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Old April 27th, 2008, 08:21 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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Default Tips on frugal food-buying in the Philadelphia region

http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/frugal-philly.html
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Old April 27th, 2008, 08:45 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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"Joe" wrote in message
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http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/frugal-philly.html


Written by a real idiot. Some of the "scams" listed are laughable.


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Old April 28th, 2008, 06:17 AM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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Default Tips on frugal food-buying in the Philadelphia region

On Apr 27, 3:21 pm, Joe wrote:
http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/frugal-philly.html


Depending on where you live in the delmarva area, you can save a good
pinch by doing holiday/bulk shopping in Delaware and saving that sales
tax.
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Old April 28th, 2008, 03:24 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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Default Tips on frugal food-buying in the Philadelphia region

On Apr 27, 2:21 pm, Joe wrote:
http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/frugal-philly.html


How nice, a vulgar, semi-literate rant.
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Old April 28th, 2008, 04:01 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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Default Tips on frugal food-buying in the Philadelphia region


"The Historian" wrote in message
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On Apr 27, 2:21 pm, Joe wrote:
http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/frugal-philly.html


How nice, a vulgar, semi-literate rant.


10 to 1 he's connected with academia - an overaged grad student. I can smell
his Birkenstocks from here.


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Old April 28th, 2008, 04:44 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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Default Tips on frugal food-buying in the Philadelphia region


"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/frugal-philly.html


Written by a real idiot. Some of the "scams" listed are laughable.

I agree with you, Ed. Having lived in Philly and prior to that Bucks County
(really, really Norhteast Philly) his complaints revolve around chain sites
in Delaware County only. I think the main complaint should be they didn't
recognize this 'superior human being' enter their establishments and kowtow
accordingly.

You want frugality and food (hey, he never addressed those, merely chains
and black Friday), try the Italian Market, the Reading Terminal -while not
exactly cheap, if you know what you want and know your foodstuffs, you do
get your money's worth (frugal doesn't necessarily mean cheap). I remember
when we lived in the northeast (Philly not Bucks), there were numerous fruit
and veg stands all over, you just had to know which ones were legit and who
had good stuff (they all picked it up from the Tioga Marine Terminal in
South Philly, you just need to know it was picked up the day you buy it).
Try local neighborhood butchers, they know their stuff. My favorite was
Lachowicz on Orthodox and Almond Streets. The owner there also recommended
his cousin, a fishmonger, both of whom were deathly afraid of letting the
family down that set the standard for their businesses. It is possible to
get by in Philly. Know your coupons, your stores that have better prices
than most, shop discounters, and you can do it without some bonehead from
the Media area harping on about Philly's lack of deals.
-ginny




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Old April 28th, 2008, 11:05 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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Default Tips on frugal food-buying in the Philadelphia region

On Apr 27, 3:45 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:

Written by a real idiot.


Have you done any better lately?
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Old April 28th, 2008, 11:14 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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On Apr 28, 11:44 am, "Virginia Tadrzynski" wrote:

I remember
when we lived in the northeast (Philly not Bucks), there were numerous fruit
and veg stands all over, you just had to know which ones were legit and who
had good stuff


That's just the type of information the OP is providing,
just not for your little corner of the city.

.... Know your coupons, your stores that have better prices
than most, shop discounters,


Again, that's just what he's proposing, if you bother to read
the first few paragraphs. So why are you crying? Maybe
because you're not original enough to create a web page yourself?

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Old April 28th, 2008, 11:20 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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Default Tips on frugal food-buying in the Philadelphia region

On Apr 28, 10:24 am, The Historian
wrote:

How nice, a vulgar, semi-literate rant.


Spoken like a business person whose ego is bruised...
I found the page inspiring because like most people
I think retail businesses deserve to get slapped around
from time to time.




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Old April 28th, 2008, 11:36 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea,rec.food.cooking,alt.coffee,alt.support.diet
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On Apr 28, 11:44 am, "Virginia Tadrzynski" wrote:

I remember
when we lived in the northeast (Philly not Bucks), there were numerous
fruit
and veg stands all over, you just had to know which ones were legit and
who
had good stuff


That's just the type of information the OP is providing,
just not for your little corner of the city.

.... Know your coupons, your stores that have better prices
than most, shop discounters,


Again, that's just what he's proposing, if you bother to read
the first few paragraphs. So why are you crying? Maybe
because you're not original enough to create a web page yourself?


Need a little dip with that big old chip on your shoulder, Sparky?


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