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tweetiepooh · 14-04-2020, 11:24

It's the craft beers and ciders (unpasteurised) that only have a short shelf life but are the better drinking that will go first. Like lots of "live" producers (farming, plant breeders, food production) these need help either to trade or cover losses. You can make and store a fridge but not the stuff you put in them.
Lots of milk is (or could) go to waste because users of large quantities aren't.
Bakers (inc hotels/restuarants) aren't using flour and millers aren't geared up to move production to smaller units.
Can we find ways for trade to continue safely? Could ease demand in supermarkets and help the producers.
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Some items I've been monitoring prices have come down and availability is better. Hope those who were trying to price gouge learn a lesson. Thai rice for example though glutinous is harder to find - (one dodgy Amazon offer looks OK but careful examination shows that of the 1kg advertised only 480g is rice).
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What I'm missing is church and working with the kids. Our big summer events are postponed and our US trip this year where the wife's family were gathering from parts of the world to celebrate what would have been their dad's 100th if also off and it looks like airfares could be higher if next year planes are only allowed to be half full.
Yes it's fairly trivial compared to what others are going through but it could indicate that even when the virus is "beaten" the effects are going to last a lot longer, wonder what the effects on lives around the world is and if extra deaths indirectly caused are going to get factored in when the great blame game starts.
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Glad that the TV producers are finding different ways to get Stay at home across than the dour gent in the earlier messages who looked like he never enjoyed a moment in his life.
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Wonder how the planned monitoring/notification app is going to work? How will it impact people who don't/can't use it? I don't have a mobile phone and I don't want movements/access to be curtailed because of that. And you ALWAYS have to think that while introduced to counter infection and is benign what would/could some future government/company do.

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tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM 1Gb TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,327	Re: Coronavirus It's the craft beers and ciders (unpasteurised) that only have a short shelf life but are the better drinking that will go first. Like lots of "live" producers (farming, plant breeders, food production) these need help either to trade or cover losses. You can make and store a fridge but not the stuff you put in them. Lots of milk is (or could) go to waste because users of large quantities aren't. Bakers (inc hotels/restuarants) aren't using flour and millers aren't geared up to move production to smaller units. Can we find ways for trade to continue safely? Could ease demand in supermarkets and help the producers. --- Some items I've been monitoring prices have come down and availability is better. Hope those who were trying to price gouge learn a lesson. Thai rice for example though glutinous is harder to find - (one dodgy Amazon offer looks OK but careful examination shows that of the 1kg advertised only 480g is rice). --- What I'm missing is church and working with the kids. Our big summer events are postponed and our US trip this year where the wife's family were gathering from parts of the world to celebrate what would have been their dad's 100th if also off and it looks like airfares could be higher if next year planes are only allowed to be half full. Yes it's fairly trivial compared to what others are going through but it could indicate that even when the virus is "beaten" the effects are going to last a lot longer, wonder what the effects on lives around the world is and if extra deaths indirectly caused are going to get factored in when the great blame game starts. --- Glad that the TV producers are finding different ways to get Stay at home across than the dour gent in the earlier messages who looked like he never enjoyed a moment in his life. --- Wonder how the planned monitoring/notification app is going to work? How will it impact people who don't/can't use it? I don't have a mobile phone and I don't want movements/access to be curtailed because of that. And you ALWAYS have to think that while introduced to counter infection and is benign what would/could some future government/company do. __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.