I shopped at Walmart and Costco yesterday. In past years I spent more at Costco, but find myself more often gravitating to Walmart. Tonight my wife is making tacos with Walmart avocados and Costco organic ground beef.
Wal Mart is such a crappy store and I am no snob. It used to have good prices but no longer and never any specials. The greeters never greet you, no one says hi, and I never see a manager around. Everything is locked up and finding someone to open up the cabinets is like pulling teeth. I am not big on Costco (think the prices too high) but do own the stock and it has done very well. Go on a Saturday and the parking lot is full and it is bustling inside. People really seem to enjoy shopping there. I usually dread going to Wal Mart.
Isn't there a H.E.B nearby? Love football season. Go to Costco when the Longhorns are playing and the place is deserted. Same goes for the Cowboy's games. I would imagine where you live it would be when the Texans are playing.
Wal Mart is such a crappy store and I am no snob. It used to have good prices but no longer and never any specials. The greeters never greet you, no one says hi, and I never see a manager around. Everything is locked up and finding someone to open up the cabinets is like pulling teeth. I am not big on Costco (think the prices too high) but do own the stock and it has done very well. Go on a Saturday and the parking lot is full and it is bustling inside. People really seem to enjoy shopping there. I usually dread going to Wal Mart.
Isn't there a H.E.B nearby? Love football season. Go to Costco when the Longhorns are playing and the place is deserted. Same goes for the Cowboy's games. I would imagine where you live it would be when the Texans are playing.
Most definitely. There are 3 Krogers, an HEB, a Wal Mart, and a Randall's all really close. The Krogers are not great but have good sales. The Randall's also have great sales even though overall prices are high. HEB has the cleanest store and the checkout people are friendly. Even a Ranch 99 (chinese) is nearby. Which my wife loves.
Wal Mart is such a crappy store and I am no snob. It used to have good prices but no longer and never any specials. The greeters never greet you, no one says hi, and I never see a manager around. Everything is locked up and finding someone to open up the cabinets is like pulling teeth. I am not big on Costco (think the prices too high) but do own the stock and it has done very well. Go on a Saturday and the parking lot is full and it is bustling inside. People really seem to enjoy shopping there. I usually dread going to Wal Mart.
Isn't there a H.E.B nearby? Love football season. Go to Costco when the Longhorns are playing and the place is deserted. Same goes for the Cowboy's games. I would imagine where you live it would be when the Texans are playing.
People here love the Texans. You won't see too many people wearing Cowboys' jerseys. The Astros are huge and the Rockets not so much.
They built a Costco in Georgetown, so now we don't have to schlep to Cedar Park anymore. Been buying gas for under $3 ever since we got back from the NE in September 23. The Walmart here is nice and the clientele is an interesting mix of upper and lower. We go there because they carry brands of whole bean coffee that we use for our French press. They even carry Caymus cab in the wine selection!
We have an Executive membership at Costco, we go enough to get a rebate check that covers the cost plus about $50. The Kirkland wines from small vineyards are universally good, but limited supplies. We have found Walmart a couple dollars cheaper than Albertsons or Fred Meyer on items like Starbucks coffee. The produce is quite a bit cheaper. I picked up five avocados for $3.50. Celery and green onions are Dole, fresh, reasonable compared to our grocery stores.
Well, we have royalty amongst us! Igy and family have an executive Costco membership! We are hobnobbing with the upper class. (Just teasing Igy).
I shopped at Walmart and Costco yesterday. In past years I spent more at Costco, but find myself more often gravitating to Walmart. Tonight my wife is making tacos with Walmart avocados and Costco organic ground beef.
Wal Mart is such a crappy store and I am no snob. It used to have good prices but no longer and never any specials. The greeters never greet you, no one says hi, and I never see a manager around. Everything is locked up and finding someone to open up the cabinets is like pulling teeth. I am not big on Costco (think the prices too high) but do own the stock and it has done very well. Go on a Saturday and the parking lot is full and it is bustling inside. People really seem to enjoy shopping there. I usually dread going to Wal Mart.
Made another attempt to watch Barry Lyndon on the flight back to the States. The moment Ryan O'Neal appears I shut it off. Can never get pass that point. Why in the world did Kubrick cast him? Rewatched North by Northwest, Lawrence of Arabia and Brazil instead.
Made another attempt to watch Barry Lyndon on the flight back to the States. The moment Ryan O'Neal appears I shut it off. Can never get pass that point. Why in the world did Kubrick cast him? Rewatched North by Northwest, Lawrence of Arabia and Brazil instead.
You're killing me here gente. I have no objectivity with Kubrick so it's all I can do to stay in the bounds of polite discourse. Quality film criticism with a non-appreciator of all things Kubrickian is difficult for me.
Let me just say that O'Neill's lightweight boyish persona...is relevant to the story later on. It fits the storyline.
The movie needs to be seen on a real screen though...it's a photographic wonderwork.
Beyond the photography there are several scenes that have the full kubrick psychological punch we got in all the others.
All in all, it's a relaxed pace movie that is novel-ish in its telling of a big long tragic story and to my mind is one of the greatest things ever filmed.
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R2k up a decent 8% over the past year so I guess this checks out.
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Made another attempt to watch Barry Lyndon on the flight back to the States. The moment Ryan O'Neal appears I shut it off. Can never get pass that point. Why in the world did Kubrick cast him? Rewatched North by Northwest, Lawrence of Arabia and Brazil instead.
Lawrence of Arabia my favorite as a kid. “No prisoners!” North by Northwest, adult favorite, Grant driving the car drunk. Of course there is O’Neal as a marathoner in The Games. His best work was in TVs Peyton Place.
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Today might be a key day… good news from the all-important us tech sector…will that bring some of that fast money back to the sp500 after it has fled for Europe the last weeek or two.
whenever people ask "why are markets ignoring political risk", I always think back to this Gavyn Davies column during the fiscal cliff "crisis" of 2013:
Today might be a key day… good news from the all-important us tech sector…will that bring some of that fast money back to the sp500 after it has fled for Europe the last weeek or two.
ok we learned that the market is going to be very harsh.
I'm taking my exposure down to 40% stocks tomorrow.
Clearly whatever trump is selling, the market isn't buying.
Goldman Sachs is upbeat about the economy this year. Its economists see healthy growth of 2.3%, unemployment staying below 4%, and the probability of recession at just 15%—all more optimistic than the consensus. And they see inflation, excluding food and energy, continuing to fall, to a little over 2% (using the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure) by year-end.
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