Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Shopping sucks (no, really, it does!)

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I go out looking for one thing - forget what I was looking for - and find
something else I want instead. Either that or I go shopping and forget
where I'm going so I just go buy a milkshake (mmm Steak n'Shake) and go
home until I remember.

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Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape
you. -- Albert Einstein

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Ian Monroe wrote:

> I heard the theory that when women go out and shop they are gathering and
> don't have a clear idea of what they want tell they get there. Men go out
> and hunt and have a specific thing in mind before they start.
> 
> However, for my parents it is the opposite. 
> 
> I hate shopping, unless it is for computer stuff.
> 
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, McNutt, Justin M. wrote:
> 
> > Okay, maybe it's the shopping part, because I know what you're talking
> > about.  I hate shopping most of the time.  Get in, get out, get home.  Fast
> > as possible...
> > 
> > ...except when I'm shopping for something *really* *cool*, like a new stereo
> > receiver or a 12-port 10/100 switch that I know I can pay for on the spot.
> > Those trips are savored (or savoured, depending on how cultured I feel that
> > day).  :-)
> > 
> > But you're right.  Women seem to enjoy *regular* shopping and the dithering
> > over which peanut butter is better.  My wife does this.  As far as I'm
> > concerned, the peanut butter in the cart is better, so I grab one and walk
> > off.
> > 
> > This, of course, scandalizes her, and you're probably familiar with the rest
> > of this story already.  :-)
> > 
> > --J
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