The Horror! COSTCO has no rotisserie chickens. The chicken lady said they’ve not been able to get chickens lately. I’d not been for a few weeks, so I’m not sure how long there’s been a shortage. This is in the St. Louis area. Any other areas having chicken issues?
My business partner changed our mail server software so that I have to use the complete e-mail address as my user name. (Example: My mail programs and apps now have to log on using “name@domain” rather than “name.”)
But the mail app on my Samsung cell phone won’t allow me to change the user name. I can change the ports, password, server name, etc., but NOT the user name. This means I have to completely delete the accounts on my Samsung devices and create them from scratch…using that damn tiny keyboard to enter everything manually.
I can get rotisserie chicken at Wal-Mart but you gotta be quick. I think it’s more “demand” than “supply” e.g. people going, “Aw 
let’s just get a chicken for dinner.”
True, and COSTCO’s chickens are very popular. Some stories claim they are in fact actually a loss leader. But the lady, if I understood correctly, was saying the chickens themselves are in short supply.
I’m in Minnesota and go to Sam’s Club, not Costco. But Sam’s also has amazing rotisserie chickens for $4.95. They’ve been at that price for years. I can’t imagine buying a raw chicken and going through the hassle of prepping it and baking it. Anyway, Sam’s has chickens! There are always at least 10 or 12 on the heating shelf when I’m there. Now they also have cooked ribs along with the chickens.
When I went to Costco a few weeks back, they had no boneless chicken breasts (nor did Wegmans). I went to Costco this Sunday, and they had them again - but very low stock. I like to keep them in the freezer as one of those sealed sections is almost exactly the right amount for 4 of us for a dinner. Anyway, hopefully this means the chicken supply is easing.
My latest first-world problem: For work, I have to do a step via PowerShell, that involves typing in a password. Despite what I read online, pasting the password in does not work. I have to type it in. Now, I’d created a nice random password by basically hitting random keys on the keyboard, throwing in the occasional shift to capitalize a letter, and the occasional digit or special character.
But those nice, secure passwords are a pain in the neck to type in. So I’ve had to go with a more memorable phrase. leetified - think something like “Th1s!sMyP@ssword”.
My current first world problem - when I see the words “chicken lady” it makes me think of the Kids In The Hall.
I’m guessing that’s a TV show. As an early Boomer I’ve never heard of it.
Yes. Kids In The Hall was a Canadian sketch comedy show from the early 90s.
Spoilering the link to a Chicken Lady sketch as it is probably NSFW:
Thanks, I think…
I think I invented a life hack this morning for a first-world problem!
Ladies, have you ever tried to put on a cardigan sweater over a top with three-quarter sleeves? And every time, the sweater causes the sleeves of your top to ruck up past your elbows? Well, fear no more! All you have to do is put socks on your hands. Pull the socks up to the point where they hold your sleeves in place, then slip into your cardigan, remove the socks, and voilà!
Finally, I have made a lasting contribution to society. 
I never wear pullovers for fear of my shirt riding up when I try to take off the pullover and expose my fat belly for the world to see.
My cats both weigh too much so I need to feed them less.
The chicken lady haunts my nightmares.
Yesterday evening I made a special trip to Target after work for some discount Valentine candy. I mean there’s always some leftover candy on clearance on February 15. Not this year. It was all gone. I bought a couple of chocolate bars just so I wouldn’t have to go home empty handed, but I still wasn’t really satisfied, because I really had my heart set on a box of Russell Stover assorted chocolates. In past years they’ve always had at least a few boxes leftover the day after Valentine’s Day.
I roast a whole chicken most weekends. It’s quite easy. It’s one of my “I don’t want to do anything hard tonight” meals. And unlike the supermarket rotisserie ones, it’s not overcooked when I bring it to the table.
Same here. The chickens are free range from our neighbor. The dogs get the heart, liver, gizzard, neck, etc.
Mine are free range from a nearby farm. I get the liver. The heart and gizzard and neck go into the freezer until i get around to making soup from the carcasses.
I have devised fairly sturdy shelves in the basement for 30 gallon totes using cinder blocks and boards. The most economical 6’ long boards that are decently wide are pine fence pickets. They only sell them at Lowes, though. Home Depot and the smaller hardware stores don’t carry them individually, just in bundles of 12 or 13 for $50ish that aren’t carried in the stores so you need to pay for home delivery to boot. Not a bargain when they’re $2.20 each at Lowes.
The very first shelves I set up were from before I found the pickets, so they’re a creaky, now sagging collection of boards. I decided that given I need to paint the wall with Drylok before the spring meltoff and I have to temporarily dismantle the shelves to do that, now would be a good time to finally replace that motley crew of mismatched boards. Lowes’ website noted over 100 in stock at the closest store, so that’s perfect.
Except when I got to the store tonight all the doors to the garden center are chained up citing it’s closed due to dangerous weather conditions 
The next two closest Lowes are 25 and 35 miles away…
Sigh
Apparently eastern STANDARD time only. Now I have to remember to subtract two hours instead of one.