I needed to buy some water, bottles I can take with me.
In the supermarket, that should be no problem, right? Seems
there is plenty of water if you like raspberry, lemon lime, etc.
Had to look around just a little bit to find plain old water in
bottle sizes I need. No biggie. Just kinda made me go hmmm
as I don't usually buy water.

So imagine my surprise when I walked into Lowe's yesterday,
stacks of water, the very type I bought as a matter of fact.
I made some kind of joking comment, silly me, I should have
come to Lowe's for water! Of course! Then, at the other end
of the store where I was checking out in the lumber section, more
stacks of water!

I guess your subconscious really does work stuff out, even when
you didn't know there was anything to work out. Hello, the people
who work in landscaping (that stuff is by the front entrance) and
construction (in the lumber section) need water in this heat, they
can buy it with their work supplies. Duh. Surprised they didn't
have coffee and donuts, too.

nancy

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> I needed to buy some water, bottles I can take with me.
> In the supermarket, that should be no problem, right? Seems
> there is plenty of water if you like raspberry, lemon lime, etc.
> Had to look around just a little bit to find plain old water in
> bottle sizes I need. No biggie. Just kinda made me go hmmm
> as I don't usually buy water.
>
> So imagine my surprise when I walked into Lowe's yesterday,
> stacks of water, the very type I bought as a matter of fact.
> I made some kind of joking comment, silly me, I should have
> come to Lowe's for water! Of course! Then, at the other end
> of the store where I was checking out in the lumber section, more
> stacks of water!
>
> I guess your subconscious really does work stuff out, even when
> you didn't know there was anything to work out. Hello, the people
> who work in landscaping (that stuff is by the front entrance) and
> construction (in the lumber section) need water in this heat, they
> can buy it with their work supplies. Duh. Surprised they didn't
> have coffee and donuts, too.
>
> nancy

We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)

It's quite pure and quite good.

No need to pay a premium price... Most folks use recycled 1 gallon milk
bottles, but we prefer to have it in glass. Prevents picking up that
"plastic" taste. ;-)

Plus since the bottles are 4 liters, you get a bit extra for free since
you are charged by the gallon. Nearly an extra pint actually.

I still buy Carlo Rossi burgundy in 4 liter glass bottles, mostly for
cooking. I don't like to use sweet or semi-sweet wines in recipes as I
feel it adds a "sour" note. I prefer really dry wines like Burgundy or
Merlot for cooking sauces and such.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote

> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> I needed to buy some water, bottles I can take with me.

> We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
> our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)
>
> It's quite pure and quite good.
>
> No need to pay a premium price... Most folks use recycled 1 gallon milk
> bottles, but we prefer to have it in glass. Prevents picking up that
> "plastic" taste. ;-)

Truthfully, I thought it was reasonably priced, perhaps $4 for
a 12 pack of 24 oz bottles. I needed that, large jugs will not
do. (laugh) And where I'm going, I can assure you I won't
be able to get wine bottles in no matter what they really contain,
though swigging from one during jury selection might well get me
out of serving!

nancy

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote
>
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> >
> >> I needed to buy some water, bottles I can take with me.
>
> > We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
> > our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)
> >
> > It's quite pure and quite good.
> >
> > No need to pay a premium price... Most folks use recycled 1 gallon milk
> > bottles, but we prefer to have it in glass. Prevents picking up that
> > "plastic" taste. ;-)
>
> Truthfully, I thought it was reasonably priced, perhaps $4 for
> a 12 pack of 24 oz bottles. I needed that, large jugs will not
> do. (laugh) And where I'm going, I can assure you I won't
> be able to get wine bottles in no matter what they really contain,
> though swigging from one during jury selection might well get me
> out of serving!
>
> nancy

<lol> Worth a shot...
I usually just (truthfully) put "pagan" under the part asking for
religion.

