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Gaffer Tape ads to the left, yo. - Mel Profit Jul 9, 12:15 1
- Big Gaffer is putting the little guys out of business. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:16
all this grocery and porkchop talk is making me hungry....what's for dinner poll?????? - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:08 8
- I wouldn't mind republican pasta. brian's mom is in town and I bet she made sauce so it's totally a possibility. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 12:15
- if we have power, red lentil and cilantro mexican stew. if we don't, take out pizza. -- nm - Andie Jul 9, 12:14 1
  - I suppose a joke about fish tacos would be inappropriate -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:16
- Middle daughter is making tacos. Crockpot slow-cooked pork. -- nm - landbeck Jul 9, 12:13
- Cheeseburger and a baked potato. -- nm - Krusty Jul 9, 12:12
- Pizza bread on the way to getting my oil changed. -- nm - spamlet Jul 9, 12:09
- probably just fruit & chocolate cheesecake. lunch is my main meal. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 9, 12:09
- I have no idea. -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:08
Speaking of the Brits, I want a Marks and Spencer food store. -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 11:58 1
- full of marmite and orange marmelade -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 9, 12:13
Buy one get one Turkey and Bacon Florentine at Arbys. I wonder if it would keep in the fridge. - Qale as Folk Jul 9, 11:57 4
- Sorry I bombed your email last night. - spamlet Jul 9, 12:07 1
  - It also is pretty inexpensive. So if she does not like it... going back is always an option. - Qale as Folk Jul 9, 12:11
- Arby's sounds good for lunch - amoxy Jul 9, 12:06 1
  - Like any fast food place, you have to search a good one. I lurve mine. -- nm - Qale as Folk Jul 9, 12:09
SMU Professor Cal Jillson says Rick Perry "needs time to prepare himself intellectually ... for a second run" at the Presidency. - GregW Jul 9, 11:54 10
- My solidly republican father in law was lamenting the state of the likely republican field and complaining that the only qualified candidate probably - pmb Jul 9, 12:12 1
  - L6! -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:14
- why did I vote for rick perry? he makes me feel smart. -- nm - rick perry voter Jul 9, 12:04
- why, bush made it and now the supremes made voter manipulations legal, should be a shoe in -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 11:59 1
  - L3. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 12:16
- A Perry/Palin ticket would be funnier than even the shocking return of George Carlin and Richard Pryor. -- nm - David Jul 9, 11:56 3
  - like she would ever play second banana again -- nm - charlie Jul 9, 11:58 2
    - 'Bananas' would be the operative word for that ticket. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:59 1
      - Bachman/Perry Overdrive....we're not gay no way -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:02
- Brain transplant. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 11:55
Minestrone soup and ginger ale are surprisingly tasty together. -- nm - Max Jul 9, 11:50
NBA: Lakers are considering using their amnesty clause on Metta World Peace - Strongbad Jul 9, 11:49 7
- I am dumb: what's the amnesty clause do (in plain english)? thanks. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 12:16 2
  - The Lakers would pay him his salary to go away, and it wouldn't count against their salary cap. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 12:17 1
    - It was approved in the last collective bargaining agreement. Each team is allowed 1 amnesty. Use it and you're done. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 12:18
- the luxury tax line isn't even set yet. that 30$ million guess is likely way high....nm - x Jul 9, 11:55
- Did you hear the interview with him on Sunday? He did not even know that Dwight was gone. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 11:52 2
  - he mostly had a pretty good year until he got hurt....nm - x Jul 9, 11:56
  - send him to North Korea to negotiate with Rodman. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 11:53
speaking of groceries, my husband came home from the Slash concert last night. I had made pork chops and potatoes (something his gramma used to make) - Diva Jul 9, 11:49 25
- "everyone says I remind them of their abuela..." - Mel Profit Jul 9, 12:03 1
  - aw - :) -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:04
- :-) - Krusty Jul 9, 11:51 22
  - werd -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:00
  - dude, pork chops and tatters. - Mel Profit Jul 9, 11:59 19
    - Porkchops and applesauce -- nm - Peter Brady Jul 9, 12:11
    - isn't he jewish? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:03 1
      - Me? I'm 75% Italian, raised Roman Catholic. - Krusty Jul 9, 12:04
    - In the oven, baked? That we had occasionally. - Krusty Jul 9, 12:02 13
      - baked in the oven, broiled at the end so things get crispy. - Mel Profit Jul 9, 12:04 8
        
        i need a new oven so i can have a functioning broiler. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:14 2
        
        yes, yes you do. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 9, 12:15 1
        
        shush yous. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:17
        
        The broiling sounds like a great idea. - Krusty Jul 9, 12:08 4
        
        My father once stabbed my cousin with a fork to get to the pan first. - Mel Profit Jul 9, 12:09 2
        
