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* Bring Back Kosher Hot Dogs to Costco Snack Bar--Sign the Petition! - 4
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* Oakley gripe - 1 messages, 1 author
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* As America dies…. - 5 messages, 2 authors
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* parking tickets - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* secret of success - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Clogged vacuum hose? - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Bring Back Kosher Hot Dogs to Costco Snack Bar--Sign the Petition!
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/0b17c11657a06c49?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 2:09 pm
From: Robert Klute
On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:58:09 -0800, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
wrote:
>Robert Klute wrote:
>
>> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>Robert Klute wrote:
>>>> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>Geoff Miller wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "The meatballs in piping microwaved yoghurt were
>>>>>> an accident in a sheep-insemination laboratory."
>>>>>> -- A.A. Gill
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there an explanation for this, or must it stand by itself?
>>>>
>>>> I take it, then, that you've never at the Casa Brindisa on Exhibition
>>>> Road?
>>>
>>>Apparently not. What city/state/country is it in? I guess I do need an
>>>explanation. I understand about sheep insemination, but the rest of it is a
>>>mystery...
>>
>> That was supposed to be a Google/Yahoo search clue.
>
>I figured I'd just get a mess of references to your sig :-(
>
not my sig. I'm just a kibbutzer.
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 2:46 pm
From: The Real Bev
Dan Abel wrote:
> In article <a7frl.85388$2h5.54740@newsfe11.iad>,
> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Rod Speed wrote:
>
>> > If it does eat us, we can still eat it too, most obviously with sharks.
>>
>> Once a shark has eaten you, I'd say you're pretty much screwed if you want to
>> eat it back.
>
> ObPedantic: Sharks generally do not eat people. However, they have
> poor vision. When they see a surfboarder in an attractive black wet
> suit, they think "seal". Seals have a thick layer of fat under their
> black skin, which keeps them warm, as mammals like to do. In addition,
> they hang out near the surface, like surfboarders, as both breath air.
> Sharks like to take a big bite on the seal, and then retreat so the seal
> can't fight back. Once the seal has weakened sufficiently from the
> bite, the shark can finish their meal at their leisure. Even though
> sharks don't see well, they have an excellent sense of taste. As soon
> as they bite a surfboarder, they discover that there is no thick fat
> layer, and the "skin" tastes like rubber.
>
> So, there are shark bites, but many people live through them because the
> shark just isn't interested in eating some scrawny human with rubber
> skin.
Come on, get real, we all saw 'Jaws'. One bite is enough!
--
Cheers, Bev
==============================================================
"Arguing on the internet is like running a race in the Special
Olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded."
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 4:44 pm
From: "Rod Speed"
The Real Bev wrote:
> Rod Speed wrote:
>
>> The Real Bev wrote
>>> josejarvie@ssnet.net wrote
>>>> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote
>>
>>>>>> Kosher beef cuts include tongue, cheeks, feet, hearts,
>>>>>> sweetbreads, and liver.
>>
>>>>> No ears or snouts? Wait, I guess cows don't have snouts. Noses,
>>>>> maybe. No noses? What's the rule?
>>
>>>> They are made of cow lips and udder stuff.
>>
>>> Grind 'em up fine and you can't tell the difference!
>>
>>> I've eaten fish maws and hog maws and am here to tell about it. My
>>> grandma made pickled heart and pigs' feet and souse and lived to be
>>> 90.
>>
>>> What are we, wusses? If it doesn't eat us we can eat it!
>>
>> If it does eat us, we can still eat it too, most obviously with
>> sharks.
> Once a shark has eaten you, I'd say you're pretty much screwed if you want to eat it back.
Thats why you eat it before it gets a chance to eat you, stupid.
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 8:27 pm
From: aemeijers
Sanity wrote:
> "SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
> news:EIDql.13891$D32.1260@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com...
>> Click on "http://www.petitiononline.com/costcohd/petition.html"
>>
>>
>> To: Costco CEO
>>
>> Kosher hot dogs and polish sausages have been a tradition at the Price
>> Club and Costco snack bars since the corporation was formed.
>>
>> Now, in a misguided cost-saving measure, Costco has removed kosher hot
>> dogs and polish sausages from their snack bar menu and replaced them with
>> a far inferior non-kosher product.
>>
>> We urge Costo to bring back kosher hot dogs and polish sausages to the
>> snack bar. If necessary raise the price to $1.75 or $2.00 because of the
>> extra cost of a superior product.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> The Undersigned
>>
>>
>
> Costco tried to intimidate their kosher hot dog supplier into lowering what
> they charge. They figured they had them by the b-lls. The company stuck to
> their price and Costco switched to an unkosher vendor. Many, many people
> are complaining to Costco.
