On 1/12/2020 5:58 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 19:26:57 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 1/10/2020 5:49 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>> On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 10:34:34 -0800, Taxed and Spent
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Smart and final had 8-10 pound bone in ribeye roasts, marked down a
>>>> second time, to $16.02 each.
>>>>
>>>> Glad I just made some space in my freezer.
>>>
>>> I still can't get past this 'used meat' description. It's weird.
>>>
>> A term used on RFC for years when referring to marked down goods. Not
>> sure when it started, but some years ago.
>
> Thanks for the explanation Ed. But why 'used'? In what way has the
> meat been used? Strange.
>

I think it was just a bit of humor like a used car is cheaper than a new
car the marked down meat could be classified as used. The term stuck.