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I'll Lock Up
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The stuff I've gotten from Walmart usually had to be returned, and I had to stand in line for 30 minutes to do so. I go to Target or the Family Dollar.
I don't understand why people go to these retail stores so much. I go to something like a Walmart or Target once every 2 to 3 months. What are these people *buying*???
(Other than grocery shopping.)
Now there's a man after my own heart. practically everything in our kitchen, The Romans left behind. Some of our chattels come from the early days of our marriage, but most, has been collected from various sources after metrification was foisted upon us. Measuring things in mutiples of ten may seem simple, but to me it's a foreign language. So, my kitchen scales, a wedding present, are counterbalance, with weights in pounds and ounces. My central heating dial goes back decades, it's still in fahrenheit and I don't have a single cookery book that's got metric measurements. Mostly Mrs Beeton but others too, up to the mid sixties. Measurements like, a cup of, or a generous slosh of. The reaction of visitors is priceless, especially those who lived in imperial measurement days.At this moment I'm in my kitchen. On the counter, among other things, is an Oster "beehive" blender and a KitchenAid stand mixer and a '60s or maybe early '70s vintage toaster and a National rice cooker, all purchased used at thrift stores, and all in perfect operating condition. )
Carmel, Indiana is thick with stores and malls and cars and people. I wonder, too, what people need to constantly buy, besides groceries, once they set up their household. I made a few trips to Target when I first moved here; the last trip was to buy a coffee maker to replace the one that was 80 years old. I was tired of fixing it.
Recycling is a popular idea--why not just buying less stuff in the first place?
We have a double garage that houses two cars and years of collected chattels. We have three sheds stuffed full, we have my wife's dressmaking cabin that also houses her collection of antique sewing machines. We have an attic that is also stuffed full. And we have various cubby holes that have things like, a lifetime of photographs. One day, I'm going to collate those photos, one day.As for needing a rental storage unit, we had to get one to house the Christmas ornaments. I think my wife may have a problem.
There are still places today where if you want an item this week, it's either Walmart or a 6 hour drive. I can understand, and I've noticed that Walmarts in small towns attracts a completely different crowd than the ones in the city.
As for needing a rental storage unit, we had to get one to house the Christmas ornaments. I think my wife may have a problem.
Cheap tchotchkes that will end up in a landfill. You know how some stores have dollar bins? People will buy anything from those. Target's "dollar" bins are full of $3-$10 items and I'm tempted to buy it, but I tell myself no a lot. I don't need it.I don't understand why people go to these retail stores so much. I go to something like a Walmart or Target once every 2 to 3 months. What are these people *buying*???
(Other than grocery shopping.)
Cheap tchotchkes that will end up in a landfill. You know how some stores have dollar bins? People will buy anything from those. Target's "dollar" bins are full of $3-$10 items and I'm tempted to buy it, but I tell myself no a lot. I don't need it.
Jake, that's the truth. Used to do that myself but no longer. Lady Bama is a triathlete and she pays for training to learn how to do this.
Greg, I never jumped on the bike like this dude & never ever did it bare footed.