Wal-Mart Stores said it would offer customers who buy groceries online the option to pick up their orders from the parking lots of nearby stores.

The retailer will roll out the free service from this month in certain U.S. cities after trial runs proved popular, Michael Bender, chief operating officer of Wal-Mart's global ecommerce, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday.

Shoppers have to choose a pick up time and drive into a nearby store's parking lot, where associates would load the items into their cars, Wal-Mart said.

more @  http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/29/wal-mart-to-offer-free-grocery-pickup-in-some-us-cities.html?__source=xfinity|mod&par=xfinity

Vons(Safeway) will deliver groceries to your home.

I think it's a great idea, especially for shut-ins and people without transportation. 

Quote from: Dori on September 29, 2015, 08:13:10 AM
Vons(Safeway) will deliver groceries to your home.

I think it's a great idea, especially for shut-ins and people without transportation.

I see this more and more now like the old days.   As a kid I can remember our laundry being picked up.  It was clean and folded and returned the next day.  (there were 6 of us kids) 

Quote from: walkstall on September 29, 2015, 08:29:32 AM
I see this more and more now like the old days.   As a kid I can remember our laundry being picked up.  It was clean and folded and returned the next day.  (there were 6 of us kids)

Oh my, that's a lot of laundry.  I used to iron for other people when my kids were little.  I would put them down for a nap and crank out a lot of shirts.  I was really good at it.  Now I just buy the wrinkle free ones.   

Quote from: Dori on September 29, 2015, 09:40:07 AM
Oh my, that's a lot of laundry.  I used to iron for other people when my kids were little.  I would put them down for a nap and crank out a lot of shirts.  I was really good at it.  Now I just buy the wrinkle free ones.   

"Wrinkle Free" cannot compare with the crisp look of an ironed shirt!

I still iron my wrinkle free shirts.   

Quote from: kroz on September 29, 2015, 12:25:03 PM
"Wrinkle Free" cannot compare with the crisp look of an ironed shirt!

I still iron my wrinkle free shirts.   

There is a brand (at Costco of all places) where the shirts actually do come out wrinkle free.  You can't let them sit in the dryer and cool, take them out immediately and put on a hanger.  I still press some things, occasionally. 

When I was a kid, my grandmother had a mangle.  She would let me iron her flat things like tea towels, pillow cases, table cloths etc. 

Quote from: Dori on September 29, 2015, 04:29:40 PM
There is a brand (at Costco of all places) where the shirts actually do come out wrinkle free.  You can't let them sit in the dryer and cool, take them out immediately and put on a hanger.  I still press some things, occasionally. 

When I was a kid, my grandmother had a mangle.  She would let me iron her flat things like tea towels, pillow cases, table cloths etc.

That is exactly how I learned!!  Back then they ironed EVERYTHING..... including underwear.

Quote from: kroz on September 29, 2015, 04:54:28 PM
That is exactly how I learned!!  Back then they ironed EVERYTHING..... including underwear.

I had a house boy in Korea that starched and ironed everything, including my underwear. I kid you not.

Quote from: Dori on September 29, 2015, 04:29:40 PM
There is a brand (at Costco of all places) where the shirts actually do come out wrinkle free.  You can't let them sit in the dryer and cool, take them out immediately and put on a hanger.  I still press some things, occasionally. 

When I was a kid, my grandmother had a mangle.  She would let me iron her flat things like tea towels, pillow cases, table cloths etc.

We have a mangle to this day and use it.   

Quote from: walkstall on September 29, 2015, 05:08:26 PM
We have a mangle to this day and use it.   

I haven't seen one in ages.  Most people today wouldn't even know what it is.

Quote from: Dori on September 29, 2015, 05:11:59 PM
I haven't seen one in ages.  Most people today wouldn't even know what it is.

Had to replay the cord and the off and on switch, back about 8 years ago. 

Quote from: walkstall on September 29, 2015, 05:16:00 PM
Had to replay the cord and the off and on switch, back about 8 years ago.

Does it steam?

Quote from: Solar on September 29, 2015, 05:02:28 PM

I had a house boy in Korea that starched and ironed everything, including my underwear. I kid you not.

My Philippino houseboy in Saudi did the same.  My maid in Indonesia did the same.

They did a great job.  But I really prefer doing it myself.

Quote from: Dori on September 29, 2015, 05:17:49 PM
Does it steam?

No we use a spray bottle.  It was my wife's grandmother.  We also had one when I was living at home, way back when.   

Quote from: kroz on September 29, 2015, 05:21:41 PM
My Philippino houseboy in Saudi did the same.  My maid in Indonesia did the same.

They did a great job.  But I really prefer doing it myself.

Yeah, I don't think they ever rinsed the clothes, just threw soap, starch in one huge pot on a fire and scrubbed away.
They did do one thing I liked, they used DDT in the wash, really kept the little friends (chiggers) at bay.