Random Thought Thread

Nathan the Machinist said:
I made a beer run today. Lots of beer. No toilet paper.

What are they doing with all the toilet paper?
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People panic. They hear and see stories about shortages, so they panic buy stuff. Do you remember the shortage of .22 ammo? There were people buying ammo who didn't even have a gun.
If that ain't a WTF, I don't know what is. I know of folks in the PRK who bought guns because they thought that they wouldn't be able to buy them in the future. They didn't really want a gun,
but panicked.
 
WValtakis said:
Why did I ever cook meat any other way?:confused:

Sous vide London Broil tonight, 9 hours at 130°f then a quick HOT sear:)

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Didn't really need a knife after that...

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Looks good. :thumbsup:

I went the other way. I bought a pressure cooker. Aside from the prep time, I make beef stew and chunky chili is about 1/2 hour.

I made a stew with sirloin steak last night. 15 minutes on high pressure and another 5 minutes for the vegetables.
 
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UffDa said:
Looks good. :thumbsup:

I went the other way. I bought a pressure cooker. Aside from the prep time, I make beef stew and chunky chili is about 1/2 hour.

I made a stew with sirloin steak last night. 15 minutes on high pressure and another 5 minutes for the vegetables.
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I go both ways:eek:;) ...gonna knock out some stew in the instapot this weekend:D We really do live in a glorious age of kitchen gadgets...hands off sous vide, instapots, air fryers, oh my:cool:
 
About 66 years ago our pressure cooker blew up and destroyed our kitchen and stove. My mother was making pea soup and our best guess is that a pea blocked the relief valve. I have been leery of them
ever since.

I thought about the Instant and Ninja, but I bought a Cuisinart stovetop pressure cooker. There are several safety features.

The first time I used it, the power went out for 3 1/2 hours. If I had one of the electric cookers I would have been SOL. :D
 
UffDa said:
People panic. They hear and see stories about shortages, so they panic buy stuff. Do you remember the shortage of .22 ammo? There were people buying ammo who didn't even have a gun.
If that ain't a WTF, I don't know what is. I know of folks in the PRK who bought guns because they thought that they wouldn't be able to buy them in the future. They didn't really want a gun,
but panicked.
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Yup!

My 10 days waiting for the Cali background check fell on today’s date so I went to pick up my subcompact CZ and the ammo which I had actually ordered in late Feb when things had not gone totally berserk back when.

For a smaller gun place, I counted 18 others inside excluding myself and the 4 people working there. About 1/2 were waiting to take the test for their FSC and the others for ammo. Just me and one other guy were there to pick up and to be honest, I felt that was a worse place to be in as opposed to Costco where I had gone earlier in the day with respect to observing this new social distancing paradigm.

it just dawned on me that today I got a gun and 2 bags of flour as my main staples, two items which I have never ever bought on the same day EVER!
 
Some solutions to having no toilet paper:
  • Bidet
  • Sponge on a stick
  • 3 seashells—I don’t know how to use this
  • Corncob
  • Mailers/coloring book pages
  • Leaves—particularly “good wiping weed” like lambs ear or mullein
  • Sand/kitty litter
  • Use a rag, towel, maybe a bath mat, give it a dip in the sink or toilet water every now and then
  • Jump straight into the tub/shower and scrub off
  • Do nothing, pull up your pants, and challenge everyone by asking if they’ve actually SEEN proof that wiping is necessary FOR YOU or if they’re just BELIEVING THAT WIPE HYPE
 
fonedork said:
Some solutions to having no toilet paper:
  • Bidet
  • Sponge on a stick
  • 3 seashells—I don’t know how to use this
  • Corncob
  • Mailers/coloring book pages
  • Leaves—particularly “good wiping weed” like lambs ear or mullein
  • Sand/kitty litter
  • Use a rag, towel, maybe a bath mat, give it a dip in the sink or toilet water every now and then
  • Jump straight into the tub/shower and scrub off
  • Do nothing, pull up your pants, and challenge everyone by asking if they’ve actually SEEN proof that wiping is necessary FOR YOU or if they’re just BELIEVING THAT WIPE HYPE
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Oooo! This is sick:eek:, hope this doesn’t last this long so we don’t have to result to this.:(
 
fonedork said:
Some solutions to having no toilet paper:
  • Bidet
  • Sponge on a stick
  • 3 seashells—I don’t know how to use this
  • Corncob
  • Mailers/coloring book pages
  • Leaves—particularly “good wiping weed” like lambs ear or mullein
  • Sand/kitty litter
  • Use a rag, towel, maybe a bath mat, give it a dip in the sink or toilet water every now and then
  • Jump straight into the tub/shower and scrub off
  • Do nothing, pull up your pants, and challenge everyone by asking if they’ve actually SEEN proof that wiping is necessary FOR YOU or if they’re just BELIEVING THAT WIPE HYPE
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Mullein does a fine job. :thumbsup:
 
According to a talking-head psychiatrist on the telly, hoarding habits are counter measures and reactions when trying to deal with anxieties. This part sounds reasonable to me and I don’t need a PhD to understand this. It turns out that our populace deals with this form of shock anxiety by hoarding toilet paper as an essential "pacifier". Maybe most people associate being very sick with flu like symptoms and effects with also making more bathroom visits?
 
You haven't mastered the 3 seashells eh?
fonedork said:
Some solutions to having no toilet paper:
  • Bidet
  • Sponge on a stick
  • 3 seashells—I don’t know how to use this
  • Corncob
  • Mailers/coloring book pages
  • Leaves—particularly “good wiping weed” like lambs ear or mullein
  • Sand/kitty litter
  • Use a rag, towel, maybe a bath mat, give it a dip in the sink or toilet water every now and then
  • Jump straight into the tub/shower and scrub off
  • Do nothing, pull up your pants, and challenge everyone by asking if they’ve actually SEEN proof that wiping is necessary FOR YOU or if they’re just BELIEVING THAT WIPE HYPE
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So p*ssed at myself for not buying packs of Lysol spray cans from my local Costco a few weeks ago when I started grabbing things, because I was a cheap-skate back then waiting for the $3 off sale and now I am willing to pay 2 x the regular prices!

Now no Lysol and I hate the stink that the friggin cat makes in his litter box, that arsehole! There are other air fresheners but nothing like Lysol for cat litter as far as I am concerned. Did I say darn that stinky lil arsehole already?!
 
Casinostocks said:
So p*ssed at myself for not buying packs of Lysol spray cans from my local Costco a few weeks ago when I started grabbing things, because I was a cheap-skate back then waiting for the $3 off sale and now I am willing to pay 2 x the regular prices!

Now no Lysol and I hate the stink that the friggin cat makes in his litter box, that arsehole! There are other air fresheners but nothing like Lysol for cat litter as far as I am concerned. Did I say darn that stinky lil arsehole already?!
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Poor Mat! Cats are the worst. ;)
 
Casinostocks said:
So p*ssed at myself for not buying packs of Lysol spray cans from my local Costco a few weeks ago when I started grabbing things, because I was a cheap-skate back then waiting for the $3 off sale and now I am willing to pay 2 x the regular prices!

Now no Lysol and I hate the stink that the friggin cat makes in his litter box, that arsehole! There are other air fresheners but nothing like Lysol for cat litter as far as I am concerned. Did I say darn that stinky lil arsehole already?!
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Hmmm... if you're sheltering in place and get hungry... BBQ grill = 2 birds with 1 stone?:p

Never had cats aside from a short time when we took in a stray when I was maybe 11 (it ran off 2-3 weeks later). No Febreze or anything else?
 
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