On 11/22/2010 10:19 PM, sandi wrote:
(snip)

That's smart shopping Not many folks know to do that!

Sky

> I've gone in to Wal Mart, taken a pic then taken the camera/cell
> pic
> to Home Depot and they will match the price +10%. :-)


--

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Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!

In news:rec.food.cooking, "Pete C." > posted on Sun,
21 Nov 2010 20:28:58 -0600 the following:

> I have filed a complaint with the FTC as well as on the Rubbermaid site.
> I will be returning the fraudulently labeled product tomorrow and will
> not be purchasing any Rubbermaid products in the future.

Congratulations, but I think most people don't care. They buy what they
want to buy and don't care where it was made.

Damaeus
--
"Marijuana inflames the erotic impulses and leads to revolting sex
crimes"
-Daily Mirror (1924)

"Sky" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/22/2010 10:19 PM, sandi wrote:
> (snip)
>
> That's smart shopping Not many folks know to do that!
>
> Sky
>
>> I've gone in to Wal Mart, taken a pic then taken the camera/cell
>> pic
>> to Home Depot and they will match the price +10%. :-)

Because it is not a very efficient way to save a few pennies. It would have
to be a very expensive item to justify the gas to make the trip to another
store.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in
:

>
> "Sky" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 11/22/2010 10:19 PM, sandi wrote:
>> (snip)
>>
>> That's smart shopping Not many folks know to do that!
>>
>> Sky
>>
>>> I've gone in to Wal Mart, taken a pic then taken the
>>> camera/cell pic
>>> to Home Depot and they will match the price +10%. :-)
>
> Because it is not a very efficient way to save a few pennies.
> It would have to be a very expensive item to justify the gas
> to make the trip to another store.

The local Walmart is about one block away (or less, just a
guestimate) from Home Depot in a strip mall area.

On 11/23/2010 1:33 AM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:38:23 -0700, >
> arranged random neurons and said:
>
>> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I haven't been inside a Walmart in probably 10 years and if I go
>>> another 10 it'll be too soon. I can't support a company that is, from
>>> top to bottom, a corporate bully, from the way they treat their
>>> employees (like showing new hires how to apply for MediCal instead of
>>> providing health benefits) to the way they treat their vendors.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Bingo! I wish more people felt like we do. Walmart is the
>> quintessential Evil Empire, spreading like a cancer. (How's
>> that for a mixed metaphor?)
>
> I understand that most people "vote" with their wallets and many shop
> WallyWorld while holding their noses, but enough is enough! The
> WallyBullies are killing off the mom-and-pop stores, the locally owned
> stores, the barely-holding-on small chains that are supplying better
> quality, but higher prices. You want to buy crap for a discount? Go to
> WallyBullies. You want my business? Give me good quality at a
> competitive price.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
You forgot one of the key parts. Walmart is the one who "legitimized"
the idea that it was OK to make huge demands on suppliers until many
simply either gave up or went off shore. Books were written and courses
are offered on how to be like walmart.

So many of the very folks who voted for walmart by buying there didn't
realize they were cannibalizing themselves because so many manufacturing
jobs have disappeared.

I know my area is no different than others. The former industrial parks
have shuttered buildings except one of course which has a walmart
distribution center where people get $8/hour to unload cargo containers.

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:33:44 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:38:23 -0700, "gloria.p" >
>arranged random neurons and said:
>
>>Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I haven't been inside a Walmart in probably 10 years and if I go
>>> another 10 it'll be too soon. I can't support a company that is, from
>>> top to bottom, a corporate bully, from the way they treat their
>>> employees (like showing new hires how to apply for MediCal instead of
>>> providing health benefits) to the way they treat their vendors.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Bingo! I wish more people felt like we do. Walmart is the
>>quintessential Evil Empire, spreading like a cancer. (How's
>>that for a mixed metaphor?)
>
>I understand that most people "vote" with their wallets and many shop
>WallyWorld while holding their noses, but enough is enough! The
>WallyBullies are killing off the mom-and-pop stores, the locally owned
>stores, the barely-holding-on small chains that are supplying better
>quality, but higher prices. You want to buy crap for a discount? Go to
>WallyBullies. You want my business?
>
>Give me good quality at acompetitive price.

