Is this normal?

[Ratu]

I just do not understand.

I went to a farmers market today expecting fresh food but everything was in packages. What makes it different than a store? A traditional market should not be like this!

At least this one is less creepy than the ones back home.

[Dralor]

Well depends on where you are. If it's in a decent sized city it's likely to be packaged but still from the local area. While in a small town say where I live, they just sort of put the produce up in a stand.

[Garfunkel]

i love the trust system ones, where you are supposed to pay but there is nothing stopping you from stealing.

but i'm not a dickhead so i do pay.

[Dralor]

Yeah we have a house like that sells corn near us.

[OnBake Platinum]

Free oranges at my house!

[dork]

i buy fresh cantaloupe from the back of a truck parked on the side of the road.

[Garfunkel]

Free oranges at my house!

Balls!

[TheGreenElf]

Free oranges at my house!

You should ship me one...

[OnBake Platinum]

I think it would be a nut or OJ by the time you got it....

[Khaos]

Hahaha.

My farmer's market is awesome. They have a guy who sells old video games. Sega's, Atari's, Ninty's, and more!

[TheGreenElf]

I think it would be a nut or OJ by the time you got it....

Not if we use UPS Overnight ;)

[venomv]

I just do not understand.

I went to a farmers market today expecting fresh food but everything was in packages. What makes it different than a store? A traditional market should not be like this!

At least this one is less creepy than the ones back home.

In my experience everything is fresh (and unpackaged), but I live in an area where tons of fruits and vegitables can be grown at some point in the year, everything I normally eat except for fruits that need a tropical environment.

[Kiwi]

There's one particular farmer's market here that has a lot of stuff packaged, but all the others don't bother with that stuff.

@Khaos: Retro games at a farmer's market? WTF?

[The Dude]

I see hippies at those places

[Mr. Witt]

Around here they just sort of put the food on the stands.

[Khaos]

@Khaos: Retro games at a farmer's market? WTF?

Haha, yep. I was surprised too. They also sell old VHS tapes and records of all sorts. And it's all uber cheap :-D

[Kiwi]

That just sounds like a boot fair with food. Not bad.....

[Dralor]

Sounds like a frigging flea market to me

[venomv]

I think that was what Matt was saying, just using a different phrase.

Flea markets can be great for finding cheap games, espiecally older ones.

[Kiwi]

Sounds like a frigging flea market to me

Yea, more or less the same thing, except I think flea markets are usually indoors?

[Dralor]

Nah there is one close to me that's a huge outdoors affair only open on the weekends.

[Kiwi]

Well I've only ever been to one when I was over there, and it was indoors, so I was just guessing.