I have yet to be chosen!
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

"Steve Wertz" > wrote

> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:53:49 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> I guess your subconscious really does work stuff out, even when
>> you didn't know there was anything to work out. Hello, the people
>> who work in landscaping (that stuff is by the front entrance) and
>> construction (in the lumber section) need water in this heat, they
>> can buy it with their work supplies. Duh. Surprised they didn't
>> have coffee and donuts, too.
>
> That's what the Roach Coaches are for: Construction Sites

True, but around here most if not all contruction seems to be
tearing down houses and putting up larger ones in their place.
One at a time. No roach coaches.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in news:e766p5$4dj$1
@news.monmouth.com:

> I guess your subconscious really does work stuff out, even when
> you didn't know there was anything to work out.


nancy,

Sounds like somebody needs a V-8 head slap!

Andy

Nancy Young wrote:

>
> I guess your subconscious really does work stuff out, even when
> you didn't know there was anything to work out. Hello, the people
> who work in landscaping (that stuff is by the front entrance) and
> construction (in the lumber section) need water in this heat, they
> can buy it with their work supplies. Duh. Surprised they didn't
> have coffee and donuts, too.
>

There is a huge markup on bottled water and most stores, if they have
any extra shelf space or floor space, seem to want to get in on the
action.

I hate those little bottles of water. I have no use for them at all.
They are too much for one good glug of water, but not enough for a
second one. I am a bottle saver and recycler. The rare time that I get
a bottle of drinking water I rinse it out and refill it from my
distiller or some other good water. I ride my bike to the Y and on hot
days I fill it up at home. When I get to the Y I top it up with the
filtered water in the locker room. You won't catch me paying $1 plus
at the refreshment counter there.

OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote in news:Omelet-
:

> We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
> our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)
>
> It's quite pure and quite good.


At the farm in Renovo, PA we had a mountain spring water well just feet
from the main house.

http://www.tinypic.com/14w81h0.jpg

Down the road there was a spillway pipe from another neighbor's well
ending at the side of the road that ran non-stop. Lots of folks would
drive up and fill their water jugs with free mountain spring water.

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:53:49 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> Surprised they didn't have coffee and donuts, too.

You didn't look hard enough. They have a kiosk outside that sells
coffee & donuts.

--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:50:29 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> I usually just (truthfully) put "pagan" under the part asking for
> religion.
>
> I have yet to be chosen!

That wouldn't work in my part of the world. Too many openly Pagan and
Wicken around here to eliminate them from the jury pool.
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

"sf" > wrote

> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:53:49 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Surprised they didn't have coffee and donuts, too.
>
> You didn't look hard enough. They have a kiosk outside that sells
> coffee & donuts.

Who knows, maybe in back, behind the store. Not in front.

nancy

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
> our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)
>
> It's quite pure and quite good.
>
> No need to pay a premium price... Most folks use recycled 1 gallon milk
> bottles, but we prefer to have it in glass. Prevents picking up that
> "plastic" taste. ;-)

Don't forget to periodically disinfect those containers that you re-use
over and over for water. Bacteria grows in those things lickety-split.
I finally recycled my big, 6-gallon container to Goodwill because the
water was making me sick all the time. Then I found out you have to
disinfect them every two weeks or every month. Now I just buy cheap
spring water in bottles, and if I don't have any, I drink tap water.
Big whoop.

N.

Nancy2 wrote:

> Don't forget to periodically disinfect those containers that you re-use
> over and over for water. Bacteria grows in those things lickety-split.
> I finally recycled my big, 6-gallon container to Goodwill because the
> water was making me sick all the time. Then I found out you have to
> disinfect them every two weeks or every month. Now I just buy cheap
> spring water in bottles, and if I don't have any, I drink tap water.
> Big whoop.

I occasionally swoosh a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide in my bottles and then a
little rinse with clean water and re-fill them. Ironically, a bottle of
Hydrogen Peroxide doesn't cost much more than a single bottle of chilled
water in a store. Does that give you any indication of how much you are
being gouged for bottled water?

In article >, Dave Smith > wrote:
>Nancy2 wrote:
>
>> Don't forget to periodically disinfect those containers that you re-use
>> over and over for water. Bacteria grows in those things lickety-split.

