the evil twin knows

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023345557

Oh my.

Atman (26,413 posts)    Fri Jul 26, 2013, 10:29 AM

You know Walmart is in trouble when...

Their ads don't try to sell anything. No sales. No price rollbacks. Just "Hey, look! We really don't suck that bad! Looky looky, here's a young black kid making $7.25 an hour actually believing we'll make him an IT guy in the home office some day! LOL! Come buy some cheap Chinese shit, because we really don't suck as much as everyone says!"

It's a big campfire, so only a few primitive comments, selected at random:

Atman (26,413 posts)    Fri Jul 26, 2013, 10:45 AM

5. BTW, the difference is, Walmart sucks.

Target sucks, too. But less, and they don't nick you with their teeth. I don't shop at either.

Atman (26,413 posts)    Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:03 AM

15. I don't shop at Nordstrom's for anything. I don't shop at malls, period.

Yes, I'm a snob I guess. I also happen to live out in the country, and have very few choices. Yes, there is a Walmart, but I won't shop there. I go to my local hardware store, I shop at Big Y for necessities, we farm our own produce, [franksolich :  ] we buy local meat at the farmer's market on Sunday. I realize that not everyone has access to this sort of shopping...ironically, we shop this way because we don't have easy access to malls and mass-market stuff.

Atman (26,413 posts)    Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:28 AM

21. I'm born in Boston, grew up on the beach in Florida

I'm not unfamiliar with "rubbing shoulders." We moved to our country home from the city. Downsized, sold half our stuff after the kids moved out. We're now between NYC and Boston...not a bad place to be. It's just a change of pace. This is the first year we've had our own garden. I mean, a real garden, big. We'll be canning soon. [franksolich:  ] All our produce is fresh picked a few hours before we eat it. But we still makes trips to the "big city."

And yes, we make pretty good money, and I understand that many cannot afford to shop anywhere else but Walmart. But in my experience, if you pay attention, you get better quality that lasts longer by shopping local anyway. For instance, my kids were looking for new bikes. We have a local bike shop, a small mom & pop store that sells quality stuff. The kids joked that they'd just go to Walmart and buy a new bike for $90...it's the third bike they've had to buy, because the cheap Walmart crap falls apart, the gears don't work, etc. But if they spent $250 bucks, the bike shop will assemble it, provide tune-ups, provide service. Yes, it's more money up front. But it's quality that last, not cheap disposable junk.

Atman (26,413 posts)    Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:07 AM

16. We're not supposed to mention post counts...

But you jumped in for your first posts on DU to defend Walmart. And bash Target, to boot! I know how this business works. I've been in advertising and marketing my entire life. This is a political web site, but you showed up to defend Walmart. Cool, no problem. But let's be honest about it.

Atman (26,413 posts)    Fri Jul 26, 2013, 10:59 AM

12. I admit, we have a good, locally owned grocery chain up here.

I know the owners, we're from the same home town. "Big Y." They started as a local green grocer, now they have stores all over New England. Big, nice, mostly locally sourced (they even provide the name of the farms where the produce comes from). I'm happy to spend my money there. We also have an Aldi (German, I believe) and Stop&Shop (Royal Dutch Ahold), but I'll go out of my way to shop at Big Y. Keep it local, support the local farmers. I would never, ever, ever step foot in a Walmart. Even if that young kid was about to be promoted to president.

Atman (26,413 posts)    Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:42 AM

29. Spalding is a good example...

They used to make their basketballs in Springfield, MA. Walmart came to them and wanted to sell genuine Spalding NBA-endorsed basketballs. MASSIVE contract, obviously. Only one caveat...if Spalding wanted the deal to sell millions of NBA basketballs nationwide, they had to use Walmart's manufacturer in China. Spalding gave in, looking for the quick profit. But sales plummeted. The Chinese basketballs looked like genuine Spalding basketballs, but they were made of hard, brittle cheap rubber. Players hated them...they didn't feel right, they didn't bounce right...but, hey, they were cheap at Walmart!
 
Spalding learned their lesson. They sold a lot of basketballs, but their brand took a major hit. Walmart is all about cheap crap.

Atman (26,413 posts)    Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:35 AM

24. Again with the bashing of Walmart "competitors."

Hmmm.

