On Saturday, February 15, 2014 11:25:21 AM UTC-6, l not -l wrote:
> On 15-Feb-2014, jmcquown > wrote:
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> > I'm sure many of you ran into this with the latest weekly grocery store
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> > ads. First it was Superbowl snacky-stuff, then...V-Day.
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> > The Publix weekly ad (came out on Thursday) was mostly devoted to
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> > pushing boxes of candy, heart shaped cookies from the bakery, bouquets
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> > of flowers and overpriced bottles of wine. I'm sure that's great for
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> > the guy who went oh hell, I forgot about Valentine's Day!
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> > It didn't feature much in the way of what I consider actual "groceries".
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> > You know, meat, dairy, cheeses. I sure could stand another sale on
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> > chuck roast @$2.99/lb! It did show some nice looking produce.
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> > Still, if possible I'd rather buy it from local farmers rather than what
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> > they have trucked up from the home base in Florida. Just sayin'
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> > Jill
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> The most ridiculous V-day item I saw at the supermarket was the two-pack of
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> heart-shaped filet mignon - what a bargain at only $2 more per pound than
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> usual.
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The steak thing is stupid.
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> The car dealer "service advisor" offered a rose when I paid for my oil
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> change. Is there no business that has the good sense to just conduct
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> business as usual on Saint Valentine's Day?

The rose thing, though, is kind of nice. Especially since they were obviously offering to both men and women.

--B