"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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> On Sep 1, 11:16 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> "Michael OConnor" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> >> I've got salad dressing, not as old as your stuff, but about 3 years
>> >> old. Bottled Caesar, and bottled 3 cheese ranch. I don't want to use
>> >> them because they are so old, and I don't want to throw them out. So
>> >> they just sit there. I started making my own vinagrettes, so didn't
>> >> use them.
>>
>> > I remember about 15 years ago I was at my parents house and went thru
>> > their refrigerator and noticed they had bottles of salad dressing in
>> > there that had expired ten years before. Totally grossed me out.
>>
>> I went through my mother's freezer in 2007 and found meat (and fish!)
>> dated
>> from 2000. Completely freezer burned and absolutely inedible. Ugh! She
>> also had salad dressing that was way past it's prime. I didn't
>> understand
>> it at first. Then I realized she had been so busy taking care of my
>> father
>> (who had Alzheimer's) she didn't dare leave him alone to go shopping.
>> She
>> used to drive to the Commissary at Parris Island to go grocery shopping.
>> Why are you driving 35 miles (one way) to buy groceries? "No sales tax."
>> Oh come on, you can afford to pay sales tax! Sheesh. Why drive 35 miles
>> to
>> save on sales tax?
>>
>> Jill
>
> If she didn't dare leave him alone, then when did she manage to drive
> to the tax free place? What did I miss?

What you "missed" was she had stocked the freezer with stuff I wound up
throwing away. Freezer burned meats and fish that had been there for years.
Trust me, you wouldn't have wanted to eat this stuff.

> Making that drive would save a lot of tax if she went rarely and loaded
> up, I guess.

She was 82 when she asked me to come help with my father. She certainly
didn't need to be driving, much less 35 miles (one way) to save 6% sales
tax. Once I got here I took care of the shopping and the cooking.

Jill