>
>
Don't feel bad- Sam's downgraded the quality of their snack bar dogs as
well, and dropped the polish ones entirely. I protest the only way they
can hear- I stopped buying them. (Time your visit right, and the food
the sample ladies had out more than makes up for it.)
--
aem sends...
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TOPIC: Oakley gripe
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 2:35 pm
From: The Real Bev
albundy2@mailinator.com wrote:
> On Feb 26, 9:35 pm, The Real Bev <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I dropped a pair of M-frames on the ground (vinyl floor from 4 feet) and the
>> frame broke in half. No big loss since they were probably 50 cents at a yard
>> sale years ago, but (a) is this standard for $100+ sunglasses or (b) proof that
>> they were knockoffs?
>>
>> I'll give superglue a chance, but I doubt it will work. Mostly it doesn't.
>
> No one else is posting so I'll throw one more note in. If the frames
> are plastic and they are old, the plastic has oxidized and lost the
> plasticisers. When those chemicals leave, the remaining plastic is as
> brittle as a dried brown leaf. That's why they would break when
> dropped from such a low height. It could happen in as little as three
> years and is hastened by exposure to the sun and since they are
> sunglasses............
The superglue seems to have worked. The problem with a lot of sunglasses,
including these, is that they don't keep the overhead sun out of your eyes --
damn stuff sneaks in over the top. My favorites are really cheap ones from Big
Five -- large, lightweight and polarized lenses. I hope I never lose them or
scratch them so badly I can't use them.
--
Cheers, Bev
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"Arguing on the internet is like running a race in the Special
Olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded."
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TOPIC: As America dies….
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/3af5d2a762ae0553?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 2:41 pm
From: Peaceful Bill
Mike wrote:
>
> "The Real Bev" <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Vbfrl.85390$2h5.41208@newsfe11.iad...
>> Peaceful Bill wrote:
>>
>>> The destruction of America, more Mexicans breeding coming in, more
>>> Somolians coming in...
>>
>> What is a Somolian?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Bev
>> ==============================================================
>> "Arguing on the internet is like running a race in the Special
>> Olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded."
>
>
> I think it is a brand of Beer.
Peaceful Bill did not write that. Roger Hamilton wrote it posing as me.
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 2:41 pm
From: Peaceful Bill
Nancy2 wrote:
> On Mar 3, 1:29 pm, "Mike" <blough...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "The Real Bev" <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:Vbfrl.85390$2h5.41208@newsfe11.iad...
>>
>>> Peaceful Bill wrote:
>>>> The destruction of America, more Mexicans breeding coming in, more
>>>> Somolians coming in...
>>> What is a Somolian?
>>> --
>>> Cheers, Bev
>>> ==============================================================
>>> "Arguing on the internet is like running a race in the Special
>>> Olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded."
>> I think it is a brand of Beer.
>
> Maybe he meant "simoleon," a slang term for money.
>
> N.
Maybe I didn't write it at all. Maybe Roger Hamilton wrote it. Maybe
ask it.
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 2:51 pm
From: The Real Bev
Nancy2 wrote:
> On Mar 3, 1:29 pm, "Mike" <blough...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "The Real Bev" <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Peaceful Bill wrote:
>>
>> >> The destruction of America, more Mexicans breeding coming in, more
>> >> Somolians coming in...
>>
>> > What is a Somolian?
>>
>> I think it is a brand of Beer.
>
> Maybe he meant "simoleon," a slang term for money.
Wouldn't we welcome them with open arms then?
--
Cheers, Bev
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"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other
dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry.'" -Gary Larson
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 2:52 pm
From: The Real Bev
Horvath wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:29:49 GMT, "Mike" <bloughtus@hotmail.com> wrote
> this crap:
>
>>> What is a Somolian?
>
>>I think it is a brand of Beer.
>
> I thought it was an Italian tube steak.
Horvie? What's a great Hungarian warrior doing in a frugal living group? Oh,
wait, I see. Never mind.
--
Cheers, Bev
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"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other
dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry.'" -Gary Larson
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 4:27 pm
From: The Real Bev
Peaceful Bill wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
>> On Mar 3, 1:29 pm, "Mike" <blough...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> "The Real Bev" <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:Vbfrl.85390$2h5.41208@newsfe11.iad...
>>>
>>>> Peaceful Bill wrote:
>>>>> The destruction of America, more Mexicans breeding coming in, more
>>>>> Somolians coming in...
>>>> What is a Somolian?
