I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos. There
are many other examples around my store of regular items being dropped
in favor of new diet trends. Apparently the store is going low
gluten in addition to organic. I really don't care what other people
eat but I am disappointed that in order to capture that market my
store at least is dropping shelf space for items that I have always
bought there.
The Costco men's T-shirts were always an outstanding value. I was
looking for them yesterday. The store carried 4 different brands of
T-shirts all in the same sizes. The Costco brand was 6 shirts for
approximately $12. The other brands ranged from 3 or 4 for $14-19.
The Costco brand came in medium and large. The boxes clearly stated
that additional sizes were available at Costco.com. I checked
Costco.com. The sizes carried there were small and XXXL. It was
stated there that additional sizes were available at the warehouse
stores. It looks to me as though Costco is planning to discontinue
their T-shirt brand. I suppose the excellent value men's jeans will
be next. BTW, although packaged to look exactly like the Johnsonville
bratwurst, the new Kirkland bratwurst is not a good substitute, it
lacks flavor.
Also, Costco has discontinued the Kirkland brand 325 mg aspirin. Only
Bayer is now available.
I've begun comparison pricing goods, brands, etc. at other stores and
looking at what my Costco has dropped I find that aside from gasoline,
the spring garden shop and the rotisserie chicken, there really is no
reason for me to shop there any longer.
Janet US

On 8/19/2018 7:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
> Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
> trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
> wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
> sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
> Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
> should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
> trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
> kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos. There
> are many other examples around my store of regular items being dropped
> in favor of new diet trends. Apparently the store is going low
> gluten in addition to organic. I really don't care what other people
> eat but I am disappointed that in order to capture that market my
> store at least is dropping shelf space for items that I have always
> bought there.
> The Costco men's T-shirts were always an outstanding value. I was
> looking for them yesterday. The store carried 4 different brands of
> T-shirts all in the same sizes. The Costco brand was 6 shirts for
> approximately $12. The other brands ranged from 3 or 4 for $14-19.
> The Costco brand came in medium and large. The boxes clearly stated
> that additional sizes were available at Costco.com. I checked
> Costco.com. The sizes carried there were small and XXXL. It was
> stated there that additional sizes were available at the warehouse
> stores. It looks to me as though Costco is planning to discontinue
> their T-shirt brand. I suppose the excellent value men's jeans will
> be next. BTW, although packaged to look exactly like the Johnsonville
> bratwurst, the new Kirkland bratwurst is not a good substitute, it
> lacks flavor.
> Also, Costco has discontinued the Kirkland brand 325 mg aspirin. Only
> Bayer is now available.
> I've begun comparison pricing goods, brands, etc. at other stores and
> looking at what my Costco has dropped I find that aside from gasoline,
> the spring garden shop and the rotisserie chicken, there really is no
> reason for me to shop there any longer.
> Janet US
>


I noticed the undesirable trend re food fads at Costco, starting with
all things organic (i.e. more expensive). Look on the bright side - if
this keeps up, there will soon be Costco knockoff chain, emulating the
good, old Costco. I hope.

On 2018-08-19 10:51 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 8/19/2018 7:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

>> I've begun comparison pricing goods, brands, etc. at other stores and
>> looking at what my Costco has dropped I find that aside from gasoline,
>> the spring garden shop and the rotisserie chicken,Â* there really is no
>> reason for me to shop there any longer.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
>> Janet US
>>
>
>
> I noticed the undesirable trend re food fads at Costco, starting with
> all things organic (i.e. more expensive).Â* Look on the bright side - if
> this keeps up, there will soon be Costco knockoff chain, emulating the
> good, old Costco.Â* I hope.


I had a Costco membership intermittently over the years and rarely used
it because they never seemed to have the brands I wanted. I was recently
converted to a semi regular Costco shopper because a friend shops there
regularly and was always raving about the great buys on good quality
products. There are a few items that they regularly stock that we
really enjoy so I pick them up frequently. My wife loves cheese and you
can't touch their prices on that stuff.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 11:18:41 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-08-19 10:51 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>> On 8/19/2018 7:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>>> I've begun comparison pricing goods, brands, etc. at other stores and
>>> looking at what my Costco has dropped I find that aside from gasoline,
>>> the spring garden shop and the rotisserie chicken,* there really is no
>>> reason for me to shop there any longer.************
>>> Janet US
>>>
>>
>>
>> I noticed the undesirable trend re food fads at Costco, starting with
>> all things organic (i.e. more expensive).* Look on the bright side - if
>> this keeps up, there will soon be Costco knockoff chain, emulating the
>> good, old Costco.* I hope.
>
>
>I had a Costco membership intermittently over the years and rarely used
>it because they never seemed to have the brands I wanted. I was recently
>converted to a semi regular Costco shopper because a friend shops there
>regularly and was always raving about the great buys on good quality
>products. There are a few items that they regularly stock that we
>really enjoy so I pick them up frequently. My wife loves cheese and you
>can't touch their prices on that stuff.

