"Dataw Island Club will be hosting Valentine's Dinner in The Pub, as we
did in 2013, for couples and small groups.

To make Reservations for this event, please call" (snipped)
"no walk-in service will be available this evening."

God forbid you should be single and want to eat out on Valentine's Day!

Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.

http://tinypic.com/r/29uq8lv/8

Jill

On 1/28/2014 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.

Is this posted here because you are trying to drum up business for them?

Or just to show us what a rip their pretentious fare is?

"March Hare" > wrote in message ...
> On 1/28/2014 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>
> Is this posted here because you are trying to drum up business for them?
>
> Or just to show us what a rip their pretentious fare is?
>
>

or is it because she can't get past her situation, and she has nobody to
spend time with? And she doesn't care about how annoying she makes herself
with these posts.

"Pico Rico" > wrote in message
...
>
> "March Hare" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 1/28/2014 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>>
>> Is this posted here because you are trying to drum up business for them?
>>
>> Or just to show us what a rip their pretentious fare is?
>>
>>
>
> or is it because she can't get past her situation, and she has nobody to
> spend time with? And she doesn't care about how annoying she makes
> herself with these posts.

I don't find them annoying at all. You, on the other hand...


Cheri

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Pico Rico" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "March Hare" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 1/28/2014 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>>>
>>> Is this posted here because you are trying to drum up business for them?
>>>
>>> Or just to show us what a rip their pretentious fare is?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> or is it because she can't get past her situation, and she has nobody to
>> spend time with? And she doesn't care about how annoying she makes
>> herself with these posts.
>
> I don't find them annoying at all. You, on the other hand...
>
>
> Cheri


It might be good for her mental health to lay off this stuff for a month or
two and find other things in life. Just sayin'.

"Pico Rico" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Pico Rico" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "March Hare" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 1/28/2014 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>>>>
>>>> Is this posted here because you are trying to drum up business for
>>>> them?
>>>>
>>>> Or just to show us what a rip their pretentious fare is?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> or is it because she can't get past her situation, and she has nobody to
>>> spend time with? And she doesn't care about how annoying she makes
>>> herself with these posts.
>>
>> I don't find them annoying at all. You, on the other hand...
>>
>>
>> Cheri
>
>
> It might be good for her mental health to lay off this stuff for a month
> or two and find other things in life. Just sayin'.

And you are a psychologist?

On 2014-01-28 13:58, Pico Rico wrote:
herself with these posts.
>>
>> I don't find them annoying at all. You, on the other hand...
>>
>>
>> Cheri
>
>
> It might be good for her mental health to lay off this stuff for a month or
> two and find other things in life. Just sayin'.

You don't seem to care much about your own mental health, so why do you
pretend to be concerned about hers?

Cheri wrote:
>
> I don't find them annoying at all.

For some reason, I enjoy seeing those club menus. I have no life, I
suppose.

G.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Cheri wrote:
>>
>> I don't find them annoying at all.
>
> For some reason, I enjoy seeing those club menus. I have no life, I
> suppose.

Well I do and I still enjoy reading them


--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On 28-Jan-2014, Gary > wrote:

> Cheri wrote:
> >
> > I don't find them annoying at all.
>
> For some reason, I enjoy seeing those club menus. I have no life, I
> suppose.
>
> G.
I suppose I'm in the same boat - no life. 8-)
I enjoy menus as inspiration and history; I periodically browse/search the
online menu collection of the New York Public Library. If not for that
source, I'd not know that, in the early 1900s, several railroads offered
jelly omelets in their dining cars, as did a number of hotels.
http://menus.nypl.org/

On 2014-01-28 16:56, Gary wrote:
> Cheri wrote:
>>
>> I don't find them annoying at all.
>
> For some reason, I enjoy seeing those club menus. I have no life, I
> suppose.
>
>

I think it is somewhat comical that this place, which appears to nice
venue, makes such a lame attempt to provide foods befitting the setting.
It is mostly greasy spoon food at inflated prices. I sympathize with
Jill being required to spend her yearly assessment on the sort of crap
they offer.

