On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 3:26:31 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 4:02:55 PM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>
> > Pain in the ass to
> > have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
>
> I don't see the inside of a bank but once a year, at most. That's why they
> make ATMs. So I can bank at MY convenience.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
If I'm low on cash when out shopping I always pay with my debit card and ask
for cash back. Dollar Tree is the exception as they will charge $1 for cash
back. Nope, I'll just ask for cash back at another store.

On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>
>> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
>> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
>> Joan.
>>
>You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.

he's quite the little housewife.

On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:41:48 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:
>
>>On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
>>> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
>>> Joan.
>>>
>>You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.
>
>he's quite the little housewife.

Lucretia, she's putting down housewives.

> wrote in message
...
> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 7:11:54 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I tried that and quit after a few weeks. Some guy kept emailing me and
>> telling me that my dog was pooping in his yard. I had no yard. I saw
>> nothing
>> useful there. It was hard to log into. We have local FB groups that are
>> much
>> better.
>>
> When I registered I set my account to receive no personal e-mail. If a
> person
> needed to contact me they left a message on the site then I would click it
> on
> and read it there. Also, I never logged out so there was no trouble
> 'logging
> in.' I had the site bookmarked on my favorites bar and all I had to do
> was
> click it and I was instantly at the site.

Typo. Should say that I had no dog. I signed up that way too. The email was
being sent through a third party. I had the site bookmarked but it always
made me log in.

In article >,
says...
>
> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 3:02:55 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >
> > I don't know. Maybe it's because I've always shopped early when
> > stores first open and I avoid all the idiots of the other
> > variety? Never encoutered any of this. I suspect they are mostly
> > fake stories.
> >
> If you've never encountered it just may be because you do shop at the crack
> of dawn. But that doesn't mean these scenarios never occur and thus make
> them fake. I don't shop when the chickens get up so yes, I do see these
> situations pretty much weekly.
> >
> > Pain in the ass to
> > have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
> >
> I go to the bank perhaps twice a year so them opening after sunrise doesn't
> bother me at all.
> >
> > I suspect all these people problems with traffic and stores, etc
> > is only because people are lazy and don't go out early enough.
> >
> Did you ever stop to think the reason people are out shopping after 9:00 a.m.
> is because a LOT of stores don't open until that hour or even later?

It certainly never occurred to me; in UK many smkts either open 7 am
till late. or 24 hours. I live on a little rock (not Hawaii; off
Scotland).Just an Atlantic backwater, population 4500, so our smkt only
opens 6am to 10 pm.

Another cultural difference spotted in this discussion concerns the
frequently-mentioned US ankle-ramming with a smkt cart. Do US carts have
projecting bullbars, or what? Is this another example of US military
might?

No ankle-rsmming here; lefty socialist UK smkt trolleys are designed
in such a way there's no inbuilt weaponry capable of maiming or taking
down other shoppers. We can't even take guns to the supermarket, let
alone buy one when we get there. Hard to imagine, I know.


Janet UK

Janet wrote:
>
> It certainly never occurred to me; in UK many smkts either open 7 am
> till late. or 24 hours. I live on a little rock (not Hawaii; off
> Scotland).Just an Atlantic backwater, population 4500, so our smkt only
> opens 6am to 10 pm.
>
> Another cultural difference spotted in this discussion concerns the
> frequently-mentioned US ankle-ramming with a smkt cart. Do US carts have
> projecting bullbars, or what? Is this another example of US military
> might?
>
> No ankle-rsmming here; lefty socialist UK smkt trolleys are designed
> in such a way there's no inbuilt weaponry capable of maiming or taking
> down other shoppers. We can't even take guns to the supermarket, let
> alone buy one when we get there. Hard to imagine, I know.

LOL. Fuggin JanetUK nailed it.

On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:39:29 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> I don't know if any of you have ever heard of the site "Nextdoor" but it's a
> site for specific neighborhoods in your area. You can post helpful infor-
> mation, items for sale, upcoming meetings, etc.
>
> This past week-end someone posted a bogus for sale item that required signing
> into the site again. It was a posting hopefully to steal a posters information
> but it only succeeded in locking me out of the site. When I signed up for the
> site several months ago I used "ItsJoanNotJoAnn" as my sign-on name but now
> since this phishing post they are demanding to unlock my account I m.u.s.t
> give the administrator my full first and last name. I am NOT comfortable in
> using my real, honest-to-goodness name on any social site even though they
> claim it is completely secure. Yeah, right. It's so secure they've already
> had a phishing scam on it.
>
> Anyway, my quandary is do I fork over my real name or tell them to delete my
> account?

