(2007-10-18) New survey on the RFC site: Drinking booze while yougrocery shop (and other questions)

ChattyCathy said:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Vote now! (or not)

I am going to blame Steve Wertz's thread for "inspiring" me to do this
one... 😉

I think "Ick, all those germs!" should be a choice in every survey from now
on. LOL

Jill (braiding her long hair and putting on her real, not Tinfoil, tiara)

jmcquown said:

ChattyCathy said:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Vote now! (or not)

I am going to blame Steve Wertz's thread for "inspiring" me to do this
one... 😉

I think "Ick, all those germs!" should be a choice in every survey from now
on. LOL

<chuckle>

Quoted message said:

Jill (braiding her long hair and putting on her real, not Tinfoil, tiara)

You get the TFH one too today, I gather? 😉
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

Bobo Bonobo® said:

Indeed, and I wonder if I'll be the only one who answers, "Don't own a
cell phone."

I think there are a few others out there Bryan - believe it or not 😉

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

jmcquown said:

ChattyCathy said:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Quoted message said:

Vote now! (or not)

Quoted message said:

I am going to blame Steve Wertz's thread for "inspiring" me to do this
one... 😉

I think "Ick, all those germs!" should be a choice in every survey from now
on. LOL

Indeed, and I wonder if I'll be the only one who answers, "Don't own a
cell phone."

Quoted message said:

Jill (braiding her long hair and putting on her real, not Tinfoil, tiara)

--Bryan

jmcquown said:

Nope, there were 5 other votes before me.

Jill = honest But I have a cute headband with crystals on it which is sort
of like a tiara 🙂

Oops! Thought you were "owning up"? Wonder who was first then?
Anybody gonna claim their TFH, today?

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

ChattyCathy said:

jmcquown said:

ChattyCathy said:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Vote now! (or not)

I am going to blame Steve Wertz's thread for "inspiring" me to do
this one... 😉

I think "Ick, all those germs!" should be a choice in every survey
from now on. LOL

<chuckle>

Quoted message said:

Jill (braiding her long hair and putting on her real, not Tinfoil,
tiara)

You get the TFH one too today, I gather? 😉

Nope, there were 5 other votes before me.

Jill = honest But I have a cute headband with crystals on it which is sort
of like a tiara 🙂

ChattyCathy said:

Bobo Bonobo® said:

Indeed, and I wonder if I'll be the only one who answers, "Don't own
a cell phone."

I think there are a few others out there Bryan - believe it or not 😉

I wouldn't have one at all if I didn't travel out of town and didn't have
parents in their 80's with health issues.

Jill

Bobo Bonobo® said:

jmcquown said:

ChattyCathy said:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Quoted message said:

Vote now! (or not)

Quoted message said:

I am going to blame Steve Wertz's thread for "inspiring" me to do
this one... 😉

I think "Ick, all those germs!" should be a choice in every survey
from now on. LOL

Indeed, and I wonder if I'll be the only one who answers, "Don't own a
cell phone."

Quoted message said:

Jill (braiding her long hair and putting on her real, not Tinfoil,
tiara)

--Bryan

I don't own a cell phone! My husband does, but he uses his for work. I
don't touch it.

kili

ChattyCathy said:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Vote now! (or not)

I am going to blame Steve Wertz's thread for "inspiring" me to do this
one... 😉

I thought this survey was rather weird. Where in hell do
they let you drink in the supermarket? I don't have anything
against drinking and I do drink from time to time but I can't
see any need to drink while shopping unless you're an alcoholic.

Now, maybe if you are shopping at the state store and
they have free samples, like they do at many grocery stores,
well, then it makes sense. Of course that's *never* going
to happen. ;-) Of course wine tasting at a winery or tasting
room is sort of like tasting while shopping.

Anyway, there are enough problems with other shoppers in the
supermarket - blocking aisles, etc. - without having them tipsy
as well. Good grief!

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?
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"ChattyCathy" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I voted that it's a bad idea for stores to offer drinks for while people
are shopping. It's not the alcohol, I don't care about that. It's any
beverage.
I can just imagine the people clogging the aisles while sipping, then
sloshing
whatever it is all over the place when carts bang into each other. It just
doesn't work for me. Have your drink or your coffee or whatever when
you're done shopping. Or before.

nancy

Kate Connally said:

ChattyCathy said:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Vote now! (or not)

I am going to blame Steve Wertz's thread for "inspiring" me to do
this one... 😉

I thought this survey was rather weird. Where in hell do
they let you drink in the supermarket? I don't have anything
against drinking and I do drink from time to time but I can't
see any need to drink while shopping unless you're an alcoholic.

Now, maybe if you are shopping at the state store and
they have free samples, like they do at many grocery stores,
well, then it makes sense. Of course that's *never* going
to happen. ;-) Of course wine tasting at a winery or tasting
room is sort of like tasting while shopping.

Anyway, there are enough problems with other shoppers in the
supermarket - blocking aisles, etc. - without having them tipsy
as well. Good grief!

Kate

You missed it, Kate! Steve Wertz posted about a grocery store (somewhere in
Texas, I gather) where they have a wine bar and also let you pluck beer off
the shelves and drink while you shop.

Jill

Quoted message said:

Anyway, there are enough problems with other shoppers in the
supermarket - blocking aisles, etc. - without having them tipsy
as well. Good grief!

