@quizmasterchris: +1 for [skreemr.com] which is one of the search engines available in Songbird.

@Wynner3: more so with with a spouse, but often the silicon valley gets lumped into these things. in and of its self, SF, peace is only a short walk/bike/muni/bart away.

@ceriphim: i think you are on to something. most of the people that suck are transplants from ohio and minnesota, though.

@picardia: the answer is probably the same list. If you have the option and decide to live in a city, then can't handle it, then you're doing it wrong.

you have to compare the regular price for a half gallon to the sale price. One gallon container is almost always less expensive per unit than a half gallon container.

@randombob: The deal is that they are switching from the old crates to boxes because the jugs are now stackable. You're not gonna get more jugs in there, but the cases take up less space. The true savings will be in their warehouse labor, since they no longer have to take back the crates and wash them, plus they have an empty truck at the end of the day which can be used for back haul, instead of being full of crates. It may be greener because it should be more fuel efficient, but less green because they are using cardboard instead of reusable crates.

@Balisong: Freshness would be first due to the handling of the milk from dairy to store, and all points between. This new jug has the possibility to maintain freshness due to less airspace between the jugs during transport and storage, thereby maintaining best temperatures. However, for every hour of milk being kept at 50 degrees, you lose one day of shelf life. And milk is supposed to last beyond the "sell by" date on the carton. Sounds like someone left it on the dock for a while.

So the FCC has to protect me from when a character uses a product in a fictional piece? How about when the actor tells me that a product is great and use their real name?

PETA's agreement with Petco was just for them not to sell large birds. That company is still in the Dark Ages in so many other regards. Employee training is horrible, Management training is even worse, and the possible diseases that can be spread through their distribution of live animals is alarming (who knew birds carried chlamydia?) Mind you, it's the distributors, not Petco, that bring them to the stores. but abandoning sale of all live animals could be a step in the right direction.
Okay, back on topic, their distribution centers are not supposed to have any live animals, so their outbreak of rats is due to poor storage practices. Grocers rely on the practices of rotation and warehouse maintenance, so why should that be different for pet food?
If you're in the Southwest, most, if not all, of the food product comes out of San Diego, so this might not effect your local Petco, but do pay attention to the condition of the packaging and expiration dates if you still choose to shop there.

The city of Porterville, CA is attempting to make "In God We Trust" the city motto, and will be on the ballot on June 3. That is something I feel is inappropriate, not this paid-for advertisement.
Needles is trying to secede and be part of Nevada. I'll vote for it as long as they take the rest of Southern California (where this dealership is).

Just the other day, I was on the dyke sucking on a fag and stroking my pussy.
I know I should quit smoking, but it relaxes me when I'm by the river with my cat.

This all has been going on for quite some time behind the scenes. Trucking companies started adding fuel surcharges years ago. Getting goods to the retailer was more expensive. So logistics folks in food manufacturing devised all sort of ways to create efficiencies throughout. It could only hold out for so long, though, because of the supply chain (every supplier has their own suppliers.)
So when it came down to the end of the chain, grocers didn't want to change their prices, because consumers would likely buy less, buy elsewhere, or do without. Manufacturers have been stymied by this, since their costs have been going up while having to maintain their pricing to the retailer. Their solution? keep the price the same and reduce the amount of product!

Most chain grocers out there now have cost per unit on their shelf tags (cents per ounce, etc.) This is what you should be looking for when shopping, if you don't want to spend your time doing the math for yourself.

I don't blame Diebold as much as I blame the idiots who bought machines with closed source code. "Stolen election" or not, there were still people who actually DID vote for him!! Besides which people who don't vote shouldn't complain.

Pfizer, on the other hand, probably has more say in our government, health care, and economy than W. The rest of our government allows this, and gave W the right to pull the trigger in the first place.