I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day. This is why I try to buy three
of them so I can stash a couple in the freezer to cook later in the
year.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty" cards.
I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They advertised
corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require a "card" to
get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I bought it and
put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires what
they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have cost
me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day. This is why I try to buy three
of them so I can stash a couple in the freezer to cook later in the year.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty" cards.
I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They advertised
corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require a "card" to
get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I bought it and put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires what
they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have cost
me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
On 3/13/2025 7:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's
pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't
have a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty
cards/apps to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their
"card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store
to buy a corned beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any
logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone
with the *card* could by for $19? I can't think of a single reason
why they are allowed to price gouge someone simply because they don't
have a store loyalty card.
Stores often use 'loss leaders' to get customers in the door. They
assume said customers will buy enough other stuff, to more than make up
for any loss on the 'card only, special price' item.
I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day. This is why I try to buy three
of them so I can stash a couple in the freezer to cook later in the year.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty" cards.
I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They advertised
corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require a "card" to
get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I bought it and
put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires what
they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have cost
me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day.
This is why I try to buy three
of them so I can stash a couple in the freezer to cook later in the year.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty" cards.
I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They advertised
corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require a "card" to
get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I bought it and
put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires what
they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have cost
me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
On 3/13/2025 7:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's
pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't
have a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty
cards/apps to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their
"card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store
to buy a corned beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any
logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone
with the *card* could by for $19? I can't think of a single reason
why they are allowed to price gouge someone simply because they don't
have a store loyalty card.
Stores often use 'loss leaders' to get customers in the door. They
assume said customers will buy enough other stuff, to more than make up
for any loss on the 'card only, special price' item.
I love corned beef brisket.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty" cards.
I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They advertised
corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require a "card" to
get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I bought it and
put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires what
they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have cost
me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps.
Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a
corned beef someone with the *card* could buy for $19?
Jill
On 3/13/2025 3:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty"
cards. I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They
advertised corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require
a "card" to get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I
bought it and put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires
what they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have
cost me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's
pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't
have a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty
cards/apps to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their
"card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store
to buy a corned beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any
logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone
with the *card* could by for $19? I can't think of a single reason
why they are allowed to price gouge someone simply because they don't
have a store loyalty card.
Jill
The simple explanation is "because they can"
The idea is to build loyalty and people will shop there for the discount.
Rather than go to Food Lion, I'd wait a day or two and go back to Publix
to see if they re-stocked. That sale is until next Wednesday.
On 2025-03-13, Dave Smith wrote:
I used to work with a guy who [...] checked out all the
flyers and the newspaper ads to see the best deals and then
[...] burn a lot of gas going to multiple stores to save a few bucks.
You can get an app for that. Just go to a different store every
[...] week or so. Probably you need to dedicate some shelf space.
On 3/13/2025 4:37 PM, Ed P wrote:
On 3/13/2025 3:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:Strikes me as unethical.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty"
cards. I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They
advertised corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't
require a "card" to get that price. Unfortunately, they only had
one left. I bought it and put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires
what they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both
slightly over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it
would have cost me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the
receipt. My question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps.
Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that
doesn't have a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require
loyalty cards/apps to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to
have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this
grocery store to buy a corned beef brisket to cook for my friends.
Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned
beef someone with the *card* could by for $19? I can't think of a
single reason why they are allowed to price gouge someone simply
because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
The simple explanation is "because they can"
The idea is to build loyalty and people will shop there for the discount.Yeah, I get the idea. They jack up prices to fool people into thinking they're getting a discount. Imagine what you'd pay for a can of [e.g.]
green beans "on sale" if you didn't have the MVP card! Twice what a can
of green beans should actually cost. Arrgh!
Rather than go to Food Lion, I'd wait a day or two and go back to
Publix to see if they re-stocked. That sale is until next Wednesday.
Normally I would do that, Ed. Thing is, when I went to Publix after
work the day before, the manager seemed surprised they'd run out and
wasn't sure if they'd be getting any more. I'm off work tomorrow and I
try to do my shopping when I'm already in town. So I made the decision
to stop at Food Lion on my way to the office. I didn't know for sure
they still had any but it was on my way. Fortunately, they did have but
only a few left. It still bugs me I had to use the "loyalty card" to
get the same price they'd have charged at Publix without using a card. I object to those loyalty cards as a matter of general principle.
Jill
I used to work with a guy who [...] checked out all the
flyers and the newspaper ads to see the best deals and then
[...] burn a lot of gas going to multiple stores to save a few bucks.
Hank Rogers wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/13/2025 4:37 PM, Ed P wrote:
On 3/13/2025 3:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:Strikes me as unethical.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty"
cards. I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They
advertised corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't
require a "card" to get that price. Unfortunately, they only had >>>>> one left. I bought it and put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple >>>>> more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires >>>>> what they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix
($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both
slightly over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it >>>>> would have cost me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on
the
receipt. My question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps.Â
Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that
doesn't have a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require
loyalty cards/apps to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to >>>>> have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this >>>>> grocery store to buy a corned beef brisket to cook for my friends. >>>>> Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned >>>>> beef someone with the *card* could by for $19? I can't think of a >>>>> single reason why they are allowed to price gouge someone simply
because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
The simple explanation is "because they can"
The idea is to build loyalty and people will shop there for theYeah, I get the idea. They jack up prices to fool people into thinking >>> they're getting a discount. Imagine what you'd pay for a can of [e.g.] >>> green beans "on sale" if you didn't have the MVP card! Twice what a
discount.
can
of green beans should actually cost. Arrgh!
Rather than go to Food Lion, I'd wait a day or two and go back to
Publix to see if they re-stocked. That sale is until next
Wednesday.
Normally I would do that, Ed. Thing is, when I went to Publix after
work the day before, the manager seemed surprised they'd run out and
wasn't sure if they'd be getting any more. I'm off work tomorrow and I >>> try to do my shopping when I'm already in town. So I made the decision >>> to stop at Food Lion on my way to the office. I didn't know for sure
they still had any but it was on my way. Fortunately, they did have
but
only a few left. It still bugs me I had to use the "loyalty card" to
get the same price they'd have charged at Publix without using a card. I >>> object to those loyalty cards as a matter of general principle.
Jill
Your Majesty should ban that damn nasty food lion store. How dare they
treat your highness as a common customer!
Yes, REVOKE the HRH ROYAL WARRANT...!!!
That way, Food Lion cannot emblazon their vittles with the Dataw Royale Seal...!!!
Then DESTROY those Food Lions and SALT THE EARTH...!!!
PS:
"Normally I would do that, Ed..."
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/13/2025 4:37 PM, Ed P wrote:
On 3/13/2025 3:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:Strikes me as unethical.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty"
cards. I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They
advertised corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't
require a "card" to get that price. Unfortunately, they only had
one left. I bought it and put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires
what they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.). >>>>
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both
slightly over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it
would have cost me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the >>>> receipt. My question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps.Â
Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that
doesn't have a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require
loyalty cards/apps to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to
have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this
grocery store to buy a corned beef brisket to cook for my friends.Â
Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned
beef someone with the *card* could by for $19? I can't think of a
single reason why they are allowed to price gouge someone simply
because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
The simple explanation is "because they can"
The idea is to build loyalty and people will shop there for theYeah, I get the idea. They jack up prices to fool people into thinking
discount.
they're getting a discount. Imagine what you'd pay for a can of [e.g.]
green beans "on sale" if you didn't have the MVP card! Twice what a can
of green beans should actually cost. Arrgh!
Rather than go to Food Lion, I'd wait a day or two and go back to
Publix to see if they re-stocked. That sale is until next Wednesday.
Normally I would do that, Ed. Thing is, when I went to Publix after
work the day before, the manager seemed surprised they'd run out and
wasn't sure if they'd be getting any more. I'm off work tomorrow and I
try to do my shopping when I'm already in town. So I made the decision
to stop at Food Lion on my way to the office. I didn't know for sure
they still had any but it was on my way. Fortunately, they did have but
only a few left. It still bugs me I had to use the "loyalty card" to
get the same price they'd have charged at Publix without using a card. I
object to those loyalty cards as a matter of general principle.
