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Title: I should have known better.... Post by: droner on January 22, 2016, 12:52:41 EST ....than to go to the grocery store. Having lived here in upstate SC all of my life I know that once the word "snow" is mentioned, people go into apocalypse mode. But I wanted to make my crockpot beef stew this weekend, so in I went.
The parking lot was almost full. The store was packed. All of the buggies were gone. I had to wait on some woman checking out to leave her buggy which I grabbed and waded in. I saw a woman carrying by hand, no buggy, three twenty-four roll packs of toilet paper. How long did this woman and her family expect to be housebound? Either they need to check their diets or they need to seek medical advice. When I got to the checkout, I remarked to the cashier that this was madness. According to her, it had been that way all day. And, she said, the most unusual thing was that they weren't out of bread or milk, but cabbage. I have no idea what that means. Let it snow. (http://home.mindspring.com/~wbalford/XMas/snowtree.gif) Title: Re: I should have known better.... Post by: FLVOL on January 22, 2016, 03:38:29 EST LOL, same reaction just a little south of you in the fabulous Blythewood. My wife and I went out and restocked as well, yet we only went to the liquor store to pick up a few fresh bottles.
Let it snow Title: Re: I should have known better.... Post by: Tnphil on January 22, 2016, 04:00:13 EST Was unreal here in West Tn. today too. Kroger's was packed at 9:20 this morning.
What's the deal with milk, bread and eggs? Does snow make folks want to eat French toast? Title: Re: I should have known better.... Post by: PirateVOL on January 22, 2016, 07:35:35 EST LOL, same reaction just a little south of you in the fabulous Blythewood. My wife and I went out and restocked as well, yet we only went to the liquor store to pick up a few fresh bottles. During my wonderful year long vacation in Iceland it came to New Years eve morning. An unexpected Charlie Condition (blizzard) hit. Give the shortage of sustenance four of us piled into a station wagon with shovels and proceeded to the liquor warehouse (where some of us worked and had keys). Despite getting stuck and having to dig ourselves out over a dozen times (round trip distance less than 2 miles) we became heroes to the entire dorm.Let it snow Title: Re: I should have known better.... Post by: BanditVol on January 22, 2016, 08:47:37 EST I once made a routine run to the grocery store for milk and discovered they were out, and only then did I realize inclement weather was even coming. Which goes to say that type of behavior really truly puzzles me, because I pay almost no attention to the weather anyway. :laugh:
Title: Re: I should have known better.... Post by: HerbTarlekVol on January 23, 2016, 03:22:59 EST Mayhem and bedlam reign.
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