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I believe that this POTUS has done a magnificent job and had it not been for "The Dems" would have done much more in "MAGA".

So do the American people, after all they elected him.

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Yes, but it will take time, and much longer than that experienced in the usual network failure.

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dodge
same here today. No frozen food no milk no cheese etc shelves bare. So Sue bought fresh veg and put them in ore freezers, I big chest freezer a 2 uprights so plenty of space for it all

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That is rather vitriolic, Swimmy.

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When you return from abroad with huge packs of cigarettes the customs people can require you to "prove" that they are for your own use and not for resale. I would station a squad of burly troops outside every supermarket with the power to require shoppers to "prove" that they needed all that they had bought, and the power to confiscate excess purchases which could then be donated to food banks or needy people with no transport.

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Popped into Tesco on my way home from physio. It was like the Zombie Apocalypse.
Vicky Pollard was stalking the baby aisle coughing up something, probably to put others off.
A guy with a mask and his wife with a scarf around her face (not for religious reasons) came up behind me at the till where I was protecting my porridge and dog treats, luckily someone opened the next till and I scuttled in there sharpish.
No loo rolls or anything resembling tissue of any kind. The woman on the till said the meat was emptied at the weekend.

Glad to get out alive!
Sadly, I have to go back for more physio in a fortnight. I'm taking someone to ride shotgun!

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Sainsbury's now restricting sales; no more than two items the same on non-fresh. Still today, the shelves were almost bare by midday.

The foodbank in our local store was overflowing so some people are still being very generous, unlike the man with about fifteen packets of bacon in his trolley.

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We had a security guard in place today (first time I have seen that) and there is talk of bringing in the army if things really get out of hand.

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I heard that too, Dongle.


Why are the shelves bare for so long though? Take the loo rolls for an example.
They are not imported are they? So is the problem getting them distributed from the warehouse to the shops, or are they not manufacturing anywhere near enough in the first place?

My local chemist had even sold out of thermometers yesterday, and babies nappies, so it's not only food.

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No idea Mups. For some reason, although we are getting deliveries, we are getting less than the normal amount. I can only guess that the warehouses are trying to spread the goods over all the branches in the Country. All I do know is that I popped into a local McColls shop and they had toilet rolls and poo bags (All poo bags sold out in Sainsbury's today)