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27-02-2020, 09:15 AM
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Ms d00d has got a few tins of tuna stashed away, she's a great believer in it as some sort of survival kit. Litres of olive oil too.

Spam? Haven't had that in 30 odd years, she won't let me. But this could be my opportunity.
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27-02-2020, 09:17 AM
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We have enough food for a couple of weeks, so will carry on as normal. If we were to become ill and quarantined, I hope online shopping goods and medical supplies could be delivered to the perimeter of the property.

If we start to starve and/or can't get medical supplies, it's goodbye us I suppose.
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27-02-2020, 01:51 PM
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I just wonder when the panic buying will start. I expect it will happen as soon as it is mentioned by the media.
As for me, I have a few things in stock. Flour to make my own bread and a few tins of baked beets and rice pudding. Tins of sardines, tuna, salmon. A big pot of honey. Lots of frozen vegetables and frozen cooked chicken bits. Ah! Forgot about the fish, chips, and fries.
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27-02-2020, 01:57 PM
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I haven't yet but I have to admit it has crossed my mind to stock up on tinned stuff. My freezer is well stocked. Times like now I wish I grew my own veggies. My garden is big enough to have a small allotment and I keep talking about it but never doing it due to lack of time with working and other stuff.
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27-02-2020, 01:59 PM
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The trouble is it's not just for 14 days. How long
would it be before it's safe to get on a bus, go into
town to go in the shops?
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27-02-2020, 02:50 PM
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I have always lived day to day so I'm not going to change now. Never stocked up or panic-bought in my life so I hope it doesn't happen.
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27-02-2020, 04:07 PM
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The most we have in stock at any one time is about 7days worth of food.

As for Spam I have a tin in my fishing tackle bag that's about 6months past its sell-by . I only use it for bait in any case.

MarciKS, I read the other day that the virus only lives for a day (two max) outside a host body.
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27-02-2020, 06:56 PM
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Not so much stocking up food as stocking up on paracetemol and ibuprofen. If a lot of people get this Coronavirus there will be none in the shops as everyone will be buying it to bring their temperature down .
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27-02-2020, 07:00 PM
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Well it hadn't really crossed my mind but after reading this I might bung a few extra cans in my trolley.
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27-02-2020, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Morticia ->
Well it hadn't really crossed my mind but after reading this I might bung a few extra cans in my trolley.
Crumpet Beer?
 
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