So true about the cheese, especially around the holidays when they get
in such interesting stuff.
I'm really fond on the pickled herring they usually carry. My store
has no plans to order it. I also really liked their faux krab. The
brand they carried had a good taste and a good texture. In it's place
is organic saurkraut.!
Janet US

On 8/19/2018 11:37 AM, notbob wrote:

> I hate to be the one to break it to you, but Costco has ALWAYS gone for
> the cheapest deal (read: the deal that will make Costco the most $$$$).
> If that includes different brand of t-shirts, so be it.

Bulletin: All brands, no matter how upscale, do that. It's even been
discussed here how you can buy a brand of men's underwear for a few
years and suddenly they're junk and it's time to look for a new brand.
Kirkland is one brand that seems to maintain a consistent quality.
The problem here is the availability, I'll be watching to see if it's
just a lull in the supply, just out of curiosity.

nancy

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 08:22:04 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>
>I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
>Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
>trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
>wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
>sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
>Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
>should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
>trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
>kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos. There
>are many other examples around my store of regular items being dropped
>in favor of new diet trends. Apparently the store is going low
>gluten in addition to organic. I really don't care what other people
>eat but I am disappointed that in order to capture that market my
>store at least is dropping shelf space for items that I have always
>bought there.
>The Costco men's T-shirts were always an outstanding value. I was
>looking for them yesterday. The store carried 4 different brands of
>T-shirts all in the same sizes. The Costco brand was 6 shirts for
>approximately $12. The other brands ranged from 3 or 4 for $14-19.
>The Costco brand came in medium and large. The boxes clearly stated
>that additional sizes were available at Costco.com. I checked
>Costco.com. The sizes carried there were small and XXXL. It was
>stated there that additional sizes were available at the warehouse
>stores. It looks to me as though Costco is planning to discontinue
>their T-shirt brand. I suppose the excellent value men's jeans will
>be next. BTW, although packaged to look exactly like the Johnsonville
>bratwurst, the new Kirkland bratwurst is not a good substitute, it
>lacks flavor.
>Also, Costco has discontinued the Kirkland brand 325 mg aspirin. Only
>Bayer is now available.
>I've begun comparison pricing goods, brands, etc. at other stores and
>looking at what my Costco has dropped I find that aside from gasoline,
>the spring garden shop and the rotisserie chicken, there really is no
>reason for me to shop there any longer.
>Janet US

My local supermarket underwent a massive reno a couple of years ago
and much to my annoyance the middle section is full of gluten free
this that and the other, organic this and that, forcing me to haul
from meat right along the store to get to baking supplies as also all
the rubbish stuff like pop and chips are also in the middle. I have
yet to see any serious shopping going on in the gluten area, but maybe
I am not there are the right hours for that. Seems a paradox to me
that the 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' get main billing.

I put in a written complaint and know many others have too.

On 8/19/2018 10:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
> Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
> trendy.

Costco has been the number one seller of organic food, fwiw.

What I didn't understand was the big brouhaha when amazon bought
Whole Foods, uh oh, what does this mean for Costco ... Costco
carries such a different set of merchandise aside from produce
that I'm not seeing them as competing. But maybe that's driving
some changes that you're seeing with the selection.

nancy

"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
...
>
> I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
> Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
> trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
> wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
> sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
> Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
> should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
> trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
> kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos. There
> are many other examples around my store of regular items being dropped
> in favor of new diet trends. Apparently the store is going low
> gluten in addition to organic. I really don't care what other people
> eat but I am disappointed that in order to capture that market my
> store at least is dropping shelf space for items that I have always
> bought there.
> The Costco men's T-shirts were always an outstanding value. I was
> looking for them yesterday. The store carried 4 different brands of
> T-shirts all in the same sizes. The Costco brand was 6 shirts for
> approximately $12. The other brands ranged from 3 or 4 for $14-19.
> The Costco brand came in medium and large. The boxes clearly stated
> that additional sizes were available at Costco.com. I checked
> Costco.com. The sizes carried there were small and XXXL. It was
> stated there that additional sizes were available at the warehouse
> stores. It looks to me as though Costco is planning to discontinue
> their T-shirt brand. I suppose the excellent value men's jeans will
> be next. BTW, although packaged to look exactly like the Johnsonville
> bratwurst, the new Kirkland bratwurst is not a good substitute, it
> lacks flavor.
> Also, Costco has discontinued the Kirkland brand 325 mg aspirin. Only
> Bayer is now available.
> I've begun comparison pricing goods, brands, etc. at other stores and
> looking at what my Costco has dropped I find that aside from gasoline,
> the spring garden shop and the rotisserie chicken, there really is no
> reason for me to shop there any longer.
> Janet US


The rotisserie chicken is really the main thing I like Costco for and also
the pharmacy for prescriptions. it's just not the store I'm looking for, I
like Smart and Final for warehouse type shopping much better where I am. I
really hate it when stores drop products that they've carried for years.