On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:03:53 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> It's just the two trolls trying to drum us business. Don't feel bad,
> just ignore them.
>
>
> -sw

Sasy the Troll in Chief here...

On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:45:26 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
> "Pico Rico" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "March Hare" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On 1/28/2014 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> >>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
> >>
> >> Is this posted here because you are trying to drum up business for them?
> >>
> >> Or just to show us what a rip their pretentious fare is?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > or is it because she can't get past her situation, and she has nobody to
> > spend time with? And she doesn't care about how annoying she makes
> > herself with these posts.
>
> I don't find them annoying at all. You, on the other hand...
>
I guess he has never heard of a kill filter because she makes it very
easy to never see those posts.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:45:26 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Pico Rico" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > "March Hare" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> On 1/28/2014 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> >>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>> >>
>> >> Is this posted here because you are trying to drum up business for
>> >> them?
>> >>
>> >> Or just to show us what a rip their pretentious fare is?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > or is it because she can't get past her situation, and she has nobody
>> > to
>> > spend time with? And she doesn't care about how annoying she makes
>> > herself with these posts.
>>
>> I don't find them annoying at all. You, on the other hand...
>>
> I guess he has never heard of a kill filter because she makes it very
> easy to never see those posts.

Of course I could kill file, now that she is better at including Dataw in
the subject line. But if you had a friend in person who was constantly
bitching about something like this, wouldn't you tell her to get over it?
Think about it - would you and your friends really keep inviting her along
on your lunch outings if she was certain to moan and groan about the same
damn thing over and over (Dataw, bad spouse, ungrateful kids, Richard
Nixon - it doesn't matter the subject)? Or would you politely tell her she
is doing herself no favors? Or maybe you would egg her on and watch the
downward spiral - is that what you would do?

On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:07:16 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> You're kinda a two-faced bitch who is too loaded to know Up from Down.
>
> -sw

What a foul mouth on you, troll.

On 1/28/2014 11:13 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
> "March Hare" > wrote in message ...
>> On 1/28/2014 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>>
>> Is this posted here because you are trying to drum up business for them?
>>
>> Or just to show us what a rip their pretentious fare is?
>>
>>
>
> or is it because she can't get past her situation, and she has nobody to
> spend time with? And she doesn't care about how annoying she makes herself
> with these posts.
>
>
That's not an unsound premise at all. Perhaps these wildly over-promoted
meals serve another purpose entirely.

"Pico Rico" > wrote in message
...
>
> "March Hare" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 1/28/2014 10:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>>
>> Is this posted here because you are trying to drum up business for them?
>>
>> Or just to show us what a rip their pretentious fare is?
>>
>>
>
> or is it because she can't get past her situation, and she has nobody to
> spend time with? And she doesn't care about how annoying she makes
> herself with these posts.

They're not annoying. At least they're about food!

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> "Dataw Island Club will be hosting Valentine's Dinner in The Pub, as we
> did in 2013, for couples and small groups.
>
> To make Reservations for this event, please call" (snipped)
> "no walk-in service will be available this evening."
>
> God forbid you should be single and want to eat out on Valentine's Day!
>
> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>
> http://tinypic.com/r/29uq8lv/8

You could go with your friend and if they complain you could always sniff
and say 'It is legal nowadays you know!'
Not sure about your reputation after that though <g> OR you could go with a
small group?

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On 1/28/2014 1:09 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Dataw Island Club will be hosting Valentine's Dinner in The Pub, as
>> we did in 2013, for couples and small groups.
>>
>> To make Reservations for this event, please call" (snipped)
>> "no walk-in service will be available this evening."
>>
>> God forbid you should be single and want to eat out on Valentine's Day!
>>
>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/29uq8lv/8
>
> You could go with your friend and if they complain you could always
> sniff and say 'It is legal nowadays you know!'

LOL! We could split the cost, sure.

