There is a reason people want the TP (Reply #7)

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:41 AM

7. There is a reason people want the TP

The stocking up is a coping mechanism for managing anxiety. Toilet Paper is the perfect metaphor for preparing for what you can not control. Shits coming whether you like it or not.

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45 replies	Author	Time	Post
What's happening in your Community....I'm in Kirkland WA [View all]	The empressof all	Mar 2020	OP
Buncha people touching thier faces	uponit7771	Mar 2020	#1
Thanks for the report.	Mike 03	Mar 2020	#2
Nothing as only one in southern WI--Most folks aware but not really concerned at this time	riversedge	Mar 2020	#3
Thanks for sharing your story, I hope you both stay safe.	dewsgirl	Mar 2020	#4
Last report I saw, there were no confirmed cases in my state. Taking what precautions I can. I've	Arkansas Granny	Mar 2020	#5
Not much, so far.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2020	#6
There is a reason people want the TP	The empressof all	Mar 2020	#7
I think this is a good point. Everyone has their own way of coping method.	defacto7	Mar 2020	#12
You have a point. It just seems odd to me that people are buying TP	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2020	#20
If you have a house full of females you need a lot of tp.	GemDigger	Mar 2020	#28
Getting bottled water is pretty weird.	Mariana	Mar 2020	#30
I bought a bunch of	PasadenaTrudy	Mar 2020	#27
One of the new cases is in my	marlakay	Mar 2020	#8
Where?	jmbar2	Mar 2020	#42
They won't say where just Jackson County. Nt	marlakay	Mar 2020	#43
Around Medford then. Thanks /NT	jmbar2	Mar 2020	#44
4 cases in northern NH but nothing yet in my	Raven	Mar 2020	#9
I live in the old epicenter, Solano County, California	Brother Buzz	Mar 2020	#10
One case in the county south of us	CanonRay	Mar 2020	#11
Still nothing here in Ohio, but..	luvs2sing	Mar 2020	#13
NE Ohio here	Ohiogal	Mar 2020	#26
I'm in Columbus.	luvs2sing	Mar 2020	#29
I didn't think to look for hand sanitizer.	Ohiogal	Mar 2020	#31
Cbus here, too!	Alliepoo	Mar 2020	#33
Harmony Project	luvs2sing	Mar 2020	#34
Thanks!!! I'll check it out!!	Alliepoo	Mar 2020	#35
And I just followed on Twitter!	Alliepoo	Mar 2020	#36
Thanks! Aaaand..three cases in Ohio.	luvs2sing	Mar 2020	#38
a couple confirmed cases pretty close to where i live, a bit south of you (Hillsboro, OR)	0rganism	Mar 2020	#14
Live in that Washington Co epicenter as well. The supermarket does seem a little busier and I have	CentralMass	Mar 2020	#22
Hope you stay safe. So far no cases that I've heard in Ohio.	blueinredohio	Mar 2020	#15
Yes some not all have been tested	The empressof all	Mar 2020	#16
That's so scary for everyone in the community.	blueinredohio	Mar 2020	#21
I'm close to you, in Edmonds. Where's that dumpling place?	nolabear	Mar 2020	#17
It's in Totem Lake...and Very Very good!	The empressof all	Mar 2020	#24
Thanks! And wash your hands!	nolabear	Mar 2020	#37
I've taken to keeping a plastic basin of bleach water on one side of my kitchen sinks	The empressof all	Mar 2020	#39
Jay Inslee is a rock star, IMHO.	Amaryllis	Mar 2020	#18
Not much of anything here	spinbaby	Mar 2020	#19
Living in the TX Hill Country (Near San Antonio)	Jirel	Mar 2020	#23
Nothing unusual in our part of town	KatyMan	Mar 2020	#25
Not much yet. Went to a cheerleading competition over the weekend and noticed no one was washing	Quixote1818	Mar 2020	#32
Rural Virginia here.	phylny	Mar 2020	#40
Facilites are getting hit hard	The empressof all	Mar 2020	#41
So far, 2 NM cases, but they're either on a cruise ship or in quarantine	Warpy	Mar 2020	#45

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