Cheri

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:16:32 -0400, Nancy Young >
wrote:

>On 8/19/2018 11:37 AM, notbob wrote:
>
>> I hate to be the one to break it to you, but Costco has ALWAYS gone for
>> the cheapest deal (read: the deal that will make Costco the most $$$$).
>> If that includes different brand of t-shirts, so be it.
>
>Bulletin: All brands, no matter how upscale, do that. It's even been
>discussed here how you can buy a brand of men's underwear for a few
>years and suddenly they're junk and it's time to look for a new brand.
>Kirkland is one brand that seems to maintain a consistent quality.
>The problem here is the availability, I'll be watching to see if it's
>just a lull in the supply, just out of curiosity.
>
>nancy

I can't imagine a $2 T Shirt would work as a dust rag. I live in
T-Shirts, I tried all the major brands, they all suck, ,and of very
inferior cotton (IF cotton) and shink two sizes when laundered, and
after six launderings they're barely good as a dusting schmatah. Even
were those 50¢ each they'd be no bargain.
This is the best T-Shirt out there, and well worth the price as they
last practically forever, okay, a hundred launderings. They often go
on sale during cold weather:
https://www.duluthtrading.com/mens-l...efault&start=2

Sun, 19 Aug 2018, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
>Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
>trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
>wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
>sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
>Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
>should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
>trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
>kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos.

Um, why would you want frozen corn when this time of year fresh picked
local corn is practically at give away prices... the market in town
has four ears for $1... the farm stands have similar prices as they
want to sell it quickly.

> wrote in message
...
> Sun, 19 Aug 2018, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>>I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
>>Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
>>trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
>>wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
>>sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
>>Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
>>should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
>>trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
>>kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos.
>
> Um, why would you want frozen corn when this time of year fresh picked
> local corn is practically at give away prices... the market in town
> has four ears for $1... the farm stands have similar prices as they
> want to sell it quickly.


Has nothing to do with her post which was looking for frozen corn at Costco.

Cheri

Nancy Young wrote:

> On 8/19/2018 10:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >
> > I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
> > Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
> > trendy.
>
> Costco has been the number one seller of organic food, fwiw.
>
> What I didn't understand was the big brouhaha when amazon bought
> Whole Foods, uh oh, what does this mean for Costco ... Costco
> carries such a different set of merchandise aside from produce
> that I'm not seeing them as competing. But maybe that's driving
> some changes that you're seeing with the selection.


The whole Amazon/WH thang seems to have kind of "fizzled"...WH's prices are still too high for my regular shopping needs...plus my local WH has atrocious service, last time I went the checker did not attempt to "engage" with customers, plus he was picking his noze, thus he was "busy"...so never again! At my local Dollar Tree a staffer who did that would be canned immediately...

I do buy WH 365 stuff on Prime Pantry, their pantry staples can be decent value...


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Greg

On 8/19/2018 12:11 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>
> I'm often disappointed at Costco, except for one thing: meat. Since
> the "good" grocery store closed, I've been shopping here and there for
> meat. I recently re-upped my Costco membership, and now I'm getting
> reliably good beef and pork at reasonable prices again. I also like
> their frozen farmed salmon.
>
> Other than that, I don't spend much time there. I hate shopping, and
> everything else at Costco is a moving target.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

Costco is too far but we go to BJs, same thing. The meat prices can't
be beat. They are very cheap on OTC drugs, especially their generic
brand.

Just like the supermarkets, over the years they carry more processed and
frozen stuff, meal kits, and other "just add water" foods. Sorry, I'm
not going to buy a container of mashed potatoes. I'd putting a pot on
the stove and making my own.

Maybe I've been short changing my family. I don't use all the
ingredients that Bob Evans does.
Potatoes, Whole Milk, Butter (Cream, Salt), Margarine (Liquid and
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Whey, Soy Lecithin,
Mono and Digycerides, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Artificial Flavor,
Vitamin A Palmitate), Contains 2% Or Less of: Salt, Potassium Sorbate
(Preservative), Sodium Acid Pyrophosphtae, Spice, Artificial Color, Mono
and Diglycerides.

Sheldon wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:16:32 -0400, Nancy Young >
> wrote:
>
> >On 8/19/2018 11:37 AM, notbob wrote:
> >
> >> I hate to be the one to break it to you, but Costco has ALWAYS gone for
> >> the cheapest deal (read: the deal that will make Costco the most $$$$)..
> >> If that includes different brand of t-shirts, so be it.
> >
> >Bulletin: All brands, no matter how upscale, do that. It's even been
> >discussed here how you can buy a brand of men's underwear for a few
> >years and suddenly they're junk and it's time to look for a new brand.
> >Kirkland is one brand that seems to maintain a consistent quality.
> >The problem here is the availability, I'll be watching to see if it's
> >just a lull in the supply, just out of curiosity.
> >
> >nancy
>
> I can't imagine a $2 T Shirt would work as a dust rag. I live in
> T-Shirts, I tried all the major brands, they all suck, ,and of very
> inferior cotton (IF cotton) and shink two sizes when laundered, and
> after six launderings they're barely good as a dusting schmatah. Even
> were those 50¢ each they'd be no bargain.
> This is the best T-Shirt out there, and well worth the price as they
> last practically forever, okay, a hundred launderings. They often go
> on sale during cold weather:
> https://www.duluthtrading.com/mens-l...efault&start=2


Thanks for that link, I like a good strong tee WITH POCKET...and stuff is pretty poor quality these daze, ordered two basic polo shirts ($25.00 each), they already had holes "built in", lol...back to Amazon they went.

