ASDA back on normal hours? I think our local megamarts are on 8am-8pm still, but then it's a while since I left the house!

Ours still 8.00am to 8.00pm.

I went to the local Tesco Extra (which is still 8am-10pm rather than 24hr) at eight this morning. Arrived minutes after eight , grabbed a trolley and was straight in.

Shelves were pretty well stocked, just odd gaps - tinned tomatoes were in limited supply for example.

Huge walls of cut price Easter eggs! I can resist anything ... except temptation

Only a handful of people were wearing masks and not many practising strict social distancing.

At one point I stood back to let an elderly lady decide what she wanted and as I stepped forward a middle-aged woman literally barged me aside to take something from the shelf. I said,"That's rude at the best of times." She said,"Don't be ridiculous, I'm in a hurry!" and flounced off.

That apart, most people seemed pretty relaxed and the store didn't feel crowded.

The guy on the checkout was friendly and chatty and had been asked to quiz shoppers on anything they hadn't been able to get so the store could prioritise filling shortages if necessary.

Quote from: Ithoriel on 17 April 2020, 08:34:24 PM
." She said,"Don't be ridiculous, I'm in a hurry!" and flounced off.

I am always reminded of some wise words from someone who was talking about getting wound up by the behaviour of individuals (it was in a motoring context),  along the lines of .... these sort of people are typically in your life for seconds, but some poor sod has them in their life constantly!

A Buddhist story: Two monks come to a river crossing where a pretty girl is weeping because there's no boatman to ferry her over. One of the monks picks her up and carries her over. She thanks him and they go their ways. Two hours later the other monk exclaims, after a long silence, "Brother, I can't believe you broke the sacred rules of our order against touching even a woman's clothes. And you held that one in your arms for ten minutes while carrying her over the river!" To which the other replies "I left her at the river. You're still carrying her."

My Royal British Legion  local branch has just bailed out our local foodbank with £1,000 to restock

The Food Foundation reports that up to 1.5 million Brits did not eat for a whole day last week.  Three million of our nation live in households where someone (usually a parent) skipped some meals to feed children.

Meanwhile Jacob Rees- Mogg's investment firim Somerset Capital Management is advising clients of profits of 500% in snapping up hospitality businesses which will "bounce back".

In the hedge fund business millions are being made by short selling.  AQR made £48 million on the Eastjet difficulties alone and with Citadel and Capeview are looking at profits of £2.4 billion by betting on a global shutdown.

[b That would buy a hell of a lot  of PPE. [/b]

In her speech the Queen said we shall meet again.  She did not mention opening her 775 rooms in Buck house for patients or NHS heroes - an action which would facilitate more of us seeing that reunion.

In 1945/48 the British Government revolutionised British society by introducing the Welfare State, by addressing housing, education, health, national insurance and national health.

What better way to mark the end of the pandemic than by re-booting the welfare state, and use the profits of the carpetbaggers and hedge funds?  In the recent past H M Treasury confiscated the bank "profits" of LIBOR (£970 million) and funded veteran charitries   

Too bloody right, James.

I suspect my agreement with that sentiment will come as little surprise to most

I don't want to stop posting in this folder, but if it continues to be politicised, I will stop visiting.

Ahem, gentlemen.
Polite reminder:
Politics to be left (or right) at the door please.

Rude reminder:
Oi you ********* ******** ******** ******* it ********** ******* **** and shove ***** *******!
Thank you.

Thanks for the reminder Will as I was in the same camp as Norm.

+1

Quote from: mad lemmey on 18 April 2020, 08:36:14 PM
Ahem, gentlemen.
Polite reminder:
Politics to be left (or right) at the door please.

Rude reminder:
Oi you ********* ******** ******** ******* it ********** ******* **** and shove ***** *******!
Thank you.

***** is spelled with five asterisks, unless one is swearing in American. A moderator should get these things right!

 

Quote from: FierceKitty on 19 April 2020, 03:03:22 AM
***** is spelled with five asterisks, unless one is swearing in American. A moderator should get these things right!

Thah ******* Webster should have been hung ! 

His girlfriend says he was.