Nextdoor is useless unless you lost a dog. It's a bunch of dumb
crybabies. And nextdoor is just a data collection agency. They run
a few other 'scams" pretending to be good for you, but nothing like
Google, the pros at this.

When I signed up it ran a superficial credit check to see if my name
was at my address even though I was an invite (from a phoney
neighbor who I set up before they realized I was phoney). It's
pretty hard to fool process. This credit check is also used to
check age on some sites,a nd asks you questions "Which of these
addresses were yours". Which is inherently evil - do not answer ANY
of thsoe questiosn. They're guessing how to connect the dots to YOU
- they DON'T know, and that's why they're asking you top tell them.
What its actually doing is getting you to update your creditors on
your location and find out who else may have claims against you at
previous addressees. Which everybody apparently already knew except
the State of California comptrollers they could send me a $14,000
overdue tax bill because I didn't pay $85 worth of State income
taxes in the tax year 2000. When it's they who owe me $60 for 1999,
but I moved to Texas around the time I was expecting a return. I
never worked in California in 2000,. I wrote "**** you - you owe ME
$60 from 1999, that comes to 9,870 using your same calculation. pay
up!". So they sent it to credit collections (after 19 years? Also
evil). And "I disputed it" which a useless exercise in futility as
they only ever reply "Nope. We verified the computer records it's
true. Watch, we'll do it again now... Yep,
still true".

This is the collection company that just paid me $85 in a class
action suit for harassment. Which is kinda a sweet victory - getting
a collection agency to send YOU money while you've never sent them
one dime.

Somehow Netxdoor already knows you name through the invite or
application process. They're just using it now to verify its still
you requesting an account action. They won't delete your account
either.

Our neighborhood "administrator" REQUIRES that full names be used
rather than just last initial. So I changed my name to "Steve
Nolast". Another neighbor snitched me out when he PM'ed me saying
"he knew everyone on the street". Well, technically we were never
introduced, but I'm that guy. Then he snitched me out to Nextdoor.
So snitched on him out for deed restrictions. That cost him about
$21,000 in rental income for the house next door to him. Now it's
been for sale for 6 months. And my name is back to being 'Steve
Nolast'. That ****er. He's the one that set the precedence at the
county judge for the deed restrictions for suing somebody else for
the same thing for arguing it against another neighbor 3 years ago.
I sued him with own victory and didn't even have pay court fees.

As a former and still sometimes data miner for odd database formats
from some "proprietary" smaller companies (I purposely made them
odd, duh(*)). I can positively say that your cell phone number is
the MOST EVIL THING you can hand out to any company. It's more evil
than your SS#. It all started with that seemingly innocent "number
portability act". Every time you download and install an "app" your
cell number and email address is given away to hundreds of
databases. Sometimes every time you use an app, too.

So I carry two cell phones - one cellphone that has never been
assigned a phone number and which I side-load ALL apps (Google
doesn't know I've downloaded these apps, and this phone doesn't even
know my google account). And then another cell phone with a phone
number for those old fashioned things, like... CALLING people.

(*) For any database/software developers to appreciate:

Another dirty "contractor" trick is to hard code dynamic numbers
(such as South Carolina's sales tax rate) rather than putting them
into an easily user-changeable or dynamically updated table and only
give them compiled versions of source code until all conditions of
the contract have been fulfilled. Cancel my contract two months
early because I work too fast and wanted to get the **** out there?
Well, I've been following the news and all the conditions are "ripe"
now that NASA is using private contractors. The next time a taxable
entity (not NASA) orders a $52K space shuttle tire from Michelin? I
get about $13K before they can even bill them properly. They can't
hold that up while a lawyer decides if they can fight it, because
I'm holding the source code hostage. And it's a data type they (or
even I) would never expect to look for in compiled binary. It *may*
even be derived from multiple unknown data types to purposely
obscure it even more. There may even be a checksum on the binary
that will cause the binary to error out if you so much as edit one
byte in it. So yeah, they're ****ed. They've been locked out of any
minor changes for a couple years now. This would be a show-stopper
though.

