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TAPS, I manage a deli in one of our towns oldest grocery store. It's been around since the 40's. The "older generation" frequent the store. Not just the men, but women, as well. Some will talk in an asile for a least an hour or so. Others will leave and come back in the evening and do the same thing over again. I just hope when I get older my life won't be going to the grocery store every day for the rest of my life. 
posted by
shelly_b
on March 14, 2017 at 12:14 PM
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There was a local grocery store that was Old Person day every day. They attracted the senior crowd. They were all nice...I find it hard to believe just how much familiar scenes have changed.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 13, 2017 at 9:20 AM
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I find that the grocery store seems to be full of older people on Tuesdays... perhaps they offer a discount? The elderly always seem to gravitate to me... Just the other day, I helped one woman find the right jelly. It was a little thing, but made me happy. LOL
posted by
-blackcat
on March 13, 2017 at 8:28 AM
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Sounds like any day at The Center, except the olsters who talk
in tones that can be heard outside are the women. Cranks, some of them. Nobody ever had it as bad as they do, they say. But how nice to know you still have most of your mental marbles, and can find your way home again without forgetting the chips...
posted by
Pat_B
on March 13, 2017 at 7:26 AM
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Sounds like the elder version of the guys who are looking to pick up gals at the supermarket. Not surprised they'd home in on you!
posted by
Ciel
on March 13, 2017 at 4:04 AM
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Goodness Taps make sure one of the men don't follow you home, he might eat Son 1s chips..
posted by
C_C_T
on March 13, 2017 at 1:55 AM
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My mom takes forever going shopping when she does go unless she starts getting lightheaded...Her fave place to eat are Captain Ds and Mandarin House
posted by
Annicita
on March 12, 2017 at 9:46 PM
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TAPS
Those strange peple in the aisles are the scouts...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 12, 2017 at 8:54 PM
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Taps
Whaaat? No KFC? We have it on my husband's birthday and mine. It's a delightful, salt induced, hight fat content meal. ( And you gotta have the gravy, right?) I get why your Dad enjoyed it! Lovely story, as always....
posted by
Troosha
on March 12, 2017 at 8:31 PM
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TAPS
Your store visit reads like it bordered on the surreal... All those old men talking, pushing carts; sounds like a Fellini movie. Yikes! LOL. I have a cousin whose daughter puts Cheese Puffs in her sandwiches! The Cheese Puffs are very thick, and I had never seen anything like it. Sad though about your parents. Mine both were cogent; their bodies betrayed them...
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on March 12, 2017 at 8:14 PM
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TAPS: Yes, the quotes I write are all mine, and my thoughts are the only help I have. Thanks for your visits and comments.
posted by
Chuck_E_Ibrahim
on March 12, 2017 at 6:16 PM
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Good memories last forever
posted by
Chuck_E_Ibrahim
on March 12, 2017 at 6:12 PM
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TAPS
Seems an enjoyable trip for you love.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 12, 2017 at 5:27 PM
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Some how your lovely Post made me sad...thinking about my own parents but they were reversed, Dad needing me to stay in the house with Mother while he enjoyed a couple of hours of R&R...and the fact that I have never stopped missing them.
posted by
Kabu
on March 12, 2017 at 5:26 PM
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