Corona Virus

[Polly]

Sorry VC I just read your response to my comments. I agree with your points.
I should have added in my post that I think the struggle China has engaged in subsequently is absolutely heroic. We owe them. 

I meant nothing derogatory, just reflecting objectively. The Chinese authorities seemed to be pretty much attributing cause as I outlined, some local officials were fired. 

[Ray]

56 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

especially the oldies who are poo-pooing

Well at least that explains the shortage of toilet rolls!

[JennyMorgan]

Re the bog roll hoarders, a good friend of ours, Reg R.I.P., went over the top over a previous scare. Mind you, I think that he was hoping to profiteer, he'd done well over a previous sugar 'shortage' but that's another story. His garage was floor to ceiling high in bog rolls,  not just in height but also several layers deep! What he'd made on the sugar, I suspect, was lost on his lifetime's supply of Andrex that, thankfully, his daughter largely managed to sell off to the local corner shop when the house was cleared. Probably wished that she'd kept them now!. Poor old Reg, his stash was a standing joke for several years! 

[Chelsea14Ian]

Dont know for the life of me understand why people are buying up loo rolls.

Anyway too much talk about Corona, drink a good Norfolk or Suffolk beer instead. Grace theres some nice white wines in Surlingham! 

[Polly]

Me neither, what is wrong with squares of newspaper on a nail like my grandma had? 😋

[Ray]

4 minutes ago, Polly said:

Me neither, what is wrong with squares of newspaper on a nail like my grandma had? 😋

That nail couldn't half scratch though! 

[JennyMorgan]

1 hour ago, Polly said:

Me neither, what is wrong with squares of newspaper on a nail like my grandma had? 😋

From someone who is actually old enough to have had squares of newsprint  hung up in the outside privvy, either News of the World or the Daily Sketch, the Telegraph if you were posh, the ink transferred to one's backside and thence onto your drawers. No lady of pride would hang out her grey nickers on the line to dry! 

[Hylander]

I thought that the ink was poisonous.

From someone who is actually old enough to have had squares of newsprint  hung up in the outside privvy, either News of the World or the Daily Sketch, the Telegraph if you were posh, the ink transferred to one's backside and thence onto your drawers. No lady of pride would hang out her grey nickers on the line to dry! 

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[JennyMorgan]

Just now, Hylander said:

I thought that the ink was poisonous.

It might be an urban myth but my understanding was that in the case of a medical emergency the victim should be laid on sheets of newsprint as it would be sterile, Don't forget, we once enjoyed our fish and chips served in newsprint.

[Chelsea14Ian]

Think it was better then school loo paper.Think that was greaseproof paper.

[JennyMorgan]

Just now, Chelsea14Ian said:

Think it was better then school loo paper.Think that was greaseproof paper.

Good for tracing though!

[Polly]

Izal! Yuk!

[Ray]

What tortured mind invented that awful stuff!

[SteveO]

My dad swore by Izal. We all swore at it, but soft toilet roll tended to go soggy when hung in the outside khazi. Izal was impervious. 

 

[Ray]

1 minute ago, SteveO said:

Izal was impervious

I think that, in essence, was the problem! 

[Arthur]

Remember the rolls with.  “Government Property “. Printed on every sheet.

 

[Paul]

It's perhaps worth taking a minute to stop and think.

IF Corona Virus causes a pandemic currently considered as "worst case scenario" by the WHO then it will kill less than 1% of the number of people who will die of hunger on this planet.

Remember that, when you are stripping the shelves of your local supermarket of pasta, baked beans et al.

[Ray]

10 minutes ago, Paul said:

It's perhaps worth taking a minute to stop and think.

IF Corona Virus causes a pandemic currently considered as "worst case scenario" by the WHO then it will kill less than 1% of the number of people who will die of hunger on this planet.

Remember that, when you are stripping the shelves of your local supermarket of pasta, baked beans et al.

But the awful amount of people that die from want, illness, accident and lack of health provision is not relevant. I don't mean not important but as you step into the path of a bus while not paying attention you don't think it's not so bad because elsewhere people are starving. Likewise if you are elderly or have diminished immunity for any reason you will worry about corona virus.

 

By the way I doubt anyone here is among the ranks of those who panic or stockpile anyway.

[Paul]

or is it that we are worried because this might actually effect us and therefore it is more important.

[SteveO]

2 hours ago, Arthur said:

Remember the rolls with.  “Government Property “. Printed on every sheet.

 

I thought they were only available in prison.

 

[JennyMorgan]

1 hour ago, Paul said:

or is it that we are worried because this might actually effect us and therefore it is more important.

Or those that are personally important to us.

[JennyMorgan]

Interesting theory here, and an amazing Sky video report!

https://www.klfm967.co.uk/news/world-news/3058225/coronavirus-why-are-people-panic-buying-and-why-toilet-paper/

[SteveO]

This is where all the toilet rolls went. 

[Polly]

I recall Gov Property stamped too. Schools? Local Gov Offices? I hope  they didn't want them back! Oh! Scrub that thought!!!

[VetChugger]

I too recall the famous Izal. Mind you, the roll did seem to last a lot longer than a typical roll of andrex does now. My Gran's was even worse! It was Izal but came in a box that slotted into a ceramic box affair on the wall. It came out a single leaf at a time.

 

Oh! And she also had piles of carbolic soap!