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theetruevine-blog · 7 years ago

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Gas Grills To Buy Below $300

Would you like to barbecue? Summer is coming, and is the most suitable for barbecue season. Recommend some 300 dollars of the following gas grill. Before you buy in grill must see, no matter you are at home near the buy, or in buying online. The information will help you a lot.

When to buy grill is the best?

After coming in the summer, many famous grill will begin to rise, so buy to cheap grill to choose in August, summer have just had, because this time companies began to is on sale. Buy grill after, to follow the instructions to operation, if you are a novice words.

How to choose, the highest cost-effective grill

200 yuan the following, also can buy a, very high ratio of the grill. A Grill only two wheels, another has four wheels, must choose to have four, this don’t hesitate. But if your grill is not prepared to often moves, this man is not much, but also have. You can choose 2 wheels. Choose a grill on handle, especially on the lid of the hand, because often used in place of the most easily broken. His hand is a small parts, but it is not a lack of parts can be. The materials on hand, had better be not to heat conduction of materials, such as plastic and wood. Choose to have 5 years warranty Girll, of course, you can also spend extended warranty period, but you want to spend money also calculate the cost. The warranty is a kind of security, although you may not use the warranty, but there is a security is always good.

What kind of grill you like the most? Gas, Charcoal, The Hood of My Car each have their merits and demerits. Choose a oneself to like it, I think.

Where To Buy The cheapest gas grill?

If you can bargain of words, Home Depot and garden store is a very good choice, because you can directly see goods, although you may buy expensive because on impulse, but will the bargain is like the feeling. There is a way to save money, often view the newspapers and advertising coupons. Indeed, it can offer many, Walmart, Kmart, Target, Lowe ‘s, and Home Depot will not provide favourable activity of regular. Will the home, they will often collect the discount coupons.

Char Broil and Uniflame this two brand of girll under $300 this price, is very popular. Check out reviews on $300 gas grills on ace home guides.

About the cost of the installation, some stores will pack installation, and is free installation. But there are some shop may charge you a fee of us $300, it will ask clear, very little money, but money is such a bit out of the province. If you and I am not bargain, you can to Amazon such online store to buy.

To Craigslist or local moving sales to buy Affordable Grill

If you don’t have much money, such as less than $300 budget, you could buy a satisfied with, at this time you can consider to Craigslist or local moving sales up to see. Sometimes there will be 2 hand, or 9 into new sale. Because these things others used, and so expert may allow you to test the ignition, perhaps also will send you a gas tank.

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fashioneditswebsite · 5 years ago

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Do all major fashion and beauty brands get their products from the same manufacturer?

Would you guess that competing athletic apparel brands Lululemon, Under Armor, and Athleta use the same factory? Or that Benefit, Mary Kay, Revlon, Sephora, E.L.F., and Laura Gellar source cosmetic brushes, eye masks, and compacts from the same factory? What does this mean for consumers? For clothing companies, This could mean a supplier is providing clothing of comparable quality to a pricey clothing line as it is to a major discount store. For beauty brands, if you knew your $25 mascara came from the same source as a $2 drugstore mascara, would you think twice before buying? It would surprise most consumers to know that dozens of their favorite brands get their products from the very same factories. For more consumer takeaways, see Jungle Scout's brand new report exploring major retail brands and their global suppliers here. Jungle Scout is a SaaS company that helps people build businesses and sell products on Amazon. They support more than $1B of Amazon revenue. Here are their findings;

Where do big brands get their products? (Spoiler: it might be from the same place)