Jill
Your Majesty should ban that damn nasty food lion store. How dare they
treat your highness as a common customer!
gm wrote:
Hank Rogers wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/13/2025 4:37 PM, Ed P wrote:
On 3/13/2025 3:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:Strikes me as unethical.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty"
cards. I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday.ÃÂ They >>>>>> advertised corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb.ÃÂ They don't >>>>>> require a "card" to get that price.ÃÂ Unfortunately, they only had >>>>>> one left.ÃÂ I bought it and put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple >>>>>> more and fortunately they still had a few.ÃÂ But Food Lion requires
what they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix
($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion.ÃÂ Both >>>>>> slightly over 3.5 lbs.ÃÂ If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it >>>>>> would have cost me $23 more for the two briskets.ÃÂ It says so on >>>>>> the
receipt.ÃÂ My question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps.Ã >>>>>> Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that
doesn't have a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require >>>>>> loyalty cards/apps to get the best price].ÃÂ I'd have no reason to >>>>>> have their "card".ÃÂ Let's further pretend I decided to go to this >>>>>> grocery store to buy a corned beef brisket to cook for my friends.Ã >>>>>> Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned >>>>>> beef someone with the *card* could by for $19?ÃÂ I can't think of a
single reason why they are allowed to price gouge someone simply
because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
The simple explanation is "because they can"
The idea is to build loyalty and people will shop there for theYeah, I get the idea. They jack up prices to fool people into thinking >>>> they're getting a discount. Imagine what you'd pay for a can of [e.g.] >>>> green beans "on sale" if you didn't have the MVP card! Twice what a >>>> can
discount.
of green beans should actually cost. Arrgh!
Rather than go to Food Lion, I'd wait a day or two and go back to
Publix to see if they re-stocked.ÃÂ That sale is until next
Wednesday.
Normally I would do that, Ed. Thing is, when I went to Publix after >>>> work the day before, the manager seemed surprised they'd run out and
wasn't sure if they'd be getting any more. I'm off work tomorrow and I >>>> try to do my shopping when I'm already in town. So I made the decision >>>> to stop at Food Lion on my way to the office. I didn't know for sure >>>> they still had any but it was on my way. Fortunately, they did have >>>> but
only a few left. It still bugs me I had to use the "loyalty card" to >>>> get the same price they'd have charged at Publix without using a card. I >>>> object to those loyalty cards as a matter of general principle.
Jill
Your Majesty should ban that damn nasty food lion store. How dare they >>> treat your highness as a common customer!
Yes, REVOKE the HRH ROYAL WARRANT...!!!
That way, Food Lion cannot emblazon their vittles with the Dataw Royale
Seal...!!!
Then DESTROY those Food Lions and SALT THE EARTH...!!!
PS:
"Normally I would do that, Ed..."
Nah, you can't spare any of your time. You're way too busy licking the donald's anus.
No way he can get along without you.
On 3/13/2025 3:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day. This is why I try to buy three
of them so I can stash a couple in the freezer to cook later in the
year.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty" cards.
I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They advertised
corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require a "card" to
get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I bought it and >> put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires what
they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have cost
me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's
pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's >> further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I
should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
The simple explanation is "because they can"
The idea is to build loyalty and people will shop there for the
discount.
Rather than go to Food Lion, I'd wait a day or two and go back to Publix
to see if they re-stocked. That sale is until next Wednesday.
On 3/13/2025 4:22 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
On 3/13/2025 7:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:I understand about loss leaders. What I don't understand is how a store
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's
pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't
have a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty
cards/apps to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their
"card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store
to buy a corned beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any
logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone
with the *card* could by for $19? I can't think of a single reason
why they are allowed to price gouge someone simply because they don't
have a store loyalty card.
Stores often use 'loss leaders' to get customers in the door. They
assume said customers will buy enough other stuff, to more than make up
for any loss on the 'card only, special price' item.
that doesn't require a loyalty card can charge the exact same *special
price* as the store that requires the card to get the same price.
It
strikes me as extremely shady business, which is why I generally do not
shop at grocery stores which require "cards" to get the fake sale price.
I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day. This is why I try to buy three
of them so I can stash a couple in the freezer to cook later in the year.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty" cards.
I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They advertised
corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require a "card" to
get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I bought it and
put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires what
they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have cost
me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
On 2025-03-13, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day.
Sorry. I can get it all year long.
I used to work with a guy who was very frugal. He and his wife checked
out all the flyers and the newspaper ads to see the best deals and then
they would to to each of those stores and get just the things that were
on at special sale prices. They would spend hours and burn a lot of gas
going to multiple stores to save a few bucks.
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
On 3/14/2025 8:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
They're already collecting our data. Don't need a special card for that.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
On 3/13/2025 4:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I used to work with a guy who was very frugal. He and his wife
checked out all the flyers and the newspaper ads to see the best deals
and then they would to to each of those stores and get just the things
that were on at special sale prices. They would spend hours and burn a
lot of gas going to multiple stores to save a few bucks.
I consider myself to be fairly frugal. But no, I don't drive all over
town to try to save a few bucks going from store to store.
In article <vqvauq$3mvoq$1@dont-email.me>,
j_mcquown@comcast.net says...
I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day. This is why I try to buy three
of them so I can stash a couple in the freezer to cook later in the year.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty" cards.
I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They advertised
corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require a "card" to
get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I bought it and
put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires what
they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have cost
me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's
pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's
further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I
should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
Janet UK
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
On 3/13/2025 4:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I used to work with a guy who was very frugal. He and his wife
checked out all the flyers and the newspaper ads to see the best deals
and then they would to to each of those stores and get just the things
that were on at special sale prices. They would spend hours and burn a
lot of gas going to multiple stores to save a few bucks.
I consider myself to be fairly frugal. But no, I don't drive all over
town to try to save a few bucks going from store to store.
Jill
On 3/14/2025 8:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:They're already collecting our data. Don't need a special card for that.
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
Janet UK
On 2025-03-14 8:43 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/14/2025 8:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
They're already collecting our data. Don't need a special card for that. >>
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
Sure they have data but if you have a card they know your name, sex,
age, address and they have a long list of items that you regularly
purchase. That gives their marketing department or agency all sorts of demographic info to be used to target you and your demographic.
I
suppose that if we were really naive we could convince ourselves that it
is in order to find better ways to serve us, but it s more likely to
find ways to trick you into trying some new product.
Sure they have data but if you have a card they
know your name, sex, age, address and they have
a long list of items that you regularly purchase.
That gives their marketing department or agency all sorts
On 2025-03-13, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-03-13, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day.
Sorry. I can get it all year long.
Wegmans has it only this time of year, is branded in their name.
it's consistently less salty than other brands. i'm indifferent
to it, is what my wife prefers so so be it. i used to grab a
half dozen this time of year. two for corned beef and cabbage
throughout the next year, the rest for smoked pastrami.
this year i decided to get only two Wegmans brand to free up
freezer space. BJs has corned beef year 'round. i'll get it there
when i'm making pastrami.
On 2025-03-14, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
or get a guest pass if you don't have a membership. they wanted
my name, address, identification, etc, just to go in to wander
around to see what they head. i turned around and walked out.
anyone can walk into a BJs. you need a membership card only to
check out.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
that'd be me. i loathe living in this surveillance capitalism
society.
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 3/14/2025 8:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:They're already collecting our data. Don't need a special card for that.
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
Those same people pay in cash. And use duckduckgo.com instead of
google.
Don't you understand freedom? The store is free to conduct its
business in (almost) whatever way it wishes. The law requires them
to apply the same terms to everybody -- regardless of race, color,
or creed. "Not liking affinity cards" is not a protected class.
On 3/14/2025 11:19 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:I don't pay in cash. I do use duckduckgo as a browser.
On 3/14/2025 8:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:Those same people pay in cash. And use duckduckgo.com instead of
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:They're already collecting our data. Don't need a special card for that. >>
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
google.
On 2025-03-14, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Sure they have data but if you have a card they know your name, sex,
age, address and they have a long list of items that you regularly
purchase. That gives their marketing department or agency all sorts of
demographic info to be used to target you and your demographic.
They usually target me with "$10 off your next order over $30" coupons.
I
suppose that if we were really naive we could convince ourselves that it
is in order to find better ways to serve us, but it s more likely to
find ways to trick you into trying some new product.
As if the printed coupons in the newspaper didn't do exactly that.
(Like Trump-sized diapers, Musk-sized penis extenders, &c.)
On 2025-03-14, flood of sins <fos@sdf.org> wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
or get a guest pass if you don't have a membership. they wanted
my name, address, identification, etc, just to go in to wander
around to see what they head. i turned around and walked out.
anyone can walk into a BJs. you need a membership card only to
check out.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
that'd be me. i loathe living in this surveillance capitalism
society.
