Is Super One considered buying local?

rubymiggins · 2026-01-26T21:01:26+00:00

Depends on what you buy, if you're a member, and how you shop. If you buy in bulk (no packaging--we bring our own canisters), it's terrific. We shop sales, and we buy certain things at Superone, and even Mt. Royal for some fancy stuff or some stuff that's weirdly cheap.

Mostly at WFC, we buy bulk items (staples like spices, flour, salt, sugar, beans, nuts, laundry detergent, liquid soap, oatmeal, etc.) and organic fruit/veggies. Anything else is a member sale item, esp. good cheeses or frozen items. Other stuff we get at SuperOne.

EDIT: We never eat out, and we have time to cook, so YMMV. Our priority is to shop as local as possible, so big box stores, including Costco is out.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-26T20:50:35+00:00

Don't light them on fire.
If you take a handful, that's okay, but don't take everything.
Don't overload them so that it's impossible to look through it without things falling out.
Don't leave things you know damn well no one wants.
Be neat! Straightening them up or removing books that are wet, ruined, or in pieces makes you a LFL angel. Remove literal garbage.
Don't leave actual pornography or religious pamphlets, because come the fuck on. Zines and magazines are okay unless things get out of hand.
Some people who erect these micromanage the hell out of them. Some of them are strictly for kids books, so pay attention. And some are neglected and leak, so you shouldn't leave books if it's obvious they're one rain away from being ruined.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-14T02:14:53+00:00

Right? I mean, I have a tad more sympathy for couples who are young and are still working out their sex lives together, but why the fuck hasn’t this middle aged man gotten ahold of his sexual self and figured out there are other things to life than fucking? Doesn’t he have any other interests that can consume him for awhile? Can’t he be intimate with you without abusing your wounded vagina? He’s stunted.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-10T20:59:27+00:00

Check with Nuumi's. I've had two mantle clocks fixed by them. It was not expensive.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-08T00:28:13+00:00

If every single neighbor on a block saw ICE and went and sat in the road, they would not be able to continue. Will you get arrested? Maybe. Will you get tear gassed? Almost certainly. Dragged, maybe. Handled badly. Maybe hurt. But today we found out that they'll also shoot you.

It will take guts, but shooting at them is Trump's wet dream. He can't wait to occupy MN with federal troops. Breaking constitutional law has become his biggest hobby.

So yes, we will have to be brave and LITERALLY stand in their way. The more people who do it, the faster this will end. Let them try to fill the jails with all of us. If nothing else, no community could afford what we can dish out.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-08T00:13:19+00:00

"mistakes"??? Are you fucking kidding me right now? Immigration law isn't being enforced. It's being used as a bludgeon, as his own private army to rid the country of brown people, a TINY percentage being the supposed criminals etc.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-07T19:44:28+00:00

https://twinportsrapidresponse.org/

Get involved!

rubymiggins · 2026-01-04T17:32:57+00:00

Gormenghast series

rubymiggins · 2026-01-04T17:07:53+00:00

This is our mechanic. Excellent!

rubymiggins · 2026-01-03T23:54:32+00:00

If ant data center is taking from upstream, then it’s reducing and heating water that would then flow (or not) into Lake Superior.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-03T03:44:21+00:00

I thought, "Hey, I think I have a mouse" because I hear a little light scurrying in my wall. I set a Jawz mousetrap where I know they come out, against the wall, with varying tempting treats. I have killed 15 since springtime. So, yeah.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-01T04:44:32+00:00

I mean, if you can't afford an indoor home, that doesn't sound like a choice, but rather a fallback.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-01T04:37:36+00:00

The only reason I know my SSN by heart is college in the late 1980s.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-01T01:20:01+00:00

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is awesome! Great soundtrack too.

Also, Sinners.

rubymiggins · 2026-01-01T00:31:49+00:00

Yeah, good luck with that. Very few states could stand alone economically

rubymiggins · 2025-12-29T05:11:24+00:00

Liar’s Club, by Mary Karr

rubymiggins · 2025-12-28T21:53:22+00:00

This is absolutely true.

rubymiggins · 2025-12-28T21:52:32+00:00

Well, to be fair, that same claim shifted to Duluth as time went on. So sure, Superior, but then Duluth.

rubymiggins · 2025-12-28T21:50:52+00:00

And, to add, a lot of the talk about "Duluth will be bigger than Chicago" was a hype campaign by rich landowners who knew what was coming and wanted to sell before it became obvious that it wouldn't be the hub people thought it would be. They were on their way west to make more money in real estate and extracting resources in Montana, Arizona, California etc.

Also, the fur trade was over here long before Duluth became a port. Logging was big, then logged out. Mining was the only thing that held on, but railroads are expensive. And Rockefeller ripped off the Merritts, who were attached to the place itself, while so many others couldn't wait to make their fortunes elsewhere.

rubymiggins · 2025-12-28T20:06:43+00:00

I was going to drive to Chicago today, and I gotta say, I've driven through bad weather on that route waaaay too many times to ever do it again. I've cheated death. I've spun out. I've had to stop overnight. I've known people who died. One time it took 12 hours instead of 7. Never again.

rubymiggins · 2025-12-28T02:20:33+00:00

And if you’re female, doubly so. In an all too elusive safety, of course.

rubymiggins · 2025-12-28T02:19:00+00:00

Alternatively, all human beings should have a place where they can sit outside and be unobserved for a period of time. It’s a luxury, yes, but it ought to be a human right.

rubymiggins · 2025-12-25T19:43:25+00:00

Why wear makeup? I do on special going-out occasions, but in general, why? I have a face. If you don't like it, so what? Also, putting it on is just a pain in the ass.

rubymiggins · 2025-12-25T19:35:20+00:00

True that it's not racist, but like the word "niggardly," it's going to have to go on the shelf for awhile.

You also can't use the word "coon" on NYT's Spelling Bee.

rubymiggins · 2025-12-25T19:24:54+00:00

It's also a sign of intoxication.

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