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  • Victor MeldrewV Offline
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    Mrs Meldrew and me drove to IKEA yesterday.

    No further words are needed.

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    @victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Mrs Meldrew and me drove to IKEA yesterday.

    No further words are needed.

    Are needed or were said?

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    @antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Mrs Meldrew and me drove to IKEA yesterday.

    No further words are needed.

    Are needed or were said?

    Visit was a mutual decision. Regrettably.

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    @victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Mrs Meldrew and me drove to IKEA yesterday.

    No further words are needed.

    That would be sufficient reason for several glasses of Clos de Beze 82.

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    @jc said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @dogmeat said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @snowy Hope he's a good customer. If not invite him over for a private advance viewing of your bargain basement specials

    Just written the invite, to "make it up to him". I can have customers for dinner. All part of the service.

    I knew about the coats but I didn’t realise you ate them.

    Oh yes. Had the Hannibal thing going for a while as well as the clothing. Don't like to be wasteful.

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    Having just read all of the toilet paper posts, I have a moral dilemma. I have to go to the supermarket and we actually need loo rolls.

    So do I buy some (if I can) and look like the fluffybunny who is stockpiling, or do I take the high ground and resort to something more primitive (but appropriate) like The Herald?

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    @snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Having just read all of the toilet paper posts, I have a moral dilemma. I have to go to the supermarket and we actually need loo rolls.

    So do I buy some (if I can) and look like the fluffybunny who is stockpiling, or do I take the high ground and resort to something more primitive (but appropriate) like The Herald?

    Just ask if you can buy a few sheets at a time.

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    @snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Having just read all of the toilet paper posts, I have a moral dilemma. I have to go to the supermarket and we actually need loo rolls.

    So do I buy some (if I can) and look like the fluffybunny who is stockpiling, or do I take the high ground and resort to something more primitive (but appropriate) like The Herald?

    I had the same thoughts when we were in one of our lockdowns. Needed loo paper and felt embarrassed buying some because I didn't want to look like a hoarder. I was even a bit embarrassed about going to the supermarket because I didn't want to look like I was there to panic buy. I obviously think the world revolves around me and what I am doing.

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    replied to Crazy Horse on last edited by
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    @crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:

    I obviously think the world revolves around me and what I am doing.

    Well, both of us obviously.

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    @catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Having just read all of the toilet paper posts, I have a moral dilemma. I have to go to the supermarket and we actually need loo rolls.

    So do I buy some (if I can) and look like the fluffybunny who is stockpiling, or do I take the high ground and resort to something more primitive (but appropriate) like The Herald?

    Just ask if you can buy a few sheets at a time.

    Dangerous in Oz.

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    @snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Having just read all of the toilet paper posts, I have a moral dilemma. I have to go to the supermarket and we actually need loo rolls.

    So do I buy some (if I can) and look like the fluffybunny who is stockpiling, or do I take the high ground and resort to something more primitive (but appropriate) like The Herald?

    I am in exactly the same situation as I should have bought some last week but forgot. I have no shame so will buy some.

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    @machpants and yet when I went out last night to get a proper essential item (Gin) the offie was empty.

    People have strange priorities.

    Mine host at the local craft beer place invited me in to help him finish a keg that he feels won't last a week. No charge.
    4 pints later this lockdown has started well. 😉 🍻

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    replied to Bovidae on last edited by
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    @bovidae TR Jnr is working tonight at the supermarket, he can get some for us 😂

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    @taniwharugby A cunning plan.

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    @dogmeat said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @machpants and yet when I went out last night to get a proper essential item (Gin) the offie was empty.

    People have strange priorities.

    Mine host at the local craft beer place invited me in to help him finish a keg that he feels won't last a week. No charge.
    4 pints later this lockdown has started well. 😉 🍻

    I saw on a Facebook grapevine that the local pizza joint was offering up free pizzas to those in need last night, presumably to use up perishable ingredients that wouldn't last a week or more in the fridge. Apparently they gave away over 100 pizzas. These things bring out as much the best in some people as they do the worst in others.

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    Anyway, crisis averted, as there was plenty of loo paper. On the other hand, NZ is full of home bakers again.

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    @aucklandwarlord said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Apparently they gave away over 100 pizzas. These things bring out as much the best in some people as they do the worst in others.

    Yeah and the people that got one will remember it too hopefully. A pay it forward thing. I would.

    Have just had my expedition to the supermarket. Managed to get a pack of loo rolls but it was a close run thing. Had to fight off an old lady for the good stuff.

    Got a dodgy look from the checkout girl when I sheepishly put toilet paper on the counter, she may have just been checking me out of course.

    No queues because all of the morons went yesterday I guess, but said morons had emptied the shelves. There was more staff than customers trying to re stock.

    Who the fuck does panic baking???

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    @snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @aucklandwarlord said in Grumpy Old Man:

    Apparently they gave away over 100 pizzas. These things bring out as much the best in some people as they do the worst in others.

    Yeah and the people that got one will remember it too hopefully. A pay it forward thing. I would.

    Have just had my expedition to the supermarket. Managed to get a pack of loo rolls but it was a close run thing. Had to fight off an old lady for the good stuff.

    Got a dodgy look from the checkout girl when I sheepishly put toilet paper on the counter, she may have just been checking me out of course.

    No queues because all of the morons went yesterday I guess, but said morons had emptied the shelves. There was more staff than customers trying to re stock.

    Who the fuck does panic (therapeutic) baking???

    my wife, is a battle to stay at a decent weight!

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    @aucklandwarlord said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @dogmeat said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @machpants and yet when I went out last night to get a proper essential item (Gin) the offie was empty.

    People have strange priorities.

    Mine host at the local craft beer place invited me in to help him finish a keg that he feels won't last a week. No charge.
    4 pints later this lockdown has started well. 😉 🍻

    I saw on a Facebook grapevine that the local pizza joint was offering up free pizzas to those in need last night, presumably to use up perishable ingredients that wouldn't last a week or more in the fridge. Apparently they gave away over 100 pizzas. These things bring out as much the best in some people as they do the worst in others.

    Aug 17, 2021  /  Local News

    Meet the family cooking and delivering 2000 meals a day for Canberrans in need

    Meet the family cooking and delivering 2000 meals a day for Canberrans in need

    They say most of the recipients are elderly people unable to shop or cook on their own.

    @antipodean is younger than I imagined

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    @voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @aucklandwarlord said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @dogmeat said in Grumpy Old Man:

    @machpants and yet when I went out last night to get a proper essential item (Gin) the offie was empty.

    People have strange priorities.

    Mine host at the local craft beer place invited me in to help him finish a keg that he feels won't last a week. No charge.
    4 pints later this lockdown has started well. 😉 🍻

    I saw on a Facebook grapevine that the local pizza joint was offering up free pizzas to those in need last night, presumably to use up perishable ingredients that wouldn't last a week or more in the fridge. Apparently they gave away over 100 pizzas. These things bring out as much the best in some people as they do the worst in others.

    Aug 17, 2021  /  Local News

    Meet the family cooking and delivering 2000 meals a day for Canberrans in need

    Meet the family cooking and delivering 2000 meals a day for Canberrans in need

    They say most of the recipients are elderly people unable to shop or cook on their own.

    @antipodean is younger than I imagined

    If I cooked 2000 meals in a day, the media would start talking about antipodean-21, not covid-19

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