OK, now I'm mad.

[shortylickens]

Just put down sand then

Cant put sand in a brine tank you moran!

 

[shortylickens]

Home Depot in Tucson has six models of snow blowers in stock.

I will slap you.

 

[mindless1]

I agree, supply chain issues are getting effin' bad. Just a few hours ago, I was at the gas station getting beer and their cooler was broken, supposedly for several days because they can't get parts or people to install them.

I can put up with a lot of things but warm beer isn't one of them.

It's starting to feel like anything I buy, I should feel *lucky* if it's in stock and at near the same price it's always been.

 

[sdifox]

Cant put sand in a brine tank you moran!

Oh, not for the road, sorry can't help then.

 

[MrSquished]

There was one week where chicken parts and just the organic milk were hard to find at my two main grocery stores. Regular milk was ok. The rice aisle always has rice but it's far less stocked than normally, though Costco always seems to have those huge bags, but those are too big.

Otherwise so far everything I've wanted on Amazon or other online stores has been fine, except for an OXO chef's squeeze bottle I ordered to put simple syrup in for old fashioned's. That's not shipped yet and I ordered it five days ago! Also the dog boots I wanted were in stock but I didn't pull the trigger and the day after the big snow storm in the Northeast last weekend, they were sold out everywhere, and so were many other options were OOS too. I had to go with a different set from a small online store, but they'll be here tomorrow, so that worked out ok.

I've bought books, lube, a deep fry thermometer, a gaming monitor, a video card, pasta bowls, handmade tumblers from Italy, lumbar support pillow, wooden wok cover, small portable fiio headphone amp, Sennheiser headphones (after trying 4 other pairs), slippers, nice wooden chopsticks, large teaspoon measuring set, milligram scale, rear lighting for my monitor, headset stand, a wood wick candle, wok spatula, all in the last month. They all were instantly available.

Plus the usual food stuffs, bourbon, dog poop bags, bitters, dog treats, heart guard for the dog.

Currently have a shopping cart going for car camping equipment. Chairs, lantern, double sleeping bag, tent, duffel bag. So far no issues with stock. Too much to choose from really. Decision paralysis.

 

[shortylickens]

Oh, not for the road, sorry can't help then.

Actually I also need the pressed pellets for my driveway.
Cant find anything these days.
Are people really hoarding salt now?

 

[pete6032]

Shortages seem to be by store here. One store may be completely out of paper towels and you go next door and the other store has an aisle full of them. So no true shortage, just minor inconvenience with consumer goods. Appliances and parts are another story.

 

[shortylickens]

Shortages seem to be by store here. One store may be completely out of paper towels and you go next door and the other store has an aisle full of them. So no true shortage, just minor inconvenience with consumer goods. Appliances and parts are another story.

I been to all the normal places. No one has big bags of salt. And if I get those little cans I'm spending ten times as much.

 

[sdifox]

Actually I also need the pressed pellets for my driveway.
Cant find anything these days.
Are people really hoarding salt now?

We have plenty here :shrug:

 

[sdifox]

I been to all the normal places. No one has big bags of salt. And if I get those little cans I'm spending ten times as much.

Did you check pool supply places? Water softener store? Also landscaping supply place.

 

[shortylickens]

Did you check pool supply places? Water softener store? Also landscaping supply place.

Yes and yes and yes.
BUT, theres like maybe two grocery stores I have not checked yet. Am planning to hit them up today.

 

[snoopy7548]

Buy a 2-stage gas snowblower like a real man.

 

[Muse]

I had a grocery list. I went to the store after work and actually couldn't find many of the main items I wanted. Some of the shit was crazy. I started packing lunches to save money and I paid almost 5 bucks for a bag of chips, 2.50 for a loaf of decent bread and 6 bucks for lunch meat. 8.99 for chuck and 6 bucks a pound for hamburger.

This country is fucked.

I cant believe people voted for this shit.

It ain't the votes that caused the inflation, what are you smoking? I mean if it were that simple just vote the guys who make you rich and off to Cabo.

