Lockdown 3 1/2: covid 19 is such a faff

Would recommend getting your ps5 preorder in if you're a gaming fan.

binoculars; so you can rat your neighbors out breaking the lockdown rules

Inner tubes?
Aren't we all tubeless?

Hair dye.

i'm working towards full tubs for all the gals in my quiver

That has to be the most inflammatory thing I've read recently.

Getting alternator belt tension pulley replaced on the missus’ car, mechanic says they too ran out of parts at one point.

Hmm, suggests spare bike brake & gear cables in addition to inner tubes.

You also get invited to do surveys such as counting how many things are correctly delivered over a two week period. That pays a fiver in vouchers.

You tend to receive a box of mini eggs at easter

Is there any reason for things to run out again this time around? Assuming we don’t get another run on toilet paper or baking ingredients. I’m basically planning on getting a haircut while I still can and that’s about it. Or am I being blasé?

really gets my blood pumping too, when i think of my harem. all ferrari red, of course.

My three kids love doing poopoos. I drink coffee. My girlfriend loves wrapping her hand in paper to wipe

I've just cracked into a pack of 24 Sainsburys super soft which I bought pre lockdown fears

I'm tumescent.
Please, don't tell me about your watches.

i don't know enough about watches to continue this kind of wink wink style joke, sorry :(

Is there any reason for things to run out again this time around?

International (Chinese) manufacturing and global supply lines are working again, with no immediate indication of shutting down like before. That means shortages and panic buying like before aren’t imminent in the UK, thankfully.

However, there are day-to-day items and services that may become harder to acquire because the point of sale is locked down (like toys or gifts), or demand spikes (like flour, or inner tubes if cycling is one of the few outdoor activities allowed again). Some items and services might become impossible to get in a lockdown (like haircuts, or physio appointments, which happened to me).

I guess my idea was more to crowd source ideas for maintaining convenience and quality of life under lockdown, rather than thinking that basic necessities like TP might run out. (Edit) That said, I don’t think doing some basic household prepping is ever a bad idea.

My wife's started her Brexit stockpile already

I work in FMCG and help a little bit with supply forecasting. All of the Brexit/No deal uncertainty meant that we’d had to hold what was formerly an unnecessary level of week’s stock and when the first lockdown hit out of the blue the limiting factor was that supermarket supply chains couldn’t get products from depot into store. Looking back it seems many suppliers must have been holding significantly fewer weeks cover and then struggled to get this back up while consumer demand had significantly switched channels. Supply capacity on the retail side has been strengthened now, as have online deliveries but I can’t imagine many of the suppliers with medium to long lead supply chains will have planned in enough stock cover for both another lockdown and the potential no deal supply disruption.

TL;DR Responsibly stocking cupboards a bit now might not be a bad idea

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/20/bundle-up-britons-urged-to-embrace-an-alfresco-covid-winter

Looks like chimineas and fire pits are going to be the new bog roll...?

Just been to Lidl, bog roll already cleared out...

*dramatic music

hope the preppers haven't been out yet this morning, i'm gonna be panic buying but not for covid lockdown reasons

Anyone know where to find decently priced hand sanitizer? Trying to avoid amazon but my local pharmacy are mad if they think I’m paying £9 for 500ml.

Boots have 250ml for £2.

Bought some sanitizer the other day, got home and read the small print (very small print) and it said alcohol free......

Aldi has 400 ml for £4, though in mine it's been 50:50 whether they have any in stock.

Screwfix and the like generally have it. Fiver for 500ml https://www.screwfix.com/p/hand-sanitiser-500ml/312kg