From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 11/21/2021 9:38, Howard wrote:   
   > There's been a constant drumbeat in the news about supply chain   
   > problems, although I have to admit I'm struggling to think of the last   
   > time I really struck out finding something. It's not like spring of 2020   
   > that I've seen, when toilet paper, flour and other goods really were in   
   > short supply.   
   >   
   > Are there things readers here are just not able to get?   
      
   Yes, and very recently to boot!   
      
   > The few random things I've ordered from Amazon   
      
   I very rarely, if ever, buy online.  Never from Amazon.  Occasionally   
   from eBay for hard-to-find things.   
      
   > Has anyone experienced a genuine outage of something they want or need?   
   > Scotch or soldering irons or soy milk? Penicillin, Parcheesi, or   
   > Parmesan? Cameras, cauliflower or circuit boards?   
   >   
   > I'm curious what things IRL posters here couldn't find in a store the   
   > last time they shopped.   
      
   I buy cat food in bulk every few months, and I was shocked that the   
   local grocer had almost NONE.  There were several bags of dry (fewer   
   than normal), but almost NO cans.  I alternate dry/canned every other   
   day.  I had to buy a stack of random cans, instead of the mixed boxes   
   that I normally get.  My cat is not picky, and ate the Pate... which is   
   good, because the very few random cans there -- that's all they had...   
   the shelves were darn near empty -- it looked like the toilet paper   
   issue from early pandemic.  If this continues, I'll have to start   
   cooking for the cat!   
      
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