Jungle Scout has a tool called Supplier Database. It gives Amazon sellers the ability to find global suppliers to manufacture their products from its massive database of all companies that import goods into the U.S. Using this search feature, you can enter in keywords, vendors, and even companies to find out where items come from. Which major brands share manufacturers? We also looked at other major global suppliers and some of the top brands that source products from them across several major product categories. What did we find out? Countless major brands actually share manufacturers. And not only do they share them with their competitors, but with significantly higher- or lower-end brands within their industry as well. Check out the following examples, along with the critical new insights that can help consumers make more informed purchasing decisions: Product Category: Apparel Lululemon, Under Armour, Athleta, Land’s End, Duluth Trading Co., and Walmart source yoga pants, sports bras, and other exercise clothing from Eclat Textile Co Ltd. in Taiwan. Patagonia, The North Face, Helly Hansen, Mammut, and Puma source jackets, vests, parkas, and pants from Kwang Viet Garment Co Ltd. in Vietnam.Saks 5th Avenue, Lord and Taylor, Bass Pro Shop, Sears, Kmart, Primark, and Stage Stores (Stage, Peebles, Bealls, Goody’s, Gordmans, Palais Royal, and others) source t-shirts, pants, dresses, and more apparel from Norp Knit Industries in Bangladesh. Nordstrom, Old Navy, JCPenney, Bonobos, GAP, Ann Taylor, Marshalls, Uniqlo, Saks 5th Avenue, Lord and Taylor, Ralph Lauren, Land’s End, Banana Republic, and Joseph A Bank source sweaters, cardigans, dresses, tops, and other knitwear from South Asia Knitting Factory Ltd. in Hong Kong. What does this mean for consumers? While some brand groupings align based on product similarity (ie. exercise apparel from one supplier, or formal fashion wear from another), there is still a broad range of average price points for each brand from a single supplier. This could mean a supplier is providing clothing of comparable quality to a pricey clothing line as it is to a major discount store.Apparel manufacturers generally specialize by the material. They may purchase spandex/stretch exercise clothing from one source, cotton clothing from another, and knitwear from a third. However, many major apparel brands sell clothing made from many different materials. Therefore, the clothing lines are often produced in different factories all over the world. This raises quality control and design consistency challenges for many brands. Which major brands share manufacturers? We also looked at other major global suppliers, and some of the top brands that source products from them across several major product categories. What did we find out? Countless major brands actually share manufacturers. And not only do they share them with their competitors, but with significantly higher- or lower-end brands within their industry as well. Check out the following examples, along with the critical new insights that can help consumers make more informed purchasing decisions: Product Category: Apparel Lululemon, Under Armour, Athleta, Land’s End, Duluth Trading Co., and Walmart source yoga pants, sports bras, and other exercise clothing from Eclat Textile Co Ltd. in Taiwan. Patagonia, The North Face, Helly Hansen, Mammut, and Puma source jackets, vests, parkas, and pants from Kwang Viet Garment Co Ltd. in Vietnam.Saks 5th Avenue, Lord and Taylor, Bass Pro Shop, Sears, Kmart, Primark, and Stage Stores (Stage, Peebles, Bealls, Goody’s, Gordmans, Palais Royal, and others) source t-shirts, pants, dresses, and more apparel from Norp Knit Industries in Bangladesh. Nordstrom, Old Navy, JCPenney, Bonobos, GAP, Ann Taylor, Marshalls, Uniqlo, Saks 5th Avenue, Lord and Taylor, Ralph Lauren, Land’s End, Banana Republic, and Joseph A Bank source sweaters, cardigans, dresses, tops, and other knitwear from South Asia Knitting Factory Ltd. in Hong Kong. What does this mean for consumers? While some brand groupings align based on product similarity (ie. exercise apparel from one supplier, or formal fashion wear from another), there is still a broad range of average price points for each brand from a single supplier. This could mean a supplier is providing clothing of comparable quality to a pricey clothing line as it is to a major discount store.Apparel manufacturers generally specialize by the material. They may purchase spandex/stretch exercise clothing from one source, cotton clothing from another, and knitwear from a third. However, many major apparel brands sell clothing made from many different materials. Therefore, the clothing lines are often produced in different factories all over the world. This raises quality control and design consistency challenges for many brands. Product Category: Consumer Electronics Apple and ASUS source personal computers from Tech-Com Shanghai Computer Co Ltd. in China.Apple, Polaris, Kingston Technology, and Corsair source computer mice and trackpads from Primax Electronics Ltd. in China.Bose, AKG/Harman (a Samsung company) source headphones from Gamma Inc. in Taiwan.Jem Accessories (Jemtronix), Emerge Technologies, and Uno Wireless source Bluetooth earbuds, Bluetooth speakers, virtual reality (VR) headsets, balance scooters, and Bluetooth selfie sticks from Shenzhen Tilv Technology Co Ltd. in China. What does this mean for consumers? When it comes to complex technology products like wireless/Bluetooth technology, or high-quality audio, manufacturers specialize. This means similar products — though sold by different brands — will often come from one of a few specific suppliers. Product Category: Beauty L’Oreal, Tarte, Pixi, and Markwins (which owns Physician’s Formula, Wet n Wild, and Bonne Belle brands) all source mascara, eyeliner, brow pencils and related products from Shanghai Beukay Cosmetics Co Ltd. in China.Estee Lauder, Shiseido, Coty Inc. (which owns Covergirl, Clairol, Rimmel, among others), Walgreens, and Boots source lipstick, lip gloss, eyeshadow, and concealer from Intercos Cosmetics Suzhou Co Ltd. in China.Benefit, Mary Kay, Revlon, Sephora, E.L.F., and Laura Gellar source cosmetic brushes, eye masks, and compacts from Beauty Yaurient Cosmetics Accessories Co Ltd. in China. What does this mean for consumers? Designer brands often source their cosmetic products from the same manufacturer as drugstore brands. If you knew your $25 mascara came from the same source as a $2 drugstore mascara, would you think twice before buying?Spoiler alert: Much of your makeup comes from China, not Paris or Milan as the brands’ advertising might suggest. Product Category: Toys & Baby Hasbro, Walmart, Gamestop, Amazon, Costco, Universal City Studios, and Tomy International source plastic toys, action figures, transformer toys, plush/stuffed toys, and tricycles from Gift Vietnam Co. Ltd. in Vietnam.Playmobil, Hasbro, Hallmark, and Crayola source plastic toys, electronic toys, toy cars, toy swords/lightsabers, and creative toys from forwarding Winsome Industries Ltd. in Hong Kong.Walt Disney World Resorts, Hasbro, Target, Build-a-Bear source stuffed/plush toys and apparel from Dream Mekong Co. Ltd. in Vietnam.SkipHop, Belly Buds, LILLEbaby Booginhead, source baby carriers, activity/play centers, stuffed toys, silicone parts, soothing speakers, and more from Germton Worldwide Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong. What does this mean for consumers? Like other product categories, these suppliers specialize in certain materials such as plastic, plush, or electronic. Other products: YETI, Camelbak, Hydro Flask, Starbucks, Rubbermaid, and Klean Kanteen source stainless steel water bottles, vacuum flasks, and insulated bottles from Zhejiang Haers Vacuum Containers in China. Whirlpool, Electrolux, Weber-Stephen Products LLC source grill and stove parts and grates from Jih Shin Enamel Co. Ltd. in Taiwan.Bosch and Black & Decker/DeWalt source drills from Zhejiang Burley Tools Co Ltd. in China.Away and Tumi source aluminum luggage and parts from Allied Winner Hk Ltd. in China. So why do brands share the same factories? A supplier/manufacturer may specialize in certain materials and types of production, which could appeal to multiple brands. Some brands may also scope out their competitors and opt to use their manufacturer to create products of similar quality. Or, they may assume the supplier is trustworthy and affordable based on the fact that their competitors use them. However, it’s also possible that suppliers create higher quality products for certain customers. That, in turn, could allow those manufacturers to offer other clients savings on their own production, for items of slightly lower quality. That being said, without being directly involved in the manufacturing process for the companies involved in any given transaction, there is no way of knowing for sure the reasoning behind a brand’s choice in a supplier. What does this mean for consumers? As a shopper, knowing that certain products and companies share vendors may either act as a bit of relief (“This product is as good as that expensive one — I made the right choice.”) or as a wakeup call (“Do I really need this more expensive product if the quality is essentially the same as the lower-cost brand’s?”) After all, brand loyalty is decreasing among consumers, reports a 2019 Nielsen study. So why shouldn’t Target’s lower-cost clock beat Pier 1’s? Of course, it’s not always about price. Different brands offer different shopping experiences, customer service, or other benefits. Pier 1, for example, prioritizes merchandising their wares for home decoration specifically, working with interior designers to create a carefully curated store layout. Meanwhile, Target is an all-purpose store, offering far more than just housewares. It has robust online experience and a generous return policy. What does it mean for Amazon sellers? What differentiates many products (if they come from the same manufacturer) is the experience the consumer has in purchasing and owning the product. But, because Amazon takes care of much of this process and experience (ie. what often makes a brand a brand), sellers struggle to present this differentiation. However, there are still plenty of opportunities for sellers to add value to their customers’ experience. Brands can stand out from their competitors by using high-quality packaging, creating eye-catching and informative product listings, and providing responsive and friendly customer service. Overall, though, the biggest takeaway for Amazon sellers is that they can have their product manufactured by the same supplier as their biggest competitor (or major luxury brand) and use that to their advantage. Read the full article

