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Kathy Katz aka Steve Wertz wrote:

Lol...feeling "neglected", Steve...???

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Greg

> Ding - Dong Daddy wrote :
> > Sheldon wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:50:32 -0500, Sqwertz >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:52:18 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> No BJs or Cabots here.
> >>>
> >>> Fred Meyer and QFC both carry Cabot cheese. Gee, imagine that -
> >>> another lie.
> >>>
> >>>> I think Costco cheese is usually around 5 pound
> >>>> blocks or bigger. Let me check. Yep. Blocks of cheddar are 5 pounds but
> >>>> you can get 40 pounds.
> >>>
> >>> Costco (such as the one in Woodnville) Kirkland brand cheddar cheese
> >>> (and Monterey Jack, and Colby Jack) come in 32 ounce packages. Only
> >>> the American cheese is in 5lb blocks (of slices). The Business
> >>> Costco's may carry larger blocks, but why would you shop at a business
> >>> Costco if you're always bitching about large sizes and limited
> >>> selection when you have a regular Costco even closer to you?
> >>
> >> Unless one is catering a party why would they buy so many *pounds* of
> >> cheese.... a two pound block of cheese would become moldy before any
> >> normal human could eat it all. I buy cheese no more than 1/2 pound at
> >> a time and no more than two kinds at a time and then the two of us
> >> barely finish it and sometimes the last begins to mold so the critters
> >> get some. Cheese is not something I stock up on, since it's sold
> >> daily I only buy what we can consume within a week or less.
> >>
> >> My wife will be coming home today, her son is driving her as she's
> >> still not capable of driving the three hour trip. They decided on my
> >> 12 ounce burgers for dinner tonight so they are defrosting now. They
> >> will be bringing the hard rolls among other items we can't buy here.
> >> Since her son likes cheese burgers yesterday I bought a half pound of
> >> sliced Land O' Lakes white American yesterday (he prefers white,
> >> doesn't believe the yellow is anneto). The half pound is more than
> >> enough, maybe cheese omelets the next day.
> >>
> >> Anyway my wife is already able to drive but still only short
> >> distances, maybe just a half hour before stiffness sets in from being
> >> in one position so long. Her doctor said that stiffness will go away
> >> after three months as everything inside heals. Outside she only has
> >> very small scars and those will also fade in time. She loves her new
> >> knees, she says her knees feel like they did at sixteen. She told
> >> everyone she wasn't coming home with a walker and she's not.

> >
> >
> > One thing I notice about you and your wife - along with some others here, and
> > in real life - is that you possess a *very* positive (and realistic) mental
> > attitude about things, along with the trait of resilience.
> >
> > Although age - wise I am a "senior", I HATE in general being around old
> > people, the majority are constantly whining, complaining, kvetching. A few
> > years back I ate senior lunch, it was provided daily at the senior center
> > attached to my workplace. Despite it being a tasty and nutritious lunch
> > (provided FREE by the city's 'Golden Diner" program), staffed by splendid
> > caring volunteers, I was embarrassed by the behavior of the majority of
> > attendees, I'd cringe at their pettiness and mean - spirited antics,
> > particularly towards the staff providing the vittles, and in a very pleasant
> > atmosphere to boot. I often thought, "If I ever act like that, please shoot
> > me..."
> >
> > I've worked with job - seekers of many types, and I will tell you that
> > working with seniors is the absolute worst, 98% are negative, so they are
> > doomed before they get in the race. I prefer working with ex - cons,
> > homeless, low - literacy populations, young single parents...ANYTHING except
> > seniors! Those nasty 'n negative attitudes are nausea - inducing to be
> > around...
> >
> > Anyways, 'scuze the rant...I'm glad your wife is doing well, and that is
> > because not only is she in good physical shape, but she has that Positive
> > Mental Attitude thing going for her, that is why she is decades "younger"
> > than her actual on - the - clock age. Enjoy the homecoming...!!!
> >

>
> Do you enjoy blumpkins?