Covid-19

[flamingpig0]

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I will be left to fend for myself at home - bothered by 2 demented cats and 10,000 unpainted lead soldiers - all needing painting!

If I start gibbering more than usual on this forum, please send me fresh fruit 

PS: at least I appear to be able to still order more paint on-line/mail-order.

You can gibber as much as you like as long as you work on a new edition of FWC 

[pierre the shy]

Well things are getting serious here - NZ is going into lockdown for a month from 11.59pm Wednesday.

this is going to be a real challenge for everyone, but one that we will get through.....

I am going to be working from home during the shutdown so its not a licence to watch netflix for a month, but at least I (should) still have a job at the other side when at least some normality resumes. 

Got the essentials that we need and my last minute gaming reinforcement thankfully arrived in time today....COMSUBPAC can commence operations (but only from 5pm to 9am ).

Stay well, take care and don't despair wherever you are......Kia Kaha!

[Sandinista]

So pleased that we have a PM that is decisive, 102 cases confirmed and decides on full lock down for at least four weeks. Compare that to the UK where dopey Dom was happy to let people die to protect the financial markets.

Cheers
Ian

[flamingpig0]

So pleased that we have a PM that is decisive, 102 cases confirmed and decides on full lock down for at least four weeks. Compare that to the UK where dopey Dom was happy to let people die to protect the financial markets.

Cheers
Ian

https://twitter.com/i/status/1237127349356953600
https://skwawkbox.org/2020/03/12/johnsons-herd-immunity-plan-would-mean-letting-90-of-uk-catch-covid-19-and-a-million-or-more-die/

[Orcs]

Went into our relatively small Tescos, they had most things except Hand gel and Rice.

Only allowing you two of anything, apart from loo roll  which was more than sufficient for what I wanted. they did have a strange way of implementing this though. I bought some soup and you were allowed two tins of every flavour, so I could have bout nearly 20 tin of soup.  Surely it should be two of a type of product, ie Two tins of any type of soup, two tins of any type of tinned fish etc.  You were only allowed one pack of Loo Roll regardless of size they had packs of 4, 9, 8 18,24. 

Some things seem to be getting cheaper - 24 non branded loo rolls £4 (Might have been like sandpaper though and I have a delicate bottom  )   4 tin pack of tuna £2.33

Confused but satisfied I could get what I wanted

[flamingpig0]

Went into our relatively small Tescos, they had most things except Hand gel and Rice.

Only allowing you two of anything, apart from loo roll  which was more than sufficient for what I wanted. they did have a strange way of implementing this though. I bought some soup and you were allowed two tins of every flavour, so I could have bout nearly 20 tin of soup.  Surely it should be two of a type of product, ie Two tins of any type of soup, two tins of any type of tinned fish etc.  You were only allowed one pack of Loo Roll regardless of size they had packs of 4, 9, 8 18,24. 

Some things seem to be getting cheaper - 24 non branded loo rolls £4 (Might have been like sandpaper though and I have a delicate bottom  )   4 tin pack of tuna £2.33

Confused but satisfied I could get what I wanted

When I went into the local Sainsburys I found every can of soup had gone with the exception of the type I habitually eat (drink!)-

[Sunray]

When I went into the local Sainsburys I found every can of soup had gone with the exception of the type I habitually eat (drink!)-

This trend  is emerging across the retail sector.  The small corner shop and the isolated rural store are have a boom.   Up until now their niche has been what we call "run outs" -things people have run out off .  Now to (a) avoid crowds and (b) get supplies, people are abandoning the big supermarkets where they did their bulk shopping.

If the small retailers get their supplies  - usually once a week from the wholesaler they will have a low volume stock and ....will favour regular customers with priority.  Hard to get items will be "under the counter"

Its time to cultivate good "first name" relations with your local grocer.  Give him a list of what you will be ordering. Buy small like your granny used to do -  I remember walking home with my mum with a little shopping bag on wheels- and shop often.   

Who knows,  Arkwright in his corner shop  and Grenville on his bike may make a return to our culture - and be open all hours .

[Steve J]

Popped into Lidl around 9.00am and not too bad at all. Quite busy but no where near as bad as last week and plenty of stock to be had. I only needed a few things but some people were either still stocking up by the look of it.

[Big Insect]

You can gibber as much as you like as long as you work on a new edition of FWC 

It's on the list flamingpig  do not hesitate to drop me suggestions on a direct message basis.
I will check with Leon about releasing the current 'rules production plan' ... but I can safely disclose that we are well advanced on the Spanish Civil War (BKCIV Supplement) and also CWCII.
But there are a couple of other projects on the way as well.

FWC is close to my heart - it is how I originally got into the whole Commander series of rules ... so fear not it will not be forgotten.

[mmcv]

This trend  is emerging across the retail sector.  The small corner shop and the isolated rural store are have a boom.   Up until now their niche has been what we call "run outs" -things people have run out off .  Now to (a) avoid crowds and (b) get supplies, people are abandoning the big supermarkets where they did their bulk shopping.

