Miscellaneous ramblings
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chickenI hardly ever do any posts at all these days, let alone random rambling disjointed ones, but this is one of those.
1. Cat food! The last three times I've gone to buy kibble, Pearl's favorite brand in the small bag size was consistently out of code, so I had to buy the bigger bags. I like the smaller bags better because although they are not as much value monetarily for how much you get, they stay fresh longer. These bags had a 2009 date on them, woo hoo! Also she actually enjoyed the catnip toy I got her -- she's really picky about toys.
2. Gas -- how much are you all paying for your nefarious gasoline/petrol substance for your motorized vehicles, if any?
I was shocked to pay $40.09 to fill up my tank. This is more than I have ever paid. That's $3.20/gallon to fill up a 12-14 gallon tank in a mid-sized sedan.
I hate to bring up "I remember when"s, but seriously, it was as low as 99 cents/gallon during the Clinton administration. Inflation cannot account for this discrepancy. *eyes oilmen in the White House with great suspicion*
3. Canvas shopping bags -- I've always hated these because they were always white, showed dirt, and were too large and therefore too heavy with groceries. In addition, they always seemed to have rounded, seamed bottoms that didn't hold the food well. Net bags had many of the same problems, but with the added negative of letting stuff fall through the holes.
However, the local supermarket (Publix) has recently introduced a new kind that is not too big or too small, square-bottomed, strong, sturdy, light, and foldable, with a simple hard plastic insert in the square bottom which holds up again heavy orange juice-type objects. They come in green and black as well as white. I now own five of these, and have finally stopped using so many plastic bags.
4. There was a fourth thing, but now I don't remember what it was. :(
1. Cat food! The last three times I've gone to buy kibble, Pearl's favorite brand in the small bag size was consistently out of code, so I had to buy the bigger bags. I like the smaller bags better because although they are not as much value monetarily for how much you get, they stay fresh longer. These bags had a 2009 date on them, woo hoo! Also she actually enjoyed the catnip toy I got her -- she's really picky about toys.
2. Gas -- how much are you all paying for your nefarious gasoline/petrol substance for your motorized vehicles, if any?
I was shocked to pay $40.09 to fill up my tank. This is more than I have ever paid. That's $3.20/gallon to fill up a 12-14 gallon tank in a mid-sized sedan.
I hate to bring up "I remember when"s, but seriously, it was as low as 99 cents/gallon during the Clinton administration. Inflation cannot account for this discrepancy. *eyes oilmen in the White House with great suspicion*
3. Canvas shopping bags -- I've always hated these because they were always white, showed dirt, and were too large and therefore too heavy with groceries. In addition, they always seemed to have rounded, seamed bottoms that didn't hold the food well. Net bags had many of the same problems, but with the added negative of letting stuff fall through the holes.
However, the local supermarket (Publix) has recently introduced a new kind that is not too big or too small, square-bottomed, strong, sturdy, light, and foldable, with a simple hard plastic insert in the square bottom which holds up again heavy orange juice-type objects. They come in green and black as well as white. I now own five of these, and have finally stopped using so many plastic bags.
4. There was a fourth thing, but now I don't remember what it was. :(
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Date: 2008-03-13 04:21 pm (UTC)Do you know the SICK thing? What's wrong with our national economy and food prices and not eating locally?
Most of the oranges available down here in Florida? Are grown in CALIFORNIA.
Apparently, most of the oranges available in California ... grown in Florida.
WTF WTF WTF?
I've heard some people excuse this by claiming that Florida grows mostly juicing oranges, and California grows mostly navel/eating oranges.
However, yesterday I checked some random oranges at Publix and they weren't even from California or Florida, they were from somewhere in South America.
ARGH.
Half the produce even at the Winter Park Farmer's Market is from effing South America. Things like leafy greens and corn and bell peppers and eggplants are from local Florida farms, but things like apples and peaches and oranges are all marked "grown in Chile".
The Farmer's Market is open all year around here, which is nice, but they just don't have enough local stuff.
Next week I'm going to check out the other farmer's market down by Lake Eola, where I am hoping things will be more local.
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Date: 2008-03-13 05:04 pm (UTC)My mom has these people send me a batch of tangelos every winter.
http://shop.honeybell.com/cushman-honeybells.htm
Also, I've heard that Indian River is pretty good, too. If you google Florida Honeybells, you'll find lots, although admittedly, more southern than you for the most part.
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Date: 2008-03-14 12:49 am (UTC)