"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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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.

Some of us cope with that. It does, of course, depend on how close by
your shops are, and how fit you are - but it's certainly not an
insurmountable problem. The new Tesco Express/Metro and Sainsburys Local
shops popping up all over the place help to meet this need very well in
London.

I manage to pick up many things at a fairly basic local coop within easy
walking and get more exotic fare at a convenient town centre sainsburys on
my way home from the station, before catching the bus. Better shops around
interchanges make the transit journey more useful, sometimes substituting
for separate journeys to the supermarket later on.

No different to chained car trips really.

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Mark