eating like that is expensive and time consuming. My wages have been falling for 20 years, so I spend the weeknights and weekends doing freelance software development to make up the difference (I rest on Fridays)....
While it does require some time...it is not expensive.
You can buy and cook from scratch as well, and usually better than crap prepared foods.
I usually look at my grocery store ads for the week, hit the store on Sat or Sun morning...come home, and spend most of Sunday while doing house chores...cooking.
I cook 2-3 main dishes and eat on that for most dinners and lunches during the week.
Healthier, and cost effective...and BETTER tasting, IMHO.
I don't see why seasonal produce is better. You can get nearly anything "in season" if you are willing to ship it. Sure, a tomato grown down the street tastes better in August than a tomato from Brazil in February, but I don't see any way to get a tomato to grow here in February. If I want to eat a balanced diet year-round, it is not possible to eat locally all the time.
Well, that tomato won't be as good or nutritious.
If local, it can be picked at vine ripened freshness and be at full flavor and vitamin capacity.
If shipping from Brazil, it has to be picked WAY before it is ripe, shipped, and then, they used ethylene gas, I believe, to make it turn red, which will make it change color, but does not cause the fruit to continue to ripen to flavor and nutrition levels the mature fruit gets.
I can only speak to the Walmarts I've been to in the past....in two different states, but while they have low prices, and a lot of stuff, the quality of their foods seems pretty poor.
The vegetables weren't that great looking or tasting...and their meat, ugh....it all looked like the lower grade of 'select'....and taste was about like that too.
In many ways, with fresh foods, you get what you pay for...
I also see no reason to ban guns based on child pornography, however children getting killed is a valid reason to re-visit opinions on gun control.
The assertion was...someone yells children and all of a sudden, it is ok to start trampling and legislating away Constitutional rights.
And again...why is it worse that some kids got killed in a school, vs all those people (including a kid or two I think) getting killed in CO, that throws the constitution and current rights in the air....
If it had been a bar with 30 year olds...would there be this much clamor for regulation and bans?
If not, why? It isn't like human lives are more valuable at age 10 vs age 40...why do we allow our rights to be taken away because of the age of some victims some where?
You can't legally have lots of things today that you could have had years ago.
And I fully believe THAT is one of the problems with our country...we have been constantly losing rights over the past decades, and I want it to STOP.
I wish I could get the old things back I could own...but I know once it is taken away, snowballs chance in hell of getting that right back.
That's why I and so many others are so adament about fighting against losing any rights we currently have or having them regulated away (often more subtly and slowly where you don't notice)>
I don't need the Feds telling me more things I, as an adult US citizen can not do anymore.
I would like to be able to grow any plant I want (even the ones currently illegal).
Frankly, I'd like a new machine gun to play with at the firing ranges.
I'd like to be able to walk to the gate at the airport to greet my incoming visitors like I used to (wasn't that long ago for that one).
Why should it be worse for them to be kids that grown adults..after all, they're all humans, no?
Geez, I guess we need to update the old saying that "Child Pr0n is the keys to the constitution" to "Child Pr0n and Child Violence are the keys to the constitution".
I don't see one being any worse or better than the other, nor do I see one as being more a reason to ban guns than the other.
From what I understand, the legal gun ownership is taken from certain type of gun, not solely from owning a gun. Tell me why do you need an assault rifle to hunt? Maybe you have no skill in using a gun to shoot a deer and kill it in 1 shot?
I wouldn't want one to hunt...what if I just like target practice with one? What if I want one at home for self defence? What if I live somewhere rural...and want to use it for any predatory animals coming on my land ?
What if I JUST want one....why should I, as a responsible, law abiding citizen not be able to have one tomorrow, when I could freely have one yesterday?
LOL...wow, I can't remember the last time I set foot in a Walmart...ugh.
It has been awhile,but I think if you just take into consideration of the grocery part of a 'super walmart'..that if you just hit the outside aisle mostly on that grocery part, it should mostly stand true.
I don't care for Wally world stuff, most of it is cheaply made crap IMHO...and in the food section, last time I saw, the meat looked horrible, almost all select or less grade....and not much in the fresh produce section looked good.
Cheap prices on bad food, isn't usually a bargain in my book, but that just may have been the ones I've been to, and admittedly, I've not been in awhile to Wally World.
I'll generally hit any grocery store available before them.
You seem a touch defensive on the whole gun issue.
We have to be, the powers that be, are trying to use that school shooting as an excuse to try to remove freely legal gun ownership.
Geez, I can't believe that shooting is still dominating the news so much, sheesh the CO movie theater thing was fading by now it seems. I don't understand why this one is such a big deal and causing all the talk about restricting legal gun rights vs the other shootings.
And the presence and prevalence of cereal fillers in just about everything imaginable is a pretty tough thing to get around too.
Well, only if you only eat prepared foods really....
Easy way around this...next time in the grocery store, show ONLY around the outside edges of the store...where you buy fresh vegetables, meat, dairy....
For the most part, you avoid all the corn/wheat products within all the heavily processed foods.
Yes, I know...meats, and all are corn fed...and you do have to really go out of your way to get rid of all the cereal in your foods, but shopping the edges of the stores *IS* a good start.
Also...buy local and what is in season, you'll get healthier, fresher food products to cook with that way.
Can someone PLEASE post the links to all the red light cameras (down here they're also fucking speed cameras useful for nothing better than revenue generation which has essentially be admitted to by city)....
What bothered me the most about the 2012 campaign was the lack of almost any discussion of actual issues. There was almost no discussion about the fiscal cliff, entitlement reform, gun control, or any other issues that the country is now dealing with.
Of course not...that wasn't in their best interest.
And the masses would actually have to *think* and try to understand tough things like "issues".
I don't think we've actually had an election where the candidates have actually addressed issues since maybe the early 80's or slightly before.
Dicksinson acknowledges that users who set longer passcodes for devices can in fact make the devices far tougher to crack. âoeThe more complex the password, the longer and harder itâ(TM)s going to be to access the phone,â he says. âoeIn some cases, it takes so long to brute force that itâ(TM)s not worth doing it.â That may have been the situation, for instance, in one recent case involving the phone of Dante Dears, a paroled convict accused of running a prostitution ring known as âoePimping Hoes Dailyâ from his Android phone; The FBI, apparently unable or unwilling to crack the phone, asked Google to help in accessing it.
I did mention that my passcode is longer than 4 digits, eh?
:)
I'm not saying it can't be broken...but I don't believe my local Barny Fife is going to have the tools or know how to crack my phone, and so far, I've steered clear of anything that might interest the FBI.
You sound like one of the few that found one and it works.
Personally, I get tired of them after a few months, and am ready to move on to the next one...and I like my alone time. It is nice when SHE leaves at times to go to her own home. But, that's just me.
While having an accessible loaded gun around the house does in fact increase one's risk, having an unloaded locked up gun around the house does not. Smart people tend to go with the later option.
Err...that unloaded, locked up hard to access gun isn't going to do you much good in a time of emergency when you need to shoot some fucker that has just broken into your home, and is likely armed with a real, unlocked, loaded and cocked gun.
Hell, I keep a number of loaded and ready to go pistols all over my house so that at any given time, I'm never far away from one if it were needed.
Does NO ONE out there have their phone to automatically 'lock', and have their password be longer than 4x numbers?
A cop gets my phone...will take them more than casual effort to get into it, no?
Hell, last time I got pulled over, and was asked to get out of the car, I dropped the phone down beside the seat, and when I stepped out of the car, I locked it behind me, and no...if they had asked, I would not have given consent for search.
There are TONS of people out there to hook up with, enjoy...then move on.
What's the point of being stuck with just ONE of them....again, unless you are planning to procreate.
I don't want kids, I've been lucky enough to dodge that bullet over the years and now, I'm getting to the age where I REALLY don't want them.
My disposable income and time to enjoy it traveling, etc...is something I would not want to lose by having a small human 'anchor' keeping me at home and sucking my bank account dry.
Different strokes for different folks...but I say variety is the spice of life. Lots of women out there....all interesting in their own ways, and I figure it is a shame to stop at just one and not keep going.
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I wouldn't rate either one as sadder or worse...
I'd not even think to consider that one would be worse than the other...? Why would you?
While it does require some time...it is not expensive.
You can buy and cook from scratch as well, and usually better than crap prepared foods.
I usually look at my grocery store ads for the week, hit the store on Sat or Sun morning...come home, and spend most of Sunday while doing house chores...cooking.
I cook 2-3 main dishes and eat on that for most dinners and lunches during the week.
Healthier, and cost effective...and BETTER tasting, IMHO.
Well, that tomato won't be as good or nutritious.
If local, it can be picked at vine ripened freshness and be at full flavor and vitamin capacity.
If shipping from Brazil, it has to be picked WAY before it is ripe, shipped, and then, they used ethylene gas, I believe, to make it turn red, which will make it change color, but does not cause the fruit to continue to ripen to flavor and nutrition levels the mature fruit gets.
The vegetables weren't that great looking or tasting...and their meat, ugh....it all looked like the lower grade of 'select'....and taste was about like that too.
In many ways, with fresh foods, you get what you pay for...
I've never understood that..to me, a life is a life, no matter the age.
I don't see it as any more emotional if the person was 2 or 20 or 80.
The assertion was...someone yells children and all of a sudden, it is ok to start trampling and legislating away Constitutional rights.
And again...why is it worse that some kids got killed in a school, vs all those people (including a kid or two I think) getting killed in CO, that throws the constitution and current rights in the air....
If it had been a bar with 30 year olds...would there be this much clamor for regulation and bans?
If not, why? It isn't like human lives are more valuable at age 10 vs age 40...why do we allow our rights to be taken away because of the age of some victims some where?
And I fully believe THAT is one of the problems with our country...we have been constantly losing rights over the past decades, and I want it to STOP.