Personally, I can't stand Whole Foods. Total rip off. They cater to a certain market that actually seems to love the snob appeal. I don't like knowing I'm being deliberately ripped off. That's why we do the farmer's markets and local stores. If you bother to educate yourself, you can find equally good deals at local shops. We have at least a dozen homes near us who have chickens wandering around in the yard*...$2 a dozen for fresh, local eggs, not shipped in from a ConAgra hell-house. And a couple of farms which make their own cheeses, sell their own free-roaming cows. Yes, it's not "normal," but it's also not Walmart. A well-educated consumer is Walmart's worst fear.

*Geezuz, what a blatant lie.

The evil twin lives in Connecticut, in a "rustic area" set aside for the 1%.

One highly doubts anybody in Connecticut has chickens running around their well-manicured acres of yards.

Nobody, but nobody, even in the very poorest parts of Nebraska has chickens running around in their front yard.

[jukin]

Walmart has done more to help poor people in a year than the government ever has.

[ChuckJ]

Atman (26,413 posts)    Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:03 AM

15. I don't shop at Nordstrom's for anything. I don't shop at malls, period.

Yes, I'm a snob I guess. I also happen to live out in the country, and have very few choices. Yes, there is a Walmart, but I won't shop there. I go to my local hardware store, I shop at Big Y for necessities, we farm our own produce, we buy local meat at the farmer's market on Sunday. I realize that not everyone has access to this sort of shopping...ironically, we shop this way because we don't have easy access to malls and mass-market stuff.

I've lived 'out in the country' all of my life. Not once have I seen meat for sale at our farmer's market or at any of the farmer's markets in neighboring towns. Around here you go to the farmer's market if you want produce. You go to the slaughter house if you want meat.

I'm not saying that farmer's markets elsewhere don't sale meat. I'm just saying that it doesn't happen any where near here.

[franksolich]

I've lived 'out in the country' all of my life. Not once have I seen meat for sale at our farmer's market or at any of the farmer's markets in neighboring towns. Around here you go to the farmer's market if you want produce. You go to the slaughter house if you want meat.

I'm not saying that farmer's markets elsewhere don't sale meat. I'm just saying that it doesn't happen any where near here.

The same here.

I think it'd be hazardous, buying meat at a "farmers'" market anyway.

No USDA inspection.

[BattleHymn]

I've lived 'out in the country' all of my life. Not once have I seen meat for sale at our farmer's market or at any of the farmer's markets in neighboring towns. Around here you go to the farmer's market if you want produce. You go to the slaughter house if you want meat.

I'm not saying that farmer's markets elsewhere don't sale meat. I'm just saying that it doesn't happen any where near here.

I'll bet a dollar that the meat he's buying comes from Walmart, and is flipped at the farmer's market for a quick profit. 

[franksolich]

I'll bet a dollar that the meat he's buying comes from Walmart, and is flipped at the farmer's market for a quick profit. 

This is Connecticut.

I'll bet nearly everything the evil twin buys at a "farmers'" market in Connecticut is grown somewhere down south, and falsely-advertised among the rich primitives of New England as "locally grown."

I'll bet the whole state of Connecticut doesn't produce but half a bushel of corn, and an eighth of a pound of hamburger.  I'll bet they don't even have dairy cattle there for nature's perfect food, milk and milk products.

[Chris_]

I think it'd be hazardous, buying meat at a "farmers'" market anyway.

No USDA inspection.

You might be buying last week's deliveryman.

[franksolich]

You might be buying last week's deliveryman.

Good one.  Awesome.

[franksolich]

Near, but not in, franksolich's yard.  And not chickens.



It's where one comes out of the front yard and gets on the road to get to the driveway to get to the highway.

[Dori]

I have a dumb question.  Are those birds cranes?

[GOBUCKS]

You learn something every day.

Connecticut, a deep blue polluted cesspool choked with dense swarms of democrats, is a rural paradise!!

Despite being home to stinking, squirming masses of cheek-by-jowl liberals (though some are wealthy), Connecticut is a pristine throwback to the nineteenth century.

Compared to Connecticut, the vast prairies of the upper Midwest are an urban megalopolis.

That is, if you believe the permanently unemployed Atman McGrath.

[seahorse513]

actually Vermont, west  to upper NH, western Maine, have a lot of farmland..
and why do I always feel like I have to defend New England??

[franksolich]

So.....I go to check out houses in the evil twin's neighborhoood, or at least close to his neighborhood.

Connecticut's a pretty tiny state, and everything's close to everything else there; these are probably within a mere two-minute stroll from his own place.

I'm sure these people let chickens run around in their yards.

