Henry Bowman
Veteran Member
No worries, we all get worked up from time to time....ok everyday LOL
oops
Veteran Member
We had one of the huge transformers go out several yrs ago...they finally got it n n while unloading it...dropped it...half the county was out of power several weeks til they got the replacement n n unloaded n installed...power company was walk-in on eggshells the whole time n the community was relatively calm about it...heaven help them now...tempers and nerves are stretched to the max n on a hair trigger...
coalcracker
Veteran Member
I’ve always thought that Target had some high prices, but this is ridiculous (from a Target store in Central PA):
sssarawolf
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I talked to a friend that works at a grocery and other things store that sells to businesses and the public, he told me they are only getting 20 % of things they try to order in. He keeps ordering canning jars as well and never gets them.
Quiet Man
Nothing unreal exists
I purchased powdered Vitamin D3 from Amazon. It's very concentrated, and will have to be diluted, but is very economical if you know how to do that. This $53 1,000 gram bag can supply 20,000 doses of 50mg each. This is not pure D3 -- Each 50mg from the bag contains 125 micrograms of D3, which is the equivalent of 5,000 IU.
Put another way, 1 gram from the bag has 100,000 IU, or enough for twenty 5,000 IU doses.
ETA: Please take care that you get the dose size correct if you go this route.
ETA2: My plan is to dissolve it in an oil, and then take the number of drops needed for a given dose.
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psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
My hair woman said the same thing about products. Sometimes she’ll need to make two or three trips to restock her supplies.
Codeno
Veteran Member
I drive a semi for a living, and we're getting close to having to park trucks as tires need to be replaced, due to unavailability. Big trucks go through tires like boys go through blue jeans, and there just isn't any way to "stretch" tires the way you might stretch time between oil changes, etc.
The man that I work for actually has a tire "distributorship" that he set up primarily for better pricing, and we have tire racks running down the wall on one side of the shop, which used to be stocked with sets of steer, drive and trailer tires. This rack is starting to look like something out of Venezuela, and the man that my boss buys most of his tires from has 2700 tires on back order, with no firm delivery date(s) in sight.
We have more work than we can keep up with right now, but I really could end up sitting at home for periods of time for lack of tires, not to mention the unavailability of parts, which trucks chew through as well.
The man that I work for actually has a tire "distributorship" that he set up primarily for better pricing, and we have tire racks running down the wall on one side of the shop, which used to be stocked with sets of steer, drive and trailer tires. This rack is starting to look like something out of Venezuela, and the man that my boss buys most of his tires from has 2700 tires on back order, with no firm delivery date(s) in sight.
We have more work than we can keep up with right now, but I really could end up sitting at home for periods of time for lack of tires, not to mention the unavailability of parts, which trucks chew through as well.
Quiet Man
Nothing unreal exists
Thank you for telling us about this. Reality is starting to really hit home.
parsonswife
Veteran Member
TY DH drives 22 ft straightbed and wondering how long before all crashes down. Our back up plan had been cdlA driving but now I don't know....TY for posting
Old Gray Mare
TB Fanatic
We are going to pay brutally for moving manufacturing offshore.
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Twice in the past week, i have seen retread tire material on Memphis interstates. And i have only gotten on the interstate twice in the past week.
I was wondering if the supply chain problems might be forcing truckers to resort to retreads to stay on the road....
I was wondering if the supply chain problems might be forcing truckers to resort to retreads to stay on the road....
Sleeping Cobra
TB Fanatic
Watch every penny and spend wisely.
Sleeping Cobra
TB Fanatic
This!!!!!!!
Roadgeek
Contributing Member
cdlA....what does this mean?
parsonswife
Veteran Member
Sorry CDL class A drivers license
Sleeping Cobra
TB Fanatic
Great, now a tire shortage.
Sicario
The Executor
Yeah, and only the blind didn't see this coming. Behold the power of short-sighted greed.
Some tires are very hard to find the auto center at my Walmart has tons of open spots. They also complain about having to fix the tire displays every few days as they have to take the tires out to put them on cars. Also of all weird things golf balls are also in very short supply. Supposedly the rubber for their cores is unavailable.
Roadgeek
Contributing Member
Got it. Learned something new. thanks
cyberiot
Rimtas žmogus
I am lately nudged to upgrade and flesh out my array of garden tools. Although there's a lot of one-season
ChinaCrap out there, the good-to-excellent stuff is pretty much sold out. Selection at the big-box stores is poor-to-awful. I spent an embarrassing amount of time combing da interwebs for a durable long-handled garden fork. Short handle, they've got. Short product life, they've got. What cyberiot wants? Almost nada.
