What a deal!

I ran out of yeast, so I went to a restaurant supply store to pick up some. As usual, they had two sizes: 1-lb for $2.99 and 2-lb for $6.29. Guess which one I bought.

Hey, buddy, ya got two $10 for a $5 ?

[Jenise]

My pre-Covid self would say it's obvious, they count on their customers to reach for the larger container presuming it's cheaper without stopping to do the math. But in post-Covid supply times, I kind of wonder if, though the first theory might still be in play, if the l lb pkgs are at pre-lockdown prices and the 2 lb pkgs were marked up one or two steps back in the supply chain.

We want to buy a new mailbox. It comes in three colors. All were $75 at Lowe's, but at Home Depot they're $75, $72 and $63, depending we presume on the prevailing wholesale price the last time they were restocked. Lucky us, our color's $63.

We want to buy a new mailbox. It comes in three colors. All were $75 at Lowe's, but at Home Depot they're $75, $72 and $63, depending we presume on the prevailing wholesale price the last time they were restocked. Lucky us, our color's $63.

Heh. I just recently bought two pair of boxer shorts. They also come in about 5 colors. But the green was half off. OK, then, decision made!

Not a big fan of the Trump-supporting Home Depot CEO.

[David M. Bueker]

Not a big fan of the Trump-supporting Home Depot CEO.

Go commando for Biden!

[Jenise]

Not a big fan of the Trump-supporting Home Depot CEO.

Ditto; haven't been in there in two years. But this time HD was the only game in town. Lowe's was out of what we wanted (we and our neighbors want matching boxes--we share a post, and apparently he got the last one), and the local indy hardware store didn't carry the brand we need.

Tons of reasons I don't like HD(and try not to shop there). You'd be hard pressed to find someone who finds DT more repugnant than I do. But the calls for a boycott came after one of the co-founders(who retired and left board 15-20 years ago) supported DT's reelection. Calls for boycotts should be precisely targeted. If you know actual info that I'm not privy to, I'm willing to reconsider (though I still don't generally shop at HD).

Tons of reasons I don't like HD(and try not to shop there). You'd be hard pressed to find someone who finds DT more repugnant than I do. But the calls for a boycott came after one of the co-founders(who retired and left board 15-20 years ago) supported DT's reelection. Calls for boycotts should be precisely targeted. If you know actual info that I'm not privy to, I'm willing to reconsider (though I still don't generally shop at HD).

You are correct: Co-founder Bernie Marcus retired in 2002. He, and the money-man behind the HD partnership, Kenneth Langone, were both big-time GOP bankrollers and Trump supporters. Marcus made a big public splash about it in 2019 and a boycott was called then. Langone walked it back after the Jan. 6 insurrection. (Marcus' partner, Blank, did not speak in public.)

Not like the old days. I remember the Coors boycott of the late '70s and early '80s. The founder of that company was even named Adolph!

Tons of reasons I don't like HD(and try not to shop there). You'd be hard pressed to find someone who finds DT more repugnant than I do. But the calls for a boycott came after one of the co-founders(who retired and left board 15-20 years ago) supported DT's reelection. Calls for boycotts should be precisely targeted. If you know actual info that I'm not privy to, I'm willing to reconsider (though I still don't generally shop at HD).

You are correct: Co-founder Bernie Marcus retired in 2002. He, and the money-man behind the HD partnership, Kenneth Langone, were both big-time GOP bankrollers and Trump supporters. Marcus made a big public splash about it in 2019 and a boycott was called then. Langone walked it back after the Jan. 6 insurrection. (Marcus' partner, Blank, did not speak in public.)

Not like the old days. I remember the Coors boycott of the late '70s and early '80s. The founder of that company was even named Adolph!

I don't exactly boycott HD, but I seldom shop there. There's a Lowe's close by.

I remember driving cases of Coors (beer water) to Pennsylvania in the '70s. It was like gold back then. A similar thing happened with Rolling Rock, then brewed in PA) back here. I do wish Yuengling was sold here.

OTOH, Abq is well-known for its many breweries: La Cumbre Elevated IPA is the best I've ever had.

Not a beer drinker, but IIRC Coors was a big deal in WA as it wasn't available down there. Whenever we went racing in Spokane, friends implored us to go to Idaho and pick up some Coors.

Beer from somewhere else is always preferred. When I was in school at U. of Rochester nothing was so good as to run across the border to buy Brador.

When I lived in Minnesota about 30+ years ago, I remember Corona beer being introduced for the first time at a great happy-hour bar/restaurant. When all the yuppies there saw those lime wedges inserted in the bottle necks, they went crazy wild for the beer. It was a sight to see.

Here in New Mexico, Corona is, well, beer.