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Dec 4, 2008 | 8:59 pm
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B. I'm not freezing, as it's still 25 degrees. In fact, I just walked to the store to get a 6-pack of Newcastle.
Dec 4, 2008 | 11:28 pm
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Dec 4, 2008 | 11:47 pm
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I'm pretty sure you can get to SAT from PBI, FLL or MIA on Saturday. So, should we expect you for Friday evening?
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Dec 5, 2008 | 4:11 am
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I am already there -- well, almost. I am at the Doubletree, which is about 50 yards from the Embassy Suites. I will be switching to the ES later today.
When you arrive, I will either have checked in already or be sitting in the lobby waiting to check in. I will then invite you to be my guest for lunch at a local restaurant which apparently specializes in Scottish food. It is called "McDonald's".
Dec 5, 2008 | 5:04 am
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Dec 5, 2008 | 5:23 am
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I am under orders from coworkers to bring warm weather back to STL with me. Think I can carry on or will I need to check a bag? (We had snow twice this week. Ick! - even if there wasn't much accumulation, it's nerve wracking when you're watching concrete cure.)
Dec 5, 2008 | 5:28 am
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Dec 5, 2008 | 5:53 am
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Dec 5, 2008 | 7:05 am
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Mikey, you and I know what they SAY about how they make their chili. The truth is that I've been in the back of the store at both Gold Star and Skyline and they don't "saute" their ground beef. They boil it.
They throw a gazillion pounds of fatty ground beef into boiling water and boil it until it turns into a greasy, grimy, grey pile of goo and then throw some cinnamon over it to kill the flavor. Serve it over spaghetti and, voila, you have Cincinatti Chili.
They throw a gazillion pounds of fatty ground beef into boiling water and boil it until it turns into a greasy, grimy, grey pile of goo and then throw some cinnamon over it to kill the flavor. Serve it over spaghetti and, voila, you have Cincinatti Chili.
Dec 5, 2008 | 7:20 am
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Any better at what? Chili?
I didn't say that their chili didn't taste good but just that their claim to saute their ground beef was a load of horse puckey.
I'm actually a big fan of fast food restaurants although I don't eat at them often. But McD's, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., KFC and several others run a very good operation IMO.
I didn't say that their chili didn't taste good but just that their claim to saute their ground beef was a load of horse puckey.
I'm actually a big fan of fast food restaurants although I don't eat at them often. But McD's, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., KFC and several others run a very good operation IMO.
Dec 5, 2008 | 7:31 am
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Clown
Why masters, have your instruments been in
Naples, that they speak i' the nose thus?
First Musician
How, sir, how!
Clown
Are these, I pray you, wind-instruments?
First Musician
Ay, marry, are they, sir.
Clown
O, thereby hangs a tail.
First Musician
Whereby hangs a tale, sir?
Clown
Marry. sir, by many a wind-instrument that I know.
But, masters, here's money for you: and the general
so likes your music, that he desires you, for love's
sake, to make no more noise with it.
First Musician
Well, sir, we will not.
Clown
If you have any music that may not be heard, to't
again: but, as they say to hear music the general
does not greatly care.
First Musician
We have none such, sir.
Clown
Then put up your pipes in your bag, for I'll away:
go; vanish into air; away!
Why masters, have your instruments been in
Naples, that they speak i' the nose thus?
First Musician
How, sir, how!
Clown
Are these, I pray you, wind-instruments?
First Musician
Ay, marry, are they, sir.
Clown
O, thereby hangs a tail.
First Musician
Whereby hangs a tale, sir?
Clown
Marry. sir, by many a wind-instrument that I know.
But, masters, here's money for you: and the general
so likes your music, that he desires you, for love's
sake, to make no more noise with it.
First Musician
Well, sir, we will not.
Clown
If you have any music that may not be heard, to't
again: but, as they say to hear music the general
does not greatly care.
First Musician
We have none such, sir.
Clown
Then put up your pipes in your bag, for I'll away:
go; vanish into air; away!
Othello: Act 3, Scene 1
(bonus points for anyone who can correctly interpret all the bawdyness of this quote without violating the Lounge TOS.)
Dec 5, 2008 | 7:46 am
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Any better at what? Chili?
I didn't say that their chili didn't taste good but just that their claim to saute their ground beef was a load of horse puckey.
I'm actually a big fan of fast food restaurants although I don't eat at them often. But McD's, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., KFC and several others run a very good operation IMO.
I didn't say that their chili didn't taste good but just that their claim to saute their ground beef was a load of horse puckey.
I'm actually a big fan of fast food restaurants although I don't eat at them often. But McD's, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., KFC and several others run a very good operation IMO.
I guess my point is nobody likes to see sausage being made.
Dec 5, 2008 | 7:52 am
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These guys run good operations IMO. Not necessarily the most nutritious food you can buy but they're clean, dependable, affordable places to grab a bite to eat.
Dec 5, 2008 | 7:56 am
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Yeah, BK, Hardee's and Carl's still cook their burgers over an open flame, Wendy's still uses only fresh ground beef, etc.
These guys run good operations IMO. Not necessarily the most nutritious food you can buy but they're clean, dependable, affordable places to grab a bite to eat.
These guys run good operations IMO. Not necessarily the most nutritious food you can buy but they're clean, dependable, affordable places to grab a bite to eat.
Dec 5, 2008 | 8:08 am
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I actually checked how much it would take to do that little re-route before posting my note in "Community" that I would like to attend but it wouldn't be good financially at this time of year; came out to $450 more before the hotel . . .