Don't Panic!

[Crow]

Unbelievable! I've just been to the local Morrisons to do the weekly shop and loads of the shelves were bare.

I asked if they'd missed a delivery but was told, "No, we've just been very busy with people preparing for the snow!"

What's wrong with people? We had three or four inches Monday, now mostly melted, and have three or four inches forecast for tonight/tomorrow, you'd have thought that people were preparing for the siege of St Petersburg.

The bread was just about sold out, potatoes, onions and many other fruit and veg too. Meat was still available but a lot had already gone.

 

[AmandaJR]

Crazy - just watched a programme about how much food as a nation we chuck away. We never (ok seldom) chuck away food - perhaps the occasional apple that was rank when it arrived from Tesco - just plan better! Would do folk good to live out of the cupboard and freezer for a week or three!

 

[Crow]

The daftest thing was, nobody seemed to have been stocking up on "DRINK".

 

[kev_off_the_tee]

I always laugh at peoples reaction to snow. I remember watching the news 2 years ago when the news was reporting major disruption in southern England after 3 inches of snow. Roads, rail, airports all reported issues and the news talked up a panic.

By this point the north east had already had over 3 foot and had an average daily temp of -16c and we simply got on with it. I walked to Asda around 3 miles away and bought a few days groceries and a sledge, tied it to my belt, put the shopping on and walked home. Food in the house and i took the little'n sledging afterwards.

Shops will always open, they always have enough basic provisions and we can always walk there, he'll it might get some fresh air (for us northerner s) into our lungs.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I understand the OP point but we're in for some serious snow around Berkshire. Getting to and from work tomorrow will be a test in itself and I am somewhat nervous South West Trains will actually be running a service by lunchtime. With that in mind the last thing I'd want to do is find myself short of basics tomorrow and have to try and pick those up too.

 

[kev_off_the_tee]

Homer how far do you live from a shop that sells basic groceries.

The Indian family in my local village shop live above it and are open 364 days of the year and I'm sure they are not the only one to do this

 

[MadAdey]

This country is unbelievable when it comes to a little bit of rough weather. I remember my brother laughed about it when he first moved back here after living for 10 years in northern Germany. He use to say about how the snow came down by November and stayed until around February time. That place did not come to a halt and they get it a lot worse than we do for very prolonged periods of time.

Problem is people are frightened to drive in this country when you get a little bit of snow. Not difficult is it, just slow and take your time. I never worry about driving in the snow and i do not have a big 4x4, just a rear wheel drive coupe that is probably the worst thing to have in the bad weather.

 

[Crow]

I bet if most households did a quick check of what's in their cupboards, fridges and freezers they'd pretty much all have enough food to last at least a week and most could easliy last a month.

Okay, you might not be eating your favourite treats after a week but it's hardly reason to start clearing the shelves of the local shops come the first mention of the S word.

 

[DappaDonDave]

Our big tesco is usually well stocked, but today...very low on milk and bread! Wtf people if you are going to be snowed in you need tinned goods and uht milk!

Anyway....currently no sign of snow in the Blackpool area...so well done to the idiots which panic buy!

 

[DappaDonDave]

The daftest thing was, nobody seemed to have been stocking up on "DRINK".

Just bought a case of Buck's Fizz and a case of kit royale from morrisons online wine cellar, £3.94 a case with codes MORRCEL042 and MORRCEL045

Need to be separate transactions. The code is £8 off an order and that fizzy piss is the cheapest stuff they have

 

[Smiffy]

Homer how far do you live from a shop that sells basic groceries.

The Indian family in my local village shop live above it and are open 364 days of the year and I'm sure they are not the only one to do this

Yep. And with a loaf of bread @ £2.00 and a jar of coffee at over a fiver, they won't be holidaying at Butlins when the weather improves either.
Convenience store? Yeah right. Convenient for who????

 

[la_lucha]

Yep. And with a loaf of bread @ £2.00 and a jar of coffee at over a fiver, they won't be holidaying at Butlins when the weather improves either.
Convenience store? Yeah right. Convenient for who????

But in the worst case, and you can't make it the 3 miles to the supermarket they do have basic provisions.

 

[Smiffy]

But in the worst case, and you can't make it the 3 miles to the supermarket they do have basic provisions.

Pkt of Rizla in Tesco 15p.
Pkt of Rizla in our local garage 55p.
Robbers

 

[User20205]

I always laugh at peoples reaction to snow. I remember watching the news 2 years ago when the news was reporting major disruption in southern England after 3 inches of snow. Roads, rail, airports all reported issues and the news talked up a panic.

By this point the north east had already had over 3 foot and had an average daily temp of -16c and we simply got on with it. I walked to Asda around 3 miles away and bought a few days groceries and a sledge, tied it to my belt, put the shopping on and walked home. Food in the house and i took the little'n sledging afterwards.

Shops will always open, they always have enough basic provisions and we can always walk there, he'll it might get some fresh air (for us northerner s) into our lungs.

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[Imurg]

Problem is people are frightened to drive in this country when you get a little bit of snow. Not difficult is it, just slow and take your time. I never worry about driving in the snow and i do not have a big 4x4, just a rear wheel drive coupe that is probably the worst thing to have in the bad weather.

Many areas don't get much snow that often and even when they do it doesn't hang around long - there have been exceptions in the last few years - so they don't get used to driving in snow. They don't adapt their driving style, they continue as if it's a nice sunny day and wonder why they can't stop. British drivers, for some reason, are just too damn impatient to drive properly in snow and ice, they don't leave themselves enough time to get to where they want to go so are constantly pushing the limits.

 

[DCB]

The trouble is there are too many reporters who like to try and make a big story out of a bit of bad weather. Some of the recent reporting has been nothing short of appalling. Facts are in short supply in some of the weather stories this week.


What's even more appalling is that people believe what they are reading

 

[MadAdey]

The trouble is there are too many reporters who like to try and make a big story out of a bit of bad weather. Some of the recent reporting has been nothing short of appalling. Facts are in short supply in some of the weather stories this week.


What's even more appalling is that people believe what they are reading

With you on that one mate. The way the reporters go on it is like we are going to be getting 3 foot of snow a day for the next month, not the couple of inches for the next couple of days that we are going to get. Worse case scenario is I may get snowed in until Tuesday. Well a loaf of bread, 4 pinter of milk and a dozen eggs is all the fresh stuff I would need to get through the weekend.

Or shall I go and panic buy???????????????

Sod this I am off to Sainsburys on my mountain bike as it is only 5 minutes away. Must get 10 loaves of bread, 400 pints of milk, 3lb of sausages and enough veg to make Sunday dinner for everyone on the forum (no that is not an invitation). I must do it, I must do it, the snow is going to be that bad I will not even be able to get my mountain bike out...............:ears:

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Just bought a case of Buck's Fizz and a case of kit royale from morrisons online wine cellar, £3.94 a case with codes MORRCEL042 and MORRCEL045

Need to be separate transactions. The code is £8 off an order and that fizzy piss is the cheapest stuff they have

Still overpriced!!!

 

[Rooter]

we need bread and milk! oops, the wife asked me to get some yesterday!

will have to fire up the 4x4!!! rarrrrr

 

[upsidedown]

In 1982 the dairy farm I was working on in deep Herefordshire was snowed in for 5 days, we had half a loaf of bread and few cans of beans and spag hoops. Thankfully my boss gave us some essentials till we could get out ( no problem for milk, had to throw 5 days worth away ) to the local shop and that was on a tractor....