Well, since I am an Honorary Senior Girl Scout, I always buy their cookies, even if I have to go looking for them. I even bought a TeePee at their camp over near Beaumont, Texas and they named it for my BFF who had just passed away. N

When I saw for myself that every item in Target was made in China, I did my own boycott! I wouldn't shop there if they were the only place in town. N

I'll keep an eye out for Amish buffet in my travels. Sounds delicious! Thanks!

Add to that the 5 & 20 in Shipshewana, Indiana with huge portions, decent prices and a buffet that may not have a huge selection but is sheer bliss. They also sell pies and pastries :) (Edited for spelling)

Rainman0720, I basically agree with you, though with a significant difference. I have no problem with organizations selling memorial poppies, or the Salvation Army donation kettles at Christmas time.

I do, however, strongly react to and oppose "homeless" people panhandling or any other organization of dubious provenance soliciting for little-known, or questionable leftist fundraisers.

Personally, I do not frequent Target in general. Their wretched policy against soliciting by worthy organizations such as veterans selling memorial poppies is offensive to any well-thinking American.

My dad home brewed beer in the mid 60’s . He also made homemade root beer. I Didn’t have any idea it was outlawed .It was in Minnesota so , maybe different laws.

Ohhh yeah! Their cooking is generally top notch as well! Breads, cakes, pies, pastries, and you name it. I've been to a number of Amish eateries and really like the family style meals - never EVER walked away hungry, LOL!

Can't remember all the names but my wife and I have stopped at Amish eateries in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts.

One name I do remember was Yoder's near Mesopotamia, Ohio.

Target was the child of Dayton-Hudson corp. it was a Department Store and a Jeweler.
Mark Dayton a very brain dead heir was a worthless Senator and a worse Governor of Minnesota. On Targets board is a woman closely connected to George Floyd before his infamous OD. She has zero business experience but a long list of activist credentials.

absolutely. I certainly dont need unnecessary contact with people trying to manipulate me into doing something THEY want.

makes extra work for them, for no gain. imagine if there was 200 people in line to return stuff. they might get the idea

Probably so he could easily perv in a kid's changing room.

I often wonder if this is why Nixon normalized relations with China.

Now I know how my dad must have felt when his church (Baptist) went through a horrible schism.

He was church secretary, and I could hear him crying as he typed up the notification.

I live near Amish country, and there are some really good bargains to be had in cookware in their stores.

That's what they may have said publicly, but they're still making things very difficult for individual churches.

That time coincides with offshoring manufacturing to china.

They tried to backpedal hard and say their comments were “taken out of context”. There’s only so many ways you can take (paraphrase) “It’s Whitey’s fault.”
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I , like many of us I assume, am old enough to remember life before the hyper corporatized “Big Box Stores”. It’s really not such a big deal for me to go back to living in that era. Buying locally. I remember shopping with my mother at the local farmers market. She’s about to hit 90 and didn’t take exceptionally good care of herself. I have lots of aunts and uncles that made it into their late 80s and 90s. Swilling down all kinds of “unhealthy” food. And despite growing up with a lack of “safe and effective” big Pharma treatments. My own lying eyes tell me that something is very very wrong in this highly corporatized market. The truth is obfuscated so consumers are unable to make wise choices in what alleges to be a free market.
If I had to point to a period that the shit started hitting the fan when it comes to consumer goods I’d say 1990s.

I've picked up some amazing made in USA cast iron and other items at second hand stores like you mentioned. If you have an eye for certain antiques you can get great bargains there as well. My wife just acquired a flow blue platter made in the 1880s in excellent condition for $4 and sells for $235 at an antique dealer. Recently I got a cast iron dutch oven made in the '20s in excellent condition for $16. I have quite a collection of cast iron cookery acquired at various second hand stores - all made in USA.

I like the way you think, you evil genius. :-)

I have a great story for you. I have a friend who was a home brewer back when it was illegal in Massachusetts to do so. He then spent two years in Germany as part of his (German) company's policy that their top scientists spend time in the home country (*at company expense) While there he perfected his brewing craft. When he got back he found out President Jimmy Carter had made home brewing legal (no doubt brother Billy had some influence in this E.O.) Which was a very good thing, as he found out days after he left for Germany, the cops had raided his apartment to arrest him on what amounted to moonshining charges. Seems, before he left, he did an interview with the Boston Globe on home brewing to advance the cause. But it backfired and it almost cost my friend years in jail. Lesson learned: Never speak with the press.

I find that boycotting these woke places saves money in the long run because I don't buy anything I don't need, especially the Chinese crap sold everywhere.

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Enjoy it!
I sometimes wish I was nearer a place where craft beer was on tap, but the prices, the traffic, and the moronic crazy people make me happy to live farther away.
Way out here I can still find good choices, and I also make clone beer of the favorite craft beers sometimes.
I learned to make home brew back in the 90's with a friend who was a chef and we made lots of different types of beer.
I enjoy dark varieties more, but lately have enjoyed New Belgium's Trippel.

If you like beer, and you live within 50 miles of even a moderate sized-city, chances are there are dozens of breweries within easy driving distance of you. Better yet, any moderate-sized grocery store will stock local brews. I live in southern NH. I have a dozen awesome breweries in a 10 mile circle, if I expand that circle to 50 miles, there must be 100 breweries. Each one has a pub, offer decent chow at reasonable prices and is family-friendly. They often serve "flights": a series of shot glass of their offerings so it is easy to pick your favorite flavor right out of the shoot. After some 20 years of awesome, it is impossible to go back to drinking mass-produced dirty dish water.
As far as retail brick-a-brac stores, they are selling Chinese junk at inflated prices. I shop Salvation Army / GoodWill / Savers, any thrift shops that sell good old American made goods. Got a Toast Master toaster from the 1950's, a Waring blender from the 1940's, an Electrolux vacuum cleaner from the 1930's, Griswold cast iron frying pans that got to be over 100 years old, Corning plates, storage bowls, Anchor glassware all from the 1960's... you get the picture. Buy old American.

My only Target purchases in the past 5 years were hot air popcorn poppers that I use for
roasting coffee beans. They are a completely different store from the one I recall from the 70's.