Anything you hoarded during the pandemic you still have some of?

I bought some pantry foods that had a long shelf life and still have some although they're slowly getting used up. Many of the items are now 50-80% higher in price than they were when I bought them, so it turned out to be a good move.

I also have a box of masks like @jujube does... and thought (hoped!) we'd never have to touch them again, but my area has jumped 20% in Eris variant cases in two weeks so it's getting real again for some parts of the country... we've already been told at one establishment that we couldn't get in without a mask. :(
 
I still have masks too. I still have hand sanitizer but I always had that before the pandemic. I still have 2 cans of spray sanitizer and 1 nearly full package of sanitizer wipes. The entire house smelled of sanitizer in the days before they determined that Covid was air borne.

There were a few things that I bought extra of but not enough to really be hoarding, things where I wanted to be sure to have specific brands.
 
I didn't hoard anything. I thought "Hoarders" were nuts that were controlled by the media. Didn't even wear a mask unless I absolutely had to. Instead I traveled to The Yukon in 2021. Then I traveled again to The Yukon and Alaska in 2022.

Traveling kept me healthy. I never got the Covid 19 or whatever you call it. Perhaps, a good friend of mine, Sailor Jerry, helped me too. Ha, ha, ha.
 

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CallMeKate said:
I bought some pantry foods that had a long shelf life and still have some although they're slowly getting used up. Many of the items are now 50-80% higher in price than they were when I bought them, so it turned out to be a good move.

I also have a box of masks like @jujube does... and thought (hoped!) we'd never have to touch them again, but my area has jumped 20% in Eris variant cases in two weeks so it's getting real again for some parts of the country... we've already been told at one establishment that we couldn't get in without a mask. :(
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Can you say where you are? I haven't heard of mask laws being remandated in the U.S. thus far.
 
Loneliness... The isolation was bad. We'd just moved into our new home and hubby worked hard to complete our decorating. He went out with daughter three times a week. The remaining four days, he painted and decorated.

Things were looking up round January 2022. He passed away April 2022. We made Todo lists, I've still have some and working them off to keep busy.

I kept my mind going by writing a brand new series of 4-novels. Completed it in April 2022 and was going to launch it for 1st May. I now have a new list which has been put aside due to circumstances. Wrote another new series but now I've got multiple notes everywhere.

Having lost him, Twitter and Instagram, it's been too much and considering that I've now lost webstore, I feel I'll have to find a new place to offer my eBooks. Please, don't recommend Amazon Kindle, that's how I lost my very first series. Thanks!

Loneliness, still creeps in from time to time, but a new outlook is in the horizon. I'm reorganising my life day-to-day. I've accomplished a lot, I'm in a good routine with daughter and kitty kat.

I've got good friends here on this forum, so wee bit hopeful. Yes, I do bank a lot of items but I never really horded anything in particular. Granted, it was difficult to find loo rolls but hubby at the time, always found enough...
 
Supernatural said:
Loneliness... The isolation was bad. We'd just moved into our new home and hubby worked hard to complete our decorating. He went out with daughter three times a week. The remaining four days, he painted and decorated.

Things were looking up round January 2022. He passed away April 2022. We made Todo lists, I've still have some and working them off to keep busy.

I kept my mind going by writing a brand new series of 4-novels. Completed it in April 2022 and was going to launch it for 1st May. I now have a new list which has been put aside due to circumstances. Wrote another new series but now I've got multiple notes everywhere.

Having lost him, Twitter and Instagram, it's been too much and considering that I've now lost webstore, I feel I'll have to find a new place to offer my eBooks. Please, don't recommend Amazon Kindle, that's how I lost my very first series. Thanks!

Loneliness, still creeps in from time to time, but a new outlook is in the horizon. I'm reorganising my life day-to-day. I've accomplished a lot, I'm in a good routine with daughter and kitty kat.