Time to buy a desert island. Can you make a battery charger out
of bamboo and coconuts?
On 3/14/2025 11:19 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:I don't pay in cash.
On 3/14/2025 8:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:Those same people pay in cash. And use duckduckgo.com instead of
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:They're already collecting our data. Don't need a special card for that. >>
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
google.
I do use duckduckgo as a browser.
On 2025-03-14, Dave Smith wrote:
Sure they have data but if you have a card they
know your name, sex, age, address and they have
a long list of items that you regularly purchase.
CC also has your smiling face on file for the photo-ID.
They no longer just have a'greeter' look at the photo;
you are obliged to scan the barcode on the card and a
video display shows them the full hi-res scan. I guess
looking at the thumbnail-sized B&W on the card itself
and then looking at your face was taking too long,
considering the age &c of the greeters.
That gives their marketing department or agency all sorts
Yeah, well we all know how that will end. The first things
you pass in Costco are usually 'home theatre' screens, so
pretty soon we should see targeted ads for items recently
purchased by people who just passed the ingress checkpoint.
(Like Trump-sized diapers, Musk-sized penis extenders, &c.)
On 3/14/2025 5:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Don't you understand freedom? The store is free to conduct its
business in (almost) whatever way it wishes. The law requires them
to apply the same terms to everybody -- regardless of race, color,
or creed. "Not liking affinity cards" is not a protected class.
This has nothing to do with freedom. It's about greed.
On 3/14/2025 11:58 AM, gm wrote:
Mike Duffy wrote:Trump shits himself. In a lot of photos, you can tell that the First
(Like Trump-sized diapers, Musk-sized penis extenders, &c.)
*Must* you be so "juvenile", Mike...???
Whore finds him repulsive.
On 2025-03-14, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Dave Smith wrote:
Sure they have data but if you have a card they
know your name, sex, age, address and they have
a long list of items that you regularly purchase.
CC also has your smiling face on file for the photo-ID.
They no longer just have a'greeter' look at the photo;
you are obliged to scan the barcode on the card and a
video display shows them the full hi-res scan. I guess
looking at the thumbnail-sized B&W on the card itself
and then looking at your face was taking too long,
considering the age &c of the greeters.
That gives their marketing department or agency all sorts
Yeah, well we all know how that will end. The first things
you pass in Costco are usually 'home theatre' screens, so
pretty soon we should see targeted ads for items recently
purchased by people who just passed the ingress checkpoint.
(Like Trump-sized diapers, Musk-sized penis extenders, &c.)
I've read one or two science fiction stories where ads follow
people all over town. It bugs me that I can't remember what
they are.
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
On 2025-03-14, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
or get a guest pass if you don't have a membership. they wanted
my name, address, identification, etc, just to go in to wander
around to see what they head. i turned around and walked out.
anyone can walk into a BJs. you need a membership card only to
check out.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
that'd be me. i loathe living in this surveillance capitalism
society.
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:41:44 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Dave Smith wrote:
Sure they have data but if you have a card they
know your name, sex, age, address and they have
a long list of items that you regularly purchase.
CC also has your smiling face on file for the photo-ID.
They no longer just have a'greeter' look at the photo;
you are obliged to scan the barcode on the card and a
video display shows them the full hi-res scan. I guess
looking at the thumbnail-sized B&W on the card itself
and then looking at your face was taking too long,
considering the age &c of the greeters.
That gives their marketing department or agency all sorts
Yeah, well we all know how that will end. The first things
you pass in Costco are usually 'home theatre' screens, so
pretty soon we should see targeted ads for items recently
purchased by people who just passed the ingress checkpoint.
(Like Trump-sized diapers, Musk-sized penis extenders, &c.)
I've read one or two science fiction stories where ads follow
people all over town. It bugs me that I can't remember what
they are.
I asked our friendly AI acquaintance:
<quote>
1. Minority Report (1956) - Philip K. Dick
2. The Space Merchants (1952) - Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth)
3. The Man Who Japed (1956) – Philip K. Dick
4. Autofac (1955, short story) – Philip K. Dick
5. The Girl Who Was Plugged In (1973, novella) – James Tiptree Jr.
6. They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To (1963, short story) –
Alfred Bester
7. Patent Pending (1954, short story) – Arthur C. Clarke
<end quote>
I've read stuff by 4 of the above authors, but I don't remember
exactly what.
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
If Jill doesn't get the card, she's either rich, or a fool, and we knowBetter look in the mirror Buffy before calling anyone
she's not rich.
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:18:30 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
I am not paranoid about it but I don't care to play their game. It's not
as if they are going to learn any state secrets from tracking my
purchases but I hate to see that sort of stuff being normalized. It
ranks up there with surveillance cameras. Sure, they may be a good idea
for store security and for fighting crime, but I dislike the idea of
someone in room full of monitors watching me. If business is slow they
don't have anyone else to watch. Maybe I should start playing along and
pretend to stuff things in my pockets and provoke an interaction as I am
leaving because they think they saw my steal something.
I have come to be suspicious of anyone I see in public wearing a hoodie
and with a scarf to cover their face. Maybe they are cold and keeping
warm. Maybe they are doing it for fun to distract security. Maybe they
are doing it because they are up to no good and don't want their faces
on camera.
In the future, you can count on never being just another face in the
crowd. You're not going to be able to hide in plain sight ever again.
Boomers won't care for that but they'll all be dead soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhCgTSE0KTk
On 2025-03-14 8:18 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
I am not paranoid about it but I don't care to play their game. It's not
as if they are going to learn any state secrets from tracking my
purchases but I hate to see that sort of stuff being normalized. It
ranks up there with surveillance cameras. Sure, they may be a good idea
for store security and for fighting crime, but I dislike the idea of
someone in room full of monitors watching me. If business is slow they
don't have anyone else to watch. Maybe I should start playing along and pretend to stuff things in my pockets and provoke an interaction as I am leaving because they think they saw my steal something.
I have come to be suspicious of anyone I see in public wearing a hoodie
and with a scarf to cover their face. Maybe they are cold and keeping
warm. Maybe they are doing it for fun to distract security. Maybe they
are doing it because they are up to no good and don't want their faces
on camera.
In article <slrnvt89t7.1squ4.fos@ma.sdf.org>, fos@sdf.org
says...
On 2025-03-14, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
that'd be me. i loathe living in this surveillance capitalism
society.
LOL. Try living in a small rural community.
No need for surveillance technology.... the jungle
drums know everything.
I love corned beef brisket. Unfortunately it is only available in
grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day. This is why I try to buy three
of them so I can stash a couple in the freezer to cook later in the
year.
This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty" cards.
I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday. They advertised
corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb. They don't require a "card" to
get that price. Unfortunately, they only had one left. I bought it and
put it in the freezer.
This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
more and fortunately they still had a few. But Food Lion requires what
they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix ($4.99/lb.).
I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion. Both slightly
over 3.5 lbs. If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it would have cost
me $23 more for the two briskets. It says so on the receipt. My
question is WHY?!
This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps. Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that doesn't have
a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require loyalty cards/apps
to get the best price]. I'd have no reason to have their "card". Let's further pretend I decided to go to this grocery store to buy a corned
beef brisket to cook for my friends. Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
Jill
On 3/14/2025 8:42 PM, Janet wrote:
In article <slrnvt89t7.1squ4.fos@ma.sdf.org>, fos@sdf.orgSo true!
says...
On 2025-03-14, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
that'd be me. i loathe living in this surveillance capitalism
society.
LOL. Try living in a small rural community.
No need for surveillance technology.... the jungle
drums know everything.
On 3/14/2025 8:42 PM, Janet wrote:
In article <slrnvt89t7.1squ4.fos@ma.sdf.org>, fos@sdf.orgSo true!
says...
On 2025-03-14, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
that'd be me. i loathe living in this surveillance capitalism
society.
LOL. Try living in a small rural community.
No need for surveillance technology.... the jungle
drums know everything.
In article <slrnvt89t7.1squ4.fos@ma.sdf.org>, fos@sdf.org
that'd be me. i loathe living in this surveillance capitalism
society.
LOL. Try living in a small rural community.
No need for surveillance technology.... the jungle
drums know everything.
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 3/14/2025 5:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Don't you understand freedom? The store is free to conduct its
business in (almost) whatever way it wishes. The law requires them
to apply the same terms to everybody -- regardless of race, color,
or creed. "Not liking affinity cards" is not a protected class.
This has nothing to do with freedom. It's about greed.
