Anyone non-panic buying?

Tomorrow morning after a lie-in, I'll be gloating while munching some toast covered with homemade sweet chilli jam made from peppers that I grew last year.

I'm down to 2 jars left, but will be planting this year's seeds soon.
 
Nicked from the turnip thread but sums it up nicely for those having a meltdown about not having tomatoes for a few weeks..

PlacidCasual said:
I think it's more that most people are resilient enough that when seasons, high energy prices and bad weather coincide to mean a temporary disruption to a few food stuffs but a large variety remains they don't see the need to imbue it with more significance than being a minor inconvenience.
 
n111ck said:
Nicked from the turnip thread but sums it up nicely for those having a meltdown about not having tomatoes for a few weeks..

PlacidCasual said:
I think it's more that most people are resilient enough that when seasons, high energy prices and bad weather coincide to mean a temporary disruption to a few food stuffs but a large variety remains they don't see the need to imbue it with more significance than being a minor inconvenience.
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I'm perfectly resilient enough to view a tomato shortage as a minor inconvenience. And I eat a LOT of tomatoes. They're probably my favourite food. So yeah, I'm a bit peeved, but I'll live.

Not that I should have to, because this shortage, like others before it and others to come has been exacerbated and inflicted upon us all by economic illiterates such as yourself and your actual,"meltdown" that's brought us to this tomatoless nightmare.

Reality will collide with you when something you need becomes scarce, uneconomic, or unaffordable. That day will come. There's no reason why it won't and part of the reason for will be the sunlit uplands of Brexit.
 
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inogen said:
I'm perfectly resilient enough to view a tomato shortage as a minor inconvenience. And I eat a LOT of tomatoes. They're probably my favourite food. So yeah, I'm a bit peeved, but I'll live.

Not that I should have to, because this shortage, like others before it and others to come has been exacerbated and inflicted upon us all by economic illiterates such as yourself and your actual,"meltdown" that's brought us to this tomatoless nightmare.

Reality will collide with you when something you need becomes scarce, uneconomic, or unaffordable. That day will come. There's no reason why it won't.
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These regular tomato shortages are really tough - oh wait...
 
n111ck said:
These regular tomato shortages are really tough - oh wait...
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It's not just tomatoes though is it? It's all sorts of stuff. It's pretty much everything.

I had some shock absorbers changed on my car. The price of them has gone through the roof and they had to be delivered from Germany with all the wait and inconvenience involved. It's literally, pretty much the supply chain of everything. The other week, my other half and I spent hours ringing around trying to get some anti-biotics that she'd been prescribed. There are supply issues everywhere with dirty brexit fingerprints all over them.

So yeah, tomatoes. No biggie. Everything else. Pretty ****ing serious. Tomatoes are just a tasty, nutritious, topical example.
 
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Doobedoo said:
Let’s be honest people this is just another means to wave the Brexit stick around, claim a sense of superiority, while attempting to beat people with it.

It’s been done to death, it’s boring and because no one ventured into the Brexit thread other than Brexit fanatics, it ends up spread all other the place.
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Yeah you're right. I've a brexit stick and I'm going to beat people with it. If they find it boring, perhaps they should rub their two brain cells together for alternative entertainment.
 
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Doobedoo said:
Let’s be honest people this is just another means to wave the Brexit stick around, claim a sense of superiority, while attempting to beat people with it.

It’s been done to death, it’s boring and because no one ventured into the Brexit thread other than Brexit fanatics, it ends up spread all other the place.
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Brexit was in every thread for a long time. That's how 51% of the population voted to leave; many without a brain cell contemplating the consequence. They were sheep dipped into the belief of a strong Britain.
 
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Doobedoo said:
Let’s be honest people this is just another means to wave the Brexit stick around, claim a sense of superiority, while attempting to beat people with it.

It’s been done to death, it’s boring and because no one ventured into the Brexit thread other than Brexit fanatics, it ends up spread all other the place.
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Whereas following the brexit promises, this sort of event should be an opportunity for brexiters to be gloating, pasting the headlines "Brexit Britain secure food supplies whilst EU goes hungry". Ramming home how our improved international standing has allowed our market preferential access to suppliers, by having the new found flexibility to really look after 'number one' that we've actually gone and done it. Strangely that doesn't seem to be happening.
 
Jamie Oliver Recipes #99

Sovereignty Salad
Ingredients
Truss Lettuce
500g Turnip Shavings
2 Whole Turnips
1 Sliced Turnip
1 Liquidised Turnip
Regret

Cut the Truss lettuce into thin slices. Place on a plate
Place 2 whole turnips in the middle of the plate
Arrange the turnip slices around the whole turnips
Pour liquidised turnip over the whole dish
Sprinkle with turnip shavings and regret for michellin star presentation
Enjoy!
 
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inogen said:
Yeah, I agree. If it was true that the vaccine rollout was delivered more quickly due to flexibility and emancipation from EU regulation, how come we can't do the same thing with tomatoes?

Or was that just bull****?

Answers carved into a turnip please.
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the vaccine rollout was BS. don't get me wrong in a rare example of foresight the government did back the Oxford vaccine but we were still following the rules of the EU when the vaccine rollout happened. we could have done exactly the same with a remake outcome just like a few other EU countries chose too.
that said would we have done? perhaps not but we COULD have. but let's say we remained. the truth is after a disastrous start to the EU rollout (largely in part to the FUD cast over the Oxford vaccine which would have happened regardless and hopefully we would stil have ignored) the EU caught up anyway and it wasn't long before most EU countries were doing as well as or better than us, and any short fall was due to plonkers refusing to take the jab. but it was there for the taking for those who wanted it in Germany , France etc not that long after us.

on topic I just got back from Aldi.

lots of green peppers but no others.
no shortage of cucumbers (that juicer woman would be jealous )
only 10 packs of toms left and they were the massive ones and not really ripe.
 
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I voted Brexit but I think it was the wrong thing to do. I was coerced by various politicians and I should have known better. I honestly cannot see one benefit to it. The whole thing was a mistake which sprang from a gamble by Cameron. What I find sad is that a lot of people who voted Brexit will not admit that it's been an utter failure and will do whatever they can to save face. They convince no-one, barely even themselves.
 
Lysander said:
I voted Brexit but I think it was the wrong thing to do. I was coerced by various politicians and I should have known better. I honestly cannot see one benefit to it. The whole thing was a mistake which sprang from a gamble by Cameron. What I find sad is that a lot of people who voted Brexit will not admit that it's been an utter failure and will do whatever they can to save face. They convince no-one, barely even themselves.
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it was a punt and truth is once we left I wanted project fear to be proven to be just that.
I didn't know for sure I just went on what "felt" right (United we are stronger and better to have a voice in the club than be outside it yada yada yada). but right or wrong..... this should not have been a decision for the average Joe on the street (Inc me) this should have been down to experts.

to me you know something is wrong on any topic when the argument against it is we are done listening to the experts (and this was part of the brexit line).

if I go to the hospital for an op I am gonna want experts making decisions on my health.
so why would I not want experts in the field deciding massive economic decisions like this ?
 
Lysander said:
I voted Brexit but I think it was the wrong thing to do. I was coerced by various politicians and I should have known better. I honestly cannot see one benefit to it. The whole thing was a mistake which sprang from a gamble by Cameron. What I find sad is that a lot of people who voted Brexit will not admit that it's been an utter failure and will do whatever they can to save face. They convince no-one, barely even themselves.
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Part of it is the toxic behaviour exhibited from both sides. Stop claiming a sense of superiority and maybe others will join suit. Maybe… :D
 
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