I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
was alone.
She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
she toodled off.
Is that normal behavior?

leo

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
wrote:

>I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>was alone.
>She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>she toodled off.
>Is that normal behavior?
>
>leo

Fake question.

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On 2/12/2021 4:45 PM, Leo wrote:
> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
> was alone.
> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
> she toodled off.
> Is that normal behavior?
>
> leo
>
Should have asked her if she wanted to get laid. :-)

Leo wrote:
> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
> was alone.
> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
> she toodled off.
> Is that normal behavior?


No, not at all...

I'd bet she's something along the lines of "OCD"...obsessively doing the same thing over and over again, I've seen this a number of times in grocery stores. The wierdest was the woman who would come in and touch *every* single carton of yogurt, there were many score cartons. This was in an "upscale" supermarket, she was eventually barred from the place. She was perfectly normal - looking, nicely dressed...the staff said she'd never buy anything, just come in for her "yogurt buzz"...

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On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
wrote:

>I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>was alone.
>She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>she toodled off.
>Is that normal behavior?

No, it should stop at checking if any are broken. I don't want her
paws on my eggs.

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On 2021-02-12 2:45 p.m., Leo wrote:
> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
> was alone.
> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
> she toodled off.
> Is that normal behavior?
>
> leo
>
I once knew a religious nutter who would hold her hands above joints of
meat to "feel their vibrations" before choosing which one to buy.

On 2/12/2021 2:52 PM, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-02-12 2:45 p.m., Leo wrote:
>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>> was alone.
>> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>> she toodled off.
>> Is that normal behavior?
>>
>> leo
>>
> I once knew a religious nutter who would hold her hands above joints of
> meat to "feel their vibrations" before choosing which one to buy.
>


Was she looking for vibrations, or the absence of vibrations?

Are you sure she was a religious nutter? Sounds more like a secular
nutter to me - you know, crystals and such.

On 2/12/2021 1:45 PM, Leo wrote:
> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
> was alone.
> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
> she toodled off.
> Is that normal behavior?
>
> leo
>


No, but can you guess what she was doing?

Making her carton to contain all the biggest eggs she would find?

Moving cage free eggs to a non cage free egg carton?

Moving organic eggs to a non organic carton?

On 2/12/2021 4:45 PM, Leo wrote:
> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
> was alone.
> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
> she toodled off.
> Is that normal behavior?
>
> leo
>
It certainly doesn't sound normal to me. Sure, I open the carton to
check for broken eggs. If I find one I'll select a different carton,
check it and move along. (If there happens to be a grocery store
employee nearby - there often are at Publix - I let them know there is a
broken egg.) I've never seen anyone replacing perfectly good eggs from
different cartons like that. Odd!

Jill

On 2021-02-12 4:04 p.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 2/12/2021 2:52 PM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-02-12 2:45 p.m., Leo wrote:
>>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market
>>> today. She
>>> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she
>>> thought she
>>> was alone.
>>> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good
>>> idea!
>>> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>>> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I
>>> thought was
>>> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>>> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original
>>> carton.
>>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked
>>> better. Then
>>> she toodled off.
>>> Is that normal behavior?
>>>
>>> leo
>>>
>> I once knew a religious nutter who would hold her hands above joints of
>> meat to "feel their vibrations" before choosing which one to buy.
>>
>
>
> Was she looking for vibrations, or the absence of vibrations?
>
> Are you sure she was a religious nutter?Â* Sounds more like a secular
> nutter to me - you know, crystals and such.
>
Ardent Pentecostal.

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:52:12 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On 2021-02-12 2:45 p.m., Leo wrote:
>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>> was alone.
>> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>> she toodled off.
>> Is that normal behavior?
>>
>> leo
>>
>I once knew a religious nutter who would hold her hands above joints of
>meat to "feel their vibrations" before choosing which one to buy.

A corpse reader! Beats tea leaves!