If bugs are growing in that "pure" water in bottles that people are
paying fortunes for these days, then it's a fair indication the "pure"
water is full of crap! Where else would the N and P and other
nutrients come from? ;-)

>> I finally recycled my big, 6-gallon container to Goodwill because the
>> water was making me sick all the time. Then I found out you have to
>> disinfect them every two weeks or every month. Now I just buy cheap
>> spring water in bottles, and if I don't have any, I drink tap water.
>> Big whoop.
>
>I occasionally swoosh a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide in my bottles and then a
>little rinse with clean water and re-fill them. Ironically, a bottle of
>Hydrogen Peroxide doesn't cost much more than a single bottle of chilled
>water in a store. Does that give you any indication of how much you are
>being gouged for bottled water?

It's cheaper to buy beer. (Or milk, if on a health kick.

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

Phred wrote:

> In article >, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >Nancy2 wrote:
> >
> >> Don't forget to periodically disinfect those containers that you re-use
> >> over and over for water. Bacteria grows in those things lickety-split.
>
> If bugs are growing in that "pure" water in bottles that people are
> paying fortunes for these days, then it's a fair indication the "pure"
> water is full of crap! Where else would the N and P and other
> nutrients come from? ;-)

I never really cared if water was pure. We can benefit from some minerals. There are lots of
little critters that our bodies adapt to. I always figured that the more harmless critters
that we had in our water the more prepared our bodies are to deal with newcomers. People who
live in a sterile environment tend to have little resistance to infection.

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote in news:Omelet-
> :
>
> > We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
> > our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)
> >
> > It's quite pure and quite good.
>
>
> At the farm in Renovo, PA we had a mountain spring water well just feet
> from the main house.
>
> http://www.tinypic.com/14w81h0.jpg
>
> Down the road there was a spillway pipe from another neighbor's well
> ending at the side of the road that ran non-stop. Lots of folks would
> drive up and fill their water jugs with free mountain spring water.

You are very fortunate... ;-)
We DO have a rather large artesian spring here, so large it creates the
San Marcos River.

Unfortunately, I'd have to don my scuba gear to fill my bottles. <G> The
outlets are about 20 ft. down, underwater.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:50:29 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > I usually just (truthfully) put "pagan" under the part asking for
> > religion.
> >
> > I have yet to be chosen!
>
> That wouldn't work in my part of the world. Too many openly Pagan and
> Wicken around here to eliminate them from the jury pool.

Wiccan. ;-)

I live in the bible belt........ ;-D
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

In article .com>,
"Nancy2" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> >
> > We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
> > our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)
> >
> > It's quite pure and quite good.
> >
> > No need to pay a premium price... Most folks use recycled 1 gallon milk
> > bottles, but we prefer to have it in glass. Prevents picking up that
> > "plastic" taste. ;-)
>
> Don't forget to periodically disinfect those containers that you re-use
> over and over for water.

Oh hell yes! They get bleached out about every other use.

> Bacteria grows in those things lickety-split.

Even worse in plastic.

> I finally recycled my big, 6-gallon container to Goodwill because the
> water was making me sick all the time. Then I found out you have to
> disinfect them every two weeks or every month. Now I just buy cheap
> spring water in bottles, and if I don't have any, I drink tap water.
> Big whoop.
>
> N.

Tap water tastes nasty.
It's not the addition of chlorine I have an issue with, it's the
addition of fluoride.

It screws with my thyroid.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

Nancy Young wrote:
> "sf" > wrote
>
> > On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:53:49 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> >> Surprised they didn't have coffee and donuts, too.
> >
> > You didn't look hard enough. They have a kiosk outside that sells
> > coffee & donuts.
>
> Who knows, maybe in back, behind the store. Not in front.

Out here, it's hot dog vendors. And construction crews have those big
orange water jugs and accounts at the water&ice stores.

--Blair

"-L." > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:

>> can buy it with their work supplies. Duh. Surprised they didn't
>> have coffee and donuts, too.

> The Lowes here sells food - hot dogs, sausages, fries, etc. Lowes is
> becoming a one-stop place to shop. Now if they only carried tampons...

Heh. No, for whatever reason, no food in any of the hardware
stores here. Okay, I couldn't take it, I called Lowe's. Very nice,
understanding woman answered the phone. No hotdogs, no food,
for sale. Perhaps it's a west coast thing.

nancy

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:50:29 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>>
>> > I usually just (truthfully) put "pagan" under the part asking for
>> > religion.
>> >
>> > I have yet to be chosen!
>>
>> That wouldn't work in my part of the world. Too many openly Pagan and
>> Wicken around here to eliminate them from the jury pool.
>
> Wiccan. ;-)
>
> I live in the bible belt........ ;-D

Do you think it might work if I put (truthfully) "athiest" on the form?

--Rich

"Rich" > wrote

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote

>>> > I usually just (truthfully) put "pagan" under the part asking for
>>> > religion.

> Do you think it might work if I put (truthfully) "athiest" on the form?

I don't know why religion (or lack thereof) enters into it
at all. They sure didn't ask me.

nancy

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>>
>> We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
>> our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)
>>
>> It's quite pure and quite good.
>>
>> No need to pay a premium price... Most folks use recycled 1 gallon milk
>> bottles, but we prefer to have it in glass. Prevents picking up that
>> "plastic" taste. ;-)
>
> Don't forget to periodically disinfect those containers that you re-use
> over and over for water. Bacteria grows in those things lickety-split.
> I finally recycled my big, 6-gallon container to Goodwill because the
> water was making me sick all the time. Then I found out you have to
> disinfect them every two weeks or every month. Now I just buy cheap
> spring water in bottles, and if I don't have any, I drink tap water.
> Big whoop.

Big whoop, indeed. People should be aware that tap water in the U.S. is FAR
more tightly regulated than bottled water. A survey by Comsumer Reports
found that seven out of ten samples of bottled "spring" water were
contaminated with bacteria. Fortunately most bottled water IS tap water,
including those expensive Dasani (Coca-Cola) and Aquafina (Pepsi) brands.
Tap water is tested daily in nearly every public water supply district.
Bottled water is regulated by the FDA which has many more regulatory
responsibilities, and nowhere near enough inspectors to do a thorough job of
testing bottled waters. Anybody who thinks bottled water is somehow safer
than tap water should note what Evian® spells backwards.

--Rich

In article >,
"Rich" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > sf > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:50:29 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> >>
> >> > I usually just (truthfully) put "pagan" under the part asking for
> >> > religion.
> >> >
> >> > I have yet to be chosen!
> >>
> >> That wouldn't work in my part of the world. Too many openly Pagan and
> >> Wicken around here to eliminate them from the jury pool.
> >
> > Wiccan. ;-)
> >
> > I live in the bible belt........ ;-D
>
> Do you think it might work if I put (truthfully) "athiest" on the form?
>
> --Rich

You never know... ;-)
One nice thing about being American is the constitutional right to
freedom of religion, or lack thereof.......

Give it a shot and report back!
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

On 2006-06-19, Nancy Young > wrote:

> Heh. No, for whatever reason, no food in any of the hardware
> stores here. Okay, I couldn't take it, I called Lowe's. Very nice,
> understanding woman answered the phone. No hotdogs, no food,
> for sale. Perhaps it's a west coast thing.

I think it's a store-by-store sub contracted thing. Most of the
Lowe's and Home Depots out here (West Coast) don't have food vendors.
But, I've seen a few who do. All the ones I've seen are outdoor
semi-permenent operations, set up against the building out of the
weather. Kinda like roach coaches with no wheels. I've never seen an
inside, in-store food operation like Costco, although it could happen.

Fast food joints, banks, and other businesses buying space inside
other large storefronts is old news. I expect to see the trend grow.
Why buy property, put up a building, and provide parking when big box
stores have already done it for you. Just lease a little corner of
floorspace. We've got a Safeway with a bank, Starbucks, Jamba Juice,
etc. It used to irritate me. Now, not so much.

nb

"notbob" > wrote

> On 2006-06-19, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
>> Heh. No, for whatever reason, no food in any of the hardware
>> stores here. Okay, I couldn't take it, I called Lowe's. Very nice,
>> understanding woman answered the phone. No hotdogs, no food,
>> for sale. Perhaps it's a west coast thing.
>
> I think it's a store-by-store sub contracted thing. Most of the
> Lowe's and Home Depots out here (West Coast) don't have food vendors.
> But, I've seen a few who do. All the ones I've seen are outdoor
> semi-permenent operations, set up against the building out of the
> weather. Kinda like roach coaches with no wheels. I've never seen an
> inside, in-store food operation like Costco, although it could happen.

Yeah, there is nothing inside the store, and nothing in front.
She told me, no food sold at that store, so I guess no food
out back, either. The way people were talking, I thought ...
wow, maybe I've just been walking by a hotdog place inside?
Because that's pretty oblivious if there was and I didn't notice.
Whew.

Just the stacks of water.

> Fast food joints, banks, and other businesses buying space inside
> other large storefronts is old news. I expect to see the trend grow.
> Why buy property, put up a building, and provide parking when big box
> stores have already done it for you. Just lease a little corner of
> floorspace. We've got a Safeway with a bank, Starbucks, Jamba Juice,
> etc. It used to irritate me. Now, not so much.

Sure, there's a bank in my supermarket. Heck, there are cosmetic
counters in department stores, too. Those are concessions.

nancy

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:33:37 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:50:29 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> >
> > > I usually just (truthfully) put "pagan" under the part asking for
> > > religion.
> > >
> > > I have yet to be chosen!
> >
> > That wouldn't work in my part of the world. Too many openly Pagan and
> > Wicken around here to eliminate them from the jury pool.
>
> Wiccan. ;-)
>
> I live in the bible belt........ ;-D

Bible thumpers spend way too much time thinking about these things!
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

Phred wrote:
> In article >, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >Nancy2 wrote:
> >
> >> Don't forget to periodically disinfect those containers that you re-use
> >> over and over for water. Bacteria grows in those things lickety-split.
>
> If bugs are growing in that "pure" water in bottles that people are
> paying fortunes for these days, then it's a fair indication the "pure"
> water is full of crap! Where else would the N and P and other
> nutrients come from? ;-)

That's why I didn't realize I had to disinfect the containers - I
suppose everytime you refill it (I would fill my 6-gallon jug with
1-gallon jugs that I filled at the supermarket - the jugs originally
held spring water), bacteria from the air can dive into the opening in
the dispenser. I haven't a clue. All I know is that when I gave up my
"refill" habit, my chronic problems disappeared immediately.

N.

Dave Smith wrote:
> Phred wrote:
>
> > In article >, Dave Smith > wrote:
> > >Nancy2 wrote:
> > >
>
> I never really cared if water was pure. We can benefit from some minerals. There are lots of
> little critters that our bodies adapt to. I always figured that the more harmless critters
> that we had in our water the more prepared our bodies are to deal with newcomers. People who
> live in a sterile environment tend to have little resistance to infection.

I don't care, either - I started buying water because our tap water
tastes so horrible.

N.

Rich wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> >>
> >> We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
> >> our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)
> >>
> >> It's quite pure and quite good.
> >>
> >> No need to pay a premium price... Most folks use recycled 1 gallon milk
> >> bottles, but we prefer to have it in glass. Prevents picking up that
> >> "plastic" taste. ;-)
> >
> > Don't forget to periodically disinfect those containers that you re-use
> > over and over for water. Bacteria grows in those things lickety-split.
> > I finally recycled my big, 6-gallon container to Goodwill because the
> > water was making me sick all the time. Then I found out you have to
> > disinfect them every two weeks or every month. Now I just buy cheap
> > spring water in bottles, and if I don't have any, I drink tap water.
> > Big whoop.
>
> Big whoop, indeed. People should be aware that tap water in the U.S. is FAR
> more tightly regulated than bottled water. A survey by Comsumer Reports
> found that seven out of ten samples of bottled "spring" water were
> contaminated with bacteria. Fortunately most bottled water IS tap water,
> including those expensive Dasani (Coca-Cola) and Aquafina (Pepsi) brands.
> Tap water is tested daily in nearly every public water supply district.
> Bottled water is regulated by the FDA which has many more regulatory
> responsibilities, and nowhere near enough inspectors to do a thorough job of
> testing bottled waters. Anybody who thinks bottled water is somehow safer
> than tap water should note what Evian® spells backwards.
>
> --Rich

As I explained, I never cared about whatever might be IN the tap water
- I cared only about the taste of it. My community is infamous for
having awful-tasting water, although it's better than it used to be.
I don't mind the bacteria that build up my immunities; I care about the
"bad" bacteria that grows in unclean containers.

N.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> Nancy Young wrote:
>snip
> >
>
> There is a huge markup on bottled water and most stores, if they have
> any extra shelf space or floor space, seem to want to get in on the
> action.
>
snip


Back when I worked for Wallyworld, they sent us an extra truckload of Sam's
Choice water........this was in addition to the normal order. Being
Wallyworld and the biggies not taking any responsibility, it became MY
problem as a front end supervisor (overseeing the registers, etc.) to move
it......

Massive stack in front of registers wasn't moving......UNTIL:


drum roll please.....



I put up a sign that said LOOK ZERO, NADA, NONE....NO CARBS!

Local morons couldn't believe it, NO CARBS!!! It flew out. Felt like
saying.........you stoopid idjits, your tap water doesn't have carbs either.

Oh, management got a bonus for this idea. So smart of them to delegate, so
smart they got the $$$.
-ginny

-L. wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
> > I guess your subconscious really does work stuff out, even when
> > you didn't know there was anything to work out. Hello, the people
> > who work in landscaping (that stuff is by the front entrance) and
> > construction (in the lumber section) need water in this heat, they
> > can buy it with their work supplies. Duh. Surprised they didn't
> > have coffee and donuts, too.
> >
> > nancy
>
> The Lowes here sells food - hot dogs, sausages, fries, etc. Lowes is
> becoming a one-stop place to shop. Now if they only carried tampons...
> -L.

If they made them with "more power," they'd be on the shelves. LOL.
Once you get old enough, nancy, you won't care. ;-)

N.

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
> > "sf" > wrote
> >
> > > On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:53:49 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
> > >
> > >> Surprised they didn't have coffee and donuts, too.
> > >
> > > You didn't look hard enough. They have a kiosk outside that sells
> > > coffee & donuts.
> >
> > Who knows, maybe in back, behind the store. Not in front.
>
> Out here, it's hot dog vendors. And construction crews have those big
> orange water jugs and accounts at the water&ice stores.
>
> --Blair

Orange jugs - there was a news blurb locally last week about one of the
golf courses ditching those big orange jugs because of sanitation
issues. Now, they hire some retiree to drive around the course
offering bottles of water to the players.

N.

"Nancy2" > wrote

> -L. wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>> > I guess your subconscious really does work stuff out, even when
>> > you didn't know there was anything to work out. Hello, the people
>> > who work in landscaping (that stuff is by the front entrance) and
>> > construction (in the lumber section) need water in this heat, they
>> > can buy it with their work supplies. Duh. Surprised they didn't
>> > have coffee and donuts, too.

>> The Lowes here sells food - hot dogs, sausages, fries, etc. Lowes is
>> becoming a one-stop place to shop. Now if they only carried tampons...
>> -L.
>
> If they made them with "more power," they'd be on the shelves. LOL.
> Once you get old enough, nancy, you won't care. ;-)

(laugh!) Tell it to -L.

nancy

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message

> We've saved glass 4 liter wine bottles over the years and purchase all
> our water from the Wal-mart vending machine at $.25 per gallon. :-)
>
> It's quite pure and quite good.
>
> No need to pay a premium price... Most folks use recycled 1 gallon milk
> bottles, but we prefer to have it in glass. Prevents picking up that
> "plastic" taste. ;-)

I installed a good filter with a charcoal element. I replace it a few times
a year and we have all the good tasting water we want for about $30 a year.
No hauling to the store, or the spring and back again.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>
> I occasionally swoosh a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide in my bottles and then a
> little rinse with clean water and re-fill them. Ironically, a bottle of
> Hydrogen Peroxide doesn't cost much more than a single bottle of chilled
> water in a store. Does that give you any indication of how much you are
> being gouged for bottled water?
>
We complain about $3 a gallon gas, yet we'll pay $6 for water. I buy a case
a year and re-fill the bottles from the filtered tap to carry with us.

In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2006-06-19, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
> > Heh. No, for whatever reason, no food in any of the hardware
> > stores here. Okay, I couldn't take it, I called Lowe's. Very nice,
> > understanding woman answered the phone. No hotdogs, no food,
> > for sale. Perhaps it's a west coast thing.
>
> I think it's a store-by-store sub contracted thing. Most of the
> Lowe's and Home Depots out here (West Coast) don't have food vendors.
> But, I've seen a few who do. All the ones I've seen are outdoor
> semi-permenent operations, set up against the building out of the
> weather. Kinda like roach coaches with no wheels. I've never seen an
> inside, in-store food operation like Costco, although it could happen.

Right. In Philadelphia, there's a Home Depot with a Nathan's Hotdog
stand near the main entrance. I live in the Philly suburbs and the
Home Depot that just opened about one mile from me has no food at all,
not even any snack vending machines.

> Fast food joints, banks, and other businesses buying space inside
> other large storefronts is old news. I expect to see the trend grow.
> Why buy property, put up a building, and provide parking when big box
> stores have already done it for you. Just lease a little corner of
> floorspace. We've got a Safeway with a bank, Starbucks, Jamba Juice,
> etc. It used to irritate me. Now, not so much.

Right, than again, in the Wal-Mart in South Philadelphia, there's a
McDonalds. Just outside that store, there's a regular stand alone
McDonalds. Go figure!

Nancy Young wrote:
> "-L." > wrote
>
> > Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >> can buy it with their work supplies. Duh. Surprised they didn't
> >> have coffee and donuts, too.
>
> > The Lowes here sells food - hot dogs, sausages, fries, etc. Lowes is
> > becoming a one-stop place to shop. Now if they only carried tampons...
>
> Heh. No, for whatever reason, no food in any of the hardware
> stores here. Okay, I couldn't take it, I called Lowe's. Very nice,
> understanding woman answered the phone. No hotdogs, no food,
> for sale. Perhaps it's a west coast thing.

It may be a vendor who contracts with the local Lowes. It's a
permanent structure in their building, though.

-L.

notbob wrote:
> On 2006-06-19, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
> > Heh. No, for whatever reason, no food in any of the hardware
> > stores here. Okay, I couldn't take it, I called Lowe's. Very nice,
> > understanding woman answered the phone. No hotdogs, no food,
> > for sale. Perhaps it's a west coast thing.
>
> I think it's a store-by-store sub contracted thing. Most of the
> Lowe's and Home Depots out here (West Coast) don't have food vendors.
> But, I've seen a few who do. All the ones I've seen are outdoor
> semi-permenent operations, set up against the building out of the
> weather. Kinda like roach coaches with no wheels. I've never seen an
> inside, in-store food operation like Costco, although it could happen.

Come to think of it, our Home Depot has a similar stand inside their
building too....

-L.

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:53:49 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

<snip>
>So imagine my surprise when I walked into Lowe's yesterday,
>stacks of water, the very type I bought as a matter of fact.
>I made some kind of joking comment, silly me, I should have
>come to Lowe's for water! Of course! Then, at the other end
>of the store where I was checking out in the lumber section, more
>stacks of water!

I've seen water bottles sold by the case in office supply stores (not
a bad price either!).


Sue(tm)
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