It's their freedom to conduct business as they wish. It's your
freedom to shop elsewhere. It's other people's freedom to take
advantage of the savings that loyalty cards afford.
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:18:30 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-14 8:18 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
I am not paranoid about it but I don't care to play their game. It's not
as if they are going to learn any state secrets from tracking my
purchases but I hate to see that sort of stuff being normalized. It
ranks up there with surveillance cameras. Sure, they may be a good idea
for store security and for fighting crime, but I dislike the idea of
someone in room full of monitors watching me. If business is slow they
don't have anyone else to watch. Maybe I should start playing along and
pretend to stuff things in my pockets and provoke an interaction as I am
leaving because they think they saw my steal something.
I have come to be suspicious of anyone I see in public wearing a hoodie
and with a scarf to cover their face. Maybe they are cold and keeping
warm. Maybe they are doing it for fun to distract security. Maybe they
are doing it because they are up to no good and don't want their faces
on camera.
In the future, you can count on never being just another face in the
crowd. You're not going to be able to hide in plain sight ever again.
Boomers won't care for that but they'll all be dead soon.
These days, corned beef is just plain weird. It's full of holes. This
could be caused by injecting water and other substances into the meat or
it could be caused by improper handling i.e., freezing the meat is done
too fast or too slow. Maybe it's caused by some sort of bovine
neuromuscular disease or alien cattle mutilation.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:27:09 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:
Better look in the mirror Buffy before calling anyone
If Jill doesn't get the card, she's either rich, or a fool, and we know
she's not rich.
a fool.
Go back and read her post again and if need be, follow
along with your finger.
Publix does not have a shoppers' card; Food Lion does.
Jill has a Food Lion shoppers' card, and she used it.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 3/14/2025 5:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Don't you understand freedom? The store is free to conduct its
business in (almost) whatever way it wishes. The law requires them
to apply the same terms to everybody -- regardless of race, color,
or creed. "Not liking affinity cards" is not a protected class.
This has nothing to do with freedom. It's about greed.
It's their freedom to conduct business as they wish. It's your
freedom to shop elsewhere. It's other people's freedom to take
advantage of the savings that loyalty cards afford.
Her Majesty is sharp as a tack! None of this subterfuge from grocery
stores gets by her highness. She knows damn well they are only
interested in collecting her valuable royal data.
I think she should employ a secret agent to make all her royal
purchases. There would be no trace of her Majesty ... Just some strange
guy with a mustache wearing a trench coat, buying shit at a dataw
grocery store!
We all know he's not the sharpest knife in the
drawer. After all, he had to go to summer school because he flunked
high school English, which is where he met his good buddy John.
Yes, and Publix sold everyone corned beef brisket for the exact same
price ($4.99/lb). I used the shoppers card, but I don't agree with the
idea of charging someone without one $10 more for the same product.
On 3/14/2025 2:42 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:Obviously we are not going to agree about this. I don't see how having
On 3/14/2025 5:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Don't you understand freedom? The store is free to conduct its
business in (almost) whatever way it wishes. The law requires them
to apply the same terms to everybody -- regardless of race, color,
or creed. "Not liking affinity cards" is not a protected class.
This has nothing to do with freedom. It's about greed.
It's their freedom to conduct business as they wish. It's your
freedom to shop elsewhere. It's other people's freedom to take
advantage of the savings that loyalty cards afford.
a loyalty card (or phone app) saves me anything since they can obviously
sell the exact same product for the same "sale" price as other places
that don't require a card.
Jill
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 3/14/2025 5:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Don't you understand freedom? The store is free to conduct its
business in (almost) whatever way it wishes. The law requires them
to apply the same terms to everybody -- regardless of race, color,
or creed. "Not liking affinity cards" is not a protected class.
This has nothing to do with freedom. It's about greed.
It's their freedom to conduct business as they wish. It's your
freedom to shop elsewhere. It's other people's freedom to take
advantage of the savings that loyalty cards afford.
On 3/14/2025 11:58 AM, gm wrote:
Mike Duffy wrote:Trump shits himself. In a lot of photos, you can tell that the First
(Like Trump-sized diapers, Musk-sized penis extenders, &c.)
*Must* you be so "juvenile", Mike...???
Whore finds him repulsive.
On 2025-03-14 4:42 p.m., Janet wrote:
In article <slrnvt89t7.1squ4.fos@ma.sdf.org>, fos@sdf.org
that'd be me. i loathe living in this surveillance capitalism
society.
LOL. Try living in a small rural community.
No need for surveillance technology.... the jungle
drums know everything.
We have a neighbour down the road, Bernice. If you want information
spread there are several ways to do it... telephone, telegraph or tell >Bernice.
dsi1 wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:18:30 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-14 8:18 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
I am not paranoid about it but I don't care to play their game. It's not >>> as if they are going to learn any state secrets from tracking my
purchases but I hate to see that sort of stuff being normalized. It
ranks up there with surveillance cameras. Sure, they may be a good idea
for store security and for fighting crime, but I dislike the idea of
someone in room full of monitors watching me. If business is slow they
don't have anyone else to watch. Maybe I should start playing along and >>> pretend to stuff things in my pockets and provoke an interaction as I am >>> leaving because they think they saw my steal something.
I have come to be suspicious of anyone I see in public wearing a hoodie
and with a scarf to cover their face. Maybe they are cold and keeping
warm. Maybe they are doing it for fun to distract security. Maybe they
are doing it because they are up to no good and don't want their faces
on camera.
In the future, you can count on never being just another face in the
crowd. You're not going to be able to hide in plain sight ever again.
Boomers won't care for that but they'll all be dead soon.
David, I just listened to President Trump's SPLENDID speech at the US Department of Justice...
He say that in near future we will have a "digital privacy" act where
peeples can "opt out" of any Orwellian "surveillance" technology...
On 2025-03-14 5:31 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
These days, corned beef is just plain weird. It's full of holes. This
could be caused by injecting water and other substances into the meat or
it could be caused by improper handling i.e., freezing the meat is done
too fast or too slow. Maybe it's caused by some sort of bovine
neuromuscular disease or alien cattle mutilation.
I am not exactly sure why corned beef just isn't in our repertoire. I
can't say that I have have fond memories of it as a kid. My mother used
to so the corned beef, boiled cabbage and crappy old boiled potatoes for St.Patrick's Day. I have eaten corned beef a few times but I just do
that Irish delicacy.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7
On 3/14/2025 6:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I guess you either like it or you don't. I don't know what kind of
corned beef brisket David finds in Hawaii. I do know I've never seen it sold in a freezer case. The corning process does not involve injecting
the meat. It's brined. Maybe they've got crazy cows in Hawaii.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7
That definitely looks weird. I've never seen corned beef brisket with
holes like that.
Jill
On 3/14/2025 4:29 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:27:09 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:Don't worry, Joan. We all know he's not the sharpest knife in the
Better look in the mirror Buffy before calling anyone
If Jill doesn't get the card, she's either rich, or a fool, and we know
she's not rich.
a fool.
Go back and read her post again and if need be, follow
along with your finger.
drawer. After all, he had to go to summer school because he flunked
high school English, which is where he met his good buddy John.
Publix does not have a shoppers' card; Food Lion does.Yes, and Publix sold everyone corned beef brisket for the exact same
Jill has a Food Lion shoppers' card, and she used it.
price ($4.99/lb). I used the shoppers card, but I don't agree with the
idea of charging someone without one $10 more for the same product.
Jill
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 3/14/2025 5:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Don't you understand freedom? The store is free to conduct its
business in (almost) whatever way it wishes. The law requires them
to apply the same terms to everybody -- regardless of race, color,
or creed. "Not liking affinity cards" is not a protected class.
This has nothing to do with freedom. It's about greed.
It's their freedom to conduct business as they wish. It's your
freedom to shop elsewhere. It's other people's freedom to take
advantage of the savings that loyalty cards afford.
On my street. I know the neighbors on either side and a couple of times talked to one other.
The neighbor on my left has been in my house exactly one time. I've
never been in hers. If I was out and bumped into another person the
street, I'd not recognize them.
Jill McQuown wrote:
We all know he's not the sharpest knife in the
drawer. After all, he had to go to summer school because he flunked
high school English, which is where he met his good buddy John.
Yet BRYAN has a lovely marriage to a nice gal, a son, hobbies, and he is nicely retired...
Maybe you are a wee bit "jealous", EH, Princess Jill...???
