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   Michael Trew to Linda Howard   
   Re: Supply Chain Issues?   
   23 Nov 21 00:27:46   
   
   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 11/22/2021 16:36, Linda Howard wrote:   
   > On Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 8:24:05 PM UTC-6, Michael Trew wrote:   
   >> On 11/21/2021 9:38, Howard wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
      
   I only have a single cat at the moment.  Fortunately, she eats   
   everything.  The cat stole (and ate) a fast food fry once.  In a pinch,   
   I'd bet that the most picky cats would stop turning up their noses when   
   they are hungry.   
      
   > The original flavor of Monster energy drink has been out of stock everywhere   
   for months.   
      
   No offense, but that sounds like a good thing.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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