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TOPIC: Costco wholesale club product price comparison and pictures.
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 8:12 pm
From: Paul Michaels
After my last trip to the Costco wholesale membership warehouse, I
snapped some pictures of all the products. Then I got out my
supermarket receipts and did some price comparisons.
Some things were 1/2 or less than half the price of the same or
similar items at the supermarket like rice, canned tomatoes, bananas
and milk.
I think the only thing that was more expensive at Costco were the eggs
which are 17 cents each at Costco and only 14 cents at the
supermarket.
If you're interested, I put the pictures of the items with all the
prices in this gallery.
http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Costco-Wholesale-Club-Product-Prices/index.html
I spent over $200 on this trip but many of the items will last us for
at least a few months. It sucks having to bag and find storage room
for a lot of the things we bought but the savings are worth it.
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Cheers,
Paul Michaels
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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TOPIC: Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 8:17 pm
From: Gene S. Berkowitz
In article <GSwfk.5329$Na.2548@newsfe07.iad>, bashley101
+usenet@gmail.com says...
> salty@dog.com wrote:
>
> > <bashley101+usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Susan wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have an ant infestation and I spray windex to kill the swarms of tiny
> >>> ants but it takes so much to kill ants that the carpets, walls, and grout
> >>> turns blue from the dye in the commercial window cleaner.
> >>>
> >>> Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
> >>> it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
> >>>
> >>> What percentage of ammonia would you use?
> >>> Do you know HOW ammonia kills the ants?
> >>
> >>It doesn't at my house.
> >>
> >>> Is there a better way to kill an ant infestation?
> >>
> >>Terro bait stations work wonders, but are expensive. Ortho Home Defense
> >>spray is excellent -- water-based, odorless.
> >
> > Expensive?
> >
> > http://www.terro.com/products.php?product=liquid_ant_killer
> >
> > That's enough to keep your house ant free for many, many years.
>
> I've only seen it in little trays that look kind of like
> cheez-n-crackers packs for maybe a buck each. I tried mixing borax with
> corn syrup, but it didn't work. Little bastards clearly know the
> difference.
Many of the small ants aren't looking for sugar, they want fats.
Try mixing boric acid into some melted chicken fat, then let it
solidify.
Too much boric acid is gritty to the ants, and they'll avoid it.
I filled a small container lid with that mixture, and the ants were ten
deep trying to get to it. They worked for 3 days and left it totally
clean. They didn't come back.
--Gene
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 9:06 pm
From: The Real Bev
Gene S. Berkowitz wrote:
> bashley101+usenet@gmail.com says...
>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>> > <bashley101+usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>Susan wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I have an ant infestation and I spray windex to kill the swarms of tiny
>> >>> ants but it takes so much to kill ants that the carpets, walls, and grout
>> >>> turns blue from the dye in the commercial window cleaner.
>> >>>
>> >>> Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
>> >>> it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
>> >>>
>> >>> What percentage of ammonia would you use?
>> >>> Do you know HOW ammonia kills the ants?
>> >>
>> >>It doesn't at my house.
>> >>
>> >>> Is there a better way to kill an ant infestation?
>> >>
>> >>Terro bait stations work wonders, but are expensive. Ortho Home Defense
>> >>spray is excellent -- water-based, odorless.
>> >
>> > Expensive?
>> >
>> > http://www.terro.com/products.php?product=liquid_ant_killer
>> >
>> > That's enough to keep your house ant free for many, many years.
>>
>> I've only seen it in little trays that look kind of like
>> cheez-n-crackers packs for maybe a buck each. I tried mixing borax with
>> corn syrup, but it didn't work. Little bastards clearly know the
>> difference.
>
> Many of the small ants aren't looking for sugar, they want fats.
> Try mixing boric acid into some melted chicken fat, then let it
> solidify.
>
> Too much boric acid is gritty to the ants, and they'll avoid it.
>
> I filled a small container lid with that mixture, and the ants were ten
> deep trying to get to it. They worked for 3 days and left it totally
> clean. They didn't come back.
Syrup, grease and boric acid oughta get 'em all, then. All I have is
butter and various vegetable oils. I think the butter would do best.
--
Cheers,
Bev
*******************************************
My computer doesn't have to be friendly;
civil is entirely sufficient.
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 11:03 pm
From: David Remley
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:20:48 -0700 (PDT), Wilma6116@gmail.com wrote:
>> Is there a better way to kill an ant infestation?
> Boric Acid is real cheap. Any hardware store will have it.
You're all a bunch of bloomin idiots!
You can't kill the invincible Argentine ant where I come from here in
California with Terro or boric acid or arsenic or anything else.
What brings these ants in and out of your house is the weather.
If you think Terro or boric acid is going to change the weather, then by
all means, have a blast. But you're wasting your time and effort.
Says so right here:
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Pesticides-Wont-Stop-em.htm
The Argentine ant has multiple queens and the workers can go to any nest,
so, you can't kill 'em off just by dissolving 1 teaspoon (5 mL) powdered
boric acid and 10 teaspoons (50 mL) sugar into 2 cups (500 mL) of water;
this mixture can then be absorbed into cotton balls which are left near ant
trails.
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 11:24 pm
From: David Remley
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:17:52 GMT, Gene S. Berkowitz wrote:
> Many of the small ants aren't looking for sugar, they want fats.
> Try mixing boric acid into some melted chicken fat, then let it
> solidify.
Idiots all!
Whilst some ants aim for protein, like dried semen stains the bedsheets,
others prefer sweet things, like sugar crumbs under the table. Still others
go for live insects, still wriggling, and some go for dead insects, dried
up and crunchy.
However, the Argentine ants here in California are omnivorous - they'll eat
just about anything. And, as I said, they're tough to kill 'cuz they have
multiple queens and they can go to any nest, unlike other ants.
Hence they wipe out the indigenous ant population.
Says so right here:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2005/1401834.htm
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TOPIC: Putian City Chengxiang District CiCi Trade Co., Ltd(www.cicitrade.com)
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Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 9:11 pm
From: cicitrade001@yahoo.cn
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TOPIC: Spacing Trips to the Grocery Store?
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Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 8:38 pm
From: Ann
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:54:12 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> "h" <tmclone@searchmachine.com> wrote:
>
> -snip-
>>The average American eats over 200 grams of carbs per day. Probably
>>explains why most of them are Orca fat.
>
> I just saw this on the news-
> http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=5388954&page=1 A scientific look at
> low fat, low carb, and 'Mediterranean diets.
>
> Low carbs was the winner-
Bu not for women. "Women fared best on the Mediterranean diet, losing
about 14 pounds compared with about 5 pounds on the low-carbohydrate
plan."
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 10:12 pm
From: "h"
"Ann" <nntpmail@epix.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2008.07.17.03.38.39.277839@epix.net...
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:54:12 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>> "h" <tmclone@searchmachine.com> wrote:
>>
>> -snip-
>>>The average American eats over 200 grams of carbs per day. Probably
>>>explains why most of them are Orca fat.
>>
>> I just saw this on the news-
>> http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=5388954&page=1 A scientific look at
>> low fat, low carb, and 'Mediterranean diets.
>>
>> Low carbs was the winner-
>
> Bu not for women. "Women fared best on the Mediterranean diet, losing
> about 14 pounds compared with about 5 pounds on the low-carbohydrate
> plan."
>
Shrug. I don't low-carb to lose weight, I low-carb to maintain high energy
and good health. When I eat carbs I feel like crap. Most people do, they
just don't realize it. I had a friend who thought it was normal to go into a
near coma after every meal. Once she began to low-carb she got back about 3
hours a day she used to spend slumped in a chair. Most auto-immune disorders
could be instantly cured by simply avoiding whatever it is you're allergic
to, rather than taking prescription medication with lymphoma as a "side
effect". Since sensitivity to wheat gluten is the most underdiagnosed
allergy in human beings, anyone with any sort of medical problem should try
cutting wheat out of their diet (first step to low-carbing) and see if that
cures what ails them. They've got a 50-50 shot. I've never met anyone who
didn't feel better on a low-carb diet. Weight loss has nothing to do with
it, that's just a side benefit for most people.
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TOPIC: Dollar General Pasta
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Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 10:01 pm
From: larry
Anthony Diodati wrote:
> I thought it was pretty good, But lately had some brilla pasta, and got the
> dollar general pasta tonight, and now don't think it's very good.
> Kind of like sauce on cardboard?
> Do you all think it's OK?
> And another thing, I did really like the Wal-Mart brand salad
> dressing/sandwich spread, better than Miracle Whip, but now they quit
> selling it.Figures, must have heard I liked it.
> Tony
DG- not ok, lower quality, smaller boxes, higher prices.
About a year ago KKR acquired them, sucked out the cash
value and left them with nothing but debt. Now, better
known as a Dollar and a Half store.
Our Super Walmart dropped a lot of their GV branded, and old
line east coast companies, like Stauffer's snacks. Like
other local stores, they sold isles of their shelf space to
Frito-Lay.
Past 6 months, Kroger was beating Super W-M prices. But in
the past two weeks or so, Kroger prices increased about 25%.
They are playing games with their 10 for $10 specials.
Originally, each item rang up as $1, but now ring as regular
price (like $1.39). If you have ten of a specific group of
10 fers, then you get a credit backing them down to $10.
Just avoid those shelf tags that have 4 lines of fine print
under the "10 for $10". ;-)
Our neighborhood stores were Shurfine and topco affiliates
but now offer best-choice and always-save, which has
terrible quality control. After a few random cut corn cans
and pinto bean cans full of water/spice syrup and a teaspoon
of vegetable, we avoid those brands. Also, their stuff is
now one or two decimal place measure like 10.75 oz, 15.5 oz,
11.25 oz.
-- larry/dallas
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TOPIC: Garage Sales
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Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 10:31 pm
From: JMILGTP
On Jul 10, 12:16 am, JMILGTP <jeremy...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
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> to sell on Ebay! This book is 17 pages long and provides a vast
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> Theres the link for the auction! Don't miss out on this book!
Go to my new website!
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