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Peeler
Guest
On 23 Apr 2023 00:08:24 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
And the idiotic blather continues...
What a SICKO! LOL
--
Yet more absolutely idiotic senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"I save my fries quota for one of the local food trucks that offers
poutine every now and then. If you\'re going for a coronary might as well
do it right.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
When the US is the vast wasteland portrayed by Cormac McCarthy\'s \'The
Road\' your Velveeta will be just fine.
And the idiotic blather continues...
What a SICKO! LOL
--
Yet more absolutely idiotic senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"I save my fries quota for one of the local food trucks that offers
poutine every now and then. If you\'re going for a coronary might as well
do it right.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>
P
Peeler
Guest
On 22 Apr 2023 23:52:59 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
Good Lord!!!! Is this bigmouth for real? LMAO
--
And yet another idiotic \"cool\" line, this time about the UK, from the
resident bigmouthed all-American superhero:
\"You could dump the entire 93,628 square miles in eastern Montana and only
the prairie dogs would notice.\"
MID: <ka2vrlF6c5uU1@mid.individual.net>
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
We no longer have Safeway. When Albertson\'s bought the chain they had to
divest themselves of the Safeway stores in Missoula which became Fresh
Markets which were recently bought by Yokes. The changes were minimal as
far as I can tell.
We had a Lucky\'s Market that lasted two years. Tidyman\'s was another
option but losing a $6.3 million sexual discrimination suit put the chain
out of business.
Tough market. When I used to travel I was amazed at how much cheaper food
was in LA, Phoenix, Seattle or other major markets.
Good Lord!!!! Is this bigmouth for real? LMAO
--
And yet another idiotic \"cool\" line, this time about the UK, from the
resident bigmouthed all-American superhero:
\"You could dump the entire 93,628 square miles in eastern Montana and only
the prairie dogs would notice.\"
MID: <ka2vrlF6c5uU1@mid.individual.net>
C
Cindy Hamilton
Guest
On 2023-04-23, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
Heh. Good one.
Yes, that\'s the one. I\'m grateful it wasn\'t a tradition in our family.
It was easy enough to pass the mashed rutabagas to the next person
when they came by.
> We won;t go into the perverted uses of Jello.
Ah, Jello. Luckily most of those perversions were too complicated
for my grandmother--who hated to cook--and my mother--who had a
full time job and raised me alone.
What we had instead was a \"salad\" made from overcooked rice with
pineapple, maraschino cherries, and Cool-Whip. I see it\'s allegedly
a dessert called \"Glorified Rice\", but I never heard it called that.
We\'re all yuppified, but we have Bier Camp:
https://www.bier-camp.com/
It\'s not right downtown, so the vegans tolerate its presence.
--
Cindy Hamilton
On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 21:10:07 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Of course they still make Velveeta. I have some in my fridge. My
husband used to like it in omelettes, but he\'s gone off it in favor of
Whole Paycheck\'s American cheese. I suppose in another decade it will
go bad and I will throw it away.
When the US is the vast wasteland portrayed by Cormac McCarthy\'s \'The
Road\' your Velveeta will be just fine.
Heh. Good one.
Some food is much better here. There\'s plenty of crap food dished up
all over the U.S. Consider the festive green-bean casserole.
The one with cream of mushroom soup and canned onion rings on top? The
bane of covered dish suppers?
Yes, that\'s the one. I\'m grateful it wasn\'t a tradition in our family.
It was easy enough to pass the mashed rutabagas to the next person
when they came by.
> We won;t go into the perverted uses of Jello.
Ah, Jello. Luckily most of those perversions were too complicated
for my grandmother--who hated to cook--and my mother--who had a
full time job and raised me alone.
What we had instead was a \"salad\" made from overcooked rice with
pineapple, maraschino cherries, and Cool-Whip. I see it\'s allegedly
a dessert called \"Glorified Rice\", but I never heard it called that.
At least our sausages are, for the most part, all meat. We have German
immigrants to thank, I think.
I\'ve been getting Aidell\'s lately. They are a bit better than some of the
chicken sausages that start with dropping a live chicken into a chipper.
We had a local guy who made great sausages but he hung it up after 48
years. He\'d do chorizo and andouille but his real love was digging up old
German recipes. He even made blutwurst before it became very difficult to
get blood after the mad cow scare. Good sauerkraut too.
