[QUOTE=fable]Sounds like you matured exceptionally early. There are some people who never get that, all their lives.[/QUOTE]
The problem with maturing early, at least in my experience, is that there's a strong drive to make up the lost time of immaturity later on.
Incidentally, I'm off to class now.
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[QUOTE=GregtheSleeper]Personal experience... I am Scottish and I live here...
The only better nutters you get are Irish - look at Gerry Adams...[/quote]
Do you think it's cultural? Is the culture laid back enough to permit a greater level of individuality among its members? I recall a wonderfully funny movie set in the Scottish lowlands a number of years ago, called Local Hero. But of course, you always discount any sense of reality when viewing a film.
I seem to remember a supermarket over here selling ostritch, crocodile and kangaroo steaks not so long ago...
I think I saw some ostrich burgers at a local Whole Foods, a fine health foods chain with ambitions of being a supermarket. As I recall, it was something like $10 or more a pound. They have a great selection of fresh and prepared foods, but are very expensive. It's a shame the standard supermarkets still have their heads in their collective colons when it comes all too often to healthy foods and diverse brands.
The only better nutters you get are Irish - look at Gerry Adams...[/quote]
Do you think it's cultural? Is the culture laid back enough to permit a greater level of individuality among its members? I recall a wonderfully funny movie set in the Scottish lowlands a number of years ago, called Local Hero. But of course, you always discount any sense of reality when viewing a film.
I seem to remember a supermarket over here selling ostritch, crocodile and kangaroo steaks not so long ago...
I think I saw some ostrich burgers at a local Whole Foods, a fine health foods chain with ambitions of being a supermarket. As I recall, it was something like $10 or more a pound. They have a great selection of fresh and prepared foods, but are very expensive. It's a shame the standard supermarkets still have their heads in their collective colons when it comes all too often to healthy foods and diverse brands.
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe.
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Local Hero was a great movie, I have fond memories of it 
If you enjoyed Local Hero I'd recommend also, Saving Grace and Waking Ned Devine
There is a Wholefoods here too. The place is weird in its pricing....
A lot of the really exotic produce and international/"gourmet"cheeses are surprisingly reasonable in price. Yet, mundane items such as prepared jars of pasta sauce or perogies are ridiculous. I don't get it.
We tend to shop there on a fairly regular basis, but we also go to the above-mentioned butcher shop, as well as standard grocery stores. If we relied exclusively on Wholefoods our grocery bill would go through the ceiling
If you enjoyed Local Hero I'd recommend also, Saving Grace and Waking Ned Devine
There is a Wholefoods here too. The place is weird in its pricing....
A lot of the really exotic produce and international/"gourmet"cheeses are surprisingly reasonable in price. Yet, mundane items such as prepared jars of pasta sauce or perogies are ridiculous. I don't get it.
We tend to shop there on a fairly regular basis, but we also go to the above-mentioned butcher shop, as well as standard grocery stores. If we relied exclusively on Wholefoods our grocery bill would go through the ceiling
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[QUOTE=dragon wench]I think it can be safely said that in any other place, were people to so openly express their eccentricities, they'd be hauled away and institutionalised.... [/QUOTE]
*nods and whimpers* Now you understand why I don't go out much hmm? :laugh:
[/QUOTE]*nods and whimpers* Now you understand why I don't go out much hmm? :laugh:
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"Oh, so I can crate you and hide you in the warehouse at the end of Raiders?"
"So funny, kiss me funny boy!" / *Sprays mace* " I know, I know, bad for the ozone"
"Oh, so I can crate you and hide you in the warehouse at the end of Raiders?"
"So funny, kiss me funny boy!" / *Sprays mace* " I know, I know, bad for the ozone"
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[QUOTE=dragon wench]Local Hero was a great movie, I have fond memories of it If you enjoyed Local Hero I'd recommend also, Saving Grace and Waking Ned Devine [/quote]
I'll look for them. Thanks for the recommendations.
There is a Wholefoods here too. The place is weird in its pricing....
A lot of the really exotic produce and international/"gourmet"cheeses are surprisingly reasonable in price. Yet, mundane items such as prepared jars of pasta sauce or perogies are ridiculous. I don't get it.
They rely on laziness of their customers. One of my wife's co-workers was complaining the other week about his family's food bill. It turned out they shop for everything at Wholefoods, and will go nowhere else. Perhaps their toilet paper is more fragrant than whatever could be purchased at the regional supermarket chain?
We tend to shop there on a fairly regular basis, but we also go to the above-mentioned butcher shop, as well as standard grocery stores. If we relied exclusively on Wholefoods our grocery bill would go through the ceiling
We go for organic produce and chicken, as well as the nearly salt-free tomato sauce and similar products they carry in great quantities and many lines. But we go elsewhere for everything else. It's one thing to owe your soul to a bank that owns your home mortgage. It is entirely a more sickening affair to owe it to a supermarket.
If you enjoyed Local Hero I'd recommend also, Saving Grace and Waking Ned Devine [/quote]I'll look for them. Thanks for the recommendations.
There is a Wholefoods here too. The place is weird in its pricing....
A lot of the really exotic produce and international/"gourmet"cheeses are surprisingly reasonable in price. Yet, mundane items such as prepared jars of pasta sauce or perogies are ridiculous. I don't get it.
They rely on laziness of their customers. One of my wife's co-workers was complaining the other week about his family's food bill. It turned out they shop for everything at Wholefoods, and will go nowhere else. Perhaps their toilet paper is more fragrant than whatever could be purchased at the regional supermarket chain?
We tend to shop there on a fairly regular basis, but we also go to the above-mentioned butcher shop, as well as standard grocery stores. If we relied exclusively on Wholefoods our grocery bill would go through the ceiling
We go for organic produce and chicken, as well as the nearly salt-free tomato sauce and similar products they carry in great quantities and many lines. But we go elsewhere for everything else. It's one thing to owe your soul to a bank that owns your home mortgage. It is entirely a more sickening affair to owe it to a supermarket.
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe.