Posted on 12/28/2023 1:15:18 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
On these machines, you press a pay now button giving you your total, and a chance to put coupons in. The options are card, cash, or gift card. She never pressed which method she would pay with. She just picked up her stuff and left. I’m guessing this was not new to her.
I have seen some machines that allow your smart phone to send a code or something to the grocery machine, but this store isn’t that advanced. They’ll have to spend $ to keep up, and guess what will happen then? The prices will go even higher.
I feel for the stores. They are getting hit.
My ‘coop’ (Well, *I* won’t be living in it, LOL!) in the barn re-model should be happening by Spring.
I used to raise laying hens on a large scale. 50+ at a time. I raised Buff Orpington for their brown eggs and year-round reliability and the ‘Easter Eggers’ for pretty colored eggs.
I packaged them in clear cartons with nice labeling, and tied them up like a GIFT with a Raffia bow. I sold them for $2.50/dozen to a local Liquor Store/Deli and he sold them for $5 a dozen and customers yelled for more!
This was before people were allowed to have chickens here, there and everywhere. ;)
My plan for World Domination will involve the Heirloom Breeds to sell to Chicken Lovers Everywhere once they’re ‘feathered out.’
One of my childhood tramuas is Sears Toughskin jeans (level 3 body armour spec) with iron on patches.
Many are neck-deep in high water, for sure. :(
#10 purchase a whole chicken I recently figured out. For $5.50 I buy a whole chicken and Mr. GG2 cuts it in half and food savers one half for the freezer so we get two meals for $5.50 instead of a small package of cut up chicken for $7-$8.
We do the same with a small fresh turkey when they are available. One half of a turkey gives us two to three dinners and a couple of lunches.
I bought a good sized London broil for $9.00 which we cut in half and had two tasty steak dinners for $4.50 each. I just bought another one yesterday so we’re taking half of it up to our rural compound to grill out on New Year’s Eve and half in the freezer for later.
I think The Chicken is God’s Most Useful Critter...EVER! :)
Depending upon where you live, those Rotisserie Chickens at Costo, Walmart, your local deli, etc. are usually a good deal, providing plenty of meals and then Chicken Stock, too.
I’m waiting for the price to go back down - they’re running $8 now at my Piggly Wiggly deli - NOT a great deal. ;)
“Mix potato in your baked goods.”
I have never heard of that before! I’ll have to look that up. I substitute oil in baked goods (muffins or quick breads) with homemade (unsweetened) apple sauce. Use it measure for measure. Keeps things moist, but cuts the calories.
“...trail walkers can be heavy!”
Burns more calories while you’re clomping around if you don’t have any feet/leg issues.
I’m sure I can find something mid-range. I can’t believe the choices in footwear these days! :)
I like Zappos for deals and also Footsmart.
Yes, I frequently purchase the rotisserie chickens and we get two meals and a sandwich out of them. Kroger’s chickens run small. We also purchase Publix fried chicken which is much cheaper than a box of Popeyes and better tasting.
I saw an article the other day that said instead of purchasing rib eye steaks buy a rib roast and slice the steaks yourself and its way cheaper. I’m going to check that out.
My tips:
1) Don’t eat. It’s wasteful.
2) Don’t drink. Water is expensive.
3) Don’t do anything, just sit there.
4) Die.
Find a trailer for sale or rent.
Get a room for fifty cents.
No guests, no pool, no pets,
Don’t got no cigarettes.
Up against a tree…
Ok, TMI.
Get ye see Solomans.
I’m a man of means by no means
King of the road
that may be true but i don’t want an extra 3 lbs on my feet.
You always put Life into perspective for me. :)
Understood. :)
Then lose weight on your fat feet, chubby toes!
😂
You bought flour, sugar, salt, coffee and soda at the store for cash money so anything you could grow yourself and substitute was money in your pocket.
You used potatoes in your bread, hunted for honey and tapped trees for sugar, added chicory to your coffee, made sourdough instead of using soda and swallowed hard and just bought the salt because there was nothing you could use instead of it.
You can also make a potato flour but it is a bit of a nuance to do so I just boil and mash the potatoes.
If you are making whole wheat do not bother to peel, just grate.
ah shutty!
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