Subj : Bread
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Oct 08 2022 17:44:00

Hi Dave,

 DD> There's a good reason, past the "marketing", that they are called
 DD> "thrift" stores. If I can get perfectly good product at 30% (or so)
 DD> of the cost of "fresh" .... Why wouldn't I?

 RH> But when you have to travel some distance to get to it, it's no longer
 RH> thrifty. I used to bake all our bread; don't do it as often now but it
 RH> was still a cost savings over buying the kind of bread we like. The
 RH> home made 100% whole wheat is the only one I use for my general use
 RH> bread crumbs also.

 DD> Oh, I understand that. If I'm going that way anyway  it's one thing.
 DD> If I make a "special" trip it had better be either a super bargain or
 DD> be "unobtanium" elsewhere.

We won't go out of our way to get something special but if we're going
that way................ There's a bakery not too far from where I grew
up that makes some really good bread, brotchen, etc. We've tried to pick
some up whenever we're in the area (been 5 years since we were) but have
to remember that they close at 5 pm. Missed it by a few minutes once.

 DD> Same with gasoline. A co-worker was going to go to the next town over
 DD> (30 miles) to fill his gas tank. Doh. I gave him a maths lesson. That
 DD> town is 30 miles away. His car get 20 MPG. So he'll burn 3 gallons of
 DD> that "cheap" fuel going and coming. And it will take an hour plus to
 DD> make the trip. Factor in how much he makes per hour.  And to keep it
 DD> simple - leave out the wear and tear on the vehicle, etc. It's still
 DD> a lose - lose deal.

Doesn't pass the sense check.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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