

Jimbuna

04-21-20, 01:48 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/Xq0ctyxh/91ob7-Mlm-BL-SL1500.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Catfish

04-22-20, 02:32 AM

They said gloves and masks were enough for safe shopping.
But all those others wore also shoes, trousers and pullovers, my god it was embarrassing.

vienna

04-22-20, 03:54 AM

All fo us have probably seen signs in shops, mainly cafes, stating, "No shoes, No Shirt , No Service"; In walking around the neighborhood, I noticed a few of the remaining open businesses with new signs saying "No Mask, No Service"" I had the same thought as Catfish: if I wear a mask, can I now enter barefoot and shirtless?...

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