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  #11  
Old January 10th 10, 08:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Posts: 2,047
Default UK from space, all snow covered

How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us.


No, this is 2000+ deliveries. The 1950 style deliveries had died out by the
late 50s early 60s. Year 2000+ deliveries are the result of internet
shopping with most of the big supermarkets having on-line sites where most
items that are in store can be ordered from the comfort of one's armchair.

Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.


The village where I was living in 1987 went fifteen days without electricity
after our pet hurricane which caused significant to many areas in the south
east of England. Roads were blocked in my area for weeks although the road
to the nearby town was very quickly cleared unlike that to the next village
which was impassable for a long time.
--
Mike


Heather wrote:

How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out
in minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace,
so other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.

If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace
or lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at
least I could buy bottled stuff.

Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had
a chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors
down had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the
idiots didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a
mortgage, so not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems
to be working in that family, I can only assume they are on Social
Assistance (PC word for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow
just can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!

Sunny, but cold here........Heather


  #12  
Old January 10th 10, 09:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer[_4_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 81
Default UK from space, all snow covered

I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a Friday
top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that delivered g
well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a walking stick and
all on a bus g

The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked and
the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's not got
such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't want it
and get your money refunded.

I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room, all
that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my office on
the computer so wouldn't get any benefit g

Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it g
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Heather" wrote in message
...
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so other
than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.

If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.
I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I could buy
bottled stuff.

Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down had
a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots didn't
have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so not sure
how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working in that
family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word for
welfare).

I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!

Sunny, but cold here........Heather



  #13  
Old January 11th 10, 01:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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Posts: 1,526
Default UK from space, all snow covered

Interesting to hear (read) all these personal, yet otherwise public stories.
Of course we could 'order' our groceries or any other items and have them
delivered as well, here in the States or any other place, I presume.
Only personally I prefer to see what I am getting, most of the time.
Especially with the food being 'contaminated' with all kinds of chemicals as
so-called preservatives or other deadly 'invaders' and to top it off
'eradiated', meaning they are nutritionally 'dead'.
Yet in your case, Joan, you don't have much of a choice, if any.
And that's a pity, I must say.
On the other hand you may have special protection and I certainly hope so.
The best to You and All,

Harry.


"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a
Friday top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that
delivered g well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a
walking stick and all on a bus g

The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked and
the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's not got
such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't want it
and get your money refunded.

I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room,
all that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my office
on the computer so wouldn't get any benefit g

Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it g
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Heather" wrote in message
...
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so
other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.

If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.
I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I could
buy bottled stuff.

Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down
had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots
didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so not
sure how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working in that
family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word for
welfare).

I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!

Sunny, but cold here........Heather



  #14  
Old January 11th 10, 02:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Heather[_3_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 58
Default UK from space, all snow covered

OOPS!! Can you see my red face?? LOL.

I have never thought of ordering online and suppose I would if I broke a leg
or some such. Ron does all the shopping anyway. He's getting pretty good
at it and enjoys getting out to talk to the "fish lady" and the "veggie guy"
and so on. Gawd........retirement is not so hot when the highlight of your
social week is talking to the "fish lady"!! (G)

Cheers........your backwoods cousin, lol.

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us.


No, this is 2000+ deliveries. The 1950 style deliveries had died out by
the late 50s early 60s. Year 2000+ deliveries are the result of internet
shopping with most of the big supermarkets having on-line sites where most
items that are in store can be ordered from the comfort of one's armchair.

Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.


The village where I was living in 1987 went fifteen days without
electricity after our pet hurricane which caused significant to many areas
in the south east of England. Roads were blocked in my area for weeks
although the road to the nearby town was very quickly cleared unlike that
to the next village which was impassable for a long time.
--
Mike


Heather wrote:

How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out
in minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace,
so other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.

If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace
or lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at
least I could buy bottled stuff.

Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had
a chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors
down had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the
idiots didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a
mortgage, so not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems
to be working in that family, I can only assume they are on Social
Assistance (PC word for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow
just can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!

Sunny, but cold here........Heather




  #15  
Old January 11th 10, 03:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Dai Artichoke-Lewis
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 2
Default UK from space, all snow covered

I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production racer
motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple of shopping
bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in with me and she
used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!). Later I used
backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a backpack's worth
home, for the exercise, but have been shopping online off and on for close
to a decade now.

