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Default Canned pear shortage?


"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:39:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> On 7/30/2015 8:27 AM, pltrgyst wrote:
>>>>> .... But this person wants the little cans.
>>>>
>>>> Buy larger cans and a single reusable plastic container.
>>>>
>>>> -- Larry
>>>>
>>> She says "this person" won't accept anything other than the little cans.
>>> This "person" is old enough to shop for herself. She has a car. If she
>>> wants little cans of pears let her drive from store to store to find the
>>> specific size of canned pears she wants.
>>>
>>> There's no way she would actually open a larger can of pears and store
>>> them in the refrigerator. There is always a reason she can't or won't
>>> do
>>> something.
>>>
>>> Likely the "person" wouldn't eat them if they came from a larger can and
>>> were put into a different container. That would make too much sense.

>>
>>Shut up Jill! I didn't say who this person was. And you don't know our
>>situation here at all. Nor am I going to mention it here. I merely asked
>>about the small cans of pears. You are nothing but a mean, bitter, little
>>old lady and you're not even old yet!

>
> Maybe the "person" she is referring to is Mike, her husband. I'm
> pretty sure he wouldn't use fruit from a can if he didn't like the
> size.


Does it even matter? No. Maybe it's Jetta. Maybe one of my cats took a
sudden liking to pears with her cottage cheese.