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On 2021-02-12 4:45 p.m., Leo wrote:
> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market
> today. She wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think
> she thought she was alone. She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened
> it and sorted through. Good idea! There are often broken eggs in
> cartons as we all know. She opened another carton, picked out an egg
> and replaced what I thought was the broken one. That´s OK too. Then
> she opened another carton and picked out a couple of eggs, replacing
> them with other eggs in her original carton. She was replacing
> perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then she
> toodled off. Is that normal behavior?
>
>


That sounds pretty weird. Maybe she has some sort of OCD. I usually
open up egg cartons to check for cracked and broken. I would be
impressed if she was switching eggs around to get a dozen good eggs and
putting all the bad ones together in another carton. What she was doing
was just plain weird, and it's not a good idea to be handling a foods
that other people may be consuming.


I was in the grocery store a week or two ago and needed eggs. There was
a woman parked in front of it opening just about every carton to examone
the eggs. I kept back, socially distanced, and waiting almost patiently,
but losing my patience. After several minutes she acknowledged my
presence, smiled and moved away and told me all of the cartons had
broken eggs. I reached for one she had not mauled, opened it up, so no
problem and moved on.

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:19:57 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 2/12/2021 4:45 PM, Leo wrote:
>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>> was alone.
>> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>> she toodled off.
>> Is that normal behavior?
>>
>> leo
>>
>It certainly doesn't sound normal to me. Sure, I open the carton to
>check for broken eggs. If I find one I'll select a different carton,
>check it and move along. (If there happens to be a grocery store
>employee nearby - there often are at Publix - I let them know there is a
>broken egg.) I've never seen anyone replacing perfectly good eggs from
>different cartons like that. Odd!
>
>Jill

The older lady was probably swapping smaller eggs for larger eggs.
Some will swap some Medium eggs for Jumbos.

On 2/12/2021 7:33 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-02-12 4:45 p.m., Leo wrote:
>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market
>> today. She wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think
>> she thought she was alone. She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened
>> it and sorted through. Good idea! There are often broken eggs in
>> cartons as we all know. She opened another carton, picked out an egg
>> and replaced what I thought was the broken one. That´s OK too. Then
>> she opened another carton and picked out a couple of eggs, replacing
>> them with other eggs in her original carton. She was replacing
>> perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then she
>> toodled off. Is that normal behavior?
>
>
> Â*That sounds pretty weird. Maybe she has some sort of OCD.Â* I usually
> open up egg cartons to check for cracked and broken. I would be
> impressed if she was switching eggs around to get a dozen good eggs and
> putting all the bad ones together in another carton.

I'd be impressed by that, too. How could she tell by looking which were
good eggs vs. bad eggs? I had the thought she might be switching
slightly larger eggs from the other cartons to her carton. Bigger eggs,
same price. I also think it was funny she thought there was no one
(Leo) noticing what she was doing. Or maybe she just didn't care.

>What she was doing
> was just plain weird, and it's not a good idea to be handling a foods
> that other people may be consuming.
>
True, but one thing about eggs, people don't eat the shells or even
touch them for very long. If you're a fan of boiled eggs, boiling
should take care of that issue. If you're really paranoid about someone
having touched the eggs you can always wash them when you bring them
home before you put them in the fridge.

Jill

On 2/12/2021 8:15 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> The older lady was probably swapping smaller eggs for larger eggs.
> Some will swap some Medium eggs for Jumbos.
>
Do you throw the small ones out the window with
the trimmings, for the birds?

On 2/12/2021 8:15 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:19:57 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/12/2021 4:45 PM, Leo wrote:
>>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>>> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>>> was alone.
>>> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>>> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>>> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>>> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>>> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>>> she toodled off.
>>> Is that normal behavior?
>>>
>>> leo
>>>
>> It certainly doesn't sound normal to me. Sure, I open the carton to
>> check for broken eggs. If I find one I'll select a different carton,
>> check it and move along. (If there happens to be a grocery store
>> employee nearby - there often are at Publix - I let them know there is a
>> broken egg.) I've never seen anyone replacing perfectly good eggs from
>> different cartons like that. Odd!
>>
>> Jill
>
> The older lady was probably swapping smaller eggs for larger eggs.
> Some will swap some Medium eggs for Jumbos.
>
Oh, there was a swap. But Leo's an observant guy. Egg cartons
containing different sizes of eggs come in different colours. I think
he'd have noticed if that's the kind of swapping scam she was trying to
pull. I do think she was searching for larger eggs within the same
size-grade. Picking and choosing, packing her own carton, so to speak.
I've never seen anyone do that but hey, people are strange. BTW, Leo
didn't say she was an "older lady". Older than Leo?! (just kidding,
Leo.) He wrote "middle aged woman". Why did you assume she's an older
woman? Do you encounter older women frequently swapping eggs at Top's
Market?

