[Magdalen] Weather Yo-Yo.

[Jim Guthrie]

David requested:

 >Please tell me about grocery delivery!

Around here, Weis and Gerrity's both deliver, and take phone orders.

With Weis (which is the one I use simply because it's only a mile away 
so I've actually visited the store), I make my grocery list, then check 
items on their weekly circular that look like decent prices of stuff 
we'll eat, then phone the order in on Tuesdays (they'll do it on 
Thursday as well, but I get a 5% Senior Citizen Discount Tuesday-Only 
<g>). There's a $7 delivery charge and I tip the delivery person in 
addition.

They charge it to my credit card and 2-3 hours later, the food is 
delivered -- Shopping is done for another week!

There are some quirks -- of the three different shopper/delivery people 
we've had, some are unfamiliar with the items I've wanted, and of 
course, some items no  one has ever heard of in Scranton (not at 
Gerrity's nor Giant either) , so every so often on one of my trips to 
NYC for chemo, I make a side trip to Pathmark.

And they're not really great at picking out nice fresh fruits and 
vegetables -- always passable visually, but they don't know about 
sniffing the oranges or grapefruit to determine edibility <g>. So that's 
a matter of luck, mostly.

One advantage is that there's little or no impulse buying of stuff 
that's bad for me <g>, unless maybe there's something mouthwatering in 
the bakery Department in the circular. On our monthly bus trip to the 
State Store for wine, I sometimes pick up a few items at Giant that I've 
forgot to list and a few impulse items, like Smoked Gouda or some other 
cheese I like. But because we're carrying 2-4 bottles of wine on the 
bus, the supermarket items can't be too heavy.

Cheers,
Jim

PS I've always hated State Stores in Pennsylvania. They're more 
expensive and have a lousy selection. I used to sample a bottle from the 
NY Times weekly wine list -- never heard of any of that stuff here.  And 
NY wine becomes heavy on the Martz bus <g>.



On 2/16/2016 2:19 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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> In a message dated 2/16/2016 12:49:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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> Today's grocery delivery came quite soaked with rain, despite a  very
> short distance between the truck and the building  door.>>>>>>
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> David Strang.
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