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DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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greg nr said:
Latest pandemic shortage: Cheese? Aren't farmers pouring milk out onto the ground?

So we tried wegmans delivery for the first time. Our "shopper" was texting questions about substitutions. When he got to the cheese aisle he said they didn't have our choices and he'd have to move on. My wife kept offering alternatives and he was saying they were out. He finally texted her a picture of a completely empty cheese reefer section to make a point.

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My kids told me a lot of stores are out of cheese in the area.

So we have a brain dead stimulus system where farmers are losing millions of dollars being forced to throw out a product which can easily be made into a commodity that is in short supply.

Where has common sense gone? Isn't this directly in the GOP wheelhouse? Save farmers. Capitalism.
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Don't know if you've ever made cheese but not many types of cheese most people use can be made overnight. I've been making a lot myself.....keeps the kids happy....
 
tangerinegreen555

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curious2garden said:
I'm reduced to using Scott. I'm missing my deluxe 'shit paper' (thank you @tangerinegreen555 that bon mot is burned in my memory). Although I do have some rolls of Charmin' stashed so I can remember the pinnacle our society attained.
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You ever wonder what Mr. Whipple did with that stuff when he was home at night?

Just a little too friendly with the TP.
 
greg nr

greg nr

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https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2020/04/14/coronavirus-boston-homeless-testing

Testing Reveals 'Stunning' Asymptomatic Coronavirus Spread Among Boston's Homeless

April 14, 2020

Lisa Mullins

Lynn Jolicoeur

Doctors who work with Boston's homeless population are sounding the alarm about asymptomatic spread of the coronavirus and the need for more testing.

For the first weeks of the outbreak, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program tested only people who showed symptoms. A few dozen tested positive. There weren't enough test kits from the state to check everyone else.

Then the clinicians realized that a cluster of the people who had come up positive were staying at Boston's Pine Street Inn. So the state made testing kits available, and just over a week ago, Health Care for the Homeless tested everyone coming into that shelter.

The results? Out of 397 people tested, 146 (36%) came up positive. But even more surprising, they weren't showing any signs of sickness.
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The Pine Street Inn is a homeless shelter in a Boston community. It is famous/infamous for being one of the oldest in the country. It is a warren of shared spaces, with little or no personal room. A virus would spread like wildfire in an environment like that.

Now it could be these are recent infections, and hasn't progressed to the point where people are getting sick yet. Or it could be that alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness, and domestic abuse are factors that make you more resistant to the disease. Wouldn't that be a kicker.
 
natureboygrower

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BarnBuster said:
Walmart had Ultra Plush-Ultra Smooth-One sheet will do it-Charmin in the store today. My worship of the Procter&Gamble Sun God paid off, lol
Only shortage I'm still seeing is Iso and wipes. Plenty of dairy, meat/pork, frozen food, produce.
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I've noticed walmart has more product than the grocery chain I usually shop at. I guess that's not a surprise. Two days ago I put in a meat order at a locally owned IGA. It was 15 items for $139. They had a list of different meats and cuts. We went with stufff where we could do multiple meals with. I really dont think its much of a deal( the butcher said he was raising prices after my order) he said meat prices were about to go up. 85% hamburger is $5.59/lb right now, which isnt really a surprise. Hamburger has been high the last cpl years I've noticed.
Lobster prices might be super low though. 5-6 years ago Canada stopped buying our lobsters so there was a huge glut, prices were below hamburger. Might be the same this summer.
 
natureboygrower

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TrippleDip said:
Wtf. What's the other 15%, pork? Maybe you are shopping in the wrong place. My dad pays 12$/kg for 100% beef, and I pay 3$/lb just at a different store (plus mine is frozen but I'm going to freeze it anyways).
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Fat. The 85% is all they had, but that's what I prefer anyways. 90% is too lean for me unless I'm doing meatloaf. Your dad is paying a little under 6 a pound. So not too far off from what Im paying, but it is a leaner meat, hes getting a better deal than me. The price I'm seeing is about the same wherever I go.
 
TrippleDip

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I get it now, they sell blended meats for super cheap too, thought it might be that.

Bone in cuts like pork shoulders are usually really cheap, under $3 a pound but more after you subtract the bone. Pork backbones are usually 80c to $1 pp. Not that meat is super expensive but it's easy to exchange a little labour for savings. This is why I like getting whole fish too. Always looking for new things to try.
 
greg nr

greg nr

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natureboygrower said:
I've noticed walmart has more product than the grocery chain I usually shop at. I guess that's not a surprise. Two days ago I put in a meat order at a locally owned IGA. It was 15 items for $139. They had a list of different meats and cuts. We went with stufff where we could do multiple meals with. I really dont think its much of a deal( the butcher said he was raising prices after my order) he said meat prices were about to go up. 85% hamburger is $5.59/lb right now, which isnt really a surprise. Hamburger has been high the last cpl years I've noticed.
Lobster prices might be super low though. 5-6 years ago Canada stopped buying our lobsters so there was a huge glut, prices were below hamburger. Might be the same this summer.
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Lobster off the boat in mass right now is $3-$4/lb. This time last year it was $5-$7. A lot of boats can't make money at that price. They are doing the minimum to keep landings so they don't lose permits.
 
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