Jill

On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 4:17:49 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
> wrote:
> >
> >She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
> >she toodled off.
> >
> >Is that normal behavior?
> No, it should stop at checking if any are broken. I don't want her
> paws on my eggs.
>
I agree. I open each carton I want to buy to just check to make sure there
are no broken/cracked ones. If it's good, then it goes in my cart but I don't
paw over carton after carton.

Leo wrote:

> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
> was alone.
> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
> she toodled off.
> Is that normal behavior?

for her, probably.

i check eggs but i won't touch them. mainly i'm checking for
cracked or really poopy ones. Mom never looks.


songbird

Graham wrote:
> On 2021-02-12 2:45 p.m., Leo wrote:
>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market
>> today. She
>> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she
>> thought she
>> was alone.
>> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through.
>> Good idea!
>> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I
>> thought was
>> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton
>> and picked
>> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her
>> original carton.
>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked
>> better. Then
>> she toodled off.
>> Is that normal behavior?
>>
>> leo
>>
> I once knew a religious nutter who would hold her hands above
> joints of meat to "feel their vibrations" before choosing which one
> to buy.

Maybe she was using the meat for something other than food.

On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 8:39:24 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>
> i check eggs but i won't touch them. mainly i'm checking for
> cracked or really poopy ones. Mom never looks.
>
> songbird
>
I haven't seen any supermarket eggs that were poopy, "home grown"
yes, definitely.

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:06:19 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 8:39:24 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>
>> i check eggs but i won't touch them. mainly i'm checking for
>> cracked or really poopy ones. Mom never looks.
>>
>> songbird
>>
>I haven't seen any supermarket eggs that were poopy, "home grown"
>yes, definitely.

Yes.

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On 2/12/2021 8:46 PM, wrote:
> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 4:17:49 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>>> she toodled off.
>>>
>>> Is that normal behavior?
>> No, it should stop at checking if any are broken. I don't want her
>> paws on my eggs.
>>
> I agree. I open each carton I want to buy to just check to make sure there
> are no broken/cracked ones. If it's good, then it goes in my cart but I don't
> paw over carton after carton.
>

A couple of times I checked my eggs and found a cracked one but there
was another opened carton with a cracked egg. So,I just swapped and
left the two broken ones together and made a good carton. The store
would have done that anyway.

Th local farm stand near me also has duck and goose eggs. The goose
eggs are $1 each.

On 2021 Feb 12, , Ed Pawlowski wrote
(in article >):

> Th local farm stand near me also has duck and goose eggs. The goose
> eggs are $1 each.

So people pay a dollar for a zero? I want in on that!

Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:06:19 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:
>
>> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 8:39:24 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>>
>>> i check eggs but i won't touch them. mainly i'm checking for
>>> cracked or really poopy ones. Mom never looks.
>>>
>>> songbird
>>>
>> I haven't seen any supermarket eggs that were poopy, "home grown"
>> yes, definitely.
>
> Yes.
>

Those are the only ones you buy, right?

wrote:
> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 8:39:24 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>
>> i check eggs but i won't touch them. mainly i'm checking for
>> cracked or really poopy ones. Mom never looks.
>>
>> songbird
>>
> I haven't seen any supermarket eggs that were poopy, "home grown"
> yes, definitely.
>

I remember seeing some eggs with dried shit on them, but it was a
long time ago. I think they wash them a little these days.

wrote:
> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 8:39:24 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>
>> i check eggs but i won't touch them. mainly i'm checking for
>> cracked or really poopy ones. Mom never looks.
>
> I haven't seen any supermarket eggs that were poopy, "home grown"
> yes, definitely.

