On Friday, July 18, 2014 4:22:40 AM UTC-7, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/18/2014 12:55 AM, sf wrote:
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> > On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:08:47 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
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> > wrote:
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> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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> >> news
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> >>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:27:33 -0400, jmcquown >
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> >>> wrote:
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> >>>
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> >>>> What the heck, I have to spend the money anyway. I went to the Club
>
> >>>> for dinner. I had the Pesto Capellini which featured seared sea
>
> >>>> scallops, shrimp and pieces of of lobster. The pesto was very nice; the
>
> >>>> basil didn't overwhelm the seafood. The seafood wasn't overcooked. The
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> >>>> meal was served with two nice soft dinner rolls with whipped herbed
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> >>>> butter. All in all I'd say they did a nice job with this meal.
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> >>>>
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> >>> Sounds like things are improving at the club, congratulations!
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> >>
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> >> Now all she needs is a date.
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> >>
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> >
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> > I doubt she was alone - but if she was, so what.
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> >
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> I wish these oddballs would stop worrying about my social life.
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>
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> I think it's a rather sad commentary that some people cannot enjoy life
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> without being joined at the hip.
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>
> Jill

and it's a sad state when you basically complain all the time about the food. If you don't like, don't eat it. Didn't your mom teach you that it's better to say nothing than to say something negative?

In article >, says...

> I can honestly say that I have never dined anywhere alone, outside of home.

No surprise there. But normal people do it often.

Janet UK

In article >, bhansen1949
@yahoo.com says...

Jill posted
> I went to the Club
> >
> > >>>> for dinner. I had the Pesto Capellini which featured seared sea
> >
> > >>>> scallops, shrimp and pieces of of lobster. The pesto was very nice; the
> >
> > >>>> basil didn't overwhelm the seafood. The seafood wasn't overcooked. The
> >
> > >>>> meal was served with two nice soft dinner rolls with whipped herbed
> >
> > >>>> butter. All in all I'd say they did a nice job with this meal.


> and it's a sad state when you basically complain all the time about the food.

see above.

> If you don't like, don't eat it. Didn't your mom teach you that it's better to say
>nothing than to say something negative?

Didn't your mom teach you to engage brain before mouth?

Janet UK

On 7/19/2014 10:58 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/18/2014 10:31 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 7/18/2014 1:23 PM, wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> To me, eating at a restaurant is to enjoy the company of a friend, if
>>> I'm not doing that, I eat at home, can't remember when I last bought
>>> any takeout.
>>>
>>
>> Sometimes you have to. If you are traveling on business, for instance,
>> you can't go home for dinner. Alternative is take=out in your hotel
>> room.
>
> I hate sleeping in a room that smells like food. Even on cruise ships,
> I never get room service for breakfast.
>
> I went to the dentist in Mexico on Wednesday and treated myself to lunch
> at a local restaurant. Chile rellenos, refritos and rice with a Coke
> Light (Diet Coke). I had my Nook with me. I had no problem eating alone.

It came as a surprise that one of our friends went to your dentist, on
the same day that you were there. She was pleased with their work.

We have tried a few restaurants in that area and we have been pleased
with all of them. One day we ordered cocktails, and we do not drink very
often, and they brought us 4 of them because it was Happy Hour. lol

Becca

On 7/19/2014 11:07 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:31:10 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 7/18/2014 1:23 PM, wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> To me, eating at a restaurant is to enjoy the company of a friend, if
>>> I'm not doing that, I eat at home, can't remember when I last bought
>>> any takeout.
>>>
>>
>> Sometimes you have to. If you are traveling on business, for instance,
>> you can't go home for dinner. Alternative is take=out in your hotel room.
>
> When away from home alone I'd eat at the counter of a diner, or a
> communal table of a cafeteria, not many of those around anymore but
> used to be lots in NYC. But I don't like eating alone at a restaurant
> and rarely have, being the only one all alone at a table you stick out
> like a sore thumb and people actually stare including the servers...
> only exception a real Chinese restaurant, typically so crowded (and
> noisy) no one knows you're alone and people will ask to sit with you,
> with grining, bowing, and nodding because most speak no English...
> during the '50s-'60s best Chinese food in the US was NYC's
> Chinatown... still the best but not nearly as good as it was.
> Toronto's Chinatown has great food too. LA's Chinatown wasn't bad,
> Frisco is the worst by far... I don't think any food in Frisco is
> good, much too commercialized, seafood at the Wharf is way overpriced
> dreck.

Houston had a huge Chinatown, near Minute Maid Park, but it slowly
changed over 3 decades (and it moved), we have a lot of Vietnamese and
Thai, now. In one area, all of the street signs are in Vietnamese.

