Non-food shopping

[I like Skol]

I think your answer is perfectly clear and obvious.

Do you need to use your bath plug? 'No, I normally take a shower' then your purchase/trip is non-essential and can wait. 'Yes, bathing is my only means of maintaining adequate personal hygiene' then further consideration is required.
Can you use your bath effectively and safely with the plug in its current state or with the proposed temporary solution? Yes, then you should wait. No, then further consideration.
Can you source the replacement remotely by mail order or without incurring additional visits/human interaction (i.e, would you be making an otherwise essential visit to the supplier anyway)? Yes, then do that. No, it would appear your need for a new bath plug/chain is essential and your trip is justified.

It isn't rocket science and I don't understand the need for the continual questioning of the restrictions and how they should be interpreted. Essential and non-essential are perfectly clear concepts in 99.9% of cases, except apparently to a selfish minority of people who don't want the rules to apply to them because they are clearly 'special'!

 

[Drago]

But Mr Skol, I'm a one legged washerwoman from Dumfries who self identrifies as a Citroen 2CV, and the regulations don't specifically state that I can not ride my pogo stick to the garden centre to go to the impromptu night club being set up in the car park!

 

[Electric_Andy]

My local hardware store is open, but it has an Iceland inside. I don't see the Issue, many self employed or diyers need hardware to keep going. I'm going on the fact that if the store's allowed to be open then I'm allowed to go in (obviously as infrequently as possible). Hardware is less likely to be stored in your house and touched by everyone so one could argue it's less transmissible than groceries. As long as social distancing is observed and hand sanitizer is provided on entry. I have a small bottle which I use if i enter or leave the house.

If we're getting down to nitty gritty then most shopping is not a necessity. We can survive on cabbage and water so if they were to stop hardware purchases then they should also stop people shopping for alcohol and pizzas

 

[Fab Foodie]

Driving panefully slowly.

I reckon he might get framed by the rozzers....

 

[swee'pea99]

My wife reports that B&Q remains open, but only 'essential items' can be bought. Who decides what's essential and and on what basis I do not know.

 

[Paulus]

In one of the tabloids this morning,a bloke was 'caught' driving 224 miles from Coventry to Salford and back to buy some windows he'd bought on fleabay.

With his wife in the boot, because she couldn't fit in the car.

 

[Drago]

"I love you dear. Now, would you mind awfully sitting in the crumple zone?"

 

[biggs682]

Are they still allowed to sell tabloids?

What was he charged with?

Being a pain.

But on a serious note should we expect a delivery person to put their lives at risk to deliver non essentials

 

[Electric_Andy]

My wife reports that B&Q remains open, but only 'essential items' can be bought. Who decides what's essential and and on what basis I do not know.

Exactly. The public should decide on whether they need to leave the house or not. But there's nothing stopping someone buying something "essential" and buying other stuff as well, if you're in the shop already then it doesn't make much difference

 

[fossyant]

B&Q is only available for click and collect as far as I can see (and delivery) and is only selling essentials (e.g. plumbing or electrical spares). You can order from a limited on-line then drive to the car park, phone up, and they bring your stuff out.

 

[Paulus]

Exactly. The public should decide on whether they need to leave the house or not. But there's nothing stopping someone buying something "essential" and buying other stuff as well, if you're in the shop already then it doesn't make much difference

That would be the sensible approach. As long as you are not going out for just some exotic stuff.

 

[fossyant]

I've on-line ordered two 6903 2RS bearings for my rear wheel, just in-case, as the rear wheel on my MTB was showing a little play in it, until I stripped and cleaned it, so we will see. I've also ordered some bedding plants on-line, but these should arrive some time in April, when 'grown'.

As for buying paint etc, nah CBA !

 

[I like Skol]

6903 2RS

That number means something to me, think it is the bearings in my Praxis PF30 adapter? Good to know who has a set should I unexpectedly need them

 

[Milkfloat]

IIRC he was charged because the windows did not fit in the car properly, so he popped his wife in the boot for the return journey.

 

[numbnuts]

All my ebay orders are coming through OK, but a wee bit slow as we are only having a post every other day