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Cheri[_3_]

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> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 09:45:12 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
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>>On 8/11/2016 7:01 AM, wrote:
>>> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:58:11 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
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>>>>>> https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400,
>>>>>> jmcquown > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries.
>>>>>>>>> Life
>>>>>>>>> must
>>>>>>>>> be hell there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> PM - or something !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury,
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>> part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>>>>>> lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> concept.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>>>>>> for you. No extra charge.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
>>>>> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
>>>>> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
>>>>> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
>>>>> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
>>>>> front of his employees.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
>>>>> all this stuff done for you?
>>>>
>>>> Grocery bagging is not considered an "everyday thing" here, it's the
>>>> norm,
>>>> and age has nothing to do with it.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>
>>> I think age has a lot to do with it. I can see an older person being
>>> relieved they were catered to but Jills at an age when she should be
>>> 'up and at 'em' IMO. The more you let other people pick up the slack
>>> for you, the more you will need it. You know, the old 'if you don't
>>> use it, you'll lose it' - it's very true.
>>>
>>So, bagging my own groceries is going to keep me young? I'll have to
>>remember that. I'll just shove the young man or woman at the end of
>>the checkout stand out of the way and tell them I have to bag my own
>>groceries because I want to stay young!
>>
>>Jill
>>Jill
> A real Bove reaction!

The "Bove" makes you sound silly FYI.

Cheri