tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post6766284861879121689..comments2024-03-28T12:20:33.105-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Morning at the Grocery StoreTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-1592152123424588382011-08-13T07:43:20.614-04:002011-08-13T07:43:20.614-04:00I say "grocery store" but it's not l...I say "grocery store" but it's not like the word "supermarket" is unheard of in Canada. And I'm with Ann Harrison. I hate grocery shopping but when I go to the US, I always visit the grocery store. I am blown away by the variety you find on US supermarket shelves! Not to mention how cheap your groceries are. :)<br /><br />And I sure wish my grocery store piped in Coldplay!Knatoleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809822081515082096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-87694653998826439812011-08-08T17:26:30.219-04:002011-08-08T17:26:30.219-04:00Oh yeah, grocery shopping is an event around here....Oh yeah, grocery shopping is an event around here. It's on Wednesday, because one supermarket gives an across-the-board discount on "senior day." They also sell 50-cent coffee (and it's almost as good as Starbuck's). The other market we visit does even better; coffee is free for seniors on Wednesday. I get a caffeine jolt that last for a week!Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-29751809741668155682011-08-08T12:42:55.460-04:002011-08-08T12:42:55.460-04:00Thanks for a stop at my blog. The potato salad is...Thanks for a stop at my blog. The potato salad is coming soon.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-16366395414411565242011-08-08T06:00:06.755-04:002011-08-08T06:00:06.755-04:00At home, I hate supermarket shopping - I order on...At home, I hate supermarket shopping - I order online and have it all delivered. HOWEVER, when I'm in the US, I love it and could easily spend all afternoon in a supermarket or a drug store. I make sure I go into every aisle and look at everything on every shelf. Just let me loose in a Publix or a Walgreens or CVS and I'm in heaven!Ann Harrisonhttp://www.contemporaryretirement.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-35996783910949063222011-08-07T23:39:00.511-04:002011-08-07T23:39:00.511-04:00Yes, Dennis the Menace (as some call him is still ...Yes, Dennis the Menace (as some call him is still very much with us in the House as is Marcy Kaptur of my hometown of Toledo and Senator Sherrod Brown who is best buds with Bernie Sanders. We need to replace a few teabaggers next election and I'll be helping to get rid of mine. I don't do anything major -- I haven't the energy to go viral anymore but I organize mailings, stuff envelopes, and do data entry -- all needed to make our district blue again. I believe that everyone who loves their country should work on a campaign once. It's really enlightening. I've been involved off and on for since the 1980. And I haven't missed voting since I turned 21 in 1968. <br /><br />I also believe that if you don't vote, you lose the right to complain and I'm crabby enough to not want to lose that right. No your vote may not change anything but not voting for sure won't change anything. <br />:)Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-12365481289628535212011-08-07T21:18:11.686-04:002011-08-07T21:18:11.686-04:00Well, we did find out that Mac n' Janet and Fr...Well, we did find out that Mac n' Janet and Friko and perhaps some others have more exciting lives -- their days do NOT revolve around going to the super ... er, I think I'll stick with grocery store. But I must say, I like the idea of hangin' out at Dunkin' Donuts!<br /><br />And regards to Ohio, don't you guys have Dennis Kucinich? Can't get any bluer than that!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-80095905943055746482011-08-07T20:27:24.897-04:002011-08-07T20:27:24.897-04:00My husband and I are Californians and we say "...My husband and I are Californians and we say "grocery store" and geezers that we are, we ride down there in our golf cart just about every day. Here in rural Arizona, it really IS one of the big highlights of the day!Dr. Kathy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-73116888628324904062011-08-07T20:10:20.907-04:002011-08-07T20:10:20.907-04:00Like Kay, I just call it "the store". Th...Like Kay, I just call it "the store". That covers every venture from shoe shopping to grocery shopping. <br />In my town, Walmart is about all we have and it is the social hub. It is where we go to meet people we seem to only see over the produce bins.<br />Arkansas PattiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-33781394448105146602011-08-07T19:37:10.534-04:002011-08-07T19:37:10.534-04:00Kay: That is Very Good To Hear.Kay: That is Very Good To Hear.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-58523326427936635382011-08-07T18:14:11.131-04:002011-08-07T18:14:11.131-04:00June -- I'm am Ohioan born and bred and I say ...June -- I'm am Ohioan born and bred and I say grocery store. And actually Ohio is purple and we've been working to make it bluer every day. We've really done well at it, too. You'll see come election time. How do I know this? Because I've been working on it and we are seeing progress every day.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-21479597896787101382011-08-07T17:54:48.317-04:002011-08-07T17:54:48.317-04:00A grocery store - just a grocery over here - and a...A grocery store - just a grocery over here - and a supermarket are two different things. I like going to the grocery but hate those massive, impersonal, neon-lit, music-piping supermarkets, they give me a headache and I get in and out as fast as I can.<br /><br />Does that mean I'm not old yet? <br />Actually, I hate shopping. Is there hope for me?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-30748850731677039162011-08-07T17:22:53.780-04:002011-08-07T17:22:53.780-04:00I called it the grocery store until I realized tha...I called it the grocery store until I realized that the grocery store no longer exists. It used to be a grocery store when there was a vegetable market and a milkman and a meat market. I trained myself to say "supermarket."<br />But if calling it a supermarket makes me sound as if I'm an Ohioan, maybe I'll revert. Ohio is way too politically <i>rouge</i> for me.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-58883075400828064782011-08-07T16:05:57.537-04:002011-08-07T16:05:57.537-04:00I call it the 'food store'. And just like...I call it the 'food store'. And just like you, I like to walk up and down the aisles, look at everything, sometimes find little treasures. But I do it at other stores, other than our own Stop & Shop. We have a Dunkin' Donut, but I have never bought a cup of coffee.<br /><br />I enjoy carousing at Wal Mart, ShopRite, the post office, the library, the Farmer's Market, the gym and just like you, I like to talk to everybody. Makes the day very enjoyable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-49913821944044772562011-08-07T13:22:03.238-04:002011-08-07T13:22:03.238-04:00Interesting and Funny post Tom. Who would think t...Interesting and Funny post Tom. Who would think the grocery store could be so entertainig. David does some of our shopping too, and all the clerks love him. He must have as much fun as you did. Dianneschmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-82179848480313874652011-08-07T12:35:05.264-04:002011-08-07T12:35:05.264-04:00I'm from Toledo and I call it the grocery stor...I'm from Toledo and I call it the grocery store!!! Here in Canton, most people call it 'the store' -- in fact, there's also a 'mom and pop' place that's called The Store. <br /><br />I love to go to my grocery at the beginning of the month!! It's like a command performance for elders and one can hardly get through the aisles for the scooters, etc. We chat about the how awful food prices are and how our disabilities/health are going and lately, how hard it is to get by these days. I suspect that, for some, it's the only time they get out which is so very sad.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-29707403382253999842011-08-07T12:31:57.092-04:002011-08-07T12:31:57.092-04:00My husband loves going to the grocery store. He&#...My husband loves going to the grocery store. He's a coupon clipper and ad watcher, so he finds a reason to shop nearly every day in stores all over our area.<br /><br />I, on the other hand, go to the closest store for what I might need.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-40820127218520055432011-08-07T10:59:39.520-04:002011-08-07T10:59:39.520-04:00And I hate going grocery shopping, each of us is d...And I hate going grocery shopping, each of us is different I guess. My husband is retired military so we use the commissary for our big shopping and either Publix or Kroger for in between.<br />Seems like the stores are always full of ill behaved children or people on cell phones.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.com