GM
Perhaps some time I should get a small one and use it for sandwiches. I
have to get myself into a new mindset because when I was a kid we had a
lot of canned corned beef sandwiches. I have confess that I liked it at
at the time. In the early 60s they were marketing freezable packs of
sliced corned beef. I could not go back to the canned stuff.
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:33:22 +0000, gm wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote:Yeah, a son that fled the house as soon as he was 18.
We all know he's not the sharpest knife in the
drawer. After all, he had to go to summer school because he flunked
high school English, which is where he met his good buddy John.
Yet BRYAN has a lovely marriage to a nice gal, a son, hobbies, and he is
nicely retired...
Hobbies? Frying food is a hobby? Retired early, took
a 30% cut to his Social Security check because he was
tired of stocking shelves.
What does Buffoon Bryan have that she or anyone would
Maybe you are a wee bit "jealous", EH, Princess Jill...???
GM
be jealous of? His greasy food and gray steaks?
On 3/14/2025 6:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-14 5:31 p.m., dsi1 wrote:I guess you either like it or you don't. I don't know what kind of
These days, corned beef is just plain weird. It's full of holes. This
could be caused by injecting water and other substances into the meat or >>> it could be caused by improper handling i.e., freezing the meat is done
too fast or too slow. Maybe it's caused by some sort of bovine
neuromuscular disease or alien cattle mutilation.
I am not exactly sure why corned beef just isn't in our repertoire. I
can't say that I have have fond memories of it as a kid. My mother used
to so the corned beef, boiled cabbage and crappy old boiled potatoes for
St.Patrick's Day. I have eaten corned beef a few times but I just do
that Irish delicacy.
corned beef brisket David finds in Hawaii. I do know I've never seen it
sold in a freezer case. The corning process does not involve injecting
the meat. It's brined. Maybe they've got crazy cows in Hawaii.
That definitely looks weird. I've never seen corned beef brisket with
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7
holes like that.
Jill
dsi1 wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:18:30 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-14 8:18 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
I am not paranoid about it but I don't care to play their game. It's not >>> as if they are going to learn any state secrets from tracking my
purchases but I hate to see that sort of stuff being normalized. It
ranks up there with surveillance cameras. Sure, they may be a good idea
for store security and for fighting crime, but I dislike the idea of
someone in room full of monitors watching me. If business is slow they
don't have anyone else to watch. Maybe I should start playing along and >>> pretend to stuff things in my pockets and provoke an interaction as I am >>> leaving because they think they saw my steal something.
I have come to be suspicious of anyone I see in public wearing a hoodie
and with a scarf to cover their face. Maybe they are cold and keeping
warm. Maybe they are doing it for fun to distract security. Maybe they
are doing it because they are up to no good and don't want their faces
on camera.
In the future, you can count on never being just another face in the
crowd. You're not going to be able to hide in plain sight ever again.
Boomers won't care for that but they'll all be dead soon.
David, I just listened to President Trump's SPLENDID speech at the US Department of Justice...
He say that in near future we will have a "digital privacy" act where
peeples can "opt out" of any Orwellian "surveillance" technology...
President Trump Delivers Remarks at the Department of Justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i41Av4eYO8
;-D
--
GM
--
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:00:41 +0000, gm wrote:
David, I just listened to President Trump's SPLENDID speech at the US
Department of Justice...
He say that in near future we will have a "digital privacy" act where
peeples can "opt out" of any Orwellian "surveillance" technology...
President Trump Delivers Remarks at the Department of Justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i41Av4eYO8
;-D
--
GM
Yoose might be the most gullible person in the entire United States.
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:00:41 +0000, gm wrote:
dsi1 wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:18:30 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-14 8:18 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there?
No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a
member to enter the store.
Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't
like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect
their data.
I am not paranoid about it but I don't care to play their game. It's not >>>> as if they are going to learn any state secrets from tracking my
purchases but I hate to see that sort of stuff being normalized. It
ranks up there with surveillance cameras. Sure, they may be a good idea >>>> for store security and for fighting crime, but I dislike the idea of
someone in room full of monitors watching me. If business is slow they >>>> don't have anyone else to watch. Maybe I should start playing along and >>>> pretend to stuff things in my pockets and provoke an interaction as I am >>>> leaving because they think they saw my steal something.
I have come to be suspicious of anyone I see in public wearing a hoodie >>>> and with a scarf to cover their face. Maybe they are cold and keeping
warm. Maybe they are doing it for fun to distract security. Maybe they >>>> are doing it because they are up to no good and don't want their faces >>>> on camera.
In the future, you can count on never being just another face in the
crowd. You're not going to be able to hide in plain sight ever again.
Boomers won't care for that but they'll all be dead soon.
David, I just listened to President Trump's SPLENDID speech at the US
Department of Justice...
He say that in near future we will have a "digital privacy" act where
peeples can "opt out" of any Orwellian "surveillance" technology...
President Trump Delivers Remarks at the Department of Justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i41Av4eYO8
;-D
-
GM
-
Yoose might be the most gullible person in the entire United States.
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:03:41 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
We have a neighbour down the road, Bernice. If you want information
spread there are several ways to do it... telephone, telegraph or tell
Bernice.
I bet telling Dave Smith works much better.
When we first moved here hour patio was in plain view
On 3/14/2025 2:42 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:Obviously we are not going to agree about this. I don't see how having
On 3/14/2025 5:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Don't you understand freedom? The store is free to conduct its
business in (almost) whatever way it wishes. The law requires them
to apply the same terms to everybody -- regardless of race, color,
or creed. "Not liking affinity cards" is not a protected class.
This has nothing to do with freedom. It's about greed.
It's their freedom to conduct business as they wish. It's your
freedom to shop elsewhere. It's other people's freedom to take
advantage of the savings that loyalty cards afford.
a loyalty card (or phone app) saves me anything since they can obviously
sell the exact same product for the same "sale" price as other places
that don't require a card.
On 3/14/2025 6:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-14 5:31 p.m., dsi1 wrote:I guess you either like it or you don't. I don't know what kind of
These days, corned beef is just plain weird. It's full of holes. This
could be caused by injecting water and other substances into the meat or >>> it could be caused by improper handling i.e., freezing the meat is done
too fast or too slow. Maybe it's caused by some sort of bovine
neuromuscular disease or alien cattle mutilation.
I am not exactly sure why corned beef just isn't in our repertoire. I
can't say that I have have fond memories of it as a kid. My mother used
to so the corned beef, boiled cabbage and crappy old boiled potatoes for
St.Patrick's Day. I have eaten corned beef a few times but I just do
that Irish delicacy.
corned beef brisket David finds in Hawaii. I do know I've never seen it
sold in a freezer case. The corning process does not involve injecting
the meat. It's brined.
That definitely looks weird. I've never seen corned beef brisket withhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7
holes like that.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 3/14/2025 5:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Don't you understand freedom? The store is free to conduct its
business in (almost) whatever way it wishes. The law requires them
to apply the same terms to everybody -- regardless of race, color,
or creed. "Not liking affinity cards" is not a protected class.
This has nothing to do with freedom. It's about greed.
It's their freedom to conduct business as they wish. It's your
freedom to shop elsewhere. It's other people's freedom to take
advantage of the savings that loyalty cards afford.
except in some cases you find other places selling similar
items for a lower price and they don't have any loyalty
gimmicks.
we do shop at one club store place and they often have
reasonably good prices on some things and not so good
prices on other things. we go someplace else and usually
know which items are better to get at the other places.
we rarely even go to any places that do the loyalty
stuff because we find that their prices are usually more
expensive.
The biggest privacy paranoid person in RFC is also the youngest one:
MT. ( I won't write his name in full for privacy reasons.)
In article <vr26tl$23tjm$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
The biggest privacy paranoid person in RFC is also the youngest one:
MT. ( I won't write his name in full for privacy reasons.)
What "privacy"? he's on Facebook, fgs.
Even on usenet he's already identified his age, state,
town, local employer, daughter, two babymamas and even his
vehicles; and posted his own picture. Those provide
enough info for anyone in the world to trace his address ,
and much more.
(Right down to political affiliation. Oh dear).
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:31:23 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:
On 3/14/2025 11:58 AM, gm wrote:
Mike Duffy wrote:Trump shits himself. In a lot of photos, you can tell that the First
(Like Trump-sized diapers, Musk-sized penis extenders, &c.)
*Must* you be so "juvenile", Mike...???
Whore finds him repulsive.
My word, BRYAN, wot a " potty mouth " you have...