Am I evil. Damned right I am.

-sw

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
> >On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >>
> >> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
> >> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
> >> Joan.
> >>
> >You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.
>
> he's quite the little housewife.

I did a pretty good job as a substitute mom too, thank you very
much.

Bruce wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:41:48 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
> >
> >>On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
> >>> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
> >>> Joan.
> >>>
> >>You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.
> >
> >he's quite the little housewife.
>
> Lucretia, she's putting down housewives.

Lucretia, have you eaten any beloved lobsters lately? Probably a
decent price where you live but way too overpriced here. Most
all the time, $14.99/lb here.

On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 7:20:09 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 3:02:55 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't know. Maybe it's because I've always shopped early when
> > > stores first open and I avoid all the idiots of the other
> > > variety? Never encoutered any of this. I suspect they are mostly
> > > fake stories.
> > >
> > If you've never encountered it just may be because you do shop at the crack
> > of dawn. But that doesn't mean these scenarios never occur and thus make
> > them fake. I don't shop when the chickens get up so yes, I do see these
> > situations pretty much weekly.
> > >
> > > Pain in the ass to
> > > have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
> > >
> > I go to the bank perhaps twice a year so them opening after sunrise doesn't
> > bother me at all.
> > >
> > > I suspect all these people problems with traffic and stores, etc
> > > is only because people are lazy and don't go out early enough.
> > >
> > Did you ever stop to think the reason people are out shopping after 9:00 a.m.
> > is because a LOT of stores don't open until that hour or even later?
>
> It certainly never occurred to me; in UK many smkts either open 7 am
> till late. or 24 hours. I live on a little rock (not Hawaii; off
> Scotland).Just an Atlantic backwater, population 4500, so our smkt only
> opens 6am to 10 pm.

Supermarkets do open early. Suppose, though, I wanted to go to the
department store for towels and the supermarket for groceries.
I could go to the supermarket at 6 am or 7 am, come home, unload
the groceries, and go back out again. Or I could go to the department
store at 10 am, get the towels, and then go to the supermarket.

Cindy Hamilton

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 12:20:04 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
says...
>>
>> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 3:02:55 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> >
>> > I don't know. Maybe it's because I've always shopped early when
>> > stores first open and I avoid all the idiots of the other
>> > variety? Never encoutered any of this. I suspect they are mostly
>> > fake stories.
>> >
>> If you've never encountered it just may be because you do shop at the crack
>> of dawn. But that doesn't mean these scenarios never occur and thus make
>> them fake. I don't shop when the chickens get up so yes, I do see these
>> situations pretty much weekly.
>> >
>> > Pain in the ass to
>> > have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
>> >
>> I go to the bank perhaps twice a year so them opening after sunrise doesn't
>> bother me at all.
>> >
>> > I suspect all these people problems with traffic and stores, etc
>> > is only because people are lazy and don't go out early enough.
>> >
>> Did you ever stop to think the reason people are out shopping after 9:00 a.m.
>> is because a LOT of stores don't open until that hour or even later?
>
> It certainly never occurred to me; in UK many smkts either open 7 am
>till late. or 24 hours. I live on a little rock (not Hawaii; off
>Scotland).Just an Atlantic backwater, population 4500, so our smkt only
>opens 6am to 10 pm.
>
> Another cultural difference spotted in this discussion concerns the
>frequently-mentioned US ankle-ramming with a smkt cart. Do US carts have
>projecting bullbars, or what? Is this another example of US military
>might?
>
> No ankle-rsmming here; lefty socialist UK smkt trolleys are designed
>in such a way there's no inbuilt weaponry capable of maiming or taking
>down other shoppers. We can't even take guns to the supermarket, let
>alone buy one when we get there. Hard to imagine, I know.
>
>
> Janet UK
The shopping carts that I have been used to all my life (trolley in
Brit speak) consist of a large basket area at the top and a shelf for
additional items on the bottom.
http://tinyurl.com/yyaxp5rd

I hope these pictures help expand your understanding
you are welcome

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 4:02:55 PM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > Pain in the ass to
> > have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
>
> I don't see the inside of a bank but once a year, at most. That's why they
> make ATMs. So I can bank at MY convenience.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

I only go once or twice a year too. It's just those one or two
times that annoy me. I've never used an ATM for cash, I just get
cash back from a grocery store when paying with a debit card.