> Not sure about your reputation after that though <g>

As you've probably surmised, I don't much care about my "reputation".
I remember my mom telling me (years before I moved here) there were
<whispered> "*** guys" living up the street. LOL

> OR you could go with a small group?
>
I don't know what constitutes a small group. Four people? Most of the
people I know aren't even in town. For some silly reason they go back
to the North in the winter.

I really don't want to get sucked into a "group". They've tried!

I have very little in common with most of the people I've met here.
Most don't like to cook. Lots like gardening. That's not me. If you
say you like to read they press you to join a "book club". No, sorry.
No one is going to assign me a book to read and then schedule a time to
meet and discuss. That's not fun, it's high school literature class in
someone's living room.

I'll just cook for myself, save $60. I'll find another way to spend
it another day, sans the restrictions.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...

> As you've probably surmised, I don't much care about my "reputation". I
> remember my mom telling me (years before I moved here) there were
> <whispered> "*** guys" living up the street. LOL

LOL!

>> OR you could go with a small group?
>>
> I don't know what constitutes a small group. Four people? Most of the
> people I know aren't even in town. For some silly reason they go back to
> the North in the winter.

Seems to me they won't turn business away so long as one person isn't
clogging up a table that could be used for a few people But, if they don't
have many bookings ...


> I really don't want to get sucked into a "group". They've tried!

No, I am not a fan of groups either.

> I have very little in common with most of the people I've met here. Most
> don't like to cook. Lots like gardening. That's not me. If you say you
> like to read they press you to join a "book club". No, sorry. No one is
> going to assign me a book to read and then schedule a time to meet and
> discuss. That's not fun, it's high school literature class in someone's
> living room.

Ineed

I suppose they need something to fill their time and probably were trying to
be friendly)

> I'll just cook for myself, save $60. I'll find another way to spend it
> another day, sans the restrictions.

I bet you enjoy it better too The rare time I can be persuaded to go out
to eat I am always disappointed ... BUT remember those costs you pay
anyway!!


--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On 1/28/2014 11:28 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> I really don't want to get sucked into a "group". They've tried!
>
> I have very little in common with most of the people I've met here.

Then why continually post this rubbish here?

Revel in your unhappiness, but please do not share it.

On 28-Jan-2014, March Hare > wrote:

> On 1/28/2014 11:28 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > I really don't want to get sucked into a "group". They've tried!
> >
> > I have very little in common with most of the people I've met here.
>
> Then why continually post this rubbish here?
>
> Revel in your unhappiness, but please do not share it.
Perhaps you should heed your own advice. 8-)

On 1/28/2014 1:34 PM, l not -l wrote:
> On 28-Jan-2014, March Hare > wrote:
>
>> On 1/28/2014 11:28 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> I really don't want to get sucked into a "group". They've tried!
>>>
>>> I have very little in common with most of the people I've met here.
>>
>> Then why continually post this rubbish here?
>>
>> Revel in your unhappiness, but please do not share it.
> Perhaps you should heed your own advice. 8-)
>
I'll offer you something from Steve's Pantry:

http://fantasyfood.feralkid.net/dwarf.html

Dirsek:
A preserved vegetable used when fresh is unavailable or for trail
rations. Often made from turnips, beets, carrots, or parsnips.

On 1/28/2014 3:34 PM, l not -l wrote:
> On 28-Jan-2014, March Hare > wrote:
>
>> On 1/28/2014 11:28 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> I really don't want to get sucked into a "group". They've tried!
>>>
>>> I have very little in common with most of the people I've met here.
>>
>> Then why continually post this rubbish here?
>>
>> Revel in your unhappiness, but please do not share it.

Thus spake the troll.