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cassiecantyousee · 7 years ago

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned on Summer Staff

If you can believe it, it’s been one month since Irma (it hit Barbuda on September 6th, and officially made landfall in the Keys the morning of September 10th). I’ve been back home for over two weeks, and things are nowhere near back to normal. So here’s another attempt at getting my thoughts down before too much time passes. Also, I spent two summers in college working on the ropes course at Saranac, a Young Life camp in the Adirondacks. That will become important later.

Just a heads up: I’m not going to post a lot of pictures, because I find it sort of weird. I’ll post some of my own house, but I felt uncomfortable sharing other people’s hardship. If you’re curious about the destruction in the Keys, there are a lot of photos and videos posted by or with the permission of the residents themselves. Feel free to do some Google searches, or you can message me privately and I can send you some links. Also, I’ve included some good donation links later, but they are not comprehensive! Feel free to find another organization you care about and donate there (but yes, there is a Mote link in there!). Okay, on with the show:

After quick stops in Orlando (to get my car) and Boca (to sleep!) I drove back into the Keys on the morning of Thursday, September 21st. The Keys had opened to residents on Sunday, and Wednesday had been the last day of the checkpoint so I could just drive right in. That in itself felt weird. It was one of those moments where I had trouble remembering that I am 26 years old and not 10; I kept waiting for someone to come to their senses and send me away. Clearly this unaccompanied child should not be allowed into a disaster zone! How irresponsible! Obviously that didn’t happen, because I AM 26, and a legal resident of the Keys, and therefore totally allowed to be there. So after that brief existential panic, the drive continued.

The first thing I noticed was the foliage: all the leaves were off the trees. It looked like New England in the winter (without the snow, obviously). Since there’s no foliage in the Keys that does this normally, it looked very odd. I could see into neighborhoods off the side of Route 1 that I had never been able to see before. There were also big piles of debris by the side of the road, but these were mostly vegetation. I know some places in Key Largo were hit very hard, and I don’t want to minimize that, but the beginning of the drive looked reasonably okay (part of this was also that Key Largo residents were allowed to return sooner, so they had already done a lot of clean-up).

As I continued south, things started to get worse. Entire trees were down, and more and more of the debris piles were made up of people’s personal belongings. Refrigerators, mattresses, shelves, coffee tables, and everything else were piled by the side of the road. In the upper Keys many of these piles had already started being consolidated, but as I drove they started spreading out. Every home and business had a similar pile, and the piles were often at least a full story tall.

When I hit Marathon, it started getting hard. The upper Keys I essentially just drive through, but Marathon I’ve actually spent a lot of time in. It was also the beginning of the worst of the destruction. Businesses that I’d been to in the past were completely flattened, telephone poles were snapped in half, and many side streets were completely impassable due to debris. But even that wasn’t as bad as when I hit Big Pine Key.

While I don’t live on Big Pine, I’m very close. It’s where I go to church, go to the library, shop for groceries, and pick up Chinese food. Many dear friends live on Big Pine, and it was decimated. There’s so much destruction it’s a bit hard to describe, but believe me when I say it’s hard to see. Entire streets were reduced to piles of rubble. The next few islands (including mine) looked much the same. My usual gas station had been literally knocked over. The entire roof that was over the pumps was bent over and lying on its side. By the time I was turning down my street, I thought there was no way my house could be in as good shape as my roommates said it was. I had seen all these newer, better quality homes completely destroyed, how could ours have survived? So I braced myself as I prepared to see how the Gulf side of Ramrod Key had fared.

As it turns out (and as you probably already saw on Facebook) hurricanes are extremely random and we live in a miracle house on a miracle street. Our house had a roof, all four walls, and had only gotten about a foot of water inside. The Atlantic side of Ramrod (where we used to live!) had seen multiple streets completely flattened. A house two blocks closer to the water than us got an eight-foot storm surge (we know because the owner stayed and took pictures). I think that part of what saved us is an extremely lucky location: between our street and the Gulf is the largest area of preserved hardwood hammock habitat in the Keys (our version of a climax forest), and that absorbed a lot of the surge. But we could just as easily have been hit by the pockets of extreme wind or tornados. We truly got very lucky. And since I didn’t get back until Thursday, I never even had to live without power, AC, and running water.

