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elperello

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Limitting shopping to basket use only should be applied until this calms down.

Could create difficulty for people shopping for a big family or the old/infirm who can't carry a lot.

murphyebass

Snow Garden wrote: »

I don't know, I think people need to learn from their mistakes. Let them off.
They'll know how idiotic they were when they are binning it while the shops are fully stocked.

Binning what? Sure that’s what a good ol American fridge freezer is for.

First time ours has been full. Feels great. No need to go near a shop for months!

I pity the fools with small fridge freezers!

nacho libre

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

If there was a case of equine flu going around the paddocks, you can bet your tailpipe that the horse racing authorities would have binned the whole festival right away... can't be risking those expensive thoroughbreds....

Sad but true. Some of the horse racing goers won't like to admit it, but this is how it is. We saw this last year when certain racecourses suspended race meetings due to an Equine Flu outbreak. The horses are more important than the punters.

enricoh

Went past the Aldi beside me n it was jammed, if it was half decent I would have got a few bits.
5 minutes away is a big Centra, all the shelves were full. Plenty of good value special offers on n didn't see anyone overloading trollies.

Some people love drama, let them at it!!

byhookorbycrook

Ush1 wrote: »

Does it hurt when their legs break during a race?

The same as when they break it in the field or stable. My little heavy cob races his field mates all the time, it's what horses like to do. If you see a horse whose jockey has fallen off, in most cases, the horse races on.

I do think that the English authorities are very behind the curve, but racing isn't the only sport still being held there.

Wibbs

endacl wrote: »

You had a cold. If you had flu you’d know it.

You're quite simply wrong.

Me. Being prophetic. Earlier wrote: »

With the usual and wildly incorrect "if you had flu you'd know about it, you've just got a cold" comments from many. Genuine fact numero 215: One third of people with confirmed influenza infection show few to no symptoms at all.

If you don't believe me...

Skylinehead

Wibbs wrote: »

Here's the AH thread about the flu dose at Christmas. With the usual and wildly incorrect "if you had flu you'd know about it, you've just got a cold" comments from many. Genuine fact numero 215: One third of people with confirmed influenza infection show few to no symptoms at all.

endacl wrote: »

You had a cold. If you had flu you’d know it.

:pac:

enricoh

enricoh wrote: »

Some people love drama, let them at it!!

just stay out of their wake.

Syncpolice

Seen a little old lady get crushed yesterday

She was running up an escalator carrying a large flatscreen tv when the crowd surged downwards

Wibbs

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

For info, fruit and veg are still available (if you can get inside a shop), whilst microwave burgers and sugary cereals had a record sales day. Well done, you stupid c*nts.

Stupid fat c*nts by the sounds of it.

Muahahaha

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The government should have made educational videos for the RTE News showing the size of the distribution centres of all the main supermarkets in this country

don't think your average sham on the street realises the scale of these operations

Yeah Lidl just built a new distribution centre outside Newbridge and next to the M7. Passed it a few weeks back and from the road you can see all the loading bays for lorries to pull up and be filled, they are numbered and theres 75 in total. The building is massive. AFAIK Tescos distribution centre in Ballymun is the biggest building in Ireland.

Just did an oul freezer stocktake and found 2 venison steaks and a packet of garlic and herb scallops I bought at Xmas so its luxury isolation here tonight

First Up

Muahahaha wrote:

Yeah Lidl just built a new distribution centre outside Newbridge and next to the M7. Passed it a few weeks back and from the road you can see all the loading bays for lorries to pull up, they are numbered and theres 75 in total. The building is massive. AFAIK Tescos distribution centre in Ballymun is the biggest building in Ireland.

So the numpty who was here earlier might not have to guard his stock of jaffa cakes with a shotgun after all.

Church on Tuesday

_Brian wrote: »

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

It is inevitable that over the next while the decision to ask people to remain at home on lockdown will happen. Access to shopping would be very limited at that stage.

There will still be access.

Graces7

"We are not amused," as a famous person once said.

Ash.J.Williams

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Avoid news and media, who have industry experts and very up to date information, but listen to some randomer on boards.....

it's all panic on news and media

Muahahaha

Muahahaha wrote: »

Yeah Lidl just built a new distribution centre outside Newbridge and next to the M7. Passed it a few weeks back and from the road you can see all the loading bays for lorries to pull up and be filled, they are numbered and theres 75 in total. The building is massive. AFAIK Tescos distribution centre in Ballymun is the biggest building in Ireland.

Just did an oul freezer stocktake and found 2 venison steaks and a packet of garlic and herb scallops I bought at Xmas so its luxury isolation here tonight

I think it’s their donnabate depot is the largest building in Ireland...all the temperature controlled stock comes from Ballymun...I’d say that’s massive aswell

lapua20grain

aaronc182 wrote: »

I think it’s their donnabate depot is the largest building in Ireland...all the temperature controlled stock comes from Ballymun...I’d say that’s massive aswell

They are both Tescos distribution centres Donabate is the 2nd largest in Europe and Ballymun is the largest chill in Ireland. Worked in both of them

odyssey06

enricoh wrote: »

Went past the Aldi beside me n it was jammed, if it was half decent I would have got a few bits.
5 minutes away is a big Centra, all the shelves were full. Plenty of good value special offers on n didn't see anyone overloading trollies.
Some people love drama, let them at it!!

What is this 'Centra' of which you speak? It sounds like a vision of shopping heaven

TheIrishGrover

Yeah. Haven't seen that panic buying since the Buzz Lightyear Wars of 1995

jiltloop

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Anything that purely exists for gambling will be gone soon, that rubbish included.

Bet you a tenner it won't!

Digs

Supervalu delivery have just rang to cancel my weekly order (due between 2-4 today) because they are totally out of stock, she said they’re closing the store early (Templeogue). FFS, people are absolute cretins.

Just my usual weekly shop, no bulk or stockpiling. Myself and my husband are now arguing over who will have to physically go to the shops now, the kids need feeding.

freshpopcorn

I went to Tesco to get bread for somebody.
Apparently it was sold out in town. Tesco had a good enough bit of it left.
Milk,toilet roll, handwashing, etc were all in stock.
Some people are desperate to likes online from what I can see locally.

Deebles McBeebles

Thats a balls, Digs but be thankful you can. How many elderly and immunocompromised people will have to do without now because of the selfish behaviour being shown around the country?

Church on Tuesday

enricoh wrote: »

Went past the Aldi beside me n it was jammed, if it was half decent I would have got a few bits.
5 minutes away is a big Centra, all the shelves were full. Plenty of good value special offers on n didn't see anyone overloading trollies.

Some people love drama, let them at it!!

People are hitting the "big" supermarkets because, well, they reckon they have the most stuff.

partyguinness

Looks like the breadmaker I bought years ago is going to get a few run outs.

Who's laughing now.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

an old lad in tescos with a mask and rubber drain gloves on passed me in the aisle
going on about the madness for toilet rolls, ' crazy idiots , CRAZY ' he was muttering out loud

his trolley had 3 slabs of guinness in it and nothing else .

check mate , old lad

CHECKMATE

Dr Strange

Digs wrote: »

Supervalu delivery have just rang to cancel my weekly order (due between 2-4 today) because they are totally out of stock, she said they’re closing the store early (Templeogue). FFS, people are absolute cretins.

Just my usual weekly shop, no bulk or stockpiling. Myself and my husband are now arguing over who will have to physically go to the shops now, the kids need feeding.

Whoever of you will go prepare to fight the crowds only to end up queuing for an hour to pay for whatever leftovers you managed to grab - possibly a bunch of parsley or a sea salt mill.

Digs

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Thats a balls, Digs but be thankful you can. How many elderly and immunocompromised people will have to do without now because of the selfish behaviour being shown around the country?

Absolutely! We are fortunate that’s the height of our problems. I dropped into an elderly neighbour earlier to see how she is fixed. She said she went to our local Supervalu yesterday and she’s not the better for what she witnessed. It’s so unnecessary. There seems to be a certain faction who get excited by the drama.

Digs

Dr Strange wrote: »

Whoever of you will go prepare to fight the crowds only to end up queuing for an hour to pay for whatever leftovers you managed to grab - possibly a bunch of parsley or a sea salt mill.

My husband is going. He just doesn’t know it yet.

Speedsie

lapua20grain wrote: »

They are both Tescos distribution centres Donabate is the 2nd largest in Europe and Ballymun is the largest chill in Ireland. Worked in both of them

Tesco's distribution centre in Donabate is the , it is the 11th-largest building by volume in the world.

It's about half the size of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building, by volume.

It's big folks. Lots of stuff in it

srsly78

Supermarkets are all restocked and fine today.

jmayo

The Tetrarch wrote: »

I did a shop in MaxiZoo for dog food. Plenty on the shelves of everything.
My Jack Russell must have the liver friendly stuff as she is basically wrecked.
My two dogs are on their "holidays" in the countryside as I was in hospital.
The owner of the dog stay place told me this morning of many cancellations as the dog owners are cancelling holidays.

Good idea keeping the dogs well fed.
They might come in handy if the old food runs out.

Just find a Korean website with recipes.

And how many of us were laughing at the preppers on tv a while back.
Who is laughing now.

careless sherpa wrote: »

If you are stockpiling and everyone knows it, surely you are putting yourself at risk as those without will be making for your doors or windows if supplies run out

Remind me how long it takes to get a gun license.

eastie17

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

_Brian wrote: »

There will still be access.

Correct, Italy as bad as its been has still never stopped people going to grocery stores or pharmacies

Mister Vain

A couple of good movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZ5goJibn0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-ADAwfrwGs

Tzardine

Off for the next two weeks at least. Recently started playing the drums so loads of time to practice. Kinda feel bad for the neighbours.

I went in to Tesco Extra in Drogheda this morning at 7:15am to pick up something just for today's dinner. It was due to open at 7, but the door was still closed and there was a queue of about 50 waiting outside with trolleys.

I waited in my car until the doors opened at 7:30am, and by the time I went to the tills at 8am this was the sight I was greeted with...




Those empty shelves on the left are...

toilet paper!

Never saw the likes of it before in all my years going to this Tesco (basically since it first opened in the early 00s) and it was a bit eye-opening. People just emptying shelves of multipack items, bread and meat into their trolleys, surely this isn't necessary for everyone who is doing this?

The scarcity on the shelves and overall hassle of shopping prompted my to buy food for 3-4 dinners, rather than just today's which I went in for originally. Panic buying has a knock on effect on people who had absolutely no intention of doing so in the first place.

Feisar

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Thats a balls, Digs but be thankful you can. How many elderly and immunocompromised people will have to do without now because of the selfish behaviour being shown around the country?

I'm no philanthropist however I would always leave something for the next person.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Coronavirus has certainly highlighted the selfish streak in some people - going off to Cheltenham and on their holliers to Spain despite knowing the risk of bringing more cases back into the country, still refusing to wash their hands regularly and thoroughly despite every medical expert saying this is the most effective way to stop the virus spreading, and hoarding food, sanitisers and antibacterial wipes at the expense of other people, including the elderly and vulnerable.

ELM327

I've spent my time shopping
Seeing how many trollies I can fill in a day and then try to break that record

Muahahaha

moycullen14 wrote: »

I get the sense that horse racing is a rich man's sport, financed by poor people.

nacho libre wrote: »

Sad but true. Some of the horse racing goers won't like to admit it, but this is how it is. We saw this last year when certain racecourses suspended race meetings due to an Equine Flu outbreak. The horses are more important than the punters.

Its an industry built on exploitation, 'sport of kings' where serfs are needed as stablehands who have to work 19 hour days and sleep in the stables with the horses they tend to

Instantly there was unquestioning celebration. In fact with the €4.1m behemoth of a race now already in his nascent CV, he was quick to thank those often forgotten within the game too. "All the lads at home and the lads that have been down here have done an unbelievable job," he beamed. All the while his father was lurking in the paddock, exuding a pride rarely seen for his own second place in the event. But while Irish racing cheered, there was a troublesome twang.

At the time, O'Brien the elder was busy challenging a Workplace Relations Commission ruling against his Ballydoyle stable which said that employees worked 19-hour days and 28 days on the bounce. His retort wasn't that they didn't, rather it was an insight into the mindset. He argued training racehorses is exempt from working-hour rules because it is classed as an agricultural enterprise; Robbie Manton, head of the yard, talked of a telepathic bond with animals meaning it was hard for staff to stay away; Clem Murphy, the bloodstock consultant added, "They can have a rest, read a book, lie down [in the bunks in horseboxes]. There's plenty of downtime".

Racing had long traded on such attitudes and excuses. Somehow it still does."It's not just racing either," says a former stable worker who got out to become a farrier. "There is one prominent show-jumper - and this isn't uncommon in any equine field - and his staff start at six, get 20 minutes of a break where food is bought in for them as if to say this makes it okay, finish at 11 that night, and head up to a room above the stable with mold on the walls and a stink in the place before starting at six again. Lads at the bottom, they might have a claim, they want to be jockeys for instance. They are told that if you do this and then you do that, you'll get this ride but they don't. Next thing they're in their 40s, alcoholics, still chasing the dream.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/ewan-mackenna-the-sport-of-kings-built-on-elitism-and-wealth-but-why-does-it-come-at-a-cost-for-staff-37839298.html

partyguinness

My parents built their house in the 80s with a bidet to some hilarity and merriment from the yocals. Shortage of bog roll not a problem.

Who is laughing now.

Muahahaha

https://twitter.com/fmcomment/status/1238139227646365703

peckerhead

Hopefully these people stockpiling all the toilet paper will also stock up on condoms, to ensure that they don't breed and spread more stupidity.

colm_mcm

Bruno Quiet Mercury wrote: »

an old lad in tescos with a mask and rubber drain gloves on passed me in the aisle
going on about the madness for toilet rolls, ' crazy idiots , CRAZY ' he was muttering out loud

his trolley had 3 slabs of guinness in it and nothing else .

check mate , old lad

CHECKMATE

If anyone needs toilet rolls, it’ll be him.

partyguinness

I have admit I have never seen the attraction with horse racing.

I just see a bunch of underweight little boys and girls clinging for dear life to a domesticated animal runnning around a field. Just don't get it. I must have some sort of gene missing.

As for betting? No chance- I work to hard for my money to squander it on matters I cannot control.

Muahahaha

Speedsie wrote: »

Tesco's distribution centre in Donabate is the , it is the 11th-largest building by volume in the world.

It's about half the size of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building, by volume.

It's big folks. Lots of stuff in it

Id like to see a look, any chance you could put up a google maps link of the location

Digs wrote: »

Supervalu delivery have just rang to cancel my weekly order (due between 2-4 today) because they are totally out of stock, she said they’re closing the store early (Templeogue). FFS, people are absolute cretins.

Just my usual weekly shop, no bulk or stockpiling. Myself and my husband are now arguing over who will have to physically go to the shops now, the kids need feeding.

Yep reports are that Supervalue cancelled loads of online deliveries last night, this happened even as their rep was on the news saying the supply chain is fine.

Meanwhile the army are gearing up to hit the streets. From an Irish Mirror hack




https://www.broadsheet.ie/2020/03/13/whats-status-red/#comments

Sh1ts getting real folks

partyguinness

Muahahaha wrote: »

Id like to see a look, any chance you could put up a google maps link of the location




Yep reports are that Supervalue cancelled loads of online deliveries last night, this happened even as their rep was on the news saying the supply chain is fine.

Meanwhile the army are gearing up to hit the streets. From an Irish Mirror hack




https://www.broadsheet.ie/2020/03/13/whats-status-red/#comments

Sh1ts getting real folks

A "snugpak" is not very manly is it?

Did John Rambo have a snugpak I wonder.

Deebles McBeebles

Thats been debunked already, the army thing. You'll hear plenty of BS over the weekend.

https://www.thejournal.ie/whastapp-defence-forces-debunked-5044990-Mar2020/
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/government-quashes-rumours-of-plans-to-bring-in-status-red-emergency-over-coronavirus-39042445.html

We don't have the numbers in the army or the Gardaí to enforce it anyway.

Rufeo

partyguinness wrote: »

My parents built their house in the 80s with a bidet to some hilarity and merriment from the yocals. Shortage of bog roll not a problem.

Who is laughing now.

Will you go over there to wash your arse?

Lol, sorry that sounded awful.

careless sherpa

murphyebass wrote: »

Binning what? Sure that’s what a good ol American fridge freezer is for.

First time ours has been full. Feels great. No need to go near a shop for months!

I pity the fools with small fridge freezers!

Better hope we don't suffer power outages if esb staff are self isolating as well