Cheap, bankrupt, low IQ ****... that statement PROVES you shop at
Walmart... everyone who knocks them does. The majority of Walmart's
products are the same quality as anywhere else, but at substantially
lower prices. Yoose gonna try to convince me how all yoose miserly
cheapo *******s like to pay higher prices... LOL-LOL

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:45:19 -0600, Sky >
wrote:

>
>Spouse and I shop WW only as a last resort and for specific items only, e.g.,
>'bug spray' during mosquito season. The cost of "Repel" bug spray is
>not even $4 for a very large can with 29% (or even 40%!) DEET! That
>price cannot be beat :/ And DEET gets used a lot here during the summer
>when the mosquitoes are biting.

Wouldn't it be healthier if yoose just bathed regularly?

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:54:33 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski"
> wrote:

>
>"Sky" > wrote in message
...
>> On 11/22/2010 10:19 PM, sandi wrote:
>> (snip)
>>
>> That's smart shopping Not many folks know to do that!
>>
>> Sky
>>
>>> I've gone in to Wal Mart, taken a pic then taken the camera/cell
>>> pic
>>> to Home Depot and they will match the price +10%. :-)
>
>Because it is not a very efficient way to save a few pennies. It would have
>to be a very expensive item to justify the gas to make the trip to another
>store.

Stores that have that price-match policy would simply phone the other
store or check their web site for a price check... they wouldn't
believe your picture (it's too easy to change a number on those tiny
labels with a pencil before snapping the shot) and neither do I
believe that fercocktah story.

On 23 Nov 2010 12:04:00 GMT, sandi > wrote:

>"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in
:
>
>>
>> "Sky" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 11/22/2010 10:19 PM, sandi wrote:
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>> That's smart shopping Not many folks know to do that!
>>>
>>> Sky
>>>
>>>> I've gone in to Wal Mart, taken a pic then taken the
>>>> camera/cell pic
>>>> to Home Depot and they will match the price +10%. :-)
>>
>> Because it is not a very efficient way to save a few pennies.
>> It would have to be a very expensive item to justify the gas
>> to make the trip to another store.
>
>The local Walmart is about one block away (or less, just a
>guestimate) from Home Depot in a strip mall area.

The Walmart I go to shares the parking lot with Lowes, the stores are
separted by about 500' of landscaping... but no one is going drive
from store to store hunting for a parking spot and wait on lines to
try and save 8¢ on a pack of AA cells... and if it's an expensive item
(like a vacuum cleaner) with a substantial price difference customer
service will phone over for a price check. Anyway, they have
employees whose job it is to constantly price shop other stores, they
all know each other store's prices and price appropriately. And
almost always the sale items are not identical; with AA batteries
Walmart sells twelve packs and Lowes's sells 24 packs, and usually
Walmart sells Energizer and Lowe's sells Duracell. And it's the same
with all other products, different brands and/or sizes. They wouldn't
look at your fuzzy cell phone image, most price tag numbers are too
small to see on that teeny screen... nor do the labels show the store
name. Your cell phone picture story is a good try but it's not true.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:23:25 -0500, George >
wrote:

>On 11/23/2010 1:33 AM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:38:23 -0700, >
>> arranged random neurons and said:
>>
>>> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I haven't been inside a Walmart in probably 10 years and if I go
>>>> another 10 it'll be too soon. I can't support a company that is, from
>>>> top to bottom, a corporate bully, from the way they treat their
>>>> employees (like showing new hires how to apply for MediCal instead of
>>>> providing health benefits) to the way they treat their vendors.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bingo! I wish more people felt like we do. Walmart is the
>>> quintessential Evil Empire, spreading like a cancer. (How's
>>> that for a mixed metaphor?)
>>
>> I understand that most people "vote" with their wallets and many shop
>> WallyWorld while holding their noses, but enough is enough! The
>> WallyBullies are killing off the mom-and-pop stores, the locally owned
>> stores, the barely-holding-on small chains that are supplying better
>> quality, but higher prices. You want to buy crap for a discount? Go to
>> WallyBullies. You want my business? Give me good quality at a
>> competitive price.
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>
>You forgot one of the key parts. Walmart is the one who "legitimized"
>the idea that it was OK to make huge demands on suppliers until many
>simply either gave up or went off shore. Books were written and courses
>are offered on how to be like walmart.
>
>So many of the very folks who voted for walmart by buying there didn't
>realize they were cannibalizing themselves because so many manufacturing
>jobs have disappeared.
>
>I know my area is no different than others. The former industrial parks
>have shuttered buildings except one of course which has a walmart
>distribution center where people get $8/hour to unload cargo containers.