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> Suppose, though, I wanted to go to the
> department store for towels and the supermarket for groceries.
> I could go to the supermarket at 6 am or 7 am, come home, unload
> the groceries, and go back out again. Or I could go to the department
> store at 10 am, get the towels, and then go to the supermarket.

Super Walmart would be your friend. Open 24/7/365. Go as early as
you want. Buy your towels and then walk a mile to the other end
and buy your groceries. All in one.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:54:54 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
>> >> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
>> >> Joan.
>> >>
>> >You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.
>>
>> he's quite the little housewife.
>
>I did a pretty good job as a substitute mom too, thank you very
>much.

why didn't you just bring up your continual harping on your diaper
washing? We all want to hear about it again and again and again and
again
We get it. Poor misunderstood Gary.

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> >I did a pretty good job as a substitute mom too, thank you very
> >much.
>
> why didn't you just bring up your continual harping on your diaper
> washing? We all want to hear about it again and again and again and
> again
> We get it. Poor misunderstood Gary.


:-D
I'll bet you never did dirty work out of love, did you?
What an evil entity you are showing yourself to be.
The name-calling Queen of RFC!
Someone remind me to send Janet's husband a sympathy card on his
next birthday.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 11:41:40 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>> >I did a pretty good job as a substitute mom too, thank you very
>> >much.
>>
>> why didn't you just bring up your continual harping on your diaper
>> washing? We all want to hear about it again and again and again and
>> again
>> We get it. Poor misunderstood Gary.
>
>
>:-D
>I'll bet you never did dirty work out of love, did you?
>What an evil entity you are showing yourself to be.
>The name-calling Queen of RFC!
>Someone remind me to send Janet's husband a sympathy card on his
>next birthday.

Something done out of love doesn't require parading the act for
others to see.
You're like the person who gives to charity and advertises his good
deeds.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:44:44 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:41:48 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
>> >>> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
>> >>> Joan.
>> >>>
>> >>You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.
>> >
>> >he's quite the little housewife.
>>
>> Lucretia, she's putting down housewives.
>
>Lucretia, have you eaten any beloved lobsters lately? Probably a
>decent price where you live but way too overpriced here. Most
>all the time, $14.99/lb here.

My younger daughter still lives out in Shad Bay and when we decide to
eat lobbies it's the best of both worlds, their friend and neighbour
is a lobster fisherman. So he comes to the party and the lobbies come
too, my SIL cooks them out on the deck on a gas burner. He generally
does a couple of cooks, my eldest SIL and I like ours cold from the
'fridge, some like them cooked and cooled and others like them hot
from the pot. He really likes my cheesecakes so regards it as a swap
If you're ever up this way, we'll do a lobby feast for you. I
know we're having one last weekend in May.

In article >,
says...
>
> On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 7:20:09 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> > >
> > > On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 3:02:55 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I don't know. Maybe it's because I've always shopped early when
> > > > stores first open and I avoid all the idiots of the other
> > > > variety? Never encoutered any of this. I suspect they are mostly
> > > > fake stories.
> > > >
> > > If you've never encountered it just may be because you do shop at the crack
> > > of dawn. But that doesn't mean these scenarios never occur and thus make
> > > them fake. I don't shop when the chickens get up so yes, I do see these
> > > situations pretty much weekly.
> > > >
> > > > Pain in the ass to
> > > > have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
> > > >
> > > I go to the bank perhaps twice a year so them opening after sunrise doesn't
> > > bother me at all.
> > > >
> > > > I suspect all these people problems with traffic and stores, etc
> > > > is only because people are lazy and don't go out early enough.
> > > >
> > > Did you ever stop to think the reason people are out shopping after 9:00 a.m.
> > > is because a LOT of stores don't open until that hour or even later?
> >
> > It certainly never occurred to me; in UK many smkts either open 7 am
> > till late. or 24 hours. I live on a little rock (not Hawaii; off
> > Scotland).Just an Atlantic backwater, population 4500, so our smkt only
> > opens 6am to 10 pm.
>
> Supermarkets do open early. Suppose, though, I wanted to go to the
> department store for towels and the supermarket for groceries.
> I could go to the supermarket at 6 am or 7 am, come home, unload
> the groceries, and go back out again. Or I could go to the department
> store at 10 am, get the towels, and then go to the supermarket.

