Stella, Wally World is just a slang term for Wal-Mart. I will agree with you regarding most of their products. I refuse to buy many of them b/c they are imported from places...in some cases, I wouldn't even travel there myself. Paul bought grapes one time over there & after he ate a few he threw them in the garbage. He said they tasted like someone had walked over them with dirty feet (I don't know how he would know that b/c we don't eat things like that here). Any way, he looked at the bag & it said, 'Grown in Mexico.' And yes, many of their items have gotten more expensive than they are in other stores. We have 2 grocery stores here in town..Wal-Mart (Super Wal-Mart), Safeway & Basha's..which is a local store. I'm glad I quit drinking coffee some time ago b/c it has gotten so expensive. I quit it b/c the coffee in the hospitals & nursing homes I was in was just terrible!! I would rather have tea. And that I drink quite a bit of. We are putting away really big jugs of AZ Green Tea. When we drink the tea up, then we are storing water in the jugs. You have to put in Clorox before you seal them up. Cell phones are fine...but we don't have much connection around here b/c we are surrounded by mountains & canyons. The walkie talkies you can talk to one another throughout the town. We have a friend who went to Wal-Mart with his wife & they walked around the store talking to each other & never had any bad connections. Our Wal-Mart is a Super Wal-Mart & they were quite a distance from one another. We have walkie talkies..but we seldom can contact each other if one of us is in the other side of the house. Hope you got a good night's sleep. I'm going to be finishing up shortly. Want to read a bit before I head towards bed. Paul says I can read in bed...but I know I couldn't sleep if he had the lights on...so I will probably sit in our family room & read. ~Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "busbys martins" <busmar1852@webtv.net> To: <Southern-Chat@rootsweb.net> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:10 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] WallyWorld????? > Are ya'll referring to WALMART? If so....I live real close to the > Super Center here but when have checked on my choice groceries....they > are higher than the grocery stores. Plus..I am not gonna buy off brand > names, I like the things grown, packaged, and distributed by US > companies.So much of Walmart is imported.The DollarGeneral Stores here > stock Allen's (Plant in Arkansas)). I bought some of the cans od > Lite-Spam for 2.25 to stash for an emergency.It is a Hormel product > and low in fat. Makes a decent sandwich...even cold. I like it a toasted > cheese bun.but for he price..it 'ain't'' too bad. I had my power off > this morning before I had time to eat breakfast. a blown transformer or > something like that.I hurried and put my coffee in my thermos to keep it > hot..and ate cherrios in milk.But they had it back on in an hour or > so.My apartment is electric heat...so couldn't stay here with power off > too long, at these freezing temps. Sure wish I was still in my house, > with the big fireplace. Jen,how far does > walkie-talkies reach? My kids used to have those.Does cell phones work > there? That sounds the best bet, to me, if you have a tower in your > vicinity. > Goodnight all.......Stella > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message