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   Boron Elgar to dannyb@panix.com   
   Re: Costco, was: A rant directed at groc   
   30 Jan 21 12:30:36   
   
   From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:03:49 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein   
    wrote:   
      
   >In <09va1g9g1a3ktb7liq28bmklq1639gh1d8@4ax.com> Boron Elgar  writes:   
   >   
   >>>Not quite a response to this, but CostCo gas pumps often have lines of   
   >>>10 or so cars per lane.  Price can motivate tolerance of inconvenience.   
   >   
   >>Of course, the gas lines move pretty fast here because they are   
   >>attended. Those guys are very fast.   
   >   
   >>My favorite thing about the Costco pumps here are that they have hoses   
   >>long enough to service tanks on either side of the car from any lane.   
   >   
   >As an fyi, in NJ (and possibly some other States, maybe...) you   
   >do NOT have to be a Costco member to purchase gasoline from them.   
   >   
   >Similarly, in most (maybe all?) states you do NOT have to be   
   >a member to use the in store pharmacy.   
      
   Oh hell, I just checked my initial membership date- 1992.   
      
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