If the small retailers get their supplies  - usually once a week from the wholesaler they will have a low volume stock and ....will favour regular customers with priority.  Hard to get items will be "under the counter"

Its time to cultivate good "first name" relations with your local grocer.  Give him a list of what you will be ordering. Buy small like your granny used to do -  I remember walking home with my mum with a little shopping bag on wheels- and shop often.   

Who knows,  Arkwright in his corner shop  and Grenville on his bike may make a return to our culture - and be open all hours .

We get a lot of our meat, fish and veg through delivery services from local suppliers and distributers (farm shops and the like). So far they're still going so ended up with a decent amount of stuff, e.g. a crate if seasonal veg every other week. Always good to support local produce and business when you can. Alas not many "corner shops" left around me these days, not sure Spar and Lidl count!

[FierceKitty]

There's quite a buzz about toxic shock and tampons, Kitty. It's just people want what the people get, and we have had bright white associate d with clean so tampons are bleached (in general), and the manufacturers have zero interest in hitting profits by moving from that.

You should get a moon cup instead

Same defence could be used for Thalydomide (had a narrow escape there myself). It wouldn't be hard for a new law to get through....

[Sunray]

We get a lot of our meat, fish and veg through delivery services from local suppliers and distributers (farm shops and the like). So far they're still going so ended up with a decent amount of stuff, e.g. a crate if seasonal veg every other week. Always good to support local produce and business when you can. Alas not many "corner shops" left around me these days, not sure Spar and Lidl count!

The Spar group is a franchise collective that a lot of small independent traders joined in the 1970s.  Many are still "family owned" . It gives the small shop bigger buying power. 

[Kiwidave]

Was mildly amused to see in Waitrose the other day: empty shelves where the packaged pasta used to be, but their pack-it-yourself pasta/grains section full to the brim!

People are weird...

[Smoking gun]

Went into a local department store yesterday, no isopropyl alcohol, fairly quiet and easy to keep a distance from other shoppers until I went to the counter to pay. I left a reasonable space between myself and the customer at the till, them a woman turned up with three kids she couldn't keep under control, one of the kids walked into the space I'd left to distance myself. He was shouted out by his mother and promptly wandered off, then the woman moved so close to me I could feel her breath on the back of my neck while her kids ran around whilst being shouted out. Obviously the concept of social distancing was far above her understanding.

I'm staying in from now on, because there are too many idiots about, until I have to collect my groceries from "Click and collect" as there are no home delivery slots available.

Regards,
Martin

[flamingpig0]

Same defence could be used for Thalydomide (had a narrow escape there myself). It wouldn't be hard for a new law to get through....

That reminds me.
Back in secondary school I had a teacher who constantly go on about how people should emphasis all the could the vaccine had done and not harp on about the bad side of it!!!
Her other great obsession as  belief a convoy should go at the speed of the fastest ship not the slowest- even as an 11 year old based upon my reading of commando war comics I knew she was talking crap

[mollinary]

Have just seen the Government' s impressive Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, on the latest 'dreaded lurgi'' announcement.. Is he the Covid generation's Ian McDonald?

[petercooman]

Now awaiting to hear whether our son will be on the list who has to stay indoors and keep social distancing in the home for 12 weeks. Hard enough for us but as he has autism and learning difficulties and is very touchy feely, this could be a real challenge for him. As my wife has to go into work in school, she will have to sleep on her own etc so as to minimise any risk to us who have to stay in .

Best of luck!

[Norm]

It is official - the UK Government has told us to stay at home .... and paint lead!

Non-essential shops to close .... so only food outlets and wargame and hobby shops are open

Only travel to work if absolutely necessary ..... i.e. to open up the wargame shop.

Gyms are to close ...... thank goodness!

You can go for one walk a day for exercise ....... make it a short walk, there is wargaming to get back to!

gatherings of no more than 2 ...... a special measure, so you don't have to solo wargame!

[mmcv]

It is official - the UK Government has told us to stay at home .... and paint lead!

Non-essential shops to close .... so only food outlets and wargame and hobby shops are open

Only travel to work if absolutely necessary ..... i.e. to open up the wargame shop.

Gyms are to close ...... thank goodness!

You can go for one walk a day for exercise ....... make it a short walk, there is wargaming to get back to!

gatherings of no more than 2 ...... a special measure, so you don't have to solo wargame!

[steve_holmes_11]

It is official - the UK Government has told us to stay at home .... and paint lead!

Non-essential shops to close .... so only food outlets and wargame and hobby shops are open

Only travel to work if absolutely necessary ..... i.e. to open up the wargame shop.

Gyms are to close ...... thank goodness!

You can go for one walk a day for exercise ....... make it a short walk, there is wargaming to get back to!

gatherings of no more than 2 ...... a special measure, so you don't have to solo wargame!

That's the spirit Norm!!