On 2014-02-11 01:02:16 +0000, Kalmia said:

> On Sunday, February 9, 2014 5:31:22 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 Feb 2014 13:52:40 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
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>>>
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>>> "Kalmia" > wrote in message>>
>>> ...
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>>>> I heard someone state that theirs is the best fast chicken you can get.
>>
>>>> True?
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> False?
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Somewhere in between?
>>
>>>
>>
>>> We don't have them here and I don't recall ever seeing one, so can't
>>> help>> >you there.
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, why answer then??
>
> La Bove has a compulsion to answer, no matter how irrelevant or absurd.

It provides a real sense of "participation".

On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:39:16 -0800, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:


> My son and I are both home with bad colds.

Sorry to hear that. Hope you both get better soon.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On 2/9/2014 8:56 PM, pltrgyst wrote:

>
> It's not the kid behind the counter -- and the business you take from
> him gos to another kid behind a different counter, anyway.
>
> Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sunday for the owners' religious reasons. I
> lived in a state with strong blue laws as a kid. **** 'em.
> -- Larry

Personally, I wish more places closed on Sunday. Not for religious
reasons, but it would give people a common day of to spend with the
family or visiting friends. I grew up in the 50's and that part of life
was better than it is today. We knew our grandparents and aunts and
uncles more than kids do today.

I never worked for a place that was open on Sunday, but don't let me
stop you from doing so.

On 2/10/2014 5:16 PM, gtr wrote:

> No, many of us are punishing the unnecessary politicization of a
> fast-food chain. We didn't do it--their CEO did it, is proud of it, and
> is delighted things have gone as they have. Nobody's getting
> punished--everybody's happy.

I guess so. They get plenty of free publicity thanks to the protesters.
Name recognition is important.

On Monday, February 10, 2014 7:48:04 PM UTC-8, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/9/2014 8:56 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
>

> > Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sunday for the owners' religious reasons. I
> > lived in a state with strong blue laws as a kid. **** 'em.
> > -- Larry
>
> Personally, I wish more places closed on Sunday. Not for religious
> reasons, but it would give people a common day of to spend with the
> family or visiting friends. I grew up in the 50's and that part of life
> was better than it is today. We knew our grandparents and aunts and
> uncles more than kids do today.
>
> I never worked for a place that was open on Sunday, but don't let me
> stop you from doing so.

While the nuns cautioned us against performing "servile work" on the Lord's
day, they made exceptions for places of refreshment and amusement, believing
they helped the family relax and enjoy each other's company -- after Mass
of course.

One thing I miss from the 60s is when my father would take us for a Sunday
drive in the country. We would stop at a farm stand, then at a drive-in for
take-out, before having a picnic. I remember once having a delicious
Czech meal at the end of the drive. And when my brother made his First Holy
Communion, we took our grandparents, aunts, and uncles out to a roadhouse
for Sunday dinner. (My young uncle and I -- aged twelve -- selected the
all-you-can-eat fried chicken dinner. By the time we were through, the
nearby diners were marveling at the way we could put it away.)

On 2014-02-11 04:00:10 +0000, Ed Pawlowski said:

> On 2/10/2014 5:16 PM, gtr wrote:
>
>> No, many of us are punishing the unnecessary politicization of a
>> fast-food chain. We didn't do it--their CEO did it, is proud of it, and
>> is delighted things have gone as they have. Nobody's getting
>> punished--everybody's happy.
>
> I guess so. They get plenty of free publicity thanks to the
> protesters. Name recognition is important.

Works both ways: For many it's important to avoid.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/9/2014 8:56 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
>
>>
>> It's not the kid behind the counter -- and the business you take from
>> him gos to another kid behind a different counter, anyway.
>>
>> Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sunday for the owners' religious reasons. I
>> lived in a state with strong blue laws as a kid. **** 'em.
>> -- Larry
>
> Personally, I wish more places closed on Sunday. Not for religious
> reasons, but it would give people a common day of to spend with the family
> or visiting friends. I grew up in the 50's and that part of life was
> better than it is today. We knew our grandparents and aunts and uncles
> more than kids do today.
>
> I never worked for a place that was open on Sunday, but don't let me stop
> you from doing so.

I often worked on Sunday and preferred to. I just really dislike Sundays.
There is nothing of interest to me on the TV except perhaps in the evening
and although some people I know do work on Sundays, nobody is otherwise home
at all. So it's not like I could go visiting. Sunday is also a *big* day
for people to go out to breakfast after church. It's one of the few days I
am free to go shopping so it ticks me off when stores are closed then. Like
Hobby Lobby. Then again I am not sure I want to shop there any more after I
heard of their views.

As for relatives, I don't know any of them well. We moved out here when I
was 7 so I was not really in contact with them much at all.

