Pre- covid, I woulda said they're crazy. Now After endless lockdowns and this new Delta strain, I don't blame them. Next week there could be a Charlie strain, more contagious and more deadly. Would be nice to be well stocked up.
Completely weird Australia's toilet paper obsession and panic buying. Seems the reason to stock up is not covid related at all, but other people's panic buying.
So that's where all the toilet rolls went. Looks like a corner store. Not a lot of variety of food there, and why so much glad wrap and eggs. Eggs have a use-by date.
It’s actually wiser to buy in bulk than having to go out again and again in a raging pandemic. Our pantry is just a fraction of this but we made a list of all non-perishable we use and ordered them all at once from Amazon prime. It was so convenient and cheaper that we might keep doing it every 3 months pandemic or no pandemic.
That's a subject of debate. Google (as in Google eggs as children call them) and you will see that's there's no consensus. If they are in the fridge when you buy them, keep them in the fridge, but not in the fridge door, where there's too much temperature variation. Locally, it seems Woolies and Coles sell them from a fridge, Aldi at room temperature.
Had to laugh, was watching US TV and New Yorkers preparing for the coming big storm, a shot of a supermarket with empty shelves appeared and lo and behold the shelf which normally held toilet rolls had been stripped ...
Well, it IS a basic need, and if you truly believe that you're in danger going to the supermarket, it does make sense to stock up.
Toilet paper hasn't always been available, not until it was mass produced in New York 1857. Read what our unfortunate ancestors used before that date ... All the Ways We’ve Wiped: The History of Toilet Paper and What Came Before
When I backpacked around Thailand many years ago, there were squat toilets and a jug of water. That's why one always only uses the right hand for eating, as the left is for wiping. It took some getting used to. I came to prefer the position, as it got the job done quickly, but I didn't really get used to the wiping. I assume this is common through much of Asia and the Middle East.
I was not a fan of the squat toilets when we went to Thailand. I was due to have hip replacement surgery and couldn't squat. Was fun for Hubby when he had to hold my hands and support my weigh when I needed to go.
It seems to be a common practice across many cultures, especially when the hands are used for eating Don't mix them up How about one long pinky nail