        Hahah. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 9, 12:11 1
        
        *a -- nm - Krusty Jul 9, 12:13
        
        we could use you back in ika. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:08
      - I'm still trying to perfect it. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:03 3
        
        the first go-around was a legit HR. - Mel Profit Jul 9, 12:05 2
        
        i know i can do better though. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:06 1
        
        I don't think that's possible but I like your determination. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 9, 12:10
    - i made bacon wrapped sirloin and taters this weekend - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:01 1
      - hmmm... -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:02
  - :) -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:52
Steve Alford's deal at UCLA has a $10M buyout -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 9, 11:48
Seahawk fans eye Guinness noise record -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 9, 11:46
spam... - Mel Profit Jul 9, 11:45 4
- Yes. That would be my Dick Cheney account. - spamlet Jul 9, 11:49 3
  - as soon as I hear about the new acct, it's yours. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 9, 11:57
  - *splurt* -- nm - WarMachine Jul 9, 11:52
  - yesh. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:49
huh, this does sound maybe just a little fishy.... - x Jul 9, 11:43 2
- maybe they played some local kids orphanage -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:00
- you wouldn't expect that kind of thing out of Nigeria -- nm - charlie Jul 9, 11:45
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- I hope he is forced to give Megatron at least 25% of that... -- nm - Beaker Jul 9, 11:45
spam, patryk did the same thing. we're all idiots. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 11:42 1
- Someone posted a SS question on Facebook *yesterday*. I was like "oh, honey" - spamlet Jul 9, 11:44
Wait, Michaela Pereira is on CNN now? Sooooo happy. -- nm - David Jul 9, 11:42
ST Poll #feedme: What's your grocery store? -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 11:41 75
- Wegman's usually. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 9, 12:21
- Aldi's. Then Wal-Mart/Shop-Rite/Safeway. -- nm - landbeck Jul 9, 12:08 2
  - ShopRite was my family's store growing up. - ty97 Jul 9, 12:09 1
    - They have five pound bags of shredded cheese for sale at $12. It lasts us two to three weeks at the most. -- nm - landbeck Jul 9, 12:11
- hyvee. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:02
- Walmart/Walmart Neighborhood Market, Target, Trader Joes, Food 4 Less, and S-mart -- nm - Stephen Jul 9, 12:00 2
  - Shop smart, shop S-Mart -- nm - decline Jul 9, 12:01 1
    - Yup! Heh - Stephen Jul 9, 12:28
- Mine: Safeway, the bf's is Whole Foods, so now it's kinda split. -- nm - MDH Jul 9, 12:00
- Military commissary, costco, fancy local veggie mart, expensive 'healthfood' store, winco, dented can outlet aka Grocery outlet -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 11:57
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- Kroger. Hate going to Walmart. Sometimes CVS wins on discounts. -- nm - Qale as Folk Jul 9, 11:54
- Generally Mariano's or Whole Foods, but we'll also use Jewel and Costco. -- nm - pmb Jul 9, 11:50 4
  - Mariano's was my main store in Chicago. - ty97 Jul 9, 11:55
  - I went to mariano's once. it looked like it couldn't decide if it wanted to be a grocert store or a mini costco. it wasn't laid out well, and just - dogbert Jul 9, 11:54 1
    - The one near me is not any bigger than a typical Jewel. It's sort of a cross between a Jewel and a Whole Foods. A mix of organics, higher end meats, - pmb Jul 9, 12:10
  - Whole Foods = Monocle's Sav-4-Less -- nm - charlie Jul 9, 11:51
- Ralphs -- nm - Meg Jul 9, 11:50
- Acme most of the time. It would be Wegmans if it was closer -- nm - decline Jul 9, 11:49 1
  - me too. *covets* -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:50
- Winco -- nm - amoxy Jul 9, 11:48
- Fresh and Easy. But, I live steps away from a Smart and Final, so I go there a lot as well -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 11:46
- split betweens stop & shop and seabra. ..nm - x Jul 9, 11:46 2
  - cool sea, bra -- nm - charlie Jul 9, 11:46 1
    - it's a really low price latino oriented chain with just a few locations. they have amazing deals sometimes... - x Jul 9, 11:50
- Stop & Shop (Peapod). But I covet Wegmans. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:45 3
  - Yeah, I loooove Wegmans. - kelly Jul 9, 11:54 2
    - This is me. Wegmans is about 20min in traffic. Acme is 5 min so Acme wins. -- nm - decline Jul 9, 11:57
    - *coveting* -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:54
- Ralphie's -- nm - charlie Jul 9, 11:45
- Harris Teeter. I frequently get groceries at 2am, so their 24hr time (and nearby location) gets my loyalty. -- nm - Max Jul 9, 11:45 2
  - *makes notes in "When to Pull the Hotel Max Heist" dossier* -- nm - charlie Jul 9, 11:53
  - Love grocery shopping at 2am. -- nm - Qale as Folk Jul 9, 11:52
- Sobeys mainly, but also Walmart and the Atlantic Superstore -- nm - Beaker Jul 9, 11:44 1
  - (Costco too) -- nm - Beaker Jul 9, 11:44
- Kroger/Fresh Market depending what we're getting. - Kim Pine Jul 9, 11:44 1
  - (my sister was in marblemount this weekend and texted me that she was going to "needlepoint." I love autocrrect.) -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 11:45
- KeyFood. :-( -- nm - Krusty Jul 9, 11:44 1
  - Once or twice a month we go to Trader Joe's in the city. -- nm - Krusty Jul 9, 11:52
- Costco/Sams, Walmart and Food Lion. -- nm - kelly Jul 9, 11:44
- Costco. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 9, 11:43
- Aldi except for a few small things. Then we do Schnucks. -- nm - spamlet Jul 9, 11:43 3
  - WTF is a Schnuck? njm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:11 2
    - It's the last name of the people that founded the store. It's our Dominicks. - spamlet Jul 9, 12:14
    - I'm thinking it's what Moe used to call Curly -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 12:12
- In addition to Kroger, we have also started using Fresh Market a lot. - David Jul 9, 11:43 8
  - is freshmarket that british company? -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 11:44 7
    - You're thinking of Tesco's (disastrous) foray into the US. - spamlet Jul 9, 11:48 5
      - I don't think any stores have closed. Last I heard they put up the For Sale sign on their Fresh and Easy (US) stores -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 11:51 2
        