We don't have a department store. I'd order the towels online then go
to the supermarket for groceries and a newspaper, but not till after the
morning ferry unloaded. It brings the newspapers.

Janet UK

On 4/13/2019 8:51 AM, Sqwertz wrote:

> Am I evil. Damned right I am.
>
> -sw
>

That's not always a bad thing.

On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 11:30:27 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 4:02:55 PM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > > Pain in the ass to
> > > have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
> >
> > I don't see the inside of a bank but once a year, at most. That's why they
> > make ATMs. So I can bank at MY convenience.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> I only go once or twice a year too. It's just those one or two
> times that annoy me. I've never used an ATM for cash, I just get
> cash back from a grocery store when paying with a debit card.

I use my debit card only to obtain cash. I use my credit card
for practically everything over $10 and enjoy the cashback.

Cindy Hamilton

On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 12:18:21 PM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 7:20:09 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > says...
> > > >
> > > > On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 3:02:55 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't know. Maybe it's because I've always shopped early when
> > > > > stores first open and I avoid all the idiots of the other
> > > > > variety? Never encoutered any of this. I suspect they are mostly
> > > > > fake stories.
> > > > >
> > > > If you've never encountered it just may be because you do shop at the crack
> > > > of dawn. But that doesn't mean these scenarios never occur and thus make
> > > > them fake. I don't shop when the chickens get up so yes, I do see these
> > > > situations pretty much weekly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Pain in the ass to
> > > > > have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
> > > > >
> > > > I go to the bank perhaps twice a year so them opening after sunrise doesn't
> > > > bother me at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > I suspect all these people problems with traffic and stores, etc
> > > > > is only because people are lazy and don't go out early enough.
> > > > >
> > > > Did you ever stop to think the reason people are out shopping after 9:00 a.m.
> > > > is because a LOT of stores don't open until that hour or even later?
> > >
> > > It certainly never occurred to me; in UK many smkts either open 7 am
> > > till late. or 24 hours. I live on a little rock (not Hawaii; off
> > > Scotland).Just an Atlantic backwater, population 4500, so our smkt only
> > > opens 6am to 10 pm.
> >
> > Supermarkets do open early. Suppose, though, I wanted to go to the
> > department store for towels and the supermarket for groceries.
> > I could go to the supermarket at 6 am or 7 am, come home, unload
> > the groceries, and go back out again. Or I could go to the department
> > store at 10 am, get the towels, and then go to the supermarket.
>
> We don't have a department store. I'd order the towels online then go
> to the supermarket for groceries and a newspaper, but not till after the
> morning ferry unloaded. It brings the newspapers.
>
> Janet UK

No example fits everybody's situation, but I'm sure you can see what
I'm getting at.

Cindy Hamilton

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 4/13/2019 8:51 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> > Am I evil. Damned right I am.
> >
> > -sw
> >
>
> That's not always a bad thing.


I have to admire what Steve did about that next - door neighbor, LOL...

--
Best
Greg

On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 5:25:40 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 12:20:04 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> says...
> >>
> >> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 3:02:55 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I don't know. Maybe it's because I've always shopped early when
> >> > stores first open and I avoid all the idiots of the other
> >> > variety? Never encoutered any of this. I suspect they are mostly
> >> > fake stories.
> >> >
> >> If you've never encountered it just may be because you do shop at the crack
> >> of dawn. But that doesn't mean these scenarios never occur and thus make
> >> them fake. I don't shop when the chickens get up so yes, I do see these
> >> situations pretty much weekly.
> >> >
> >> > Pain in the ass to
> >> > have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
> >> >
> >> I go to the bank perhaps twice a year so them opening after sunrise doesn't
> >> bother me at all.
> >> >
> >> > I suspect all these people problems with traffic and stores, etc
> >> > is only because people are lazy and don't go out early enough.
> >> >
> >> Did you ever stop to think the reason people are out shopping after 9:00 a.m.
> >> is because a LOT of stores don't open until that hour or even later?
> >
> > It certainly never occurred to me; in UK many smkts either open 7 am
> >till late. or 24 hours. I live on a little rock (not Hawaii; off
> >Scotland).Just an Atlantic backwater, population 4500, so our smkt only
> >opens 6am to 10 pm.
> >
> > Another cultural difference spotted in this discussion concerns the
> >frequently-mentioned US ankle-ramming with a smkt cart. Do US carts have
> >projecting bullbars, or what? Is this another example of US military
> >might?
> >
> > No ankle-rsmming here; lefty socialist UK smkt trolleys are designed
> >in such a way there's no inbuilt weaponry capable of maiming or taking
> >down other shoppers. We can't even take guns to the supermarket, let
> >alone buy one when we get there. Hard to imagine, I know.
> >
> >
> > Janet UK
> The shopping carts that I have been used to all my life (trolley in
> Brit speak) consist of a large basket area at the top and a shelf for
> additional items on the bottom.
> http://tinyurl.com/yyaxp5rd
>
> I hope these pictures help expand your understanding
> you are welcome