🐸
--
GM
--
should have to pay $30 for a corned beef someone with the *card* could
by for $19? I can't think of a single reason why they are allowed to
price gouge someone simply because they don't have a store loyalty card.
It's a free country. They can set prices pretty much any way they
please.
If you want controlled prices, you're pretty close to Cuba.
On 2025-03-14, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On my street. I know the neighbors on either side and a couple of times
talked to one other.
The neighbor on my left has been in my house exactly one time. I've
never been in hers. If I was out and bumped into another person the
street, I'd not recognize them.
Eduardo lives to the north (twenty years), and Luis lives to the south
(ten years). I have been in both homes once in forty-five years, but not
when either of them lived there.
A nice lady, east of the fence, visited when her tree caught on fire and
I called 911. I forget her name.
I do have a friend, that I graduated from the eighth grade with, that
lives four houses up and three houses over. I see him a few times a
year.
I'm a gregarious guy.
In article <vr26tl$23tjm$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
The biggest privacy paranoid person in RFC is also the youngest one:
MT. ( I won't write his name in full for privacy reasons.)
What "privacy"? he's on Facebook, fgs.
Even on usenet he's already identified his age, state,
town, local employer, daughter, two babymamas and even his
vehicles; and posted his own picture. Those provide
enough info for anyone in the world to trace his address ,
and much more.
(Right down to political affiliation. Oh dear).
Janet UK .
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:33:22 +0000, gm wrote:A lovely marriage? More like he's married to a church mouse who puts up
Jill McQuown wrote:Yeah, a son that fled the house as soon as he was 18.
We all know he's not the sharpest knife in the
drawer. After all, he had to go to summer school because he flunked
high school English, which is where he met his good buddy John.
Yet BRYAN has a lovely marriage to a nice gal, a son, hobbies, and he is
nicely retired...
Hobbies? Frying food is a hobby? Retired early, took
a 30% cut to his Social Security check because he was
tired of stocking shelves.
Maybe you are a wee bit "jealous", EH, Princess Jill...???What does Buffoon Bryan have that she or anyone would
GM
be jealous of? His greasy food and gray steaks?
On 3/15/2025 12:04 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:33:22 +0000, gm wrote:A lovely marriage? More like he's married to a church mouse who puts up
Jill McQuown wrote:Yeah, a son that fled the house as soon as he was 18.
We all know he's not the sharpest knife in the
drawer. After all, he had to go to summer school because he flunked
high school English, which is where he met his good buddy John.
Yet BRYAN has a lovely marriage to a nice gal, a son, hobbies, and he is >>> nicely retired...
Hobbies? Frying food is a hobby? Retired early, took
a 30% cut to his Social Security check because he was
tired of stocking shelves.
with him. We're talking about a guy who went on honeymoon with his pal
Kuthe and tried to seduce John's wife after Kuthe passed out drunk.
Yeah, he's a hell of a guy. BTW, all of those posts are still available
on the Google archives when all he ever did was rant about Kuthe in some childish feud that dated back to their 20's. Well hey, it's almost 50
years later and if Kuthe was still online they'd still be at it.
IIRC Bryan bought a house (next door?) for his son and expected him to
live in it. His son moved to Mexico instead. There have been recent mentions of his son living in Peru. Any guesses why? I surmise it was
to get away from his asshole father. The stellar father who had to do
major repairs and sell the house after renters and then squatters
trashed the place. Yeah, they're such a close knit, happy family. Heh.
GM is Bryan's cheerleader. Don't ask me why. But hey, we should allMaybe you are a wee bit "jealous", EH, Princess Jill...???What does Buffoon Bryan have that she or anyone would
GM
be jealous of? His greasy food and gray steaks?
aspire to cook bland looking, greasy chicken wings using his fancy high
oleic oil and don't bother getting a nice char on a steak.
Jill
On 3/15/2025 12:04 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
A lovely marriage? More like he's married to a church mouse who puts upYeah, a son that fled the house as soon as he was 18.
Hobbies? Frying food is a hobby? Retired early, took
a 30% cut to his Social Security check because he was
tired of stocking shelves.
with him. We're talking about a guy who went on honeymoon with his pal
Kuthe and tried to seduce John's wife after Kuthe passed out drunk.
Yeah, he's a hell of a guy. BTW, all of those posts are still available
on the Google archives when all he ever did was rant about Kuthe in some >childish feud that dated back to their 20's. Well hey, it's almost 50
years later and if Kuthe was still online they'd still be at it.
IIRC Bryan bought a house (next door?) for his son and expected him to
live in it. His son moved to Mexico instead. There have been recent >mentions of his son living in Peru. Any guesses why? I surmise it was
to get away from his asshole father. The stellar father who had to do
major repairs and sell the house after renters and then squatters
trashed the place. Yeah, they're such a close knit, happy family. Heh.
GM is Bryan's cheerleader. Don't ask me why. But hey, we should allMaybe you are a wee bit "jealous", EH, Princess Jill...???What does Buffoon Bryan have that she or anyone would
GM
be jealous of? His greasy food and gray steaks?
aspire to cook bland looking, greasy chicken wings using his fancy high
oleic oil and don't bother getting a nice char on a steak.
Janet wrote:
https://postimg.cc/ZBbt8nQj
In article <vr26tl$23tjm$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
The biggest privacy paranoid person in RFC is also the youngest one:
MT. ( I won't write his name in full for privacy reasons.)
What "privacy"? he's on Facebook, fgs.
Even on usenet he's already identified his age, state,
town, local employer, daughter, two babymamas and even his
vehicles; and posted his own picture. Those provide
enough info for anyone in the world to trace his address ,
and much more.
(Right down to political affiliation. Oh dear).
Janet UK .
On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 06:33:07 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:00:41 +0000, gm wrote:
David, I just listened to President Trump's SPLENDID speech at the US
Department of Justice...
He say that in near future we will have a "digital privacy" act where
peeples can "opt out" of any Orwellian "surveillance" technology...
President Trump Delivers Remarks at the Department of Justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i41Av4eYO8
;-D
--
GM
Yoose might be the most gullible person in the entire United States.
Greg Sorrow can't be as stupid as he comes across. He's just trolling.
On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 7:01:12 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 06:33:07 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:00:41 +0000, gm wrote:
David, I just listened to President Trump's SPLENDID speech at the US
Department of Justice...
He say that in near future we will have a "digital privacy" act where
peeples can "opt out" of any Orwellian "surveillance" technology...
President Trump Delivers Remarks at the Department of Justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i41Av4eYO8
;-D
--
GM
Yoose might be the most gullible person in the entire United States.
Greg Sorrow can't be as stupid as he comes across. He's just trolling.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Stupid is as stupid does.
as I stepped into the house the phone rang. It was old Olive "
Hi Dave. I see that you have put up a fence". Yes I had
On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:02:39 +0000, Andy Gerald wrote:
Janet wrote:Yep, that's us! His first visit to Nashville about
https://postimg.cc/ZBbt8nQj
In article <vr26tl$23tjm$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
The biggest privacy paranoid person in RFC is also the youngest one:
MT. ( I won't write his name in full for privacy reasons.)
What "privacy"? he's on Facebook, fgs.
Even on usenet he's already identified his age, state,
town, local employer, daughter, two babymamas and even his
vehicles; and posted his own picture. Those provide
enough info for anyone in the world to trace his address ,
and much more.
(Right down to political affiliation. Oh dear).
Janet UK .
two years ago.
On 3/15/2025 2:18 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:02:39 +0000, Andy Gerald wrote:He forgot to take a look at your collection of butter! ;)
Janet wrote:Yep, that's us! His first visit to Nashville about
https://postimg.cc/ZBbt8nQj
In article <vr26tl$23tjm$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
The biggest privacy paranoid person in RFC is also the youngest one: >>>>> MT. ( I won't write his name in full for privacy reasons.)
What "privacy"? he's on Facebook, fgs.
Even on usenet he's already identified his age, state,
town, local employer, daughter, two babymamas and even his
vehicles; and posted his own picture. Those provide
enough info for anyone in the world to trace his address ,
and much more.
(Right down to political affiliation. Oh dear).
Janet UK .
two years ago.
On 2025-03-14, Dave Smith wrote:
as I stepped into the house the phone rang. It was old Olive "
Hi Dave. I see that you have put up a fence". Yes I had
Surely there was more conversation. If you just said "Yes"
and let it hang, would she not at least try some sort of
glib excuse to explain why it was her business, like:
"I'm thinking of doing a fence myself, how much was the wood?",
"I have some old paint to get rid of, what color do you like?", &c .