Pure BULLSHIT! Manufacturing companys close or move overseas simply
because they can't find skilled labor in the US... and the US
grubermint taxes them to death, and then there is the EPA, and OSHA.
This has been occuring since long, LONG before there was Walmart...
Walmart has absolutely nothing to do with manufactuing moving out of
the US. WTF do you think all the TVs, vacuum cleaners, sewing
machines automobiles, motorcycles, sporting goods, etc. have been made
elsewhere for many years. George, you're either very young or VERY
ignorant... but most likely Geoarge is simply an asshole.

On 2010-11-22, Pete C. > wrote:

> This set comes in a box marked "Made in the U.S.A. of Global
> Components", implying that it is actually manufactured in the U.S.A. of
> globally sourced raw materials like plastic resin.

This is common and has been going on for many years. Places like
American Samoa, and other American protectorates, have huge factories
peopled by Chinese and Indians working for slave wages. The products
can be legally labeled Made in America.

nb

On Nov 23, 12:33*am, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:38:23 -0700, "gloria.p" >
> arranged random neurons and said:
>
> >Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>
> >> I haven't been inside a Walmart in probably 10 years and if I go
> >> another 10 it'll be too soon. I can't support a company that is, from
> >> top to bottom, a corporate bully, from the way they treat their
> >> employees (like showing new hires how to apply for MediCal instead of
> >> providing health benefits) to the way they treat their vendors.
>
> >Bingo! *I wish more people felt like we do. *Walmart is the
> >quintessential Evil Empire, spreading like a cancer. (How's
> >that for a mixed metaphor?)
>
> I understand that most people "vote" with their wallets and many shop
> WallyWorld while holding their noses, but enough is enough! The
> WallyBullies are killing off the mom-and-pop stores, the locally owned
> stores, the barely-holding-on small chains that are supplying better
> quality, but higher prices. You want to buy crap for a discount? Go to
> WallyBullies. You want my business? Give me good quality at a
> competitive price.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Truth!! WalFAIL built the new huge "big box" retailer business model
which forced manufacturers to move their manufacturing bases to where
they would employ cheap labor (China most notably) and WalFAIL's
competitors had to cow tow to remain competitive. That's why I hold
WalFAIL responsible as the bellwether of sending all our manufacturing
jobs to China. Hell they'd send FastFood labor for the U.S. to China
if they could! Minimum wage in China's a LOT less than in the U.S. I'm
sure! And think how much cheaper a Big Slop could be if workers in
China made and served it to you! Then all our FastFood jobs would go
to China too!

If NO ONE would shop/spend money at WalFAIL, it WOULD FAIL!! Very
quickly too, because WalFAIL has based it's business model on a
continuous input of large amounts of $$ and I'll bet it has little
reserve $$ to weather a significant interruption in that inflow of $$!
That's it's business model, the "just in time" model!

The problem is getting ALL the people to not spend ANY $$ at WalFAIL.
Never gonna happen, unfortunately.

John Kuthe...

Damaeus wrote:
>
> In news:rec.food.cooking, "Pete C." > posted on Sun,
> 21 Nov 2010 20:28:58 -0600 the following:
>
> > I have filed a complaint with the FTC as well as on the Rubbermaid site.
> > I will be returning the fraudulently labeled product tomorrow and will
> > not be purchasing any Rubbermaid products in the future.
>
> Congratulations, but I think most people don't care. They buy what they
> want to buy and don't care where it was made.