It's a stupid design for North America, where chronic ankle bashing is a problem. A simple redesign would transfer the point of contact to a larger, more padded, area of the human anatomy i.e., the buttocks. It's not much of a problem on this rock, where people are less in a hurry and think more about people other than themselves.

On 4/13/2019 10:44 AM, Gary wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:41:48 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
>>>>> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
>>>>> Joan.
>>>>>
>>>> You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.
>>>
>>> he's quite the little housewife.
>>
>> Lucretia, she's putting down housewives.
>
> Lucretia, have you eaten any beloved lobsters lately? Probably a
> decent price where you live but way too overpriced here. Most
> all the time, $14.99/lb here.
>

Ouch! I'll have to look here. In CT I'd not buy them at 8.99 and wait
for 5.99 or less.

I have bought cod and scallops a couple of times and it was a couple of
bucks more to cover the air freight.

On 4/13/2019 11:29 AM, Gary wrote:

>
> I only go once or twice a year too. It's just those one or two
> times that annoy me. I've never used an ATM for cash, I just get
> cash back from a grocery store when paying with a debit card.
>

I do that a lot, but the grocery store limits to $50. WalMart will give
you $100. ATM I can get $400.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:45:53 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/13/2019 11:29 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>>
>> I only go once or twice a year too. It's just those one or two
>> times that annoy me. I've never used an ATM for cash, I just get
>> cash back from a grocery store when paying with a debit card.
>>
>
>I do that a lot, but the grocery store limits to $50. WalMart will give
>you $100. ATM I can get $400.

When I buy in small shops I use my debit card because credit cards eat
too much of their share of the sale. If I had cash, I would use that
but I rarely have cash these days. Credit cards are only for big time
merchants and supermarkets.

On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 6:20:09 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > Did you ever stop to think the reason people are out shopping after 9:00 a.m.
> > is because a LOT of stores don't open until that hour or even later?
>
> It certainly never occurred to me; in UK many smkts either open 7 am
> till late. or 24 hours. I live on a little rock (not Hawaii; off
> Scotland).Just an Atlantic backwater, population 4500, so our smkt only
> opens 6am to 10 pm.
>
Yes, grocery stores here open early with many of them having 24 hour operating
hours. But many clothing stores, shoe stores, housewares stores, etc. don't
open until 9:00 or 10:00 a.m.

Personally, my target time to get out and shop is after 9:00 a.m. By that
time the kids are in school and I don't have to deal with school zones and
children running out in front of cars.

On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 10:02:33 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 7:20:09 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> > It certainly never occurred to me; in UK many smkts either open 7 am
> > till late. or 24 hours. I live on a little rock (not Hawaii; off
> > Scotland).Just an Atlantic backwater, population 4500, so our smkt only
> > opens 6am to 10 pm.
>
> Supermarkets do open early. Suppose, though, I wanted to go to the
> department store for towels and the supermarket for groceries.
> I could go to the supermarket at 6 am or 7 am, come home, unload
> the groceries, and go back out again. Or I could go to the department
> store at 10 am, get the towels, and then go to the supermarket.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
That is my method of shopping, too. I hit Walmart, Dollar Tree, TJ Maxx,
Home Depot, etc. and then grocery shopping is my last stop. Not saying
that I hit all the afore mentioned stores every week, but I make food
shopping my last stop.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:54:54 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
>> >> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
>> >> Joan.
>> >>
>> >You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.
>>
>> he's quite the little housewife.
>
>I did a pretty good job as a substitute mom too, thank you very
>much.