Becca

On 2014-07-19 3:19 PM, janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>
>> I can honestly say that I have never dined anywhere alone, outside of home.
>
> No surprise there. But normal people do it often.
>


Whoooosshhhhhhh ;-)

On 7/19/2014 3:26 PM, janet wrote:
> In article >, bhansen1949
> @yahoo.com says...
>
> Jill posted
>> I went to the Club
>>>>>>> for dinner. I had the Pesto Capellini which featured seared sea
>>>>>>> scallops, shrimp and pieces of of lobster. The pesto was very nice; the
>>>>>>> basil didn't overwhelm the seafood. The seafood wasn't overcooked. The
>>>>>>> meal was served with two nice soft dinner rolls with whipped herbed
>>>>>>> butter. All in all I'd say they did a nice job with this meal.
>
>
>> and it's a sad state when you basically complain all the time about the food.
>
> see above.
>
>> If you don't like, don't eat it. Didn't your mom teach you that it's better to say
>> nothing than to say something negative?
>
> Didn't your mom teach you to engage brain before mouth?
>
> Janet UK
>
Uh, yeah... what was it I was complaining about? The delicious meal?
Damn! That'll teach me to enjoy my dinner.

Jill

On 2014-07-19 12:28 PM, Chemo wrote:

>> I think it's a rather sad commentary that some people cannot enjoy
>> life
>>
>> without being joined at the hip.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jill
>
> and it's a sad state when you basically complain all the time about
> the food. If you don't like, don't eat it. Didn't your mom teach you
> that it's better to say nothing than to say something negative?
>


That sent the irony meter over the top.

On 7/19/2014 11:56 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/18/2014 3:43 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>> As a matter of fact, I did. I've eaten alone in restaurants many times;
>> it's nothing new nor is there anything odd about it.
>>
>> I remember one particular time around 1990 I went out on my lunch break
>> to a little bistro. There was a couple in line ahead of me. The
>> hostess tried to group me with them. Table for three? They looked at
>> each other, then at me. We sort of chuckled and shook our heads. So
>> then it was just me. She assumed someone was joining me. When I said
>> no she was incredulous. ONE?! Yes, one! People do it all the time.
>> And yes, I had a book with me.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I traveled for business in the late 80's and got used to eating alone. I
> always had a book with me, the heck with good manners. The hardest part
> was trying to politely brush off all the "gentlemen" who wanted to join me.
>
Thread drift... I was on a business trip with two other (male)
co-workers in 1995 or so, attending classes the company paid for. They
paid for the flight and the accomodations at a really nice hotel. As we
were checking into our reserved rooms, the clerk handed both of the men
their room keys. Then he looked at me and asked, "How many keys?"

Can you say INSULTED?! I do not suffer fools. I said EXCUSE ME?! How
*dare* you? I demand to speak with the manager, NOW.

On other trips, I've had to brush off more than a few gentlemen who
assumed just because I was alone, I must want company. Sorry, dude, I
don't want to go out with you. I'm here on business, and it's not
*that* kind of business.

> I'm sure I didn't look like a hooker in my navy blue suits. :-)
>
Maybe a really high class hooker? :-D

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/19/2014 11:56 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 7/18/2014 3:43 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>> As a matter of fact, I did. I've eaten alone in restaurants many
>>> times;
>>> it's nothing new nor is there anything odd about it.
>>>
>>> I remember one particular time around 1990 I went out on my lunch break
>>> to a little bistro. There was a couple in line ahead of me. The
>>> hostess tried to group me with them. Table for three? They looked at
>>> each other, then at me. We sort of chuckled and shook our heads. So
>>> then it was just me. She assumed someone was joining me. When I said
>>> no she was incredulous. ONE?! Yes, one! People do it all the time.
>>> And yes, I had a book with me.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I traveled for business in the late 80's and got used to eating alone. I
>> always had a book with me, the heck with good manners. The hardest part
>> was trying to politely brush off all the "gentlemen" who wanted to
>> join me.
>>
> Thread drift... I was on a business trip with two other (male)
> co-workers in 1995 or so, attending classes the company paid for. They
> paid for the flight and the accomodations at a really nice hotel. As
> we were checking into our reserved rooms, the clerk handed both of the
> men their room keys. Then he looked at me and asked, "How many keys?"
>
> Can you say INSULTED?! I do not suffer fools. I said EXCUSE ME?!
> How *dare* you? I demand to speak with the manager, NOW.
>
> On other trips, I've had to brush off more than a few gentlemen who
> assumed just because I was alone, I must want company. Sorry, dude, I
> don't want to go out with you. I'm here on business, and it's not
> *that* kind of business.
>
>> I'm sure I didn't look like a hooker in my navy blue suits. :-)
>>
> Maybe a really high class hooker? :-D
>
> Jill
>

