Just got back from Walmart. KCMO

[leftyladyfrommo]

They are only letting a certain number in at a time.

Almost everything was stocked.

I always wear gloves. Some people had masks.

Welcome to the Twilight Zone.

[jimfields33]

1. Any TP?

I only ask because so many thought it’d be years before we got anymore. I mean that’s the only excuse for the panic buying in my mind. Lol.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. I think there was. I didn't look but I saw some in carts.

[jimfields33]

7. In the big picture, that's great

[DeminPennswoods]

5. They have it, but you have to get there before about noon

and they have someone stationed in the section to make enforce 1 package/customer.

[jimfields33]

8. Sounds like good policy at least for now

Before noon? Yieks. Lol. For the late sleepers.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Some people are actually buying it for other people

nt

[jimfields33]

10. I guess......a small percentage I'd bet.

[DeminPennswoods]

24. Just being neighborly for the most part, I think,

for people who aren't able to get to the store or order online.

[jimfields33]

26. Very true.

[DeminPennswoods]

32. There's not much coverage of it,

but lots of little kindnesses are being extended by Americans to their fellow Americans all over the country.

[Massacure]

2. Yup. They started yesterday, five people per 1,000 square feet of sales area

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2463543

[ProfessorGAC]

3. At Least It's Something

While stores had the floors marked for social distancing, it's not that easy in the aisles when there's 200+ people in the store. Simply increasing the square footage per person in the store is helpful.
What % of people would you say were masked? I'm estimating here, it's 1 in 6 at best. Including staff.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I don't know. Probably more without.

I have to figure out how to make one.

All the kerchiefs were gone.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. My Wife Looked Today

At dollar store near our house. No kerchiefs at all. No elastic at all.
We'll probably be seeing the % go up.

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. I have a white t shirt that I think will work.

I can just cut long ties.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Get This

My wife used an old bra, she was going to throw away.
Desperate measures for desperate times.
I'm just using a scarf.
Actually covers more face than a mask, and while it's a far inferior filter, it's better than doing nothing!

[cayugafalls]

28. Here is a good video for using a tshirt.

[csziggy]

30. I used this video to make a dozen masks today

It works best if you make your ties from one tee shirt, then cut others into pieces to make the masks. The cheap undershirts of my husband's I am using for the ties are not cut straight so all I do is cut off the bottom hem, clip about 1" in to start and it spirals up to make a long continuous tube for ties. I just ripped until I got to the armpit, then cut it off. The first part for the bottom is less even, but who cares?

Then I had some "wife beater" tees I'd gotten to wear under my back brace after my back operation - I will never wear them again and they are nice colors and in good shape. One of those cut off at the arm pits can make 3 or four pieces to sew into masks.

I can't follow her pattern exactly - the only working sewing machine I have at hand is a serger that does not sew straight seams and cuts along the seam as it goes. So I just sew the short end closed, leave the half inch at each end of the long ends and don't turn the fabric. And I don't have the "casings" at each end for the ties, but the masks work.

My husband found it easier to put the loop part at the nape of the neck and tie the ends that go above the ears. So did I when I tested mine.

I'm making masks for friends who don't get out much and are asymptomatic. They just need basic protection. Some will also go to the guy who mows for us - he can't get dust masks any more and could use something to keep the dust out of his nose. I have not checked out her video with a filter pocket version - here it is:

The masks she shows on the foam heads are not fitting tightly - but my tests show that once you draw the ties up, the mask draws in under the chin and over the nose - and glasses on top crimp it down around the nose nicely.

[cwydro]

14. Didn't you just go to the grocery yesterday?

I thought I remembered a thread about it.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Yep but i forgot the parmesan cheese.

I stocked up on all this pasta but forgot the parmesan cheese. I can't eat tomatoes so I just do cheese.

So i got another gallon of milk and eggs.

I should be set for days now.

Except it's nice to get out at least once a day. At least i get a chance to say "excuse me" to a live person.

KCMO still has a low number of cases. But our mayor shut everything down 3 weeks ago. The streets are pretty much empty. The hospitals are still able to handle things.

I wanted to find a little hot plate so I could fry stuff but they were all gone. Only thing they had was a George Forman grill. That's not what I need.

[cwydro]

16. Lol, well I'm with you on the cheese being an essential!

Come to think of it, I’m out of it too.

[leftyladyfrommo]

17. Otherwise its just pasta and butter.

I can cook pasta in my steamer. It's kind of a pain but it cooks ok.

[cwydro]

19. A shame you couldn't find a small burner.

If you have a porch or yard, you could get a Coleman camping stove. Really easy to use. Walmart sells them. You can also get them online.

They have two burners and use the little cans of propane. Just can’t use that inside, but theyre awesome little stoves. Not expensive.

[leftyladyfrommo]

20. Or a little barbecue grill would work.

It's ok. It doesn't taste that bad.

[cwydro]

22. Yeah, don't tempt me lol. Had my eye on one for awhile.

But Colemans are great.

[DeminPennswoods]

25. If you like green, leafy vegetables, find one of those recipes where you can

make a pasta sauce out of spinach or another similar green. I saw Jamie Oliver make one on a PBS cooking show and it looked pretty tasty.

[lastlib]

18. I was at Hy-Vee in Blue Springs yesterday--

Four out of five were wearing masks. (I was one of the fives........)

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. Were they homemade?

I saw one woman with a mask . She couldn't get the plastic bag open so she just moved her mask and licked her fingers and then opened the bag.

Some people's elevator just got stopped between floors.

[lastlib]

23. yes, most were. eom

[JCMach1]

27. NOT everywhere apparently the store my daughter is working

Did not get the freaking memo. I am complaining to corporate on her behalf.

They also do not have masks despite promises

She said the crowd is like black Friday today.

[blueinredohio]

29. I live in a really small town. Went to Walmart yesterday

There was someone outside counting people but no one waiting to get in. I asked how many people can be in the store she said a thousand. I don't know how big our Wal-Mart is but I don't think there's a thousand people at once even on Black Friday.

[DeminPennswoods]

33. That concept should get a good

look at revision after this pandemic.