On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 22:40:55 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>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.

OK...