Re: Bread

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 12:03 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> Steven Ringwald wrote: >>> On 4/10/07, *Julian De Marchi* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > wrote: >>> Michelle Konzack wrote: >>> > Am 2007-03-30 17:5

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On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 11:24 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: > > Except for what they sell. Aldi, like most other international companies > > caters their business to the location. You can find thing like > > Bitterkoeken in the ALDI here, but I bet they don't have them there. > > The

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Joe Hart wrote: > Except for what they sell. Aldi, like most other international companies > caters their business to the location. You can find thing like > Bitterkoeken in the ALDI here, but I bet they don't have them there. The Aldi's here had imported Stollen at Christmas. -- John Hasler

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On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 12:03 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Steven Ringwald wrote: > > On 4/10/07, *Julian De Marchi* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > Michelle Konzack wrote: > > > Am 2007-03-30 17:55:14, schrieb Andrew J. Barr: > > >> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 15:51 -

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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steven Ringwald wrote: > > > On 4/10/07, *Julian De Marchi* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Am 2007-03-30 17:55:14, schrieb Andrew J. Barr: > >> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 15:51 -0500, J

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On 4/10/07, Julian De Marchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-03-30 17:55:14, schrieb Andrew J. Barr: >> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 15:51 -0500, John Hasler wrote: >>> Joe Hart writes: Which country is this? Here, Aldi doesn't ever sell bread that cheap. >>> I'm in t

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Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-03-30 17:55:14, schrieb Andrew J. Barr: On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 15:51 -0500, John Hasler wrote: Joe Hart writes: Which country is this? Here, Aldi doesn't ever sell bread that cheap. I'm in the US. I suspect that we are talking about a different company. Aldi

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Am 2007-03-30 17:55:14, schrieb Andrew J. Barr: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 15:51 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Joe Hart writes: > > > Which country is this? Here, Aldi doesn't ever sell bread that cheap. > > > > I'm in the US. I suspect that we are talking about a different company. > > Aldi is fr

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 08:03 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Wow, I had no idea that that German company had infiltrated the US, I > new the Dutch company Ahold had plenty of stores under different names) > but Aldi? Do you have any Lidl stores around? They are major > competitors of Aldi in Germany and

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nigel Henry wrote: > On Friday 30 March 2007 22:43, Greg Folkert wrote: >> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >>> Greg Folkert wrote: On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote:

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> Greg Folkert wrote: >>> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: >> We buy the cheapest *w

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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/30/07 16:55, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 15:51 -0500, John Hasler wrote: >> Joe Hart writes: >>> Which country is this? Here, Aldi doesn't ever sell bread that cheap. >> I'm in the US. I suspect that we are talking about a dif

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

All* rechargable AA batteries are 1.2v whilst normal AA batteries are 1.5v. How embarrassing. I guess the battery was just broken then. There are a lot of other arguments against Sony still. -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free.

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 06:49:35PM -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > quality), and I tried again. Then with a better recharger. I eventually gave > up and put the batteries away. One year later, I looked at the batteries and > realized why they did not work. > They were Sony batteries. O

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On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 15:51 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Joe Hart writes: > > Which country is this? Here, Aldi doesn't ever sell bread that cheap. > > I'm in the US. I suspect that we are talking about a different company. Aldi is from Northern Europe, which country exactly escapes me at the mo

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

I'll go out on a short limb and say that more than 95% of the stuff Aldi carries that has direct "brand-name" equivalents, is better tasting... This reminds me of restaurants. I like the small, family food ones 10 times better than the expensive ones. I prefer tasty food over fancy food that t

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Greg Folkert writes: > I'll go out on a short limb and say that more than 95% of the stuff Aldi > carries that has direct "brand-name" equivalents, is better tasting... We've found quite a few things at Aldi's that are not of acceptable quality. Canned mushroom soup comes to mind. If we could af

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

On Friday 30 March 2007 22:43, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > > Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > >> On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote: > > >>> Ron Johnson writes: > > We buy the cheapest *whole* w

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/30/07 15:52, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: >> >> I mean, since the price difference is so HUGE and the quality is mostly >> as good or even better, why Aldi is not deluged by people from open to >> close, I'll never know. > > For the same

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 05:52:14PM -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > > ET: Why do people kill each other and go to wars over this "diamond" > substance? What is it for? > > Me: Well, aside from its industrial applications, people want it for the > precise reason that it is hard to get.

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Joe Hart writes: > Which country is this? Here, Aldi doesn't ever sell bread that cheap. I'm in the US. I suspect that we are talking about a different company. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

I mean, since the price difference is so HUGE and the quality is mostly as good or even better, why Aldi is not deluged by people from open to close, I'll never know. For the same reason people want SUVs. For the same reason women like gold and diamond. For the same reason people want brand clo

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote: > >>> Ron Johnson writes: > We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at the local store that doesn't > taste like cr

Re: Bread (was: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Hasler wrote: > When my wife was living in Paris forty years ago and expressed an interest > in dark bread her French roommates were appalled that she would want to eat > peasant food. Interesting. A friend's father served in the German army duri