The Coffee House

[SquarePeg]

Gary used to shop at Traders, but ... as all his wine comes in directly from wineries, and as nearly all his veggies and fruits are self grown, he is no longer a member.

Trader Joe's the health food store for alcoholics.

Maybe it's a Massachusetts thing but TJ's does not sell alcohol here. We do tend to be very prudish with our blue laws... They still gate off the beer and wine section at S&S on Sundays...

 

[davidharmier60]

I've never tried to buy beer or wine at our store on Sunday morning. But it's been a long time since I saw blue law around here. 6 hours and some today. 17.40 for the week so far. She has to confirm but I probably get Saturday off. Got to take a few things home for Sister.
In roughly 17 minutes I can get my check.

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[Gary A.]

Gary used to shop at Traders, but ... as all his wine comes in directly from wineries, and as nearly all his veggies and fruits are self grown, he is no longer a member.

Trader Joe's the health food store for alcoholics.

Maybe it's a Massachusetts thing but TJ's does not sell alcohol here. We do tend to be very prudish with our blue laws... They still gate off the beer and wine section at S&S on Sundays...

Wow, I am surprised. TJ’s carries wonderful selections of vinos from California and the world with very good pricing. In California, TJ’s carried their own brand of vino, Charles Shaw. Charles Shaw is the ‘overstock’ from some very fine wineries. (The better wineries will only bottle a finite amount of wine, law of supply and demand, in order to keep higher pricing. The wineries will sell off the excess.) For years and years Charles Shaw went for two dollars a bottle. Charles Shaw went by the moniker of Two Buck Chuck.

On election days, the bars are closed out here.

 

[smoke665]

On election days, the bars are closed out here.

Wow that's the one day you can count on them being open here!!!!

 

[Gary A.]

On election days, the bars are closed out here.

Wow that's the one day you can count on them being open here!!!!

Oh man, what a soft ball ... but Gary will respect the TOSR.

 

[snowbear136 67]

Goat. I can't find goat that isn't running around, being cute.

 

[smoke665]

Atlanta has to be the worst city in the country to drive in. I think NY, LA, and Chicago all send their taxi/bus drivers here to train. I couldn't deal with it everyday, I'd end up killing someone. They are extremely aggressive, cutting in and out without signals, if you signal a lane change they cut you off - intentionally. Yesterday, was no exception, two guys passed me, that had to be running in excess of a 100 mph (I was on 80), weaving in and out and trying to ram each other, in an apparent road rage. Over the course of the day, lost count of the near misses, with people cutting me off, got flipped off, tailgated, and endured the stop and go madhouse at 5 pm. Oldest son lives in suburbs, but works in the heart of downtown. He rides the bus because of the traffic. Even the fact that GA has some of the highest insurance rates in the country, with large increases every year, hasn't tempered their driving.

 

[davidharmier60]

I think I mentioned this in the past. When I was an OTR truck driver we called the Atlanta Loop the Atlanta 500. With yellow and red flags and all.
Thankfully I never had a crash there. But I don't believe I could do it today.....

 

[SquarePeg]

I've never driven in Atlanta but I have several customers who live/work in the downtown area and they have nothing but awful things to say about the traffic and drivers.

 

[smoke665]

When I was an OTR truck driver we called the Atlanta Loop the Atlanta 500

It still is. Actually I've never seen a good time to be on the I285 loop. They force all trucks (except local deliveries) to use the loop, you have three major interstates coming in and going out, and a host of multi-lane feeders that dump into it. I've actually found that staying off the loop and going straight through is faster, with less traffic, most days. We got on I20 on the east side of downtown at rush hour. the traffic was moderate, but moving good, till we got to the I285 intersection on the west side. I20 was a parking lot in all 10 lanes till we got about 20 miles out.

 

[JonA_CT]

I had my first and only order of whole belly clams of the summer. They are my favorite New England classic, but I’ll pay for it tonight and tomorrow.

 

[SquarePeg]

I had my first and only order of whole belly clams of the summer. They are my favorite New England classic, but I’ll pay for it tonight and tomorrow.

Sounds a bit like my relationship with ice cream.

 

[JonA_CT]

I had my first and only order of whole belly clams of the summer. They are my favorite New England classic, but I’ll pay for it tonight and tomorrow.

Sounds a bit like my relationship with ice cream.

Our local ice cream shop keeps lactaid on the counter

 

[SquarePeg]

Princess is home watching a movie with the latest version of He’s Not My Boyfriend and a couple of other guys and girls. I was informed the other day that they are officially “dating” whatever that means in high school these days... I’m hoping it means sitting next to each other and texting hearts and smiley faces.

I guess I’ll need to come up with a new nickname for him. How about Dingo Trying to Steal My Baby? Boy Wonder? Prince Charming?

 

[Gary A.]

Gary likes clams and ice cream. Gary’s mango sorbet is wonderful.