I wound up paying more than I'm willing to discuss for a Sneeboer tickling fork that I insist my descendants fight over when I go toes up. I have one other Sneeboer tool, and it is a thing of beauty and wonder. So buy once, cry once.
If you want it, you ain't got it, and you think you'll be depending on it to eat, shop NOW.
ChinaCrap out there, the good-to-excellent stuff is pretty much sold out. Selection at the big-box stores is poor-to-awful. I spent an embarrassing amount of time combing da interwebs for a durable long-handled garden fork. Short handle, they've got. Short product life, they've got. What cyberiot wants? Almost nada.
I wound up paying more than I'm willing to discuss for a Sneeboer tickling fork that I insist my descendants fight over when I go toes up. I have one other Sneeboer tool, and it is a thing of beauty and wonder. So buy once, cry once.
If you want it, you ain't got it, and you think you'll be depending on it to eat, shop NOW.
cyberiot
Rimtas žmogus
My hub went to kohl’s for new work pants and jeans yesterday. He said the store looked like a ghost town, bare shelves, hardly anything to choose from, if at all.
It was all arranged differently as well. He just came on back home empty handed,
The last few times I was in Kohl's, you could fire a shotgun across the store and not hit anyone. I actually like some of their clothing brands--Sonoma and Croft & Barrow offer very good quality for the price. I look for them when I shop at Goodwill. I guess high quality isn't what most folks are after these days.
Amazon.com has set up a return center in some Kohl's locations. Ours is situated waaay in the back of the store, so you get quite the scenic tour before you arrive at your destination.
Jaybird
Veteran Member
Was at Chickasha Atwoods today. Had Ivermectin paste and tons of 1% injectable. Had .223 ammo in ammo cans. $599.00/1000. .40, 9mm, .22 and 12 gauge buckshot and slugs. And 25-06. Store appeared well stocked. Half the rifle case was full of AR15s of all flavors. Pistol counter was full. Winter clothes are out and they are packed full.
cyberiot
Rimtas žmogus
An addendum to my earlier post about garden tool shortages, courtesy of Garden Tool Co. Note that Dramm, a USA manufacturer of excellent rubber garden hoses, is also experiencing supply-line problems.
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Covid Still Hurting Small Business
While I must say, Garden Tool Co. was very lucky last year during the peak of Covid, this year the effects of it are catching up to our suppliers. Anne is working hard to re-supply our tools, but we can only get them as fast as they make them.
Unfortunately, we don't know when any of the tools will arrive..sorry.
Sneeboer...with just 13 people hand-making their tools for the dealers throughout the world, they are a bit overwhelmed with orders to say the least. Although they have been trying to hire people for quite some time, blacksmithing is an art the takes many years of training. As you probably know, Sneeboer tools are handmade one at a time and the video below will give you an idea of just how much time goes into each Sneeboer tool.
Dramm...the maker of most of the watering tools we carry is having a hard time getting materials to make their product and as such, our orders are being pushed back months...not good!
Gransfors Bruk Axes...Like Sneeboer, Gransfors axes are handmade by a handful of blacksmiths and an already hard to get product is taking more time to get back in stock.
Thank you for your patience!
Blake and Anne
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www.gardentoolcompany.com
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Covid Still Hurting Small Business
While I must say, Garden Tool Co. was very lucky last year during the peak of Covid, this year the effects of it are catching up to our suppliers. Anne is working hard to re-supply our tools, but we can only get them as fast as they make them.
Unfortunately, we don't know when any of the tools will arrive..sorry.
Sneeboer...with just 13 people hand-making their tools for the dealers throughout the world, they are a bit overwhelmed with orders to say the least. Although they have been trying to hire people for quite some time, blacksmithing is an art the takes many years of training. As you probably know, Sneeboer tools are handmade one at a time and the video below will give you an idea of just how much time goes into each Sneeboer tool.
Dramm...the maker of most of the watering tools we carry is having a hard time getting materials to make their product and as such, our orders are being pushed back months...not good!
Gransfors Bruk Axes...Like Sneeboer, Gransfors axes are handmade by a handful of blacksmiths and an already hard to get product is taking more time to get back in stock.
Thank you for your patience!
Blake and Anne
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www.gardentoolcompany.com
TxGal
Day by day
Stopped at Academy Sports last evening for check for 1lb propane containers. They actually had I think 4 cases, which was a big surprise. If anyone is looking for propane, it doesn't hurt to check with them.
I did check the ammo area...wow, that sure has changed. While it used to take up an entire row of shelving, now it's down to a section of a row I think maybe 8 ft wide (if that), and it was almost empty. There was also a 4-box limit on purchases.
I did check the ammo area...wow, that sure has changed. While it used to take up an entire row of shelving, now it's down to a section of a row I think maybe 8 ft wide (if that), and it was almost empty. There was also a 4-box limit on purchases.
