You say that like it was a bad thing...Originally Posted by Alan
You say that like it was a bad thing...
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington
We bought the fridge we wanted by looking at every appliance dealer within about an hour of here. We ended up buying a floor sample, because it was the only copy of the fridge we wanted that we could find. We'd put a deposit on one at a shop where they thought they had one in the warehouse. Nope! Ends up it had to be ordered. It may be next week, or a year from now...? We bailed and started calling every store we could find.
Well, it ain't Arthur Treacher's but it's not bad.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
I remember Arthur Treacher’s very affectionately from growing up.
I am eternally thankful that the big box store had the washing machine we wanted and oh so lucky we got an experienced delivery team. Really hoping nothing breaks in the near future.
Loved Long John Silver's! Used to ask for extra crispies - which became so popular, they started charging a bit more for "extra". LOL. We used to have one not too far away, but last time I drove by, it was gone.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
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Reading this thread, it occurs to me that I was lucky to be able to get the parts for our recent washing machine repair.
I’m now just telling people to give cash for Christmas gifts. Easy, no shopping, and you don’t have to worry about it being out of stock.
I get it, (and I know you're responding to a kind of unrelated topic about store shelves) but that reminds me of my DIL, who used to say that they would go to the annual family Christmas party and exchange gift cards. Cash is even more mundane if everyone does it because, why give anything?? No thought, no benefit (equal exchange, I would assume). Save the trip to the bank and send a card.I’m now just telling people to give cash for Christmas gifts. Easy, no shopping, and you don’t have to worry about it being out of stock.
I don't think worrying about what's in stock has anything to do with Christmas, unless you're the type who has stood in line since 5am for a Cabbage Patch doll (I'm sure you haven't done that, Tradd!). My favorite gifts have been those odd things that people make or find. I think it was frugal-one who recently said she just finished making Christmas gifts from scraps (someone correct me if I'm wrong). One of the things that made "The Purge" was a set of 3 dishtowels that my DIL's mother made me. She crocheted a border on towels she purchased, and that simple border made all the difference. They are beautiful. I use them as mini-runners, or basket liners, but I NEVER use them to dry dishes. They are "A few of my favorite things."
[To stay on topic, I haven't run into anything that seems to be chronically out of stock]
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Pool chemicals have been hard to come by. Not exactly the siege of Leningrad, but still irritating.
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