Category: shopping

Comparing grocery store prepared foods to homemade: which is better?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 18, 2012

Web Watch is a fan of supporting our local grocery stores and their prepared food sections.

Whether it be picking up a hot rotesserie chicken from Sam’s Club, Costco, or the local grocery store; a rack of ribs, freshly smoked; a dinner plate made to order right at the meat counter; or even the fish department steaming your purchase while you shop — grocery stores have discovered that providing ready-to-eat food is a great way to supplement their bottom line.

Why? Because Web Watch likes to eat, but doesn’t always have time to cook.

Sure, we know it’s more expensive to buy a chicken that’s already seasoned and heated for us over going through that process ourselves, but for now we’re okay with that.

To paraphrase Cookie Monster, “prepared, ready-to-eat foods are a sometimes meal”.

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What sandwich best defines your state?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 6, 2012

Everybody loves a good sandwich.

Just take two pieces of bread and slap some meat and a few condiments inside, and hoo-boy, you just know that’s good eatin’.

And as you travel around the country like Web Watch has, you’ll know that everywhere has a regional specialty that just defines it perfectly.

We recall one trip we took to Dallas where we found ourselves at a small cafeteria looking for lunch. On the menu, it said “steak sandwich”, which we thought sounded delightful.

To our chagrin, we received the local favorite “chicken-fried steak” sandwich, which is definitely not what we were expecting or had in mind.

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How to find a bra that fits

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 3, 2012

All women seem to have this exact same problem. It’s universal:

HOW TO FIND A BRA THAT FITS?

Smart women will pay big bucks to the old ladies at the lingerie store (or bra department at the local department store) to get properly measured. Hey, every woman is different – not all bras are made to fit every boob that’s squished into that lace.

But not every manufacturer adheres to the same measurement scale and sizing guidelines.

Oh, sure – they pretend to do so. But women know that’s not really the case.

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What’s the most expensive gift you’ve ever received while dating?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 2, 2012

We’ve all gone through the dating thing, right?

And while you’re dating that special someone – whether it be for just a few weeks, a few months, or a year or two – you’ve probably found yourself wanting to buy them a gift of some sort.

Maybe it’s a traditional gift-giving holiday, like Christmas. Or it’s a birthday. You’re celebrating an anniversary of the first time you met or some other special moment. A job promotion, new house, new puppy.

It doesn’t matter what the reason is — the point is, it was time to select a present for your Significant Other.

Which brings up the question: WHAT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE GIFT YOU’VE EVER GIVEN YOUR DATE , or conversely – WHAT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE GIFT YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED WHILE DATING SOMEONE?

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What’s a BOC? If it’s from WOOT, it’s either a Bucket of Chum or Basket of Candles!

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 8, 2012

Well, another one has finally arrived.

The WOOT.COM BOC (affectionately known as a “Bag of Crap”, or any other acronym that contains the letters “B.O.C.”) is here.

As Web Watch previously told you about when we ordered our WOOT BANDOLIER OF CARROTS, WOOT.COM occasionally offers grab bags of assorted merchandise for $3 (plus $5 shipping and handling). When you place your order, you have no idea what you’re going to get.

Just like the TV show LET’S MAKE A DEAL, sometimes you’ll end up with the most awesome prize ever, or you might get zonked.

Let’s take a look at what Web Watch hauled in this time around for our $8 investment:

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Parents – please stop doing this.

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 1, 2012

Parents:

If there’s one thing that we beg you to stop doing, it’s putting these stickers on the back of your car:

Stick Figure Car Stickers

Disney Car Decals

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Only 15% of Americans avoid food poisoning by doing just one thing

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 17, 2012

Having food poisoning is not pretty, either for you or those around you.

Web Watch knows – the one time it hit us, we were trying to enjoy a group outing while on a trip away from home. You’d be surprised how quickly getting that ill, that quickly will identify who your real traveling companions are (hint: that number is close to zero during that time period — when it comes to food poisoning, you’re going to be mainly on your own).

So what can you do to avoid getting food poisoning?

Unfortunately, the majority of food poisoning occurs while you’re away from home, eating at restaurants with poor health scores or who happened to receive tainted food themselves.

In other words, when you’re eating out, there’s not much you can do if someone serves you bad food that really, really disagrees with you.

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How to find out how much your domain name is worth

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 14, 2012

“How much is my domain name worth?”

It’s a common question that Web Watch is often asked, and surprisingly comes up in more casual conversations than you may think one would experience in an average week.

Of course, let’s get the important piece out of the way: you DO own a domain name or two, don’t you?

If not, you know you can always buy one from any number of domain name registrars that you may find online.

Right. So now you have that ultimate, desirable domain name. So what next? Are domain names really good investments?

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