On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:29:05 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:

> On 9/5/2014 10:21 AM, sf wrote:
> > > wrote:
> >> On 9/5/2014 9:15 AM, sf wrote:
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>> On 9/4/2014 3:29 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>>>> Hey Shelia, have you asked your butcher here for a pound of bavette steak?
> >>>> Never. He usually comes by on Wednesday - I'll try to remember to ask
> >>>> about it.
> >>> Your butcher makes house calls?
> >> Yes.
> >> So does the fish man.
> >> And the milk is delivered by the postie, along with the daily newspaper.
> > Wow. We do companies now that will deliver, but you have to buy a lot
> > for that to happen and I certainly wouldn't call the truck driver a
> > "butcher". An order list does not a butcher (or fish monger) make.
> >
> He's a real butcher. He knows his products and takes special orders, as
> well as selling basics on 'spec'. One day a week he drives a truck
> rather than standing behind his counter.
> The fish man gets his fish fresh from the docks in Caithness in the
> morning, and delivers them the same day.
> This is a very rural area, and we've had a butcher and a fish man coming
> around for as long as I can remember. Years ago, we also had
> Johnny-the-Bread, who delivered freshly baked breads and rolls from his
> family's bakery.

You guys have it good over there. People over here in remote or even
not so remote areas have to do their own shopping!


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