MikeBiDude Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 People in my part of town seem to have a major Costco complex. Large crowds of people rush to Costco and buy out all the toilet paper, paper towels, bottled water, and disinfecting wipes. Yet just down the street at my local Smart & Final and Target all of the above items are available. I really, Really, REALLY do get it other than people are as a whole idiots. I'm to the point where I am sick and tired of this whole covid19 bullshit. Our wonderful "French Laundry" governor is again attempting to shut down the entire state. I sincerely wish people would look into what Jay Bhattacharya a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University where he received both an M.D. and a Ph.D. in economics has to say about the entire situation. People might also want to look into the Great Barrington Declaration. Los Angeles county shutting down all in person dining Wednesday 11/25, even outside. To go and delivery meals only. Note 4th and 5th paragraph in that link, ties case counts and hospitalizations to shutdowns. Epigonos and + WilliamM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvwnsd Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Thanks to two stupid mistakes, I am borderline hoarding paper towels and TP. I decided to buy more paper towels, as I was down to two 6-packs and noticed The Great Paper Towel Famine was making its encore performance. While shopping online I decided to buy TP also. The only Cottenelle I could find was a 24-mega roll pack that is allegedly the equivalent of a national forest. So I bought it off Amazon. Walmart only had a 12-pack of their paper towels and I bought it. More than I wanted, but it won't spoil. The TP arrives, I put it away, and Saturday Walmart sends me an email stating they are out of the paper towels with no delivery date in sight. CRAP! Not to worry, I can buy a different brand in a 6-roll pack for store pickup. Yippee! I accidentally bought 2 packs. No big deal, it won't spoil. I intended to cancel the original order as I had plenty of paper towels with the newfound largess courtesy of the Thomas Road Walmart. As I put the two packages in the hatch of my SUV I received an email notification that my two 12-roll packs of paper towels had shipped. I forgot to cancel the order and, apparently, ordered two packs and not one. I will now have 50 rolls of paper towels (2 remaining from an open pack, two existing 6-packs, the two 6-packs I bought Saturday, and the two 12-packs that are on their way.) On the plus side, I will have enough paper towels to sop up next year's monsoon. + Charlie and marylander1940 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 On the plus side, I will have enough paper towels to sop up next year's monsoon. When the militia men who don't believe Trump lost start a civil war and all the supply chains are broken, you can barter them for food. marylander1940 and MscleLovr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedanNYC Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Thanks to two stupid mistakes, I am borderline hoarding paper towels and TP. I decided to buy more paper towels, as I was down to two 6-packs and noticed The Great Paper Towel Famine was making its encore performance. While shopping online I decided to buy TP also. The only Cottenelle I could find was a 24-mega roll pack that is allegedly the equivalent of a national forest. So I bought it off Amazon. Walmart only had a 12-pack of their paper towels and I bought it. More than I wanted, but it won't spoil. The TP arrives, I put it away, and Saturday Walmart sends me an email stating they are out of the paper towels with no delivery date in sight. CRAP! Not to worry, I can buy a different brand in a 6-roll pack for store pickup. Yippee! I accidentally bought 2 packs. No big deal, it won't spoil. I intended to cancel the original order as I had plenty of paper towels with the newfound largess courtesy of the Thomas Road Walmart. As I put the two packages in the hatch of my SUV I received an email notification that my two 12-roll packs of paper towels had shipped. I forgot to cancel the order and, apparently, ordered two packs and not one. I will now have 50 rolls of paper towels (2 remaining from an open pack, two existing 6-packs, the two 6-packs I bought Saturday, and the two 12-packs that are on their way.) On the plus side, I will have enough paper towels to sop up next year's monsoon. Bide your time, then sell the TP on eBay at 1,000% the regular price. ? samhexum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBiDude Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 LA County just issued a stricter “safer at home” order as average case counts top 4751. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 LA County just issued a stricter “safer at home” order as average case counts top 4751. As if most Americans needed an excuse to just stay home watching TV and ordering food. I'm afraid our sedentary lifestyle will kill more folks than Covid-19. Unfortunately I think DC will be next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 LA County just issued a stricter “safer at home” order as average case counts top 4751. Probably not the time to hit the gyms! marylander1940 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Probably not the time to hit the gyms! Americans Gained 12.5 Pounds on Average During the Pandemic Plenty of workout routines to do with or without dumbbells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Couples or Individuals with children likely are waiting for a vaccine to get their lives in some order to take long walks. For some people even long walks are very dangerous right now because not everyone wears masks + Yellowrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Plenty of workout routines to do with or without dumbbells. How dare you speak about the president that way!!! ? :mad:? + Yellowrod and marylander1940 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 How dare you speak about the president that way!!! ? :mad:? At least he plays golf... it takes a lot of energy to swing that big butt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ BlueSky Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Local grocery stores in San Diego seem to have plenty of TP. But paper towel stocks are low and the shelves are pretty empty. I wonder if people are hoarding paper towels more than TP or are the manufacturers of TP just better prepared for hoarding round 2? + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handiacefailure Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 At the Costco I go to they now have a whiteboard at the entrance listing things they are out of stock of and I see hydrogen peroxide always listed on the board. Not sure why people are hoarding that. I was able to get some Kirkland paper towels weds when I was there. Paper towels are something I go through and decided to get some since the only ones I saw at Kroger were the cheap generic ones and the upscale grocery store I like to go didn't have any paper towels at all. When I was at Costco Friday I didn't pay attention to the sold out board but noticed someone in the checkout line had a pack of Kirkland TP which they've been sold out of the last few times I was there. I wanted to make yeast rolls for myself on Thanksgiving and the grocery store was sold out of yeast again. Not sure if people are hoarding it again or if they sold out because more people were stuck at home for Thanksgiving and decided to bake bread at home, fortunately I was able to get their bakery to weigh out a little bit and sell it to me. + BlueSky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Pensant Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 If you have a smart phone you can pull up your Costco card on the App and not mess around with the physical card Thanks for that! I’ll do it today. I never have my Costco or Nordstrom card in my small Tumi wallet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Pensant Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 This afternoon I may take the plunge and buy a Toto toilet with the washlet so I don’t have to worry about TP ever again. MikeBiDude and + Yellowrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cany10011 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 This afternoon I may take the plunge and buy a Toto toilet with the washlet so I don’t have to worry about TP ever again. Great idea. Toto or any toilet bidet is super useful to getting cleaner down there... but still need a little TP for inspection purposes..lol. But seriously, my TP consumption has dropped to 25% of what it was before using a bidet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigville beach Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 This afternoon I may take the plunge and buy a Toto toilet with the washlet so I don’t have to worry about TP ever again. i have one and i love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBiDude Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 i have one and i love it You guys having me looking again!! Rented an VRBO condo in Honolulu for two weeks once with one, sold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjkrkwood Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 The Toto's seem to be a bit of a committment ? you can either buy the complete toilet OR just the Bidet attachment. but since I am not sure if I will like it, I was thinking of starting with the lower priced TUSHY bidet attachments and give it a spin... They are inexpensive so I can toss it if I hate it. Seems everyone is jumping on the clean butt trend ? ? I dont want to have FOMO..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epigonos Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 I will admit, up front, that I find the very idea of a bidet toilet disgusting. However, the more I think about it the more I laugh at myself. When I was a child my family used to visit my paternal grandparents every summer. They lived in a mining camp on the outskirts of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The house had a hand pump in the kitchen to draw water but no inside plumbing. Out in the backyard there was an outhouse. My mother absolutely hated using it and always brought incense sticks along to kill the odor. Eventually my uncle bought a home in town for my grandparents. My grandmother NEVER ceased complaining about having that filthy dirty toilet in the house. Sounds a bit like my current thinking doesn’t it? I just might have to consider changing my attitude toward bidet toilets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sniper Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Haven't you ever used a handheld shower on your ass before? Same principle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryinny Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 I was raised in a bidet country and got addicted to them. Too bad the US never adopted them, puritan ethic? The Toto is a good alternative. marylander1940 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orville Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Haven't you ever used a handheld shower on your ass before? Same principle. I like to be very clean, so I may need a power bidet ? width=215pxhttps://media1.tenor.com/images/fc154642a2b36bc6f455b9423235a0d1/tenor.gif?itemid=18518292[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Pensant Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Great idea. Toto or any toilet bidet is super useful to getting cleaner down there... but still need a little TP for inspection purposes..lol. But seriously, my TP consumption has dropped to 25% of what it was before using a bidet. Ordered two today, one with the washlet. Also replaced my failed disposal with a Franke. MikeBiDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I was raised in a bidet country and got addicted to them. Too bad the US never adopted them, puritan ethic? The Toto is a good alternative. I think they're only popular in Miami because Hispanics there are the wealthiest. Because of the lack of use (or even knowledge of what bidets are for) we have a high amount of cases of yeast and fungus in the gums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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