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Wouldn't defend their meats but I do think their produce is much better than many grocery stores. Being small they buy in small lots and often local while the big chains ship produce cross country in huge lots. Their 50 cent avocados are fresher than TJ's 2.50 ones that sat in a CA warehouse before being shipped to the east coast. (And avocados age faster than a 29 yr old RM escort.)

I think Aldi stalled a little after the first 2,300 stores in the US because only poor areas would support their small cluttered warehouse look that Europeans are used to. But with runaway food inflation, their sales have jumped and that's why they're buying 400 Winn Dixie stores in Florida. The Aldi-killer is Lidl which has taken over Europe now from Aldi but has only 170 US stores so far. Billa from Hungary is also killing Aldi in central Europe including Austria. Tesco has always had the UK market. In the US Lidl has bigger very clean supermarket-type stores. They all have the same EU packaged foods and much cheaper produce than the US stores, and barely so-so meats. Lidl has the lowest prices by far too. Wherever a Lidl opens, the close by Aldi usually closes in Europe and that was true here in College Park, MD too. People here think they're the same company but in fact they are fierce competitors.

Aldi just bought 400 Winn-Dixies in Florida to convert to Aldi's. They should be larger better stores than most Aldis. Lidl only came to the US a year ago and has 180 stores in the Mid -Atlantic/Northeast Aldi to Buy 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket Stores - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM The German supermarket chain said that it would convert some of the Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores acquired in the deal, which is expected to close in early 2024.

At Aldi or Lidl the one certainty is avocados are dirt cheap compared to everyone else. IDK what the hangup is with avocados. Right now by me Trader Joe's is 2.49 and Lidl is 50 cents for the same size. Aldi is priced like Lidl. .

and don't forget with facial recognition now here everywhere, no unobstructed face photos. Or just no photos.

Aldi is by far the largest grocer in the world and the chain that drove Wal Mart out of Europe with it's lower prices. It used to be on every other corner in Europe. But Lidl has been replacing it in Europe for the past couple decades and now is open in the US also. Lidl's US headquarters is next to DC National airport. (they have a "Lidl Express" in the building ). A few Lidls opened around DC the past few years, including one in Columbia Heights, DC with free parking a month ago.. I started going to as well as the Trader Joes a block from my house. (Aldis here are all in poorer suburban areas). Lidls are much bigger and cleaner and more modern than Aldis in the US. But they're similar German grocery stores with similar low prices and fierce competitors.. Both have a big selection of German imports, mostly candy and bakery. Lidl has a big fresh German bakery in every store. Imported Austrian Sacher Tortes, French stuffed escargots, and Greek fresh squid etc show up around the store. Aldi expanded rapidly in the US to working class suburbs and stalled because of it's small "basic" stores. Lidl is seen as the more American-looking store that will capture the US market with similar prices and products. The "10%" upper class order their groceries now and the working class just can't afford the inflation we've had in food but they don't want to give up big modern stores to deal with Aldi. The selection at Trader Joe's, Lidl and Aldi is very similar. TJs sells more high-end US products under their name. Lidl and Aldi sell similar EU-made products under their name. Lidls are twice as big as TJ or Aldi. TJs have too many employees (they block the aisles) and their prices have recently soared because of that. Some comparisons with my Trader Joe's prices: Avocados: TJ today: $2.49 each for medium. Lidl: 72 cents each for extra jumbo, 50 cents for large. Cheap bread: TJ's $2.29 loaf for small cheapest white. Lidl- Always 50 cents a loaf for extra large white bread. Cheddar Cheese spread with flavors: TJs: 4.99 , Lidl: $2.49 Gallon 1% Skim Milk: TJ's 3.99 ; Lidl 2.22 18oz peanut butter: TJs 3.29; Lidl 1.50 (on sale). Lidl and Aldi have a few national brands but, like TJ's are mostly store brands at half the price of TJ's brands. There have been stories about how the biggest gainer from our runaway grocery inflation has been Aldi. I go up to Lidl once a week for both it's variety and savings while getting half as much stuff at TJs. Both Lidl and Aldi are full of working class people but American Aldis look a little run-down too. My Czech friends are always elated to find a Lidl or Aldi close to anywhere we stay, including the French Riviera and Piccadilly Square.

everyone says people shouldn't assume P.L.. is GFP just because he posts hot pics on IG, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram, and SnapChat .

I'll be there in 3 weeks. I've been going to Pinocchio/Tabasco for 20 years but the last 5 it's gotten very rough inside. Blue Boy a block up is closed for good but pretty sure BoyToy across the street is open and thriving. The big news from what I've been reading is that the Axel Hotel has turned into a sort of informal reverse brothel with business boys leaving clients' rooms and cruising the lobby, gym and hallways. Not sure I'd want to sleep in that but may have to book a couple nights there. Berghain is re-opened but not sure about Lab.oratory. Of course that was last week's news and by next month Berlin will have some new avant-garde immoral gay sex fetish going. Online looks promising (and cheap).

at least Davy has a good sense of humor about medical bills: todays IG

I would imagine age would also heighten risk for stress seizures. (not that i know any old people).

More Bel Ami: 19 yr old Bruce Harrelson , BA's newest resident Prague attraction, just went to an A-Frame in Slovakia and did several videos for Bel Ami. So there's "more" of him. OTOH he's leaving Prague for "several months". (Johny Hardin in Slovakia and on BA was not the partner in any vid---I immediately checked). Roll of the dice which place gets him for "several months".

My feed scrolled hot Dan Rockwell doing a GoFundMe for his hot brother Davy Michaels. They're the famous MuscleTile tilers in Phoenix (and models). The GFM says his heart stopped and he has multiple cuts from seizures from stress at work. They are two guys as beautiful inside as out. Can just stress actually cause severe seizures? Is this yet another thing to stress about now? https://www.instagram.com/davymichael/

Happy to report that after 4 years of daily Prilosec I've now been over 2 weeks cold turkey but on Pepcid with no effects. So now I hope I'm 30% less likely to get...........what were we talking about again?

LeBoy is more twink fem but it also will often surprise with a musclely young guy or twunk thrown in the mix. It has the best layout of inside bar/outside bar/private booths (with posted prices!!)/luxury private room. For decades it was formerly Johnny's in downtown FLL. Boardwalk became the main strip club for a long time with all the main porn stars hanging out and an assortment of dancers. It devolved into poor-English pushy not-in-shape guys. (Johnsons FLL may be headed that way). The outside cafe at Boardwalk is great and casual. But closed nights are the best times to arrange meetings with any of the dancers you fancy.

If he wants PNP he may be more desperate than he lets on.

I thought this was Dick's lap dance club in Phoenix. Glad I have a strong heart.

He's now in Denver.

I went to my dermatologist today and he told me the two times I have had surgical removals it was Basel cancer for which he thinks an annual look by him is warranted. My two new large moles were benign as was one behind my ear. He carefully looked over my skin, especially arms and head for anything he might notice that I would not. (I cut my hair to 1/4 inch last night so he could see the scalp well). Then he burned off the new stuff and whatever he thought was called for. He said, yes, dermatologists do get many patients just wanting tags removed but in my case with two Basel cancer removals, it was prudent to have him check annually. My Kaiser has gone from 3 Dermatologists to 1.

Hoping for PNP (but no weirdos). It may not be a lack of looks or money he's disappointed at.

Nothing will get me to force my way into a personal specialist visit better than the phrase "skin cancer". Tele-medicine doesn't cut it even with high-res phone cams. I can't even see the bumps that concern them. I want a super-familiar trained human eye eyeballing my new bumps and spots of the year regularly. I will find some way to get that annual eyeballing of my torso and head skin one way or another.

I can say I was mighty impressed with the Urgent Care docs and specialists at Kaiser when I went there for the clots. (They don't really know how to communicate with patients though like GPs.) More than worth the $50 co-pay over GP visits but I don't want to clog them up for lesser stuff like many people do emergency rooms.

2 reasons I hope I don't have clots ! I think the Pradaxa I used for 90 days was about $100/month also through Kaiser.

I agree that it's probably better to hire at 150 online than spend the entrance and a day at the Sauna now. In the old days the better Czechs would pile up in cars and drive to Zurich and spend a week or month there. The 150 rate was low but there were plenty of clients plus Paragonya's 100 rate. Now they rotate London, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Munich, Geneva, etc. for Euro 200+ and get more clients. IDK if Zurich is usually even on the Czech circuit now.

I was told when on Pradaxa, to absolutely stop baby aspirin and when I came off Pradaxa told not to use aspirin regimen. IDK. I do know my surviving neighbor was in a big argument with his doctor over baby aspirin but I don't know if he was on thinners. He must not have been as he died of clots a few months after his partner and both had covid and recovered just before the first partner's death from clots. Both were professionals and I'm sure had excellent insurance and assumably excellent doctors. It all makes me a little "concerned" about clots.