On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:14:40 -0800 (PST),
wrote:
snip
>
>One thing I miss from the 60s is when my father would take us for a Sunday
>drive in the country. We would stop at a farm stand, then at a drive-in for
>take-out, before having a picnic.
snip
I miss that too. I would always beg my father to find the graveled
country roads.
Janet US

> wrote in message
...
> On Monday, February 10, 2014 7:48:04 PM UTC-8, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/9/2014 8:56 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
>>
>
>> > Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sunday for the owners' religious reasons. I
>> > lived in a state with strong blue laws as a kid. **** 'em.
>> > -- Larry
>>
>> Personally, I wish more places closed on Sunday. Not for religious
>> reasons, but it would give people a common day of to spend with the
>> family or visiting friends. I grew up in the 50's and that part of life
>> was better than it is today. We knew our grandparents and aunts and
>> uncles more than kids do today.
>>
>> I never worked for a place that was open on Sunday, but don't let me
>> stop you from doing so.
>
> While the nuns cautioned us against performing "servile work" on the
> Lord's
> day, they made exceptions for places of refreshment and amusement,
> believing
> they helped the family relax and enjoy each other's company -- after Mass
> of course.
>
> One thing I miss from the 60s is when my father would take us for a Sunday
> drive in the country. We would stop at a farm stand, then at a drive-in
> for
> take-out, before having a picnic. I remember once having a delicious
> Czech meal at the end of the drive. And when my brother made his First
> Holy
> Communion, we took our grandparents, aunts, and uncles out to a roadhouse
> for Sunday dinner. (My young uncle and I -- aged twelve -- selected the
> all-you-can-eat fried chicken dinner. By the time we were through, the
> nearby diners were marveling at the way we could put it away.)

Our Sundays were almost always the same. Get up. Eat donuts. Go to
church. Go to coffee hour after church. Watch my dad get mad because an
hour wasn't enough yakking for my mom. She'd still be in there with her
friends while we waited in the car. Bro and I would still wait in car while
dad went in to get her. She'd come out yelling at him.

Then the big shopping trip would begin. This was the only thing that
varied. We might go to South Center or somewhere somewhat far away. Lunch
on the way. Then shopping till the stores closed, then dinner.

On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:07:23 -0700, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:14:40 -0800 (PST),
> wrote:
> snip
> >
> >One thing I miss from the 60s is when my father would take us for a Sunday
> >drive in the country. We would stop at a farm stand, then at a drive-in for
> >take-out, before having a picnic.
> snip
> I miss that too. I would always beg my father to find the graveled
> country roads.

We had lots of those where I grew up.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

"Kalmia" > wrote in message
...
>I heard someone state that theirs is the best fast chicken you can get.
> True?
>
> False?


Nothing at all special. Just breaded chicken fried and served on white
bread. With mayo.

It's all marketing hype; be cool, eat at Chik Fil-A. Also they are in your
face homophobes and haters pretending their capitalist business is a church.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 2/9/2014 4:55 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
>> I don't know. I won't go there because of their politics. Just as I
>> won't go to Papa John's Pizza for the same reason.
>> Janet US
>>
>
> So you punish the minimum wage kid behind the counter. If I was concerned
> about the politics of every food supplier I'd probably go hungry. Agree
> with them or not, at least they have the courage to stand up and make
> their opinion known.
>
> Closest outlet to me is about 60 miles so I've not tried them yet.

How is not patronizing an establishment punshment to some slave employee? I
just elect not to go there. Does it matter if my motive is because the food
is unintersting or that I disagree with the owner's politics? I just choose
to not go there. Even if I did patronize them you know the slave won't be
paid any better.

I love it when a thread goes downhill faster than the US Olympic luge
team...

"Alan Holbrook" > wrote in message
. 3.30...
>I love it when a thread goes downhill faster than the US Olympic luge
> team...

Yeah!

On Monday, February 10, 2014 11:07:23 PM UTC-6, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:14:40 -0800 (PST),
>
> wrote:
>
> snip
>
> >
>
> >One thing I miss from the 60s is when my father would take us for a Sunday
>
> >drive in the country. We would stop at a farm stand, then at a drive-in for
>
> >take-out, before having a picnic.
>
> snip
>
> I miss that too. I would always beg my father to find the graveled
>
> country roads.
>
This horrible cold weather has had my wife and I talking every day about
the first time we can go camping. Our romantic destination is what we
refer to as "The Sawdust Pile." We go way off the pavement, and there's no
reason why you can't do that too. It's just as fun as when we were kids.

She had no idea I was writing about this when she just said, "Spring's just
going to feel even better this year." Yesterday evening I wrote my characters
hiking up a hollow in the Ozark back country. The location I envisaged was
only a few miles from The Sawdust Pile.