However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but especially
about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being ripped off. So
basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it - and that applies to
nutritional content as well as to more traditional quality.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp

Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to be
maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as though we go
there for entertainment and the point of the site is to show how they 'get'
IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse
loaves, though they are still available in the actual stores! You'd think
they were charged for the site a rate dependent on the number of items on
offer.

It's bloody well snowing again!

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.

That is a tasty wine!

An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order deliveries
for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are likely to be students
or other relatively inexperienced types. It is less important if you select
'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't have what you want, they'll give
you something similar. Now, if I wanted something else I'd have ordered it
in the first place. If they don't have what I want I'll either do without or
get what I do want, elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything
these days anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get
what you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who does
it every day.



"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Interesting to hear (read) all these personal, yet otherwise public
stories.
Of course we could 'order' our groceries or any other items and have them
delivered as well, here in the States or any other place, I presume.
Only personally I prefer to see what I am getting, most of the time.
Especially with the food being 'contaminated' with all kinds of chemicals
as so-called preservatives or other deadly 'invaders' and to top it off
'eradiated', meaning they are nutritionally 'dead'.
Yet in your case, Joan, you don't have much of a choice, if any.
And that's a pity, I must say.
On the other hand you may have special protection and I certainly hope so.
The best to You and All,

Harry.


"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a
Friday top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that
delivered g well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a
walking stick and all on a bus g

The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked
and the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's not
got such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't
want it and get your money refunded.

I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room,
all that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my
office on the computer so wouldn't get any benefit g

Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it g
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Heather" wrote in message
...
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so
other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.

If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I
could buy bottled stuff.

Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down
had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots
didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so
not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working in
that family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word
for welfare).

I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!

Sunny, but cold here........Heather



  #16  
Old January 11th 10, 03:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Dai Artichoke-Lewis
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 2
Default UK from space, all snow covered

The fish lady comes round here in a van. Used to be 'Tim the Fish' (like
Ivor the Engine) but now his daughter does it, who actually I quite fancy,
even if she does smell of fish! Mrs Fish Person is, I think, the correct
address in this day and age.

See the link in the post responding to Harry's. Though they probably don't
deliver to you...yet.

"Heather" wrote in message
...
OOPS!! Can you see my red face?? LOL.

I have never thought of ordering online and suppose I would if I broke a
leg or some such. Ron does all the shopping anyway. He's getting pretty
good at it and enjoys getting out to talk to the "fish lady" and the
"veggie guy" and so on. Gawd........retirement is not so hot when the
highlight of your social week is talking to the "fish lady"!! (G)

Cheers........your backwoods cousin, lol.

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us.


No, this is 2000+ deliveries. The 1950 style deliveries had died out by
the late 50s early 60s. Year 2000+ deliveries are the result of
internet shopping with most of the big supermarkets having on-line sites
where most items that are in store can be ordered from the comfort of
one's armchair.

Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.


The village where I was living in 1987 went fifteen days without
electricity after our pet hurricane which caused significant to many
areas in the south east of England. Roads were blocked in my area for
weeks although the road to the nearby town was very quickly cleared
unlike that to the next village which was impassable for a long time.
--
Mike


Heather wrote:

How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out
in minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace,
so other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.

If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace
or lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at
least I could buy bottled stuff.

Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had
a chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors
down had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the
idiots didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a
mortgage, so not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems
to be working in that family, I can only assume they are on Social
Assistance (PC word for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow
just can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!

Sunny, but cold here........Heather




  #17  
Old January 11th 10, 05:25 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 1,526
Default UK from space, all snow covered



"Dai Artichoke-Lewis" wrote in message
...
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production racer
motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple of shopping
bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in with me and she
used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!). Later I used
backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a backpack's worth
home, for the exercise, but have been shopping online off and on for close
to a decade now.

However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but especially
about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being ripped off. So
basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it - and that applies
to
nutritional content as well as to more traditional quality.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp

Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to be
maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as though we
go
there for entertainment and the point of the site is to show how they
'get'
IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse
loaves, though they are still available in the actual stores! You'd think
they were charged for the site a rate dependent on the number of items on
offer.

It's bloody well snowing again!

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually.
Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they
do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to
have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts.
The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I
have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.

That is a tasty wine!

An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries
for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are likely to be
students
or other relatively inexperienced types. It is less important if you
select
'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't have what you want, they'll give
you something similar. Now, if I wanted something else I'd have ordered it
in the first place. If they don't have what I want I'll either do without
or
get what I do want, elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything
these days anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get
what you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does
it every day.


Insanely revealing, but interesting all around, "Lewis".
To your health and your girlfriend's and your cat's.

Harry, aka 'Winnie the Poo'.




"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Interesting to hear (read) all these personal, yet otherwise public
stories.
Of course we could 'order' our groceries or any other items and have them
delivered as well, here in the States or any other place, I presume.
Only personally I prefer to see what I am getting, most of the time.
Especially with the food being 'contaminated' with all kinds of chemicals
as so-called preservatives or other deadly 'invaders' and to top it off
'eradiated', meaning they are nutritionally 'dead'.
Yet in your case, Joan, you don't have much of a choice, if any.
And that's a pity, I must say.
On the other hand you may have special protection and I certainly hope
so.
The best to You and All,

Harry.


"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a
Friday top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that
delivered g well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a
walking stick and all on a bus g

The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked
and the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's
not
got such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't
want it and get your money refunded.

I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have
mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is
oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room,
all that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my
office on the computer so wouldn't get any benefit g

Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it g
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Heather" wrote in message
...
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out
in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so
other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.

If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace
or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I
could buy bottled stuff.

Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down
had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots
didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so
not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working
in
that family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word
for welfare).

I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!

Sunny, but cold here........Heather



  #18  
Old January 12th 10, 09:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Count Friedrich Von Artichoke-Artichoke XXIII
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 1
Default UK from space, all snow covered


Insanely revealing



What, you mean about the garlic?

Dai's brother

"webster72n" wrote in message
...


"Dai Artichoke-Lewis" wrote in message
...
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer
motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple of shopping
bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in with me and she
used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!). Later I used
backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a backpack's worth
home, for the exercise, but have been shopping online off and on for
close
to a decade now.

However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially
about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being ripped off. So
basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it - and that applies
to
nutritional content as well as to more traditional quality.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp

Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to be
maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as though we
go
there for entertainment and the point of the site is to show how they
'get'
IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked In-Store Harvest Grain
farmhouse
loaves, though they are still available in the actual stores! You'd think
they were charged for the site a rate dependent on the number of items on
offer.

It's bloody well snowing again!

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed
prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually.
Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they
do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to
have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts.
The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh
chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I
have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time
in
the week and get the rest.

That is a tasty wine!

An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries
for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are likely to be
students
or other relatively inexperienced types. It is less important if you
select
'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't have what you want, they'll give
you something similar. Now, if I wanted something else I'd have ordered
it
in the first place. If they don't have what I want I'll either do without
or
get what I do want, elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have
everything
these days anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to
get
what you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does
it every day.


Insanely revealing, but interesting all around, "Lewis".
To your health and your girlfriend's and your cat's.

Harry, aka 'Winnie the Poo'.




"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Interesting to hear (read) all these personal, yet otherwise public
stories.
Of course we could 'order' our groceries or any other items and have
them
delivered as well, here in the States or any other place, I presume.
Only personally I prefer to see what I am getting, most of the time.
Especially with the food being 'contaminated' with all kinds of
chemicals
as so-called preservatives or other deadly 'invaders' and to top it off
'eradiated', meaning they are nutritionally 'dead'.
Yet in your case, Joan, you don't have much of a choice, if any.
And that's a pity, I must say.
On the other hand you may have special protection and I certainly hope
so.
The best to You and All,

Harry.


"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a
Friday top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that
delivered g well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a
walking stick and all on a bus g

The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked
and the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's
not
got such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't
want it and get your money refunded.

I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have
mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is
oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one
room,
all that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my
office on the computer so wouldn't get any benefit g

Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it g
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Heather" wrote in message
...
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out
in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so
other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.

If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace
or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least
I
could buy bottled stuff.

Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had
a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down
had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots
didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so
not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working
in
that family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word
for welfare).

I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow
just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!

Sunny, but cold here........Heather



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Old January 12th 10, 06:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Heather[_3_]
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"Dai Artichoke-Lewis" wrote in message
...

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually.
Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they
do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to
have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts.
The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I
have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.

That is a tasty wine!

If you truly cook all of those things, I do have a spare room here. You
probably have Sir Michael (the gourmand) absolutely drooling!!

XX Figgs


  #20  
Old January 12th 10, 06:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike


Dai Artichoke-Lewis wrote:

I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.

However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp

Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.

It's bloody well snowing again!

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest.

That is a tasty wine!

An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.


 




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