On 3/15/2025 12:04 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:33:22 +0000, gm wrote:A lovely marriage? More like he's married to a church mouse who puts up
Jill McQuown wrote:Yeah, a son that fled the house as soon as he was 18.
We all know he's not the sharpest knife in the
drawer. After all, he had to go to summer school because he flunked
high school English, which is where he met his good buddy John.
Yet BRYAN has a lovely marriage to a nice gal, a son, hobbies, and he is >>> nicely retired...
Hobbies? Frying food is a hobby? Retired early, took
a 30% cut to his Social Security check because he was
tired of stocking shelves.
with him. We're talking about a guy who went on honeymoon with his pal
Kuthe and tried to seduce John's wife after Kuthe passed out drunk.
Yeah, he's a hell of a guy. BTW, all of those posts are still available
on the Google archives when all he ever did was rant about Kuthe in some childish feud that dated back to their 20's. Well hey, it's almost 50
years later and if Kuthe was still online they'd still be at it.
IIRC Bryan bought a house (next door?) for his son and expected him to
live in it. His son moved to Mexico instead. There have been recent mentions of his son living in Peru. Any guesses why? I surmise it was
to get away from his asshole father. The stellar father who had to do
major repairs and sell the house after renters and then squatters
trashed the place. Yeah, they're such a close knit, happy family. Heh.
GM is Bryan's cheerleader. Don't ask me why. But hey, we should allMaybe you are a wee bit "jealous", EH, Princess Jill...???What does Buffoon Bryan have that she or anyone would
GM
be jealous of? His greasy food and gray steaks?
aspire to cook bland looking, greasy chicken wings using his fancy high
oleic oil and don't bother getting a nice char on a steak.
Jill
On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 13:32:46 -0400, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 3/15/2025 12:04 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
A lovely marriage? More like he's married to a church mouse who puts upYeah, a son that fled the house as soon as he was 18.
Hobbies? Frying food is a hobby? Retired early, took
a 30% cut to his Social Security check because he was
tired of stocking shelves.
with him. We're talking about a guy who went on honeymoon with his pal
Kuthe and tried to seduce John's wife after Kuthe passed out drunk.
Yeah, he's a hell of a guy. BTW, all of those posts are still available
on the Google archives when all he ever did was rant about Kuthe in some
childish feud that dated back to their 20's. Well hey, it's almost 50
years later and if Kuthe was still online they'd still be at it.
IIRC Bryan bought a house (next door?) for his son and expected him to
live in it. His son moved to Mexico instead. There have been recent
mentions of his son living in Peru. Any guesses why? I surmise it was
to get away from his asshole father. The stellar father who had to do
major repairs and sell the house after renters and then squatters
trashed the place. Yeah, they're such a close knit, happy family. Heh.
GM is Bryan's cheerleader. Don't ask me why. But hey, we should allMaybe you are a wee bit "jealous", EH, Princess Jill...???What does Buffoon Bryan have that she or anyone would
GM
be jealous of? His greasy food and gray steaks?
aspire to cook bland looking, greasy chicken wings using his fancy high
oleic oil and don't bother getting a nice char on a steak.
All true.
I think what attracts GM in Bryan is that he's a fellow asshole.
Politically, for instance, they couldn't be further apart but the
assholiness transcends their differences and brings them together.
Asshole partners.
On 2025-03-14, Dave Smith wrote:
as I stepped into the house the phone rang. It was old Olive "
Hi Dave. I see that you have put up a fence". Yes I had
Surely there was more conversation. If you just said "Yes"
and let it hang, would she not at least try some sort of
glib excuse to explain why it was her business, like:
"I'm thinking of doing a fence myself, how much was the wood?",
"I have some old paint to get rid of, what color do you like?", &c .
Bruce wrote:
On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 13:32:46 -0400, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 3/15/2025 12:04 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
A lovely marriage? More like he's married to a church mouse who puts up >>> with him. We're talking about a guy who went on honeymoon with his palYeah, a son that fled the house as soon as he was 18.
Hobbies? Frying food is a hobby? Retired early, took
a 30% cut to his Social Security check because he was
tired of stocking shelves.
Kuthe and tried to seduce John's wife after Kuthe passed out drunk.
Yeah, he's a hell of a guy. BTW, all of those posts are still available >>> on the Google archives when all he ever did was rant about Kuthe in some >>> childish feud that dated back to their 20's. Well hey, it's almost 50
years later and if Kuthe was still online they'd still be at it.
IIRC Bryan bought a house (next door?) for his son and expected him to
live in it. His son moved to Mexico instead. There have been recent
mentions of his son living in Peru. Any guesses why? I surmise it was
to get away from his asshole father. The stellar father who had to do
major repairs and sell the house after renters and then squatters
trashed the place. Yeah, they're such a close knit, happy family. Heh.
GM is Bryan's cheerleader. Don't ask me why. But hey, we should allMaybe you are a wee bit "jealous", EH, Princess Jill...???What does Buffoon Bryan have that she or anyone would
GM
be jealous of? His greasy food and gray steaks?
aspire to cook bland looking, greasy chicken wings using his fancy high
oleic oil and don't bother getting a nice char on a steak.
All true.
I think what attracts GM in Bryan is that he's a fellow asshole.
Politically, for instance, they couldn't be further apart but the
assholiness transcends their differences and brings them together.
Asshole partners.
Yep, and TWO assholes for you to sniff, Master.
Carry on.
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/15/2025 12:04 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:33:22 +0000, gm wrote:A lovely marriage? More like he's married to a church mouse who puts up
Jill McQuown wrote:Yeah, a son that fled the house as soon as he was 18.
We all know he's not the sharpest knife in the
drawer. After all, he had to go to summer school because he flunked >>>>> high school English, which is where he met his good buddy John.
Yet BRYAN has a lovely marriage to a nice gal, a son, hobbies, and he is >>>> nicely retired...
Hobbies? Frying food is a hobby? Retired early, took
a 30% cut to his Social Security check because he was
tired of stocking shelves.
with him. We're talking about a guy who went on honeymoon with his pal
Kuthe and tried to seduce John's wife after Kuthe passed out drunk.
Yeah, he's a hell of a guy. BTW, all of those posts are still available
on the Google archives when all he ever did was rant about Kuthe in some
childish feud that dated back to their 20's. Well hey, it's almost 50
years later and if Kuthe was still online they'd still be at it.
IIRC Bryan bought a house (next door?) for his son and expected him to
live in it. His son moved to Mexico instead. There have been recent
mentions of his son living in Peru. Any guesses why? I surmise it was
to get away from his asshole father. The stellar father who had to do
major repairs and sell the house after renters and then squatters
trashed the place. Yeah, they're such a close knit, happy family. Heh.
GM is Bryan's cheerleader. Don't ask me why. But hey, we should allMaybe you are a wee bit "jealous", EH, Princess Jill...???What does Buffoon Bryan have that she or anyone would
GM
be jealous of? His greasy food and gray steaks?
aspire to cook bland looking, greasy chicken wings using his fancy high
oleic oil and don't bother getting a nice char on a steak.
Jill
Damn, GM sure triggered your Highness.
Get the royal doctor to prescribe some tranquilizers from publix.
In article <vr26tl$23tjm$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
The biggest privacy paranoid person in RFC is also the youngest one:
MT. ( I won't write his name in full for privacy reasons.)
What "privacy"? he's on Facebook, fgs.
Even on usenet he's already identified his age, state,
town, local employer, daughter, two babymamas and even his
vehicles; and posted his own picture. Those provide
enough info for anyone in the world to trace his address ,
and much more.
(Right down to political affiliation. Oh dear).
Janet UK .
On 2025-03-14 5:31 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
These days, corned beef is just plain weird. It's full of holes. This
could be caused by injecting water and other substances into the meat or
it could be caused by improper handling i.e., freezing the meat is done
too fast or too slow. Maybe it's caused by some sort of bovine
neuromuscular disease or alien cattle mutilation.
I am not exactly sure why corned beef just isn't in our repertoire. I
can't say that I have have fond memories of it as a kid. My mother used
to so the corned beef, boiled cabbage and crappy old boiled potatoes
for St.Patrick's Day. I have eaten corned beef a few times but I just do
that Irish delicacy.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:10:11 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-14 5:31 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
These days, corned beef is just plain weird. It's full of holes. This
could be caused by injecting water and other substances into the meat or >>> it could be caused by improper handling i.e., freezing the meat is done
too fast or too slow. Maybe it's caused by some sort of bovine
neuromuscular disease or alien cattle mutilation.
