I went to my local discount membership warehouse last night so I could replenish my Carnation Instant Breakfast supply. The warehouse people have decided to use those stupid carts that lock together and can only be unlocked with a quarter. I’ve complained more than once, but it doesn’t seem to have any effect. Last night when I went to get a cart, I found one that wasn’t locked. When I left the store, I got to keep the quarter! Woo hoo!
While I was shopping, I decided to look for dried mangoes. I don’t really care for fresh mangoes. They can have a sharp taste that reminds me of pine trees. But these dried mangoes are tasty. And it has to be this particular brand. I’ve tried others. The brand name is “Philippine”. As it turns out, these mangoes are from the same region as Denis – the Cebu region. Anyway, “Philippine” brand dried mangoes are much sweeter because they’re covered in sugar. Mmm… sugar… Is there anything it can’t do?
Great, now I’m singing the Veggie Tales Cebu’ song.
I’ve never eaten a dried mango, but dried fruit is pretty delicious. Based on your recommendation, I’ll try it!
How does the cart thing work? Do you get your quarter back when you return the cart, or are you pretty much renting it for 25 cents?
You get your quarter back. My BJ’s does not have the quarter thing, so when I was at the one Brad goes to, I asked the guy why they do it. He told me because their parking lot is hillish & they’ve had alot of carts roll down & crash into cars. He said just hooking the carts together doesn’t work…the only way to make people bput them back is to do the money thing. It is true, my BJ’s parking lot is flat. But do we believe this explanation.
(You can always count on me to ask the tough questions)
It’s true (the rolling cart thing.) My sister-in-law parked her brand new minivan at the end of that parking lot to be safe and avoid any unwanted dings. Well someone didn’t rehook their cart and it rolled all the way down the hill right into the side of her car! I guess that person didn’t care about their quarter … or they have a thing against new minivans!
You know how Lauren hates the word ‘moist’ (sorry Lauren for writing it), well one of the words I hate is that ‘b’ word you mentioned. And believe it or not, that word just came up in a discussion at work yesterday…so we tried to research the scientific name or medical term for it because I was gagging at the mention of it. The only one we found was rhinolith. Which really isn’t accurate. Apparently there is no ‘real’ word for it?!?
Not ‘nose nugget’?
Peggy, are you referring to “chryonidal residue”? (Apparently there is no correct way to spell that either!) At first I wondered what upset you about words like “Breakfast” and “brand”, but then I realized you might be looking at image captions and it was all clear to me. BTW, “rhinolith” would be literally a “nose stone” – works for me!
Oh & congrats on your purchses! Are you still having Instant Breakfast for lunch?