Hi Ruth,

 RH> > We've not gone to any sales tho I've seen a few advertised. Usually
 RH> as > part of our Saturday run around, we'll check out one or two.

 RH> Last weekend ... one, and it would have taken half an hour just to get
 RH> there.  I went to the estate sale a lot closer. No jewelry to speak
 RH> of, so I bought a ruler.  It's a Baccarat crystal ruler of course,
 RH> but...(LOL)

Pretty little thing but I'd rather have one that could stand getting
knocked about with occaisional nicks from a rotary cutter.


 RH> >  RH> grocery combined.  A local charity thrift reopened today, and
 RH> other >  RH> than that it was a giant why-bother.

 RH> > ReStore opened up a couple of weeks ago. We went over, just to take
 RH> a > look around and came home with a Black and Decker Work Mate. I
 RH> didn't > have my reading glasses so browsing the book section was a no
 RH> go that > time.

 RH> Mine has such a small stack of books I don't even look.

Ours has a continually expanding section of books. When they first
opened, the books fit on a single book case unit. Now they take up a
whole wall and part of another one. Every so often they'll cull the
books and have a table of freebies outside.

The store itself keeps expanding; they started small but a few years ago
bought out the store to the one side and knocked out the wall to add
that space as well. That space is devoted to small household goods
(dishes, glassware, small appliances, etc), book, electronics, knick
knacks and odd pieces of furniture. The main store part has lots of
furniture, tools, bathroom fixtures...............and a little bit of
jewelry at the check out. It has been a good addition to the town.

 RH> >  RH> the Covid shakeup.  Including zucchini.

 RH> > Interesting; I've seen that more people are planting gardens this
 RH> year > than in recent history. I also saw lots of zuchinni and yellow
 RH> squash > being left in the fields to rot at the beginning of the shut
 RH> down;
 RH> > farmers couldn't get it to market. From what I understand, that has
 RH> > since been resolved.

 RH> A bunch of college kids, among others, got the supply chains hooked
 RH> up.

They did quite well for themselves...and others.


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Ruth
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