From: tedthecat85@aol.com   
      
   On Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 8:24:05 PM UTC-6, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
   Very hard to find our cats' preferred brand of canned cat food.    Have to   
   call around to   
   find a place with it in stock.   The cats turn up their collective noses at   
   pate.   
      
   The original flavor of Monster energy drink has been out of stock everywhere   
   for months.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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