It's not a question of caring where it was made, it's a question of
lying about where it was made, something most people do care about.

On 23 Nov 2010 14:17:11 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2010-11-22, Pete C. > wrote:
>
>> This set comes in a box marked "Made in the U.S.A. of Global
>> Components", implying that it is actually manufactured in the U.S.A. of
>> globally sourced raw materials like plastic resin.
>
>This is common and has been going on for many years. Places like
>American Samoa, and other American protectorates, have huge factories
>peopled by Chinese and Indians working for slave wages. The products
>can be legally labeled Made in America.
>
>nb

Many products marked made in the US are actually manufactured in
Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands; Timex, Singer, etc. Very few
products are manufactured in the US anymore for just one reason, the
US educational system has absolutely no provision for teaching any
skilled trades, the US government supports no skilled trades
apprenticeship programs. Even diagnostic medical equipment is mostly
made in Europe and Japan... and they don't sell it, they lease it...
and they have their own employees for installation and service.

On 23 Nov 2010 14:17:11 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> Places like
> American Samoa, and other American protectorates, have huge factories
> peopled by Chinese and Indians working for slave wages. The products
> can be legally labeled Made in America.

What a racquet!

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:27:12 -0600, Omelet wrote:

> Many can not or don't bother. See the "People of Wal-mart" website.

I have. And I still find that site to be in Very Poor Taste. Takes all
kinds as they say; how would *you* like it if somebody snapped *your*
photo (without asking your permission and put it up on some website for
the whole world to snicker at - because, admit it, most of those people
had no freaking idea they were being photographed) on a "I'm comfortable
with what I'm wearing and/or the way I look while shopping" day?

Make that Extremely Poor Taste. But if that's what you find
amusing/interesting/informative... heh. IMHO, it even makes Facebook
appear civilized.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Sky" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 11/22/2010 10:19 PM, sandi wrote:
>> (snip)
>>
>> That's smart shopping Not many folks know to do that!
>>
>> Sky
>>
>>> I've gone in to Wal Mart, taken a pic then taken the camera/cell
>>> pic
>>> to Home Depot and they will match the price +10%. :-)
>
> Because it is not a very efficient way to save a few pennies. It would
> have to be a very expensive item to justify the gas to make the trip to
> another store.
It depends, I suppose, on how far apart the stores are. Where I live Lowe's
and Wal*Mart are on the same block. If I'm going to drive to one it won't
cost much (if anything) to drive to the other. Just make sure it's
something they both carry

Jill

On Nov 23, 10:04*am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:27:12 -0600, Omelet wrote:
> > Many can not or don't bother. See the "People of Wal-mart" website.
>
> I have. And I still find that site to be in Very Poor Taste. Takes all
> kinds as they say; how would *you* like it if somebody snapped *your*
> photo (without asking your permission and put it up on some website for
> the whole world to snicker at - because, admit it, most of those people
> had no freaking idea they were being photographed) on a "I'm comfortable
> with what I'm wearing and/or the way I look while shopping" day?
>
> Make that Extremely Poor Taste. But if that's what you find
> amusing/interesting/informative... heh. IMHO, it even makes Facebook
> appear civilized.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

I think it's funny. Sick sad and funny.

I just wished I had a video of a scene I saw in a WalFAIL years ago,
before I stopped going there. I was back by the refrigerated dairy
case and a small boy had opened the case door and was attempting to
grab a chocolate milk I think, and his mother came over and put it
back and scolded him! It didn't happen, but I imagined her saying "No
Timmy! No milk for you! You're going to drink SODA just like your
unhealthy obese brothers and sisters!"

John Kuthe...

sf wrote:
>
> On 23 Nov 2010 14:17:11 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
> > Places like
> > American Samoa, and other American protectorates, have huge factories
> > peopled by Chinese and Indians working for slave wages. The products
> > can be legally labeled Made in America.
>
> What a racquet!

It would be, if it were true. And either way, it's irrelevant in this
case where product clearly marked "Made in Malaysia" were packed in a
box clearly marked "Made in U.S.A. of Global Components". Packaging in
U.S.A. does not equate to "Made in U.S.A." in any way, shape or form.

ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:27:12 -0600, Omelet wrote:
>
> > Many can not or don't bother. See the "People of Wal-mart" website.
>
> I have. And I still find that site to be in Very Poor Taste. Takes all
> kinds as they say; how would *you* like it if somebody snapped *your*
> photo (without asking your permission and put it up on some website for
> the whole world to snicker at - because, admit it, most of those people
> had no freaking idea they were being photographed) on a "I'm comfortable
> with what I'm wearing and/or the way I look while shopping" day?
>
> Make that Extremely Poor Taste. But if that's what you find
> amusing/interesting/informative... heh. IMHO, it even makes Facebook
> appear civilized.

Well, in the U.S. at least, taking people's picture in a public setting
does not require their permission.

sf wrote:
> On 23 Nov 2010 14:17:11 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>> Places like
>> American Samoa, and other American protectorates, have huge factories
>> peopled by Chinese and Indians working for slave wages. The products
>> can be legally labeled Made in America.
>
> What a racquet!
>
It may or may not be a racket. It may just be business. I dunno...
I just try to avoid buying anything made in China. I haven't reached a
point where I avoid *any* other place.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:27:23 -0600, Pete C. wrote:

> Well, in the U.S. at least, taking people's picture in a public setting
> does not require their permission.

Same here. But most people assume their pictures won't be put up on a
website so they can be the object of ridicule. Guess I'm one of the few
that finds the POW website distasteful. So be it.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:11:59 -0800, John Kuthe wrote:

>
> I think it's funny. Sick sad and funny.
>
> I just wished I had a video of a scene I saw in a WalFAIL years ago,
> before I stopped going there. I was back by the refrigerated dairy
> case and a small boy had opened the case door and was attempting to
> grab a chocolate milk I think, and his mother came over and put it
> back and scolded him! It didn't happen, but I imagined her saying "No
> Timmy! No milk for you! You're going to drink SODA just like your
> unhealthy obese brothers and sisters!"

So only people who shop at Wal-Mart have obese children? Who knew?

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:41:57 -0500, Goomba >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On 23 Nov 2010 14:17:11 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>>> Places like
>>> American Samoa, and other American protectorates, have huge factories
>>> peopled by Chinese and Indians working for slave wages. The products
>>> can be legally labeled Made in America.
>>
>> What a racquet!
>>
>It may or may not be a racket. It may just be business. I dunno...
>I just try to avoid buying anything made in China. I haven't reached a
>point where I avoid *any* other place.

You'd starve, dry up, and die. Everything you touch at least in part
comes from some other country... where do you think the farmer who
supplied your holiday dinner got his diesel. Your breasts are encased
in a bra probably foriegn made, likely Chinese cups... which Column; A
B, or C... I don't think Chinese have many Ds. LOL

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:51:15 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:27:23 -0600, Pete C. wrote:
>
>> Well, in the U.S. at least, taking people's picture in a public setting
>> does not require their permission.
>
> Same here. But most people assume their pictures won't be put up on a
> website so they can be the object of ridicule. Guess I'm one of the few
> that finds the POW website distasteful. So be it.

i understand what you're saying - the people running the site are not
especially nice people. but the photos are pretty goddamn funny.

your pal,
blake

John Kuthe wrote:

> I just wished I had a video of a scene I saw in a WalFAIL years ago,
> before I stopped going there. I was back by the refrigerated dairy
> case and a small boy had opened the case door and was attempting to
> grab a chocolate milk I think, and his mother came over and put it
> back and scolded him! It didn't happen, but I imagined her saying "No
> Timmy! No milk for you! You're going to drink SODA just like your
> unhealthy obese brothers and sisters!"
>
> John Kuthe...

Your repeated use of the word "WalFAIL" is about as annoying as your
message count spam last year.

Perhaps she had asked him to grab regular milk, not sugary chocolate milk?

Pete C. wrote:
> ChattyCathy wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:27:12 -0600, Omelet wrote:
>>
>>> Many can not or don't bother. See the "People of Wal-mart" website.
>> I have. And I still find that site to be in Very Poor Taste. Takes all
>> kinds as they say; how would *you* like it if somebody snapped *your*
>> photo (without asking your permission and put it up on some website for
>> the whole world to snicker at - because, admit it, most of those people
>> had no freaking idea they were being photographed) on a "I'm comfortable
>> with what I'm wearing and/or the way I look while shopping" day?
>>
>> Make that Extremely Poor Taste. But if that's what you find
>> amusing/interesting/informative... heh. IMHO, it even makes Facebook
>> appear civilized.
>
> Well, in the U.S. at least, taking people's picture in a public setting
> does not require their permission.

If someone goes out in public dressed as they are on that "People of
Walmart" website, they're open game in my opinion. They have no problem
being observed by the public in person so these photos are just more
observers.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Sky" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 11/22/2010 10:19 PM, sandi wrote:
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>> That's smart shopping Not many folks know to do that!
>>>
>>> Sky
>>>
>>>> I've gone in to Wal Mart, taken a pic then taken the camera/cell
>>>> pic
>>>> to Home Depot and they will match the price +10%. :-)
>>
>> Because it is not a very efficient way to save a few pennies. It
>> would have to be a very expensive item to justify the gas to make the
>> trip to another store.
> It depends, I suppose, on how far apart the stores are. Where I live
> Lowe's and Wal*Mart are on the same block. If I'm going to drive to one
> it won't cost much (if anything) to drive to the other. Just make sure
> it's something they both carry
>
> Jill

One needs to factor in the cost of their time also to do all this
traipsing about. My time is more valuable than just knowing I saved a
dime and trouble to drive back and forth between stores.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:27:23 -0600, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>taking people's picture in a public setting
>does not require their permission.

I guess that is why Brittany Spears is so popular.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:13:24 -0500, Goomba wrote:


> If someone goes out in public dressed as they are on that "People of
> Walmart" website, they're open game in my opinion. They have no problem
> being observed by the public in person so these photos are just more
> observers.

Picture this:

Goomba pops into <fill in the supermarket of choice here> in her RN's
uniform on her way home from a very stressful and busy shift at the
ER/hospital/clinic. She is too exhausted/stressed to change into her
'civvies' before heading home - but, hey, her spouse/children/grand
children at home need some <whatever>! Anyway, some 'observer' takes a
picture of her and puts it up on a website for all to gawp at and
ridicule...

Guess that's just the way it is, eh?

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:06:12 -0500, Mr.Bill wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:04:08 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>> But if that's what you find
>>amusing/interesting/informative...
>
> That's why I like going to Dollar General...you don't have to get all
> gussyed up like you do when you go to WalMart.

Gussied up? Well, yeah I suppose growing a mustache like yours takes
some beating...

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:08:35 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> "Sky" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 11/22/2010 10:19 PM, sandi wrote:
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>> That's smart shopping Not many folks know to do that!
>>>
>>> Sky
>>>
>>>> I've gone in to Wal Mart, taken a pic then taken the camera/cell
>>>> pic
>>>> to Home Depot and they will match the price +10%. :-)
>>
>> Because it is not a very efficient way to save a few pennies. It would
>> have to be a very expensive item to justify the gas to make the trip to
>> another store.
>It depends, I suppose, on how far apart the stores are. Where I live Lowe's
>and Wal*Mart are on the same block. If I'm going to drive to one it won't
>cost much (if anything) to drive to the other. Just make sure it's
>something they both carry
>
>Jill

When did you last look at the price of gas... it costs more in fuel
just to start your automobile than the small change you may receive...
not to mention your time and effort. Like those pinheads who drive
ten miles out of their way and then the same ten miles all the way
back just to buy gas for 2¢ less a gallon. Anyone all that interested
in the small price difference for an item between stores should have
before ever leaving home checked on line. Nine times out of ten one
will find those items on line with free shipping.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:51:15 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

> Guess I'm one of the few that finds the POW website distasteful. So be it.

We're a club of two then.

