On Thu, 08 May 2008 11:30:00 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

"blake murphy" wrote

On Wed, 7 May 2008 23:42:39 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

Is anyone planning to reduce their grocery bill that way? I know many
other types of stores are offering the same deal.

i hadn't heard of this. i was gonna spend mine on crack, which i
figure would be plenty stimulating.

I'm sure any dealer would be happy to give you 10 percent more
for your dollar if Home Depot is! Heh.

snort
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

I see that the supermarket chains around here are offering a 10% bonus
if you spend part of your stimulus check there. Give them $300, get a $330
gift card. $1200, get $1320.

I haven't heard of that where I am. We have highest gas in the
state! I'm eating peanut butter!!!!

On May 7, 8:42 pm, "Nancy Young" wrote:
I see that the supermarket chains around here are offering a 10% bonus
if you spend part of your stimulus check there. Give them $300, get a $330
gift card. $1200, get $1320.

Is anyone planning to reduce their grocery bill that way? I know many
other types of stores are offering the same deal.

nancy: nosy

"Nancy Young" wrote in message
. ..
I see that the supermarket chains around here are offering a 10% bonus
if you spend part of your stimulus check there. Give them $300, get a
$330
gift card. $1200, get $1320.

Is anyone planning to reduce their grocery bill that way? I know many
other types of stores are offering the same deal.

nancy: nosy


I think they are doing it to get you to switch stores and build loyalty. In
our neck of the woods it's a Ralph's (Kroger) promotion. Most of the time
I only try and "rape" their specials. The rest of the store is overpriced.

Dimitri

Nancy Young wrote:

I see that the supermarket chains around here are offering a 10% bonus
if you spend part of your stimulus check there. Give them $300, get
a $330 gift card. $1200, get $1320.

Is anyone planning to reduce their grocery bill that way? I know many
other types of stores are offering the same deal.

So far only one St. Louis chain has advertised the deal, and it's the
one I don't use much. We'll see if the other two step up now that Shop
n Save has advertised it. If one of them does, then sure. It's a 10%
return on your money, which is good.




Brian

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If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

"Default User" wrote

Nancy Young wrote:

I see that the supermarket chains around here are offering a 10% bonus
if you spend part of your stimulus check there. Give them $300, get
a $330 gift card. $1200, get $1320.

Is anyone planning to reduce their grocery bill that way? I know many
other types of stores are offering the same deal.

So far only one St. Louis chain has advertised the deal, and it's the
one I don't use much. We'll see if the other two step up now that Shop
n Save has advertised it. If one of them does, then sure. It's a 10%
return on your money, which is good.

I would not take up the offer at a store where I don't already shop,
agreed. The two stores where I do most of my shopping do offer
the option, which is why I'm considering it.

nancy

"PeterLucas" wrote in message
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ChattyCathy wrote in news:bQCUj.15906
:

On Thu, 08 May 2008 12:49:37 +0000, PeterLucas wrote:

ChattyCathy wrote in
:



It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group
of
idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to
keep
the rest of us in line.

Good grief! Don't they get forced to resign, or something?


That little spile has been around for donkeys years.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp

Ah. Said I didn't know much about US politics lol



I know they use cigars for funny purposes, and save their dresses,
unwashed, for a couple of years :-)

Did anyone, besides me, see "set up" written all over that or was it just
me? Must have been just me. Not defending Clinton, just pointing out the
obvious.

Cindi




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You will travel through the valley of rejection;
you will reside in the land of morning mists...and you will find your
home,
though it will not be where you left it.

"Nancy Young" wrote in message
. ..
I see that the supermarket chains around here are offering a 10% bonus
if you spend part of your stimulus check there. Give them $300, get a
$330
gift card. $1200, get $1320.

Is anyone planning to reduce their grocery bill that way? I know many
other types of stores are offering the same deal.

I haven't seen this at all in our area. I wonder why? But, our stimulus
checks are paying off last year's taxes. This year we are paying estimated
taxes to avoid having a balance at the end of the year. The last two years
we have been stuck so hopefully this year will be very different.

At least we end up paying it almost off and that's cool. We aren't
stimulating our local economy. Worked didn't it?

Cindi


nancy: nosy

"Cindi - HappyMamatoThree" wrote in
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Ah. Said I didn't know much about US politics lol



I know they use cigars for funny purposes, and save their dresses,
unwashed, for a couple of years :-)

Did anyone, besides me, see "set up" written all over that or was it
just me? Must have been just me. Not defending Clinton, just pointing
out the obvious.



