On Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 11:57:58 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > On 2/26/2017 9:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > "jmcquown" wrote in message news > > >
> > > On 2/25/2017 4:43 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hmmm I don't like shopping either and only go when I have to
> > >>
> > > I don't like shopping either. I mostly buy clothes online. I don't buy
> > > food online but this is why I have a separate freezer, so I don't have
> > > to run to the store all the time. For fresh fruit and veggies there are
> > > a couple of farm stands nearby. The grocery stores are much farther
> > > away so I do a stock-up trip about once a month.
> > >
> > > Jill
> > >
> > > ======
> > >
> > > Pretty much the same as me) I don't buy food online either because I
> > > want to choose what *I* think is the best, not someone else's idea of
> > > what is best
> > >
> > >
> > There is no food I could buy online which would be fresh. I keep some
> > canned goods in the pantry and dried pasta and dried beans. But I don't
> > want to buy an entire case of canned whatever.
> >
> > When it comes to fresh food I want to select my own. I've encountered
> > more than one situation in my lifetime (in many different grocery
> > stores) where the check-out person at the grocery store had to ask me,
> > "what is this?" (Artichokes immediately spring to mind). Much more
> > recently, I was shopping for leeks. When I inquired, the young man who
> > was stocking vegetables in the produce section asked, "What's a leek?"
> > Oh dear.
> >
> > To give them some credit, when I was checking out I was asked if I could
> > find everything I wanted. No, you don't have leeks. The young man who
> > was bagging my groceries said, "Um, couldn't you use scallions?" No,
> > but close! Maybe *he* should be working in the produce department
> > rather than bagging groceries. He at least had a general idea of what I
> > was talking about.
> >
> > Jill
>
> Aren't leeks the creatures that get on you in the stagnant waters in
> southeast asia and other places?
>
> ;-D

Good one. There are those sorts of leeks in Michigan. I've had 'em
stuck to me.

Cindy Hamilton