On 2013-03-11 21:48:30 +0000, Julie Bove said:

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>>>>> news >>>>>> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:35:38 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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>>>>>>>> At least one Indian grocery I checked at didn't have it. Should I be
>>>>>>>> searching for Mideastern stores instead, or what?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One thing I use it for is baked custard - but it's good for sprinkling
>>>>>>>> over fruit salad too. With rose water and maybe a little sugar.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lenona.
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>>>>>>> I got them online but can't remember where.
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>>>>>> It's plastered all over the internet. Normal people want to buy
>>>>>> things in person.
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>>>>> Well I don't know what you mean by "normal" people but online
>>>>> businesses are outselling the brick and mortar places and putting them
>>>>> out of business.
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>>>>> Why should I go to a store when I can spend a lot less time and no gas
>>>>> to get it delivered to me? And usually for free? And usually in a way
>>>>> that will benefit me? Like through Swagbucks so that I can get gift
>>>>> cards for Amazon.com? Usually costs less money too. Win win.
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>>>> Me too. Normal people don't wander around stores looking for things
>>>> that a lot of stores don't even carry. It makes for crabby people in my
>>>> experience.
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>>>> Cheri
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>>> Indeed! Heck, my elderly parents even do a lot of online shopping. My
>>> dad needed new pants and shoes. My mom ordered them online and that
>>> saved her a lot of time. She did look in stores and couldn't find the
>>> shoes anywhere. She could find the pants but one pair here and one pair
>>> there.
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>>> Yes, I do go to Target almost every week but our store is one of the
>>> smaller ones. The last few things I bought from them were not even in
>>> stock in my store. Sure it takes me a few days to get the order if I
>>> order online but... That's better to me than having to drive to some
>>> other city. I'll do it if there is an immediate need but I try to plan
>>> ahead so there is rarely an immediate need.
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>> I do grocery shopping, etc., go to Costco and places like that every so
>> often, but I don't like to shop or browse stores at all. I prefer to
>> buy online for non-perishables...oh, and I'm normal, in spite of
>> shopping online. LOL
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> Me too. Having worked in retail for so many years, hanging out in a
> store is not my cup of tea. And I especially dislike malls. Used to
> be that I liked to go into little gift shops but after my husband
> pointed out that these days you can get pretty much anything, anywhere
> and I realized that he was right, those gift shops lost their appeal.
> Perhaps if we are on vacation or something and have nothing better to
> do, then I might go in one. Otherwise I find that I can do a lot better
> with gift shopping or unusual items online. If I didn't get my
> compression hose online, I'd be paying three times the price and
> getting stockings that hurt my feet. The only ones I can find in any
> stores in the compression I need are the Jobst and you have to go to
> some medical supply place to get those. Yes, most drugstores sell
> compression hose but only in a higher or lower compression than what I
> need.

Jesus H. Christ you sure can swamp a boat, any boat, any time, any
where. Swamped.

I can't, I don't, I won't, there aren't any, it's impossible, it's
expensive, it's hard, I can't, I won't, it isn't.