Shell Rotella oil, 15-40.
Been out for a coupla weeks at wallyworld.
Been out for a coupla weeks at wallyworld.
Roadgeek
Contributing Member
Looks like Advance Auto Parts has it, in both the one quart and five gallon sizes.
phloydius
Veteran Member
Interesting Note:
A local Academy Sports & Outdoors store here near me had about 10 packs of 12 bottles of 1lb Propane bottles, and probably another 80 to 90 individual bottles on the shelve yesterday for $4.99 per bottle. I messaged a friend to let them know and ask if they wanted me to pick them up for him. His response was, "No, I'll come by tomorrow morning to get them myself." Ok. He went today and they were all gone.
(I cross-posted this in the thread on propane prices)
A local Academy Sports & Outdoors store here near me had about 10 packs of 12 bottles of 1lb Propane bottles, and probably another 80 to 90 individual bottles on the shelve yesterday for $4.99 per bottle. I messaged a friend to let them know and ask if they wanted me to pick them up for him. His response was, "No, I'll come by tomorrow morning to get them myself." Ok. He went today and they were all gone.
(I cross-posted this in the thread on propane prices)
Melodi
Disaster Cat
OK just dropping in to report, I haven't really been able to follow this thread.
As most of you know I lost my dearest Nightwolf a couple of weeks ago and he was shall we say, not the tidiest of people (many genius types are not). Anyway, we are keeping busy clearing out the kitchen and discovered a number of items that either broke or had issues that needed replacing or in most cases just needed parts replaced.
Just in the last four days, including this morning, I have had suppliers who had items listed and took payment for, write e-mails saying "sorry, the item is out of stock" and offering a refund.
Note these are NOT big warehouses or Amazon, these are local suppliers for larger businesses, including Kitchen Aid Ireland (a whisk for my Kitchen Aid) and a company selling Excalibur Dehydrators and parts here in Ireland.
The Kitchen Aid was a surprise but I've re-ordered the cheaper (non-stainless steel) version and hopefully, I will get one since the Kitchen Aid is pretty useless except as a base for my other attachments if we can't secure a whisk for it.
This also made me think of cars and other high ticket items that can't be built or fixed due to the lack of one part.
The Excalibur issue was not as dire, but I got the last racks they had in stock, some of the last specially treated mats that can go over them, but they had to cancel half of the order for the treated mesh that goes over the shelves because they are totally out of stock.
In both cases, there was no option for re-ordering, they simply will be out-of-stock for now.
Oh, and my housemate went to buy a type of map-gas she uses to make glass beads with at the hardware supply store, the one that also supplies plumbers, farmers, and other professionals.
They said, "are you sure you only want one can?"
And my housemate said,"well, can't I just buy more later?"
And they said:
"This is our last stock, plumbers have to use this too, and when our supply is gone we have no idea when we can get any more, do you still want only one can?"
She got three cans...she's German and grew up hearing her parent's stories about the war...
As most of you know I lost my dearest Nightwolf a couple of weeks ago and he was shall we say, not the tidiest of people (many genius types are not). Anyway, we are keeping busy clearing out the kitchen and discovered a number of items that either broke or had issues that needed replacing or in most cases just needed parts replaced.
Just in the last four days, including this morning, I have had suppliers who had items listed and took payment for, write e-mails saying "sorry, the item is out of stock" and offering a refund.
Note these are NOT big warehouses or Amazon, these are local suppliers for larger businesses, including Kitchen Aid Ireland (a whisk for my Kitchen Aid) and a company selling Excalibur Dehydrators and parts here in Ireland.
The Kitchen Aid was a surprise but I've re-ordered the cheaper (non-stainless steel) version and hopefully, I will get one since the Kitchen Aid is pretty useless except as a base for my other attachments if we can't secure a whisk for it.
This also made me think of cars and other high ticket items that can't be built or fixed due to the lack of one part.
The Excalibur issue was not as dire, but I got the last racks they had in stock, some of the last specially treated mats that can go over them, but they had to cancel half of the order for the treated mesh that goes over the shelves because they are totally out of stock.
In both cases, there was no option for re-ordering, they simply will be out-of-stock for now.
Oh, and my housemate went to buy a type of map-gas she uses to make glass beads with at the hardware supply store, the one that also supplies plumbers, farmers, and other professionals.
They said, "are you sure you only want one can?"
And my housemate said,"well, can't I just buy more later?"
And they said:
"This is our last stock, plumbers have to use this too, and when our supply is gone we have no idea when we can get any more, do you still want only one can?"
She got three cans...she's German and grew up hearing her parent's stories about the war...
