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#2386

I bought an espresso machine for about $400. You can pay anything from $50 to $5,000 or more for them. For $400 you get decent pressure and control, but no automation (I've had cheaper and pricier ones in the past). It's 'just right' for my taste. I was buying 2 big latte's a day at $4 each, so that's $8 per day; $2,920 per year. So paying $400 for a machine was not a bad investment! I make 3 big latte's a day for myself now ... the highlight of my day

Edit to add - the other cost is of course the coffee, but I buy bulk whole beans and grind my own. A $10 bag lasts quite a while. And then there's milk - $2 / gallon?
Last edited by Steerpike; Mar 21st 2020 at 3:02 am.

#2387

Big move by the UK gov - 80% of wages paid by the state.
Bit of a relief to be honest, I though some tenants might start saying they couldn't pay their rent and I'm now barred from kicking them out.
Bit of a relief to be honest, I though some tenants might start saying they couldn't pay their rent and I'm now barred from kicking them out.

#2388


#2389

I've no idea. We can order online from Amazon of course, but no supermarket delivers groceries. You can place an order online, but you have to go and pick it up. Or use an expensive third-party service like PeaPod and order online from them.

#2391

I seem to remember reading that you can't buy a Tesla in Texas (because they do not have dealerships and the dealerships lobbied against direct sales) and of course one cannot pump ones own gas in a couple of States. I wonder who was against grocery store online shopping and delivery in IL?

#2392

I seem to remember reading that you can't buy a Tesla in Texas (because they do not have dealerships and the dealerships lobbied against direct sales) and of course one cannot pump ones own gas in a couple of States. I wonder who was against grocery store online shopping and delivery in IL?
Al Capone?

#2393

US/Canada border restrictions will begin at midnight (I believe the Mexico/US border will be restricted as well.)
For Canada this is what is being reported as to who can still cross into the US
For Canada this is what is being reported as to who can still cross into the US
- Returning U.S. citizens and permanent residents
- Those travelling for medical purposes or to attend school
- Those travelling to work in the U.S. (“e.g., individuals working in the farming or agriculture industry who must travel between the United States and Canada in furtherance of such work”)
- Those travelling for “emergency response and public health purposes” — which includes government and emergency responders
- Truck drivers and others “engaged in lawful cross-border trade”
- Official government/diplomatic travel
- Members of the U.S. Armed Forces and those on military-related travel

#2394

Maybe you can't get delivery in your neighborhood, wherever that may be, but why did you phrase it as 'not allowed in the land of the free', suggesting this is a nationwide thing? It must be a local thing related to where you live.

#2395

I just searched for supermarkets in Illinois; Kroger are active in Peoria (I don't know where you live so picked a central location). I then went to kroger's website and put in the zip code 61615 (Peoria). Delivery was an option.
Maybe you can't get delivery in your neighborhood, wherever that may be, but why did you phrase it as 'not allowed in the land of the free', suggesting this is a nationwide thing? It must be a local thing related to where you live.
Maybe you can't get delivery in your neighborhood, wherever that may be, but why did you phrase it as 'not allowed in the land of the free', suggesting this is a nationwide thing? It must be a local thing related to where you live.
https://www.instacart.com/grocery-delivery/chicago-il

#2396

I just searched for supermarkets in Illinois; Kroger are active in Peoria (I don't know where you live so picked a central location). I then went to kroger's website and put in the zip code 61615 (Peoria). Delivery was an option.
Maybe you can't get delivery in your neighborhood, wherever that may be, but why did you phrase it as 'not allowed in the land of the free', suggesting this is a nationwide thing? It must be a local thing related to where you live.
Maybe you can't get delivery in your neighborhood, wherever that may be, but why did you phrase it as 'not allowed in the land of the free', suggesting this is a nationwide thing? It must be a local thing related to where you live.
Did you think I was making this up? Why would I do that? Why are you searching it? Why does anyone even care?
Last edited by Lion in Winter; Mar 21st 2020 at 4:29 am.

#2397

Looks like delivery service is available in the Illinois area. It may be expensive to have the luxury of home delivery, and the consumer may be filling the exploitive coffers of 3rd party delivery companies that despatch drivers poorly paid but vacuously unaware due to being light-headed with Lysol fumes. But order the groceries and they will come.
https://www.instacart.com/grocery-delivery/chicago-il
https://www.instacart.com/grocery-delivery/chicago-il
I don't know why you're all getting so worked up about this.

#2398

Looks like delivery service is available in the Illinois area. It may be expensive to have the luxury of home delivery, and the consumer may be filling the exploitive coffers of 3rd party delivery companies that despatch drivers poorly paid but vacuously unaware due to being light-headed with Lysol fumes. But order the groceries and they will come.
https://www.instacart.com/grocery-delivery/chicago-il
https://www.instacart.com/grocery-delivery/chicago-il



#2399

Following your 'instacart' link, I see they do delivery for approx. 20 establishments (see below) but not Kroger. Kroger are therefore doing it themselves, or, using another service. They appear to charge a flat-fee of $9.95, but I didn't go far enough into it to find out if you can get that waived with quantity, etc. (I'm screwing up all my cookies changing my zip-code like this
) .



Third parties, for which you pay extra. Supermarkets don't deliver.
You may have the money to spare, I don't.

#2400

Another area where idiocy reigns (or perhaps just a lack of common sense) is that the "silver hour"s introduced by UK supermarkets to allow the elderly to shop before stock is depleted have not been policed, so that they have been ignored and pensioners elbowed out of the way by the "survivor of the fittest" enthisiasts. My local supermarket in Portugal reduced the day from one 12-hour shift to 2 4-hour shifts (to preempt staff shortages and allow for shelf restocking) and only allow 40 people in the shop at any one time, after which it's one out, one in (social distancing). This is policed by using two of their security people on the door just barring the way. Portugal already has a general policy of priority service for the elderly and the disabled, so no knee-jerk "silver hour" was necessary..... Bravo!!
