Text 29247, 132 rader
Skriven 2015-07-21 20:39:06 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 29224 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
Ärende: sticky situations                                        [1]
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Hi Dave,

 DD> closed. But, I've not seen his phiz nor name pop up in either the
 DD> obits or the "Police Beat" feature in the local bird-cage liner.  Bv)=

 RH> Presumably a couple of good signs.

 DD> Now that it has come up I'll have to ask "Rona" Binney -- a guy who
 DD> gossips like and old woman over the back fence. He seems to know who
 DD> is doing what, with which, to whom. At least of the old coffee crowd.

Probably get a lot more information than you would care to know. (G)


 DD> The Great American Outback can get plenty humid in the summertime. Our
 DD> RH for the past week has been in the high 90s. Yesterday was a match
 DD> 99oF/99% relative humidity.

 RH> Not fun, we are supposed to be quite hot the next couple of days, with
 RH> the chance of afternoon storms. That means really sticky air before and
 RH> after the storm.

 DD> The rest of this week is supposed to be quite temperate - perfect
 DD> weather to ride the motorcycle to work. Except today I have to do the
 DD> grocery run after I get off. Hard to balance 6 12-packs of soda on a
 DD> motorcycle, not to mention the U$1.49/lb pork loin that is destined to
 DD> become chile verde.

Sounds good. When he was in Korea and living off post, Steve had just a
regular bike for transportation. He would carry a 3 gallon jug to post
to fill with water there, and do his commissary shopping on post as
well. I suspect there were times the bike was loaded quite full. That
was before he stopped eating pork but I don't think he ever made chili
verde.

 DD> my Scottish ancestors spin in their mausoleums every time I spend that
 DD> much money on coffee.

 RH> Think they would appreciate Aldi's then? My parents shopped at one in
 RH> Kingston, NY years ago, first time I'd heard of them. Over the years,
 RH> they drifted away from doing most of their shopping there, probably
 RH> because of the bag it yourself policy of the store.

 DD> As long as they could get along with Germans.  Bv)=

 RH> Both of my folks are of direct German ancestry; they had no problem
 RH> with Aldi's being a German company. OTOH, my dad wasn't too thrilled
 RH> with our SIL's Mitsubishi Eclipse as he was strafed by Mitsubishi
 RH> planes in the Pacific Theater during WWII.

 DD> That was sort of a mistake - the Eclipse was built in the
 DD> Bloomington-Normal (IL) plant for its entire model run. A couple of my
 DD> friends worked there and were laid off from their cushy union gigs
 DD> when they discontinued that model in favour of the Endeavour SUV.

 RH> Dad just saw the Mitsubishi name, didn't care what kind of car it was
 RH> but that it had the Japanese name.

 DD> Lot of that knee-jerk reaction stuff going around. What was the brand
 DD> of his television?  Bv)=

Don't recall the tv but the last couple of cars he had were a Jetta and
Passat.

 DD> I got into a "discussion" with a clown driving a Dodge mini-van
 DD> festooned with American flags and plastered with "BUY AMERICAN"
 DD> stickers. He pulled in next to me in a parking lot as I was getting
 DD> out of my Mercedes and asked why I didn't drive an American car. I
 DD> replied "Why don't you?" When he began to huff and puff - I pointed
 DD> out that the Chrysler vans (including Dodge) are built in Canada
 DD> (Windsor ON). So he zips back with "At least it's an American
 DD> company." So I asked what model year is your Grand Caravan? 2001 was
 DD> the reply. So I came back with "Can you say Daimler-Chrysler.? Same
 DD> company built your van in Canada and my sedan in Germany".

How international we've become.


 DD> BTW - Mitsubishi built pretty good aeroplanes (and continue to do so)
 DD> -- politics and warlords notwithstanding.

 RH> They recovered quite well.

 DD> The Japanese economy recovered by using the book on American business
 DD> and following its rules closely - something than many American
 DD> businesses fail to do.

Sad to say, yes.


 DD> I have a couple of those nice light-green shopping totes made from

 RH> We've got a good assortment of tote bags, recycled, canvas, etc. Most
 RH> of them are in the car, except when we use them at the market or Aldi's

 DD> I put mine by the door when I have stowed the shopping and take them
 DD> out with me to put in the trunk next time I use the car. I only have a
 DD> couple of canvas totes. Most are made of "recycled whatever" and

 RH> Good for Aldi's runs, farmer's market, nickel off per bag at Whole
 RH> Foods, etc.

 DD> standing on line with my few items, waiting for the customers ahead of
 DD> express line" when a light went on in my head and a little voice said
 DD> "Remember where you are".

 RH> Almost tempting to "reverse shop" and come back another day or time?

 DD> Not really, ALDI moved their stores to be near the ChinaMart
 DD> Supercenters. So I have to go further and "out of route" to shop
 DD> there. As a consequence I shop there much less than I used to. As do
 DD> many of their lower-income patrons for whom the now closed center-city
 DD> store was the main grocery store as it was in convenient walking
 DD> distance or fairly easily accessible by city bus. Neither of the ALDIs
 DD> currently have bus service within 8 long blocks (or more).

 RH> So you don't get over there as often. We go to ours off and on,
 RH> sometimes weekly, sometimes not for weeks at a time. The ads come in


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