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Thanks for sharing this. I've been looking for something to keep my aging mom's mind sharp.

Oh god, he knows! Where's my gun?

The attractive ones are being funneled back to Washington, DC. Those groomers must be making money hand over fist.

'Have you looked at their lemon pepper seasoning recently? Doesn't contain any actual lemon. '

Sounds on program for them. Heh. I wasn't trying to harsh you, I know sometimes spice collections are inherited and we aren't going to throw out something handed down from our elders.

Or, maybe you are like me and you hold onto a nasty tube of garlic powder, even though there is a market literally a block away where I can get fresh garlic...

But that garlic powder is how Memaw made her I-talian bread, and that is the recipe stapled into the cupboard of my mind.

Before people freak out, McCormick and some other mainstream spices use sand (silica dioxide) and/ sawdust (cellulose) as a filler or anti caking agent.

If that doesn't bother you, continue enjoying your pretend seasonings.

Get that McCormick out of there, then you can rebuild.

Yeah, there's already people willing to pay 100+ for Napa cabs. Make that shit illegal the price will triple over night.

The 'let the kid touch the hot stove' approach.

It worked on me, but I fear other people might nurse their burns and pray that next time things will be different.My experience is different. It's a dense urban grocer. Now that you mention it, I've been to Target in the suburbs where SCO was like thunder dome. A little more room for bagging, but not much. I feel so bad for the one team member dashing around checking IDs and explaining why coupons from a decade ago no longer work.

My location (different grocer ) may be privileged, because, even when it's slow, there are two full service registers. I remember how gross it felt watching a checker at Walmart in 02 also bag the groceries because baggers didn't exist any more.

Don't forget soft drinks being pennies an ounce at cost.

Just do like me and replay a Homestarrunner cartoon while waiting in line. Then reference it like the 18 year old at check out knows what the crap you are talking about.

'I'm sorry, Mergetrude, can you halp an old master gather his particles....?'

Hate to break this to you, but you are on the QTEE list and everyone is looking at your picture while they get coffee in the morning in the break room.

But we love it when you visit... (Camera cranes in for an unrequited hug.)