[pct-l] Ray's Food Place

[Jackie McDonnell]

Oh, yes, I saw his original post.  Meike seems to have a very good grasp of
the English language.

The snitty part is your interpretation.  I'm simply stating a fact:
 there's only so much hand-holding we can do.

HYOH

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:35 AM, ralvek088-hiking at yahoo.com <
ralvek088-hiking at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Your work is well appreciated but there's no need to get all snitty about
> a request.
>
> The guy SAID he's not American and is unfamiliar with US stores and may
> not understand
> common colloquialisms. Please see his original post below.
>
> Part of the problem is how folks start a new thread when responding -
> which causes loss
> of context.
>
>
>
>
> Meike said:
>
>
>
> Yogi's book is certainly helpful on this. But I guess there are some
> things that you just know when you are a native and you just don't know
> if you are not. That's language and culture. You probably know what to
> expect if Yogi tells you there is a "Ray's Food Place" or a "Vons" or a
> "Convenience Store" - I don't. For example, when I read about Wrightwood
> I learned that "grocery store" is apparently not just another word for
> "supermarket", as I thought before ;)
>
> If Yogi says you can do a "full resupply", does that usually mean a big
> enough selection to find food for stoveless hiking?
>
> Meike
>
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com>
> *To:*
> *Cc:* PCT List <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:13 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [pct-l] Ray's Food Place
>
> Off the top of my head, I can think of three "Ray's Food Place" in my book:
> Mt. Shasta, Etna, and Sisters.  They are listed like this:
>
> Mt. Shasta:  Ray's Food Place Supermarket
> Etna:  Ray's Food Place (large grocery store)
> Sisters:  Ray's Food Place Supermarket
>
> If people don't understand what the words "grocery store", "supermarket",
> or "Convenience Store", "C-Store", or "full resupply" mean, then I can't
> help you.  There's only so much hand-holding we can do.  At some point,
> hikers need to figure stuff out on their own.
>
> Yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:58 AM, <chiefcowboy at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Rays Food Place in Sisters is a large and well stocked store.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim & Jane Moody
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:46 AM
> > To: PCT List
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Ray's Food Place
> >
> >
> > >> A Vons is a pretty big store. Ray's Food Place, I have no idea, your
> > >> guess is as
> > >>good as mine, as they don't have them in my part of the country.
> >
> > IIRC, Ray's is a branch of Kroger. We shopped in one in Desert Palm last
> > summer, while watching the Mountain Fire burn and waiting to get into
> > Idylwild. If it's the same store chain, it is full service.
> >
> > Mango
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