[AGL] report from the front lines

[Charles Loving]

I actually don't get it.
I can't order food on line. To me it does not make sense. If I order tomato
soup and there is none I get no soup. I would look at the choices and get a
few cans of turnip soup.

I find that the Laughlin AFB commissary works a lot better than some
sources. You can't order, but the butcher, Miguel, will cut the meat to my
liking. A pork round was a great choice and it is 70% cheaper  than HEB
which is cheap. The Class six store is cheaper than any liquor store in the
real world. I met with the son of an old pal and visited the flight line
and  climbed into the cockpit of his fighter. The  Security guys were OK
with it, but then I have the credentials and so doe Rae.

On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 5:08 PM Fontaine Maverick <fontainem at att.net> wrote:

> Everyone is saying that orders from HEB or taking days and days to be
> delivered. My sister order took a week here in San Antonio
>
>    Fontaine
>
>
> On Friday, March 27, 2020, 08:09:50 PM CDT, Michael Eisenstadt <
> mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> We favor HEB and are going to order home delivery from them in a day or
> two. To excuse going to Whole Foods and only for a very few items, they are
> situated just 5 blocks from here and the parking is very convenient - 3
> floors of parking under the store P1, P2 and P3. Some of the aisles have
> been blocked off and some sections like the sushi stand and pizza and
> delicatessen are closed. The folks that work there hate Whole Foods' owner
> Jeff Bezos and some of them brother-in-law your bill at the checkout. OTOH,
> workers at HEB are very loyal.
>
> On 3/27/2020 5:08 PM, Charles Loving wrote:
>
> Went to HEB today in Kerrville. They are damn well organized.they  had a
> medic at the door taking temps of each entrant and deputy to control the
> crowd. No crowd. They were polite and efficient and disinfected each cart
> as they entered  and I approved of that. I wouldn't darken the door of a
> Whole Food store. We wore rubber gloves. Got everything we needed easily. A
> few signs, one per customer. They were almost out of soup, sugar and flour.
> Not many eggs or much bread. No deli service but the butchers were working.
>
> Bought three bottles of tequila at the liquor store and we are now set to
> really hunker until I go to voulteer to die for the economy.
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 2:17 PM Bill Killeen <bill.killeen094 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Nice shot, Kathy.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Mar 27, 2020, at 2:40 PM, Kathy Doyle <kdoyle1 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well of course you are entitled to circumvent the rules meant for the
> health and well being of others and not wait in long lines like the rest of
> us because..
> >
> > Drat! I can't think of why,  can someone else?
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On Mar 27, 2020, at 10:34 AM, Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yesterday, the battery of our newly re-registered jalopy crapped out.
> Later that day, neighbor Heny gave me a jump and I drove the car to
> Firestone's on south Congress. They replaced the battery while I waited and
> the manager even found a $20 Firestone discount on batteries. The bill was
> $142. When I worked batteries and tires at Sears Automotive 30 years ago,
> that battery was about $80. While I waited, I looked around for somewhere
> to sit down but all the chairs and divans had been stored against the wall
> upside down. The seating was in quarantine or self-isolated or whatever the
> term of art is this week.
> >>
> >> Whe the battery crapped out, I was off to the 7 to 8am opening at the
> Whole Foods for old-timers. So I walked there. I entered the store
> illegally from the downstairs parking via elevator because I was supposed
> to wait outside and get at the back of a very long line outside. After
> being thrown out of the store, I finessed this by re-entering the store
> from the downstairs parking again via elevator and skulking past the view
> of the store minders.
> >>
> >> As you know, the streets of Austin are virtually empty, no rush hour
> jams as there are not enuf cars. What are you all up to? Is it just
> samo-samo since our age cohort is mostly/entirely retired?
>
>
>
> --
> Charlie Loving
>
>

-- 
Charlie Loving
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist1.pair.net/pipermail/austin-ghetto-list/attachments/20200328/11977477/attachment.html>