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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by fotomoto, Apr 7, 2020.

  1. fotomoto

    fotomoto Senior Member

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    Umm, I don't dare attempt Level Four...... :confused:
     
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    i'm starting to wonder if the hoarding will ever stop. stores need to make a more concerted effort to limit quantities of hard to procure items
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    They already are, virtually.

    I'm thinking that as long as people are allowed to go inside the stores, then the "Limit one, please" signs will continue to be moderately enforced.

    Those of us who shop on-line do not have a choice.
    They'll only let you put a certain number of things in your virtual buggy.

    I noticed that the employees were not masked.

    Tisk
    Tisk.....
     
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    The OP pictures do not betray any unreasonable multiples of any particular items.

    While that would be a huge load of typical bachelors, it would not be at all unusual in ordinary times for many households with kids.
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Energizer batteries don't need to go in the fridge.
    While it is true that "statistically" you'll save a little shelf life by storing them there, the benefits are negligible for alkaline batteries.
    Storing batteries in the refrigerator: Myth versus fact.

    You can free up a little space to put your yogurt there instead. ;)
     
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    We usually do grocery shopping in bulk once every 2-3 months. The picture is hardly new for us. As @fuzzy1 pointed out, the cart looks like our normal shopping cart minus stuffed animal. ;)
    If anything, after Covid-19 restriction, we have gone to grocery shopping more frequently for smaller quantities of specific items.
     
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  7. 2k1Toaster

    2k1Toaster Brand New Prius Batteries

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    We have one fridge full of pop and water and the other essentially a take-out and left-over storage. Now is a good time to be supporting all those local restaurants. Not hoarding 3000 rolls of TP.
     
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    This is the critical snag that defeats many people's battery-in-fridge practice, something I've pointed out several times on this forum:

    "If you insist on keeping your batteries in fridge, at least put them in an airtight container where water vapor can't get at them. "


    Maybe add a desiccant pack inside that container too?

    When warm humid air, such as common room temperature air, hits a cold surface, some of that moisture condenses on the cold surface. That includes everything exposed inside the fridge every time the door is opened. On a battery, this moisture mixes with any dirt or residue on the battery surface to create an enhanced electrical leakage path between the terminals, slowly draining the battery as it sits.

    While it is true that colder temperatures do slow the chemical reactions that cause internal self discharge, this internal loss is very small in modern batteries, and any cold gain is very easily overwhelmed by that enhanced external damp surface loss.
     
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    Yeah this is mostly is our normal shopping plus some extras to try and make it thru 2 weeks but we are four adults x 3 squares= 12 meals/day. I posted similar set of pics years ago when I got my C-Max Energi to demonstrate it could (easily) handle similar loads; much to the chagrin of some naysayers (some here on PC).

    We don't eat out much anyways but now when we do I tip the worker generously.

    We're still in the single to double digits on confirmed cases in our local/area counties and the "experts" say we are two months behind the initial USA contagion. So, folks are just now "getting it" as to the proper measures needed. I believe the order here for masks in public starts tomorrow. I already had a box of genuine 3M N-95 masks in the man cave for painting/sanding projects that I'm now rationing out to the kids who both are still working in public places.
     
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    My 30 day supply is in my belt line.
     
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    They’re already doing this in London - that is, controlling the hoarding and panic buying.
    They’re limiting everything more or less. And it’s done quite fairly too.

    Suffice to say the last time I went shopping, I got everything I wanted - and I never did bother trying to hoard anything either - panic buying seemed a rather extremely pathetic thing to do.


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    & everybody chimes in, "yes! - just as soon as I get mine."

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    We watched these Les Stroud Survivorman videos yesterday. The first deals primarily with food stocking. He advocates 3 months supply, which seems long, but he says be prepared to share, it might whittle down to one month supply, when the dust settles:



    And these videos, where he's really roughing it ;):





    Addendum: added "part 1" above, sorry I missed it.
     
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    there are food pantries for that. still, we're comfortable with about a month