Lance Lamboy wrote:
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:04:51 +0100, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:35:00 +0100, Paul Weaver
wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:20:39 -0500, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
Groceries would be tougher, since many of them need to be put in
the refrigerator or freezer upon arrival; I doubt my landlord
would go that far. Unfortunately there's no delivery service in my
area, so I drive the 3 blocks to the store every other week.

You'd have to go to the store every day or two if you were carrying
food back.

I manage perfectly well with using the bus and doing a shop at the
weekend only. I happily lug my bags to the stop, catch the bus and
then walk the last bit to my home. I accept it wouldn't be practical
for a huge family shop and only 1 person doing the shopping but I am
amazed at the extent to which people are seemingly unable to go food
shopping without a car. It's a fantastic illusion that the motor
industry and supermarkets have generated to perpetuate each others'
trade.

The only food stuff I buy during the week is milk and possibly a
treat or something that I need to get for a particular meal.

Yes. I don't have a car and I have no problem with groceries. Most
grocery stores do deliveries so why would a huge family have a
problem.

I've got three siblings and when we were kids we usually had at least one
dog. My mother walked to and from the shops, about a mile each way, bringing
the goods home in a shopping trolley. Why are so many people wimps these
days?