Twistedhed wrote in message
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Hahahahah,,I KNOW you're right....mine have all left the nest, but I
can relate to the days when a few hundred dollars worth of groceries
with kids could last a few days,...,and that's if you're fortunate.
There's still some good ol' bartering going on at some local
markets.....a truckload of vegetables swapped for a truckload of fruit,
etc,..with the prices of fresh fruit and fresh veggies (which aren't
really fresh at all, in addition to being loaded with insecticides and
all kinds of other nasty sh*t, unless you buy organic or irradiated and
then you're spending even MORE) it's cheaper to grow your own these
days. Just about the only fruit we buy at the store are South American
bananas and Chilean grapes,,eveything else is Florida fresh from our
backyards, groves, or stands. Betcha this state throws away enough
grapefruit each year to feed several small countries.


some use tricks such as soaking the fruit in water to increase the
weight, so you're buying water. The same is done with meat, they have
special machines to roll the meat in - and even add other meats to chicken.
In tests, chicken coming from one EU country was found to contain other
meats, while being marked OK for those who cannot touch such meats.

Just think, if soaking in water worked with CBs, you could put a small
GE in a bucket for a couple of hours... and pull it out as a Madison.


Regards.

Peter.