"sf" > wrote in message
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>> Good point. And they definitely have a growing market in this area for
>> delivering food. I've often joked over the years if I could have
>> groceries delivered I'd never leave the house. I didn't really mean
>> that. I can't imagine someone else selecting meat or produce for me. I
>> like to look at what I'm buying before I pay for it.
>>
> Best to keep an open mind, because you saw your parents and I'm sure
> you can see how the aging population around you is doing. Personally,
> I think they're doing the rest of us a service by giving old people
> who may not have the best vision (even in broad daylight) and whose
> reflexes are not what they used to be one less excuse to get behind
> the steering wheel. I remember what my GF went through with her
> mother. She finally got Mom's drivers licence revoked, but she was
> still putting around in a golf cart. Unfortunately, she had to cross
> a busy street in the golf cart to get to her favorite restaurant and
> my friend was terrified she'd pull out in front of someone with the
> right of way.

I had grocery delivery once. The meat and produce was fine. The only
problem I had was that they were out of the peanut butter I selected and
subbed in a kind that I didn't like. But... It was either that or starve
because we had been snowed in and were running out of food.