That being said, there’s a lot of work to do. When I first got back the entire lower Keys had a weird swampy smell from all of the flooding (TCI friends: it smelled like the salinas!). So being outside to do yard work wasn’t super pleasant. And while most of our house has cement walls and tile floors, we have to rip out anything that might be growing mold. This includes any and all drywall up to a certain height, the one room with wood flooring, all of our doors, and most of our living room furniture (those of you who have visited: we saved the tall bar chairs! I was so glad). The dishwasher, microwave, and washer and dryer all work, but the stove is broken. Also somehow the grill, which was outside the whole time, is fine. Our sheds were largely reduced to kindling, and we lost most of the little fruit trees in our back yard. Personally, I had to throw out my futon mattress (old to begin with) and two empty bookshelves (very cheap from Kmart). So no huge losses there, and all of my actual personal stuff is fine. We’re making a lot of progress, and some wonderful friends have come to help us. I’m learning so many life skills!

But it’s been a couple weeks of this now, and the fatigue is starting to set in. I know people always say this, but it’s really true: surviving a disaster is one thing, recovering afterwards is entirely another. Every time we complete one task, there are suddenly five more that we hadn’t even thought of yet. Have you ever seen that Tom Hanks movie The Money Pit? It’s like that. I don’t think I’ll ever find that movie entertaining again. Our house is livable, but it’s not like it’s back to normal. One bedroom is completely under construction, our counters are still covered with hurricane rations, and we haven’t replaced the doors yet so they keep sliding across the floor in a manner that makes it sound like the house is haunted. Plus, after a few more torrential rainstorms, the roof started leaking. We’re getting one of those blue roofs from the Army Corps of Engineers, but they have a lot of houses to get to (don’t worry, we’ve patched it for now). And since it’s so hard to dispose of waste in the Keys (not a lot of land), there are still piles of debris everywhere. They’re starting to consolidate them, so there are these giant walls made up of essentially people’s entire lives lining the highway. They’re honestly about three stories tall.

The biggest thing though, is that we’re all just so TIRED. It’s hard to go to work all day, where you’re probably cleaning up from the hurricane, to then go back home and have to keep cleaning up from the hurricane until you go to bed. You can’t escape it. I catch myself getting irritable, and fed up, and impatient. You start feeling desperate for just one part of your life to be how it was before the storm, but that’s impossible. It’s not an exaggeration to say that people’s lives will never be the same. Some may argue that it’s just stuff, but that’s not really true. It’s your home. It’s where you made a life, made memories, maybe where you raised your family. For me, it’s the first place that felt like home after I graduated college. It’s been destroyed, and the work it’s going to take to fix it looks endless right now. Your emotional “home base” is gone, which is exhausting enough even before you factor in all the physical labor needed to bring it back. There is no home base anymore; there are only piles of trash and drywall. I just really want to stress how tired we all are, especially because we’re actually doing really well (I promise!). So if those of us who were comparatively lucky feel like this, imagine how everyone else feels. Imagine the tragedy in Puerto Rico. Donald Trump can go suck an egg, everyone is working their butts off.

To finally bring all of this back to the title of the post, I never thought two summers at camp would prove so useful years later. The skills I learned on Summer Staff have been invaluable. After safely seeing hundreds of teenagers through a high ropes course I feel pretty prepared for a variety of disasters. The obvious skills, like experience with landscaping and power tools (#ropescapenance4eva) have obviously been helpful, but also the ability to work long hours, keep a good attitude (hopefully), and work as a team with people I just met. Also, I’m pretty good at cleaning bathrooms. There hasn’t been any call for safe belaying techniques yet, but if that comes up I’ll be ready.

But the most important thing I learned is the result of one specific Bible study. Without getting too theological or technical, we were talking about the importance God gives rest and also about how in the Jewish tradition (so also in the Old Testament) the day starts at sundown. That means the day starts with rest, and ends with work. After some more Biblical digging, we finally crystallized an idea that changed how I think about rest forever: you should rest FOR your work, not FROM your work. In other words: rest first, work later. So often we use our rest time, be it actual sleep or something else, as a time to obsess about the previous day when what we SHOULD be using it for is storing up energy for the tasks that lie ahead tomorrow. Put yesterday behind you, rest up, and move forward. It’s purely a mental game; I’m not saying my sleep pattern changed drastically or something. But this shift in mentality (when I remember it) really helps me not get burnt out. To be honest, I had totally forgotten this little piece of wisdom until I came across a quote I had put in my planner a month earlier. It’s by Robert Louis Stevenson, and he said: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” So that’s all I’m really trying to say to my fellow hurricane people. Rest for the work ahead, and don’t worry, you’ve been planting a whole forest. We’ll see it grow eventually.

And there really are a lot of bright spots in all of this. Neighbors helping neighbors and so on. Various Facebook groups have actually done a great job distributing key recovery information, and even in returning personal property to their rightful owners. Despite some sensationalist reports (helped along by some paranoia), we’ve barely seen any looting. Volunteers have been coming down from the mainland, and we were sent so much bottled water and non-perishable food we now have too much. If you want to help, and you’re close, we can always use more work teams. If you want to help, and you’re farther away, find a local organization to support and just send money. They’ll get it to where it needs to go.

And please PLEASE help Puerto Rico. They are in much worse shape than we are, and the government didn’t move to help them nearly as quickly as it moved to help us. They are fellow Americans (which really shouldn’t be the point, but it needs to be said), and they need help. Send some.

Before I go: eternal thanks to everyone who has reached out, offered help, checked up on me, or even just sent me funny YouTube videos. Your support and compassion truly means the world to me. And ESPECIALLY thank you to the friends and family I stayed with throughout this whole ordeal! I will be forever grateful. Rest up, everybody.

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grillpartshub-blog · 3 months ago

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arielxlazarus · 6 years ago

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There was an employee at the Kmart I worked at that nearly got fired for taking a broken grill home, instead of throwing it in the compactor, because he thought he could fix it.

Neiman Marcus wouldn't even let us take empty plastic/paper bags or cardboard boxes home when it's literally just garbage, and instead insisted it all had to get thrown away.

