George,

 GP> I use delivery from one of our natoinal grocery chains. $4 delivery fee
 GP> & they often get it done & in mny hands in under an hour! Otherwise
 GP> it's a 3-4 hour outing to do it, costing $20 in cab fare home with the
 GP> groceries!

  I get delivery from Wal-Mart. I have enough groceries to last until the
end of the week...but I want to wait until after my cardiologist visit on
Thursday for a chemical stress test and echocardiogram, along with blood
work, to order more items. Plus, with shopping online (I get a 1 hour window
to do it), I can take my time, and do it from the comfort of my home.

  I had wondered why I was so winded after moving groceries...now, that I 
found out that I have atrial flutter/atrial fibrillation, that explains it.

 GP> I generally use the self checkout if I go in person, just to get
 GP> through it & be on my way. . . (& the regular checkout lanes are too
 GP> narrow for my wheelchair)

  If I don't have a lot of items, I'll use the self checkout...but it's
hard for me to stand in one place for very long.

 GP> I shop at the next door plaza, too, especially the butcher, who has
 GP> quality meats & usually knocks off 20% on my orders! (nice guy)

  That's true.

 GP> The local, next door, drugstore has been bought by the same national
 GP> chain I above mentioned, so the brands are at both now. . . :)

  Might as well keep them together.

 GP> If need quick milk, cream, or cheese, the drugstore works fine!

  Reminds me of a song by Dick Feller..."Making The Best Of A Bad Situation".
There were 3 situations in the song.

1) When the husband goes off to work, the wife stays at home. More often than
not, she's paid a visit by the milkman. Well, the husband says he would be
concerned, but they're never out of dairy products. 

2) An alligator wrestler ends up getting his ear bit off, and when told he can
never wear a hat (it'll fall off his head), and he can't ever be a gypsy, as
he has no place to put a gold earring...the guy just replied "Huh??". :P

3) A husband worked so hard and was so stressed, that he snapped, and thought
he was a chicken. He roosts in the bush by the side of the house, and when his
wife was asked about getting him a doctor to make him well, she said "He don't
eat much chicken feed, and all the pecking in the ground doesn't hurt"...then
adds "Heaven knows we can use the eggs!!". 

  It's at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XH-bV6g3X8

  He also did a deal called "The Credit Card Song". A guy gets this card, and
charges a few items, and a month later gets a huge bill for $3200 (this was
recorded in 1974). Well, he calls the card issuer, and says "This bill says 
I owe more money than I've ever seen"...but is told "Computers do not lie...
send us the money".

  Well, he grabs the computer card, and ignores the deal of "Do Not Bend, Fold,
Staple, Or Mutilate"...and he throws it on the floor, stomps on it, punches out

a few more holes, staples it, and then drives his car over it...adding "Stick 
That Up Your Computer". 

  He sends the card back, and gets a note, saying "We've run your card through
our machine, and it tells us you've OVERPAID YOUR BILL", and they've enclosed
a $9000 check, saying "We Appreciate Your Business".

  So, he calls the card issuer back, tells them what the computer had done,
and adds "Remember, you're the one, who told me that 'Computers Do Not Lie'".

  It's at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRhxu-wbCJQ

 GP> The produce farmer's market is expensive, but good quality. . .

  I look at restaurants the same way. If the food and service is good, I don't
mind paying a bit more.

Daryl

... I'm not deaf...I'm ignoring you.
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