fried green tomatoes movie

 this morning i put in a DVD movie, a recent purchase from family dollar, 'fried green tomatoes'. it was the companion movie to the one that interested me more, 'coal miner's daughter'. i recognized kathy bates and chris o'donnell in it, although the latter has a small role. it is about a woman in a loveless marriage going with her husband to visit somebody in a nursing home in alabama, and the resident likes to throw things. so her character waits in another room, where she hears stories from jessica tandy's character. it seemed to take a while to reveal why the movie gets its title, only hints of it before the story is told. i do recall the previews when it was at theaters 30 years ago, especially the scene where kathy's character is upset about losing a parking space at a grocery store to 2 younger ladies, then does something about it. the movie is long, over 2 hours. and there is multiple segments of the storytelling. i kind of liked the husband, who came home and had his budweiser beer and chicken dinner while watching the braves baseball game. is it because he likes baseball? or because he had brief but logical answers to what his wife was saying? some of this was about the classes she was taking. 'if they're not helpful, don't go.' the classes are bizarre, to say the least. it's a 'chick flick' but i kind of expected this going into it. still a decent story though. 

once again, it was a no-go on making it back to cane's chicken in eagan. they were open, but only the drive-through. so i am still reviewing my options. do i relent and use the drive-through? even though the line is long and i can't stand the sound of my car's engine idling? or do i try another location, albeit likely farther away, and confirm in advance that the lobby is open? i am aware that we still have a pandemic going on, and it wasn't the only food outlet with a closed lobby. so my alternate plans were the same as last week, i got a hot dog with chili and cheese at a speedway gas station. i needed some gas for the car anyway. i watched some of the pro football games of the day, but not a lot. i know the local team, the vikings, won in overtime, against the carolina panthers. i did some more research about cell phone providers, including the ones i had recommendations for from college buddies and office colleagues. but i haven't signed a deal yet, although i still have a little time to do so if i am parting ways with my current provider. 'the simpsons' was about a traffic jam in front of evergreen terrace. during my walks i found 2 dollars 40 cents. so i likely have enough for a small pumpkin pie blizzard treat from dairy queen, instead of just an ice cream cone as i now have 5 dollars set aside for it.