A Sign of Panic Buying?
The media are full of stories of people panic buying and hoarding various items, chiefly toilet tolls and hand-wash, but also food. I hadn’t seen much evidence of that in Maynooth until I noticed this sign yesterday outside the Roost:

I had no idea food shortages were so bad. I tried following the advice on the notice, but found the door a bit too chewy for my taste.
A few minutes later I was in Supervalu doing my regular Saturday shop without problems.
But seriously folks everywhere, there is absolutely no need to stockpile groceries. It won’t do you any good and it may seriously inconvenience others. There’s plenty to go round if we all behave reasonably, so show a bit of civic responsibility and think of your fellow humans!
In other words, don’t be like this:

Anyway, one thing I have been stockpiling is crosswords and I’m going to spend most of today doing them!
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March 15, 2020 at 7:46 pm
Hi Peter,
I found your blog website and really liked the black and orange layout. Ironic that supermarkets see panic buying while supermarket stocks witness panic selling.
A friend of mine and I are currently working on a website that aims to make it easier for beginners to browse new topics (we call them islands ;)).
We collect quality guides for these topics which link to one another in order to enhance the reading flow.
As you seem savvy with Physics & Math, I would love to get your feedback & talk about how connecting your guides to guides from the community can make a difference on tiplister.
Let me know what you think.
Best regards,
Tassilo
Co-founder of https://www.tiplister.com Munich, Germany