C3H7OH back in my local store

[Roger Holmes]

Peteski--SPAM cut thin and cooked crispy with a couple of over easy eggs and some white bread--MMMMM!

When the pandemic first started I asked our druggist about rubbing alcohol and she directed me to the liquor department for Everclear.  I hadn't bought that since college.  We had some rubbing alcohol at home so I passed on the Everclear but kept it in mind.  I squirted some alcohol on my hands on the way out of Lowe's yesterday and my hands smelled like vodka though my beverage of choice is Diet Pepsi.

[Mark5]

Still looking for 91%.....

Ed

https://www.riteaid.com/shop/rite-aid-isopropyl-rubbing-alcohol-91-32-fl-oz

I got some this way recently. @ednadolski

Mark

[peteski]

Peteski--SPAM cut thin and cooked crispy with a couple of over easy eggs and some white bread--MMMMM!

When the pandemic first started I asked our druggist about rubbing alcohol and she directed me to the liquor department for Everclear.  I hadn't bought that since college.  We had some rubbing alcohol at home so I passed on the Everclear but kept it in mind.  I squirted some alcohol on my hands on the way out of Lowe's yesterday and my hands smelled like vodka though my beverage of choice is Diet Pepsi.

OK, I guess few other than me do enjoy SPAM - good to know, but I'm still surprised at the shortage in my local stores.  Well, they do have some regular SPAM and generic version, but I prefer SPAM-lite, and that has been missing for quite some time.  I also saw some Turkey SPAM, but I find it a bit slimy and it tastes a bit odd.

As for Everclear, it is not isopropyl alcohol, but ethanol. Still, it probably will work ok for what we need it for in our hobbies, and it can be taken internally (some people find that to be a bonus). 

[SkipGear]

To the Aluminum Foil issue, there is an Aluminum Shortage right now. My wife is up in arms because Coke is only running their most popular lines because they don't have enough can's available to run everything. She can't find Caffine Free (not diet) coke anywhere because of this.

[wazzou]

To the Aluminum Foil issue, there is an Aluminum Shortage right now. My wife is up in arms because Coke is only running their most popular lines because they don't have enough can's available to run everything. She can't find Caffine Free (not diet) coke anywhere because of this.

Why not buy it in plastic bottles or is that a recycling choice?

[SkipGear]

Why not buy it in plastic bottles or is that a recycling choice?

She doesn't drink but maybe can every other day or so. A 2 liter goes flat on her before she can drink it all. She would buy the 8oz cans if she could find them.

[wazzou]

Out here in the West, they sell both 16 and 20oz. Bottles with screw tops that'd certainly last long enough.

[SkipGear]

Out here in the West, they sell both 16 and 20oz. Bottles with screw tops that'd certainly last long enough.

And cost 3 times what a can costs us. Usually get 12 packs for $3-3.50 a box. She is very frugal to say the least.

[peteski]

To the Aluminum Foil issue, there is an Aluminum Shortage right now. My wife is up in arms because Coke is only running their most popular lines because they don't have enough can's available to run everything. She can't find Caffine Free (not diet) coke anywhere because of this.

My GF was in the same exact  situation (with the same explanation) 2 or 3 months ago.  Caffeine-free Diet Coke for her. Nowhere to be found in cans. The aluminum shortage was the explanation she found for the shortage.

She has her reasons for preferring cans.   She hesitantly start buying bottles, but was not happy about it.  Then few weeks ago the cans of C-F Diet Coke have become available again few weeks ago and are plentiful.  But then I could not find aluminum foil.  Well, not in my area, but found it in a different supermarket, 40 miles away from where I live.

I'm not sure anymore if I buy and of the explanations for the shortages.  Who knows who conjures them up.