From A Wide Spot In The Road

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  1. John Brunner

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    You let me know if I can do research or anything for you.

    I don't understand what your mean by "pickup our meals." Doesn't Meals on Wheels deliver?

    (I'll ask to have these moved to your regular thread here.)
     
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  2. Bill Boggs

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    Thanks, @John Brunner, I looked them up. They charge by the meal based on income less allowable expenses. They even publish a menu that looks pretty dang good to me
    based on how I've been eating. Looks like they furnish one meal a day. I have no idea who prepares these meals. I do suppose volunteers deliver to the clientele. I used to have
    both friends and family who volunteered for this endeavor. Check out this menu.

    APRIL 2021 MENU

    APRIL 2021 MENU
    This menu represents a regular diet only.

    Please contact the Meals on Wheels office at (405) 321-7272 before 7:30am on any day that you do not wish to receive a meal. Thank you!

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    April 5
    Salisbury Steak
    Mashed Potatoes with
    Gravy
    Cauliflower
    Mixed Fruit


    April 6
    Tuna Salad
    Croissant
    Green Beans
    Mixed Fruit

    April 7
    Chicken Fried Steak
    Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
    Butternut Squash
    Oatmeal Cookie

    April 8
    Chicken Alfredo
    with Penne Pasta
    Broccoli
    Cherry Cobbler


    April 9
    BBQ Chicken
    Roll
    Coleslaw
    Sugar Cookie

    April 12
    Meatloaf
    Mac & Cheese
    Asparagus Cuts
    Canteloupe

    April 13
    Sweet and Sour Chicken
    Rice
    Broccoli
    Snickerdoodle Cookie

    April 14
    Pasta Bake
    Breadstick
    Shaved Brussel Sprouts
    Pineapple Chunks

    April 15
    Chicken Nuggets
    Mashed Potato with Gravy
    Yellow Squash
    Peach Cobbler

    April 16
    Breaded/Baked Pork Fritter
    Mashed Sweet Potatoes
    Green Beans
    Apple Cobbler
    April 19
    Pepper Steak
    Rice
    Zucchini
    Apple Slices

    April 20
    Ham
    Sweet Potatoes
    Green Beans
    Banana Pudding

    April 21
    Chicken Parmesan
    Bowtie Pasta & Marinara
    Carrots
    Canned Pears

    April 22
    Hamburger
    Green Beans
    Sugar Cookie

    April 23
    Beef Stew
    Cornbread
    Mixed Fruit
    April 26
    Pot Roast with Gravy
    Potatoes and Carrots
    Cornbread
    Brownie

    April 27
    Oven Fried Chicken
    Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
    California Mixed Veggies
    Carrot Cake

    April 28
    Chopped Brisket Sandwich
    Potato Salad
    Pineapple Chunks

    April 29
    Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
    Broccoli
    Mandarin Oranges


    April 30
    Chicken Pot Pie
    with Biscuit Top
    Candy Carrots
    Lemon Bar
     
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    Don't look too bad.
     
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    It certainly wouldn't hurt to try it out, Bill.
     
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    That all looks pretty good. I believe Meals on Wheels prepares foods in a centralized commercial or quasi-commercial (large church facility) location. Volunteers are not making food at home...the QC and safety have direct oversight.

    I hope this works well for the two of you, Bill. The additional benefit is that you have someone sticking their head in every day.
     
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    I'm pretty sure that Meals on Wheels here doesn't charge. It's run by a volunteer group. I was going to volunteer to deliver them but some of the neighborhoods that they deliver to are potentially dangerous for a woman alone.
     
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    I will apply on Monday.
     
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    My grandson has accepted the scholarship offer from the University of Wisconsin
    in Madison. His major is mathematics and his graduate work will be in Statistics. I
    hope this will enable him to earn a decent income.
     
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    Well done!
     
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    Congrats, Bill.

    I gotta think if he enjoys it, he will succeed. There are so many professions and so many industries where those skills can be put to use.
     
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    I think he will. He graduated Grata com Lordy That’s Good or something like that.
    He loves math.
     
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    I wrote a long post awhile ago and left the forum for a minute and now can’t find it.
    Guess it was deleted. Hope that’s the case and I didn’t post on someones thread .
    The post was an update so I'm re-writing it again.

    We are not going to use Meals On Wheels. My wife was uncomfortable with MOW
    for some reason so I wrote thet off. We have the menu for several restaurants we like
    and all deliver except one and we have someone to pick up meals whenever we need them.

    I felt the need to give my som a break from his responsabilities toward us because I feel
    he has his hands full without any responsibility to us or buying groceries for us and running
    \errons for us. As result I have signed up with Walmart+ to deliver groceries to us and
    in addition have signed with Shipt, a delivery service owned by Target.

    The gal across the street from me had offered to do any of the above for us so I am using
    her as a backup. I think for the moment I have most of our bases covered.
     
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    As it turned out I will not use Walmart+ service to deliver my groceries. I signed up with Walmart, went through [he laborious effort to place an order
    and schedule a delivery time. Three hours past delivery time I called Walmart and asked why my groceries had not been delivered. They were
    holding them for pickup and the only thing we could do about it was cancel my order and replace it. I cancelled and when my SHIPT and this morning
    placed an oder with them to be bought at Crest Market, the store I normally do business with. There was one item Crest didn't have and I forgot four
    other items. I think SHIPT will work out better than Walmart +. I hope it will. The think is I'm not falling to pieces, but I don't handle a computer as well
    as Iused to handle one, I get upset easier than I used to get upset, I don't do anything as well as I used to do anything. This was a big deal for me.
     
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    That's too bad, Bill. I've been on that part of Walmart's website when preparing to go shopping, although I've not used the service. Choosing Pickup or Delivery is not straight-forward.

    But it seems you found a solution. What else is there? And you might give Walmart another shot later.
     
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    I worked up a new budget yesterday. I’ve taken on some new expenses
    in recent months and wanted to know if I could afford them. I like to
    know where I stand since I’m on a fixed income. Besides, it gave me
    something to do.

    And last night I gave my harmonicas a workout playing along with
    Hugh Laurie and some New Orleans’s blues. Good stuff. And
    @John Brunner I did give Walmart another chance. Worked fine.
     
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