On Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 3:59:18 PM UTC-10, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> I dislike the notion of paying money to shop somewhere. I have shopped
> Costco as a guest a few times in the distant past. The store was not
> easy to get to, and the experience didn't appeal to me. There's a new
> Costco with ample parking a few miles from me now. It still didn't
> appeal. My wife has friends who shop there so...
> We needed a new TV. "You just gotta get it from Costco!", they said. So
> I turned my wife loose with them for a new TV. She bought a membership
> and started shopping. "You just gotta get a premium membership!", they
> said. "It pays you back!", they said. Now we have a premium membership.
>
> We also have a new Samsung TV which Samsung was too cheap to include
> wall mounting bolts with. Samsung suggests a Samsung wall mount for
> about another ninety bucks, but we mount the TV above a old fireplace
> mantle in a wooden frame, so the TV has to extend. I have a grand
> extensible mounting bracket, but I have to get 4 bolts and 4 or 8
> washers that aren't readily supplied. But I'm getting there.
> Meanwhile, she bought a bunch of frozen salmon filets in a bag, a bunch
> of frozen larger uncooked shrimp in a bag and assorted other stuff.
> My freezer is chock full of bags now. But I'm getting there.
> All I need is four M8-1.25 X 50 mm Phillips machine screws and flat
> washers to fit. I can order them from Lowe's or Home Depot, but I got a
> guy who is going to provide them. His wife shops at Costco.
> Meanwhile, the TV is on its boring stand on a old Maggie radio cabinet.
> I can't even go to Costco now without my wife and her super duper card,
> and she doesn't like to shop much!
>
> leo

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