We\'re all yuppified, but we have Bier Camp:
https://www.bier-camp.com/
It\'s not right downtown, so the vegans tolerate its presence.
--
Cindy Hamilton
S
Scott Lurndal
Guest
John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> writes:
Safeway is not good for anything other than extracting dollars
from suckers. Their meat department is sub-par. Nob Hill has
better meats and produce and they don\'t require membership for
deals.
Costco is far better for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Half
the price of Safeway for higher quality goods.
The Costco rotisserie chickens are almost twice the size
of the Safeway/Nob Hill/Raleys version and still $4.99 vs. $7.99.
On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 17:46:32 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
Safeway is for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Their rotesserie
chickens are OK and make great broth.
Safeway is not good for anything other than extracting dollars
from suckers. Their meat department is sub-par. Nob Hill has
better meats and produce and they don\'t require membership for
deals.
Costco is far better for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Half
the price of Safeway for higher quality goods.
The Costco rotisserie chickens are almost twice the size
of the Safeway/Nob Hill/Raleys version and still $4.99 vs. $7.99.
C
Cindy Hamilton
Guest
On 2023-04-23, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
I\'ll have to take your word for it; we don\'t have Safeway here.
We have Kroger, which appears to be comparable. I don\'t shop
at the local Kroger because their meat and produce aren\'t very
good. My regular store (Meijer, a Midwestern regional chain
similar to Walmart) has good prices, very good produce, and
decent meat. If I catch stuff on sale, the price is as good
as Costco; they\'re close to my house; and I don\'t need a paid
membership. I have their affinity card. I consider it a fair
trade: my buying information for lower prices on things I buy
regularly.
I don\'t buy rotisserie chicken, so size doesn\'t matter.
--
Cindy Hamilton
John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> writes:
On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 17:46:32 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
Safeway is for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Their rotesserie
chickens are OK and make great broth.
Safeway is not good for anything other than extracting dollars
from suckers. Their meat department is sub-par. Nob Hill has
better meats and produce and they don\'t require membership for
deals.
Costco is far better for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Half
the price of Safeway for higher quality goods.
The Costco rotisserie chickens are almost twice the size
of the Safeway/Nob Hill/Raleys version and still $4.99 vs. $7.99.
I\'ll have to take your word for it; we don\'t have Safeway here.
We have Kroger, which appears to be comparable. I don\'t shop
at the local Kroger because their meat and produce aren\'t very
good. My regular store (Meijer, a Midwestern regional chain
similar to Walmart) has good prices, very good produce, and
decent meat. If I catch stuff on sale, the price is as good
as Costco; they\'re close to my house; and I don\'t need a paid
membership. I have their affinity card. I consider it a fair
trade: my buying information for lower prices on things I buy
regularly.
I don\'t buy rotisserie chicken, so size doesn\'t matter.
--
Cindy Hamilton
S
Scott Lurndal
Guest
Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> writes:
As for membership costs, my executive card at costco
returns 2% annually, which more than covers my membership
costs. I\'m fortunate that I have one 10 minutes away,
with a gas station (20-40% less expensive than the brand-name
filling stations) and pharmacy.
I\'m also a shareholder, so I get a quarterly dividend check.
On 2023-04-23, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> writes:
On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 17:46:32 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
Safeway is for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Their rotesserie
chickens are OK and make great broth.
Safeway is not good for anything other than extracting dollars
from suckers. Their meat department is sub-par. Nob Hill has
better meats and produce and they don\'t require membership for
deals.
Costco is far better for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Half
the price of Safeway for higher quality goods.
The Costco rotisserie chickens are almost twice the size
of the Safeway/Nob Hill/Raleys version and still $4.99 vs. $7.99.
I\'ll have to take your word for it; we don\'t have Safeway here.
We have Kroger, which appears to be comparable. I don\'t shop
at the local Kroger because their meat and produce aren\'t very
good. My regular store (Meijer, a Midwestern regional chain
similar to Walmart) has good prices, very good produce, and
decent meat. If I catch stuff on sale, the price is as good
as Costco; they\'re close to my house; and I don\'t need a paid
membership. I have their affinity card. I consider it a fair
trade: my buying information for lower prices on things I buy
regularly.
