Oh yes that it the state drink here. Wonder how it would be with a little Kahlua in it? Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:50 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That reminds me, Angie's aunt moved to RI last year and gave everybody a > bottle of "coffee syrup" at Christmas. I should bust that out and make > coffee milk... > -Curt > > On Thursday, March 26, 2020, 12:48:57 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 1.) We lived in Wisconsin. Mass consumption of dairy products is a > residency requirement, like having a pickup truck and a firearm when you > live in Texas.. > 2.) Milk was/is a staple for our growing boys (now men) who consume large > amounts as well. > 3.) My morning beverage, “Crappaccino”, is nearly a gallon of milk for > about 5-6 days consumption when I make up a batch. > > Milk is yummy. 3-4 gallons a week consumption is pretty normal for our > household. > > Haven’t looked at paper products. Don’t need any, still have a good > month’s supply if not more. We’ve never hoarded, we have hurricane supplies > year ‘round. > > -D > > > > On Mar 26, 2020, at 12:33 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > 3 gallons of milk? How much can you drink? > > > > All of our supermarkets' paper product aisles continue to be totally > empty. How interesting that this is true in MA as well. Conspiracy or > nationwide shortage? > > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:09 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > Went to the local “Fresh Market” (upscale hipster grocery store) as > they’ve had milk pretty consistently and plenty of meat. Used the geezer > hours because I can. Got some free range/grass fed/no drugs chicken breasts > as the wife wanted some and three gallons of skim. A handful of people in > the place. > > > > Had my morning cold beverage and realized one of my teeth seemed > unusually sensitive to the cold beverage. Ran the tongue over the affected > tooth and found it to be very, very rough. Dang. Either an old filling fell > out or a tooth cracked. Called my dentist buddy, he’s getting me in this > afternoon. He said I’ll have to run the gauntlet of questions, > thermometers, “Where were you on the night of..??” etc., etc. > > > > -D > > > > > On Mar 26, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > > > I went to geezer hour at the grocery on Monday morning 6A-7A. It was > mobbed with geezers driving their carts like they drive their cars in the > parking lot. Some of those people were rather vicious and of course they > tend to wander and leave their carts crosswise of the aisles and are > oblivious to anyone else around. Then after going through all the checkout > they stand there and oops realize, oh I actually gotta pay for this, then > root around for a wallet and debit card or whatever and that takes another > 5min. I got a few things and decided not to deal with that madness again. > > > > > > Popped in yesterday afternoon, there was hardly anyone there. Only > good steaks, not much other beef. Some chicken etc. Plenty of eggyweggs. > Other staples in short supply but I am fairly well-stocked in that regard. > > > > > > Get off my damn lawn!!! > > > > > > --FT > > > > > > On 3/26/20 11:28 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > >> After last week's trip to the co-op I realized that we needed to > institute a limit on the number of times we allowed ourselves to go to the > store. Its easy to drive yourself crazy. > > >> So today, after a week, we headed out to our local grocery store.We > got there at about ten after 8, I knew we wanted this to be an early day > thing. I'd say it was amazingly busy for how early on a Thursday we were > there but this might be the new normal. We were among the youngest folks in > the store, unsurprising considering it was just after senior hours. > > >> There was plenty of food, maybe not exactly what we wanted but plenty > overall. I was a little surprised to find limited selection of pasta sauce, > rice, flour and eggs. Particularly on the egg front there were only bottled > eggs, no in-shell at all, there was a sign indicating they wouldn't have > any until tomorrow.Other than a couple boxes of tissues there were no paper > products at all, big section of shelves completely empty. > > >> > > >> Chicken was in limited supply but there was some. There was plenty > beef and, interestingly tons of ham. We bought a little chicken but we've > got loads of moose, venison, and pork. > > >> People were wary but polite, I didn't see any unpleasantness at all. > > >> Most importantly I got a bottle of tonic water. We're hosting a > "virtual happy hour" Friday night and I need to be prepared. :) > > >> -Curt > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > >> > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > >> > > >> > > > -- > > > --FT > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