 

[Scarpozzi]

It ain't the votes that caused the inflation, what are you smoking? I mean if it were that simple just vote the guys who make you rich and off to Cabo.

No he's right. I totally voted for inflation just to spite all you poor people that can't afford it like I can!

 

[nutxo]

No he's right. I totally voted for inflation just to spite all you poor people that can't afford it like I can!

A lot of people I know voted for free money. The people that got voted in printed money like crazy people. Printing money is a major contributor to inflation.

 

[IronWing]

A lot of people I know voted for free money. The people that got voted in printed money like crazy people. Printing money is a major contributor to inflation.

The vast, vast bulk of the free money went to pump up Wall Street.

 

[Torn Mind]

Inflation is dictated by the money supply, which is controlled by the Federal Reserve, which is supposed to be independent from political meddling.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I hear there is lot of salt in P&N. Salt there is a way of life.

 

[BUTCH1]

I hate this too! I missed out my first time buying a snow blower because we had a huge snow storm and I was just fed up of shoveling and said screw it, buying a snow blower. Go to Home Depot and they're selling lawnmowers in freaking middle of winter! Had to wait until July so I can get a snowblower but then I procrastinated and said I'll wait until the first snow... again, sold out and not getting any more for the season.

They seem to have shifted all the seasons by like 3-4 months lol. I sometimes see Halloween stuff at stores in summer and my train of thought is "oh I guess they still have left over from last year... wait, that's for this year?".

You're like the idiots that wait until one day before a hurricane hit to go look for a generator, then they get lucky and find one and buy a single 5 Gl gas can and no extra oil.

 

[Torn Mind]

You're like the idiots that wait until one day before a hurricane hit to go look for a generator, then they get lucky and find one and buy a single 5 Gl gas can and no extra oil.

The funniest part is that Squirrel is a Canadian who should know snow is going to come eventually up there.

 

[Brainonska511]

I had a grocery list. I went to the store after work and actually couldn't find many of the main items I wanted. Some of the shit was crazy. I started packing lunches to save money and I paid almost 5 bucks for a bag of chips, 2.50 for a loaf of decent bread and 6 bucks for lunch meat. 8.99 for chuck and 6 bucks a pound for hamburger.

This country is fucked.

I cant believe people voted for this shit.

$2.50 for a loaf of bread is a very normal and good price based on my memory of buying groceries for the past 10 years, and the loaf I bought today.

$6 for lunch meat could also be normal depending on what you got.

Meat is getting pricy because of an oligopoly in the meat packing industry. Few players control most of the market and are fleecing both farmers and consumers.

As for other stuff: non-sale items at grocery stores are often a bit on the high side (again, normal grocery store thing).

 

[Red Squirrel]

You're like the idiots that wait until one day before a hurricane hit to go look for a generator, then they get lucky and find one and buy a single 5 Gl gas can and no extra oil.

Snowblower is more a nice to have than something I rely on, so that's why I was procrastinating originally. It's a big purchase. I went decades without one, so going a few years more was not really that big a deal.

Though now I also have an electric shovel which I use more than the snow blower now days. Price of gas is through the roof. $1.68 last I checked.

 

[BUTCH1]

Snowblower is more a nice to have than something I rely on, so that's why I was procrastinating originally. It's a big purchase. I went decades without one, so going a few years more was not really that big a deal.

Though now I also have an electric shovel which I use more than the snow blower now days. Price of gas is through the roof. $1.68 last I checked.

Anything decent is around $12-1300 dollars so they are not that cheap BUT it does not snow that often so with good care you should get 10+ years out of it. Those power shovels are more for Tennessee snow, not Canada snow.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Anything decent is around $12-1300 dollars so they are not that cheap BUT it does not snow that often so with good care you should get 10+ years out of it. Those power shovels are more for Tennessee snow, not Canada snow.

Yeah that was why I was hesitating on not buying one is that we don't get as much snow here anymore. But I do have one now. This was years back.