Coronavirus - what to stock up on?

We’re nearly out of fresh vegetables, and I feel like the crazy headmistress of a cut-rate daycare, but by golly, we have wine! Got another local wine shop to curate a case for me.

8 Likes

Oh, yeah. Same on my last outing as well. Most folks got it, but there were some oblivious wanderers. Plus a few people behaving like they had never even been to a grocery store before. Sheesh.

Made me wish my grocery store had booze. :laughing:

3 Likes

My husband has a surgical scar , that he SAYS was from an early childhood surgery to have a coin removed.

I seem to recall being young/dumb enough to put some sort of plastic cigarette filters in my nose, while being old/smart enough to carefully remove them with a tweezer.

What were those called?

Here they are!

5 Likes

My guess is the next thing to have a run on it will be disinfectant.

2 Likes

Well, it already has @Harters, but certainly not for internal use! Unbelievable. As if things aren’t already weird enough :upside_down_face:

1 Like

As you say, unbelievable.

2 Likes

I don’t want to write the White House with this question. But I need an answer so will ask it here…

Say I was out buying liquor today, and unknowingly picked up a few CoronaVirus spores on my hands. I get home, pull out a rocks glass and reach into the icekeeper for a cube or two without washing my hands. “Ut, Oh.” If I pour three fingers of Southern Comfort 100 Proof on top of the ice cubes, is it safe to drink?

It depends. Life is all about risk. But, if this was me, it would be very unsafe to drink, ruining the last twenty years of sobriety.

5 Likes

No, Southern Comfort’s sweetness will absolutely rot your teeth, rendering you unable to chew food.

3 Likes

CDC recommends 70% alcohol. 100 proof is 50% alcohol. Wash your hands and start over.

2 Likes

Mom talked to her niece (my cousin) yesterday. She lives in a 55+ residence . . . thankfully no infection in her residence.

Anyway, cousin went to big box store, where tp is only available in 30-roll packs. She was dismayed as that’s way more than she needs and her storage capacity is severely limited. As she entered her building an 80-y-o widow remarked on the amount of tp she was carrying, so cuz asked her if she would like a roll or two. “Oh no, I have 80 rolls on hand.” Wait? What? A single old lady in a 1-bedroom apartment is storing 80 rolls of tp? That must be taking up at least half of her living room and will last her until she’s almost 90 :crazy_face:

4 Likes

@Auspicious

Isn’t 3 X 50, 150?

1 Like

Bingo.

We signed up for a CSA. 18 weeks. Back in the vegetable game. This time it was mesculin, baby spinach, kale, radishes, and butter lettuce.

5 Likes

Just add a jigger of bleach. That’ll wash the COVID-19 right out.

4 Likes

You are very lucky. I am also a CSA shareholder but ours won’t start for another 6 weeks.

I know! They actually started two weeks early, and are giving us this extra two weeks.

Jealous! Do you know what you are getting ahead of time? I love not knowing and then being surprised.

We’re nowhere near being shrinks, but we understand some of the literature. That said, hope this helps, and sla’inte:

2 Likes

We didn’t this week - time will tell.