Great buys!! I too love those jar openers, the long Foley one is good too, it's old also, turquiose colored handle on it. I love the wire thing with feet-great BB stand (how do you cook chicken with that?)I'd have to pass on that. Once had a roast cooked in beer-ugh!! Never even liked the smell of beer. Love smell of coffee but can't stand to drink it so I'm just odd I guess!! I see a totem in your future with the pretty blue vase!! Hoping Kudzu's Hoss is dong OK after surgery, can't even bring anything up on conversations!! Anyway treat us with pics when you make up some pretties from all this!! Our SA went out ofbusiness so have to drive 8 miles to another one. Don't like it as well. Not much in glassware. Jan

I think you should make rock bowling pins, just glue gun them together, and set them up a few feet from the ball in a 10 pin pattern...

Slightly OT, but a couple of people were expressing surprise at the difference in food prices in different areas. The thing that always amazes me is how different the food prices can be from store to store, neighborhood to neighborhood. Here in my town, there are 3 major grocery stores and the prices vary wildly among them. There is the Raley's which is sort of the "high tone" store...very clean, attractively maintained, with a foo-foo coffee bar, deli, bakery, hot dish take out counter and even a Japanese lady who comes in and makes fresh sushi. Over priced plants and assorted gifts are available, and there is a satellite bank inside. The meats are sold both in packages and over a butcher/seafood counter. The only time I shop there is if I'm looking for some more exotic ingredient I might not find in the other stores because the prices are outrageous. Then there is the Save Mart, which also has a deli and bakery. The deli carries a few hot items, but is not nearly as varied as the Raley's. It has also recently added a butcher/seafood counter, again not quite as extensive as the Raley's. It also offers plants and a few gifts, though not quite as overpriced. It is clean, not as high tone in decor, the prices are lower than Raley's for the most part, though they have been creeping up. Both of these stores are in the heart of town, on the main drag. Last is a Cost Less Market which is in a run-down looking mini mall that generally has at least 2 storefronts vacant, as you leave town. The store itself is clean enough, it just doesn't look so because everything is old...no remodeling done in quite a few years. The aisles are cramped and crowded, the deli consists of a separate counter that offers a few meats and cheeses other than cheddar, Swiss, American and Jack, and a few breads other than what the bread aisle holds. The cashiers tend to be a bit more "earthy", not as er...urbane...as in the other stores. However, the prices are amazingly lower than in the other two stores on most items. Eggs tend towards a dollar less a dozen, milk as well. Having gone into the Save Mart the other day, I happened to notice that their red potatoes were almost 3 times the price they are at Cost Less, the apples double, and many of their sale price meats are a fair amount more expensive than the Cost Less non-sale prices. I know that some people might go to the first two stores because they want deli or bakery items and then just shop for groceries as well, but for a major grocery trip, the Cost Less isn't more than 5 or 7 minutes away from the other two, certainly worth the trip.

If I knew of a Canadian site that I appreciate using as much as I have Gardenweb, for several years, especially the Kitchen Table, I'd post such messages there ... but this old fart isn't that cyber-literate. Also, U.S. folks who are curious but unaware may choose to chase down info as to whether such opportunities may be available in their area - to their formerly unrealized benefit. ole joyful