On 1/17/2014 5:52 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > wrote in message

>> My son has the Galaxy S4 and really likes it, but it is much more
>> expensive than the Nexus. It does have one feature I'd like - a
>> swappable battery.
>
> Daughter has that and she loves it, but we are not willing to pay all
> that money for one, though we are considering the S3 which is perfectly
> adequate for our needs and much cheaper. We have had a contract for
> years and have the best deal for what we need. They try to sell you a
> new deal because the phones are expensive.

> We prefer to buy one outright
> and put in our sim card keeping our current deal.
>
Us, too. And it makes it easier for us when switching countries, too -
use the same phone, simply switch the SIM.

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:27:24 -0500, S Viemeister
> wrote:

> On 1/17/2014 5:52 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > wrote in message
>
>
> > We prefer to buy one outright
> > and put in our sim card keeping our current deal.
> >
> Us, too. And it makes it easier for us when switching countries, too -
> use the same phone, simply switch the SIM.

I wish all phone companies used SIM cards - the one I use is CDMA
technology. It's fine for the USA and Canada, but sucks when it comes
to international travel - so the phone is turned off most of the time
when I'm elsewhere because I don't want to pay international call
rates when someone calls me thinking I'm home.


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"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/17/2014 5:52 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>
>>> My son has the Galaxy S4 and really likes it, but it is much more
>>> expensive than the Nexus. It does have one feature I'd like - a
>>> swappable battery.
>>
>> Daughter has that and she loves it, but we are not willing to pay all
>> that money for one, though we are considering the S3 which is perfectly
>> adequate for our needs and much cheaper. We have had a contract for
>> years and have the best deal for what we need. They try to sell you a
>> new deal because the phones are expensive.
>
>> We prefer to buy one outright
>> and put in our sim card keeping our current deal.
>>
> Us, too. And it makes it easier for us when switching countries, too - use
> the same phone, simply switch the SIM.

Yes, it makes things very easy.


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On 1/17/2014 10:45 AM, sf wrote:

> I wish all phone companies used SIM cards - the one I use is CDMA
> technology. It's fine for the USA and Canada, but sucks when it comes
> to international travel - so the phone is turned off most of the time
> when I'm elsewhere because I don't want to pay international call
> rates when someone calls me thinking I'm home.
>
Have a look at T-Mobile (assuming they have decent coverage in your
area). They'll buy you out of your Verizon? contract; and you can get
unlimited talk, text, AND data - a certain amount of data at high speed
4g, then slower speed for the rest of the billing period, but NO overage
charges. And just recently, they stopped charging roaming fees for
foreign data use and texts, and calls are only 20 cents per minute while
abroad.
We've switched from our previous US carrier, and have been pleased with
the service - better and cheaper!

We use Orange (now EE) in the UK, and they're even cheaper...

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:30:26 -0500, S Viemeister
> wrote:

> On 1/17/2014 10:45 AM, sf wrote:
>
> > I wish all phone companies used SIM cards - the one I use is CDMA
> > technology. It's fine for the USA and Canada, but sucks when it comes
> > to international travel - so the phone is turned off most of the time
> > when I'm elsewhere because I don't want to pay international call
> > rates when someone calls me thinking I'm home.
> >
> Have a look at T-Mobile (assuming they have decent coverage in your
> area). They'll buy you out of your Verizon? contract; and you can get
> unlimited talk, text, AND data - a certain amount of data at high speed
> 4g, then slower speed for the rest of the billing period, but NO overage
> charges. And just recently, they stopped charging roaming fees for
> foreign data use and texts, and calls are only 20 cents per minute while
> abroad.
> We've switched from our previous US carrier, and have been pleased with
> the service - better and cheaper!
>
My son subscribes to T-Mobile and makes full use of their unlimited
plan, but it would be wasted money for me. T-Mobile coverage has to
many "black holes" in my City to interest me and is horrible for any
kind of travel outside of town because their coverage area may look
good on paper, but the reality is that it's not as good as they claim.
I hear it functions much better on the East Coast and of course, in
Europe.

> We use Orange (now EE) in the UK, and they're even cheaper...

