I usually get sick if I try to eat while stressed, so nowadays I know better than to eat when I’m wound up tight.  

Shouldn’t that say, “All I See Are Meats”?

I think it’s the word “Body” on the white “Body By Bacon” beach towel.  I spent way too long contemplating this, now I feel shame.  Time to head to Arby’s!

Glad I’m not the only one who felt like every episode was a dose of Nyquil with Rogers hosting. I’m sure he’s a good egg and all, but he was too low key for Jeopardy. Something I never thought I’d say about a potential host.

^^ This.  I thought David Faber was going to be a completely forgettable nobody, because I literally forgot his name and pedigree the moment they announced his run.  But he has been splendidly competent and has just the right amount of panache to make it his own while still honoring Trebek’s style.

Yeah, one opened at the theme part shopping center in my town a few years ago and was gone after the pandemic hit. People here won’t pay that kind of money for a tiny burger when there’s (checks notes) 65,322 other places with better and/or cheaper burgers within a 20 minute drive of the park.

Do people still eat Campbell’s soup as a meal?  I only ever use it for cooking.  I am actually not much of a fan of soups, having had my fill of the salty condensed soups as a child.  

I just want birthday cake. I like birthday cake. The problem with it is that so few people make a good birthday cake anymore. It’s always the one where people take the most shortcuts, using boxed mixes and canned frostings.

The only store around me with a salad bar is a Rouses, and the last time I visited (probably back in February or March) the salad bar was open again after going to prepacked clamshells at the start of the pandemic.

It definitely sounded like a cat in distress, so I can see why yours would be concerned.  As much as cats can show concern, anyway.

I understand that sentiment. It broke my heart when I found that out, but the alternatives where I live are just not great. Plus, I can kinda-sorta reconcile that with the fact that Publix is mostly employee-owned, which means that the Jenkins family is only a part of the total, and one I can sweep under the rug to…

Publix is expensive.  Not Whole Foods expensive, but definitely a notch above other stores.  The perks are great sandwiches, great deli/bakery, good seafood, and excellent customer service. They also have some pretty competitive BOGO deals each week that seem to draw in bargain hunters.

I don’t boycott any one chain, but Walmart is definitely the “store of last resort” for me. It’s only an option for things that Target, Publix, Winn-Dixie and Piggly Wiggly don’t have. I managed to avoid setting foot in one for the majority of the pandemic, thankfully.

Hard disagree on Ralph’s/Kroger.  Kroger sounds like a dingus midwesterner who wants you to attend his church, but Ralph is the sound you make vomiting.  So Kroger wins. :P 

Wait, what?  No cabbage?  What fucking grocery store doesn’t stock cabbage!

My experiences with Safeway come from my travels out west, but I remember them being near universally unkempt, slightly dirty. It was especially noticeable in LA, where Gelson’s was always clean and well-kept inside and out.

Can you imagine the BM that happens after eating over 70 hotdogs?  He must have a plumber on standby after each eating contest.   A plumber that drives a Mercedes and has a yacht.

This was a really good post, and it plus the comments here have been an interesting read regarding people’s comfort levels going maskless. I’m in the deepest part of the bible belt, where restaurants have been open since at least fall of last year for in person dining, and where masks mandates expired back in April.

I think it’s a clever idea, but as someone else mentioned, it doesn’t work when there’s spotty network/wifi connectivity.  A local restaurant here tried it as their  default option but in less than one evening went back to paper menus because all the retirees can’t figure out how to do a QR code or don’t have a…

“Too much ice cream,” said no one ever.