I wish I could get the old things back I could own...but I know once it is taken away, snowballs chance in hell of getting that right back.
That's why I and so many others are so adament about fighting against losing any rights we currently have or having them regulated away (often more subtly and slowly where you don't notice)>
I don't need the Feds telling me more things I, as an adult US citizen can not do anymore.
I would like to be able to grow any plant I want (even the ones currently illegal).
Frankly, I'd like a new machine gun to play with at the firing ranges.
I'd like to be able to walk to the gate at the airport to greet my incoming visitors like I used to (wasn't that long ago for that one).
Geez, I guess we need to update the old saying that "Child Pr0n is the keys to the constitution" to "Child Pr0n and Child Violence are the keys to the constitution".
I don't see one being any worse or better than the other, nor do I see one as being more a reason to ban guns than the other.
I wouldn't want one to hunt...what if I just like target practice with one? What if I want one at home for self defence? What if I live somewhere rural...and want to use it for any predatory animals coming on my land ?
What if I JUST want one....why should I, as a responsible, law abiding citizen not be able to have one tomorrow, when I could freely have one yesterday?
It has been awhile,but I think if you just take into consideration of the grocery part of a 'super walmart'..that if you just hit the outside aisle mostly on that grocery part, it should mostly stand true.
I don't care for Wally world stuff, most of it is cheaply made crap IMHO...and in the food section, last time I saw, the meat looked horrible, almost all select or less grade....and not much in the fresh produce section looked good.
Cheap prices on bad food, isn't usually a bargain in my book, but that just may have been the ones I've been to, and admittedly, I've not been in awhile to Wally World.
I'll generally hit any grocery store available before them.
...they didn't teach him Eubonics!!!
We have to be, the powers that be, are trying to use that school shooting as an excuse to try to remove freely legal gun ownership.
Geez, I can't believe that shooting is still dominating the news so much, sheesh the CO movie theater thing was fading by now it seems. I don't understand why this one is such a big deal and causing all the talk about restricting legal gun rights vs the other shootings.
Well, only if you only eat prepared foods really....
Easy way around this...next time in the grocery store, show ONLY around the outside edges of the store...where you buy fresh vegetables, meat, dairy....
For the most part, you avoid all the corn/wheat products within all the heavily processed foods.
Yes, I know...meats, and all are corn fed...and you do have to really go out of your way to get rid of all the cereal in your foods, but shopping the edges of the stores *IS* a good start.
Also...buy local and what is in season, you'll get healthier, fresher food products to cook with that way.
Can someone PLEASE post the links to all the red light cameras (down here they're also fucking speed cameras useful for nothing better than revenue generation which has essentially be admitted to by city)....
I'd love to be able to *ahem*....access those.
Of course...it is the 'dream'.
Get in early on ground floor...build it up, bail for a shitload of money, then blissful happiness in early retirement with hookers and blow.
Of course not...that wasn't in their best interest.
And the masses would actually have to *think* and try to understand tough things like "issues".
I don't think we've actually had an election where the candidates have actually addressed issues since maybe the early 80's or slightly before.
If only someone could have hit their system with some kind of stuxnet type virus/trojan, we might have a brighter future to look forward to.
I did mention that my passcode is longer than 4 digits, eh?
I'm not saying it can't be broken...but I don't believe my local Barny Fife is going to have the tools or know how to crack my phone, and so far, I've steered clear of anything that might interest the FBI.
You sound like one of the few that found one and it works.
Personally, I get tired of them after a few months, and am ready to move on to the next one...and I like my alone time. It is nice when SHE leaves at times to go to her own home. But, that's just me.
Err...that unloaded, locked up hard to access gun isn't going to do you much good in a time of emergency when you need to shoot some fucker that has just broken into your home, and is likely armed with a real, unlocked, loaded and cocked gun.
Hell, I keep a number of loaded and ready to go pistols all over my house so that at any given time, I'm never far away from one if it were needed.
Target practice?
Hell, I believe it is still a fscking Olympic sport is it not? Don't they even ski and shoot in winter?
Quite a few people already reload their own brass....might just start more people doing the same, that way you can get custom loads easier too!!
Does NO ONE out there have their phone to automatically 'lock', and have their password be longer than 4x numbers?
A cop gets my phone...will take them more than casual effort to get into it, no?
Hell, last time I got pulled over, and was asked to get out of the car, I dropped the phone down beside the seat, and when I stepped out of the car, I locked it behind me, and no...if they had asked, I would not have given consent for search.
Why bother?
There are TONS of people out there to hook up with, enjoy...then move on.
What's the point of being stuck with just ONE of them....again, unless you are planning to procreate.
I don't want kids, I've been lucky enough to dodge that bullet over the years and now, I'm getting to the age where I REALLY don't want them.
My disposable income and time to enjoy it traveling, etc...is something I would not want to lose by having a small human 'anchor' keeping me at home and sucking my bank account dry.
Different strokes for different folks...but I say variety is the spice of life. Lots of women out there....all interesting in their own ways, and I figure it is a shame to stop at just one and not keep going.