Have you asked your daughter's shrink?

On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 12:06:36 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > On 4/13/2019 8:51 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> > > Am I evil. Damned right I am.
> > >
> > > -sw
> > >
> >
> > That's not always a bad thing.
>
>
> I have to admire what Steve did about that next - door neighbor, LOL...
>
> Best
> Greg
>
It was funny and his jerk neighbor deserved it.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 12:58:36 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/13/2019 8:51 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> Am I evil. Damned right I am.
>>
>> -sw
>>
>
>That's not always a bad thing.

Ed sees both sides.

wrote:

> On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 12:06:36 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> >
> > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > > On 4/13/2019 8:51 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > >
> > > > Am I evil. Damned right I am.
> > > >
> > > > -sw
> > > >
> > >
> > > That's not always a bad thing.
> >
> >
> > I have to admire what Steve did about that next - door neighbor, LOL...
> >
> > Best
> > Greg
> >
> It was funny and his jerk neighbor deserved it.


Yup...it was *perfect* "revenge", and Steve did not have to do much but simply "do his due diligence" in reporting the scumbag...

;-)

--
Best
Greg

On 4/13/2019 10:44 AM, Gary wrote:

> Lucretia, have you eaten any beloved lobsters lately? Probably a
> decent price where you live but way too overpriced here. Most
> all the time, $14.99/lb here.
>

Just came back from Publix. $16.99. Didn't buy.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:55:44 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/13/2019 10:44 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>> Lucretia, have you eaten any beloved lobsters lately? Probably a
>> decent price where you live but way too overpriced here. Most
>> all the time, $14.99/lb here.
>>
>
>Just came back from Publix. $16.99. Didn't buy.

I'll look next time I go to the supermarket, really don't know.

On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 2:29:50 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:45:53 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> >On 4/13/2019 11:29 AM, Gary wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I only go once or twice a year too. It's just those one or two
> >> times that annoy me. I've never used an ATM for cash, I just get
> >> cash back from a grocery store when paying with a debit card.
> >>
> >
> >I do that a lot, but the grocery store limits to $50. WalMart will give
> >you $100. ATM I can get $400.
>
> When I buy in small shops I use my debit card because credit cards eat
> too much of their share of the sale. If I had cash, I would use that
> but I rarely have cash these days. Credit cards are only for big time
> merchants and supermarkets.

That's generally my rule of thumb, too. Unless I'm spending a lot
of money at a small shop. I'd never use cash at Big George's Home
Appliance Mart.

Cindy Hamilton

In article >, says...
>
> "U.S. Janet B." wrote:
> >
> > Gary wrote:
> > >I did a pretty good job as a substitute mom too, thank you very
> > >much.
> >
> > why didn't you just bring up your continual harping on your diaper
> > washing? We all want to hear about it again and again and again and
> > again
> > We get it. Poor misunderstood Gary.
>
>
> :-D
> I'll bet you never did dirty work out of love, did you?

You think a mother doesn't do everything for her children that you
did? Is it the fact you're a man that you think makes changing dirty
diapers somehow more impressive and special? Dream on.

> What an evil entity you are showing yourself to be.
> The name-calling Queen of RFC!
> Someone remind me to send Janet's husband a sympathy card on his
> next birthday.

IIRC US Janet is a widow, and she took care of her husband too.


Janet UK

Gary wrote:

> Bruce wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:03:07 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> >
> > > " wrote:
> > > >
> > >> You need to get out more, too.
> > > >
> > >> I've not encountered turban wearing broom pushers but I have
> > encountered >> people who hold up lines while fishing for pens,
> > checkbooks, and credit/ >> debit cards. I've been in line behind
> > people who pull out credit card >> after credit card because the
> > previous one is maxed out. Also I've been >> trapped behind
> > 'dreamers' who aren't paying attention that they're next >> to be
> > rung up and are busy scanning magazines while their cart is full.
> > > >
> > >> Not a week passes by that someone has left their cart in the
> > middle of the >> aisle while they wandered all the way back to the
> > end of the aisle looking >> for something. Then there is the
> > handicap cart that is sitting dead in >> the middle of the aisle or
> > constantly needs to back up. Beep-beep-beep- >>
> > beep-beep-beep-beep-beep.
> > >
> > > Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
> > > 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
> > > Joan.
>
> >
> > Maybe these problems are so small that you and I don't register
> > them, even if we encounter them.
>
> I don't know. Maybe it's because I've always shopped early when
> stores first open and I avoid all the idiots of the other
> variety? Never encoutered any of this. I suspect they are mostly
> fake stories.
>
> Ever since age 17 I've always woken up or gotten up at around
> 4am. Mainly for early morning surfing. These days, I love to shop
> as early as possible. Grocery stores no later than 7am. Walmart
> rules because they are open 24/7. Most other stores don't open
> until 9-10 so I rarely even bother with them. Pain in the ass to
> have to go to my bank that opens at 9. Lazy turds.
>
> Worst is the library. Opens at 10am so I rarely go there anymore.
> How lame is opening at 10am? Most days, I've gone to several
> places and finished all my driving and shopping by 8am.
>
> Even still some early morning surfing occasionally (and when
> sharks are feeding) or just a bike ride on the boardwalk. I
> probably see more sunrises than most sleepy heads. If they only
> knew what they were missing. A sunrise pic is no where near as
> good as being out to see in realtime.
>
> Just this morning....drove by the post office to mail some bills,
> stopped by the nearby grocery store for a few things, then
> stopped by a convenience store on the way home. I was home by
> 7:30am and didn't need to leave again unless I wanted too.
> Unfortunately, had to be here for hours to get my old fridge
> repaired. I hope he nailed it this time.
>
> I suspect all these people problems with traffic and stores, etc
> is only because people are lazy and don't go out early enough.
> Not me.....dawn is the very best time of day for me. Dawn is when
> you see and interact with all the good people that go to sleep at
> normal times and wake up early to exercise or shop. The problem
> people seem to stay up all night, then finally pass out by 4am
> then sleep all day long. Worthless turds.

Today was a bad day shopping. I went at about 9:30. I could tell I
was feeling fragile for walking but while I considered an electric
cart, there were not any. I've still not used one but today, I really
needed one.

I was 5 minutes into shopping when I knew I was in trouble. That is
not normal for me. The first tweaks of pain are usually at 20 minutes.

Oh well. I made it home. Shopping carts make decent walkers at need.

Janet wrote:
> IIRC US Janet is a widow, and she took care of her husband too.

I think you are remembering Janet Wilder who died some years ago
while on vacation in Vietnam or vicinity.
Very nice woman with good recipes. I do remember she had a
little dog friend. I think she was a widow but before my time
here.

Janet US here still has a husband. At least I hope he's still
alive. He was eating peanut butter and blueberry jam sandwiches
just 3 weeks ago.

BTW, USJanet...I would love to find a jar of that.

That said, I do apologize for even that comment. I so hate it
when someone pushes my buttons, I reply in the heat of the
moment, then usually regret my haste later. Always best to save
emotional (or drunken) replies as a DRAFT. Then read later on and
decide whether to send or not. Most will be deleted.

I really have turned into a grumpy old man. Way too cynical for
even my own tastes. So many people (and beloved animals) have
checked out in the last 3 years. I am so over death. Just imagine
having to live with ME every single day....arrghhh. And I have
to do just that....every single day.

My daughter keeps asking me to come and move in with her. That
fool! heheh

Bruce wrote:
>
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:54:54 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> >"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
> >> >> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
> >> >> Joan.
> >> >>
> >> >You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.
> >>
> >> he's quite the little housewife.
> >
> >I did a pretty good job as a substitute mom too, thank you very
> >much.
>
> Have you asked your daughter's shrink?

heheheh

Hey....have I ever told the story here about how I handwashed
dirty diapers?

On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:09:04 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:54:54 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> >"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT), "
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:03:41 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Get outta here with all that. I've done all the shopping for over
>> >> >> 30 years. Never encountered anything like that. I'm serious too,
>> >> >> Joan.
>> >> >>
>> >> >You have lead a v.e.r.y sheltered life is all I can say.
>> >>
>> >> he's quite the little housewife.
>> >
>> >I did a pretty good job as a substitute mom too, thank you very
>> >much.
>>
>> Have you asked your daughter's shrink?
>
>heheheh
>
>Hey....have I ever told the story here about how I handwashed
>dirty diapers?

Men can do that?