"jmcquown" > wrote in
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> I guess I'm not an "average American". I certainly do NOT eat
> 200 meals (a year) in restaurants!

But you, or people you know, might buy takeout at lunch.

Maybe, if you don't, someone is out there eating your share :-)

Reminds me of the story Orson Welles used to tell. His doctor, it
seems, had suggested to him that the next time he had dinner for
four, he invite three of his friends to share the meal.