On 7/28/2015 2:47 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 10:22:39 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:43:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 9:29:34 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>>> I only tried it once but didn't like the chicken. Odd that. I only
>>>>>> tried
>>>>>> Macdonalds once as well and I didn't like that either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Somebody's eating that chicken on your island. Well, at least in the part
>>>>> I was in - I never got to go to Scotland. Shocking as it may seem, the KFC
>>>>> density was greater in London that in Honolulu. The times I spotted a KFC
>>>>> was incomprehensible. I thought you guys only ate fishes and mammals.
>>>>
>>>> They are popular everywhere here, but I can't believe I am the only one who
>>>> doesn't like it. If you come up to Scotland you will see just the same in
>>>> towns and cities.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The thing about McDonald's is that one does not go there to savor the
>>>>> food. We go there because we're damn hungry, don't want to spend a lot of
>>>>> dough, and we need food fast. We lack the time and energy to seek out
>>>>> something even a little better. It fits our immediate requirements for
>>>>> someplace reliable and predictable.
>>>>
>>>> Hey you don't need to give your excuses to me ... ;-)
>>>>
>>>>> Actually, I'm surprised you've never eaten at a McDonald's before - after
>>>>> all, you live in Scotland. Hee hee.
>>>>
>>>> I 'have' eaten at a McDonalds (once) and I said so! A friend was passing
>>>> through and I said I would make dinner, but he said he didn't have much time
>>>> so why didn't we go to McDonalds! We did and I have recounted in the past
>>>> what I found there)
>>>>
>>>> Once was enough!
>>>>
>>>
>>> What I meant was that I was surprised that you never went to McDonald's before that one time you did go. Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Hee hee.
>>>
>>> My guess is that McDonald's is favored by parents with young kids and teenagers. It's a restaurant they can go to and not get dirty looks from the other people eating there. Interestingly, elderly people consider it to be a place to meet their friends in the morning. It's how the old folks network.
>>
>> The idea that elderly people go to McDonald's to meet their friends
>> sounds very sad to me. Imagine having lived 75 years and not having
>> gotten any further than hanging out at McDonald's.
>>
>> --
>> Bruce
>
> It is quite depressing but the old guys seem to be enjoying themselves. Come to think of it, old folks are quite depressing.
>

Oh come now, they're depressed, but they keep it within their own
arthritic chat circles mostly...