We switched carries last September from Verizon proper to a Verizon
MVNO (Selectel) and are now contract free. In spite of being landline
free for years, we seldom use our cell phones - so hubby switched his
line to a yearly rate with limited talk, text (which he doesn't do
anyway) and no data. Mine is their next to the least expensive MTM
plan, so I get 1200 minutes of talk, 3000 texts and 250 MB of data per
month, which I haven't come close to using up so far... but I bought
their flex plan card "just in case", so it will kick in if I ever do
use up the minutes or data. I think big.


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Good Friends.
Good Memories.

On 1/17/2014 1:03 PM, sf wrote:
> > wrote:
>> On 1/17/2014 10:45 AM, sf wrote:
>>> I wish all phone companies used SIM cards - the one I use is CDMA
>>> technology. It's fine for the USA and Canada, but sucks when it comes
>>> to international travel - so the phone is turned off most of the time
>>> when I'm elsewhere because I don't want to pay international call
>>> rates when someone calls me thinking I'm home.
>> Have a look at T-Mobile (assuming they have decent coverage in your
>> area). They'll buy you out of your Verizon? contract; and you can get
>> unlimited talk, text, AND data - a certain amount of data at high speed
>> 4g, then slower speed for the rest of the billing period, but NO overage
>> charges. And just recently, they stopped charging roaming fees for
>> foreign data use and texts, and calls are only 20 cents per minute while
>> abroad.
>> We've switched from our previous US carrier, and have been pleased with
>> the service - better and cheaper!
> My son subscribes to T-Mobile and makes full use of their unlimited
> plan, but it would be wasted money for me. T-Mobile coverage has to
> many "black holes" in my City to interest me and is horrible for any
> kind of travel outside of town because their coverage area may look
> good on paper, but the reality is that it's not as good as they claim.
> I hear it functions much better on the East Coast and of course, in
> Europe.
>
Yes, we've found East Coast coverage to be excellent. I tested it first
with a PAYG SIM in a spare phone, and once we found that we had coverage
wherever we were likely to be using the service, we switched.
Still, it's worth checking again at a later date - your coverage may
eventually improve.

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:34:54 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> I think Julie exaggerates.
>
> -sw

I think yer sweet on her, dwarfy.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I expected it to keep using decent ingredients. Now, of course, one
>> needs to read the labels every single time one buys a product.
>> Sometimes, they go back and forth even for the same product.
>
> Yep. I learned to read every label, every time. You can't even trust
> something that looks wholesome. Such as the "Simply Potatoes" products.
> The name would imply that they are just potatoes. Nope. And some of the
> prepared mashed potatoes have egg in them! I once ordered a turkey
> dinner sent on dry ice. It was all prepared. I think it was from Hickory
> Farms but I could be wrong on that. The mashed potatoes tasted horrible.
> I read the ingredients and rather than butter, they put soybean oil in
> them. Ick!

I have said what my wakeup call was: reading the label on a can of
tuna. It contained soy protein, as many do now. You can never assume
the the product is what you think it is.

--
Jean B.

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:40 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Higher quality food? I must disagree. Between all the recalls and the
>>> spoiled produce, I would say that most any other grocery store is a
>>> better bet.
>>
>> I see seven recalls for the last 5+ years, four of which were because of
>> the problem with peanuts and peanut butter.
>
> There have been at least 3 (I think it's 4) recalls in the last 8
> months for TJ's products.
>
That's odd, because I get the FDA alerts and save them all. I don't
have any recent ones about TJs. I know I am getting skips in my email,
but that most likely wouldn't happen to all four.

>> I don't recall seeing spoiled produce there.
>
> I don't see that either. I think Julie exaggerates.
>
> -sw

--
Jean B.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> I was actually at TJs tonight and saw one new products: freeze-dried
>> UNsweetened cranberries. From the US too (although I will hastily add
>> that many other countries have more-stringent rules about food, and I
>> love to get food from such countries). I am very excited about these
>> because I have been procrastinating about making a sugar-free
>> substitute for Craisins. Of course, the freeze-dried cranberries are
>> not the same, but I can use them as is or partially rehydrate them and
>> sweeten them a bit with a low-carb sweetener.
>
> They now have a low sugar Craisins. I bought some but haven't tried
> them. I could get unsweetened at Central Market and my health food store
> a few years back but they now only sell the fruit juice sweetened. I did
> get some from Ebay but they tasted so sweet that I had a hard time
> believing that they were truly unsweetened.
>
> I tried dehydrating my own but rather than them coming out like
> Craisins, they were all light and puffed full of air. Almost like eating
> popcorn with with a cranberry flavor. They were good but I never craved
> them or anything. And a while back I got similar from Nuts.online or
> Nuts.com or whatever that place is.