I've got good friends here on this forum, so wee bit hopeful. Yes, I do bank a lot of items but I never really horded anything in particular. Granted, it was difficult to find loo rolls but hubby at the time, always found enough...
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That's heartbreaking.

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I too still have N-95 and KN-95 masks. During the TP hoarding phase, I already had a goodly supply of double and triple ply rolls but went ahead and invested in a carton of the only TP still available.....some really flimsy single ply. I've never used it for its intended purpose but keep a roll handy in my kitchen pantry for wiping up minor spills etc. I'm afraid it does look a bit odd having a roll of toilet paper in there with the flour, beans, rice and other staple foods.
 
Devi said:
@Supernatural, could you explain more about this? I ask because we may want to publish there.
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@Devi & @Old Salt . Here's the link with Amazon. They'll sell your eBook, no problems. However, they sadly reimburse if someone who purchased it, wants a return. Major downfall...

So, my series was bought at 08:00 and reimbursement took place at 08:30 same day. I was nonplussed. Waited a fortnight and BLAM! Found it on no less than 8 illegal free eBook sites.

I had to report them, that was nasty as I had to write to each individual sites. Amazon was no help. I had to make a choice and I decided to unpublish, close account at Amazon and deleted my series altogether. Never looked back.

I've an easier system just now, granted it's not a sales magnet BUT I know where my eBook goes. I've my payment site, I give it to people I know who make a request. Once I get payment, I send the copy requested or whole series, various prices, through reader's email. I keep a record of these.

I'm of the opinion that if you buy any reading material and you don't like it, physical just give it to charity or digital, just delete permanently. Simple solution!

However, there's nasty people who thinks it's funny to send a struggling indie author an email saying: "LOL, that's you having lost a £1,000 in revenu..." yes, I received those emails. Very sad... I've just made £10.00 in the sales of two copies, this year, so far.

Hoping this explains to your satisfaction 😁. I can give link to site via private message only. Cheers!
 
Supernatural said:
@Devi & @Old Salt . Here's the link with Amazon. They'll sell your eBook, no problems. However, they sadly reimburse if someone who purchased it, wants a return. Major downfall...

So, my series was bought at 08:00 and reimbursement took place at 08:30 same day. I was nonplussed. Waited a fortnight and BLAM! Found it on no less than 8 illegal free eBook sites.

I had to report them, that was nasty as I had to write to each individual sites. Amazon was no help. I had to make a choice and I decided to unpublish, close account at Amazon and deleted my series altogether. Never looked back.

I've an easier system just now, granted it's not a sales magnet BUT I know where my eBook goes. I've my payment site, I give it to people I know who make a request. Once I get payment, I send the copy requested or whole series, various prices, through reader's email. I keep a record of these.

I'm of the opinion that if you buy any reading material and you don't like it, physical just give it to charity or digital, just delete permanently. Simple solution!

However, there's nasty people who thinks it's funny to send a struggling indie author an email saying: "LOL, that's you having lost a £1,000 in revenu..." yes, I received those emails. Very sad... I've just made £10.00 in the sales of two copies, this year, so far.

Hoping this explains to your satisfaction 😁. I can give link to site via private message only. Cheers!
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What about Twitter? :unsure:
 
chic said:
But then, they cannot enforce it by law? So, it's not like a mandate? I've been seeing a lot about the return of lockdowns and masks coming next month and it is possible if the majority comply with it. So I wondered.
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Keep in mind in the US most businesses can still have conditions for providing service: "No Shirt, No Shoes=No Service" for example.

In my area there are still lot of individuals that wear them. But think that may be personal choice. As much as some folks complained elsewhere, people here realized they were showing respect/concern for the many elderly and the immunocompromised in our communities.

Then too, many of us were reminded they help to keep dust out of lungs on windy days (which we have a lot of), and funny how few colds most of us had while all the medical facilities and stores were requiring them and had sanitizer at the doors.
I had kept sanitizer wipes in my purse and car before, and still do.
 

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