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Greg

On 8/19/2018 10:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
> Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
> trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
> wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
> sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
> Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
> should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
> trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
> kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos.

(gently snipped)

My experience wasn't with Costco but may I piggyback? Thanks, I will.
It's about "trendy" and grocery shopping. I was looking for a large
bag of frozen broccoli florets at Publix. Where the large bags of
broccoli used to be were large bags of frozen riced cauliflower. Sound
familiar?

I don't care how trendy something is at the moment. Frozen broccoli is
pretty much a staple in my freezer. Riced cauliflower, not so much.

Don't get me wrong. I love cauliflower. Roasted, baked, steamed, stir
fried. But I can't think of a single reason to buy riced cauliflower.

Apparently it didn't sell very well because when I went to Publix a
couple of weeks later the large bags of broccoli florets were back. The
space for frozen riced cauliflower had shrunk.

Jill

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 09:59:58 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> I really hate it when stores drop products that they've carried for years.
>
Often that's because a product is no longer available.

Cheri wrote:

> > wrote in message
> ...
> > Sun, 19 Aug 2018, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >>
> >>I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
> >>Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
> >>trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
> >>wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
> >>sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
> >>Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
> >>should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
> >>trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
> >>kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos.
> >
> > Um, why would you want frozen corn when this time of year fresh picked
> > local corn is practically at give away prices... the market in town
> > has four ears for $1... the farm stands have similar prices as they
> > want to sell it quickly.
>
>
> Has nothing to do with her post which was looking for frozen corn at Costco.


Now, Cheri, seeing that it *is* The Lord's Day, do you think that retort was called for...??? If you aren't nice, Sheldon might not send you any more of those French Tickle[e]rs that you profess to like so much...

8-D

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Greg

On 2018-08-19 11:37 AM, notbob wrote:

> BTW, I stopped shopping at Costco about 13 yrs ago (10 yrs cuz, now, the
> closest Costco is about 160 mi, round trip.Â* But, I stopped shopping at
> Costco about 3 yrs before that).Â* Except for their drug prices and
> cheap-o lunch counter, Costco isn't all that.Â*

It's about 15 miles to the closest one to me and about 30 to the next
closest. I have a number of items that I like to get there so we have a
list of our favourite items, and when the list is long enough, or we are
going to be in the area, we slip by and get them.

Aside from the cheese, we also get frozen fish. They have great sole,
trout salmon and shrimp. My wife likes those frozen egg whites. The
trick is to get everything, get checked out and then make it home before
they thaw.

On 8/19/2018 1:32 PM, Cheri wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> Sun, 19 Aug 2018, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>> I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
>>> Foods/Amazon.* Almost everything in my store has become organic or
>>> trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however.* Yesterday I
>>> wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
>>> sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
>>> Costco good stuff.* Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
>>> should be was -- riced cauliflower!* Swallowing my disappointment I
>>> trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
>>> kinds of* cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos.
>>
>> Um, why would you want frozen corn when this time of year fresh picked
>> local corn is practically at give away prices... the market in town
>> has four ears for $1... the farm stands have similar prices as they
>> want to sell it quickly.
>
>
> Has nothing to do with her post which was looking for frozen corn at
> Costco.
>
> Cheri

He's questioning why she wanted to buy frozen corn. Who cares? Point
is, in the usual spot for the frozen corn was frozen riced cauliflower.
Then cauliflower crust pizza and organic burritos. So, the new products
are geared towards low carbers and those shoppers into organic frozen stuff.

Jill

On 2018-08-19 12:16 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 8/19/2018 11:37 AM, notbob wrote:

> Bulletin: All brands, no matter how upscale, do that.Â* It's even been
> discussed here how you can buy a brand of men's underwear for a few
> years and suddenly they're junk and it's time to look for a new brand.
> Kirkland is one brand that seems to maintain a consistent quality.
> The problem here is the availability, I'll be watching to see if it's
> just a lull in the supply, just out of curiosity.

Yep. I have been buying Dakota Tshirts (with pockets) at Mark's Work
Wearhouse for years. They used to last for years and years. I finally
had to replace a bunch of them a few months ago. My new ones are looking
as bad as some of the old ones already. That's a damned shame because
the ones were so comfortable and lasted so long that they were well
worth the extra money.

I am having a similar problem with socks from another store. They sell
four packs of black socks from a major manufacturer. I go out about once
a year and buy a dozen pairs of socks so they are all the same
manufacturer, make and dye batch. When they get laundered you don't have
to go through to mates for each sock because they are all the same. Last
year I was disappointed when a hole appeared in the toe of one of the
new socks within a month. I gave them another try a few months ago. I
came home with a dozen pairs and purged my sock drawer of all the old
ones. There are already holes in the holes and or heels of a quarter of
them.

Dave Smith wrote:

> I am having a similar problem with socks from another store. They sell
> four packs of black socks from a major manufacturer. I go out about once
> a year and buy a dozen pairs of socks so they are all the same
> manufacturer, make and dye batch. When they get laundered you don't have
> to go through to mates for each sock because they are all the same. Last
> year I was disappointed when a hole appeared in the toe of one of the
> new socks within a month. I gave them another try a few months ago. I
> came home with a dozen pairs and purged my sock drawer of all the old
> ones. There are already holes in the holes and or heels of a quarter of
> them.


