Subj : Eggs! To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Aug 24 2019 11:51:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> It's got me a bit bugged... only saw the two-pack the one time, NB>>> but did think how handy that could be (even if probably even more NB>>> expensive a way to get them than even the 6-pack)... ;) Maybe NB>>> I'll try to remember to ask someone at the store if I was just NB>>> hallucinating that other day.... BM>> A low blood sugar event?! NB>> Probably not, since we generally eat supper first right there at NB>> the store as we start our shopping... :) BM> So probably a short-term trial to see if a couple of hard boiled eggs BM> would be a seller. Does sound like a healthy alternative and quick BM> snack or fast-lunch idea. NB> Not sure... maybe it was something from the employees' snack room NB> that found its way down into the store... I really should NB> probably try to remember to ask about it... :) "So that's where my lunches went!!" One of the Store Managers used to bring in a week or so microwave meals - was just easier for her to probably buy a bags' worth, bring in the whole thing at once and store in the freezer than to bring one days' at a time. A couple of the employees would bring in two or three days' worth also. I made up a batch of lunches, froze them here, then brought in one at a time. BTW, my Hy-Vee is undergoing a full-store make-over! Started while I was gone. So far a new facade for the front (outside) which makes it look newer/modern. Old front wasn't bad/dingy, just slightly dated. So far mostly working on the front and 'left' perimeter. NB>>> Yup. Of course, not everything can be at eye-level, so they have NB>>> to do some other things to get your attention... :) BM>> True. All sorts of little advertising gimmicks. which are more BM>> psychological. And I'll admit it sometimes works: I've purchased wine BM>> because of a low 'comfortable' price and the label caught my BM>> attention. Sort of a 'if the wine's not that good at least i didn't pay BM>> too much and the bottle is interesting'. NB>> If it's something you'd be getting anyway, not a bad way to reason, NB>> and hopefully one will get a decent wine all the same... :) BM> Haven't had any rot-gut swill yet! Quite sure the wine aficionado BM> could tell from twenty paces but tastes fine to us. NB> We don't buy wine for our own consumption... but will drink it NB> when offered elsewhere... We know some aficionados, and also some NB> that just are consumers... :) We'd be in the 'consumer' option. I wouldn't want the 'MadDog 20/20' version (I know -- isn't a wine) but back in the 70's an occasional bottle of "Chateau d'Boone's Farm" wasn't all that bad for 99›! NB>> With Wegmans having started in Rochester, there are a number of NB>> stores that end up seeming outdated or not so close to their current NB>> sales model, and they either have remodeled the stores or built new NB>> ones nearby, and so figure they don't need some of the smaller, NB>> older ones... The ones they build in new cities and states tend to NB>> be the bigger and fancier ones... :) BM> So competition from the larger stores isn't all bad. OTOH the 'Mom BM> and Pop' store do often provide specialties not able to be provided for BM> by the big corprorates. Years ago a friend's aunt needed a new TV and BM> wanted a console model -- this was some time before LCD TVs came out. BM> The Big Box stores were not able to offer a console any longer but a BM> family-run store was able to order one for her and she was happy. NB> I think that even with the trend to having bigger fancier stores, NB> Wegmans still retains a lot of that mom-and-pop atmosphere... NB> they really haven't become the big box store type of place yet, NB> thankfully... LIS above my Hy-Vee is remodeling. So far the inside has just had the front and one side torn away -- no idea what the new design is: don't think plywood-covered work area with Visqueen-draped ceilings is the final decor! NB>>>> Yup.... that's what Zip Codes are for, to differentiate... But NB>>>> probably wouldn't be used in a postal address so much, since what NB>>>> would go there would be the village or hamlet name, or the closest NB>>>> community with a PO branch.... Here, more locally, the village of NB>>>> Brockport is in the town of Sweden... I don't think that the town NB>>>> name gets used on anything but maps and road signs... ;) BM>>> Awww, poor Brockport! NB>>> You mean, poor Sweden... everyone knows where Brockport is.... :) BM>> The smaller is more famous than the larger! NB>> Yup... there's a SUNY (State Univ. of NY) college there... :) BM> That would tend to create a place on the map! I was thinking BM> 'Brockport' sounded familiar but then there is a Rockport, Maine, and BM> thinking maybe that was what I was thinking. NB> There's also a Rockport Massachusetts... ;) And the sneakers! BM>>> Then there are those which "make it big" but are still small: NB> Riverdale, BM>>> IA, is just just upriver from me, is surrounded NB> by Bettendorf, has the BM>>> same ZIP code as Bettendorf, has a NB> population of of a little over 500, BM>>> but probably will never NB> be absorbed because Arconic (formerly ALCOA) BM>>> has a major NB> plant there. Plus the eagle's nest. :) NB>>> The eagle's nest is a major claim to fame... If the plant NB>> closes, though, it probably would be absorbed.... BM>> Yes, the nest is more of an attraction than the aluminum processing BM>> facility! Don't think there's going to be a plant closing any time BM>> soon but if there is there's going to be a fight between Bettendorf BM>> and Pleasant Valley to grab Riverdale! NB>> Unless Pleasant Valley is also inside Bettendorf, I'd think that NB>> Bettendorf has a good claim to it... ;) BM> I think it's pretty much surrounded by Bettendorf but has direct BM> access to a few miles of the Mississippi. Haven't heard any 'noises' BM> to take over by Bettendorf but suppose possible some day. NB> Which, Pleasant Valley or Riverdale....? Or both....? Could be both! NB>>> Richard's usually the one grabbing the milk... sometimes they're NB>>> all the same date, sometimes there's a wide spread of dates... so NB>>> he always looks at least quickly at the selection... :) BM>> Good man! :) I bought orange juice the other day -- they must have BM>> just restocked as full except for two. Glance at the dates: left BM>> front 6th, all the other ones appeared to be 3rd. Hmm! Grabbed the BM>> 6th. NB>> Yup... we would have also.... :) BM> I'm thinking most people would but there are always those who do not BM> pay attention -- and I'll admit to being part of that group at times. NB> We try to stay attentive... ;) I purchased a bag of 88› salad the other day: the bags at the front were all the same date and far enough out we'd eat it before the expiry. Do a quick check to make sure no gunkies insid. Last week had gallons of orange juice on sale -- did pull one from the second row in as a later date than the first row. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 7-yr old child: "Extinct birds lay very few eggs." --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .