Posted on 03/13/2023 6:06:14 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Stay home. Take up knitting or needle work.
Play badminton in the back yard or volley ball or something else.
It reminds me of shopping back in the 70s when times were tough. Mom gathered every grocery flyer and circled the items that were on sale for each store. I guess there were really only 2 or 3 stores to choose from where we lived, Publix, Winn-Dixie, and Choose-n-Lose (our nickname for Pic-n-Sav). Publix was the furthest from our house, so shopping trips there had to be done only if we had another errand in that direction. She tried hard to get only the sale items, but there are always other things you need to get that aren’t on sale. We often did without, or stretched whatever we did have on hand.
Gosh, I haven’t had a Dr. Pepper for years. I’ll have to try some the next shopping day. Thanks. I have been buying the Zero from Pepsi or Coke but both seem to have gone downhill since their inception. Still love regular Mt. Dew but drink it a lot less than I use to.
At those prices, I would recommend he build a personal bowling alley next to his house.
Went to HS with a girl whose family had a small bar & 4 lanes of bowling alley in the basement.
Never were NOT busy.
What is a shamrock shake? I haven’t eaten at McDonald’s in many years.
Those of you with a Publix in your vicinity are so lucky. I wish we had them where we live.
“Pic-n-Sav”
Haven’t heard that in decades.....we had one right outside our neighborhood on the main drag.....most of the stuff in those stores was truly low quality crap.
The BEST appliance we can all own is a crockpot-—At least 7 quart size.. About $30 at Wal Mart.
Can put pork roast in at 7-8 AM & serve ‘pulled pork’ at 5 or so. NO MUSS—NO FUSS.
I know one lady who puts all ingredients except some water into crock pot—takes it to her business—adds water —cooks it there, and takes it back home for dinner-—already prepared.
You are absolutely right about that. I have my students think about why very in-demand restaurants might charge for the very act of making a reservation, to get them thinking about the cost to a diner, and to the restaurant, of making a reservation and then not showing up.
The kinds of stuff described in this article is a way of allowing businesses to do what’s called price-discriminate, which allows them to make more money by charging people who want to pay more for it.
It’s a perfectly legitimate thing overall. But given how many businesses run to the government to protect from from competition from “unfair” meanies, I’d worry about this kind of stuff against that kind of backdrop. (None of the examples in the article seemed to be of that kind.)
I’m so old that I remember you could get a lane for a buck or two. They were plain old “bowling alleys,” not fancy “bowling centers” with all sorts of tech gimmicks. You got a sheet of paper to score your game and had to know how to do it. No fancy pin-counting electronic screens and gadgets. Balls came in any color you wanted...as long as they were black.
Just curious why the guy needed two lanes if it was just himself, his wife and their 5-year-old son.
Probably cause his son needed the bumper guards up. Most bowling alleys won’t let heavier balls use them lanes. Hence, one for adults, one for jr.
It was the worst! They did have a good price on the Jean Naté powder my mom liked. The store was always a mess, too. I hated even walking in the place.
We substituted for one season as bowling partners with friends years ago. I always used the balls that the alley provided, but did invest in my own shoes. I remember that one time, one of the other ladies in the league got a new ball fitted for her that had a “birthday cake” scent built into it. She passed it to all the ladies urging us to smell it. What a funny thing! Whoda thunk it?
“bumper guards”
Another evil “everyone is a winner” guardrail to shield kids from real-world tragedy. Does the kid get a participation trophy for not throwing any gutter balls?
You can tell we didn’t have those ridiculous “bumper guards” when I was a kid. I think we were in our first kid’s leagues around age 8.
We learned the hard facts of life early. If you were no good, you wound up in the gutter. If you worked hard and got ahead, you would stay out of the gutter. It was the perfect metaphor for life.
Dr Pepper FTW
Back then choices were pretty slim....no Walmart, no dollar stores.....even grocery stores were limited where I am. There was Big Star, Winn Dixie and A&P and that was it.
I never heard of Big Star, but I forgot all about A&P! Of course, we went there, too. Publix was the only one I liked, though the Winn-Dixie was the closest to us. Wait, the really closest one to us was a neighborhood IGA. It was just a couple of blocks from my home.
Shamrock Shake
Vanilla shake with a little mint flavoring, I believe
And a little green food coloring
It be green, too
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