It's normal for them to ask how many keys you want. I can't remember
the last time they didn't ask me. They have no idea if you have a
spouse or child waiting in the car while you check in.

jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/18/2014 12:55 AM, sf wrote:
>> I doubt she was alone - but if she was, so what.
>>
> I wish these oddballs would stop worrying about my social life.
>
> I think it's a rather sad commentary that some people cannot enjoy life
> without being joined at the hip.
>
> Jill

I know what you mean. (I guess that is obvious to you.) :-)

jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/18/2014 3:41 PM, Gary wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:08:04 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/18/2014 12:55 AM, sf wrote:
>>>>>> "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
>>>>>>> Now all she needs is a date.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I doubt she was alone - but if she was, so what.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I wish these oddballs would stop worrying about my social life.
>>>>
>>>> But did you eat alone or with a friend, Jill? Just curious. I've never
>>>> gone to a restaurant alone. Kind of weird to me. At those times, I'll
>>>> just buy takeout.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Gary, some things are none of your business and that's one of them.
>>
>> Really? It was just an innocent question. I wasn't about to judge her
>> for her answer. I've never eaten at a restaurant alone and I was just
>> wondering if she did.
>>
>> G.
>>
> As a matter of fact, I did. I've eaten alone in restaurants many times;
> it's nothing new nor is there anything odd about it.
>
> I remember one particular time around 1990 I went out on my lunch break
> to a little bistro. There was a couple in line ahead of me. The
> hostess tried to group me with them. Table for three? They looked at
> each other, then at me. We sort of chuckled and shook our heads. So
> then it was just me. She assumed someone was joining me. When I said
> no she was incredulous. ONE?! Yes, one! People do it all the time.
> And yes, I had a book with me.
>
> Jill

Well, ya know, people seem to increasingly be pushed into groups now.
Woe to folks who like working by themselves (sometimes much more
efficiently and effectively than folks do in groups) eating by
themselves, being by themselves. (Cats are nice companions, though.)

On 7/19/2014 11:25 PM, Jean B. wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I remember one particular time around 1990 I went out on my lunch break
>> to a little bistro. There was a couple in line ahead of me. The
>> hostess tried to group me with them. Table for three? They looked at
>> each other, then at me. We sort of chuckled and shook our heads. So
>> then it was just me. She assumed someone was joining me. When I said
>> no she was incredulous. ONE?! Yes, one! People do it all the time.
>> And yes, I had a book with me.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Well, ya know, people seem to increasingly be pushed into groups now.
> Woe to folks who like working by themselves (sometimes much more
> efficiently and effectively than folks do in groups) eating by
> themselves, being by themselves. (Cats are nice companions, though.)

Ah yes, teams, aka too many cooks spoil the broth. No one could ever
agree on anything so something relatively simple took twice as long to
accomplish.

When I worked for SCMS I would eat lunch at my desk. People knew to
leave me alone for that hour; it was pretty much the only quiet moment
in my day when I could catch up on my own work.

Jill

"Jean B." wrote:
>
>Well, ya know, people seem to increasingly be pushed into groups now.
>Woe to folks who like working by themselves (sometimes much more
>efficiently and effectively than folks do in groups) eating by
>themselves, being by themselves.

Gotta love those who post all the lurid details of their personal life
and then bitch bitterly when folks make judgemental remarks... I wish
they'd keep their diarrhea out of a cooking group.

On 7/20/2014 12:31 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Jean B." wrote:
>>
>> Well, ya know, people seem to increasingly be pushed into groups now.
>> Woe to folks who like working by themselves (sometimes much more
>> efficiently and effectively than folks do in groups) eating by
>> themselves, being by themselves.
>
> Gotta love those who post all the lurid details of their personal life
> and then bitch bitterly when folks make judgemental remarks... I wish
> they'd keep their diarrhea out of a cooking group.
>
Pot, kettle, meet black. You posit a bunch of bullshit about me for one
reason only: you're so bitter about the phone thing you just spew out a
bunch of shit.

What is *lurid* about posting about a nice dinner? Basil Cappellini
with seared scallops, shrimp and lobster. Nice dinner rolls with herbed
butter. Quit being such a sore loser. It's quite unbecoming and makes
you look childish.

The sad thing is, I agree with some of your posts. Keep in mind, as
long as you're shoveling shit I'll be happy to toss it right back at you.

Jill