I am not exactly sure why corned beef just isn't in our repertoire. I
can't say that I have have fond memories of it as a kid. My mother used
to so the corned beef, boiled cabbage and crappy old boiled potatoes
for St.Patrick's Day. I have eaten corned beef a few times but I just do
that Irish delicacy.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7
I've made corned beef sandwiches using the canned stuff. Here's a
sandwich made with Samoa's favorite canned corned beef: Palm. It's not
bad considering.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2noqAFgvHLPvmFWEA
On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:23:28 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:10:11 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-14 5:31 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
These days, corned beef is just plain weird. It's full of holes. This
could be caused by injecting water and other substances into the meat or >>>> it could be caused by improper handling i.e., freezing the meat is done >>>> too fast or too slow. Maybe it's caused by some sort of bovine
neuromuscular disease or alien cattle mutilation.
I am not exactly sure why corned beef just isn't in our repertoire. I
can't say that I have have fond memories of it as a kid. My mother used
to so the corned beef, boiled cabbage and crappy old boiled potatoes
for St.Patrick's Day. I have eaten corned beef a few times but I just do >>> that Irish delicacy.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7
I've made corned beef sandwiches using the canned stuff. Here's a
sandwich made with Samoa's favorite canned corned beef: Palm. It's not
bad considering.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2noqAFgvHLPvmFWEA
I think it's my duty to warn you: there's a vegetable under the meat,
right next to the empty carb!
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:10:11 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
I've made corned beef sandwiches using the canned stuff. Here's a
sandwich made with Samoa's favorite canned corned beef: Palm. It's not
bad considering.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2noqAFgvHLPvmFWEA
On 2025-03-15 8:23 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:10:11 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
I've made corned beef sandwiches using the canned stuff. Here's a
sandwich made with Samoa's favorite canned corned beef: Palm. It's not
bad considering.
I had a lot of school lunches made with canned corned beef. I was just a
kid and didn't know any better. Once I had real roast beef sandwiches it
was hard to think of the canned stuff as real food.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2noqAFgvHLPvmFWEA
In article <vr26tl$23tjm$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
The biggest privacy paranoid person in RFC is also the youngest one:
MT. ( I won't write his name in full for privacy reasons.)
What "privacy"? he's on Facebook, fgs.
Even on usenet he's already identified his age, state,
town, local employer, daughter, two babymamas and even his
vehicles; and posted his own picture. Those provide
enough info for anyone in the world to trace his address ,
and much more.
(Right down to political affiliation. Oh dear).
Janet UK .
At work, my computer is connected to a server in NYC. No Ad Block
software. The approved browser at work is Google Chrome. Whenever I
try to look up something local to South Carolina it wants to correct me
to be located in NY. Uh, NO. I don't live in NY. So much for
Artificial Intelligence and data tracking. Heh.
On 2025-03-14, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Perhaps some time I should get a small one and use it for sandwiches. I
have to get myself into a new mindset because when I was a kid we had a
lot of canned corned beef sandwiches. I have confess that I liked it at
at the time. In the early 60s they were marketing freezable packs of
sliced corned beef. I could not go back to the canned stuff.
Doesn't need salt.
I like Michael, although I do question some of his life choices
(and yes, he knows it).
Jill
On 2025-03-15, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
we rarely even go to any places that do the loyalty
stuff because we find that their prices are usually more
expensive.
Meijer. IIRC you don't have one near you. I shop there because
the one near me has the best produce. The fact that they have
low prices is just a bonus. I use their loyalty program (sparingly)
and they occasionally send me coupons for stuff like $10 off a $30
purchase. Their online coupons are mostly for stuff I don't buy,
so I don't even bother checking.
I don't look for stuff on sale. If something I already want/need
is on sale and isn't perishable, I might buy an extra.
On 2025-03-16, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
At work, my computer is connected to a server in NYC. No Ad Block
software. The approved browser at work is Google Chrome. Whenever I
try to look up something local to South Carolina it wants to correct me
to be located in NY. Uh, NO. I don't live in NY. So much for
Artificial Intelligence and data tracking. Heh.
It reads your IP address, which is that of your server. You don't
live in NY, but you work there, as far as the Internet is concerned.
On 3/16/2025 10:55 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-16, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:DUH.
At work, my computer is connected to a server in NYC. No Ad Block
software. The approved browser at work is Google Chrome. Whenever I
try to look up something local to South Carolina it wants to correct me
to be located in NY. Uh, NO. I don't live in NY. So much for
Artificial Intelligence and data tracking. Heh.
It reads your IP address, which is that of your server. You don't
live in NY, but you work there, as far as the Internet is concerned.
Canned meats were pretty popular in the old days. It was meat that was
easy to transport, purchase, and store. Canned meat is usually popular
in areas where storing meat could be a problem. Canned milk was also
popular. I used to eat canned corned beef mixed with mayo as a spread.
It was okay but a lot depends on how hungry you are. These days, beef sandwiches are better.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1kHSihQrh9fXyHnN7
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-15, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
we rarely even go to any places that do the loyalty
stuff because we find that their prices are usually more
expensive.
Meijer. IIRC you don't have one near you. I shop there because
the one near me has the best produce. The fact that they have
low prices is just a bonus. I use their loyalty program (sparingly)
and they occasionally send me coupons for stuff like $10 off a $30
purchase. Their online coupons are mostly for stuff I don't buy,
so I don't even bother checking.
our most local Meijer store is more expensive than several
alternatives.
i do go there from time to time to check a
few items but often their prices are higher enough to make a
longer drive to the cheaper stores worth it.
i do agree though that their produce section is much better
than almost any other place around.
i was born in GR so Meijers was a normal visit for food
and a few other things.
Wallys does better on a lot of prices, but now we have to
see how thing shake out.
I don't look for stuff on sale. If something I already want/need
is on sale and isn't perishable, I might buy an extra.
we don't have a lot of space for extras.
I could shop at Aldi, Sav-a-Lot, or a couple of pretty skeezy
places. But the quality of the fresh produce is my primary
concern. I won't shop at Walmart.
Basement. The builder of this house went to a lot of trouble
in 1947 to dig a basement. It was so much trouble, he put
a crawlspace under the living and dining rooms. But the
three bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen are over a basement.
My previous house had no basement. That was an absolute
must-have when I bought this house.
On 3/16/2025 2:27 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
I could shop at Aldi, Sav-a-Lot, or a couple of pretty skeezy
places. But the quality of the fresh produce is my primary
concern. I won't shop at Walmart.
If I happen to go to WalMart for something I may consider picking up a
bottle of ketchup or peanut butter if I needed it. Won't touch there
meats and produce.
Basement. The builder of this house went to a lot of trouble
in 1947 to dig a basement. It was so much trouble, he put
a crawlspace under the living and dining rooms. But the
three bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen are over a basement.
My previous house had no basement. That was an absolute
must-have when I bought this house.
I don't miss it. My last house was a raised ranch, two levels.
songbird wrote:...
we don't have a lot of space for extras.
Basement. The builder of this house went to a lot of trouble
in 1947 to dig a basement. It was so much trouble, he put
a crawlspace under the living and dining rooms. But the
three bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen are over a basement.
My previous house had no basement. That was an absolute
must-have when I bought this house.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
our current elevation is at grade or slightly below
so that when it rains enough the sump pump will run for
a while but when the rains stop eventually so will the
sump pump.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
songbird wrote:...
we don't have a lot of space for extras.
Basement. The builder of this house went to a lot of trouble
in 1947 to dig a basement. It was so much trouble, he put
a crawlspace under the living and dining rooms. But the
three bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen are over a basement.
My previous house had no basement. That was an absolute
must-have when I bought this house.
not when you live in an area that used to be a swamp.
I don't do the traditional corned beef cooked with carrots and potatoes.
I did buy some Yukon gold potatoes but I'm thinking I'll cut and roast them in the oven, rubbed with a little oil and S&P. As for carrots,
never really cared for them.
Dinner tonight will be delicious! And there will be leftovers to take
for lunch next week. :)
Jill
On 2025-03-16 7:03 p.m., songbird wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
our current elevation is at grade or slightly below
so that when it rains enough the sump pump will run for
a while but when the rains stop eventually so will the
sump pump.
Wait a sec.... how long is your sump pump running? If you have a decent
sized pump it should only run about 30 seconds or so and then stop. If
it is running for extended periods you have way too much water to
remove. That pump is likely to die and you are going to have flooding.
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