My sympathies...you can't be wearing holey black socks with sandals, after all...

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Greg

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 10:53:02 -0700 (PDT), GM
> wrote:

>Sheldon wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:16:32 -0400, Nancy Young >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 8/19/2018 11:37 AM, notbob wrote:
>> >
>> >> I hate to be the one to break it to you, but Costco has ALWAYS gone for
>> >> the cheapest deal (read: the deal that will make Costco the most $$$$).
>> >> If that includes different brand of t-shirts, so be it.
>> >
>> >Bulletin: All brands, no matter how upscale, do that. It's even been
>> >discussed here how you can buy a brand of men's underwear for a few
>> >years and suddenly they're junk and it's time to look for a new brand.
>> >Kirkland is one brand that seems to maintain a consistent quality.
>> >The problem here is the availability, I'll be watching to see if it's
>> >just a lull in the supply, just out of curiosity.
>> >
>> >nancy
>>
>> I can't imagine a $2 T Shirt would work as a dust rag. I live in
>> T-Shirts, I tried all the major brands, they all suck, ,and of very
>> inferior cotton (IF cotton) and shink two sizes when laundered, and
>> after six launderings they're barely good as a dusting schmatah. Even
>> were those 50¢ each they'd be no bargain.
>> This is the best T-Shirt out there, and well worth the price as they
>> last practically forever, okay, a hundred launderings. They often go
>> on sale during cold weather:
>> https://www.duluthtrading.com/mens-l...efault&start=2
>
>Thanks for that link, I like a good strong tee WITH POCKET...and stuff is pretty poor quality these daze, ordered two basic polo shirts ($25.00 each), they already had holes "built in", lol...back to Amazon they went.

I've been buying from Duluth Trading for many years, everything they
sell is top quality.... they have great socks.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:48:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 8/19/2018 12:11 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm often disappointed at Costco, except for one thing: meat. Since
>> the "good" grocery store closed, I've been shopping here and there for
>> meat. I recently re-upped my Costco membership, and now I'm getting
>> reliably good beef and pork at reasonable prices again. I also like
>> their frozen farmed salmon.
>>
>> Other than that, I don't spend much time there. I hate shopping, and
>> everything else at Costco is a moving target.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
>Costco is too far but we go to BJs, same thing. The meat prices can't
>be beat. They are very cheap on OTC drugs, especially their generic
>brand.
>
>Just like the supermarkets, over the years they carry more processed and
>frozen stuff, meal kits, and other "just add water" foods. Sorry, I'm
>not going to buy a container of mashed potatoes. I'd putting a pot on
>the stove and making my own.
>
>Maybe I've been short changing my family. I don't use all the
>ingredients that Bob Evans does.
>Potatoes, Whole Milk, Butter (Cream, Salt), Margarine (Liquid and
>Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Whey, Soy Lecithin,
>Mono and Digycerides, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Artificial Flavor,
>Vitamin A Palmitate), Contains 2% Or Less of: Salt, Potassium Sorbate
>(Preservative), Sodium Acid Pyrophosphtae, Spice, Artificial Color, Mono
>and Diglycerides.

I love to make a huge batch of both marinara and spaghetti sauce
probably twice per year. I always used the huge cans of various
tomatoes that Costco carried. The cans were less than $3. My Costco
no longer carries those large sizes in anything.
Janet US

On 8/19/2018 1:53 PM, GM wrote:
> Thanks for that link, I like a good strong tee WITH POCKET.
>
You'll sweat through it in about a minute, lardass.


https://imgur.com/a/xSuAeb4 LOL

BTW, who's the bootlip next to you?

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:59:59 -0400, wrote:

>On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:16:32 -0400, Nancy Young >
>wrote:
>
>>On 8/19/2018 11:37 AM, notbob wrote:
>>
>>> I hate to be the one to break it to you, but Costco has ALWAYS gone for
>>> the cheapest deal (read: the deal that will make Costco the most $$$$).
>>> If that includes different brand of t-shirts, so be it.
>>
>>Bulletin: All brands, no matter how upscale, do that. It's even been
>>discussed here how you can buy a brand of men's underwear for a few
>>years and suddenly they're junk and it's time to look for a new brand.
>>Kirkland is one brand that seems to maintain a consistent quality.
>>The problem here is the availability, I'll be watching to see if it's
>>just a lull in the supply, just out of curiosity.
>>
>>nancy
>
>I can't imagine a $2 T Shirt would work as a dust rag. I live in
>T-Shirts, I tried all the major brands, they all suck, ,and of very
>inferior cotton (IF cotton) and shink two sizes when laundered, and
>after six launderings they're barely good as a dusting schmatah. Even
>were those 50¢ each they'd be no bargain.
>This is the best T-Shirt out there, and well worth the price as they
>last practically forever, okay, a hundred launderings. They often go
>on sale during cold weather:
>https://www.duluthtrading.com/mens-l...efault&start=2
>
O.k., now we have a comparison. The Duluth Trading T-shirts while
very nice are nothing like as thick and heavy weight nor long lasting
or sewn as well as the Costco T-shirts. I know because we have both.
Stitching is often incomplete on the Duluth shirts and the fabric is
not is heavy But you get to pay what? 20 to more than 30 bucks for
one T-shirt. But, of course, they come in beautiful colors and there
are clever ads on TV about them. You don't show your ass with either
T-shirt. Speaking of dust rags. I wish the damn things would wear
out. I cut the shoulder out of a couple to wear after my shoulder
surgery back in 2010 and the shirts are as thick as ever and really
almost unwieldy for something like dusting, better suited to scrubbing
floors or tubs or cars.
Janet US

On Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 7:48:03 AM UTC-10, GM wrote:
>
>
> The whole Amazon/WH thang seems to have kind of "fizzled"...WH's prices are still too high for my regular shopping needs...plus my local WH has atrocious service, last time I went the checker did not attempt to "engage" with customers, plus he was picking his noze, thus he was "busy"...so never again! At my local Dollar Tree a staffer who did that would be canned immediately...
>
> I do buy WH 365 stuff on Prime Pantry, their pantry staples can be decent value...
>
>
> --
> Best
> Greg

I went to a Whole Foods yesterday. It was really big, so big that they couldn't fill up the 72,000 sq. ft. floor space. The joint was packed. My niece and her kids and grand-kid came in from the mainland. They are natural living folks that won't eat meat and animal products. We took them there to let them figure out what to eat. Thanks Whole Foods! I got a ramen bowl for 13 bucks.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...U6uNVll8wpGvSQ

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:42:42 -0400, Nancy Young >
wrote:

>On 8/19/2018 10:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
>> Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
>> trendy.
>
>Costco has been the number one seller of organic food, fwiw.
>
>What I didn't understand was the big brouhaha when amazon bought
>Whole Foods, uh oh, what does this mean for Costco ... Costco
>carries such a different set of merchandise aside from produce
>that I'm not seeing them as competing. But maybe that's driving
>some changes that you're seeing with the selection.
>
>nancy

there's a "war" going on. The threat started with Amazon announcing
that it was in talks to buy Whole Foods. I forget who WalMart is
aligned with trying to keep market place. That's why you see all the
supermarkets and big box stores promising 1 and 2 day delivery if you
shop with them.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:06:44 -0400, wrote:

>Sun, 19 Aug 2018, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>>I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
>>Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
>>trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
>>wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
>>sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
>>Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
>>should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
>>trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
>>kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos.
>
>Um, why would you want frozen corn when this time of year fresh picked
>local corn is practically at give away prices... the market in town
>has four ears for $1... the farm stands have similar prices as they
>want to sell it quickly.

I never buy ears of corn from market stands where it was picked
yesterday and sitting in the sun. If I didn't grow it I do without. I
grow my own. However, I use both frozen corn and frozen peas when I
cook. I use them in salads, soups, casseroles, stews etc.
Janet US

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:53:37 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/19/2018 10:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
>> Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
>> trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
>> wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
>> sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
>> Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
>> should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
>> trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
>> kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos.
>
>(gently snipped)
>
>My experience wasn't with Costco but may I piggyback? Thanks, I will.
> It's about "trendy" and grocery shopping. I was looking for a large
>bag of frozen broccoli florets at Publix. Where the large bags of
>broccoli used to be were large bags of frozen riced cauliflower. Sound
>familiar?

I was in WalMart today and was taken aback by the amount of frozen
riced cauliflower and riced cauliflower products. But. see. you ought
to be able to expect that the broccoli will be there.
>
>I don't care how trendy something is at the moment. Frozen broccoli is
>pretty much a staple in my freezer. Riced cauliflower, not so much.
>
>Don't get me wrong. I love cauliflower. Roasted, baked, steamed, stir
>fried. But I can't think of a single reason to buy riced cauliflower.

Me neither.
>
>Apparently it didn't sell very well because when I went to Publix a
>couple of weeks later the large bags of broccoli florets were back. The
>space for frozen riced cauliflower had shrunk.
>

Then there's hope yet )

>Jill

On 8/19/2018 2:44 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:42:42 -0400, Nancy Young >
> wrote:

>> What I didn't understand was the big brouhaha when amazon bought
>> Whole Foods, uh oh, what does this mean for Costco ... Costco
>> carries such a different set of merchandise aside from produce
>> that I'm not seeing them as competing. But maybe that's driving
>> some changes that you're seeing with the selection.

> there's a "war" going on. The threat started with Amazon announcing
> that it was in talks to buy Whole Foods. I forget who WalMart is
> aligned with trying to keep market place. That's why you see all the
> supermarkets and big box stores promising 1 and 2 day delivery if you
> shop with them.

Absolutely. Everyone's falling all over themselves to stay
competitive.

I do some shopping at Whole Foods and a lot at Costco but to me
they each have their niche and the two barely overlap if at all.

nancy

> wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 09:59:58 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>> I really hate it when stores drop products that they've carried for
>> years.
>>
> Often that's because a product is no longer available.


