On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:59:12 -0800, 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

You've been into Kootchie's camel****.