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> On Jun 14, 7:56*am, "J. Clarke" > wrote:
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> > > Mark Thorson wrote:
> > > > Nearly half of their locations closed suddenly today,
> > > > taking even long-time employees by surprise. *The company
> > > > is in Chapter 11, and more closings are anticipated.
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> > > > I think I only went there once, decades ago. *Normally
> > > > I wouldn't comment on a non-event like a restaurant or
> > > > even a whole chain closing, but it was the lead item on
> > > > the local news. *Employees were interviewed expressing
> > > > shock at the lack of warning.
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> > > > Reminds me of the way they did it at an electronics company
> > > > where a friend of mine worked. *A manager pulled the fire
> > > > alarm, and after everybody was outside the now ex-employees
> > > > could only go back to their desks to collect their personal
> > > > stuff with a security guard escort.
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> > > Wow! *I haven't eaten there in years. *I went once to the one by Northgate
> > > in Seattle and had a tuna melt. *My dad would get greatly annoyed at me when
> > > I did this, saying this was something I could easily make at home. *Well no
> > > it wasn't. *I tried. *Mine were never good. *Oddly he could make one that
> > > was good even though he doesn't know how to cook much of anything. *The
> > > sandwich was so huge and drippy and messy that it took me 2 hours to eat it.
> > > I was then banned from ever ordering another tuna melt when my dad was
> > > present. *Heh.
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> > > When we moved to CA, we would stop there on the way home from shopping at
> > > Travis AFB. *I should add that restaurant would never be my first choice.
> > > It just happened to be in the right location.
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> > > I once asked for a side of veggies for my daughter and I was told by the
> > > waitress that they didn't do that. *I protested because there was nothing on
> > > the kid's menu that had veggies with it unless you count the fries. *She
> > > said she would have to charge me for a salad bar and would have to take a
> > > little dish of corn or something from the salad bar in order to give her
> > > some veggies. *I think the price at the time was $8.99. *They did not offer
> > > an add on salad bar for kids at a reduced price like they did for adults.
> > > My daughter didn't eat much salad in those days. *She was very young. *She
> > > would only eat certain types of greens and they didn't have those. *She did
> > > love black olives and there were a few other things she would eat a bite or
> > > two of. *So I would have to sneak her food from my plate.
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> > > I usually got the turkey dinner when we ate there. *I could not eat the
> > > stuffing. *I don't know what they put in it but it was overly sweet and
> > > spiked my blood sugar badly. *Their cornbread was weird too and I wouldn't
> > > eat that either. *I would always get a tiny apple on my plate and that was
> > > my daughter's favorite thing. *I would always give it to her.
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> > > I heard on the news today that Wendy's just sold the Arby's chain and that
> > > they were failing.
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> > I can see Arbys failing. *In a three block radius here there are Burger
> > King, Dennys, Arbys, two Mcdonalds, KFC, Friendlys, Wendys, Figaro
> > (local), Pizza 123 (local), Quiznos, some Chinese fast food place in the
> > mall, Olive Garden, Hazard Grill (local), D'Angelo, Taco Bell, Dunkin
> > Donuts, Cheng's Garden (local), Five Guys, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a
> > half a dozen others. *Of those as you drive past at noon, Arbys is the
> > only one with an empty parking lot.
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> > > I think overall, people are just dining out less. *I don't think they can
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> We don't have a donut place anymore of any kind, and Krispy Kreme is
> gone from outlets and supermarkets, too. I guess we're not a donutty
> city, but I miss having either a Donutland or a Dunkin'.

There's gotta be a donut shop. How do the cops survive stakeouts?