On 2009-07-19, Winston wrote:
Larry Jaques writes:

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So how often do you and/or SWMBO refer to that list?

Couple times a week, on average.
I admit I'm the one that transcribes from handwritten
into the spreadsheet. But it is still cool to have a
list that can be sorted by 'store aisle'.

We've done that -- using a simple text editor (no need for a
spreadsheet), and the unix "sort" utility which can be told to sort on a
specific field, and either numerically or text based sorts. Of course,
the default text-based works pretty well as long as you are in the habit
of using leading zeros, so every number has the same number of digits.
And if you put the aisle in the left-most field, that is also the
default.

Then the store shuffled their arrangement -- several times. We
used to have a find-me table which they gave out after they absorbed the
business beside the grocery store and expanded into it. For a while
*nobody* could find anything. They're currently doing a major shuffle
again, so I hope that they start offering such a guide again.

My wife is pretty good at knowing which aisles to look in for
what (except during the shuffle), but when she was in the hospital, I
depended on that map and the pre-sorted shopping list -- and for a while
after that -- until she felt well enough to do her shopping on her own
again.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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