What happened to choice in America

[Boostedbus]

Nice......but that’s sarcasm. Friggin whole world has went crazy. This is NOT the world I grew up in. I miss all the local country grocery stores that fed just the local community, and you could walk to them easily and could get fresh veggies, eggs and fresh everything. If we wanted chicken I would help my grandmother chop their heads off, defeather them and gut em. Sunday supper on the spot. We had two milk cows and one bull plus a few hogs and a garden. Never went to buy groceries but to buy canning jars. She made our own butter and butter milk and drank milk straight from the cows. I’m now in my late 60s and only been to see a doc 3 years ago, and ain’t been back. All the crap they put in fast and grocery store food is slowly killing people. But no one seems to care what goes in their bodies thus all the people who go to the doc for some ailment every time they feel bad.....I’m country and will stay country. Love the land here in East Tennessee.......

Amen! I’ve got a little getaway in a whole other world (compared to where I live in MD) called West Virginia or West by god Virginia as the locals call it. I can stop at gas station convenience stores on the way and buy fresh local meats,eggs,bacon,sausage,andeven ammunition. There are produce and fruit stands that are half the price of back home and even a local moonshine distillery. It’s also an open carry state and people aren’t getting capped every night unlike in gun free zone Baltimore. You can even still smoke in some bars. I haven’t smoked in years but love the fact that people still have a choice they can make on their own and not have big brother make it for them.

 

[byathread]

Nice......but that’s sarcasm. Friggin whole world has went crazy. This is NOT the world I grew up in. I miss all the local country grocery stores that fed just the local community, and you could walk to them easily and could get fresh veggies, eggs and fresh everything. If we wanted chicken I would help my grandmother chop their heads off, defeather them and gut em. Sunday supper on the spot. We had two milk cows and one bull plus a few hogs and a garden. Never went to buy groceries but to buy canning jars. She made our own butter and butter milk and drank milk straight from the cows. I’m now in my late 60s and only been to see a doc 3 years ago, and ain’t been back. All the crap they put in fast and grocery store food is slowly killing people. But no one seems to care what goes in their bodies thus all the people who go to the doc for some ailment every time they feel bad.....I’m country and will stay country. Love the land here in East Tennessee.......

One of my many talents! [emoji23] It takes a lot of effort and a lot of money to eat that way/what I like to call "old school healthy" now around here. We try our best to and are lucky to have access to raw dairy and unadulterated organic soy free eggs. Now the grocery stores are getting industrial organics/questionably sourced food that they can sell at a premium. One big Petri dish here in America and alk about $$$$. I go to Europe for work and they don't tolerate all the nasty refined oil and highly processed garbage food we do here. It is sad that some folks can't even access fresh food at all...food deserts I think they're called, in America! Unreal...and most certainly slowly killing folks.

BTW, I really hate buying mustard. It was the first thing I thought of when I read the title of this!

 

[Plati]

What's wrong with pasteurized milk?

 

[jeff kushner]

Guys, to the OP's point, The fact is life evolves. Yes choices in the markets become more limited or bountiful as driven by the economy of sales. If manufacturers find offering more choices profitable, they will. As financial constraints become real, we see the results. This is business 1:01.

Not a bad thing.....because all things change over time.

We Americans DO have a vast array of choices compared to anyone in this hemisphere. Travel and you'll see how good we have it! I've been to countries w/i an 8 hr airplane ride that do NOT have grocery stores. They do not have furniture stores, they do not have department stores nor new car dealers....and I haven't even gotten to the Panama canal yet.....yeah, we do have it pretty good here....hell yea, we're Americans!


The old(er) guys here know it.....in the 60's you did a tune up for a half-dozen bucks, but in the 1st 100K(if it lasted that long & didn't rust out)you bought an alternator/generator, starter and maybe a water pump and two batteries. That doesn't count fan belts.....or thermostats. I loved the muscle car era....gave me targets to vanquish on my Kaw H2<lol>

Newer engines are better in every way.....exponentially more reliable and better engineered to tolerances only dreamt of in the 60's for mass-pro vehicles!

That they might not be packaged exactly how we like but that can always be remedied with large sums of cash....


We hired a few more guys this week in my office.....the HR office is in line with my office. Later I commented to my guys.....when we used to apply for a job, we filled out forms, now they watch movies! Safety, anti-terrorism, more safety, recycling......and more safety. Each man/woman literally watches over 2 hours of vids before we allow them on a construction site.

Yeah, things are a bit different than back in the day....

Things change......ALL things change...be flexible.

Holy crap, Sry for rambling guys....

jeff

 

[TobyU]

As a professional master mechanic, seeing all of the crap that can go wrong with the new vehicles first hand, I will definitely be sticking with my 2003 2V 5.4. Call me an automotive "purist", if you will. But I much prefer earlier 2000's vehicles that are still "modern", but provide the connection of the driver to the road without the major computer interference of vehicles now days. All of these new passive electronic systems are for the birds. I'll drive it myself, thank you very much.

Completely agree! They had engines and autos perfected by around 1996 to the early 2000s. Now they are going the wrong way with reliability and durability.
They want us to accept repairs like cam phasers and timing chains as early as 95-130K when the 2v typically never needed it done in it's lifespan of over 250K.
People being too accepting and not incessantly vocal about it are part of the problem.
You won't see that problem with me though! I'm a broken record about it....and other things.
You know how many times I have had a throttle cable break or fail on me....
1 time. In decades and 100s of cars. Screw drive by wire crap!

 

[carymccarr]

Downstate New York is entirely Blue and entirely socialist, with fewer people working and fewer people speaking English.

Not. Even. Close.

Upstate has exponentially higher UE.


https://www.labor.ny.gov/stats/PDFs/ur_map.pdf

 

[carymccarr]

Amen! I’ve got a little getaway in a whole other world (compared to where I live in MD) called West Virginia or West by god Virginia as the locals call it. I can stop at gas station convenience stores on the way and buy fresh local meats,eggs,bacon,sausage,andeven ammunition. There are produce and fruit stands that are half the price of back home and even a local moonshine distillery. It’s also an open carry state and people aren’t getting capped every night unlike in gun free zone Baltimore. You can even still smoke in some bars. I haven’t smoked in years but love the fact that people still have a choice they can make on their own and not have big brother make it for them.

WV is beautiful but not a particularly non violent state. In fact it’s the 18th most violent state. I do miss smoking in bars but not sure folks with asthma miss it lol.


https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/39672421

 

[Trainmaster]

If we're going to discuss the demographics of New York, it's obvious that unemployment is higher upstate than downstate. But chronologically speaking, the NYC suburbs are experiencing an influx of illegal immigrants, many who don't work. That increasing unemployment and reduced the number of English-speaking residents.

No I didn't compare employment rates in different parts of New York State. Why would I?

 

[carymccarr]

it's obvious that unemployment is higher upstate than downstate.

Well yeah. Except you said that downstate was filled with unemployed socialists [“fewer people working”]. Yet upstate has UE rates up to 700% higher than NYC suburbs.

But chronologically speaking, the NYC suburbs are experiencing an influx of illegal immigrants, many who don't work. That increasing unemployment and reduced the number of English-speaking residents.

I’d be curious which NYC burbs specifically you’re referring to? Because there isn’t a single county abutting any of the 5 Burroughs with UE rates above 4%.

Are you suggesting UE is rising in certain areas because of socialist immigrants who don’t speak English? Maybe that’s what you meant? If so which towns?

 

[carymccarr]

No I didn't compare employment rates in different parts of New York State. Why would I?

You literally said downstate was filled with fewer working people and socialists. And immigrants.