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Today, we went to the farm shop OF THE FUTURE! It’s a giant farm shop vending machine. Inside the cubbyholes are eggs and homemade cakes and vegetables and slabs of meat. Like a New York automat, but for farm produce.

This is their publicity photo. We found the actual shop considerably grubbier, but still cool. It’s a collection of vending machines in a shipping container on a gravel farm lot. The touch screen in the far right is where you choose what you want, pay by contactless and the correct doors pop open for you.

It’s a bit of a drive for us, but we had to go.

Oh, had a horrible scare, though. The milk vendor is in a separate building. I went to take my debit card out of my phone case to pay, and neither my credit nor debit cards were there! Turns out, when I opened my phone to take a picture of this shop, both cards fell on the ground at my feet. Found them when I went back to the car, but I had visions of ass-ache for Christmas.

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Comment from QuasiModo
Time: December 18, 2024, 7:52 pm

Oh, that’s the worst feeling ever, misplacing your cards…glad you found them 🙂


Comment from Mark Matis
Time: December 18, 2024, 8:06 pm

But have you tried the REAL farm shop at Diddly Squat?
Before Starmer shuts it down…


Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: December 19, 2024, 12:59 am

Cards, wallet, driver’s license – whole life!

A cabbie turned it all into the Danvers police department, and got a very nice reward.

But omg, makes you feel all empty inside don’t it?


Comment from peacelovewoodstock
Time: December 19, 2024, 1:47 pm

Second on visiting Diddly Squat farm.


Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: December 19, 2024, 10:35 pm

The realtor next door sent out “Christmas cards” good for $25 at a local bookstore. We got one (she’s going to be selling the house in a few months).

I went out on my bike Tuesday, for some errands. As I would pass the store, I tucked the card in the pouch of my hoodie. It seemed like a tight fit, but it fell out (about two miles from home). Fortunately, I noticed right away and picked it up off the street.

I tucked it back in the pouch, making sure it was centered and secure. Then I finished my errands. When I got home it was gone again. I retraced my path and found it. This time I put it in my back pocket.

When I got home it was gone again. I retraced my path again and found it again. (On the way back; I missed it on the way out.) I folded it up and stuffed it in my wallet. There it has stayed.

So I ended up doing 15 miles on the bike. (And the store didn’t have anything that would do as a gift, which is how I wanted to use the card.) I did finish the errands.


Comment from Uncle Al
Time: December 19, 2024, 11:07 pm

@Rich — Wow! A triple bogie and yet you still finished at even par! Did you then buy a lottery ticket? J/K

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