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let's not mention the standard of spelling, they were obviously under stress
Forget bread, what about Lager?
Forget Lager, check out those Haribos 😯
I've been buying frog.. you just never know..
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Called in at my local Morrisons on the way home from work as we did genuinely need a few bits and bobs, it was like christmas in there, every checkout had a queue of trolleys loaded to the max, no bread, hardly any fruit and veg, loads of other empty shelves, people just go mental at the hint of snow!!
People were panic buying fuel at our local tesco tonight! If you're worried about being snowed in, why the **** would you need petrol?!
I read the title, didn't bother reading the posts and went straight to CRC and spent a few hundred quid.
Oh.
😆
Sold out of horse burgers as well?
why the **** would you need petrol?!
Currency?
violent scenes as Waitrose limits panic-buyers to 1l of truffle oil per family
My local sainsburys had no bread at all. Tool me ages to work out why. Then it dawned on me that the local idiots had been in because it might snow. There are so many tescos and Sainos and coops around here you're never more than about half a mile from one. There needs to be some serious snow to prevent you from getting to one. But of course they're all empty now any bloody way. So those of us that aren't panic buying can't get anything. Morons.
Not a problem for me, I bake my own bread.
/middle class smugness
We've bought 2 loaves of bread today. That's only because of a failure of communication and buying one each though. No shortage in our local Morrisons at lunchtime today, and it hadn't even occurred to me there might be an issue until seeing this thread. What parts of the country are people going stupid in?
Not a problem for me, I bake my own bread.
...hope you've got enough flour in stock - or live in a windmill! 🙂
This seems so ridiculous - everything seems to grind to a halt because of snow! From my experience they do a pretty good job of gritting, so the important roads should be navigable in most places - Scandinavian countries don't seem to mind snow, but then again, they're more used to it then us.
Anyway, not really complaining, chances are I won't have to go to school tomorrow 😉
Up to 60 inches of snow now expected in southern England. Police advise to stockpile petrol in your bath to avoid shortages.
well by a stoke of luck I'd organised a food delivery this evening
see you on the other side
The 13mm of snow that WeatherPro is forecasting for North Wilts is really going to make life difficult for folks around here... 😉
There needs to be some serious snow to prevent you from getting to one.
That's not really the issue - supermarkets only keep a day's worth of bread and milk etc at a time, so if the delivery driver can't get through there won't be much on the shelves.
However they'd probably only be delayed for a day at most, so it's definitely silly to panic buy. I might've stopped on the way home for one extra loaf if we were low had I been driving, but I would not want to fight crowds.
Only got five bagels at home....will I die?
Scandinavian countries don't seem to mind snow,
Let's just clear this up, shall we? They do ok with snow because they spend probably hundreds of millions of euro/kroner every year on teams of workers with expensive and specialist snow cleaning equippment.
I'd rather have a couple of days of disruption a year and spend the money on something else, seems sensible doesn't it?
Only got five bagels at home....will I die?
Might be a choking hazard if you try to eat them all in one go.
Ok ok I don't want to worry the collective, but my local is out of coffee and dear god BOURBON'S 😯
Anyway, not really complaining, chances are I won't have to go to school tomorrow
Get daddy to take you there in the AUDI,
Panic buying fuel because of snow is brilliant. Quite what roads everyone is planning to drive on if the tankers are unable to drive down main roads I'll be buggered if I can work out!
@molgrips - selective quotation - I then went on to say "but then again, they're more used to it then us"
Get daddy to take you there in the AUDI,
Looks like Project won't starve, what with all those chips on his shoulder.
Get daddy to take you there in the AUDI,
Bit presumptuous isn't it? What did I say that could possible lead you to think that my dad would take me to school in an Audi....
Bit presumptuous isn't it? What did I say that could possible lead you to think that my dad would take me to school in an Audi....
Sorry, Rangerover 😉
He drives a van......
selective quotation
Well ok, but it's not just 'being used to it' it's 'throwing lots of money at it'. A bit different no?
violent scenes as Waitrose limits panic-buyers to 1l of truffle oil per family
I tried to repeat that to my wife but I couldn't for laughing too much.
Okay I see your point. I wasn't trying to say that we should throw loads of money at the problem, I just don't really see why everything should stop, unless of course the roads are completely blocked.
what freaking snow? haven't seen any since 2010!
No-one's saying it SHOULD stop, but that it ends up doing so anyway.
We live on a plain normal housing estate which is only about 500 yards from a gritted road. However the last 80 or so yards is a fairly steep hill, so it doesn't take much snow to stop 30 or 40 of us getting our cars out.
However, if we weould get off our lazy arses and grab a shovel outside our houses it would be no issue at all. Shovelling would be a massive help and no-one can be bothered.
I bet supermarkets are loving this, a fat boost in sales in the usually quite January.
well by a stoke of luck I'd organised a food delivery this evening
see you on the other side
And me ordered it on Tuesday and i got 4 loafs!!
@ Molgrips
Did you try unilateral de-icement? I did and cleared the drive and the section of road outside (all the way across). Within 24hours every other resident had done the same and the road was clear
well that's not a bad idea, but then I'd have to try and drive over the mendips and down the (still shut) Cheddar Gorge, where as if I didn't, then I'd be able to go and play in the snow with Mrs and Microbits.