On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 12:51:14 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-12-07 5:05 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 11:33:12 AM UTC-10,
> > wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 1:34:41 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
> >> wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 10:08:18 AM UTC-5, jmcquown
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> On 12/4/2019 9:45 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>>>> On 12/4/2019 12:56 AM, Bruce wrote:
> >>>>>> On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 22:58:35 -0500, Ed Pawlowski
> >>>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 12/3/2019 10:44 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Trust Ed to come to the defence of the rich and the big
> >>>>>>>> corporations.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Not if they are cheating. Where is the cheating? It is
> >>>>>>> not a case of big corporation, it is truth and facts. If
> >>>>>>> he paid for a 12 pound turkey and they gave him a chicken
> >>>>>>> leg that is a legitimate complaint.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Items were offered for sale. He chose not to buy. He
> >>>>>>> may have wanted a turkey leg and was disappointed, but he
> >>>>>>> was not cheated.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> In this case, he paid for nothing, he got nothing. There
> >>>>>>> are many ways to cheat customers, this is not one of
> >>>>>>> them.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Show me the cheating. verb 1. act dishonestly or unfairly
> >>>>>>> in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game or
> >>>>>>> examination. "she always cheats at cards" noun a person
> >>>>>>> who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage. "a
> >>>>>>> liar and a cheat"
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> You can trust me to be honest not matter what side is
> >>>>>>> right or wrong, big corporation or poor person. Your
> >>>>>>> comment merely shows your purpose here.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I don't know the details of this case nor do I care. I just
> >>>>>> noticed a pattern with you. You're Robin Hood for the rich
> >>>>>> and the powerful.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Not really. I'm all for personal responsibility. I don't
> >>>>> blame others for my problems or shortcomings. People like to
> >>>>> blame big business for their own stupidity. Yes, businesses
> >>>>> can be sleazy too but it is not automatic to blame all of
> >>>>> them.
> >>>>
> >>>> Rich and powerful people don't have to worry about arriving
> >>>> late to a Thanksgiving Buffet and find they've run out of food
> >>>> or have crappy food. Constant appetizers and snacky foods
> >>>> would be on hand along with glasses of bubbly.
> >>>
> >>> Rich and powerful people don't go to Whole Foods on Thanksgiving
> >>> to select from its buffet.
> >>
> >> I have gone there for lunches before xgiving for years. Maybe this
> >> year Bezos couldn't find a decent processed turkey product to use
> >> for the buffet?
> >
> > My guess is that a decent processed turkey product might not exist. I
> > think that in the future, we'll have plant based 3D printed turkey
> > substance that's superior to the real thing. We won't have to worry
> > about defrosting and cooking a turkey! It's something we can all look
> > forward to.
>
> Your guess might be wrong. This Christmas my wife and I will be helping
> out at the Christmas Day community dinner at her church where the expect
> to feed as many as 600 people. We did the same two years ago and they
> had a processed turkey roll that was quite tasty. It was better than
> some roast turkey I have had. Heck, it was good enough that I later
> bought the chicken version of it for ourselves.

Well, thanks for the report on this matter. I'll have to take your word for it.