Re: Friday - 02.28.2025 - Dinner Plans

gm wrote:

On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 22:20:56 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
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Carol wrote:

Dave S wrote:
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On 3/1/2025 4:01 PM, Ed P wrote:

On 3/1/2025 3:26 PM, Dave S wrote:

On 2/28/2025 2:05 PM, fos@sdf.org wrote:

Tops
Friendly Markets grocery has a pharmacy. on principle, just nope.

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Hi! I'm just a lurker in the 'cuse. Always look at the Tops ad.
Seldom shop there.  Why nope?
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Sheldon used to shop there.  If it was good enough for him, it is
good for the rest of us.

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I miss Sheldon. I would have bought a steam kettle if one fit in my
apartment...

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LOL, we have one and use it a lot.
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LOL, I think they are referring to the 50 gallon steam cookers used by
the US Navy 75 years ago. Them old steam cookers made sense, since those
old navy tubs were powered by steam engines.
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Popeye often bragged about them, and he was known to cook up massive
amounts of grub for only two old people.
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Imagine how much shit he cooked for the hundreds of servicemen on those
massive ships he commanded!
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Especially when he intervened in the cuban missile crisis back in the
early 60's.

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I remember when he said Southron hillybillies joined the Navy, it's the
first time they had shoes...
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Yep, that's when he had to teach them how to tie their new navy shoes!
And he had to work his ass off, cooking grits for them.
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That's about all they'd eat.