On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:32:33 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:24:57 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>>On Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 7:06:50 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 11:53:34 PM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> > On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 6:07:33 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>> > > On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 11:26:32 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> > > > On 10/14/2020 4:08 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> > > >
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > I have a Ronco Showtime rotisserie that's been sitting around for a year or two. It's probably about time to fire it up - or dump it. Monkey see, monkey do. The price for these dodads have gone up, it seems.
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > https://www.walmart.com/ip/ronco-st5...tion/812392823
>>> > > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > This is better
>>> > > > https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ronco-400...sserie/9720692
>>> > > That pair of chickens must be tiny! That rotisserie makes great chicken. Unfortunately, you can buy a Costco rotisserie chicken for 5 bucks, which is about 4 bucks less than a raw chicken.
>>> >
>>> > True. But if you want to have any sort of control over what goes in your piehole, home-roasted
>>> > chicken is the only way.
>>> >
>>> > The work involved in roasting chicken is less bothersome to me than going to Costco. I hate
>>> > that place.
>>> >
>>> > Cindy Hamilton
>>> This rock is crazy about Costco. Why is that? My guess is that it's a place where we can get stuff for dirt cheap.
>>> Mainland people probably find it less of a deal because food is cheaper on the mainland. Well, that's my guess anyway.
>>> OTOH, you'd probably hate the eternal crowds at the Iwilei Costco on Oahu. It's been called the busiest Costco in the
>>> world.
>>
>>I like Costco's meat (as did Julia Child), but it's a colossal pain to go there. A half-mile hike for steaks whose
>>price is no better than the sale price at the grocery store isn't worth it.
>>
>>Most of what people like at Costco just isn't of interest to me. Same with Trader Joe's.
>>
>>And, yes, I hate crowds. That's why I grocery shop at 6 or 7 am.
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
> I consider my walk through the store and back and forth in the parking
> lot part of my leg exercise. Every store I go to I park as far out in
> the parking lot as possible.
> Janet US

I park at some distance from the entrance to minimise the chance of getting
my car dinged by doors on cars parked to closely. And I prefer the
excercise too, especially as the balmy fall temperatures of last week have
suddenly switched to minus C and so I don't feel like cycling.