Falling apart at the seams?

The week at least weather wise appears to be recovering more to where it normally would be for this time of the year here

We're having major grump worthy problems here like next to no newspapers save a handful of copies of the Daily Mail and nothing else at the local store that supplies the satellite of GHS with our needs.

I can't recall that even in the height of strikemania in '78/9 where it appeared the nation was having a nervous breakdown following all the business a few years before with coal strikes, the "Three Day week" and having to plan watching tv and cooking around a list of what areas could have electricity when.

My suspicion is some issue between his suppliers either Menzies or W H Smiths  and him following a take over (or "running it for Mr.x" in which instance legally the contracts don't change as Mr. x still is the owner) is behind it.

It may be him not realizing he'd need to remake them if it was a take over with a new contract which would have the order and billing arrangements so the previous arrangement terminates after so many weeks or possibly an unpaid bill.

It's just as well things like my Beano Christmas special and regular comics all come through the post from the publishers otherwise even I would have nothing to read this week but this doesn't bold well for the corner shop which prior to this had done very well on the back of Covid travel restrictions and the tendency for more people to work from home and so buy stuff from him during breaks.