As for membership costs, my executive card at costco
returns 2% annually, which more than covers my membership
costs. I\'m fortunate that I have one 10 minutes away,
with a gas station (20-40% less expensive than the brand-name
filling stations) and pharmacy.
I\'m also a shareholder, so I get a quarterly dividend check.
R
rbowman
Guest
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 14:14:27 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Before they closed the Safeways here weren\'t too bad. Walmart is the one I
associate with cheap, adulterated products. Yes, I consider meat with \'up
to 10% of a solution to enhance flavor\' adulterated.
+1 on the CostCo chickens. I get at least two or three meals out one with
treats for the neighborhood cats. The only problem I have with CostCo is
their meats seem to be packaged to have a minimum price of $20. It takes
me a while to eat my way through $20 worth of boneless chicken thighs.
Safeway is not good for anything other than extracting dollars from
suckers. Their meat department is sub-par. Nob Hill has better meats
and produce and they don\'t require membership for deals.
Before they closed the Safeways here weren\'t too bad. Walmart is the one I
associate with cheap, adulterated products. Yes, I consider meat with \'up
to 10% of a solution to enhance flavor\' adulterated.
Costco is far better for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Half the
price of Safeway for higher quality goods.
The Costco rotisserie chickens are almost twice the size of the
Safeway/Nob Hill/Raleys version and still $4.99 vs. $7.99.
+1 on the CostCo chickens. I get at least two or three meals out one with
treats for the neighborhood cats. The only problem I have with CostCo is
their meats seem to be packaged to have a minimum price of $20. It takes
me a while to eat my way through $20 worth of boneless chicken thighs.
S
Scott Lurndal
Guest
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:
They freeze well. I get the loin chops and vacuum pack then
freeze them. They\'ll last 8-12 months in a properly cold frezzer.
Same deal with the italian sausages and fresh salmon filets (after
slicing into 3oz portions).
Smoke the 14# pork shoulders 11 hours, pull, defat and vacuum pack in
3.5oz packets (circa 25). Add to soups, spaghetti sauce, mac & cheese,
casseroles, homemade pizza, with cheese on sandwiches, etc.
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 14:14:27 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Safeway is not good for anything other than extracting dollars from
suckers. Their meat department is sub-par. Nob Hill has better meats
and produce and they don\'t require membership for deals.
Before they closed the Safeways here weren\'t too bad. Walmart is the one I
associate with cheap, adulterated products. Yes, I consider meat with \'up
to 10% of a solution to enhance flavor\' adulterated.
Costco is far better for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Half the
price of Safeway for higher quality goods.
The Costco rotisserie chickens are almost twice the size of the
Safeway/Nob Hill/Raleys version and still $4.99 vs. $7.99.
+1 on the CostCo chickens. I get at least two or three meals out one with
treats for the neighborhood cats. The only problem I have with CostCo is
their meats seem to be packaged to have a minimum price of $20. It takes
me a while to eat my way through $20 worth of boneless chicken thighs.
They freeze well. I get the loin chops and vacuum pack then
freeze them. They\'ll last 8-12 months in a properly cold frezzer.
Same deal with the italian sausages and fresh salmon filets (after
slicing into 3oz portions).
Smoke the 14# pork shoulders 11 hours, pull, defat and vacuum pack in
3.5oz packets (circa 25). Add to soups, spaghetti sauce, mac & cheese,
casseroles, homemade pizza, with cheese on sandwiches, etc.
R
rbowman
Guest
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:40:24 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
It\'s been a long time since I\'ve been in the area but comparing Meijer to
Walmart is an insult. Walmart is my local vendor of last resort and the
couple of times a year I go in I\'m not impressed by the meat. The veggies
aren\'t too bad; it\'s hard to screw up an onion.
A Meijer warehouse almost ruined my day. I\'d hauled apples from Washington
in the middle of the winter. They threw a strip recorder on the load and
it showed a dip close to freezing in North Dakota, not surprising since it
was 25 below. After cutting up several random apples they accepted the
load. I had visions of being parked at a truck stop selling crates of
apples if they\'d refused the load.
The kicker was the company was getting rid of their reefers and the whole
trip was to get it back east and trade it for a Great Dane dry van.
