What are Thais stocking up on pre-lockdown?

[jastheace]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

condoms

no, topic is 'what are thais stocking up on'

[Lacessit]

They don't seem to be stocking up on anything in Chiang Rai. My GF says many Thais here have no money.

[roo860]

Tesco Lotus Chiang Mai yday.

[Brickbat]

Stocking up on good luck . Temples might be benefitting! 

[tifino]

1 minute ago, Brickbat said:

Stocking up on good luck . Temples might be benefiting! 

dunno about up in LOS, but at least in OZ; some Temples here are the new Charity Centres? 

- like our local Monk was insisting everyone take previously donated Sangatan  TRolls etc home if we're now running low.

  The temples have stockpiles of just about anything household you can think of!

[4MyEgo]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

condoms

They don't have my size here, I stocked up when back in Oz in October, have a couple of boxes which expire in 2022, although I can't see me using them any time here with this Covid-19.

 

Guess I will just have to go without one on, so as to keep those two boxes full for when the Covid-19 is over. 

[kwak250]

With bum guns here its not like the rest of the world with loo rolls being fought over.

 

All i can see here is people buying packs of bottled water and bags of rice.

 

 

[Elzear]

I recommend Jack Daniels with Honey .. pleasure and health into one ???????? 

[elgenon]

The stores in my area of California are naked. Experts are saying that in time of uncertainty people want to feel like they are doing something to make themselves safe. Whether it's logical or not.

 

In California if you waited you would not be able to buy food. My favorite mayonnaise at Trader Joe's is gone and my favorite pickles at Vons is gone. A run on mayo and pickles? The world is doomed.

[emptypockets]

16 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

last night in Hua Hin canned fish, instant noodles, canned milk. toilet paper, diapers, water.

G Mart and Big C.

No lines but full carts.

 

People walking down the street carrying big toilet paper. 

It was so exciting I am going to go out again tonight and see what is happening.

 

4 hours ago, flare said:

 

Yes, I'm aware of that- I was referring to the toilet paper hoarding specifically, which, as some people in the US have literally hundreds of rolls, seems a bit excessive...

 

I'm from the US, and I'm keeping a close eye on what's going on as I'm worried about my elderly father who's in NY.

Compare the size of the average US butt to a Thai butt and that may give you a clue for the need to hoard toilet roll.

[emptypockets]

16 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

last night in Hua Hin canned fish, instant noodles, canned milk. toilet paper, diapers, water.

G Mart and Big C.

No lines but full carts.

 

People walking down the street carrying big toilet paper. 

It was so exciting I am going to go out again tonight and see what is happening.

You really went out? Or just peeking through the closed curtains as you worry yourself to an early grave.

[NCC1701A]

1 minute ago, emptypockets said:

You really went out? Or just peeking through the closed curtains as you worry yourself to an early grave.

yes. and i had clothes on.

[malibukid]

2 hours ago, Brickbat said:

Stocking up on good luck . Temples might be benefitting! 

stocking up on good Karma

[emptypockets]

2 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

They don't have my size here, I stocked up when back in Oz in October, have a couple of boxes which expire in 2022, although I can't see me using them any time here with this Covid-19.

 

Guess I will just have to go without one on, so as to keep those two boxes full for when the Covid-19 is over. 

Most pharmacies have the extra small size, but you do need to ask for them specifically.

[jojothai]

There may yet be some panic.

It will help if people post their observations here, then we may know how this develops or not.

 

FYI, locally in bangkok yesterday klongtoey big c rama 4

only a few products affected yet. Two noted below.

tinned food (fish / tuna in particular)

Ready made noodles.

 

Toilet paper was still plentiful.

[4MyEgo]

32 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Most pharmacies have the extra small size, but you do need to ask for them specifically.

Thx for sharing your experience ????

 

[emptypockets]

What is the obsession with toilet paper? Are they planning on making face masks?

Brawling in the aisles in Australia over dunny roll. I've had a bum gun for years in our place in Oz. Use more toilet paper on the dinner table than we do in the bog. Same as in Thailand.

 

[Ireland32]

16 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Medical marijuana....

Hand it out and everybody stays home and orders GRAB 

[canthai55]

[roo860]

2 hours ago, elgenon said:

The stores in my area of California are naked. Experts are saying that in time of uncertainty people want to feel like they are doing something to make themselves safe. Whether it's logical or not.

 

In California if you waited you would not be able to buy food. My favorite mayonnaise at Trader Joe's is gone and my favorite pickles at Vons is gone. A run on mayo and pickles? The world is doomed.

I believe gun sales have gone up in the US. 

[Geordieabroad]

Been out panic buying today.

Came home with 6 weeks supply of beer, wine, vodka and chocolate.

Bring on the virus, i'm ready for ya

[Trujillo]

I was told, in a lengthy conversation with a pharmacist here, that no company makes certified PM2.5 resistant masks in Thailand. All of them are from either the States or China. She said that all the stuff that is actually preventative for PM2.5 was purchased online. 
I asked what her suppliers said. She said there was a big complaint from the association of pharmacies as to why they can't get any supply and she said that the "Commerce Department" was obtaining masks (from some source) and then selling them to those in China at a tidy profit. She went on to say that the government is ... how to say? funneling all the incoming stocks of masks to itself for resale. 

 

She said the odds of supplies coming back to Chiang Mai are slim and unreliable if at all. 

 

So don't expect anyone to be stocking up on masks. I have a few from last year I only use on the worst days of pollution, not for any viral protection. 

 

By the way, what is it about Thais and beans? I've never seen Thai eat even one bean, let alone clear out the shelves. I'm not aware of any recipe in Thai cuisine that asks for beans. What's going on here? 

[Trujillo]

Maybe the Thais should be stocking up on hydroxychloroquine....

[Lacessit]

21 minutes ago, Trujillo said:

 

By the way, what is it about Thais and beans? I've never seen Thai eat even one bean, let alone clear out the shelves. I'm not aware of any recipe in Thai cuisine that asks for beans. What's going on here? 

They sell them in the day markets for 5 baht a bunch, long beans. A bit stupid to be paying 10 times as much for the tinned stuff.

[transam]

Spare phone chargers, just in case.....????️..................

[johng]

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

They sell them in the day markets for 5 baht a bunch, long beans.

I think he meant tins of baked beans ?

[AboutThaim]

7 hours ago, Tayaout said:

I finish by licking my hand to make sure the job was well done. 

I get my gf to do that, then give her a kiss for thanks. LOL

[AgMech Cowboy]

22 hours ago, spiekerjozef said:

Bum Guns !

That's all you need and a T-shirt or sweat shirt from your most 'hated' football opponents to dry. 

[41632584]

[Trujillo]

Yes I meant beans, beans the magical fruit....