On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:19:50 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>--Bryan wrote:
>> On Nov 9, 4:47 pm, "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:
>>> "Ubiquitous" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> ...
>>> snip
>>> OK,> then there's her claim that Chinese take-out costs 30 to 40
>>> dollars for
>>>> a family of four;
>>>
>>> snip
>>> That's what it would cost for a family of 4 around here. Actually, I
>>> haven't checked for several years, but back then meal for 2 was over
>>> $20 without the tip.
>>>
>> Tips on takeout? Also $10 each is a lot for Chinese takee-outee.
>
>I could spend that much easily but I'd wind up with enough food
>for 4 hungry people. $10 would buy a quart of anything on my local
>place's menu. Two different selections and we've got leftovers
>galore. Depends where you live, of course, but I could feed a crowd
>with 40 bucks.
>
>nancy

Depends what you order... anything with shrimp/lobster/duck adds up
fast... beef dishes are pricey too, so are ribs. But if one sticks to
poke fly lice, schicken lo mein, and egg foo young $10 per will handle
it, barely. I don't think you can a feed a crowd on $40, not these
days... $40 covers two hungry adults. Back in the mid '50s a combo
lunch of wanton soup, schicken chow mein, egg roll, poke fly lice, ice
cream for dessert with fortune cookie, with bottomless teapot cost
35¢, yoose read it right, thirty five cents. But in those days a
double feature matinee, with newsreels, with 25 cartoons, and a few
Flash Gordon and Three Tons of Fun episodes cost 11¢ (eleven cents),
if yer ticket had the star the movies was free. I still remember the
Silents, with a piano player on stage... kids were too young to read
the sub titles so one of the matrons did.