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[shelbysmiles]

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It was just a regular Grocery Store in the South. I think there was also a Hoggly Woggly if you can believe that!

[Cinders]

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Limers,

Here in the States (USA) we had several stores.

A&P (Atlantic to Pacific)

Piggly Wiggly (we are your downhown store)

and Kroger.

Today we have many more options.

Piggly Wiggly is for the "back country" demographics like me. I have a Piggly Wiggly, a Hardees (fast food store) and a Dollar General. I love it.

I do drive into town for Publix and Fresh Market. They both have wonderful foods we can eat but I do not drive there but once a couple of weeks. It takes 30+ minutes and LOTS of gasoline to get there.

I live out where when the night comes, my property is BLACK. There is no one here and nothing to call. No pizzas, no Chinese takeout, NOTHING. It is dark, silent, black and incredibly wonderful.

I can "shop ahead" have done that since I was a young girl. Not hard. :-)

Love,
Cindi

[Guest]

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sounds like a really special place,I live in a shoebox with 5 other people in the middle of a concrete jungle with a back garden the size of a postage stamp! Your very lucky.

[Cinders]

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Yep. I am blessed.

I live in a "shoebox" of 9 acres. Hawks, owls, hummingbirds, deer and many other animals.

I walk out back in the morning in my t-shirt and undies and no one can see me.

I watch the hummingbirds fight over the feeders and the bushes, I watch the sky awaken and the butterflies hit the bushes.

It is amazing.

All here in Alabama.

One of the most "backwards" states in the US. Oh, and my grandchildren's scores on the SATs are higher than most others.

Umm.

Shouldn't say this. The kids get great schooling, my yard is full of wildlife, and I am happy.

Damn.

Life could only be better if I could drink and I wouldn't be a drunk.

Ummm.

I'll keep abstaining for now.

Love,
Cindi

[Guest]

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you do that ,sounds like youve alot to live for ,grankids and all and Im trying to visualise you sitting on your varanda looking and listening to natures best. Can I come visit sometime ,sounds like a great meeting place for world "my way out 'day!

[A Work in Progress]

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Y'all are making me SO nostalgic! I grew up in the South... Publix was the upscale grocery store, and Piggly Wiggly was more the "regular" one, also Winn Dixie... I live in the midwest now, but under protest (nobody moved me here but myself, of course, long series of circumstances... ). Someday I'll go back South.

wip

[Cinders]

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As my DIL says, "The Pig Rocks."

I have to laugh.

Yes the Pig Rocks here. They have great meat and great produce.

We are lucky.

Love,
Cindi

[Accountable for Me]

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Your place does sound very wonderful, Cindi.

I wish I were sitting in your back yard right now enjoying the peace and wildlife.

[Cinders]

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AfM,

My backyard is amazing.

Truly.

I have butterflies all over the bushes, hummingbird sall over the bushes and the "feeders" and deer and owls and falcons.

I can do this.

I will sit here, be quiet and happy.

I love it.

Love,
Cindi

[Guest]

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Hope all is going well with everyone this evening ..im watching trading places at the mo ,what a great film!

[kriger]

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Wow, I leave for a couple of hours and come back to two more pages of this thread. You guys are hot. Sorry, limers, that you live in a concrete jungle, but isn't ireland beautiful almost everywhere? Are you close enough to the country to be able to enjoy that beauty. My husband is 100% irish, although he was born in the US. He is a proud man, to be sure. I love to hear you all describe your beautiful locations- having land around you gives you so many options to create beauty around you. That is a good thing. I, myself, look out my window and see a majectic mountain range. It is a 20 minute drive to be hiking in the midst. In the evening, when the sun sets, the mountains become a beautiful shade of pink just before the sun sets. It is breathtaking! Keep on keeping on all! kriger

[kriger]

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O2M, I know what takeaway is now. That is too funny. You are trying to fight two beasts at once- I can't even imagine trying that. Yes you are Saint O2M, my dear. Too bad about the chinese food; there will be another time, I'm sure. Or you could call the place and order your own? Right? Chinese doesn't count as "takeaway" because it can be healthy (without MSG, without any fried stuff). If you order carefully it can be good for you. kriger

[Guest]

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Kriger ...your a hoot! How do you order a take out carefully?Do I remember to be polite when ordering so the guys dont gob in my food????lol! Only jossling. Im amazed that we all were of the same mind set today and everyone just gelled mentally .I didnt find tonight hard and I probably wont find tomorrow too difficult BUT wednesday will be the real test for me . However ,dear new friends , I have made my commitment to one and all and I will do this ,oh! yes I will. Tomorrow I will discuss my real concerns with you all ,how am I going to have sex ever again without alcohol......bet you all cant wait for that !

[kriger]

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O2M,
I know tomorrow will even be better than today! Sleep tight, my friend! kriger

[kriger]

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Limers,
I'll stayed tuned, for sure, for that one! Have a good nights rest. This time diff is a trip- I am not even off work yet- I have the whole evening ahead of me, but "no fear", even with all the beer in the frig. I know it won't call my name until I take that first drink. If I were to take that first beer, it would grab me by the throat until I drank ten. That's my method of operation- take none and I'm just fine; take one and I'm dust in the wind. At least I know that about myself. It is the same with nicotine, so I'll get to that some other time-maybe in 30 days. kriger