[Karin]

I lived in CT for 10 years, and never saw any chickens running around.  And, you can't buy meat from a farmer's market because of the temperature and sanitation regulations. 

Atman is an insufferable elitist snob, and an idiot to boot.

[franksolich]

I lived in CT for 10 years, and never saw any chickens running around.  And, you can't buy meat from a farmer's market because of the temperature and sanitation regulations. 

Atman is an insufferable elitist snob, and an idiot to boot.

I'm not so sure now.  Much to my horror, apparently one can buy meat at a "farmers'" market, or at least the one the evil twin patronizes.

http://coventryfarmersmarket.com/

[RobJohnson]

I've lived 'out in the country' all of my life. Not once have I seen meat for sale at our farmer's market or at any of the farmer's markets in neighboring towns. Around here you go to the farmer's market if you want produce. You go to the slaughter house if you want meat.

I'm not saying that farmer's markets elsewhere don't sale meat. I'm just saying that it doesn't happen any where near here.

I've seen some large farmer's market but never seen any sell meat either. I don't think farmers are allowed to sell meat directly to you in the first place, like you said, it has to go through a slaughterhouse that is USDA inspected.

[BlueStateSaint]

I'm not so sure now.  Much to my horror, apparently one can buy meat at a "farmers'" market, or at least the one the evil twin patronizes.

http://coventryfarmersmarket.com/

Coach, he's still an elitist snob and an idiot.

[RobJohnson]

The same here.

I think it'd be hazardous, buying meat at a "farmers'" market anyway.

No USDA inspection.

I should of read all the comments before I posted! I was thinking the same thing.

[Chris_]

You can buy meat at farmers markets as long as the seller meets the same USDA regulations as your local grocer.  The University of Kentucky did a survey and found that only 14% of markets in the state sold meat.

[Skul]

I have a dumb question.  Are those birds cranes?

Sandhlll Cranes. In case you're thinking I'm kidding you....... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_Crane

Pedro must have been lurking over here.
He felt a need to expound on his new agrarian roots.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023385111

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 09:42 AM

Star Member Atman (26,424 posts)
Our first year of farming is turning out pretty good!
(followed by a picture of some green tomatoes and what looks like a cucumber.  Long blah-blah, after that)

Not much in comments.
Someone wanted to know if he ate flowers that happened to be in the picture. (He does.) 

[Carl]

God,he is an idiot.

[JohnnyReb]

Sandhlll Cranes. In case you're thinking I'm kidding you....... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_Crane

Pedro must have been lurking over here.
He felt a need to expound on his new agrarian roots.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023385111Not much in comments.
Someone wanted to know if he ate flowers that happened to be in the picture. (He does.) 

DUmmie says they have a 30' X 30' plot......divided as follows.

She used the "square foot gardening" method. The garden is divided up into nine 4' square plots, each divided into twelve 1' squares.

9x4'=36' and 4x4 =16 squares per block not 12.....not only can Dummies not do math...I don't think they can do plane plain geometry.

[Skul]

DUmmie says they have a 30' X 30' plot......divided as follows.

She used the "square foot gardening" method. The garden is divided up into nine 4' square plots, each divided into twelve 1' squares.

9x4'=36' and 4x4 =16 squares per block not 12.....not only can Dummies not do math...I don't think they can do plane plain geometry.

Give Pedro a break. He meant to say they have a 30'X30' LOT.
In there, he has a 144 square foot garden.
Farmer extraordinaire. Indeed. Yup.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I've lived 'out in the country' all of my life. Not once have I seen meat for sale at our farmer's market or at any of the farmer's markets in neighboring towns. Around here you go to the farmer's market if you want produce. You go to the slaughter house if you want meat.

I'm not saying that farmer's markets elsewhere don't sale meat. I'm just saying that it doesn't happen any where near here.

Yeah.  It would be impossible to comply with all the health and inspection requirements to sell meat to the public at one, especially in a Democrat-run regulation-infatuated shithole like Connecticut.

[franksolich]

Sandhlll Cranes. In case you're thinking I'm kidding you....... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_Crane

Pedro must have been lurking over here.
He felt a need to expound on his new agrarian roots.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023385111Not much in comments.
Someone wanted to know if he ate flowers that happened to be in the picture. (He does.) 

I was thinking about bringing that over too--as God knows, we need some more inventory in the DUmpster--but then I got hung up on the evil twin's ".....we drove all over tarnation....." and lost the contents of my stomach.