I threw up buying potatoes at 88 cents a pound the other day. I've never spent that kind of money on potatos
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 6:43 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > The store I went to still had potatoes. I’m always amazed that you can > buy nice big baking potatoes for 49 to 99 cents per pound. Easiest thing > in the world to bake, just stick them on the oven rack for an hour. Even > better than bananas because you can eat the skin. And you can put some of > your bacon on them! > > > > I don’t see how anybody makes money selling potatoes, it has to be a loss > leader. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 17, 2020 6:07 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Preppers > > > > I went by the meat shop today, father in law is offering a side of beef, > who am I to say no. > > They're 2 weeks out on packages > > They're always 2 weeks out on packages > > I guess the hoarders think retail packaging and prices are better for > survival than white paper wrapped fresh killed cow that is a 1/4 cheaper > > > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 5:02 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not sure why you would even want anything else... > > > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 4:49 PM can...@believewireless.net < > p...@believewireless.net> wrote: > > Do you really need anything else to live on? > > > > "The takeaway here is if you need bacon and hard liquor you're good to > go." > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 5:44 PM Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > > On 3/17/20 2:29 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Grocery stores seem free of hoarders now, I stopped to check one out and > > they were pretty well stocked with bread, meat, fresh produce, dairy. I > > didn’t even venture to the TP aisle But so far nobody is going to > > starve. When the crazy hoarders were running amok, I couldn’t even go > > inside a grocery store, I was more afraid of the crazies than the virus > > or gosh forbid running out of TP. > > > I went to a Raley's last night for kicks and there was nothing: no eggs, > no dairy, no canned goods, no frozen foods, no breads, no condiments, no > paper goods (towels, napkins, TP, etc.), no cleaning products, no baking > staples like flour, not even jello. They did have plenty of fresh > produce but not potatoes. No lines to check out so I bought ice cream, > chips, and reeses. Bakery and deli counters had normal supply, but all > self serve things were pulled with notices to ask (i.e. donuts). Bulk > bins section was mostly untouched. > > A store near me this morning was similar but the hoarders made the line > wrap around the inside of the store so I walked out rather than wait > forever to buy literally two items I can wait to get later (bread flour > and powdered milk for my bread machine). A local butcher shop was > cleaned out within 10 minutes of opening except for bacon. All the > liquor aisles were fully stocked though. > > The takeaway here is if you need bacon and hard liquor you're good to go. > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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