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Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:09:13 -0500, blake murphy
> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:51:15 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:27:23 -0600, Pete C. wrote:
> >
> >> Well, in the U.S. at least, taking people's picture in a public setting
> >> does not require their permission.
> >
> > Same here. But most people assume their pictures won't be put up on a
> > website so they can be the object of ridicule. Guess I'm one of the few
> > that finds the POW website distasteful. So be it.
>
> i understand what you're saying - the people running the site are not
> especially nice people.

Do you know the web site operators personally? I don't. However I
think they have a mean streak that they call humor. I also think most
practical jokes are just plain viciousness masquerading as humor.
"What, you can't take a joke?" Blame the victim. That's what all the
bullies do.

> but the photos are pretty goddamn funny.
>
I don't and Cathy doesn't either.

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Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Nov 23, 10:07*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:41:57 -0500, Goomba >
> wrote:
>
> >sf wrote:
> >> On 23 Nov 2010 14:17:11 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
> >>> Places like
> >>> American Samoa, and other American protectorates, have huge factories
> >>> peopled by Chinese and Indians working for slave wages. *The products
> >>> can be legally labeled Made in America.
>
> >> What a racquet!
>
> >It may or may not be a racket. It may just be business. I dunno...
> >I just try to avoid buying anything made in China. I haven't reached a
> >point where I avoid *any* other place.
>
> You'd starve, dry up, and die. * Everything you touch at least in part
> comes from some other country... where do you think the farmer who
> supplied your holiday dinner got his diesel. *Your breasts are encased
> in a bra probably foriegn made, likely Chinese cups... which Column; A
> B, or C... I don't think Chinese have many Ds. LOL

==
How about the silicone breast implants?...surely they must be made in
the USA?
==

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:11:59 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe wrote:

> I just wished I had a video of a scene I saw in a WalFAIL years ago,
> before I stopped going there. I was back by the refrigerated dairy
> case and a small boy had opened the case door and was attempting to
> grab a chocolate milk I think, and his mother came over and put it
> back and scolded him! It didn't happen, but I imagined her saying "No
> Timmy! No milk for you! You're going to drink SODA just like your
> unhealthy obese brothers and sisters!"

Were you stoned? Because there was nothing even remotely funny in
that story, even when you add you imagined speculation.

-sw

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:16:29 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> Picture this:
>
> Goomba pops into <fill in the supermarket of choice here> in her RN's
> uniform on her way home from a very stressful and busy shift at the
> ER/hospital/clinic. She is too exhausted/stressed to change into her
> 'civvies' before heading home - but, hey, her spouse/children/grand
> children at home need some <whatever>! Anyway, some 'observer' takes a
> picture of her and puts it up on a website for all to gawp at and
> ridicule...
>
> Guess that's just the way it is, eh?

I don't find any humor in an RN uniform. I see people in scrubs
all the time in grocery stores. A RN uniform is a step up, IMO.

-sw

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:47:10 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:06:27 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> All those who constantly give Walmart a bum rap were either
>> themselves, a family member, or some friend dismissed for cause.
>> If Walmart is so terrible how did it come to be the planet's biggest
>> retailer with nearly two million employees???
>
> Let us not forget that they are also the worlds largest retailer of
> SPAM and Hillshire Farms snausages.
>
> -sw

well, all right then! i bet they got the finest kitty litter available
also!

your pal,
blake

On 11/23/2010 10:51 AM, ChattyCathy wrote:
> Same here. But most people assume their pictures won't be put up on a
> website so they can be the object of ridicule. Guess I'm one of the few
> that finds the POW website distasteful. So be it.

Several of the POW photos make me smile, not laugh. I find these people
to be delightful in the way they dress, because they are so different.
I would never ridicule these people, although there may be a few that
step over that line.

As far as them being photographed, there is not much you can say,
because they are in public. However, nude beaches like Haulover and
Gunnison Beach are also in public, and I would not want anyone taking my
photo and putting that up online.

Becca

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:13:10 -0800, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> wrote:

> Nobody jumped on Sf for going to Macy's instead of a local store or
> for considering Bed Bath and Beyond instead of a local kitchen shop.
> It's their sanctimonious double standard that bothers me.

Most places don't have a very good selection of All Clad, especially
small kitchen shops.

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Never trust a dog to watch your food.