Subj : Re: Not Horsing Around To : George Pope From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Feb 10 2022 12:17:00 George, GP> Either way, I order what I want to eat; if they balk, I go elsewhere. So, you don't eat at "Borg Burgers" -- they do it THEIR WAY...your way is irrelevant, and if you argue with them, you'll be assimilated. Or, if you encounter Dyslexia Of Borg, he'll tell you "Prepare to have your ass laminated". GP> More that they want to streamline for cheapest producton & maximum GP> profits. Exactly. That's why there are these kiosks in some restaurants. I've only seen them in area McDonald's, but heard that other franchises are considering such. GP> When I order extra pickles; staff time is needed to change my order & GP> pickles cost something. (the cheap crap they have might cost 3 for a GP> penny); they think in terms ofmillions & if millions ordered like I do, GP> they could lose $100K easy. I love the dill pickles, but I don't go overboard on them. One time, I was snacking on Lay's Dill Pickle potato chips, and eating ice cream sandwiches. So, I raised a few eyebrows when I told folks "I'm eating pickles and ice cream". Or "I'm pregnant with an elephant...want to see its trunk". GP> Of course; I'll point out the difference & often people trust me on GP> sight, but like you say, ewhatever you want, Sir; I'm here to serve GP> you! Have a nice day! Sometimes, it's like "here's your sign". One smart aleck came through the drive thru, wanting "a fur burger and a side order of thighs". I told him "you'll find that in the red light district downtown". Another smart aleck tried to order something from McDonald's, and I said "Sir, this is Burger King. McDonald's is down the street". And, there was a black guy who had "the dialect", and he wanted "a waffer...a double waffer...a double waffer with cheese". He couldn't make up his mind, and he obviously wasn't educated. I guess a waffer is a rather large wafer. :P GP> Soda pop is bad in so many ways. I can't recall when I lasty had any -- GP> maybe my last 8 hour early morning shift (up at 4am) I drank a little Sprite the other day, but sometimes now, the drink (especially Pepsi products) will set my colon off into diarrhea...I guess too much fluid or sugar. GP> Per the mothers I've talked to, stones are worse, by far. Two women's takes on kidney stones: 1) I'd rather have quintuplets (5 at once) with no epidural or anesthetic, in hard labor, than one kidney stone. That sums it up. 2) Woman: "If us women can pass a baby, you men can pass a kidney stone". Me: "Unlike the female cervix, the male penis cannot dialate". That shut her up. GP> Both involve some thing big goigb through a smnaller passage; buy with GP> a baby, you got a nice(give or take) baby at the end. One asked me if I had several at once if I'd name them, and I replied "Of course. Sly And The Family Stone". GP> With stones it's more like you get a porcuypine acoming out -- but even GP> a porcupine is a living crearture, & lovable for that reason, so more GP> like giving birth to a dead porcupine, breech! (quills facing the GP> wtrong way) Exactly...never mind a prick to the prick. :P GP> I think of it olike tht & I understand why every mother I've spoke with GP> whose had both says stones hurt worse. A couple OB/GYNs say in their GP> career's experience with patients, they've said the same. See my comment above. GP> Pain sucks, no matter what, but you see many a mother go through 20+ GP> hours of EXCRUCIATING childbirth pain, purposely get pregnant again GP> later. Men are wimps when it comes to pain. It reminds me of a joke (I may have told this before, but it's still funny). This husband brings his wife to the hospital, as she has gone into labor to deliver a baby. The OB/GYN doctor tells them "We have a new study to transfer the pain from the mother to the father, so he can know how it feels". Needless to say, Mom was all for it...and Dad bragged that he had a high pain tolerance. So, they get them both in there, strip them both naked, wire them up for sound (as it were), and the doctor starts the pain transfer. Well, he does it slowly, then ramps it up. Neither Mom nor Dad had any pain, and she delivered a healthy 8 pound baby boy. However, when they got home...the milkman was found dead on the front porch. GP> Never met a kimney stone patient yet who would willingly re-up for a GP> kidney stone! Unless they're into pain. GP> Yup, Tim Horton's is a Canadian brand, now bought out by Burger King, GP> in Canada - they've been opening up outlets globally to serve ex-pats GP> who request it. Interesting. GP> A&W has been slowly disappearing for 20+ years. I worked at one of 2 GP> remaining drive-ins in Canada. My boss owned both & went bankrupt GP> soon after I went into the hospital for several months. One local restaurant, Grady's, had great food...but when several of the employees came down with Covid-19, causing a staff shortage, the owner shut the place down...and the employees were out of a job. There is another Grady's in a different part of town, but the parking lot is smaller, and it's harder to get in and out of there. The same is true with this David's Burgers, where I met this young lady...and am going to be joining her church. The location I go to is near a Bass Pro Shop, and it has a lot of available parking, and it's easy to get in and out of. Another location in west Little Rock has less parking, and it's very hard to get in and out of...especially considering it's at a busy intersection. GP> Way to go! Too much greed moticvated mercantile game-playing by the GP> bilionaires these days. . . They have more money than they know what to do with. Believe me, if I could convert the money in L.O.R.D. II right now (over $114 million) to real life, I think I could survive. GP> I buy as locally as I can find & afford. I consider US stuff as good GP> as Canadiuan, except for meat & dairy, but we don't get that here, GP> unless one drives down for a shopping trip (Done that in the past; not GP> knowing about the antibiotics & hormones) They got actual visual evidence of a hormone...a hooker moaning because she was having pain before sex. GP> Yup, ours doesn't allow private ownersship of the franchise outlets -- GP> the owener of all 7 Tim Hortons in Richmond, including the airport's GP> must sign over operationhs of the airport one & he gets a small piece GP> of the profits. It should be that way...and everyone is treated the same. GP> It gores by many names, including Mongolian Grill -- basically you take GP> a tin late & fill it from the fresh raw food buffet, they weight it & GP> charge you by weeight, then the cook sautes it on the greill with a GP> bit of stir fry sauce, & puts it onto another plate, on top of a half GP> cup of rice (we get choice of white or red/brown) Benihana has a Steakhouse in a hotel in North Little Rock that does a similar thing. There is another place in town called "The Butcher Shop", but I'm not much of a steak eater...however, my late wife was. There used to be a placed called "Steak-Out"...that had the best beef sirloin tips and baked potato combo (please excuse me while I wipe the slobber off of the keyboard). Unfortunately, all of them shut down awhile back. GP> No kidding -- that's not healthy eating in any way -- hopefuly you GP> don't have hypertension, as those are loaded with Sodium! All processed foods are drowning in sodium, and I do have hypertension, along with atrial fibrillation (and 40 other medical conditions). The best example of drowning in sodium are anchovies on pizza. My late wife, who had a defective aortic heart valve since birth...when we ordered out for pizza, she'd say "I want every anchovy you have in the place", and I told her "you can have those nasty things". Talk about a massive salt lick!! :P I asked her one time "If you drop an anchovy on the floor, what if the dachshund gets it??". She growled "If he touches it...he dies". GP> You're unable to cook from ingredients? (even only ground beef can be GP> very versatile, if you have a variety of herbs & spices); I used to go GP> to the grocery store on disaility pay day & order 3 pounds, separated GP> into double- wtapped paxckages of 1/3 pound each (for freezing so they GP> won't get freezer burnt) I can't stand for long periods of time at the sink, toilet, table, or in the shower...as the arthritis is so bad in my legs, along with the degenerative disease in my back and spine. I use a cane or walker every day...which one depends on how I feel. GP> & spuds -- I love my mashed taters! When someone told me to cut carbs, I said "I sliced a pizza". GP> For gravy, when on au jus, Isd cheast & put a can of crream of GP> m,iushroom(or chicken) soup ointo a 2cup glass measurig bowl with a GP> little worcestire(pronounced woostah) sauce, then stir it & nuke it GP> (or use cream corn) There was an episode of "The Three Stooges", where Moe is talking about this sauce (the one you noted), and he was having trouble pronouncing it. Then, he lamented "I never could say worcestshire". GP> How could that be? You're getrting less grease? (you can order any GP> burgere at McDonalds "extra lean" & they will squeeze the fat out of GP> it until it's dry) Probably because of the broiling. I love their original chicken and chicken nuggets. Lately, when I go to this David's Burgers, I've been eating their grilled chicken sandwich. It's a central Arkansas franchise, and if you eat in and order a combo, you get unlimited french fries. GP> & I always order my fries unsalted -- healthier & better tasting, plus GP> hot as they get! If you prefer the salt, ask, for some on the side. We had some customers at Burger King who did that. GP> Likewise; & I try to tip well, but finances don'rt usually allow too GP> much generosit -- but I have given extra, especuially, if I'll be away GP> for a while. Same here. I can't afford to eat out every day. GP> Mostly I tipp my cabbies 20-25% -- as I like that they'll usually waste GP> little time picking me up when I call for one, at least if they know GP> it's me. I did the same with Uber...I'll have to consider that if I end up having to sell the car. GP> I thought it was "hold the mayo"? No, that was the exchange in Airplane, where the pilot was talking on the payphone to the Mayo Clinic on his vasectomy results. He then is paged that he has a phone call from Mister Hamm on Line 5...so he replies "OK, give me Hamm on Five, and Hold The Mayo". GP> Arbys isn't bad, but my nearest one is the airport. . Ditto Taco Bell GP> (I want to try the Gordita Crunch, but not with a bus & two GP> skytrains.) I got gas for under a dollar the other day...but it was at Taco Bell. And, I saw a meme where they were changing the seats in Taco Bell to toilets. GP> I'm not into fast food fish; McD's teed me off when they made a big GP> promo of their Maritime Haddock & chips basket for par of their world GP> tour -- so miserable -- a thin dry piece of over-breaded generic fish GP> paste (no flakiness like real fish) I thought the fish at Arby's was better than Captain D's. The fish at Long John Silver's is good, but it has too much breading. And, I'm not going to Red Lobster (too expensive). There is a seafood restaurant north of Arkadelphia, Arkansas off of Interstate 30, called "The Fish Net". They put Red Lobster to shame!! GP> I got a world-known fish & chips place near here - they serve it in GP> newspaper, even! Not cheap, though (under $20 so not overely out of GP> reach; but a very rare treat in the summer near rthe water, watching to GP> see if some other idiot puts their tot on the edge of the pier, so a GP> sealion yanks her into the water! (true story--a watching stranger GP> wasted no time in jumping in & rescuing her) There was a place in south Florida called "Arthur Treacher's Fish And Chips". I don't think they are in Arkansas. GP> Q: What's the difference between a Sea Lion & a Seal? A: I.O.N. I ON the mark, U OFF the mark. GP> Q: Why are sea lions so strong? GP> A: Because they love big mussels Stud-ly Do-Right?? GP> [chemistry 101 trigger warning] GP> A seal is just a neutral sea lion. Neutral, as in without the ion. Are you sure you lost an electron?? I'm positive. GP> My family spent an afternoon at Fisherman's Wharf. My daughter and I GP> were taking pictures of the sea lions. Several of them started making GP> noise. So I said to my daughter,"The sea lions saw you. They're saying GP> Dork, Dork, Dork". Really. GP> [if they were Swedish, they'd say, "bork! bork! bork!"] Wasn't he a political figure or a judge?? Daryl .... A penny saved is a Congressional oversight. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:2320/33) .