A thank you to Brexiteers.

[andysays]

What are you burning today?.

Nothing so exciting, it's for use in lawn mowers.

 

[Pickman's model]

People who at this point are denying that there’s a brexit related issue with the food supply are just curiousities. I like it, flat earth people are also interesting.

People who think it's just started haven't been paying attention

 

[andysays]

Holiday. Found everything I needed in the shops including the often elusive flat parsley.

Most of Lincolnshire is pretty flat, so good place to find parsley, I'd guess

 

[bimble]

People who think it's just started haven't been paying attention

What are these brexit shortages that began in 2018? it’s true I did not notice them. Can’t be cheese then.

 

[Pickman's model]

Most of Lincolnshire is pretty flat, so good place to find parsley, I'd guess

Saw but did not buy gluten free fajita kits - central Lincolnshire seems replete with food both staples and less usual produce

 

[andysays]

Tallow or beeswax?

It was a hypothetical candle, I don't think I actually have any real ones.

I do have an old camping stove somewhere, but I'm not sure if I have any meths to burn in it any more.

 

[Pickman's model]

What are these brexit shortages that began in 2018? it’s true I did not notice them. Can’t be cheese then.

Ongoing apparently

 

[Pickman's model]

It was a hypothetical candle, I don't think I actually have any real ones.

I do have an old camping stove somewhere, but I'm not sure if I have any meths to burn in it any more.

Before long we'll drink meths and think ourselves fortunate

 

[bimble]

Yeh but you're something of a Jemima come lately on this topic as some of us have been observing the phenomenon since 2018

What have you been observing ? Go on.

 

[andysays]

Saw but did not buy gluten free fajita kits - central Lincolnshire seems replete with food both staples and less usual produce

I'm genuinely not sure what that is, but glad to hear they're still available in the county of my birth.

 

[Pickman's model]

What have you been observing ? Go on.

The absence of foodstuffs in supermarkets but not with the degree of obsession you've brought to the table

 

[Smangus]

Went into a deli in Bradford on Avon today for some bits. Lady in there saying she was waiting for some deliveries as stock was getting low. She said there was a shortage of drivers and also cardboard, which is new one to me. Now there was food etc in the shop but obviously there are issues, the extent of which (or not) will be very dependent on your location and the supply lines that connect to it.

Meanwhile down the road in the Sainsburys where we went gin shopping (we found some sloes to pick) it seemed full of everything. Make of that what you will, covid, brexit, some sort of seasonal disorder, etc.

 

[bimble]

The absence of foodstuffs in supermarkets but not with the degree of obsession you've brought to the table

Since 2018? Very specific that. I think you’re just making stuff up.

 

[Pickman's model]

Since 2018? Very specific that. I think you’re just making stuff up.

No it isn't. Since 11/09/18, specifically.

National ginger ale shortage.

I like my generic sugar free ginger ale. I probably get through a litre every other day. However, a crisis has been apparent in recent weeks. Shop after shop has been sold out. Coop. Sainsburys. Waitrose. Up north, down south, you name it. Here is a northern Sainsburys today. Mostly well...

www.urban75.net

I'll have that apology now, cheers

 

[Smangus]

Since 2018? Very specific that. I think you’re just making stuff up.

I think Pickman's slipping tbh, with a man of his calibre of pedantry I would expect time and date too.

 

[Smangus]

See

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

also cardboard, which is new one to me.

A combination of a surge in online shopping when the shops were closed plus tips being closed/hard to use resulting in people storing cardboard at home rather than getting back in to circulation. What we have now is the knock-on of that.

 

[Supine]

Hotel I’m staying in at the moment are changing their menu yay! Manager says they are lucky to get 70% of what they order at the moment so many changes to accommodate.

 

[Elpenor]

I'm genuinely not sure what that is, but glad to hear they're still available in the county of my birth.

Gluten free fajita kit presumably means no wraps (because of the shortages I expect )

 

[bimble]

No it isn't. Since 11/09/18, specifically.

National ginger ale shortage.

I like my generic sugar free ginger ale. I probably get through a litre every other day. However, a crisis has been apparent in recent weeks. Shop after shop has been sold out. Coop. Sainsburys. Waitrose. Up north, down south, you name it. Here is a northern Sainsburys today. Mostly well...

www.urban75.net

I'll have that apology now, cheers

I see. Brexit stole your Waitrose sandwiches in September 2018. My condolences.

 

[Pickman's model]

I see. Brexit stole your Waitrose sandwiches in September 2018. My condolences.

Your tardy false condolences aren't worth the pixels they're displayed on

 

[bimble]

Your tardy false condolences aren't worth the pixels they're displayed on

Have you considered seeking the help of a grief councillor? It is obviously still haunting you to this day. I do understand, salmon and cucumber is so much better than tuna and sweetcorn. Not sure if your loss that day was brexit related tho, tbh.

 

[Pickman's model]

Have you considered seeking the help of a grief councillor? It is obviously still haunting you to this day. I do understand, salmon and cucumber is so much better than tuna and sweetcorn. Not sure if your loss that day was brexit related tho, tbh.

Your faux concern does you no credit. As you can see on that thread shortages of foodstuffs were noted three years ago. There's been lots of times I've been in Sainsbury's and there's been no milk or no fresh herbs or no own brand Peruvian chocolate. The other week there was no bleach bar one solitary bottle of domestos. Which of these is brexit related and which of these is just down to being slow getting there and other people buying the stuff? You seem sure you can tell the difference but offer no insight into your methods.

 

[bimble]

Your faux concern does you no credit. As you can see on that thread shortages of foodstuffs were noted three years ago. There's been lots of times I've been in Sainsbury's and there's been no milk or no fresh herbs or no own brand Peruvian chocolate. The other week there was no bleach bar one solitary bottle of domestos. Which of these is brexit related and which of these is just down to being slow getting there and other people buying the stuff? You seem sure you can tell the difference but offer no insight into your methods.

Are you one of them ? Those who think it’s all a figment of remoaners imagination?Fantastic. My respect for you has grown. From a low bar admittedly.

 

[Pickman's model]

Are you one of them ? Those who think it’s all a figment of remoaners imagination?Fantastic.

I know what you're one of, people who demand answers but prefer not to answer questions

 

[bimble]

I know what you're one of, people who demand answers but prefer not to answer questions

I will answer any question you like. You’re just angry still aren’t you about that salmon sandwich.

 

[bimble]

The idea that for months I and 90% of everyone else has just been unlucky every single time we go to the shop is .. admirable.

 

[Pickman's model]

I will answer any question you like. You’re just angry still aren’t you about that salmon sandwich.

How can you be sure that the absence of something in a supermarket is down to brexit rather than your being too late to the shop and other people buying it?

 

[Pickman's model]

The idea that for months I and 90% of everyone else has just been unlucky every single time we go to the shop is .. admirable.

90% being another bimble fact I suppose.

 

[Raheem]

How can you be sure that the absence of something in a supermarket is down to brexit rather than your being too late to the shop and other people buying it?

Because that doesn't normally happen, at least not on consecutive visits. And because some of the time the shop put a notice up.