As soon as it came out (no pun intended!!) that she had kept the dress,
unwashed/undry-cleaned for *ages* after the incident, and it
conveniently had some 'spillage' on it......... I could imagine her
sitting there rubbing her hands together thinking she was on the 'gravy
train'!!


And now......... she's forever known as the slapper that blew a
President off, and any guy who goes out with her will be expecting
certain things to be done on the first date!!


http://www.jokes2000.com/jokes/files/joke9232.htm



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You will travel through the valley of rejection;
you will reside in the land of morning mists...and you will find your
home,
though it will not be where you left it.

Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:

I haven't seen this at all in our area. I wonder why? But, our
stimulus checks are paying off last year's taxes. This year we are
paying estimated taxes to avoid having a balance at the end of the
year. The last two years we have been stuck so hopefully this year
will be very different.

Unless you are in a penalty situation, you're better off "paying
yourself" by putting what you would have paid as estimated taxes into a
specially designated money market account.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

"Default User" wrote in message
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Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:

I haven't seen this at all in our area. I wonder why? But, our
stimulus checks are paying off last year's taxes. This year we are
paying estimated taxes to avoid having a balance at the end of the
year. The last two years we have been stuck so hopefully this year
will be very different.

Unless you are in a penalty situation, you're better off "paying
yourself" by putting what you would have paid as estimated taxes into a
specially designated money market account.

I need to bring that up with DH. He was intent about paying it off. We don't
have any penalty situation so yours is a good option.

Thanks

Cindi




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

"PeterLucas" wrote in message
.25...
"Cindi - HappyMamatoThree" wrote in
:



Ah. Said I didn't know much about US politics lol



I know they use cigars for funny purposes, and save their dresses,
unwashed, for a couple of years :-)

Did anyone, besides me, see "set up" written all over that or was it
just me? Must have been just me. Not defending Clinton, just pointing
out the obvious.



As soon as it came out (no pun intended!!) that she had kept the dress,
unwashed/undry-cleaned for *ages* after the incident, and it
conveniently had some 'spillage' on it......... I could imagine her
sitting there rubbing her hands together thinking she was on the 'gravy
train'!!

It's "Look, look. I haven't had a chance to take my dry cleaning in and
here's the dress. I was so planning on doing it by the end of the month and
I just kept forgetting. Aren't you glad it's still here in the bottom of the
closet?"

Yeah, uh-huh.

Cindi



And now......... she's forever known as the slapper that blew a
President off, and any guy who goes out with her will be expecting
certain things to be done on the first date!!


http://www.jokes2000.com/jokes/files/joke9232.htm



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You will travel through the valley of rejection;
you will reside in the land of morning mists...and you will find your
home,
though it will not be where you left it.

enigma wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in
:

Nancy Young wrote:
I see that the supermarket chains around here are offering
a 10% bonus if you spend part of your stimulus check
there.

How would they know you were spending it there?

The entire point of "stimulus checks" is to get you to
spend. DON'T. Invest the money and let the economy
stabilize. Don't run out and buy a car, fer cryin out
loud!

with $600? heh

lee

Obviously not, silly. But they want you to run out and spend that
"stimulus", like that's going to help anyone do anything but get into debt.
Sheesh.

On Thu, 08 May 2008 12:51:55 +0200, ChattyCathy
wrote:

OK. Another question. How do you spend 'part' of your stimulus check at a
particular store? i.e. Say I get a sent check for $600 (or whatever) and I
only want to use $300 of it at a particular store, what then?

Cash the check and spread it around, just like any other rebate.

Mine went into a (modern design) 18 carat gold ring with a small, but
sparkly, diamond. It was money well spent.

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On Thu, 08 May 2008 17:06:22 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
wrote:

blake murphy dropped this
: in rec.food.cooking

i hadn't heard of this. i was gonna spend mine on crack, which i
figure would be plenty stimulating.

your pal,
blake

I'll trade you 2 crack for 1 morphine

Michael

but where's the stimulus in that? but, given the times, you may be on
to something.

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 8 May 2008 11:30:00 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:


"blake murphy" wrote

On Wed, 7 May 2008 23:42:39 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

Is anyone planning to reduce their grocery bill that way? I know many
other types of stores are offering the same deal.

i hadn't heard of this. i was gonna spend mine on crack, which i
figure would be plenty stimulating.

I'm sure any dealer would be happy to give you 10 percent more
for your dollar if Home Depot is! Heh.

nancy


i suspect most crack dealers have no problems with marketing.

your pal,
blake