Yes, and sometimes not, they just replace it with a different brand of the
same thing.

Cheri

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/19/2018 1:32 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Sun, 19 Aug 2018, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
>>>> Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
>>>> trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
>>>> wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
>>>> sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
>>>> Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
>>>> should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
>>>> trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
>>>> kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos.
>>>
>>> Um, why would you want frozen corn when this time of year fresh picked
>>> local corn is practically at give away prices... the market in town
>>> has four ears for $1... the farm stands have similar prices as they
>>> want to sell it quickly.
>>
>>
>> Has nothing to do with her post which was looking for frozen corn at
>> Costco.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> He's questioning why she wanted to buy frozen corn. Who cares? Point is,
> in the usual spot for the frozen corn was frozen riced cauliflower. Then
> cauliflower crust pizza and organic burritos. So, the new products are
> geared towards low carbers and those shoppers into organic frozen stuff.
>
> Jill


As if "why" she wanted to buy frozen corn is any of his damned business.

Cheri

wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 09:59:58 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>> I really hate it when stores drop products that they've carried for years.
>>
> Often that's because a product is no longer available.
>

Yoose really think so, Popeye?

Stagger Lee wrote:
> On 8/19/2018 1:53 PM, GM wrote:
>> Thanks for that link, I like a good strong tee WITH POCKET.
> >
> You'll sweat through it in about a minute, lardass.
>
>
> https://imgur.com/a/xSuAeb4 LOL
>
> BTW, who's the bootlip next to you?

Popeye's wife?

On 8/19/2018 3:31 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Stagger Lee wrote:
>> On 8/19/2018 1:53 PM, GM wrote:
>>> Thanks for that link, I like a good strong tee WITH POCKET.
>> Â*>
>> You'll sweat through it in about a minute, lardass.
>>
>>
>> https://imgur.com/a/xSuAeb4 LOL
>>
>> BTW, who's the bootlip next to you?
>
> Popeye's wife?
>
>
She doesn't appear to be a Mexican hooker.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 18:57:18 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Sun 19 Aug 2018 11:47:35a, U.S. Janet B. told us...
>
>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:06:44 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>>Sun, 19 Aug 2018, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of
>>>>Whole Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become
>>>>organic or trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however.
>>>>Yesterday I wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn
>>>>is very good and sweet and I had waited from all other shopping
>>>>venues to get the Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas
>>>>where the frozen corn should be was -- riced cauliflower!
>>>>Swallowing my disappointment I trundled on through the frozen
>>>>section and my eye was caught by two kinds of cauliflower crust
>>>>pizza and a bag of organic burritos.
>>>
>>>Um, why would you want frozen corn when this time of year fresh
>>>picked local corn is practically at give away prices... the market
>>>in town has four ears for $1... the farm stands have similar
>>>prices as they want to sell it quickly.
>>
>> I never buy ears of corn from market stands where it was picked
>> yesterday and sitting in the sun. If I didn't grow it I do
>> without. I grow my own. However, I use both frozen corn and
>> frozen peas when I cook. I use them in salads, soups, casseroles,
>> stews etc. Janet US
>>
>
>Obviously, living in a co-op we have no place to grow any vegetables,
>much less corn. :-) I never buy frozen corn on the cob, but I do buy
>frozen corn and peas. However, there are two roadside stands that I
>occasionally go to if I'm in the area. Their veggies are fresh
>picked and in refrigerated cases. (They have to be since they're in
>the desert.) We also have two really nice farm markets that sell a
>huge variety of fresh produce. Likewise, everything is
>refrigerated. Diffrent geographically, different practices.

there is no refrigeration here for fruit and vegetable stands.
Sometimes no tent or awning covering. We do have a farmer's market on
Saturdays in addition to the street and road side stands. The
farmer's market opens at 9 a.m. and closes late afternoon. There is
nothing hanging around. Getting into the farmers market area and
walking it is a circus. I go there once a summer with my daughter
when she visits.
Janet US

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:48:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 8/19/2018 12:11 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm often disappointed at Costco, except for one thing: meat. Since
>> the "good" grocery store closed, I've been shopping here and there for
>> meat. I recently re-upped my Costco membership, and now I'm getting
>> reliably good beef and pork at reasonable prices again. I also like
>> their frozen farmed salmon.
>>
>> Other than that, I don't spend much time there. I hate shopping, and
>> everything else at Costco is a moving target.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
>Costco is too far but we go to BJs, same thing. The meat prices can't
>be beat. They are very cheap on OTC drugs, especially their generic
>brand.
>
>Just like the supermarkets, over the years they carry more processed and
>frozen stuff, meal kits, and other "just add water" foods. Sorry, I'm
>not going to buy a container of mashed potatoes. I'd putting a pot on
>the stove and making my own.
>
>Maybe I've been short changing my family. I don't use all the
>ingredients that Bob Evans does.
>Potatoes, Whole Milk, Butter (Cream, Salt), Margarine (Liquid and
>Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Whey, Soy Lecithin,
>Mono and Digycerides, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Artificial Flavor,
>Vitamin A Palmitate), Contains 2% Or Less of: Salt, Potassium Sorbate
>(Preservative), Sodium Acid Pyrophosphtae, Spice, Artificial Color, Mono
>and Diglycerides.


