Round and round

Aug 25, 2024 19:40

My major accomplishment today was food shopping. While my wife rested from the trip and three hour time difference, and, of course, kept the pup company, I bravely adventured forth to the market. My three item list turned into a twelve item basket, naturally. The store has moved all of their stock around, just to complicate things. But I persevered ( Read more... )

deer, humor, food, house stuff, shopping

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schnee August 26 2024, 05:20:17 UTC
I really don't get why supermarkets move stuff around. Perhaps to get you to explore different areas of the store and not just visit your usual merch?

albacore is a funny word, isn't it.

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mondhasen August 26 2024, 22:50:58 UTC
It’s always been a mystery to me as well. Someone higher up thinks things can move better another way, and everything shifts.

Albacore- your comment made me check that word.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/albacore/
“ name given to a large type of tuna caught in the Tropics, 1570s, from Portuguese albacora, from Arabic al bakara "milk cow;" the fish so called for its size.”

Who knew? ;o)

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schnee August 27 2024, 04:55:20 UTC
Who knew? ;o)

Not me. That's interesting, thanks! :)

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c_eagle August 26 2024, 07:42:51 UTC
45 minutes for 12 items... now That's retirement, baby! :D

Fun toons as ever!

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mondhasen August 26 2024, 22:53:20 UTC
I like to list my items in the order they should be found, by aisle, and get in and out pronto! So, yeah, I was dawdling along with all the other seniors instead :D

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sunfire August 26 2024, 13:57:29 UTC
I do all the shopping for Tom and I, so I can relate to "impulse buying".

Tom and I saw two bucks around the same size as the one you have pictured in the field across the street.

The comic with Mufasa's spirit made me laugh!

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mondhasen August 26 2024, 22:57:18 UTC
First item I grabbed was not on the list. Downhill from there!

I love this little guy. He is always in the presence of a large doe, possibly mom? And tonight he was with two fawns and three other does. He tolerates me if I don’t move too quickly or loudly.

The sky-parent mashup was great!

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