Subj : Chicken Salad [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Jun 24 2023 15:46:51
Hi Dave,
RH> Always a use for it, even rotten celery can be used for compost.
DD> But the soup is tastier. I also put leftover/overaged/going rotten veg
DD> and fruit on the six-foot plus diameter maple stump in the back corner
DD> of my yard for the bird, squirrels, rackety coons, etc.
We have several compost bins in the back of the house. When we bought
the place, the front yard was more weeds and poor quality dirt than
anything else. Steve started composting the next spring; now we've got
grass and clover.
DD> I don't care for their corporate culture since Sam Walton passed and
DD> his heirs turned their largess over to the avaricious bean-counters.
DD> So, I vote with my wallet and withhold my custom.
RH> Sometimes they're the only place in town for something.
DD> In which case I'll do without or order on-line.
RH> On line isn't always an option and sometimes it's something needed.
DD> In which case I will do without or go to an alternative. It's a matter
DD> of principle with me and I'll not broach the principle for
DD> convenience.
If it's a need, then you've got to get it somewhere--and it usually can
be found elsewhere. Sometimes it's a matter of how urgent the need it as
to where you go to find what's needed.
DD> My Grandfather told me as a young guy to always follow the Shakespeare
DD> quote from Ham;et "To thine own self be true" and I'd not go wrong.
DD> I've lived by that for the most part. and treat people as I'd like to
DD> be treated.
Understandable. Since we've been R-Ving, we've found that W-M is usually
pretty good about letting us boondock overnight. Found one in Nebraska
that had a dedicated truck and RV lot, others have areas well away from
the general flow of traffic. No matter where we park, we always stay out
of the main traffic areas and always make at least a minimal purchase to
"pay our rent".
RH> Our store isn't as big as the one in MD nor as small as the one in
RH> Newark. Good sized--and busy all the time.
DD> Weggies are no dummies. They size their stores according to the area's
DD> demographics. I'm in a twn that is (currently) 120K bodies w/metro
DD> area more than double that.
RH> I'm not sure what the population of WF is but Wegman's draws in
RH> customers from a wide area. More are being built in the area but none
RH> close enough to draw customers from our store; others are west, south,
RH> east of Raleigh. When the Raleigh store opened, they had the largest
RH> number of customers to ever go thru a store on opening day. They also
RH> had to have Raleigh police at the exits off the Beltline to control the
RH> traffic flow.
DD> Nice to be popular, innit?
Yes, we're about the same size as the Raleigh store but they were the
first one in NC. We were about the 3rd, been open for 2 years now. It's
open from 6 am to 12 pm, always a good bit of traffic in the parking
lot, no matter what time of day/night. It's very convenient to us so we
can run over if I've forgotten an ingredient or we can stop on the way
home and pick up some ice cream for a bedtime snack (G) after a night
trip to Raleigh.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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