Errands~How many times a week...

[lucie]

I don't have to go far to go shoping. I have a major mall 5 minutes from our home, all the grocery stores are also about 5 minutes from our home. Maybe that's why I don't plan my outings...I guess I'm spoiled...I never realized that some of you had to drive so far to go shopping. I understand even more how it is important to plan your errand days.


To answer your question, Linda, no there is usually no traffic, unless I go during the hours which people come home from work or go to to work. For you Linda, it's always hot all year long?...I imagine it must not be comfortable to drive in heat...I know I hate taking the car in the summer...the car is so hot and it's so uncomfortable.

You know, I could do better at saving gaz if I would force myself to do it---I could walk everyday to buy a few groceries...there's a fruit store at a 5 minute walk from my home and I always go at least once a week--by car...and 15 minute walk to go to the grocery store...but I rarely do it...

My parents are like you Carolyn and Lynn--they have to drive 1 hour to go to the main grocery stores and 1 1/2 hour drive to go to Walmart and all major stores, like Sears, etc... My parents usually go once a week, only and since the gaz rised in price they ahve been stretching their trips. Even to go to the little grocery store, they have to drive 30 minutes. They live in the woods...

[lucie]

lynn said:

I like small town life. If I could I would live waaayyyy back in the woods. I don't like grocery shopping at all.....and have to be in the mood to do clothes or shoe shopping. I despise traffic, smog, and noisy city life. Not for me.

I wish I lived in the woods, Lynn. I don't live in a big city, but still, I would rather live in the woods like my parents...and shopping is not my favorite thing to do either.

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Fancy having a section on quail hunting, that is our kind of place. What a lovely name for a town. I saw Cara's town accidently yesterday, for a festival.

Will check it out some more later. Off to read Lucie's post.

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My hometown was hot. We didn't have an air-con car then. We had an air-con house instead, now it is reversed.

Where we live now has fog until sometimes one or two pm. So a bit different. I get very cold here at my computer in winter.

I do walk to the shops now and the kids walk to school. I tend to try to get a large shop everyfortnight. On my minor payday I sometimes walk there with dd and some bags, but sometimes buy too much to carry back comfortably. I will be walking to pre-school to collect Amelia and drop her off twice a week this year. Hopefully, crossing fingers, maybe I will take the car. It is hard to find a park at school, you would nearly be parked at our house.

I guess I have had three different lifestyles as I have lived in three places since 2002.

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DH went to Walmart in Markham, Ontario and one in Poughkeepsie NY. I have trouble following it now though. How big is yours Cara? I will try to read this thread through again later. Are they all the same?

We had a super K-mart I imagine it is like that, now they have split it into Coles and K-mart. That was in our hometown though, and they have shade sails out front now.

[lynn]

Quail hunting is a big to do here. As a matter of fact, there are 2 celebrity hunts going on right now. Reba McEntire, VP Dick Cheney, Gen. Schwarzkopf (I know I didn't spell that right) are just a few that have stayed at secluded area plantations and did some quail hunting.

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My husband Stephen was pretty impressed when I told him. DS17 was pretty impressed with the place you told me about with the snake story too, the website.

Lucie, Stephen said to tell you that it is 8oC on the worst or coldest day of the year. Winter days are somewhere about 14oC or cooler, not sure, it is a bit different here.

It was not so much the traffic I didn't like in our hometown, it sounds like yours Lucie busy for a few minutes each day, I avoided the morning rush and went a bit earlier. It was the stopping and starting in our van. Now I just like to drive and not stop to turn at corners! We have roundabouts in this town now with flowers.

I remembered seeing a show about Walmart, how they closed down or made it hard for the shopping strips in little towns. We still have our shopping strip. Although the baker, mostly makes things for the tourists, not plain square loaves. I tend to avoid the butcher, and others that don't have eftpos. I guess I was used to shopping in large supermarkets.

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Wow Lynn, I looked at the page www.city-data.com/city/Albany-Georgia.html
and the houses are so cheap, maybe I should go in a green card lottery.

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I had a look at the other link, we have a quail hunting dog, but sadly he is not highly trained. Lovely pet though.

[lucie]

braidedrug said:

Lucie, Stephen said to tell you that it is 8oC on the worst or coldest day of the year. Winter days are somewhere about 14oC or cooler, not sure, it is a bit different here.

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I remembered seeing a show about Walmart, how they closed down or made it hard for the shopping strips in little towns. We still have our shopping strip. Although the baker, mostly makes things for the tourists, not plain square loaves. I tend to avoid the butcher, and others that don't have eftpos. I guess I was used to shopping in large supermarkets.

Wow! I wish it was 14 C in winter here!Our winters are more like minus 10 C average and minus 30 C and it even has been minus 40 C with wind factor. In that temp. no one goes out except the ski fanatics.

Every winter, my hands get dry, crack and bleed from the cold--even if I wear warm mittens. I think I'm allergic to the cold. lol

Now you have me intrigued, Linda. What is eftpos?....I am going to search google in the meantime to get your answer.

[lucie]

I forgot to say, Linda, yes here in an area of Quebec--I think it wa Jonquière...a Walmart has closed because the employees tried to get the syndaction and Walmart just closed down within a week. Imagine. People were very mad about Walmart for this.

[lucie]

Lynn, it's nice to see how it looks where you live! I'll post some links from my town, also.

[Admin]

Br, you mentioned seeing my town. Was it the annual Hillbilly Days Festival, or the Hatfield/McCoy Feud Days? They both are fun.
We are also famous for our 4 lane highway that was cut thru an entire mountain to build the road. It is amazing.

[Admin]

Br, no all Wal*Marts are not the same. There are the regular smaller ones and then the Super Wal*Mart which sells everything. Including groceries and have a car repair place. We have a super wal*mart just down the road, but not much else. We have a K Mart but it is a very small one and they are thinking of closing it up. We have several local high end department stores.

[Admin]

The problem with having a Wal*Mart is that they move into smaller towns and take over, putting all the mom and pop shops our of business. We lost all but one local grocery store when Super Wal*Mart put in groceries. Plus Wal*Mart doesn't not want their employees to unionize.