Both the McDonald's and the little hot dog restaurant I worked at threw away so much food, it was obscene.

Corporate waste is fucking ridiculous, and people are wasting time screaming about plastic straws when they're a really insignificant part of all the waste in this country.

we all know capitalism is fucking evil but one of my favorite stories to tell from Retail Hell is that time my district manager got annoyed that 2 poor people were taking food out of the dumpster occasionally so he told us all to start pouring bleach over all the items we threw out so people couldn’t use them/it would hurt them if they touched it directly. never did that and absolutely have participated in “employee theft” by stealing bags of food from the dumpsters to donate to the local food bank but like. he really did just want us to directly harm people over food that was already in the literal trash.

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grillpartsgalleryonline-blog · 8 years ago

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alicescripts · 8 years ago

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Part 2, Chapter 4: Chain

A strip mall off the turnpike in New Jersey. Looking for lunch. From where I stand by my truck, this could be anywhere.

We must have decided this, right, at some point? That we wanted it all to look the same? And I can understand that decision. We all like to feel somewhere familiar. Now we can have that feeling wherever we are. No matter the climate or geography, you come inside the chain and you are exactly where you were before, like there was a magic door to the city you feel most comfortable in. It’s a positive that can’t be denied.

But we have paid a price for this.

Sylvia laughed and pulled my arm. “I know,” she said. “You’re thinkin�� your big thoughts so you can have something profound to say on the radio later, but I am starvin’!” “Can’t a lady have thoughts in peace occasionally? I said. “A lady spends all her time on her ass thinkin’ and right now it’s lunchtime,” she said. “Ooh, burgers!”

In between a Chipotle and a Quiznos was a store front that twisted my guts. I tried to process what I was seeing. “Let’s eat there,” Sylvia said, already walking toward it.

The design of the place was as clean and interchangeable as any other restaurant in the strip mall. But there was the sign in the shape of a burger. The sign said, “PRAXIS”.

The inside was a simple counter and a couple tables with plastic chairs. The wall was papered in comic book covers, although I didn’t recognize any of the characters. “Tiptoe Woman”, one was called. Another called “The Incredible Man who Cries.” “I might get a chicken sandwich,” Sylvia said. “Is that weird, getting chicken at a burger place?”

I forgot how alone I was til I wasn’t anymore. Having Sylvia here has been nice. And maybe I feel guilty about that, because she’s still a teenager, and she should be living in a stable home, going to school and being a kid, not circling this country with me. But I’m not the one that murdered Sylvia’s mother and left her with the same obsession I have.

She came to me for a specific reason, but first I have routes I need to run, and she’s content to run them with me. Bay and Creek is unlikely to fire me, but I have been flat out ignoring delivery schedules and I think I need to actually drive a truck for work occasionally.

“What can I get you?” The guy behind the counter had thinning hair under a little paper cap. The cap said “PRAXIS”. “Uh, what’s good?” I said. “Burger’s OK.” I ordered a burger and Sylvia, after some vacillation, did the same. He wrote up the order on a slip and pushed it to the woman at the grill without looking at her. “Two burgers up in a moment!” she said. The man did not acknowledge this. “What’s your name?” said Sylvia. “Ramon,” he said. “And I’m Donna!” said the woman in the kitchen, as she slapped a fistful of ground meat on the flat top and smashed it with a spatula. “He won’t introduce me, he doesn’t talk to me.” “Why not?” I asked. “I’ll have burgers out to you in a moment,” Ramon said. “We’ve been running this business together for five years,” said Donna, “and he has never spoken to me.” “Is that true?” Sylvia asked Ramon. He scowled. “Our parents died,” Donna said. Ramon furiously cleaned the spotless counter with a rug. “They left us everything equally. Soon after their death, I sold their house, the house we grew up in. I didn’t have time to consult with him, and he hasn’t talked to me since. Order up!” Ramon carried them over. “Is it OK if I tell you something?” I asked. “Doubt I could stop you,” he said. “Someone hurt me, “ is aid, “betrayed me. And that has defined what my life has been for every second of every day after. And it has sucked. If I had any other choice I’d take it. if you have any other choice besides being defined by a feeling of betrayal, you should jump for it. jump for it like dry land to the drowned.” Ramon’s eyes softened. “You gotta forgive her some time, dude,” Sylvia said through a mouthful of burger. “This is really good, by the way.” [chewing noise]

He grunted, returning to the counter. The paper napkins all had the word “PRAXIS” on them. Sylvia took one and did a sketch of Ramon, holding a burger and giving a stone-faced thumbs up to the viewer. On our way out, she presented it to him. He said nothing as he accepted, but his lip twitched upwards. “Bye now!” said Donna from the kitchen. Ramon’s frown returned.

An hour later back on the road, I slapped the steering wheel, waking Sylvia up. “Christ, what?” she said. “Are we in danger?” “Ugh! I left my scarf at the burger place,” I said. [sighs] “Oh well. I guess that scarf belongs to them now.”

It’s hard to tell regions apart just by looking at the buildings now. A CVS is a CVS, a Starbucks is a Starbucks. I’m not here to moralize, I’m just telling you what it is to be a traveler now.

Every place is built like every place, and so the only thing that tells you that you’re moving is the nature that’s been allowed to stay.

As you head north, the trees shift from broad leafy canopies to the narrow spurs of conifers. And the mountains turn from big hills to great structures of rock, topped with vast slopes of untouched snow. Or , on another drive, the hills dot themselves away into nothing. And you realize you haven’t seen elevaton in hours, nor many trees, just a lot of grass and a lot of road. Or you leave behind a wetter, greener climate, and you see the world around you fade from grass to kindling, to dirt and rocks and then, like a sign marking a border you didn’t know you were crossing, the first great cactus, harbinger of the waiting desert.

