Jim Taylor
It used to be normal to stock up on everything...
Tuesday, December 01, 2020, 15:00

growing up on farms and ranches, grandpa and grandma and my mom and dad always had a supply of what was needed on hand. It was too far to run into town if you needed a little of this or that. Weather .. problems on the ranch with horses or cattle or whatever kept you busy. If you didn't have what you needed or some way to make it you were in trouble.

Living in Africa was the same way. When a ship came into port and suddenly some of the shops had peanut butter, we bought 5 instead of 1. You never knew if there was gonna be any more in the next 6 months.

I sometimes would share a little about some problem we were facing fixing something or getting something working ... and you would not believe how often someone would email me and tell me "Go to the hardware store and buy ....... you can fix it with that." It was only 2000 miles or so to Johannesburg where they might have had whatever it was!

Here in the so-called "developed" world, people have gotten used to just running to the store when they need something.