THE Grocery Store Thread (merged)

by **Barbara** » Sun 12 Jun 2005, 08:03:30

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') can't believe the BS they feed you down there in the US.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Sun 12 Jun 2005, 10:17:07

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One guy gets a nip from a spider in a bunch of bananas, and it is headline news. Why??

by **bobcousins** » Sun 12 Jun 2005, 10:31:45

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One guy gets a nip from a spider in a bunch of bananas, and it is headline news. Why??

by MD » Sun 12 Jun 2005, 10:39:21

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One guy gets a nip from a spider in a bunch of bananas, and it is headline news. Why??

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Sun 12 Jun 2005, 12:28:20

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One guy gets a nip from a spider in a bunch of bananas, and it is headline news. Why??

by **bobcousins** » Sun 12 Jun 2005, 15:47:45

Ok, now I get it! :wink:

I was going to post a picture of a cute spider, but I got a little queasy while doing research.

by MD » Sun 12 Jun 2005, 15:58:55

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One guy gets a nip from a spider in a bunch of bananas, and it is headline news. Why??

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Sun 12 Jun 2005, 23:09:29

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One guy gets a nip from a spider in a bunch of bananas, and it is headline news. Why??

by **bobcousins** » Mon 13 Jun 2005, 18:16:14

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', ' ')However, the reason that it becomes big news is because of arachnophobia. If you have some story that will appeal to people's innate desire for a scary read, why then you simply must lead with the story because it will sell a lot of papers. I thought this was clear in my very succinct answer but I guess not, so it was therefore neccessary for me to make this detailed analysis for your benefit.

by **Cool Hand Linc** » Mon 13 Jun 2005, 18:35:24

You laugh but a determined terrorist could do a lot of harm if they tried. Homeland security is just responding to a planned attack.

I really think Homeland Security is attempting to save lives here.

I don't like the idea that terrorists were planning an attack on a store but they keep planning. Sooner or later they will succeed. Like the little engine that could.

I think I can, I think I can, I know I can.

We really need to wake up and smell the coffee. We haven't had much experience with suicide bombers here. We have been lucky. 911 wasn't enough to wake up American's. At least many of you.

These people even set off bombs in friendly countries to their causes like the recent bomb in Iran.

Think about it..........

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 13 Jun 2005, 21:48:07

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
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by **heyhoser** » Mon 13 Jun 2005, 23:40:51

Hmm. I first saw this thread when it came out, and then shrugged it off. BUT...
I've been in Augusta, GA for a few months now (contract work, still making it home a few days every couple of weeks to work on the homestead). Well, my camera has been f*cking up, so I took it into WalMart (yeah!! my FAVORITE store!!!) to shoot some shots, get them developed and see if it was bad film or my camera.
So I go in, turn in my keys for an oil change, have my camera around my shoulders, get some film, walk around the film center shooting shots (without focusing or targeting) just to get a variable for my test on my camera.
I turn the film in (that one and an earlier one) and take my cart over to the lawn and garden section just to compare prices (and quality) on some tools I still need to get. A COP, not a security guard, follows me down there, asks me some questions about the camera. I tell him about it and he says, "Okay, well, you can't take pictures in here."

Okay. Not a problem. But I could have sworn that a guy in civilian clothes shadowed me the rest of the time (the whole time I'm thinking, Jesus, they already have security camera's everywhere!). Which, made me want to add my little experience here.

by **pup55** » Tue 16 Aug 2005, 20:55:27

Every Monday, I walk down to the store and buy a head of iceberg lettuce for salads for the week. Cheaper than salad-in-a bag.

Yesterday, I went down and....no iceberg lettuce!
Today checked again....no iceberg lettuce!

Where's the lettuce?

by **pup55** » Tue 16 Aug 2005, 21:04:13

p.s. I don't really care about the lettuce. What I really meant to say is: There might be some energy-related food distribution issues starting to creep in. esp. stuff from California.

Has anyone else had a similar experience lately?

by **Carrie** » Tue 16 Aug 2005, 21:45:25

Haven't seen it yet in my grocery, but I noticed a sign at a Subway's sandwich shop saying that there may be shortages of produce because of hurricane-related disruptions (I'm in California).

If we start seeing more trucker protests & strikes because of the high cost of diesel, I'm sure these shortages will become a lot more common.

by **Egon_1** » Tue 16 Aug 2005, 21:51:51

I have noticed, in my area, that empty shelves seem to stay empty a little longer. I am wondering if stores are starting to manage re-orders a little more. You know, waiting till they have a large enough order to justify the shipping costs.

If that is the case, I have a feeling that it is just the begining. Pretty soon, they will stop carrying things that have a high shipping cost in favor of more locally produced items, if there is a substitute. Watch for prices on long distance items to start going up, and up, and up...

by **Daculling** » Tue 16 Aug 2005, 22:11:45

I've noticed that my normal store has really crappy lettuce now. So I went to another (more expensive) store and they have a bit less crappy lettuce. Some kinda shortage going on. I'm on the east coast US.

by **satjeet** » Tue 16 Aug 2005, 22:31:11

so lettuce is , on the east coast, a spring crop and if you're lucky mid fall. Why are you surprised, you're still living in the Maya!!!

by **SD_Scott** » Tue 16 Aug 2005, 22:39:04

The Vons I shop at in scripps ranch has been a little thinner the last few times I've been in there.

by **RonMN** » Tue 16 Aug 2005, 22:41:12

I've read on another thread, that they are no longer trucking califonia peaches to new york due to the cost of fuel for the trucks.

Perhaps this is the kind of "localization" we've been expecting to see.

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