we use a lot of eggs here so for us to go through
ten dozen a month isn't unusual. got some pretty icky
ones a few weeks ago. i wasn't with Mom when she got
them so of course she didn't look.


songbird

On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 9:32:09 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> A couple of times I checked my eggs and found a cracked one but there
> was another opened carton with a cracked egg. So,I just swapped and
> left the two broken ones together and made a good carton. The store
> would have done that anyway.
>
I've done that, too.
>
> Th local farm stand near me also has duck and goose eggs. The goose
> eggs are $1 each.
>
I've eaten goose eggs, but it's been at least a hundred years ago. I remember
them being rather large and slightly waxy.

On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10:45:28 PM UTC-6, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> wrote:
> >
> > I haven't seen any supermarket eggs that were poopy, "home grown"
> > yes, definitely.
> >
> I remember seeing some eggs with dried shit on them, but it was a
> long time ago. I think they wash them a little these days.
>
When my brother and sister-in-law were raising chickens they'd give me eggs
sometimes. They were always poopy and every size egg you can imagine.

"Bruce" wrote in message ...

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
wrote:

>I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>was alone.
>She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought
>was
>the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original
>carton.
>She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better.
>Then
>she toodled off.
>Is that normal behavior?

No, it should stop at checking if any are broken. I don't want her
paws on my eggs.

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On 2/12/2021 5:17 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
> wrote:
>
>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>> was alone.
>> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>> she toodled off.
>> Is that normal behavior?
>
> No, it should stop at checking if any are broken. I don't want her
> paws on my eggs.

She was probably just picking the slightly larger ones.
I learned long ago to check for broken but I don't touch the eggs. I
just try another carton. Good thing too...the other day, the first 3
cartons I opened all had a broken egg or two. That's rare.

The 4th carton was good so I bought that one.

On 2/12/2021 7:52 PM, Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Feb 12, , Ed Pawlowski wrote
> (in article >):
>
>> Th local farm stand near me also has duck and goose eggs. The goose
>> eggs are $1 each.
>
> So people pay a dollar for a zero? I want in on that!
>
>


You have to be the tax man to get a deal like that.

On 2/12/2021 5:45 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:52:12 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>> On 2021-02-12 2:45 p.m., Leo wrote:
>>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>>> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>>> was alone.
>>> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>>> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>>> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>>> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>>> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>>> she toodled off.
>>> Is that normal behavior?
>>>
>>> leo
>>>
>> I once knew a religious nutter who would hold her hands above joints of
>> meat to "feel their vibrations" before choosing which one to buy.
>
> A corpse reader! Beats tea leaves!
>
I used to sing a little song when I bought meat:

Dead animal
Dead animal
I'm gonna purchase a
Dead animal

You think I'm kidding?

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On 2021-02-13 12:46 a.m., wrote:
> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 9:32:09 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> A couple of times I checked my eggs and found a cracked one but there
>> was another opened carton with a cracked egg. So,I just swapped and
>> left the two broken ones together and made a good carton. The store
>> would have done that anyway.
>>
> I've done that, too.
>>
>> Th local farm stand near me also has duck and goose eggs. The goose
>> eggs are $1 each.
>>
> I've eaten goose eggs, but it's been at least a hundred years ago. I remember
> them being rather large and slightly waxy.
>

When I was getting ready to do my thesis on imprinting I wanted to test
hatch some eggs. I went to a duck farm and got a bunch of eggs. The
woman gave me a double yolk goose egg. It was enormous. My mother used
it for her light Christmas fruitcake. We cut holes in the ends and blew
out the contents. There was enough there for a catch of fruitcake and
the recipe calls for 8 chicken eggs. I gave the empty shell to my mother
in law to make some sort of Christmas ornament. When I saw it again
years late I was amazed at the size of it.

On 2021-02-13 12:48 a.m., wrote:
> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10:45:28 PM UTC-6, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't seen any supermarket eggs that were poopy, "home grown"
>>> yes, definitely.
>>>
>> I remember seeing some eggs with dried shit on them, but it was a
>> long time ago. I think they wash them a little these days.
>>
> When my brother and sister-in-law were raising chickens they'd give me eggs
> sometimes. They were always poopy and every size egg you can imagine.
>

The Dutch butcher I used to go to told me about a friend of his who was
an egg farmer. One of his customers came back and complained that there
had been some chicken crap on a couple of the eggs. He told her "Lady.
What end of the chicken do you think the eggs comes out of?"

On 2021-02-13 6:59 a.m., Gary wrote:
> On 2/12/2021 5:17 PM, Bruce wrote:
paws on my eggs.
>
> She was probably just picking the slightly larger ones.
> I learned long ago to check for broken but I don't touch the eggs. I
> just try another carton. Good thing too...the other day, the first 3
> cartons I opened all had a broken egg or two. That's rare.
>

I always touch them. I prod each one to make sure it moves and that it
is not stuck to the bottom of the box.

On 2/13/2021 9:13 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-02-13 6:59 a.m., Gary wrote:
>> On 2/12/2021 5:17 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Â*paws on my eggs.
>>
>> She was probably just picking the slightly larger ones.
>> I learned long ago to check for broken but I don't touch the eggs. I
>> just try another carton. Good thing too...the other day, the first 3
>> cartons I opened all had a broken egg or two. That's rare.
>>
>
> I always touch them.Â* I prod each one to make sure it moves and that it
> is not stuck to the bottom of the box.
>
>
You Devil! Do you also squeeze the Charmin.

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On Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 9:13:58 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-02-13 6:59 a.m., Gary wrote:
> > On 2/12/2021 5:17 PM, Bruce wrote:
> paws on my eggs.
> >
> > She was probably just picking the slightly larger ones.
> > I learned long ago to check for broken but I don't touch the eggs. I
> > just try another carton. Good thing too...the other day, the first 3
> > cartons I opened all had a broken egg or two. That's rare.
> >
> I always touch them. I prod each one to make sure it moves and that it
> is not stuck to the bottom of the box.

Albumin makes a pretty good glue!

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
wrote:

>I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>was alone.
>She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>she toodled off.
>Is that normal behavior?
>
>leo

I was behind a young man in the supermarket once. Probably
professional judging by clothes (suit and tie). He picked through
several wrapped bunches of asparagus and selected the ones he wanted
and discarding those he didn't. I also have seen a man shopper
picking through pre-weighed bags of grapes and taking the ones he
wanted, tearing bunches apart to get what he wanted.
What was your point again, about the middle-aged woman?
Janet US

On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:30:16 -0700, US Janet >
wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
>wrote:
>
>>I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>>wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>>was alone.
>>She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>>There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>>She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>>the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>>out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>>She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>>she toodled off.
>>Is that normal behavior?
>>
>>leo
>
>I was behind a young man in the supermarket once. Probably
>professional judging by clothes (suit and tie). He picked through
>several wrapped bunches of asparagus and selected the ones he wanted
>and discarding those he didn't. I also have seen a man shopper
>picking through pre-weighed bags of grapes and taking the ones he
>wanted, tearing bunches apart to get what he wanted.
>What was your point again, about the middle-aged woman?

Defensive of middle-aged women

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On 2021-02-13 12:30 p.m., US Janet wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
> wrote:
>
>> I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>> wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>> was alone.
>> She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>> There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>> She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>> the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>> out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>> She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>> she toodled off.
>> Is that normal behavior?
>>
>> leo
>
> I was behind a young man in the supermarket once. Probably
> professional judging by clothes (suit and tie). He picked through
> several wrapped bunches of asparagus and selected the ones he wanted
> and discarding those he didn't. I also have seen a man shopper
> picking through pre-weighed bags of grapes and taking the ones he
> wanted, tearing bunches apart to get what he wanted.
> What was your point again, about the middle-aged woman?
>

I was in a grocery store a couple years ago and saw bundles of asparagus
for a set price.|It was the first and only time I saw asparagus sold by
the package not by the pound. I happened to spot someone taking spears
out of one bundle and slip them into another one. It happened to be a
woman. She happened to appear to be Filipino. I don't know if her being
a woman or Filipino is relevant. She just was.