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Jörgen Andersson16-Mar-20 6:16

Jörgen Andersson

16-Mar-20 6:16

dandy72 wrote:
Then the brands I buy fail spectacularly to achieve that that.

And therefore they also aren't wetproof.

dandy72 wrote:
there's gotta be an expert on even such a topic out there.

It's quite amazing what you can do with cellulose actually. With heat and pressure you can even turn it into a spring. A useless spring since steel is both stronger and doesn't rot, but still.
The east Germans even made cars from it. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

dandy72 wrote:
Can't be much worse than the red coloring used to make meat look "better" and easier to sell than it otherwise would be.

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dandy7216-Mar-20 6:38

dandy72

16-Mar-20 6:38

Jörgen Andersson wrote:
The east Germans even made cars from it

I noticed your use of past tense.

Did they dissolve in the rain? Smile | :)

Jörgen Andersson16-Mar-20 6:51

Jörgen Andersson

16-Mar-20 6:51

Nope, they are resin reinforced, lasts forever, so they grind them down and use as a roadfiller.

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OriginalGriff16-Mar-20 5:11

16-Mar-20 5:11

Locally it's toilet rolls, paracetamol, liquid soap, pasta, tomato ketchup, and mayonnaise.
Oh, and "Home Bargains" is out of wine, apparently! Laugh | :laugh:

What gets me is these people emptying the shelves of all forms of pasta are leaving tinned tomatoes alone - what the heck are they going to put with it (other than ketchup and mayo)?
And from what I have seen of them, they can't cope with a recipe unless it starts with "For best results, cook from frozen."

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Storm-blade16-Mar-20 5:15

Storm-blade

16-Mar-20 5:15

The tinned tomatoes were all gone in the local Tesco today.
As were the beans & spaghetti.

Dar Brett16-Mar-20 15:32

Dar Brett

16-Mar-20 15:32

Maybe everyone is like me and has an impulse buys dozens of cans of tomatoes when they're half price so they have enough at home already? What I find weird is the things that were still in stock.

Pasta was sold out, but the gnocchi and gluten free pasta shelves were still full.

The entire tinned food aisle was almost empty except for beetroot and tinned fruit which was fully stocked.

The butchery section was empty, except for on fridge full of duck.

All of the salt was gone, except the fancy pink stuff.

I also noticed that my local supermarket has brought in truckloads of disposable washcloths as a substitute for paper towels.

5teveH16-Mar-20 5:31

5teveH

16-Mar-20 5:31

glennPattonWork wrote:
has everyone gone mad!

Yes, they have! And selfish too. I thought a crisis was supposed to bring out the best in people. It appears not! Frown | :(

OriginalGriff16-Mar-20 5:33

16-Mar-20 5:33

5teveH wrote:
I thought a crisis was supposed to bring out the best in people

It does.
Unfortunately it also brings out the a**hole in assholes ... Sigh | :sigh:

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Jörgen Andersson16-Mar-20 5:55

Jörgen Andersson

16-Mar-20 5:55

So, you are differentiating between people and assholes. Makes sense.

But are QA a third category or do they belong to any of the former ones?

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Mark_Wallace16-Mar-20 6:12

Mark_Wallace

16-Mar-20 6:12

5teveH wrote:
selfish too. I thought a crisis was supposed to bring out the best in people. It appears not!

After years of watching American disaster movies, people have learned that the way to react to a crisis is to behave like arseholes.

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Mark_Wallace16-Mar-20 6:14

Mark_Wallace

16-Mar-20 6:14

That doesn't mean that a few months in prison won't do him any good.

After a day or two of sharing a cell with Bubba, he'll be willing to pay thousands for a bottle of ~~hand~~ general purpose sanitiser.

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OriginalGriff15-Mar-20 22:32

Re: WSO CCC OTD 2020-03-16

15-Mar-20 22:32

11 + 2 = 13, no matter how you look at it (6, 4, 3)

Early today, got to take Herself out at 13:00

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The pompey15-Mar-20 23:15

The pompey

15-Mar-20 23:15

Eleven plus two

Twelve plus one

OriginalGriff15-Mar-20 23:22

15-Mar-20 23:22

Now you added the second line ... we have a winner!

11 + 2                          ELEVEN PLUS TWO
= 13
no matter how you look at it    (anag)

TWELVE PLUS ONE

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Clumpco15-Mar-20 23:37

Clumpco

15-Mar-20 23:37

Clever stuff!

OriginalGriff15-Mar-20 23:49

15-Mar-20 23:49

I liked it!
I wasn't sure if anyone would get it, but I knew they would all know the words ... Laugh | :laugh:

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musefan16-Mar-20 0:08

musefan

16-Mar-20 0:08

I either love it or I hate it. My brain is outright refusing to decide which one it is.

The pompey16-Mar-20 0:34

The pompey

16-Mar-20 0:34

I had seen it before - can’t remember where but relatively recently

OriginalGriff16-Mar-20 0:41

16-Mar-20 0:41

Damn.
Somebody is stealing my ideas before I have them ... Unsure | :~

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The pompey16-Mar-20 0:46

The pompey

16-Mar-20 0:46

Guess you must have subconsciously seen it too.
Be quite something if you came up with that independently

OriginalGriff16-Mar-20 0:49

16-Mar-20 0:49

Could be - but I have no idea where I might, I don't read any newspapers ...

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musefan16-Mar-20 1:43

musefan

16-Mar-20 1:43

OriginalGriff wrote:
I don't read any newspapers

But you do play the local CCC[^].

OriginalGriff16-Mar-20 1:47

16-Mar-20 1:47

Hot Damn! Two years ago ... I'd forgotten all about that - or thought I had!

Well done! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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musefan16-Mar-20 1:40

musefan

16-Mar-20 1:40

It seemed familiar to me too. Not the clue, but the anagram. Perhaps somebody posted it in the lounge at some point. Otherwise it would have been FB or LI.

Found this[^]. Although it's longer ago than I expected.