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Is there a shortage of......

6 years ago

Wool in the stores. Been noticing the shelves are getting empty.

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Elizabeth
6 years ago
Good thing I have a hoard of sock yarn! I haven't heard of any shortages though.
KennsWoods
6 years ago
I thought you were going to say common sense...
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I was watching a news article on TV about a month ago where it was being explained that someone having to euthanize a flock because the virus had shown up in some of the birds was not allowed by our state to bring in new to the same facility/property for 120 days. Same in all states? I don't know. In this case it was ducks (yes, big market for the eggs as well as the meat). The family had been supported fully by the ducks, so that meant no income for the coming 4 months. They had taken all kinds of measures to try to keep wild birds out of their pastured flocks to potentially infect them but those had failed. Increased fencing, dogs, had some territorial geese, more. I didn't need eggs today but looked when in Costco and they were $17.79 for a box of 5 doz. That didn't seem like an exorbitant cost to me. Limited to two boxes. When I really think about it, we don't use all that many eggs. We like eggs, I cook and bake with them, but we are not breakfast people so other than as an ingredient, just have them for egg salad or a breakfast-for-dinner meal every so often.
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olychick
6 years ago
Lol, no need to even ask that one.
Elmer J Fudd
6 years ago
Wool?
Judy
Original Author
6 years ago
I also have a huge stash of wool (yarn) too. But I’m always looking for more,
LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
6 years ago
The sheep salons must all be closed due to Covid-19. hahaha
Elmer J Fudd
6 years ago
Oh, yarn. Your comment had me wondering when and why people would buy "wool".
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Funny, Joann Fabrics was apparently having a big sale on yarn. I got a lot of adverts in my email inbox last week.

https://www.joann.com/weekly-ad/?path=departments/5195052

Or did you mean pure wool...?
rob333 (zone 7b)
6 years ago
I thought you were going to ask what I was wondering yesterday... Are Concord grapes scares? The answer is nope. Welch's no longer carries frozen concentrate juice. You can still buy the jelly, or containers of grape juice.

Good luck finding your wool!!
Lukki Irish
6 years ago
Haven’t seen that in my area, but lately, I’ve been buying mine online. Found a store that offers free shipping & winding of the hanks without raising the price.
joyfulguy
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Masks in certain important locations as well as a number of others?

Looks rather like it.

Maybe if more of us had been willing to use them oftener, along with spacing, hand washing, etc. there'd be way fewer deaths, not to mention the ongoing disabilities suffered by many survivors.

Our news was saying that they expected reports of worldwide deaths due to covid19 to become a million sometime over the first weekend in October. I think it's hard to develop accurate statistics in some parts of the world, and some countries deliberately under-report, but they had made an effort to be accurate.

At the same time, I heard that the number of deaths in the U. S. was 200,000, which I thought might be disputed, but didn't hear such reports, and it appeared during the presidential candidates' debate.

I find it hard to believe that even close to one in five of worldwide deaths due to covid19 happened in the U. S.

What a huge amount of pain and heartache through the whole world has been caused by this one highly contagious virus, along with disruption of almost all aspects of life, business, travel and everything.

Regardless of where it originated from.

Being retired and receiving pensions rather than suffering the pain known by many who have suffered the loss of a paycheque and not knowing when any income may be found, I have not been hugely hurt, as well as not having death or illness of family or friends.

Good wishes to all of you as you and yours navigate through these troublous waters.

ole joyful
rob333 (zone 7b)
6 years ago
(((ole joyful)))

I sit beside you. It's hard to be thankful in these uncertain times. My heart breaks for what breaks your heart. LOVE!

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