My regular store (Meijer, a Midwestern regional chain similar to
Walmart) has good prices, very good produce, and decent meat.
It\'s been a long time since I\'ve been in the area but comparing Meijer to
Walmart is an insult. Walmart is my local vendor of last resort and the
couple of times a year I go in I\'m not impressed by the meat. The veggies
aren\'t too bad; it\'s hard to screw up an onion.
A Meijer warehouse almost ruined my day. I\'d hauled apples from Washington
in the middle of the winter. They threw a strip recorder on the load and
it showed a dip close to freezing in North Dakota, not surprising since it
was 25 below. After cutting up several random apples they accepted the
load. I had visions of being parked at a truck stop selling crates of
apples if they\'d refused the load.
The kicker was the company was getting rid of their reefers and the whole
trip was to get it back east and trade it for a Great Dane dry van.
R
rbowman
Guest
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:52:14 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
I barely break even if at all most years unless I buy a computer, storage
shed, or some other relatively expensive item. The gas is about 5 cents a
gallon cheaper so with an average fillup of 8 gallons I don\'t go out of my
way.
My first go-around with the optical department was interesting. She quoted
a price and I started questioning. \"Those are transition lenses?\"
\"Progressive lenses?\" The prices was less than half of what I\'d paid for
the previous pair.
As for membership costs, my executive card at costco returns 2%
annually, which more than covers my membership costs. I\'m fortunate
that I have one 10 minutes away,
with a gas station (20-40% less expensive than the brand-name filling
stations) and pharmacy.
I barely break even if at all most years unless I buy a computer, storage
shed, or some other relatively expensive item. The gas is about 5 cents a
gallon cheaper so with an average fillup of 8 gallons I don\'t go out of my
way.
My first go-around with the optical department was interesting. She quoted
a price and I started questioning. \"Those are transition lenses?\"
\"Progressive lenses?\" The prices was less than half of what I\'d paid for
the previous pair.
P
Peeler
Guest
On 23 Apr 2023 18:21:42 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
FASCINATING ...as every other detail about your grand person and exciting
life, you pathological gossiping washerwoman! LOL
--
Yet another thrilling story from the resident senile gossip\'s thrilling
life:
\"Around here you have to be careful to lock your car toward the end of
summer or somebody will leave a grocery sack full of zucchini in it.\"
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
I barely break even if at all most years unless I buy a computer, storage
shed, or some other relatively expensive item. The gas is about 5 cents a
gallon cheaper so with an average fillup of 8 gallons I don\'t go out of my
way.
FASCINATING ...as every other detail about your grand person and exciting
life, you pathological gossiping washerwoman! LOL
--
Yet another thrilling story from the resident senile gossip\'s thrilling
life:
\"Around here you have to be careful to lock your car toward the end of
summer or somebody will leave a grocery sack full of zucchini in it.\"
P
Peeler
Guest
On 23 Apr 2023 18:13:50 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
Good grief! The idiotic senile blather starts again...
<FLUSH rest of senile crap unread again>
--
Yet another thrilling account from the resident senile superhero\'s senile
life:
\"I went to a Driveby Truckers concert at a local venue and they made me
leave my knife in the car. Never went back. Come to think of it the Truckers
had a Black Lives Matter banner. Never bought any of their music again
either.\"
MID: <k84ip9Fesb1U1@mid.individual.net>
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
It\'s been a long time since I\'ve been in the area but comparing Meijer to
Walmart is an insult.
Good grief! The idiotic senile blather starts again...
<FLUSH rest of senile crap unread again>
--
Yet another thrilling account from the resident senile superhero\'s senile
life:
\"I went to a Driveby Truckers concert at a local venue and they made me
leave my knife in the car. Never went back. Come to think of it the Truckers
had a Black Lives Matter banner. Never bought any of their music again
either.\"
MID: <k84ip9Fesb1U1@mid.individual.net>
P
Peeler
Guest
On 23 Apr 2023 18:00:52 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
So, WHY don\'t you have anybody in real life to tell them all your extremely
fascinating stories about your great personality? NO ONE interested in your
shit? LOL
--
Yet more of the very interesting senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"I save my fries quota for one of the local food trucks that offers
poutine every now and then. If you\'re going for a coronary might as well
do it right.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
Before they closed the Safeways here weren\'t too bad. Walmart is the one I
associate with cheap, adulterated products. Yes, I consider meat with \'up
to 10% of a solution to enhance flavor\' adulterated.