One can rent a pickup truck for a weekend for a reasonable price, which makes
less well maintained roads accessible.
>
> Janet US

--B

On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:59:11 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

>On Monday, February 10, 2014 11:07:23 PM UTC-6, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:14:40 -0800 (PST),
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> snip
>>
>> >
>>
>> >One thing I miss from the 60s is when my father would take us for a Sunday
>>
>> >drive in the country. We would stop at a farm stand, then at a drive-in for
>>
>> >take-out, before having a picnic.
>>
>> snip
>>
>> I miss that too. I would always beg my father to find the graveled
>>
>> country roads.
>>
>This horrible cold weather has had my wife and I talking every day about
>the first time we can go camping. Our romantic destination is what we
>refer to as "The Sawdust Pile." We go way off the pavement, and there's no
>reason why you can't do that too. It's just as fun as when we were kids.
>
>She had no idea I was writing about this when she just said, "Spring's just
>going to feel even better this year." Yesterday evening I wrote my characters
>hiking up a hollow in the Ozark back country. The location I envisaged was
>only a few miles from The Sawdust Pile.
>
>One can rent a pickup truck for a weekend for a reasonable price, which makes
>less well maintained roads accessible.
>>
>> Janet US
>
>--B
My camping days are behind me. I did love camping next to a mountain
lake, getting up early and catching some rainbow. Starting a fire
just as dawn is breaking and putting the skillet in the fire to fry up
some bacon, home fries and fish. Coffee from the big blue-speckled
pot is scenting the air. Biscuits are almost done. I can hear the
shhhhh of waterfowl feet skimming the water as they land and the
rustle of the dog in the undergrowth. Husband begins to stir. The
very earliest part of the morning belongs to me.
Janet US

On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:25:20 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

>On Sunday, February 9, 2014 8:40:43 PM UTC-8, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:20:20 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>
>> > wrote:
>>
>
>
>
>> Kalmia is looking for the best fast chicken.
>> I suggested Nandos, which I know is very good and has outlets in the
>> U.S. Look at the other replies, offering alternatives to Chik Fil-a...
>>
>> Contrast that with your reply:
>> "We don't have them here and I don't recall ever seeing one, so can't
>> help you there."
>>
>> Do you always reply with answers that in no way at all help answer a
>> question?
>
>In this instance, Julie could be any Usenet poster. I checked, and Nando's
>locations are placed in amazingly tight proximity to D.C. Therefore, mentioning
>their existence is unlikely to be helpful to any one US poster, meaning a
>snippy response from a random reader is only to be expected.

I don't really follow the logic, but OK.

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:50:26 PM UTC-8, Jeßus wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:25:20 -0800 (PST),
>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Sunday, February 9, 2014 8:40:43 PM UTC-8, Jeßus wrote:
>

> >> On Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:20:20 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>

> >> > wrote:
>

>
> >> Kalmia is looking for the best fast chicken.
>
> >> I suggested Nandos, which I know is very good and has outlets in the
> >> U.S. Look at the other replies, offering alternatives to Chik Fil-a...
>
> >> Contrast that with your reply:
> >> "We don't have them here and I don't recall ever seeing one, so can't
> >> help you there."
>

> >> Do you always reply with answers that in no way at all help answer a
> >> question?

>
> >In this instance, Julie could be any Usenet poster. I checked, and Nando's
> >locations are placed in amazingly tight proximity to D.C. Therefore, mentioning
> >their existence is unlikely to be helpful to any one US poster, meaning a
> >snippy response from a random reader is only to be expected.
>
>
>
> I don't really follow the logic, but OK.

Let's say you were looking for a discount electronics store, and I said I
knew a fantastic one that had branches in Australia.

And you got all excited, only to learn they were all in and around Perth.

How might you respond?

Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> My camping days are behind me. I did love camping next to a mountain
> lake, getting up early and catching some rainbow. Starting a fire
> just as dawn is breaking and putting the skillet in the fire to fry up
> some bacon, home fries and fish. Coffee from the big blue-speckled
> pot is scenting the air. Biscuits are almost done. I can hear the
> shhhhh of waterfowl feet skimming the water as they land and the
> rustle of the dog in the undergrowth. Husband begins to stir. The
> very earliest part of the morning belongs to me.

And then you woke up! heheh ;-D

LMAO! ;-D Janet! I love you but that was the funniest post I've
read in years. The more I read, the more I laughed. hahaha Fess up
now...you've never gone camping before have you? Your story is right
from an old Norman Rockwell picture or maybe a Disney movie. All you
forgot to mention was the smiling birds happily singing at dawn, the
cute fuzzy bunny babies all playing with their mom, and the newborn
fawn nuzzling against you while her mom looked on approvingly. Later
on in the day, you can wander out in the meadow with your long dress
on, raise your arms and spin around while singing "The Sound of Music"
song. LOL!

