Coronavirus

Peter Shaw. Well done. Some years ago I got my mum to help me fill in all the probate forms and powers of attorney for when the inevitable was going to happen to her. Fortunately she saw the practical side of that and had some years left. With the additional issues of her and my deceased dad having been born before german occupation of their euro country of origin and the destruction of some documents it would have been an absolute nightmare for me to sort out without her help in advance. When the tiem came it was just a DIY slog to sort it all without the silly fees solicitors charge.
Wife and I are in process of doing tthe same for our kids but with a complex estate I can gues they'll just take the lazy way out and lose a large proportion chunk to facilitators....
Whether or not coronavirus is the concern there is good reason to get stuff sorted at these age groups.

pgk

Do not worry about toilet paper supplies! As long as Newspapers are obtainable you can tear them into small squares then pierce holes in a corner and hang them on a string from the toilet ceiling.

Sound advice based on my early years on this planet.

Although we don’t normally use it we have a warm water douche next to one of our toilets so we don’t need to get newsprint on our nethers if bum roll supplies run out!

And if someone has done the crossword some of those pens are permanent!

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At least newsprint seems more permanently fixed to the paper these days

There are of course mixed blessings about this virus (as long as we don’t catch it) for instance the wife seems less likely to suggest shopping trips, the disadvantage is that she notices more things that need doing around the house. As her Chauffeur and Handyman I can’t win anyway!

Edited By V8Eng on 05/03/2020 13:07:42

Well I've got enough bar stock in the scrap bin to keep me going for quite a considerable amount of time in the workshop. Plus a newly ground ML7 to rebuild, a set of Jacobs gear hobber castings to machine and a 10 inch shaper to check/rebuild to do it on!!!

Bring on the apocalypse, just don't open my garage door, you'll let all my heat out.

Toilet paper is apparently in short supply as everyone panics, I hear that soaps are also on the shortages list , is this because an element of the population who rarely if ever used it are now going to be washing their hands ?
Dave W

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As alternative you can take a roll of kitchen paper and cut in half, good excuse to go to the workshop and use the bandsaw. Niko.

In my student days the Exchange and Mart was the preferred option.

Russell

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If you do use kitchen roll for this purpose, just don't put it down the pan after use; it doesn't readily macerate and so can block toilets and drains quite effectively.

Toilet tissue has a low wet strength so it breaks up when wet, other paper wipers like kitchen roll have a high wet strength and are less inclined to break up. Don’t use the toilet brush, definitely a bit harsh.

Mike

A number of things were disappearing off the shelves this morning (I'm not exactly sure why) but as I can still vaguely remember ration books - I have my own more cunning priorities and grabbed several weeks supplies of chocolate digestives and ginger nuts! My Grandad was always really delighted when he could get his mitts on those all that time ago, although I've never liked dunking chocolate biscuits myself...ginger nuts though are ideal...

With regards to the tricky subject of "wet strength" - I think 'Izal' paper must take some beating, it was almost totally non-absorbent and it's one thing that I certainly don't miss. Cannot see anyone rushing to hoard that!

Otherwise, it's heads down and hope for the best - although Sunday Lunch out with youngest son (and his charming Fiancé ) seems worth the risk....

Take care everyone.

IanT

Edited By IanT on 05/03/2020 20:23:25

Don't worry!

In a deep railway tunnel underneath the Chiltern Hills the MOD has a 50,000 ton stockpile of W^D and Izal medicated toilet paper ready for civil emergencies.

Actually, do worry...

Hi, I knew an old Lady...…………….. No, she didn't swallow a fly, (as far as I know) but she insisted on only having Izal loo rolls. She was about 80 when I used to deliver her groceries once a week, on my after school job. Soft loo rolls were becoming more popular then, but she would have none of it.

Regards Nick.

We see bad news about Covid 19 on the news everywhere and even at my local bottle shop where sales of Corona beer is down.

Good news if you like a brew at the end of the day as the price of their beer is on special.

Paul.

When the Chernobyl incident in the 1980s affected the city of Kiev it was reckoned that the sales of Chicken Kiev dropped drastically. This sort of thing really defies logic.

Edited By V8Eng on 05/03/2020 22:32:41

The psychologists tell us that very few of our important decisions are purely rational or based on logic. Most of our big decisions tend to be emotional. Ask any car salesman. They look for the dilating pupils that indicate an emotional decision to buy now.

But toilet paper??????