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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:32 PM Original message |
What in God's good name is Trader Joes? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not nearly as much fun as Trader Vic's? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a grocery store. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Our TJs have no booze ..... local liquor laws |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. That's the nice thing about CA. Except for a few cities with limited permits, most anyplace can sell |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. We actually have country liquor stores |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. Your post ,makes me want to move to California and drink and drink and... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. OMG, teh lesbians go there?! No wonder the other half stay in the car |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's a grocery store |
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puerco-bellies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. There is one literally at the end of my street. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. When I move, there'll be one three blocks from me |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. hoorayyyyyy! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. They make up for it |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Here's a link to their site... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's a cult. Don't fall for the "it's a grocery store" line. That's how they trick you into joining |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. LOL-Hey Gormy! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I first stumbled into a TJ's in the early 90s when I was on a business trip. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I hear ya! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Trader Joe's is the place to buy cheese, bread |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Yep -- that's where we buy all of our cheese, milk, and bread |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Hi LostinVA! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. We buy almost all of our food there |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I hear ya! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Haruka loves their Ginger Lemon juice and their canned coffee drinks |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. I've got to try them. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
58. I love that their dairy is hormone free! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. grocery store. generally catering to poor artists. great quality, great prices |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. So your local TJs attracts poor artists? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. i think it was their marketing plan. i remember discussing it in one of my classes |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. well it must be working -- an actor I know moved to LA recently |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's a chain of lesbian hangouts |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. LOL |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. The local Trader Joes here |
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riona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. I miss having one here |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's where one gets high quality stuff at the lowest prices |
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cabraverde (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. But are they goldstar lesbians or of the lipstick variety? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Does Trader Joe's even carry toasters? n/t |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. those are not mutually exclusive categories |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Deleted message |
LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. You had a post not as bad as this deleted the other day |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. God, I'm glad I check in on the Lounge every so often. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I'm gay and the wife is -- we've NEVER heard "Goldstar" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Deleted message |
Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. You need to stew a bit longer. n/t |
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cabraverde (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. If I ever meet Charles Shaw , I will give him a big kiss |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's the store where we do ninety percent of our |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. if you go, can you pick me up some ZenSoy Chocolate Pudding? |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. Too progressive for Texas. Figures. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. sounds more like Central Market than Whole Paycheck. I prefer CM myself |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hahahaha! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. They're magnets for drunken assholes in Hummer-like Toyotas |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
44. Trader Joe's is teh Awesome! |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. we're lucky to live where we do KW |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. we are lucky! |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's a chain geared to foodies who don't have lots of cash |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. Aren't the corn dogs popular? |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. Trader Joe's is utter delight and sorely needed in this hellhole called Texas |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's a really cool grocery store |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
57. best grocery store ever |
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