So, WHY don\'t you have anybody in real life to tell them all your extremely
fascinating stories about your great personality? NO ONE interested in your
shit? LOL
--
Yet more of the very interesting senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"I save my fries quota for one of the local food trucks that offers
poutine every now and then. If you\'re going for a coronary might as well
do it right.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>
R
rbowman
Guest
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 09:41:46 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
I sometimes put swedes in beef stem but the mashed version is best
ignored.
No cherries and my mother used real whipped cream but she called it
\'pineapple fluff\'. The internet recipes by that name include vanilla
pudding mix and leave out the rice.
Other than in conjunction with what my mother called \'teriyaki\' rice
wasn\'t a staple around our house so it had to be prepared for the fluff.
I think Betty Crocker was responsible for most of the weirdness. Most of
what she made came from 3x5 cards in a tin box from her mother but there
were the occasional flyers. The disasters were never seen again but a few
got put into the menu rotation.
Yes, that\'s the one. I\'m grateful it wasn\'t a tradition in our family.
It was easy enough to pass the mashed rutabagas to the next person when
they came by.
I sometimes put swedes in beef stem but the mashed version is best
ignored.
What we had instead was a \"salad\" made from overcooked rice with
pineapple, maraschino cherries, and Cool-Whip. I see it\'s allegedly a
dessert called \"Glorified Rice\", but I never heard it called that.
No cherries and my mother used real whipped cream but she called it
\'pineapple fluff\'. The internet recipes by that name include vanilla
pudding mix and leave out the rice.
Other than in conjunction with what my mother called \'teriyaki\' rice
wasn\'t a staple around our house so it had to be prepared for the fluff.
I think Betty Crocker was responsible for most of the weirdness. Most of
what she made came from 3x5 cards in a tin box from her mother but there
were the occasional flyers. The disasters were never seen again but a few
got put into the menu rotation.
P
Peeler
Guest
On 23 Apr 2023 19:39:34 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
Gossip girl, you are even sicker that I already knew you were! You are
MENTALLY INSANE, you pathological bigmouth!
--
More typical idiotic senile gossip by lowbrowwoman:
\"It\'s been years since I\'ve been in a fast food burger joint but I used
to like Wendy\'s because they had a salad bar and baked potatoes.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
I sometimes put swedes in beef stem but the mashed version is best
ignored.
Gossip girl, you are even sicker that I already knew you were! You are
MENTALLY INSANE, you pathological bigmouth!
--
More typical idiotic senile gossip by lowbrowwoman:
\"It\'s been years since I\'ve been in a fast food burger joint but I used
to like Wendy\'s because they had a salad bar and baked potatoes.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>
C
Cindy Hamilton
Guest
On 2023-04-23, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
That\'s great. I used to be a Costco member, but I never got enough use
out of the membership to make it worthwhile. And I _hate_ shopping
there. It\'s like a casino.
--
Cindy Hamilton
Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> writes:
On 2023-04-23, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> writes:
On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 17:46:32 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
Safeway is for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Their rotesserie
chickens are OK and make great broth.
Safeway is not good for anything other than extracting dollars
from suckers. Their meat department is sub-par. Nob Hill has
better meats and produce and they don\'t require membership for
deals.
Costco is far better for bulk shopping, milk and paper towels. Half
the price of Safeway for higher quality goods.
The Costco rotisserie chickens are almost twice the size
of the Safeway/Nob Hill/Raleys version and still $4.99 vs. $7.99.
I\'ll have to take your word for it; we don\'t have Safeway here.
We have Kroger, which appears to be comparable. I don\'t shop
at the local Kroger because their meat and produce aren\'t very
good. My regular store (Meijer, a Midwestern regional chain
similar to Walmart) has good prices, very good produce, and
decent meat. If I catch stuff on sale, the price is as good
as Costco; they\'re close to my house; and I don\'t need a paid
membership. I have their affinity card. I consider it a fair
trade: my buying information for lower prices on things I buy
regularly.