Try these, which I did almost by accident a couple of years ago, and
now swear by:

http://honestearthpotatoes.com/?prod...ub-creamy-mash

Ingredients: Idaho® potatoes (including peel), butter and sea salt.

Nice ingredients list, eh?

On 8/19/2018 2:51 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:53:37 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/19/2018 10:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>> I guess that Costco is aiming to place itself with the ranks of Whole
>>> Foods/Amazon. Almost everything in my store has become organic or
>>> trendy. Most of the meat is not yet organic however. Yesterday I
>>> wanted to get some frozen corn -- their frozen corn is very good and
>>> sweet and I had waited from all other shopping venues to get the
>>> Costco good stuff. Next to the frozen peas where the frozen corn
>>> should be was -- riced cauliflower! Swallowing my disappointment I
>>> trundled on through the frozen section and my eye was caught by two
>>> kinds of cauliflower crust pizza and a bag of organic burritos.
>>
>> (gently snipped)
>>
>> My experience wasn't with Costco but may I piggyback? Thanks, I will.
>> It's about "trendy" and grocery shopping. I was looking for a large
>> bag of frozen broccoli florets at Publix. Where the large bags of
>> broccoli used to be were large bags of frozen riced cauliflower. Sound
>> familiar?
>
> I was in WalMart today and was taken aback by the amount of frozen
> riced cauliflower and riced cauliflower products. But. see. you ought
> to be able to expect that the broccoli will be there.

I was surprised. Big seller, always has been.

>> I don't care how trendy something is at the moment. Frozen broccoli is
>> pretty much a staple in my freezer. Riced cauliflower, not so much.
>>
>> Don't get me wrong. I love cauliflower. Roasted, baked, steamed, stir
>> fried. But I can't think of a single reason to buy riced cauliflower.
>
> Me neither.

I don't want to pretend cauliflower is rice. Or have mashed cauliflower
take the place of mashed potatoes.

I do love cauliflower soup. Usually I prefer some cauiflower florets in
the cream soup. I like the bite.

I suppose if I wanted a completely pureed cream soup, riced cauliflower
would be perfect. A stick blender or an actual blender and totally smooth.

I like a bit of bite from the veggies even in creamed soups.

>> Apparently it didn't sell very well because when I went to Publix a
>> couple of weeks later the large bags of broccoli florets were back. The
>> space for frozen riced cauliflower had shrunk.
>>
>
> Then there's hope yet )
>
I certainly hope so!

Jill

On 8/19/2018 4:21 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:48:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 8/19/2018 12:11 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm often disappointed at Costco, except for one thing: meat. Since
>>> the "good" grocery store closed, I've been shopping here and there for
>>> meat. I recently re-upped my Costco membership, and now I'm getting
>>> reliably good beef and pork at reasonable prices again. I also like
>>> their frozen farmed salmon.
>>>
>>> Other than that, I don't spend much time there. I hate shopping, and
>>> everything else at Costco is a moving target.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>
>> Costco is too far but we go to BJs, same thing. The meat prices can't
>> be beat. They are very cheap on OTC drugs, especially their generic
>> brand.
>>
>> Just like the supermarkets, over the years they carry more processed and
>> frozen stuff, meal kits, and other "just add water" foods. Sorry, I'm
>> not going to buy a container of mashed potatoes. I'd putting a pot on
>> the stove and making my own.
>>
>> Maybe I've been short changing my family. I don't use all the
>> ingredients that Bob Evans does.
>> Potatoes, Whole Milk, Butter (Cream, Salt), Margarine (Liquid and
>> Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Whey, Soy Lecithin,
>> Mono and Digycerides, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Artificial Flavor,
>> Vitamin A Palmitate), Contains 2% Or Less of: Salt, Potassium Sorbate
>> (Preservative), Sodium Acid Pyrophosphtae, Spice, Artificial Color, Mono
>> and Diglycerides.
>
>
> Try these, which I did almost by accident a couple of years ago, and
> now swear by:
>
> http://honestearthpotatoes.com/?prod...ub-creamy-mash
>
> Ingredients: Idaho® potatoes (including peel), butter and sea salt.
>
> Nice ingredients list, eh?
>
Now that is like home made! I sometimes use sour cream along with
butter to give them a little different flavor

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 16:46:56 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 8/19/2018 4:21 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:48:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>

>>
>> Try these, which I did almost by accident a couple of years ago, and
>> now swear by:
>>
>> http://honestearthpotatoes.com/?prod...ub-creamy-mash
>>
>> Ingredients: Idaho® potatoes (including peel), butter and sea salt.
>>
>> Nice ingredients list, eh?
>>
>Now that is like home made! I sometimes use sour cream along with
>butter to give them a little different flavor

If anyone had ever told a younger version of me that I'd not only use,
but actually LIKE an instant potato type of product, I'd have laughed
out loud.

Stuff is great. I fooled one of my adult kids with it. That was not
the intent, but since he is the family mashed connoisseur, we all got
a kick out of it.