How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> Lynette Hebert wrote:
>> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
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>> > Lynette Hebert wrote:
>> >> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself
>> >> again.
>> >> My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake Sam
>> >> Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live
>> >> where
>> >> it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed
>> >> in
>> >> quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you have to
>> >> do
>> >> in
>> >> order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in
>> >> the
>> >> woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I
>> >> still
>> >> run
>> >> out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do
>> >> have
>> >> to
>> >> plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far between.
>> >> Anyone
>> >> care to respond ? Just curious ..
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm not quite sure what you're getting at but I keep stocked up the
>> > same all year, winter and summer... even if it's a nice spring day and
>> > it's only four miles to the closest market I really don't want to drive
>> > into town special for like a sack of sugar. Running out of food stuff
>> > has notihng to do with anything other than poor planning/poor shopping
>> > skills... I'm guessing but in East Texas it's got to be the pits to run
>> > out of beer... imagine how all them rednecks for 50 miless would talk
>> > if a neighbor popped in and you had no beer. LOL
>> >
>> > What I do is use a reminder list.... most all major stupidmarket chains
>> > have a web site where you can print out an extensive list of food and
>> > non-food items, hundreds or items filling like six printed pages, with
>> > check boxes next to each item... I keep the list handy in my kitchen on
>> > a clipboard with a pencil and a stack of blank paper (I don't write on
>> > the printed store list, I use it to peruse through on shopping day as a
>> > reminder, and from that I add to my shopping list. Whenever I see I'm
>> > running low on something I immediately add it to my shopping list (I
>> > don't wait to run out). When it gets close to shopping day I sift
>> > through the current store circulars and add things I need/want to my
>> > list as well. Even with all my preparations I still manage to miss
>> > items. but rarely anything so important that I can't make do without...
>> > I keep enough cat food and litter to last a year and I always have a
>> > spare liter of vodka stashed way in the back of my freezer... don't
>> > need no stinkin' generator! LOL.
>> >
>> > Sheldon
>>
>> Thanks for your response. I was not getting at anything . Just curious
>> on
>> how people in snow covered areas prepares the household for the snowed in
>> days of winter.
>> Being the person that you just came off to me as being ..I am taking it
>> that you live alone ( no wonder ). People with families to feed have a
>> little bit more than cat food and liter to buy. Your insult about beer
>> was
>> way out of line. All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry
>> counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we have decent
>> human morals and with the help of God we try to understand people like
>> you
>> who thrive on cutting each and every thing or person down. I don't see a
>> whole lot of post from you ..what I do see is when someone does post you
>> seem to just jump right in there and make some smart remarks. Are you
>> that
>> lonely and that unhappy that you cant respond to post unless you can
>> down-grade what people say or talk about.. I pity you Sheldon. Really I
>> do !
>
> **** god... there is no god... if it weren't for your kind of radical
> bible thumping imbeciles the world would be at peace and I could turn
> on the news and hear about a cure for cancer instead of all about yoose
> god fearin' terrorists. Texas is no different from Iraq, even looks
> the same.... why don't you stock up on matches and pillow cases for
> your cross burnings.
>
I just bet you are the type that abuses your wife, children and anyone
around you..You are abusing me and I haven't done anything to you.
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