I have seen the low-sugar Craisins, but I still think they are too
carby. There are various recipes for making something to substitute for
Craisins, but none look like they cone out well, and some take many
hours to dry, which doesn't appeal to me.

I will play with these freeze-dried ones and see how things come out.

--
Jean B.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Higher quality food? I must disagree. Between all the recalls and the
>>> spoiled produce, I would say that most any other grocery store is a
>>> better bet.
>>
>> I see seven recalls for the last 5+ years, four of which were because
>> of the problem with peanuts and peanut butter.
>
> There were a lot of ground beef recalls but I don't remember the year.
>>
>> I don't recall seeing spoiled produce there.
>
> My TJs often has spoiled. They just shrink wrap it so you can't tell. I
> have bought things that they just put on the shelf and they are bad.

I have never experienced that.

I just looked at my FDA alerts, and I have been getting them since May
2007. I se none re ground beef. I have the impression that the FDA
ignore the region and posts all of the alerts. Odd.

--
Jean B.

Julie Bove wrote:
> I kept hearing about various gluten free products but our store never
> had them.

One great thing that they have is almond flour, which I should add is
actually almond meal. It is MUCH cheaper than it is elsewhere.
--
Jean B.

James Silverton wrote:
> On 1/16/2014 11:45 PM, Jean B. wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:51:31 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> was shocked to see that many now
>>>> contain isolated soy protein among other things that I don't want to
>>>> consume. It seems to me that in days of yore, TJ's ingredients were
>>>> pretty pure (i.e., what I would find in my own kitchen). What happened?
>>>
>>> Ahh, but it's least non-GMO isolated soy protein!<snork>
>>>
>>> ISP is usually one of the main ingredients in things that want to be
>>> like meat, but aren't.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> Well, I'm not going to buy those products. They did contain real
>> meat/poultry, but...
>>
>
> You had me intrigued because I was annoyed with my ISP (Internet Service
> Provider); treating them like meat sounded quite appropriate.
>
LOL!

--
--
Jean B.

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:46:55 -0500, "Jean > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:51:31 -0500, "Jean > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was looking at the ingredients in the
>>>> lobster bisque ere I put it back) and was shocked to see that many now
>>>> contain isolated soy protein among other things that I don't want to
>>>> consume. It seems to me that in days of yore, TJ's ingredients were
>>>> pretty pure (i.e., what I would find in my own kitchen). What happened?
>>>
>>> People wanted to be a "grocery store". What did you expect? They
>>> still have pure products (like the marinara I talk about), but you
>>> have to read the labels to find them.
>>>
>>>
>> I expected it to keep using decent ingredients. Now, of course, one
>> needs to read the labels every single time one buys a product.
>> Sometimes, they go back and forth even for the same product.
>
> Not me. People expect Trader Joe's to be something they have never
> been. It has never been a store where you knew the product in your
> hand was "pure" without reading the label, but it is evolving in that
> direction because that's what their customers want. Back in the day,
> they were just a store that sold odd lots - if you bought something
> you liked, you had to go back immediately for more because chances
> were that you'd never see that product again after it sold out. As
> I've said in the past, I've been in a couple of them recently where
> practically everything on the shelves was a private label Trader Joe's
> product, but even the company FAQ encourages customers to be proactive
> label readers because ingredients might change. They're like Costco
> in that respect - their supplier du jour of a private label product is
> the one who can meet their criteria and give them the best price.
> Scroll down to #8. http://www.traderjoes.com/about/product-faq.asp
>
>
I'm sure your experiences with Trader Joe's go back a lot farther than
mine do. We have only had TJ's in Mass. for 20 years or so. Perhaps I
was just fortunate that the products that I was interested in contained
fine ingredients. As I said, I was reading the labels on the entrees
out of curiosity. Oh yes. I remember why. A friend had eaten some
gorgonzola thing and then got very sick. I doubted that was the cause,
but that got me looking at the ingredients. After I read one label and
disliked the contents, I started reading other labels.

--
Jean B.

sf wrote:

> Is that stocked where the nuts are? I'll ask about it the next time
> I'm in. They are always cycling products on and off the shelves
> depending on what sells at that particular store.
>
>
At my store, yes. The freeze-dried cranberries are with the nuts and
dried fruit.

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." > wrote in message
...

> I have said what my wakeup call was: reading the label on a can of tuna.
> It contained soy protein, as many do now. You can never assume the the
> product is what you think it is.

Yep. Even if it says that the tuna is packed in water, it may well have
broth with peas or other things in it. The Kirkland brand is just water as
is one kind in a gold can. Has been so long since I bought any tuna. It's
either Starkist or Bumble Bee.

"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:40 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>>
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Higher quality food? I must disagree. Between all the recalls and the
>>>> spoiled produce, I would say that most any other grocery store is a
>>>> better bet.
>>>
>>> I see seven recalls for the last 5+ years, four of which were because of
>>> the problem with peanuts and peanut butter.
>>
>> There have been at least 3 (I think it's 4) recalls in the last 8
>> months for TJ's products.
>>
> That's odd, because I get the FDA alerts and save them all. I don't have
> any recent ones about TJs. I know I am getting skips in my email, but
> that most likely wouldn't happen to all four.

I am signed up for the alerts but for some reason I am not getting all of
them.

"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I was actually at TJs tonight and saw one new products: freeze-dried
>>> UNsweetened cranberries. From the US too (although I will hastily add
>>> that many other countries have more-stringent rules about food, and I
>>> love to get food from such countries). I am very excited about these
>>> because I have been procrastinating about making a sugar-free
>>> substitute for Craisins. Of course, the freeze-dried cranberries are
>>> not the same, but I can use them as is or partially rehydrate them and
>>> sweeten them a bit with a low-carb sweetener.
>>
>> They now have a low sugar Craisins. I bought some but haven't tried
>> them. I could get unsweetened at Central Market and my health food store
>> a few years back but they now only sell the fruit juice sweetened. I did
>> get some from Ebay but they tasted so sweet that I had a hard time
>> believing that they were truly unsweetened.
>>
>> I tried dehydrating my own but rather than them coming out like
>> Craisins, they were all light and puffed full of air. Almost like eating
>> popcorn with with a cranberry flavor. They were good but I never craved
>> them or anything. And a while back I got similar from Nuts.online or
>> Nuts.com or whatever that place is.
>
> I have seen the low-sugar Craisins, but I still think they are too carby.
> There are various recipes for making something to substitute for Craisins,
> but none look like they cone out well, and some take many hours to dry,
> which doesn't appeal to me.
>
> I will play with these freeze-dried ones and see how things come out.

They are carby. When I eat them, I only eat a few at a time so not a big
deal.

"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> I kept hearing about various gluten free products but our store never
>> had them.
>
> One great thing that they have is almond flour, which I should add is
> actually almond meal. It is MUCH cheaper than it is elsewhere.

That could be. Since we can't have almonds I have never looked for it.

On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 01:21:57 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

> I'm sure your experiences with Trader Joe's go back a lot farther than
> mine do. We have only had TJ's in Mass. for 20 years or so. Perhaps I
> was just fortunate that the products that I was interested in contained
> fine ingredients. As I said, I was reading the labels on the entrees
> out of curiosity. Oh yes. I remember why. A friend had eaten some
> gorgonzola thing and then got very sick. I doubted that was the cause,
> but that got me looking at the ingredients. After I read one label and
> disliked the contents, I started reading other labels.

I usually buy "ingredients", not heat and eat products, because most
of them are made with cr*p ingredients and that's a universal given.
The item comprised of the most ingredients that I buy on a regular
basis is the private label marinara I'm always talking about or
hummus. Maybe I'd have a different attitude if I was just cooking for
myself, but although my DTD family meal preparation has downsized -
I'm cooking for two, so it still makes sense to cook from scratch.


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Good Friends.
Good Memories.

On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 01:17:36 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

> Julie Bove wrote:
> > I kept hearing about various gluten free products but our store never
> > had them.
>
> One great thing that they have is almond flour, which I should add is
> actually almond meal. It is MUCH cheaper than it is elsewhere.

I certainly is!


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Good Friends.
Good Memories.

sf wrote:
>
> I usually buy "ingredients", not heat and eat products, because most
> of them are made with cr*p ingredients and that's a universal given.
> The item comprised of the most ingredients that I buy on a regular
> basis is the private label marinara I'm always talking about or
> hummus. Maybe I'd have a different attitude if I was just cooking for
> myself, but although my DTD family meal preparation has downsized -
> I'm cooking for two, so it still makes sense to cook from scratch.

I like to cook from scratch on weekends and make extra for the
freezer. I also do a quick microwave dinner on work evenings though.
The frozen food section has some pretty good meals now. It's not all
just the old frozen Swanson turkey tv dinners.

G.

On Sunday, January 12, 2014 5:14:58 AM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > We stopped in there yesterday just to see if there was something of
>
> > interest. Nope. Actually my mom needed to go into a store in the same
>
> > strip mall ...
>
>
>
> What is a 'strip mall'? Is that the same as 'shopping mall'?

A strip-mall is an American disgrace whereby a municipality will buy a row of houses, demolish them, and sell the land cheap to a construction company that in turn will put up a row of cheaply made storefronts that will house chain-restaurants, insurance agent's offices, tanning salons, and the like..

On Sunday, January 12, 2014 5:19:58 PM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:

> Sales tax is goofy everywhere. When I left Tennessee for good in 2009
>
> it was 9.25%, and that included essentials such as food and clothing.

Whoa! That's outrageous.

> wrote in message
...
On Sunday, January 12, 2014 5:14:58 AM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > We stopped in there yesterday just to see if there was something of
>
> > interest. Nope. Actually my mom needed to go into a store in the same
>
> > strip mall ...
>
>
>
> What is a 'strip mall'? Is that the same as 'shopping mall'?

A strip-mall is an American disgrace whereby a municipality will buy a row
of houses, demolish them, and sell the land cheap to a construction company
that in turn will put up a row of cheaply made storefronts that will house
chain-restaurants, insurance agent's offices, tanning salons, and the like.

------

Not always. This particular one has been here since we moved here in the
1960's. They have expanded on it over the years but no houses were torn
down. There is the TJ's, Half Price Book, a cell phone shop, Hallmark
(cards), Albertsons (groceries), Sally Beauty, a Teriyaki shop, a paint
store, a hobby shop (models) and perhaps a few other small places that are
of no interest to me. There is also a Hobby Lobby, a bank and a Shari's
restaurant at the outer edges of the parking lot.

I think at some point there had been a small school or a park where the
Hobby Lobby is now. We used to have a big thing called Lynn-O-Rama each
year. I remember taking my nephew to it when he was little. There was sort
of a carnival and a parade although it was quite small as parades and
carnivals go.

I just remember my brother getting very angry at my nephew because he had no
interest whatever in the festival and attached himself to a swing that was
on a swing set that was always there. That's why I think it had to have
been a park or a school. Most likely a school that was closed. Most of the
schools in that city have been torn down and moved to other areas as the
population changed.

When we first moved here, that city was little more than woods. Not many
people lived there but there was a busy street going through it with
businesses on it. It also used to have a rather bad reputation and people
didn't want to claim to live there. That has changed somewhat as more and
more houses are built. But it used to be a place of low rent apartments.

The worst thing I ever saw in that city was something I had only ever read
about and never seen. Went to look at a rental place with my friend. There
was a little dirt road that one wouldn't know was there unless like us, they
had to drive down it. What we found were an assortment of tiny, dark brown
buildings, sided with wood shingles. One was missing the porch and there
was an assortment of crap piled up there so that you could climb up it to
get in. This included a pallet and some patio blocks. Dirty, scrappy
children were running loose on the grounds, speaking excitedly of a fire and
there was a chicken squawking around.

We knocked on the door of a building as per the instructions and what
appeared to be a grizzled old man came out. His face looked like one of
those dolls that people used to make with dried apples for the head. Deep
wrinkles on more deep wrinkles. Wrinkles so bad that you could barely see
his eyes. Eyes set in such a deep squint that you couldn't really tell what
color they were.

He led us to one building saying that it was such a shame that he'd had to
kick the woman out. He said he hadn't kicked her out because of the fire
(which we asked about) but because she had 5 children living in there.
There is a law here that a building can house so many people per so much
square feet and this violated it. One of the children had started the fire.
Damage of it could still be seen and the whole place reeked of it.

My friend and I both stepped into the place and didn't go beyond that one
step. The entire one bedroom place could be seen from there. It was as
though they divided the tiny place into four equal pieces of equal
proportions. Bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living room. As you can
imagine, the bathroom was comically oversized while everything else was
dwarfed.

My friend and I both looked at each other with sort of a look of surprise,
shock, horror, not even sure what! We just wanted to get out of there. So
we did. She thanked the man and we left. I was driving. I think it was a
full 2 minutes before we spoke to each other because we were just so stunned
about the experience.

What is there now *is* a strip mall. And that's probably a good thing. I
do know that there is a need for low income housing but... Places like that
just shouldn't exist in this country.

> wrote in message
...
> On Sunday, January 12, 2014 5:19:58 PM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Sales tax is goofy everywhere. When I left Tennessee for good in 2009
>>
>> it was 9.25%, and that included essentials such as food and clothing.
>
> Whoa! That's outrageous.

Ours varies per city but can be as high as 9.5%. I'm not complaining though
because we have no state tax. There is no tax on food here. As in most
food purchased in a grocery store. There are exceptions and restaurant food
is taxed.

On 1/19/14, 6:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> ... whereby a municipality will buy a row of houses, demolish them, and
> sell the land cheap....

Do you you really believe this fiction, or do you
make this stuff up to troll the group?


-- Larry

"pltrgyst" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/19/14, 6:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> ... whereby a municipality will buy a row of houses, demolish them, and
> > sell the land cheap....
>
> Do you you really believe this fiction, or do you
> make this stuff up to troll the group?

*I* didn't write that. That was some bad snipping there. and no, I don't
necessarily believe that. I do know that houses can be bought up for
various reasons but it's not all that common around these parts. Or maybe
it is and I just don't know about it. I do know that there were a lot of
what appeared to be landlocked houses when we moved here. We used to joke
that they were haunted or something. One had been in a fire. They have
recently been torn down. In one area they are putting up new houses. In
the other it's apartment buildings.

When we moved here, this area was making the switch from sleepy farm country
to a much more populated place and it's just growing larger and larger.

On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:55:16 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:

> On 1/19/14, 6:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > ... whereby a municipality will buy a row of houses, demolish them, and
> > sell the land cheap....
>
> Do you you really believe this fiction, or do you
> make this stuff up to troll the group?
>
How could you not see who really posted that? PVC changed her address
again.


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On Sunday, January 19, 2014 10:11:13 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:55:16 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 1/19/14, 6:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > ... whereby a municipality will buy a row of houses, demolish them, and
>
> > > sell the land cheap....
>
> >
>
> > Do you you really believe this fiction, or do you
>
> > make this stuff up to troll the group?
>
> >
>
> How could you not see who really posted that? PVC changed her address
>
> again.
>
>
>
>

Hey retarded blind ****, I've used the same email address for the past five years.

On Sunday, January 19, 2014 6:55:16 PM UTC-6, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 1/19/14, 6:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >
>
> > ... whereby a municipality will buy a row of houses, demolish them, and
>
> > sell the land cheap....
>
>
>
> Do you you really believe this fiction, or do you
>
> make this stuff up to troll the group?

Learn to trim and attribute posts properly, ****nuts.

"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...


"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>> We stopped in there yesterday just to see if there was something of
>> interest. Nope. Actually my mom needed to go into a store in the same
>> strip mall ...
>
> What is a 'strip mall'? Is that the same as 'shopping mall'?


Strip malls often border shopping malls but they don't have to. It is
simply two or more stores or other businesses such as restaurants, hair or
nail salons, banks, etc., strung together in a row but sharing the same
parking lot. There may or may not be some sort of overhang that prevents
you from getting wet if you have to go from business to business.

Some strip malls have as little as 2-3 businesses there. Others are much
larger and might form an L shape or even have stores on 3 sides. Here's a
link that has pics.

~~~~~~~~~
We often use the term "shopping plaza" to refer to this type of design.

MaryL

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:28:00 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> *I* didn't write that. That was some bad snipping there.
>
> And it was *your* bad snipping.
>
> If your newsreader can't quote properly and you can't be bothered to
> reformat the quotes, then just don't respond.
>
> And don't huff and puff when you do.

If it was my bad snipping, then I apologize. And I don't think I was
huffing and puffing. You'd know it if I did. I tend to turn all green and
these big fangs come out. Just watch out when I sprout the tail. There's
no telling what I might do with that!

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:55:16 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:
>
>> On 1/19/14, 6:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> > ... whereby a municipality will buy a row of houses, demolish them, and
>> > sell the land cheap....
>>
>> Do you you really believe this fiction, or do you
>> make this stuff up to troll the group?
>>
> How could you not see who really posted that? PVC changed her address
> again.

Well... sw claims that I snipped badly. If I did, I apologize. I have
better things to do than track back and see for sure.

"MaryL" > wrote in message
...

> ~~~~~~~~~
> We often use the term "shopping plaza" to refer to this type of design.

That's what they were called when I was a kid. I think the first time I
heard this term was when Bruce Williams used it. That would have been in
the 1980's.

On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:51:04 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

> On Sunday, January 19, 2014 10:11:13 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:55:16 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On 1/19/14, 6:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > > ... whereby a municipality will buy a row of houses, demolish them, and
> >
> > > > sell the land cheap....
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Do you you really believe this fiction, or do you
> >
> > > make this stuff up to troll the group?
> >
> > >
> >
> > How could you not see who really posted that? PVC changed her address
> >
> > again.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Hey retarded blind ****, I've used the same email address for the past five years.

Hey ****, you've been kill filed.


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Good Memories.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:37:37 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:28:00 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> *I* didn't write that. That was some bad snipping there.
>>>
>>> And it was *your* bad snipping.
>>>
>>> If your newsreader can't quote properly and you can't be bothered to
>>> reformat the quotes, then just don't respond.
>>>
>>> And don't huff and puff when you do.
>>
>> If it was my bad snipping, then I apologize. And I don't think I was
>> huffing and puffing. You'd know it if I did. I tend to turn all green
>> and
>> these big fangs come out. Just watch out when I sprout the tail.
>> There's
>> no telling what I might do with that!
>
> I thought you were allergic to green?

No. But my cousin is.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:38:32 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:55:16 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/19/14, 6:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > ... whereby a municipality will buy a row of houses, demolish them,
>>>> > and
>>>> > sell the land cheap....
>>>>
>>>> Do you you really believe this fiction, or do you
>>>> make this stuff up to troll the group?
>>>>
>>> How could you not see who really posted that? PVC changed her address
>>> again.
>>
>> Well... sw claims that I snipped badly. If I did, I apologize.
>
> You didn't quote it properly. You just did the "-----"'s between
> yours and her posts. Making it look like you write her post.

Okay. Sorry then.

On Monday, January 20, 2014 12:47:54 AM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:51:04 -0800 (PST),
>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sunday, January 19, 2014 10:11:13 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>
> > > How could you not see who really posted that? PVC changed her address
>
> > >
>
> > > again.
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > Hey retarded blind ****, I've used the same email address for the past five years.
>
>
>
> Hey ****, you've been kill filed.
>
>
>

Hoooboy, a fat-assed, lying idiot crotch-sniffing **** has kill-filed me! Quelle horreur!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

On Monday, January 20, 2014 12:38:32 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> Well... sw claims that I snipped badly. If I did, I apologize. I have
>
> better things to do than track back and see for sure.

It's called etiquette, you ugly bitch. Stop acting like a snotty child and admit when you do something wrong without getting all whiny about it.