Laptops were also in very high demand 2-3 weeks ago when quarantine started for the majority of us (I live in Romania).
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#22And flour. Had to put my sourdough starter in cryosleep.
Since retail and commercial supply chains are different I'd suggest reaching out to a restaurant you have good rapport with or contacting a local drygoods supplier. Flour is out there it's just not making it to the shelves.
Ooh, good idea. I have a friend who’s got her restaurant on life support. She could bag up flour and sell it!
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#23After bars and restaurants closed down here, some 3 weeks ago, various alcoholic drinks have become very scarce. People are just hoarding wines and beers like never before - was going to pick up a couple of bottles of wine, but walked out with cheap vodka.
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#24Note that you can use your smartphone as a wireless webcam.
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#25And gym at home equipment is completely sold out, at least here in Spain, except the very expensive.
Yeah, weight plates selling for $3-4 per pound. Usually less than $1. Can sell a few plates to recoop home gym. Strange times.
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#26I just duck taped the selfie stick to the monitor's stand and use the phone with skype/zoom apps. Camera, mic are already there and you can use headsets with it.
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#27Yeast. I haven’t needed yeast in years, recently I found a recipe with yeast I wanted to try and found out that, at least where I am in Germany, yeast is sold out. I heard about the webcam thing from my boss, he asked me if he gave me a webcam years ago when I started remote working. He did, but it was in the attic and I had to go looking for it ;)
You can make your own yeast: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21199708/yeast-diy-baking...
Yeah, I know. But it doesn’t seem worth it to buy a kg of flour just to make yeast for a single recipe ;)
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#28Yeast. I haven’t needed yeast in years, recently I found a recipe with yeast I wanted to try and found out that, at least where I am in Germany, yeast is sold out. I heard about the webcam thing from my boss, he asked me if he gave me a webcam years ago when I started remote working. He did, but it was in the attic and I had to go looking for it ;)
You can make your own yeast: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21199708/yeast-diy-baking...
You can do this and wait for days and pray you have not created some nasty poisonous culture. Or you can use human gut microbes to generate instant safe yeast.
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#29Yeast. I haven’t needed yeast in years, recently I found a recipe with yeast I wanted to try and found out that, at least where I am in Germany, yeast is sold out. I heard about the webcam thing from my boss, he asked me if he gave me a webcam years ago when I started remote working. He did, but it was in the attic and I had to go looking for it ;)
We had the same yeast problem and finally solved it by trying our local bakery, which happily sold yeast to us. Obvious in hindsight...
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#30Also computer headsets and hairclippers and outdoor table tennis tables etc etc