        Oh, okay. I heard they're pulling out and I guessed they had closed the stores. -- nm - spamlet Jul 9, 12:00 1
        
        Since their strategy was to locate in "food deserts," simply up and closing all those stores at once would be disastrous -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 12:02
      - ah right. my terrible. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 11:50
      - apparently not con carne's -- nm - charlie Jul 9, 11:48
    - "The Fresh Market is a chain of gourmet supermarkets based in Greensboro, North Carolina." - David Jul 9, 11:46
- Depends what I need. Kroger, Publix or Wal Mart -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 11:42 1
  - Costco -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 11:44
- jewel -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 11:42
- I am so not a loyalist. I go wherever fruit or peanut butter is on sale (depending on which I need). -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 11:42 1
  - and I go to wegman's for carrots because they're cut the best there. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 11:43
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    - I need to start going to Trader Joe's. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:47 13
      - cha-ching! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 11:50
      - I just don't love Trader Joe's. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 9, 11:50 11
        
        I keep hearing all this great stuff about it. good stuff and great prices. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:53 10
        
        Two words, honey: wine and liquor - con_carne Jul 9, 12:00 5
        
        They can't sell that stuff at ours (nothing but beer in grocery stores in our state). -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 9, 12:55
        
        Then I Will Be Home. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:08 3
        
        They are also good at prepared foods and, well, snacks and sweets. I actually don't like them much for a basic grocery store -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 12:11 2
        
        my co-worker got some 'good honey' there for me. i drink a lot of hot tea and she wanted to help me protect my voice. - Diva Jul 9, 12:13 1
        
        Oh yeah, they're good at little specialty dry goods stuff like that -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 12:17
        
        It seemed very ordinary after we had discovered Fresh Market. - David Jul 9, 11:58
        
        Good stuff, but it ain't cheap. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 11:54 2
        
        ah... -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:55 1
        
        It does have some specialty items that you wouldn't find in a normal grocery store. - Strongbad Jul 9, 12:19
HIIYAAAAAAAAAAA!!! -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 11:40

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