Thread: What is wrong with Wal-Mart fruits?

On Sun, 3 May 2009 11:29:18 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
wrote:

> On May 3, 8:11*am, maxine <weed...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If the fruit has those little labels on it, they can tell you if the
>> fruit is gm.
>>
>> "[T]he sticker labels on fruit: The numbers tell you how the fruit was
>> grown. Conventionally grown fruit has four digits; organically grown
>> fruit has five and starts with a nine; genetically engineered has five
>> numbers and starts with an eight."http://www.megnut.com/2006/03/read-the-numbers-on-your-fruit
>
> ==========================
>
> Coincidentally . . . for some unknown reason I have been sticking most
> of those little produce stickers I get around the edge of my (second
> hand but gift) iMac. THere are thirteen of them and they're all four
> digits. Looks like I don't buy any dubious GM stuff, but then I don't
> buy organic either.
>
> I also have fortunes from cookies, lens labels from cheap (dollar
> store) reading glasses & labels from Eclipse gum containers. I have
> no idea why i collect these things.
>
> Lynn in Fargo

think of it as found art. you're a pioneer!

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 3 May 2009 15:46:46 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> troll wrote:
>
>> Most fruits at Wal-Mart appear oversized. For example the oranges,
>> tomatoes and strawberries are double the size what you find in typical
>> grocery stores. I know people like to bash Wal-Mart but could someone
>> give an explanation for this?
>>
>> I recall reading somewhere that pretty much all fruit you find
>> anywhere are genetically modified. So as long as the fruits at Wal-
>> Mart taste okay it should be okay, no ?
>
> Pretty good troll, seeing the response it's gotten.
>
> Know what *I* heard? I heard that Wal-Mart sells globes with Israel labeled
> as "Palestine." I also heard that they resell toys which had been donated
> for needy kids, and that if employees want their Wal-Mart to fly an American
> flag, the employees have to pay for the flag out of their own pockets.
>
> Bob

i heard they also inject their produce with meat solution.

your pal,
blake

Greg wrote:

> I found San Francisco and it's inhabitants to be very insular and
> self-absorbed, second only to Washington DC. Both places struck me as
> more like small towns instead of cities. I find the "We're so
> sophisticated and we are also the Center Of The Universe" attitude so
> *very* wearying...

My experience has been that the people from NYC or Boston are both more
chauvinistic about their cities than the denizens of SF or DC. However, I
think Paris is probably the world's snootiest city.

Bob