G.

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:13:21 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>> My camping days are behind me. I did love camping next to a mountain
>> lake, getting up early and catching some rainbow. Starting a fire
>> just as dawn is breaking and putting the skillet in the fire to fry up
>> some bacon, home fries and fish. Coffee from the big blue-speckled
>> pot is scenting the air. Biscuits are almost done. I can hear the
>> shhhhh of waterfowl feet skimming the water as they land and the
>> rustle of the dog in the undergrowth. Husband begins to stir. The
>> very earliest part of the morning belongs to me.
>
>And then you woke up! heheh ;-D
>
>LMAO! ;-D Janet! I love you but that was the funniest post I've
>read in years. The more I read, the more I laughed. hahaha Fess up
>now...you've never gone camping before have you? Your story is right
>from an old Norman Rockwell picture or maybe a Disney movie. All you
>forgot to mention was the smiling birds happily singing at dawn, the
>cute fuzzy bunny babies all playing with their mom, and the newborn
>fawn nuzzling against you while her mom looked on approvingly. Later
>on in the day, you can wander out in the meadow with your long dress
>on, raise your arms and spin around while singing "The Sound of Music"
>song. LOL!
>
>G.
I guess you've never been camping in the mountains of Idaho. All of
that is real. I'm sorry you've never been able to experience it. Here
you can still camp all on your own where ever you choose -- just
follow an old logging road in your 4x4. The one photo I never got
but is burned in my mind is those birds coming in for a landing with
the mist swirling on the water. Do you want me to expound on the
bronze colored stones with water trickling from snow melt near the top
of the mountain? Or the wild flowers that are tinier than your little
fingernail?
This isn't KOA camping.
Janet US

On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:45:18 PM UTC-5, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:13:21 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>
>
> >Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >> My camping days are behind me. I did love camping next to a mountain
>
> >> lake, getting up early and catching some rainbow. Starting a fire
>
> >> just as dawn is breaking and putting the skillet in the fire to fry up
>
> >> some bacon, home fries and fish. Coffee from the big blue-speckled
>
> >> pot is scenting the air. Biscuits are almost done. I can hear the
>
> >> shhhhh of waterfowl feet skimming the water as they land and the
>
> >> rustle of the dog in the undergrowth. Husband begins to stir. The
>
> >> very earliest part of the morning belongs to me.
>
> >
>
> >And then you woke up! heheh ;-D
>
> >
>
> >LMAO! ;-D Janet! I love you but that was the funniest post I've
>
> >read in years. The more I read, the more I laughed. hahaha Fess up
>
> >now...you've never gone camping before have you? Your story is right
>
> >from an old Norman Rockwell picture or maybe a Disney movie. All you
>
> >forgot to mention was the smiling birds happily singing at dawn, the
>
> >cute fuzzy bunny babies all playing with their mom, and the newborn
>
> >fawn nuzzling against you while her mom looked on approvingly. Later
>
> >on in the day, you can wander out in the meadow with your long dress
>
> >on, raise your arms and spin around while singing "The Sound of Music"
>
> >song. LOL!
>
> >
>
> >G.
>
> I guess you've never been camping in the mountains of Idaho. All of
>
> that is real. I'm sorry you've never been able to experience it. Here
>
> you can still camp all on your own where ever you choose -- just
>
> follow an old logging road in your 4x4. The one photo I never got
>
> but is burned in my mind is those birds coming in for a landing with
>
> the mist swirling on the water.


That's the kind of mind-photo you want to concentrate on if you are being put under for surgery. Magic moment, right?
Mine involves a gang of female elk emerging from the woods high up in Utah. Another, swans gliding in the mist of a foggy evening just off a bike path. You could almost hear the Tchaikovsky........

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:57:10 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:45:18 PM UTC-5, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:13:21 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>snip The one photo I never got
>>
>> but is burned in my mind is those birds coming in for a landing with
>>
>> the mist swirling on the water.
>
>
>That's the kind of mind-photo you want to concentrate on if you are being put under for surgery. Magic moment, right?
>Mine involves a gang of female elk emerging from the woods high up in Utah. Another, swans gliding in the mist of a foggy evening just off a bike path. You could almost hear the Tchaikovsky........

Oh, the swans gliding in the mist on mirror-still water. . . That's
another lovely one. I have a similar memory of a group of female elk
emerging from the woods into a meadow where two bulls are fighting.
It's so quiet that you distinctly hear the antlers hitting each other.
Like a baseball bat hitting a ball.
There are really some wonderful sights out here.
Janet US