>>>
>>> I think it is a brand of Beer.
>>
>> Maybe he meant "simoleon," a slang term for money.
>
> Maybe I didn't write it at all. Maybe Roger Hamilton wrote it. Maybe
> ask it.
I don't give half a shit about who wrote it, I just want to know what a Somolian
is and why we should be afraid of it.
--
Cheers, Bev
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"If your mechanic claims that he stands behind his brake jobs, keep
looking. You want to find one willing to stand in front of them."
-- B. Ward
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TOPIC: parking tickets
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 2:41 pm
From: The Real Bev
albundy2@mailinator.com wrote:
> On Mar 3, 4:14 pm, "JonquilJan" <war...@imcnet.net> wrote:
>> funny story here about parking tickets.
>>
>> Many years ago, I was having surgery and my mother parked in the hospital
>> parking lot - which had meters. Surgery took longer than expected and she
>> got a parking ticket. I was hospitalized for 2 weeks after the surgery. My
>> mother continued to come every day - and parked in the same parking lot -
>> with the parking ticket under the wiper - and she put nothing in the meters.
>> She never got another ticket in those 2 weeks - and the original ticket cost
>> was less than feeding the meter would have been. She put the ticket with
>> the fine in the 'courtesy' box the day she brought me home.
Good for your mom! Ignore albundy.
> And the lesson here folks is that crooks large or petty, have 24/7 to
> figure out how to cheat the system.
> Thank you for sharing.
Don't be an ass. Hospitals and medical buildings charge an arm and a leg for
parking because (a) they can influence where on-street parking is prohibited;
(2) you can't choose a doctor with free parking because there aren't any; and
(3) it's a profit center for the docs who, naturally, make you wait an hour
AFTER your appointment time to see you.
Screw 'em when you can, they do it to you!
--
Cheers, Bev
==============================================================
"Arguing on the internet is like running a race in the Special
Olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded."
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 6:58 pm
From: Patricia Martin Steward
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 00:56:58 -0800 (PST), choice@bixdesignstudio.co.uk
wrote:
>
>He then
>showed me my expired tax disc and said that the permit wasn't valid
>because the tax disc had expired! How devious is that?
Not devious at all, actually. It was your responsibility to make sure
the tax disc -- whatever in the world that is -- was up to date. You
screwed up. Own it.
--
January 20, 2009
The end of an error
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 9:16 pm
From: josejarvie@ssnet.net
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:44:22 -0800 (PST), in misc.consumers.frugal-living albundy2@mailinator.com wrote:
>On Mar 3, 4:14 pm, "JonquilJan" <war...@imcnet.net> wrote:
>> funny story here about parking tickets.
>>
>> Many years ago, I was having surgery and my mother parked in the hospital
>> parking lot - which had meters. Surgery took longer than expected and she
>> got a parking ticket. I was hospitalized for 2 weeks after the surgery. My
>> mother continued to come every day - and parked in the same parking lot -
>> with the parking ticket under the wiper - and she put nothing in the meters.
>> She never got another ticket in those 2 weeks - and the original ticket cost
>> was less than feeding the meter would have been. She put the ticket with
>> the fine in the 'courtesy' box the day she brought me home.
>>
>> JonquilJan
>>
> And the lesson here folks is that crooks large or petty, have 24/7 to
>figure out how to cheat the system.
>Thank you for sharing.
Don't try that in Salem Oregon they come and write a new ticket every two hours. After we got a parking
ticket we thought well at least we are good for the day.. nope.. we came back after dinner and found a second
ticket.
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TOPIC: secret of success
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 3:41 pm
From: albundy2@mailinator.com
On Mar 3, 7:26 am, visittosucceed <shariprasadb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Do to others as you would have them do you." Many problems would be
> solved if people would live by that Golden rule. When you live by it,
> consideration and kindness come back to you.
>
>
Also stated, "He who has the gold, rules."
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TOPIC: Clogged vacuum hose?
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Date: Tues, Mar 3 2009 10:23 pm
From: "DemoDisk"
"Devo" <georgewkspam@humboldt1.com> wrote in message
news:georgewkspam-33C674.11303726022009@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net...
> I always liked to un-clog the hose by reversing the flow.
> but cutting a plastic jug "mouth" to fit is just right for sealing the
> business end to the vacuum inlet.
> try it , you might like it.
> --
> It's amazing what you can do. If...
> you put your mind to it.
The powerful motor of our vacuum had packed new-carpet lint so densely
that I thought the machine had failed. I had to fish out clumps of lint
from the hose with one of those 3-prong grabbers.
That done, the vac is much quieter and the carpets finally get clean.
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