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[bondiguy]

Root:

To "root" someone means to have sex with them!

i.e I got a great root last night from this blonde I met at the bar!

[bondiguy]

Costco is a pretty good place. We have one here. It is like a Wal-Mart but different. Where Wal-Mart is just about the lowest prices, Costco is more about, really good quality and lower prices. You have to buy a membership to shop there. It is about $50 a year(not sure as I get one through work). They sell mostly in bulk. You can't just go in and buy a can of soup, you have to buty 3 or a big ass one. It's good for families. Also they sell electronics, furniture, fitness equip, toys, books, magazines, electronics, jewellry, tires and on and on. They don't really sell cheap stuff(low quality). Most products are name brand or their house brand, Kirkland. MOST stuff is cheaper than in other stores but you still have to be careful as some stuff is the same price or higher than you can find elsewhere.
They have REALLY good meat, and high quality produce and grocery items.
They have a decent selection of electronics as well. It's not the very top of the line, but you're not going to find Sorny or knock off brands, it's all Panasonic, Sony, Apple, etc.
The only real problem is that you go in for a few things and you come out with a $200 bill, no exaggerating! I still don't know what I'm gonna do with 12 pounds of nutmeg

WOw that response was riddled with references haha but I think I get the idea. Interesting you have to buy membership to shop there... I guess that's how they make their money in some way?

Not sure I'll benefit from it with only the 2 of us at my residence but I'd like to check it out when they do eventually open

You can't sell liquour in department stores here, but maybe in Aus. 

You can't sell Liquor IN department stores here either, but most chains have their own liquor stores right next to the maind epartment store. They just get around the law by putting a wall up! haha

In a way it is good the industry is regulated here, keeps me in a job

Do you guys even have Wal-mart?
Most Wal-marts have McD's inside Costco has it's own restaurant.
We're in the middle as far as sizes, our largest size is America's medium.
I think that's the problem with the US obesity problem. Not to say in Canada we don't have a problem. There are some FAT fuckers here too, but our rates aren't quite as high. I don't think we as a whole are eating any better. People around the world like to eat crap haha. The problem is that the establishments keep upping the portion sizes to ridiculous levels. After awhile, a giant size fries and drink start to look normal if that's all anyone serves. And how do you reverse the trend. Serve less? Then you look like you're ripping off the customer.
Well I don't know what that has to do with Costco or Australia for that matter, but umm, it's the most coherent thing I've typed all day.

No we don't have Walmart's here. Coincidentally the only time I have been into a walmart was in Mexico City.

You have to say there is a problem when you cant even go to a department store without a McDonalds shoved in your face and down your throat.

Oh and the answer to the obesity epidemic... walk or run you fat lazy fucks! haha. Australia is not far behind you guys because of the plethora of fast food joints here as well as parents lack of concernt their child is playing 7 hours of PS3 a day and not riding his bike!

My mom used to have a membership there and I know the comedian Bill Engvall when I went to see him in the summer, said they should rename CostCo to the "Can't leave without spending $300 store" which I find true as I haven't been in there lately but when my mom used to have a memebrship she wouldn't come out of therewithout spending at least $250.

Plus when I think of CostCo all that comes to mind is the move Employee of the Month, as that's basically the store it was filmed in. I wasn't a huge huge fan of the movie, but hey good for a couple chuckles, and i guess gives the idea of what CostCo could be like lol

Oh I have seen that movie... so that's a costco?