It’s up to nature to tell us we’re moving. Otherwise, each Kmart sign looks like each Kmart sign. Every Subway sandwich tastes the same.

A few days later, somewhere north of Madison, near Devil’s Lake. There was this big stretch of hotels with indoor water parks, for when the Wisconsin weather with the Wisconsin vacation. Near the hotel was a cluster of shopping centers, movie theaters, all the things you ned if your camping trip is forced indoors. We were scanning for somewhere to eat and Sylvia was of course the first one who saw it. “I guess they’re a chain,” she said. A burger-shaped sign. “PRAXIS”. “Mm, last one was good. Shall we?” Something in me was afraid, but something in me is always afraid, and I’ve gotten very good at quieting that part of me. So I led the way in.

“You forgot your scarf,” said Ramon. Donna waved at us from the kitchen. Sylvia and I froze, but Ramon was already bringing over my scarf, and Donna was indicating a table in the corner. “Wh- What are you doing here?” was the best I could manage. “Well, we hardly ever leave the business,” Donna said. “Lots to do,” Ramon said, folding up my scarf and putting it by me. “Same as last time?” “Uh, sure,” Sylvia said. “Weren’t you-“ She didn’t seem to know if this was a subject she wanted to look at too closely, but she went for it anyway. “Weren’t y’all in New Jersey last time we saw you?” Donna shrugged, splatting our patties on the grill. “We don’t get out much,” Ramon said, and then “Thanks,” said absently as Donna gave him the burgers. She stopped, hand still on one of the plates. “Did you just talk to me?” she said. “Well, like those two were saying,” he said not looking at her, “have to forgive sometime.” “Forgive?” Donna started laughing. “Oh ho ho honey, OK, I’m glad we’re talking now because we have some shit needs talking about.” We sat at the table not knowing what to do, caught between the mundanely awkward and the existentially impossible. “When they died, you just gave up!” Donna said. “You refused to talk through the choices we needed to make. So all that was left up to me. I was on my own, and I was scared, but scared isn’t any kind of excuse so I did what needed to be done. I settled the estate, I sold the house to pay the bills, because there were bills, you know. Medical bills, cemetery bills and all of the debt. And then once all of those choices were made, there you were to tell me I had done them wrong. And you just stopped talking to me, punishing me for the choices that you couldn’t make! And now, excuse me, now you fucking forgive me?!” Or something to that effect. “I didn’t do anything?” Ramon said. “Who was busy arranging the funeral?” “OH, the funeral!” said Donna. “Of course, forget all the bills and the estate, you planned an evening!”

Sylvia pulled my sleeve and we left them shouting at each other, burgers unserved and uneaten. Behind the shouting figure of Ramon, I could see Sylvia’s drawing tacked up on the wall next to the cash register.

Stopped at a Dunkin’ Donuts that had a drive-thru window. And visible to the costumers, there was a huge screen tracking the percentage the employees were hitting of their “productivity target”. It was at 67 per cent. This per cent is 67 per cent of what they’re supposed to be. We are 33 per cent disappointed.

It’s terrifying what we’ve allowed them to do to us, so we could get coffee a few seconds faster. It’s a trade we all made, but we were never given time to think through the ramifications.

On the highway between Houston and New Orleans, a stretch of bayou and of absolutely nothing else. Pulled off for gas and decided to get lunch too.

We both saw it, between an empty storefront with a half-collapsed banner saying “we buy gold” and a nail salon with only one employee, who was on a smoke break outside, staring up with unfocused eyes at he sky.

We didn’t even comment on it, we just went in past the sign that sais “PRAXIS”. “Hey,” Ramon said. “Hi there honeys!” said Donna. “You two seem happier,” said Sylvia. “We worked things out,” Donna said. “Maybe we both had to forgive and both be forgiven,” said Ramon. “It’s nice that you’re back. You’ll be one of our last customers.” Donna put two patties on the flat top without waiting for our order. “Oh, you’re uh.. closing up this place?” I said. “Running the business that our parents ran,” said Donna. “It was holding us back, keeping us in the same place mentally. We need to live our own lives. Thanks for visiting us along your travels!” “This restaurant has been in a different city every time we visited, “I said, wanting to confront it directly if this was my last chance. Ramon shrugged. “These things happen,” he said. “Do they?” said Sylvia. “What is Praxis?” I said. Donna smiled at me. “Oh honey, if you don’t know that yet, don’t worry. You’ll find out when it’s time.” She assembled the burgers and rang the little bell, even if Ramon was right there, his hands already out. “Thanks again for your business!”

Sylvia’s sketch was still tacked to the wall, but it had faded, and the edges of the napkin had gone brittle.

At a Bay and Creek center near Buffalo, I asked about the delivery I did last year to a factory in Florida. “Praxis”, the name on the factory had said. “What is Praxis?” I asked. The shift supervisor, who had been looking over her papers (and the days at) tedium, went stiff. “Where did you hear that name?” she said. “You assigned me a route for them last year.” “We certainly did not. You need to tell me everything, but hold on.” She got up, reached for a phone. “Not me, I don’t want to hear a word of this. I’ll call someone in here, and you are going to tell them everything you know about Praxis.” She started dialing and I got up and walked away. She shouted at me to wait, but I was most certainly not going to do that.

What is Praxis, and why did the name upset my Bay and Creek supervisor so much?

Hm. Another mystery for another day. It’s time to help Sylvia with what she came to me for.

I leave the truck, switch to a rented car. Sylvia sleeps in the back. Whew, that girl can sleep! Me, I have trouble sleeping in the best of situations. And I haven’t been in the best of situations in… well, years now probably.

We drive for hours through New York until we reach the Hudson river. In Kingston, on the western shore, there is this huge area of chain restaurants and box stores and strip malls. It looks like they kept the rest of the area picturesque by jamming all of that into a couple of square miles, which is a pretty good plan.

I drive around, looking for something specific. And I find it, next to a half-vacant mall anchored by a Target and what used to be a JC Pennies. There is a line of fast food franchises, and there is only one empty storefront.

We get out, and I ran my hand over the glass where the outline of the word “PRAXIS” is still visible. The inside is empty, all the furniture and fixtures removed. “Guess they really did move on,” Sylvia said. “How was that possible?” I asked. “We of all people are not in the position to go round asking those questions,” she said. “We start thinking about that, we’re liable to go off the deep end. Good Lord!”

And so we get back in the car and cross the river. I head to the Taconic Parkway, passing a few Christmas tree farms and a number of horses wearing jackets. The Taconic is beautiful but narrow. Finally, we reach a gas station on the southern edge of Duchess County and I wake Sylvia up. When she has regained the world, she takes on a look of determined sorrow. “Yeah,” she said. “This is where my mother was murdered.” “What now?” I said. “Now… We’re going to figure out who really murdered her.”

[right speaker] Knock knock. [left speaker] Who’s there? [right] I think you know. [left] I do. [right] Can I come in? [left] I don’t think so. [right] Come on. [left] I need you to leave! [right] That was never an option. Knock knock. Knock knock. Knock knock. [sighs] OK well, OK.

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allisonswrittenwords · 6 years ago

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However, no two cats in the yard and such, because I’m highly allergic.

Dogs, however, are welcome!

Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the last year or so, you probably are aware of several major department store chains facing bankruptcy and closure. Sears, Toys R Us, and now JC Penney. None of these major stores – correction, make that no store – is safe from the looming doom of Chapter 11. Staples of our lives are going out of business, leaving behind liquidation and clearance sales, as well as so much left over merchandise no one would want to buy in good times.

One such store that faced closure and the end of their brand is Sears, which declared Chapter 11 in October 2018, forcing the closure of stores across the country (including my local Sears store). However, Sears did win its bankruptcy auction in January 2019, and would shrink, keeping open around 400 stores.

It’s a nice end to the story, but it doesn’t help that my once bustling local mall now has a giant vacant anchor store in it. And now, JC Penney is going to be closing in July in my mall, which is proof that nothing is safe.

For many years (and such is still the case) Sears has had its own “private label” brand of appliances, which were considered a gold standard of appliances among the elites. They did sell the major name brands, but their own was there because they could. That brand was Kenmore, and my childhood home had Kenmore appliances in it when we moved in.

And in today’s commercials (yes – two commercials, from 1989 and 1991), you’ll find out why your house is a very (very very) fine house with Kenmore appliances in it.

And having those appliances makes us want to sing a tune…

And go for a run, so we can wash our sweaty clothes…

And when you click play, life will not be so hard!

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The first commercial, while it promotes Sears as the then-exclusive seller of Kenmore appliances, was actually more a commercial for the product rather than the seller.

By appealing to the warmth of suburban home life, and appliances that handle the family’s needs in the best and most efficient way possible, while using a song that reminds you of “the simple life” and everything it offers.

Meanwhile, in 1991…

Sears is actually the main advertiser here, promoting the actual product as part of a sale…

Wow, $333 and $266 for each piece, and $30 off if you buy the pair? None too shabby!

Kenmore has been around since 1913 (Sears, by comparison, has been around since 1886). The brand is currently owned by KCD IP LLC – which stands for Kenmore Craftsman DieHard Intellectual Property, which is a special purpose entity created by Sears for securitization purposes. In more recent years (as of 2017, actually), Kenmore products are produced by several major appliance brand companies – Whirlpool, LG, Electrolux, Panasonic, Cleva North America, and Daewoo Electronics. The products aren’t exclusive to Sears anymore, and are also sold on Amazon in addition to Sears and Kmart. Kenmore grills are sold at Target and The Home Depot.

The one thing I found interesting about the first commercial was the dishwasher branded as “Lady Kenmore.”

The branding was actually in use until the mid-1990s, which seems surprising for the progressiveness of the time. I’m quite surprised that appliances would have had a gender-typing name beyond, say, the 1970s.

But hey, whatever floats your boat – or in this case, washes your dishes, cooks your food, makes those perfect pancakes, cubes the ice just right, keeps the food cold/frozen, and gets the clothes the cleanest they can get.

Life used to be so hard before Kenmore!

On that note, we’ll leave behind our very very very fine house of the 1980s (and the sweaty runners house of the 1990s), and move on to another prominent Sears product that still exists today (oh thank goodness, this is one of those “semi high note” weeks!).

That will happen tomorrow, but until then, have a terrific Throwback Thursday!

Our #ThrowbackThursday, Is A Very Very Very House...because our appliances are Kenmore appliances purchased at Sears! However, no two cats in the yard and such, because I'm highly allergic. Dogs, however, are welcome!

#ThrowbackThursday #1989 #appliances #Kenmore #Sears

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interdimensional-scientist · 6 years ago

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Char broil grill- Brief Notes

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The Char Broil Grill Line

There are 6 lines of bbq grill. In each line, there are many models. However each model has been made specifically for a market, location or retailer. In other words, a consumer will see different models depending on where he lives and shops. While the models may vary slightly from one model to another, every model in a given line has more in common than different. It is retailed in most outlets like Home Depot, Menards, Kmart, Aafes, Walmart, as well as others.

The general features of each line are as follows: (All of them work with liquid propane gas tanks but many other grills can be converted to a natural gas model.)

Quickset - It is made to be easy to assemble with pre-assembled modules that fit together easily

Performance series - The performance series grills are bigger, sturdier and have more features. These are moving into the higher-end grills with more power, more room and more versatility.

Designer Series Stainless - This grill can tackle anything the chef can throw at it. It has 4 burners, 50,000 BTU stainless steel burners and 500 sq inches of primary cooking space

Commercial series - This one was specially made for sale at Lowe's. It is another sleek stainless steel powerhouse of a grill

Gas Patio Caddie - This is perfect for smaller decks, patios or balconies.

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coffeeinmywineglass · 8 years ago

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Okay so Miriam (@plltaylor) asked me to ALL OF THESE so it took forever but I'm so thankful so here

1: Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? Closed 2: Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel? yeah 3: Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out? this is weird but I sleep on top of them and all my friends think that's so odd but idk that's just how it happens 4: Have you ever stolen a street sign before? yes... it fell over in my neighborhood and now it's on one of the walls of my house 5: Do you like to use post-it notes? DUDE I CANNOT SURVIVE W/O THEM!! I use them for everything and *fun fact my school broke the world record for the most post it's used in a mural 6: Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?occasionally 7: Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees? bear. I'm an Idahoan I CAN DO THIS (idk I took a woods safety thing so maybe I'd live idk) 8: Do you have freckles? hell yeah many many 9: Do you always smile for pictures? yes but I'm a potato girl from a potato state so not photogenic 10: What is your biggest pet peeve? 11: Do you ever count your steps when you walk?nah 12: Have you ever peed in the woods? yes (see idahoan) 13: What about pooped in the woods? yeah fun fact backpacking involves carry in and carrying out everything 14: Do you ever dance even if there's no music playing? meh sometimes (: 15: Do you chew your pens and pencils? nope 16: How many people have you slept with this week?none 17: What size is your bed? full 18: What is your Song of the week? White flag by Joseph 19: Is it okay for guys to wear pink? yeah sure no problemo 20: Do you still watch cartoons? no I'm not really a cartoon person 21: Whats your least favorite movie? young at heart or master and commander 22: Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some? 23: If you're a girl, bra size? If you're a guy, pants size? wat no 24: What do you dip a chicken nugget in? BBQ sauce all the wayyy 25: What is your favorite food? anything w/ chicken but probably ravioli with butter (I'm a simple person okay) 26: What movies could you watch over and over and still love? pitch perfect tbh 27: Last person you kissed/kissed you? never happened 28: Were you ever a boy/girl scout? yes for 7 years 29: Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine? nope 30: When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper? like a month ago 31: Can you change the oil on a car? yup 32: Ever gotten a speeding ticket? nope I hate driving 33: Ever ran out of gas? yes we bought a gallon for 45$ from a guy who lived in a barn 34: Favorite kind of sandwich? just turkey and olives or maybe grilled cheese 35: Best thing to eat for breakfast? honestly muffins or coffee cake 36: What is your usual bedtime? usually 10:30 but lately 11-12 because I am THE DEFINITION OF STRESS 37: Are you lazy?yes but not always 38: When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween? yeah my mom still makes meh too 39: What is your Chinese astrological sign?Sagittarius 40: Are you horny? 41: Do you have any magazine subscriptions? no 42: Which are better legos or lincoln logs? legos 43: Are you stubborn? yes 7 people recently confirmed this 44: Who is better...Leno or Letterman? neither jimmy Fallon 45: Ever watch soap operas? nah 46: Are you afraid of heights? no unless I'm plunging towards them 47: Do you sing in the car? yeah sometimes 48: Do you sing in the shower? nope 49: Do you dance in the car? nah 50: Ever used a gun? no and probably never will 51: Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer? 5th grade (5 years ago) 52: Do you think musicals are cheesy? some are, but I enjoy them regardless 53: Is Christmas stressful? yeah getting people gifts is but other than that no 54: Ever eat a pierogi? a what now 55: Favorite type of fruit pie? Apple 56: Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? ballerina, vet, equine vet 57: Do you believe in ghosts? no 58: Ever have a Deja-vu feeling? yes all the time 59: Take a vitamin daily? no 60: Wear slippers? never fuzzy socks all the way 61: Wear a bath robe? no 62: What do you wear to bed? oversized tshirts mostly 63: First concert? Taylor Swift 64: Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart? tarjjj 65: Nike or Adidas? neither 66: Cheetos Or Fritos? neither part 2 67: Peanuts or Sunflower seeds? sunflower seeds w/o the shells 68: Ever hear of the group Tres Bien? nope 69: Ever take dance lessons? yeah when I was little (ballet and modern dance) 70: Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing? nah I'm open 71: Can you curl your tongue? yes 72: Ever won a spelling bee? hell no I can't spell for shit 73: Have you ever cried because you were so happy? yeah my friends surprised me and it was amazing 74: Own any record albums? yup Taylor swift on vinyl 75: Own a record player? yeah 76: Regularly burn incense? no my mom doesn't trust me with candles or any open flame so 77: Ever been in love? no comment 78: Who would you like to see in concert? Taylor swift, Ed sheeran 79: What was the last concert you saw? the Taylor swift one (5th grade I NEED TO GO AGAIN) 80: Hot tea or cold tea? I don't like tea except for chai so I have to say iced 81: Tea or coffee? “ “ 82: Sugar or snickerdoodles? snickerdoodles 83: Can you swim well? yup I'm a certified lifeguard 84: Can you hold your breath without holding your nose? yeah 85: Are you patient? I'd say so but my friends would have to be the real deciders 86: DJ or band, at a wedding? band 87: Ever won a contest? yeah a writing contest for the holocaust 88: Ever have plastic surgery? nope and don't plan on it 89: Which are better black or green olives? black all the way 90: Can you knit or crochet? Crochet because my art teacher is the bomb.com 91: Best room for a fireplace? living room 92: Do you want to get married? yeah eventually 93: If married, how long have you been married? n/a 94: Who was your HS crush? can't say... I'm in HS rn 95: Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way? no way do people actually do that still wow 96: Do you have kids? no 97: Do you want kids? I'm opened to it but Idk 98: Whats your favorite color? maroon or olive green or really light pink 99: Do you miss anyone right now? Yeah it sucks to have friends who live across the country and in other countries too Tysm @plltaylor ily and you should answer these too (:

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