“What do they think I am? A bottomless pit?”

The other day (Tuesday, March 31, 2009), after a medical appointment, we patronized the Funky-Food-Store to -1) special-order a case of puffed-corn cereal; -2) buy some no-salt spaghetti sauce; and -3) buy some bulk oats.
I started scooping bulk oats from their bin into a large plastic bag.
“For cryin’ out loud,” I said to Linda. “These clowns want 90¢ per pound. I bet MarketPlace is only 65¢ a pound or so.”
By then my bag was half full.
“Tell ya what,” I said. I dumped the contents of the bag back into the bin.
“What is this place? ‘Whole-Paycheck Foods?’”
MarketPlace wanted 69¢ per pound.
“What do they think I am? A bottomless pit?”

“The Funky-Food-Store” is Lori’s Natural Foods, south of Rochester in Henrietta — a source for salt-free cereal, sauce, etc.

“Puffed-corn cereal” is just that, puffed corn kernels. It has no salt or sugar added. I order it by the case from Arrowhead Mills. Lasts maybe three months — 12 six-ounce bags. Tried to order it online, but they only wanted to send a bag or two.

RE: “No-salt spaghetti sauce......” —Once you start leaving salt outta things, ya notice when it’s added.

“Linda” is my wife of 41+ years. She had lymphatic cancer. It was treatable — she survived. The “medical appointment” was for her to get a CT-scan for residual cancer, if any.

“MarketPlace” is a large supermarket in nearby Honeoye Falls we often buy groceries at. (“Honeoye Falls” is the nearest town to where we live in western New York, a rural town about five miles away.)

“Whole-Paycheck Foods” is the nickname my sister in south Florida made up for the nationwide “Whole-Foods” chain.