As for membership costs, my executive card at costco
returns 2% annually, which more than covers my membership
costs. I\'m fortunate that I have one 10 minutes away,
with a gas station (20-40% less expensive than the brand-name
filling stations) and pharmacy.
I\'m also a shareholder, so I get a quarterly dividend check.
That\'s great. I used to be a Costco member, but I never got enough use
out of the membership to make it worthwhile. And I _hate_ shopping
there. It\'s like a casino.
--
Cindy Hamilton
C
Cindy Hamilton
Guest
On 2023-04-23, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
The comparison stems from being able to buy everything from apples
to car batteries. (At least, I think they have car batteries.)
> A Meijer warehouse almost ruined my day.
Almost.
That kind of attention to detail is why I like shopping there.
--
Cindy Hamilton
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:40:24 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
My regular store (Meijer, a Midwestern regional chain similar to
Walmart) has good prices, very good produce, and decent meat.
It\'s been a long time since I\'ve been in the area but comparing Meijer to
Walmart is an insult. Walmart is my local vendor of last resort and the
couple of times a year I go in I\'m not impressed by the meat. The veggies
aren\'t too bad; it\'s hard to screw up an onion.
The comparison stems from being able to buy everything from apples
to car batteries. (At least, I think they have car batteries.)
> A Meijer warehouse almost ruined my day.
Almost.
I\'d hauled apples from Washington
in the middle of the winter. They threw a strip recorder on the load and
it showed a dip close to freezing in North Dakota, not surprising since it
was 25 below. After cutting up several random apples they accepted the
load. I had visions of being parked at a truck stop selling crates of
apples if they\'d refused the load.
The kicker was the company was getting rid of their reefers and the whole
trip was to get it back east and trade it for a Great Dane dry van.
That kind of attention to detail is why I like shopping there.
--
Cindy Hamilton
R
rbowman
Guest
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 20:59:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
There is that. They just enlarged and reorganized ours. It took me two
months to find the dried blueberries again. Then there are the products
that make one appearance and then are gone forever.
That\'s great. I used to be a Costco member, but I never got enough use
out of the membership to make it worthwhile. And I _hate_ shopping
there. It\'s like a casino.
There is that. They just enlarged and reorganized ours. It took me two
months to find the dried blueberries again. Then there are the products
that make one appearance and then are gone forever.
R
rbowman
Guest
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 21:01:08 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
One of those... I was familiar with Fred Meyer from the \'90s and they were
a decent grocery store with a few extras. A couple of years ago I stopped
in one to get some groceries. I must have went in the wrong door. After
finding my way through ladies lingerie, home decor, and so forth I thought
I would starve before I found food. Wiki says they stopped selling guns
and ammunition to people under 21 in 2018 so there probably were guns in
there someplace.
They had a great selection when I finally found something to eat.
Yeah, it\'s not typical. I delivered a load of dried beans to a canned
chili manufacturer. There was a reefer load of chicken in the next bad.
The guy\'s reefer had failed and the original consignee refused load. Just
add some more spices to that run. I don\'t buy canned chili and definitely
not that brand.
The comparison stems from being able to buy everything from apples to
car batteries. (At least, I think they have car batteries.)
One of those... I was familiar with Fred Meyer from the \'90s and they were
a decent grocery store with a few extras. A couple of years ago I stopped
in one to get some groceries. I must have went in the wrong door. After
finding my way through ladies lingerie, home decor, and so forth I thought
I would starve before I found food. Wiki says they stopped selling guns
and ammunition to people under 21 in 2018 so there probably were guns in
there someplace.
They had a great selection when I finally found something to eat.
I\'d hauled apples from Washington in the middle of the winter. They
threw a strip recorder on the load and it showed a dip close to
freezing in North Dakota, not surprising since it was 25 below. After
cutting up several random apples they accepted the load. I had visions
of being parked at a truck stop selling crates of apples if they\'d
refused the load.
That kind of attention to detail is why I like shopping there.
Yeah, it\'s not typical. I delivered a load of dried beans to a canned
chili manufacturer. There was a reefer load of chicken in the next bad.
The guy\'s reefer had failed and the original consignee refused load. Just
add some more spices to that run. I don\'t buy canned chili and definitely
not that brand.