This week we had to order DH's work jeans, some Torani
>> grenadine syrup, and a water filter for the fridge online because you
>> can't find them in town. The UPS man hates us!
>>
>> Stacia
>>
>
> Oh you poor thing <VBG>. We live in a town of about 400. Needless to say
> choices for shopping and eating are rather non-existent. The only choice
> to drive somewhere and that's usually a pain.


My town was 200 when we first moved here; it's growing, but we still have to
drive a long ways to shop; to shop, we take our choice: 1) 7 miles -
Walmart with unacceptable produce and don't know whether they will have what
we need. 2) Winchester - good shopping and services 30 miles away --
completely boring. 3) go to the big city of Fairfax, Vienna, etc. about
70-75 miles away -- gets my juices going -- ethnic groceries! 4) D.C. 90
miles away for serious medical needs.

Even though we have a Circuit City 30 miles away, we ordered the car stereo
online because we were shopping online for it and were able to make price
comparisons and it was what we wanted. Here's the way you can do it at
Circuit City. Buy it online, pay for it online, and it will be waiting for
you at the counter when you get there. At Staples we order many things -
over $50 it is free shipping, and believe it or not, it will be here in 2
days --

We've ordered everything you can imagine -- but, I have to agree that the
UPS, DHL, USPS, Fedexpress -- they are getting lax in their deliveries.
Just recently, my Fiesta was not delivered (I've never missed something
shipped before) my Jenn-Air cartridge box looked like it had been run over
by a truck, a small order from a kitchen supply place was obviously
run-over - looked to me there was still a tire-track on it. I wouldn't go
so far as to say 'the UPS man hates us,' but I'm wondering if any of them
like their job - driving around in this beautiful countryside -- what could
be so bad? I've heard the UPS have a pretty good salary besides. I'll bet
all of them do.

Dee Dee