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I'm waiting for a friend of mine to give me the FOX News link but apparently Paski was showing just how brilliant she is this afternoon.
Psaki jokes:
"White House press secretary Jen Psaki cracked a joke Tuesday about the supply chain crisis affecting businesses and consumers across the country, saying it's a "tragedy" some people may have to wait longer for their treadmill to arrive."
www.foxbusiness.com
Psaki jokes:
"White House press secretary Jen Psaki cracked a joke Tuesday about the supply chain crisis affecting businesses and consumers across the country, saying it's a "tragedy" some people may have to wait longer for their treadmill to arrive."
Psaki cracks joke in response to supply chain crisis question: 'The tragedy of the treadmill that's delayed'
White House press secretary Jen Psaki joked Tuesday about the supply chain crisis, saying it's a "tragedy" some people may have to wait a few extra days for their treadmill to arrive.
www.foxbusiness.com
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
get some candle wicking off of ebay. DON'T get the snallest (thinnest)(cheapest)
I'd get square braid.
THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT YOU GE DEPENDS ON THE WICK SIZE
The smaller (thinner)) the wick the longer the supply of oil or candle burns, but the less light it puts out. The thinnist barely light the candle itself!
The bigger the wick the more light you get but the faster you go thru oil or candle
SO WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT LIGHT OR SUPPLY OF FUEL.?
I'd get square braid.
THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT YOU GE DEPENDS ON THE WICK SIZE
The smaller (thinner)) the wick the longer the supply of oil or candle burns, but the less light it puts out. The thinnist barely light the candle itself!
The bigger the wick the more light you get but the faster you go thru oil or candle
SO WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT LIGHT OR SUPPLY OF FUEL.?
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Well...its not quite that simple. The size wick needs to match the size candle, or you can end up with a melted puddle of flaming wax.
Summerthyme
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
On another note, my old pick up needed an oil change. I could do it, I suppose, but I have always taken the easy route and paid a local company to do it. Since I might need an oil change once a year, i really never minded the higher cost - saved on the soap I would need to wash my hands, and the kitty litter to mop up all my spills...
Anyway, it had been well over a year since I got my oil changed, but WOW!
$68 for a basic oil and filter change - nothing else done!
Last year, I paid around $40 - $45 for the same job...
Anyway, it had been well over a year since I got my oil changed, but WOW!
$68 for a basic oil and filter change - nothing else done!
Last year, I paid around $40 - $45 for the same job...
I do contract work for the Game and Fish. I was talking to my boss yesterday. He told me they can't put up new signs because they can't get the plastic to make them. Some of their signs are thin more like cardboard and those are used to put fishing regulations on. Others are like lumber and the letters are cut into the board. The sign we were talking about would be the lumber type. But I believe he said that they could not make any signs at the moment.
armadillogray
Inactive
Just looking through the COSTCO brochure and they have the D3 on special this month---(if I remember correctly, it was 600 gelcaps for less than $9.99). I shop in Austin TX. I just checked and the caps are 50 mcg but the sale is valid 10/27 through 11/21/21
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Melodi
Disaster Cat
I am delighted to report that a cheaper version of the Kitchen Aid beater is on its way, however, I find it interesting that the supplier simply canceled my original order, rather than letting me know the cheaper option was still in stock on their website.
I haven't opened the box yet, but the replacement stuff for the Excalibur Dehydrator also got here today and yesterday I got the replacement Instant Pot from Germany. I did realize (belatedly) the instructions will be in German but I'm sure I can find an online version in English plus my housemate is from Bavaria should I have issues.
The kitchen is still being rescued - I am waiting to hear from professional deep cleaners to set up an appointment. At least some people are starting to work inside houses again. However, with the rising "numbers" despite a 90 percent vaccination rate in Ireland, I have a nasty feeling this window won't last.
Next the search for the replacement electric under-blanket, I will report on that when I have news (and yeah I know but with a 200-year-old house and an energy crisis I need a new one)...
I haven't opened the box yet, but the replacement stuff for the Excalibur Dehydrator also got here today and yesterday I got the replacement Instant Pot from Germany. I did realize (belatedly) the instructions will be in German but I'm sure I can find an online version in English plus my housemate is from Bavaria should I have issues.
The kitchen is still being rescued - I am waiting to hear from professional deep cleaners to set up an appointment. At least some people are starting to work inside houses again. However, with the rising "numbers" despite a 90 percent vaccination rate in Ireland, I have a nasty feeling this window won't last.
Next the search for the replacement electric under-blanket, I will report on that when I have news (and yeah I know but with a 200-year-old house and an energy crisis I need a new one)...
parsonswife
Veteran Member
Just called our long time veterinarian to make appt to have a "new to us" dog for shots and neutering.....next available appt is March 25th WOW