This image just made me laugh. We always encounter the gossiping grannies
who all stand and chit chat and completely block up the aisles. Now, if they
were drunk as well I can only imagine.

Thanks for the giggle Kate.

Cindi

Quoted message said:

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?
[email hidden]

ChattyCathy said:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Vote now! (or not)

I am going to blame Steve Wertz's thread for "inspiring" me to do this
one... 😉

Oh sure. Eating while shopping wasn't good enough, huh? Sure. I see.

Supermarkets here don't sell wine, so that eliminates drinking it while
shopping as a problem. They do sell beer, but local laws prohibit
drinking it in public places (we don't have bars, we have "clubs" that
require membership and are not considered open to the public).

Would you go into your favorite liquor store and start sipping at a
bottle as you browse the displays? I hope not.

Pennyaline said:

Would you go into your favorite liquor store and start sipping at a
bottle as you browse the displays? I hope not.

Well *I* wouldn't - but you never know...
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

ChattyCathy said:

Bobo Bonobo® said:

Indeed, and I wonder if I'll be the only one who answers, "Don't own
a cell phone."

I think there are a few others out there Bryan - believe it or not 😉

I wouldn't have one at all if I didn't travel out of town and didn't have
parents in their 80's with health issues.

Jill

Basically that's what they are good for and why a lot of people do get them
in the first place -- or at least that's what we did.

But I feel much comfortable now having one. Here are some of the other
daily uses for us:

DH goes out on the back-40 -- there are a lot of things that can happen
during that time.

DH goes to do errands -- reminders to get this or that. We stay in touch
constantly.

If I'm walking around the trail by myself -- what if I fall -- or encounter
a bear?

What if I get lost? Geez, I'm getting up there in years!

Dee Dee

Dee Dee said:

But I feel much comfortable now having one. Here are some of the other
daily uses for us:

DH goes out on the back-40 -- there are a lot of things that can happen
during that time.

DH goes to do errands -- reminders to get this or that. We stay in touch
constantly.

If I'm walking around the trail by myself -- what if I fall -- or encounter
a bear?

What if I get lost? Geez, I'm getting up there in years!

Heck, if we didn't have cell phones we'd be "cut off" completely - from
anyone. Our landline is down more than its working in this neck of the
woods... sigh.
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

Dee Dee said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

ChattyCathy said:

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> Indeed, and I wonder if I'll be the only one who answers, "Don't
> own a cell phone."

I think there are a few others out there Bryan - believe it or not
😉

I wouldn't have one at all if I didn't travel out of town and didn't
have parents in their 80's with health issues.

Jill

Basically that's what they are good for and why a lot of people do
get them in the first place -- or at least that's what we did.

But I feel much comfortable now having one. Here are some of the
other daily uses for us:

DH goes out on the back-40 -- there are a lot of things that can
happen during that time.

DH goes to do errands -- reminders to get this or that. We stay in
touch constantly.

If I'm walking around the trail by myself -- what if I fall -- or
encounter a bear?

What if I get lost? Geez, I'm getting up there in years!

Dee Dee

Interesting. There aren't any bears where I live. There isn't any "back
40". What I see are people talking simply because they don't know how not
to. Remember the days when there were no cell phones? Things were nice and
quiet and you really didn't worry about the back 40 to the point of having
to be in touch every 5 minutes. Not saying it's not a worry, just saying
cell phones... um... no.

Jill

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Kate Connally said:

ChattyCathy said:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Vote now! (or not)

I am going to blame Steve Wertz's thread for "inspiring" me to do this
one... 😉

I thought this survey was rather weird. Where in hell do
they let you drink in the supermarket? I don't have anything
against drinking and I do drink from time to time but I can't
see any need to drink while shopping unless you're an alcoholic.

Now, maybe if you are shopping at the state store and
they have free samples, like they do at many grocery stores,
well, then it makes sense. Of course that's *never* going
to happen. ;-) Of course wine tasting at a winery or tasting
room is sort of like tasting while shopping.

Anyway, there are enough problems with other shoppers in the
supermarket - blocking aisles, etc. - without having them tipsy
as well. Good grief!

Kate

The grocery store we used to frequent in Greensboro, NC would
occasionally hand out wine samples in very small Dixie cups. I don't
recall getting any wine samples here in Seattle.

Cindy

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Dee Dee said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

ChattyCathy said:

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> Indeed, and I wonder if I'll be the only one who answers, "Don't own
> a cell phone."

I think there are a few others out there Bryan - believe it or not 😉

I wouldn't have one at all if I didn't travel out of town and didn't have
parents in their 80's with health issues.

Jill

Basically that's what they are good for and why a lot of people do get them
in the first place -- or at least that's what we did.

But I feel much comfortable now having one. Here are some of the other
daily uses for us:

DH goes out on the back-40 -- there are a lot of things that can happen
during that time.

DH goes to do errands -- reminders to get this or that. We stay in touch
constantly.

24/7 accessibility is overrated. I have a pager for work, which pretty
much stays turned off in my desk. I write for a living, so I'm more or
less chained to a computer. (I'll be damned if I'm going to be paged
while I'm in the bathroom.) Very few people have my cell phone # for
the same reason. If the phone rings, it's usually the SO wondering
what's for dinner, when I'll be home, or what he needs to get at the
grocery store.

OB Food: Baked chicken with potatoes and fennel for dinner tonight.

Cindy

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C.J. Fuller

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