> Perhaps you should heed your own advice. 8-)
>
I already plonked it. :-)

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> "Dataw Island Club will be hosting Valentine's Dinner in The Pub, as we
> did in 2013, for couples and small groups.
>
> To make Reservations for this event, please call" (snipped)
> "no walk-in service will be available this evening."
>
> God forbid you should be single and want to eat out on Valentine's Day!
>
> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>
> http://tinypic.com/r/29uq8lv/8
>
> Jill

their .gif format is the least thing you should be sorry about.

jmcquown wrote:
> "Dataw Island Club will be hosting Valentine's Dinner in The Pub, as we
> did in 2013, for couples and small groups.
>
> To make Reservations for this event, please call" (snipped)
> "no walk-in service will be available this evening."
>
> God forbid you should be single and want to eat out on Valentine's Day!
>
> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>
> http://tinypic.com/r/29uq8lv/8
>
> Jill

Ah, thanks for that.
Tell them it's Coquille Saint-Jacques and they should at least tell
how they prepare it.
I also like the "lightly dusted with [...] peppercorns" ....
Lightly dusted with pepper, OK. Lightly sprinkled with peppercorns, OK.

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

On 1/28/2014 11:39 AM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
> Tell them it's Coquille Saint-Jacques and they should at least tell
> how they prepare it.
> I also like the "lightly dusted with [...] peppercorns" ....
> Lightly dusted with pepper, OK. Lightly sprinkled with peppercorns, OK.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Kuettner


Are you grasping that ineptitude bleeds through their pretension?

March Hare wrote:
> On 1/28/2014 11:39 AM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
>> Tell them it's Coquille Saint-Jacques and they should at least tell
>> how they prepare it.
>> I also like the "lightly dusted with [...] peppercorns" ....
>> Lightly dusted with pepper, OK. Lightly sprinkled with peppercorns, OK.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michael Kuettner
>
>
> Are you grasping that ineptitude bleeds through their pretension?

I'd call it "delusions of grandeur" ...
That's why I find Jills reports of that overpriced restaurant so
entertaining.

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

PS : Keep them coming, Jill !

On 1/28/2014 12:58 PM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
> March Hare wrote:
>> On 1/28/2014 11:39 AM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
>>> Tell them it's Coquille Saint-Jacques and they should at least tell
>>> how they prepare it.
>>> I also like the "lightly dusted with [...] peppercorns" ....
>>> Lightly dusted with pepper, OK. Lightly sprinkled with peppercorns, OK.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Michael Kuettner
>>
>>
>> Are you grasping that ineptitude bleeds through their pretension?
>
> I'd call it "delusions of grandeur" ...

No argument there, all the more so given they seem to be little more
than a glorified cafeteria for seniors...

> That's why I find Jills reports of that overpriced restaurant so
> entertaining.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Kuettner
>
> PS : Keep them coming, Jill !
>

Shush, she hardly needs encouraging.

March Hare wrote:
> On 1/28/2014 12:58 PM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
>> March Hare wrote:
>>
>> PS : Keep them coming, Jill !
>>
>
> Shush, she hardly needs encouraging.

And what's wrong with that ?
It's about cooking.

Contrary to All-Merkin topics like :
Which market has the cheapest toilet paper ...
Or the histrionics of some of the posters here.
Or the endless ramblings of some bovine posters ...

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

On 1/28/2014 2:58 PM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
> March Hare wrote:
>> On 1/28/2014 11:39 AM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
>>> Tell them it's Coquille Saint-Jacques and they should at least tell
>>> how they prepare it.
>>> I also like the "lightly dusted with [...] peppercorns" ....
>>> Lightly dusted with pepper, OK. Lightly sprinkled with peppercorns, OK.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Michael Kuettner
>>
>>
>> Are you grasping that ineptitude bleeds through their pretension?
>
> I'd call it "delusions of grandeur" ...
> That's why I find Jills reports of that overpriced restaurant so
> entertaining.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Kuettner
>
> PS : Keep them coming, Jill !
>
I will, Michael. Not all of the menus are interesting. This one
struck me as funny. They usually make silly mistakes in their attempts
to make things sound like haute cuisine.

Jill

On 2014-01-28 8:02 PM, jmcquown wrote:

>>
> I will, Michael. Not all of the menus are interesting. This one
> struck me as funny. They usually make silly mistakes in their attempts
> to make things sound like haute cuisine.
>


I wonder if the wait staff are as dull at the "chef". Ask then "What is
the soupe du jour?" and they answer "soup of the day".

On 1/28/2014 6:02 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/28/2014 2:58 PM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
>> March Hare wrote:
>>> On 1/28/2014 11:39 AM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
>>>> Tell them it's Coquille Saint-Jacques and they should at least tell
>>>> how they prepare it.
>>>> I also like the "lightly dusted with [...] peppercorns" ....
>>>> Lightly dusted with pepper, OK. Lightly sprinkled with peppercorns, OK.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Michael Kuettner
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you grasping that ineptitude bleeds through their pretension?
>>
>> I'd call it "delusions of grandeur" ...
>> That's why I find Jills reports of that overpriced restaurant so
>> entertaining.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michael Kuettner
>>
>> PS : Keep them coming, Jill !
>>
> I will, Michael. Not all of the menus are interesting. This one
> struck me as funny. They usually make silly mistakes in their attempts
> to make things sound like haute cuisine.
>
> Jill

How can you take mirth in it when they MAKE you pay in for that stuff?

jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/28/2014 2:58 PM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
<snip>
>> PS : Keep them coming, Jill !
>>
> I will, Michael. Not all of the menus are interesting. This one
> struck me as funny. They usually make silly mistakes in their attempts
> to make things sound like haute cuisine.
>

Oh, they are interesting for me.
I'd never learned about Kaiserrolls otherwise. ;-)
And some othe <ahem> interesting combinations .

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

"Michael Kuettner" > wrote in message
...
> jmcquown wrote:
>> "Dataw Island Club will be hosting Valentine's Dinner in The Pub, as we
>> did in 2013, for couples and small groups.
>>
>> To make Reservations for this event, please call" (snipped)
>> "no walk-in service will be available this evening."
>>
>> God forbid you should be single and want to eat out on Valentine's Day!
>>
>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/29uq8lv/8
>>
>> Jill
>
> Ah, thanks for that.
> Tell them it's Coquille Saint-Jacques and they should at least tell
> how they prepare it.
> I also like the "lightly dusted with [...] peppercorns" ....
> Lightly dusted with pepper, OK. Lightly sprinkled with peppercorns, OK.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Kuettner
>
It's also "au poivre"
Graham

On 1/28/2014 12:59 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> "Dataw Island Club will be hosting Valentine's Dinner in The Pub,

ay!
>
> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>
> http://tinypic.com/r/29uq8lv/8
>
> Jill

OMG, they are killing Baby Icebergs to make salad!

On 1/28/2014 1:37 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 1/28/2014 12:59 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> "Dataw Island Club will be hosting Valentine's Dinner in The Pub,
>
> ay!
>>
>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/29uq8lv/8
>>
>> Jill
>
> OMG, they are killing Baby Icebergs to make salad!
>
You may laugh, but:

http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/iceberghunters

To make extra money, Dale and Whyman break up the large icebergs and
harvest the smaller pieces, selling these "bergy bits" to water bottling
plants.

On 1/28/2014 3:37 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 1/28/2014 12:59 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> "Dataw Island Club will be hosting Valentine's Dinner in The Pub,
>
> ay!
>>
>> Here's the menu. Sorry, they sent it in a .gif format again.
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/29uq8lv/8
>>
>> Jill
>
> OMG, they are killing Baby Icebergs to make salad!
>
ROFL!

Jill

They need a French spellcheck. Maybe you can volunteer to eye-ball their menus?

As to wanting to eat there solo on Valentine's Day, I can imagine pleasanter prospects.

How are you doing on eating up that assessment so far for 2014?

On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:50:12 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

> How are you doing on eating up that assessment so far for 2014?

I'd venture a guess and say she hasn't spent her monthly allotment in
the dining room yet... which means either she's going to do more take
out than usual or she's going to give up her money with nothing in
return at the end of this year too. I'm rooting for her, but she
needs to start strong if she wants to get her money's worth out of
"the Club" this year.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila