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[Murphie]

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I think a lot of people just haven't had really good pizza made with fresh ingredients. So I can't blame them for not knowing what they are missing.

[Murphie]

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Used to pick up Tempura shrimp from them when I had membership, that stuff was incredible, and far better than anything I could make or find elsewhere.

Well, you live in Kansas.

[Feba]

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yes, and most of the local food options here are indeed shit.

But, Costco's food is still better than any of the other stores, and I really doubt their selection is much different on a national scale.

[Ellipses]

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The first place I ever did freelance web programming for was a local pizza place (set them up with online ordering), a little mom and pop restaurant with the best calzones ever. I so could have lived off of those things all through college.

They couldn't pay our bill entirely in cash, so my roomy and I got paid partially in a few hundred dollars' worth of gift certificates. Which was fine with me.

Until the owner packed the whole place up, drove everything to Illinois, and then disappeared overnight. Apparently the IRS was after him.

[Murphie]

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But, Costco's food is still better than any of the other stores, and I really doubt their selection is much different on a national scale.

I do most of my grocery shopping at Whole Foods and Fresh Market, so we're probably working from a different idea of what is "better."

[Evion]

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Hungry Howie's Delivery FTW!!! Papa John's Garlic Butter Sauce FTW!!! Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust FTW!!!

[Aksannyi]

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So head's up everyone, the new running joke of FFXIO is that Feba lives in lolKansas.

LOLKANSAS!



Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore!!!

I was going to do a shitty Photoshop of them in like, Tavnazia or something like that, but making a joke at Feba's expense that takes more than like, 20 seconds isn't really worth it.

[Feba]

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Argh. I hate that fucking movie.

[Aksannyi]

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As do I, but it's the only movie I can think of that actually takes place in Kansas. Or at least prominently mentions Kansas in any real significant way.

[Omniblast]

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Murphie is into organic. Is Murphie a Treehugger? I did some shopping in Whole Foods before, and it's one of the most over priced places you could do shopping ever. $50 bucks worth of food lasting only 2 days. (Egg Salad Sandwich and some other junk.)

I did eat there once with my g/f and our family, and our bill easily ran up to $80 bucks for 4 people. (This is gathering food from the salad bar and a Teriyaki Eel Bowl.)

I think Trader Joe's is cheaper and offers the same if not better items for less.

Feba's right on with Costco. For the price and the food, Costco food is totally worth it.

We're getting a Costco built next to our work place (literally behind our office). I'm so treating everyone in our office to Costco food. Free samplers for everyone!

[Caspian]

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Argh. I hate that fucking movie.

Argh?
Is Feba Charlie Brown?

Whole Foods Markets ROCKS! Been to the one in Santa Fe a few times. We don't have one here, but the local grocery chain is starting to expand their organic section. So very much worth it. The organic milk I've found here lasts a month and organic beef is next to godliness. The steaks we got from Whole Foods were the best I've ever had.
One thing that got me about the store was that its supposed to be about health, and yet I saw three for four people walking around the store with their dogs. (Ofcourse it is the Santa Fe branch).
Organic Beer is awesome, too.

As for pizza here, we're pretty much stuck with the regular chains (pizza hut is vile shit, btw) and a couple local places whichare a lot better but I rarely get to eat at.
Does anyone else have a Pizza Patron? 7 bucks for a specialty pizza is where its at.

[Murphie]

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I didn't say all. I said most. It can be expensive if you're buying a lot of already made things, or buying only organic things. But I eat pretty simply, so I don't really spend that much.

$80 for four people seems kind of excessive. I've never spent more than $12 on myself there for a quick lunch. But again, the prepared foods are going to be more expensive. That's true of just about any grocery store.

We have one Trader Joe's here, but it's a good 30 minute drive away, and that's just not convenient for weekly shopping.

I just can't co-sign on bulk retailers like Costco. I can see how they might be useful to families with children, but I live alone.

Oh, and how do you hate The Wizard of Oz? Do you have no soul?

[Caspian]

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Oh, and how do you hate The Wizard of Oz? Do you have no soul?

You have to ask?

[Murphie]

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But even Aksannyi said she did. Perplexing!

[Aksannyi]

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Because my mother is obsessed with it, to the point where she has spent thousands of dollars on collectibles to make her already overly cluttered house even more kitsch-y than it is. As an Interior Design student, I have a lot of issues dealing with ridiculous collections that people just have to display somewhere, but have no real place in any kind of good design.

So the movie itself is fine, but the association with all the kitsch and the horrible design ideals that are belonging to my mother and her obsession has made me hate it by proxy.