On 1/21/2021 3:34 PM, wrote:
> On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 10:01:31 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>>
>> Also I agree with Sheldon that those separate very shallow bar sinks are
>> even a dumber idea and a waste of money.
>>
> Who's got a bar sink? Not I.
>
Working in many houses, I see them occasionally.
Either a tiny deep sink or even very shallow double sinks.

On 1/21/2021 10:45 PM, Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Jan 21, , Gary wrote
> (in article >):
>
>> As I only watch tv late evenings and night, I sure wouldn't want to sit
>> up in the worthless living room all night to see it.
>
> Get a La-Z-Boy. It´s almost like being in bed. All you need is a La-Z-Boy
> with a small table to the side to make a fine place to eat. Face the shebang
> toward the TV.

La-Z-Boys are nice but notorious ferret killers. I don't see one in my
future. ;o

dsi1 wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 4:09:49 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > Janet wrote:
> >
> > > In article >, cshenk1
> > > @cox.net says...
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 9:53:51 AM UTC-6, Sheldon
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Most people have a KA mixer as kitchen decor so people will
> > > > > > think they cook... same as people who hang all their
> > > > > > cookware from the kitchen ceiling to collect schmutz.
> > > > > >
> > > > > My KA mixer resides on the top of my refrigerator as I have a
> > > > > tiny kitchen with three doorways. GRRRRRRRRRRRR
> > > > >
> > > > > My cookware hangs from a pot rack above the kitchen sink. Did
> > > > > I mention that I have a tiny kitchen? Besides this picture
> > > > > showing my pot rack it also gives a small glimpse of how
> > > > > small my kitchen is. If the mixer resided on the counter I'd
> > > > > have nowhere to cut and chop vegetables or prepare meats.
> > > > > I'll not mention it would take up useable counter space for
> > > > > grocery bags to be unloaded.
> > > > >
> > > > > https://i.postimg.cc/zvYLm6qw/P1010015.jpg
> > > >
> > > > Get ready to laugh. You have more kitchen space than we had in
> > > > Japan.
> > >
> > > The smallest kitchen we ever had, was a small lean-to wooden shed
> > > (corrugated iron roof).
> > >
> > > It was a very narrow galley kitchen, so narrow that one side was
> > > empty to create enough floor space and only one person could work
> > > in it. Standing at the (single) sink, if I put out my arms I was
> > > touching two opposite sides of the kitchen. It had, of course,
> > > been designed by a man who didn't cook. It had beautiful
> > > hand-made solid beech cabinets and a red worktop. We took them
> > > all apart and reinstalled them in a better configuration (around
> > > a double sink).
> > Reminds me of Hawaii Apartment. Couldn't open the fridge and the
> > stove at the same time. It had about your counterspace though.
> >
> > Japan one was 'all on one side' but for counter space it was an
> > 8inch strip plus and 18inch strip. The 18inch one went back 20
> > inches to the wal while the 8inch one was 8 inches wide and 24
> > inches long. The rest was built in sink drain and sink. Most
> > chopping was done with a chopping board over the singlesink (sized
> > as one of your 2 but just the one). Other chopping was on a
> > chopping board over the stove's top.
> > > There's a lot to be said for a kitchen that has everything within
> > > arms reach (or just two steps away), which my current kitchen
> > > does.
> > >
> > > One of my sons currently has a ginormous modern kitchen(also
> > > designed by previous owner, a man who didn;t cook). It looks
> > > amazing but is completely impractical. I absolutely hate cooking
> > > there. Central granite topped island; you can run bloody miles
> > > round it just to make dinner, and there's only one sink. A single.
> > Single or double sinks don't upset me. They each have good and bad.
> > Islands drive me batty unless on wheels like mine, that I can park
> > wherever needed depending on what I am doing.
> >
> > Carol
>
> That's a problem with living on a tiny island. When we got our big,
> beautiful, Samsung refrigerator, I was dismayed to find that the
> dishwasher door hit the refrigerator. When we rebuilt the kitchen, I
> extended the kitchen cabinets out 6 inches or so. I should have
> extended it out around 18 to 24 inches and made it more open. That's
> the breaks. Next time.

Yeah, the Hawaii apartment was a sort of 1 room type where a portion
was sandwiched off to be kitchen and a bathroom at the other end of it,
leaving a sort of cul-de-sac that was a bedroom open to the rest.
Mostly there was very little space between the cabinets so it was a bit
of a dance to have 2 of us in there at the same time.

For all of the fridge vs. stove issues though, it was well laid out for
1 person to cook. I don't recall much counterspace challange either.
The epitome of that was in the Japan cho apartment.

On Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 1:27:04 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> On 1/21/2021 10:45 PM, Leo wrote:
> > On 2021 Jan 21, , Gary wrote
> > (in article >):
> >
> >> As I only watch tv late evenings and night, I sure wouldn't want to sit
> >> up in the worthless living room all night to see it.
> >
> > Get a La-Z-Boy. It´s almost like being in bed. All you need is a La-Z-Boy
> > with a small table to the side to make a fine place to eat. Face the shebang
> > toward the TV.
> La-Z-Boys are nice but notorious ferret killers. I don't see one in my
> future. ;o
Do you think a La-Z-Boy would also work with a cat or rather, cats?

On 1/19/2021 2:31 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> We didn't have a grade school cafeteria. Everybody who had a mother
> at home walked home for lunch. The rest of us brown-bagged it.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
I'm very late to this school cafeteria thread. Mea Culpa! Being a
military brat I went to a lot of different elementary/grade schools in
different states. There was always a school cafeteria. There were
"lunch ladies". I always brought my lunch rather than buying lunch.
Never was close enough to walk home for lunch and get back in time for
class.

I nearly always took a lunch box with a thermos of milk. PB Sandwich
and a bag of potato chips. Sometimes got a Hostess cupcake, too.

The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity. I recall when I was about
7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA. I saw a sign saying they were
going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria. I begged my mother, could I
please buy my lunch? She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
would be like going to Taco Bell. (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".) I tried to say that and
the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy. She can't possibly NOT
add lettuce! I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!

I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
Seems I was just as stubborn as they were. Why on earth would you
insist I eat something I don't like? Why tell the staff they HAVE to
put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?

I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.

Jill

On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:03:44 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>I'm very late to this school cafeteria thread. Mea Culpa! Being a
>military brat I went to a lot of different elementary/grade schools in
>different states. There was always a school cafeteria. There were
>"lunch ladies". I always brought my lunch rather than buying lunch.
>Never was close enough to walk home for lunch and get back in time for
>class.
>
>I nearly always took a lunch box with a thermos of milk. PB Sandwich
>and a bag of potato chips. Sometimes got a Hostess cupcake, too.
>
>The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity. I recall when I was about
>7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA. I saw a sign saying they were
>going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria. I begged my mother, could I
>please buy my lunch? She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
>Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
>would be like going to Taco Bell. (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
>back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".) I tried to say that and
>the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy. She can't possibly NOT
>add lettuce! I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>
>I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
>to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
> Seems I was just as stubborn as they were. Why on earth would you
>insist I eat something I don't like? Why tell the staff they HAVE to
>put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>
>I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
>School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
>times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
>hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
>skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
>afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.

You just read an excerpt from "Cafeteria And Me, A Journey", by Jill
McBiddy.

On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:31:13 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
snip
>
>We didn't have a grade school cafeteria. Everybody who had a mother
>at home walked home for lunch. The rest of us brown-bagged it.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

We didn't have a cafeteria in grade school either. Everyone walked
home for lunch. We did have a cafeteria for the high school . I took
a packed lunch then and ate in the cafeteria.
Janet US

dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 1:27:04 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>> On 1/21/2021 10:45 PM, Leo wrote:
>>> On 2021 Jan 21, , Gary wrote
>>> (in article >):
>>>
>>>> As I only watch tv late evenings and night, I sure wouldn't want to sit
>>>> up in the worthless living room all night to see it.
>>>
>>> Get a La-Z-Boy. It´s almost like being in bed. All you need is a La-Z-Boy
>>> with a small table to the side to make a fine place to eat. Face the shebang
>>> toward the TV.
>> La-Z-Boys are nice but notorious ferret killers. I don't see one in my
>> future. ;o
> Do you think a La-Z-Boy would also work with a cat or rather, cats?
>

Works fine with cats. I also used to have 5 german shepards too.
None of my varmints has ever had a problem with the lazy boys. They
are very good chairs.

Master Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:03:44 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> I'm very late to this school cafeteria thread. Mea Culpa! Being a
>> military brat I went to a lot of different elementary/grade schools in
>> different states. There was always a school cafeteria. There were
>> "lunch ladies". I always brought my lunch rather than buying lunch.
>> Never was close enough to walk home for lunch and get back in time for
>> class.
>>
>> I nearly always took a lunch box with a thermos of milk. PB Sandwich
>> and a bag of potato chips. Sometimes got a Hostess cupcake, too.
>>
>> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity. I recall when I was about
>> 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA. I saw a sign saying they were
>> going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria. I begged my mother, could I
>> please buy my lunch? She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
>> Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
>> would be like going to Taco Bell. (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
>> back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".) I tried to say that and
>> the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy. She can't possibly NOT
>> add lettuce! I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>>
>> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
>> to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
>> Seems I was just as stubborn as they were. Why on earth would you
>> insist I eat something I don't like? Why tell the staff they HAVE to
>> put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>>
>> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
>> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
>> times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
>> hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
>> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
>> afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
>
> You just read an excerpt from "Cafeteria And Me, A Journey", by Jill
> McBiddy.
>

With butt sniffing commentary by Gruce, the dutch master.

On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity. I recall when I was about
> 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA. I saw a sign saying they were
> going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria. I begged my mother, could I
> please buy my lunch? She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
> Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
> would be like going to Taco Bell. (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
> back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".) I tried to say that and
> the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy. She can't possibly NOT
> add lettuce! I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>
> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
> to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
> Seems I was just as stubborn as they were. Why on earth would you
> insist I eat something I don't like? Why tell the staff they HAVE to
> put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?

That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
mother had to come pick you up after school. All because you refused to
eat your taco?

Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?

>
> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
> times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
> hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
> afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.

The entire reason I call you a "princess." Your finicky eating is
second only to your best friend, Julie.

On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 9:14:47 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity. I recall when I was about
> > 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA. I saw a sign saying they were
> > going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria. I begged my mother, could I
> > please buy my lunch? She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
> > Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
> > would be like going to Taco Bell. (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
> > back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".) I tried to say that and
> > the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy. She can't possibly NOT
> > add lettuce! I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
> >
> > I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
> > to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
> > Seems I was just as stubborn as they were. Why on earth would you
> > insist I eat something I don't like? Why tell the staff they HAVE to
> > put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
> That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
> They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
> mother had to come pick you up after school. All because you refused to
> eat your taco?
>
> Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
> >
> > I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
> > School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
> > times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
> > hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
> > skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
> > afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
> The entire reason I call you a "princess." Your finicky eating is
> second only to your best friend, Julie.

What is your problem with people who are selective about what they
eat?

It's an earnest question. Why does it move you to comment?

Cindy Hamilton

On 1/24/2021 9:14 AM, Gary wrote:
> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity.Â* I recall when I was about
>> 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA.Â* I saw a sign saying they were
>> going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria.Â* I begged my mother, could I
>> please buy my lunch?Â* She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
>> Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
>> would be like going to Taco Bell.Â* (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
>> back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".)Â* I tried to say that and
>> the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy.Â* She can't possibly NOT
>> add lettuce!Â* I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>>
>> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
>> to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
>> Â*Seems I was just as stubborn as they were.Â* Why on earth would you
>> insist I eat something I don't like?Â* Why tell the staff they HAVE to
>> put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>
> That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
> They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
> mother had to come pick you up after school.Â* All because you refused to
> eat your taco?
>
> Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
>
I was six years old, Gary. First grade, Olive Elementary School in
Vista, CA. I don't know why I didn't pick the lettuce off. I also
don't know why they insisted they had to put lettuce on the taco.

>> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since.Â* Where I went to High
>> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
>> times to check it out.Â* Steam tables involved.Â* Slices of pizza and
>> hamburgers.Â* Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers.Â* I
>> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
>> afternoon.Â* Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
>
> The entire reason I call you a "princess."Â* Your finicky eating is
> second only to your best friend, Julie.
>
No, you're just a jerk. Maybe you like wasting money. I'm sure you'd
have LOVED the plastic-wrapped hamburgers and limp soggy fries. I'd buy
a carton of milk and get a bag of chips from the vending machine and sit
outside with my friends. I had to rush back upstairs to the radio
station in time to mark up copy from the AP and UPI wires and do a news
broadcast at 11:30. School let out at 2:15. I'd fix myself a snack
when I got home.

Jill

On 2021-01-24 9:14 a.m., Gary wrote:
> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:

>> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since.Â* Where I went to High
>> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
>> times to check it out.Â* Steam tables involved.Â* Slices of pizza and
>> hamburgers.Â* Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers.Â* I
>> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
>> afternoon.Â* Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
>
> The entire reason I call you a "princess."Â* Your finicky eating is
> second only to your best friend, Julie.
>


There is no similarity. There are some things that Jill doesn't like. It
is not unusual for people to dislike some foods, even though others like
them. Jill is not in the habit of posting messages looking for help or
advice and then shoot down every bit of help offered.

On 1/24/2021 9:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 9:14:47 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity. I recall when I was about
>>> 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA. I saw a sign saying they were
>>> going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria. I begged my mother, could I
>>> please buy my lunch? She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
>>> Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
>>> would be like going to Taco Bell. (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
>>> back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".) I tried to say that and
>>> the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy. She can't possibly NOT
>>> add lettuce! I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>>>
>>> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
>>> to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
>>> Seems I was just as stubborn as they were. Why on earth would you
>>> insist I eat something I don't like? Why tell the staff they HAVE to
>>> put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>> That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
>> They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
>> mother had to come pick you up after school. All because you refused to
>> eat your taco?
>>
>> Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
>>>
>>> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
>>> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
>>> times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
>>> hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
>>> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
>>> afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
>> The entire reason I call you a "princess." Your finicky eating is
>> second only to your best friend, Julie.
>
> What is your problem with people who are selective about what they
> eat?
>
> It's an earnest question. Why does it move you to comment?
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Thank you, Cindy. I wonder the same thing. Dude has a burr up his butt
when it comes to me. Hold on while I go get my tiara.

Jill

On 1/24/2021 6:57 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/24/2021 9:14 AM, Gary wrote:
>> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity.Â* I recall when I was about
>>> 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA.Â* I saw a sign saying they were
>>> going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria.Â* I begged my mother, could I
>>> please buy my lunch?Â* She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
>>> Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
>>> would be like going to Taco Bell.Â* (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
>>> back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".)Â* I tried to say that and
>>> the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy.Â* She can't possibly NOT
>>> add lettuce!Â* I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>>>
>>> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
>>> to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
>>> Â*Seems I was just as stubborn as they were.Â* Why on earth would you
>>> insist I eat something I don't like?Â* Why tell the staff they HAVE to
>>> put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>>
>> That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
>> They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
>> mother had to come pick you up after school.Â* All because you refused to
>> eat your taco?
>>
>> Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
>>
> I was six years old, Gary. First grade, Olive Elementary School in
> Vista, CA. I don't know why I didn't pick the lettuce off. I also
> don't know why they insisted they had to put lettuce on the taco.
>
>>> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since.Â* Where I went to High
>>> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
>>> times to check it out.Â* Steam tables involved.Â* Slices of pizza and
>>> hamburgers.Â* Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers.Â* I
>>> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
>>> afternoon.Â* Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
>>
>> The entire reason I call you a "princess."Â* Your finicky eating is
>> second only to your best friend, Julie.
>>
> No, you're just a jerk. Maybe you like wasting money. I'm sure you'd
> have LOVED the plastic-wrapped hamburgers and limp soggy fries. I'd buy
> a carton of milk and get a bag of chips from the vending machine and sit
> outside with my friends. I had to rush back upstairs to the radio
> station in time to mark up copy from the AP and UPI wires and do a news
> broadcast at 11:30. School let out at 2:15. I'd fix myself a snack
> when I got home.
>
> Jill
>


You did that in the first grade?

On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 8:14:47 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity. I recall when I was about
> > 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA. I saw a sign saying they were
> > going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria. I begged my mother, could I
> > please buy my lunch? She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
> > Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
> > would be like going to Taco Bell. (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
> > back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".) I tried to say that and
> > the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy. She can't possibly NOT
> > add lettuce! I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
> >
> > I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
> > to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
> > Seems I was just as stubborn as they were. Why on earth would you
> > insist I eat something I don't like? Why tell the staff they HAVE to
> > put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
> That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
> They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
> mother had to come pick you up after school. All because you refused to
> eat your taco?
>
> Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
>
She was a child, and children can be awfully weird about food. When I
was about 5, I wouldn't eat a slice of tomato because it had "touched
lettuce." In a weird coincidence, it was tacos that got me to try lettuce.
I was probably 10 or 11, when we stopped at a Taco Tico. I wasn't
allowed to order a taco if I wasn't willing to eat the lettuce. There were
other items I could have ordered that didn't include lettuce, but for
some reason I really wanted a taco. I tried it, and amazingly, I liked it.
Now I like lettuce a lot, and I positively love iceberg.

On a related note, until I was in my late 30s, I wouldn't tru guacamole.
I thought of avocados as both green and slimy. What happened is
that I got a little belly button hernia. Nothing serious, but it did require
outpatient surgery with anesthesia, which meant that I wasn't allowed
to eat breakfast. When I came to, I was ravenously hungry. Even
though my wife was there to drive me, they wouldn't let me leave until
the anesthesia had completely worn off, so I lied, and told them that I
was completely clear headed, and they let me leave.

I told my wife, "Take me to Hacienda." Well, when we got there I
ordered a pitcher of Michelob, and there were chips and salsa. My
wife ordered guacamole, and we both ordered entrees. When the beer
arrived, I didn't even bother pouring it into the glass, but just drank
most of the pitcher down very quickly. See? I wanted to experience
the synergy of the remnants of the anesthesia, which was still pretty
nice, with the alcohol, and on an empty stomach, 3 pints of beer hit
the spot--and the bloodstream--very quickly.

OK, so I am delightfully high. Because the guacamole was an
appetizer, they had brought that with the beer. My inhibitions were
very low, and I looked at that green, slimy stuff, and said, "Lemme try
that." So I took a chip, dipped it in, put it in my mouth, and became a
convert to avocado eating.
> >
> > I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
> > School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
> > times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
> > hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
> > skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
> > afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
>
Crinkle cut fries are the crappiest. From what I've gathered, the cafeteria
food at our school district was better than most. The district was
always in the top 3 or 4 best schools in the state. It was very middle
class, with very few rich or poor, and the higher income families sent
their kids to public school. Quite a few things were made fresh, not
from giant cans.
>
> The entire reason I call you a "princess." Your finicky eating is
> second only to your best friend, Julie.
>
Then there are folks here who might as well be slopped because they
eat crappy food, and Jill doesn't defend Julie. You do.

--Bryan

On 1/24/2021 10:04 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-01-24 9:14 a.m., Gary wrote:
>> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since.Â* Where I went to High
>>> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
>>> times to check it out.Â* Steam tables involved.Â* Slices of pizza and
>>> hamburgers.Â* Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers.Â* I
>>> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
>>> afternoon.Â* Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
>>
>> The entire reason I call you a "princess."Â* Your finicky eating is
>> second only to your best friend, Julie.
>>
>
>
> There is no similarity. There are some things that Jill doesn't like. It
> is not unusual for people to dislike some foods, even though others like
> them. Jill is not in the habit of posting messages looking for help or
> advice and then shoot down every bit of help offered.
>
>
Thanks, Dave. His comparing me with her is quite a stretch. Maybe he
would enjoy paying for slices of mediocre pizza held warm on a steam
table. Ditto hamburgers wrapped in plastic. Why does it bother him
that I chose NOT to buy unappetizing *high school cafeteria* food?

Having said that, I'm not totally against cafeterias. There was a
wonderful restaurant/cafeteria in Germantown, TN. Picadilly's. It's a
regional chain. I sometimes went there with co-workers for lunch. They
had great food and yes, you got to pick and choose.

If they'd had a "taco day" and I said "no lettuce" there would be no
lettuce and not one of the employees would have blinked. Fortunately,
in the Adult World we have a choice. Cafeterias aren't restricted by
school lunch guidelines or mediocre food. Nor am I required to pay for
and eat something I don't like. I get to pick and choose. Go figure.

Jill

On 2021-01-24 11:23 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/24/2021 10:04 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

>>
>> There is no similarity. There are some things that Jill doesn't like.
>> It is not unusual for people to dislike some foods, even though others
>> like them. Jill is not in the habit of posting messages looking for
>> help or advice and then shoot down every bit of help offered.
>>
>>
> Thanks, Dave.Â* His comparing me with her is quite a stretch.Â* Maybe he
> would enjoy paying for slices of mediocre pizza held warm on a steam
> table.Â* Ditto hamburgers wrapped in plastic.Â* Why does it bother him
> that I chose NOT to buy unappetizing *high school cafeteria* food?

Bear in mind this is the guy who actually likes McDonalds Burgers and
who has something against wine or beer with a meal. His sense of taste
is certainly quite different from mine.


>
> Having said that, I'm not totally against cafeterias.Â* There was a
> wonderful restaurant/cafeteria in Germantown, TN.Â* Picadilly's.Â* It's a
> regional chain.Â* I sometimes went there with co-workers for lunch.Â* They
> had great food and yes, you got to pick and choose.


I was turned off cafeterias when I was young. For some reason I went
with my father and his friend to visit the man's son at university. We
had lunch at the cafeteria. It was eggs Florentine... a poached egg on a
glop of much spinach. It was disgusting. Back in those days there was
not much spare cash so any meal in a restaurant setting was not to be
wasted. I got it down, but it left a horrible impression on me.


> If they'd had a "taco day" and I said "no lettuce" there would be no
> lettuce and not one of the employees would have blinked.Â* Fortunately,
> in the Adult World we have a choice.Â* Cafeterias aren't restricted by
> school lunch guidelines or mediocre food.Â* Nor am I required to pay for
> and eat something I don't like.Â* I get to pick and choose.Â* Go figure.

You should get to pick and choose when you pay.

BTW.... take note of Gary's attempt to incite comments about someone
who has left the group. He is one of a small group who often said that
if that person left we would still be talking about her. I will take
this as a minor attempt to make his prediction come true. As with the
last time, it was one of her fan club who tried to bring her name up.
There was not much reaction to the first one, so the sisterhood of
stupidity was wrong about that.

On 1/24/2021 9:57 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/24/2021 9:14 AM, Gary wrote:
>> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity.Â* I recall when I was about
>>> 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA.Â* I saw a sign saying they were
>>> going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria.Â* I begged my mother, could I
>>> please buy my lunch?Â* She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
>>> Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
>>> would be like going to Taco Bell.Â* (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
>>> back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".)Â* I tried to say that and
>>> the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy.Â* She can't possibly NOT
>>> add lettuce!Â* I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>>>
>>> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
>>> to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
>>> Â*Seems I was just as stubborn as they were.Â* Why on earth would you
>>> insist I eat something I don't like?Â* Why tell the staff they HAVE to
>>> put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>>
>> That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
>> They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
>> mother had to come pick you up after school.Â* All because you refused
>> to eat your taco?
>>
>> Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
>>
> I was six years old, Gary.Â* First grade, Olive Elementary School in
> Vista, CA.Â* I don't know why I didn't pick the lettuce off.Â* I also
> don't know why they insisted they had to put lettuce on the taco.

Probably some stupid regulation. Without lettuce it would not meet the
standards for a nutritious meal. Besides, you don't screw with the
lunch ladies!

On 1/24/2021 11:10 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 8:14:47 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity. I recall when I was about
>>> 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA. I saw a sign saying they were
>>> going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria. I begged my mother, could I
>>> please buy my lunch? She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
>>> Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
>>> would be like going to Taco Bell. (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
>>> back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".) I tried to say that and
>>> the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy. She can't possibly NOT
>>> add lettuce! I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>>>
>>> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
>>> to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
>>> Seems I was just as stubborn as they were. Why on earth would you
>>> insist I eat something I don't like? Why tell the staff they HAVE to
>>> put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>> That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
>> They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
>> mother had to come pick you up after school. All because you refused to
>> eat your taco?
>>
>> Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
>>
> She was a child, and children can be awfully weird about food. When I
> was about 5, I wouldn't eat a slice of tomato because it had "touched
> lettuce."
>>> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
>>> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
>>> times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
>>> hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
>>> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
>>> afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
>>
> Crinkle cut fries are the crappiest.

Fries, regardless of cut, need to be crisp on the outside! The steam
table to hold them and the plastic wrapped burgers warm didn't cut it.
Ditto the crappy looking pizza. I gather this is what they thought High
School students would like to eat in the 1970's. And yes, lots of
students did but it and sit down and eat it. I chose not to.

> From what I've gathered, the cafeteria
> food at our school district was better than most. The district was
> always in the top 3 or 4 best schools in the state. It was very middle
> class, with very few rich or poor, and the higher income families sent
> their kids to public school. Quite a few things were made fresh, not
> from giant cans.

That's a good thing, made fresh! I don't know why Gary cares about a
what I ate when I went to high school.

>> The entire reason I call you a "princess." Your finicky eating is
>> second only to your best friend, Julie.
>>
> Then there are folks here who might as well be slopped because they
> eat crappy food, and Jill doesn't defend Julie. You do.
>
> --Bryan
>
He pretends to be her champion while cutting her down. Tells everyone
to stop bullying her then gets in his not-so-subtle digs. Hence the
term "princess". He does the same thing with Kuthe.

Gary's getting his few minutes here, isn't he? There's plenty of time
for him to criticize what I cook for dinner tonight. Guess everyone
will have to wait and see if I bother to post about that.

Jill

On 1/24/2021 11:41 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-01-24 11:23 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 1/24/2021 10:04 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>>
>>> There is no similarity. There are some things that Jill doesn't like.
>>> It is not unusual for people to dislike some foods, even though
>>> others like them. Jill is not in the habit of posting messages
>>> looking for help or advice and then shoot down every bit of help
>>> offered.
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks, Dave.Â* His comparing me with her is quite a stretch.Â* Maybe he
>> would enjoy paying for slices of mediocre pizza held warm on a steam
>> table.Â* Ditto hamburgers wrapped in plastic.Â* Why does it bother him
>> that I chose NOT to buy unappetizing *high school cafeteria* food?
>
> Bear in mind this is the guy who actually likes McDonalds Burgers and
> who has something against wine or beer with a meal.Â* His sense of taste
> is certainly quite different from mine.
>
>>
>> Having said that, I'm not totally against cafeterias.Â* There was a
>> wonderful restaurant/cafeteria in Germantown, TN.Â* Picadilly's.Â* It's
>> a regional chain.Â* I sometimes went there with co-workers for lunch.
>> They had great food and yes, you got to pick and choose.
>
>
> I was turned off cafeterias when I was young. For some reason I went
> with my father and his friend to visit the man's son at university. We
> had lunch at the cafeteria. It was eggs Florentine... a poached egg on a
> glop of much spinach. It was disgusting.Â* Back in those days there was
> not much spare cash so any meal in a restaurant setting was not to be
> wasted.Â* I got it down, but it left a horrible impression on me.
>
I really cannot comment about Eggs Florentine. I love spinach (properly
prepared, not boiled to death) but really don't like (Gary will love
this) poached eggs.

I do like eggs scrambled with a bit of melted brie and baby leaf
spinach. I know that doesn't hit your heart healthy needs now but oh
boy is it tasty!

>> If they'd had a "taco day" and I said "no lettuce" there would be no
>> lettuce and not one of the employees would have blinked.Â* Fortunately,
>> in the Adult World we have a choice.Â* Cafeterias aren't restricted by
>> school lunch guidelines or mediocre food.Â* Nor am I required to pay
>> for and eat something I don't like.Â* I get to pick and choose.Â* Go
>> figure.
>
> You should get to pick and choose when you pay.
>
Except when you're a child of six in an elementary school cafeteria and
you are told they HAVE to do things a certain way. At least when I was
in High School I didn't have to eat there.

> BTW.... take note of Gary's attempt to incite comments about someone who
> has left the group.

He just wants to rag on me. Don't know why.

Jill

On 1/24/2021 11:51 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 1/24/2021 9:57 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 1/24/2021 9:14 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity.Â* I recall when I was
>>>> about
>>>> 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA.Â* I saw a sign saying they were
>>>> going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria.Â* I begged my mother,
>>>> could I
>>>> please buy my lunch?Â* She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
>>>> Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
>>>> would be like going to Taco Bell.Â* (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
>>>> back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".)Â* I tried to say that and
>>>> the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy.Â* She can't possibly NOT
>>>> add lettuce!Â* I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>>>>
>>>> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
>>>> to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg
>>>> lettuce.
>>>> Â*Seems I was just as stubborn as they were.Â* Why on earth would you
>>>> insist I eat something I don't like?Â* Why tell the staff they HAVE to
>>>> put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>>>
>>> That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
>>> They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
>>> mother had to come pick you up after school.Â* All because you refused
>>> to eat your taco?
>>>
>>> Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
>>>
>> I was six years old, Gary.Â* First grade, Olive Elementary School in
>> Vista, CA.Â* I don't know why I didn't pick the lettuce off.Â* I also
>> don't know why they insisted they had to put lettuce on the taco.
>
> Probably some stupid regulation.Â* Without lettuce it would not meet the
> standards for a nutritious meal.Â* Besides, you don't screw with the
> lunch ladies!

Regulations, exactly. I was six years old. Looking back I think they
thought they'd be depriving me of much needed nutrition if I got the
taco without lettuce. It was admittedly an odd situation. They never
even noticed what I brought for lunch before. PB sandwiches and chips.
This was the first time I'd ever paid for my lunch and they made it
into a big deal. I didn't understand it then and don't understand it now.

So sorry I disrupted the routine assembly line lunch ladies at Olive
Elementary School in 1966!

Jill

On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 10:23:42 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> On 1/24/2021 10:04 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-01-24 9:14 a.m., Gary wrote:
> >> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >>> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
> >>> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
> >>> times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
> >>> hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
> >>> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
> >>> afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
> >>
> >> The entire reason I call you a "princess." Your finicky eating is
> >> second only to your best friend, Julie.
> >>
> >
> >
> > There is no similarity. There are some things that Jill doesn't like. It
> > is not unusual for people to dislike some foods, even though others like
> > them. Jill is not in the habit of posting messages looking for help or
> > advice and then shoot down every bit of help offered.
> >
> >
> Thanks, Dave. His comparing me with her is quite a stretch. Maybe he
> would enjoy paying for slices of mediocre pizza held warm on a steam
> table. Ditto hamburgers wrapped in plastic. Why does it bother him
> that I chose NOT to buy unappetizing *high school cafeteria* food?
>
> Having said that, I'm not totally against cafeterias. There was a
> wonderful restaurant/cafeteria in Germantown, TN. Picadilly's. It's a
> regional chain. I sometimes went there with co-workers for lunch. They
> had great food and yes, you got to pick and choose.
>
I love the idea of cafeterias. In the mid 1980s, when my wife went to
St. Louis University, their cafeteria was operated by Marriot, and the
food was really good. We lived across the street for about a year, and
I would have eaten there more often if it wasn't kind of pricey for our
limited income.

**************
The employees at the school cafeteria had so easily succumbed to
her charms. Even the grumpiest of them, a woman about Ian's age,
softened when she saw Winter. The second day they'd eaten in the
cafeteria, Winter's phone rang, and she just let it ring in her purse.
She had been deciding between two side dishes, and had inquired
what was in one of them when it rang. The woman had brusquely
asked her, "Aren't you going to answer that?"
Winter had said, "No, I'm already talking to somebody. Whoever it
is, they can wait." Without even realizing how meaningful her
words might be, Winter had told this person that she was
"Somebody."
**************
>
> Jill

--Bryan

On 1/24/2021 12:30 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> The employees at the school cafeteria had so easily succumbed to
> her charms. Even the grumpiest of them, a woman about Ian's age,
> softened when she saw Winter.
>
> --Bryan
>
Good lord. Are you still trying to tout your free book?

Jill

On 2021-01-24 12:12 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/24/2021 11:41 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> O
>>>>
>>> Thanks, Dave.Â* His comparing me with her is quite a stretch.Â* Maybe
>>> he would enjoy paying for slices of mediocre pizza held warm on a
>>> steam table.Â* Ditto hamburgers wrapped in plastic.Â* Why does it
>>> bother him that I chose NOT to buy unappetizing *high school
>>> cafeteria* food?
>>
>> Bear in mind this is the guy who actually likes McDonalds Burgers and
>> who has something against wine or beer with a meal.Â* His sense of
>> taste is certainly quite different from mine.
>>
>>>
>>> Having said that, I'm not totally against cafeterias.Â* There was a
>>> wonderful restaurant/cafeteria in Germantown, TN.Â* Picadilly's.Â* It's
>>> a regional chain.Â* I sometimes went there with co-workers for lunch.
>>> They had great food and yes, you got to pick and choose.
>>
>>
>> I was turned off cafeterias when I was young. For some reason I went
>> with my father and his friend to visit the man's son at university. We
>> had lunch at the cafeteria. It was eggs Florentine... a poached egg on
>> a glop of much spinach. It was disgusting.Â* Back in those days there
>> was not much spare cash so any meal in a restaurant setting was not to
>> be wasted.Â* I got it down, but it left a horrible impression on me.
>>
> I really cannot comment about Eggs Florentine.Â* I love spinach (properly
> prepared, not boiled to death) but really don't like (Gary will love
> this) poached eggs.

Well there you go. You don't like poached eggs. I love poached eggs. I
like scrambled eggs if they are wet. I really dislike dry scrambled eggs
and have an even stronger aversion to omelets. Not crazy about hard
boiled. In this case, it was that disgusting overcooked spinach that
was the problem.

I finally tried eggs Florentine again about two years ago. That time the
spinach was chopped up in a sort of Hollandaise sauce. It was pretty
good and I tried it again in another diner where they were really good.

I had a bit of fun with the waitress that time. I ordered the eggs
Florentine and when the waitress brought my order I looked at it and
then at her and said "Spinach? .. on eggs?" She was sort of shocked and
then started to explain that's what Florentine is, and then realized I
was kidding.



>
> I do like eggs scrambled with a bit of melted brie and baby leaf
> spinach.Â* I know that doesn't hit your heart healthy needs now but oh
> boy is it tasty!

I still think the best scrambled eggs are done with spinach and Trinidad
hot sauce.


>.
>
>> BTW.... take note of Gary's attempt to incite comments about someone
>> who has left the group.
>
> He just wants to rag on me.Â* Don't know why.
>

Yes, but note his attempt to draw us into making comments about the
absentee.

wrote:
> On 1/24/2021 10:04 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-01-24 9:14 a.m., Gary wrote:
> >> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >>> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
> >>> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
> >>> times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
> >>> hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
> >>> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
> >>> afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
> >>
> >> The entire reason I call you a "princess." Your finicky eating is
> >> second only to your best friend, Julie.
> >>
> >
> >
> > There is no similarity. There are some things that Jill doesn't like. It
> > is not unusual for people to dislike some foods, even though others like
> > them. Jill is not in the habit of posting messages looking for help or
> > advice and then shoot down every bit of help offered.
> >
> >
> Thanks, Dave. His comparing me with her is quite a stretch. Maybe he
> would enjoy paying for slices of mediocre pizza held warm on a steam
> table. Ditto hamburgers wrapped in plastic. Why does it bother him
> that I chose NOT to buy unappetizing *high school cafeteria* food?
>
> Having said that, I'm not totally against cafeterias. There was a
> wonderful restaurant/cafeteria in Germantown, TN. Picadilly's. It's a
> regional chain. I sometimes went there with co-workers for lunch. They
> had great food and yes, you got to pick and choose.
>
> If they'd had a "taco day" and I said "no lettuce" there would be no
> lettuce and not one of the employees would have blinked. Fortunately,
> in the Adult World we have a choice. Cafeterias aren't restricted by
> school lunch guidelines or mediocre food. Nor am I required to pay for
> and eat something I don't like. I get to pick and choose. Go figure.


Only a Princess Jill would be nattering on about lettuce on a taco from 1958, lol...!!!

--
Best
Greg

On 1/24/2021 12:12 PM, jmcquown wrote:

>
>> BTW.... take note of Gary's attempt to incite comments about someone
>> who has left the group.
>
> He just wants to rag on me.Â* Don't know why.
>
> Jill

Could be he is a little shy but really his way of saying "I love you"
but is afraid to just come out with it. He still gets your attention.

On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 11:52:11 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> On 1/24/2021 12:30 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > The employees at the school cafeteria had so easily succumbed to
> > her charms. Even the grumpiest of them, a woman about Ian's age,
> > softened when she saw Winter.
> >
> > --Bryan
> >
> Good lord. Are you still trying to tout your free book?
>
I'm prodding y'all to enlightenment.
>
> Jill

--Bryan

wrote:
> On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 11:52:11 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> > On 1/24/2021 12:30 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > > The employees at the school cafeteria had so easily succumbed to
> > > her charms. Even the grumpiest of them, a woman about Ian's age,
> > > softened when she saw Winter.
> > >
> > > --Bryan
> > >
> > Good lord. Are you still trying to tout your free book?
> >
> I'm prodding y'all to enlightenment.


Lol...another Jill Drinking Game: "When Jill mentions Bryan's free e-book"...

<chuckle>

--
Best
Greg

On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 11:53:19 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> Yes, but note his attempt to draw us into making comments about the
> absentee.

She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

--Bryan

wrote:
> On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 11:53:19 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >
> > Yes, but note his attempt to draw us into making comments about the
> > absentee.
> She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named


Does Dave know what an "irony meter" is, lol...???

--
Best
Greg

On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 12:32:36 PM UTC-6, GM wrote:
> wrote:
> > On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 11:53:19 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > Yes, but note his attempt to draw us into making comments about the
> > > absentee.
> > She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
> Does Dave know what an "irony meter" is, lol...???
>
A bar made of ferrous metal that is ~39.3701" long?
>
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> Best
> Greg

--Bryan

jmcquown wrote:

> On 1/19/2021 2:31 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > We didn't have a grade school cafeteria. Everybody who had a mother
> > at home walked home for lunch. The rest of us brown-bagged it.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> I'm very late to this school cafeteria thread. Mea Culpa! Being a
> military brat I went to a lot of different elementary/grade schools
> in different states. There was always a school cafeteria. There
> were "lunch ladies". I always brought my lunch rather than buying
> lunch. Never was close enough to walk home for lunch and get back in
> time for class.
>
> I nearly always took a lunch box with a thermos of milk. PB Sandwich
> and a bag of potato chips. Sometimes got a Hostess cupcake, too.
>
> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity. I recall when I was
> about 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA. I saw a sign saying
> they were going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria. I begged my
> mother, could I please buy my lunch? She warned me, "They'll have
> lettuce on them." Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going
> through the lunch line would be like going to Taco Bell. (Yes, my
> mother took us to Taco Bell back in 1967 and she specified "no
> lettuce".) I tried to say that and the lunch lady looked at me like
> I was crazy. She can't possibly NOT add lettuce! I was told here's
> your taco, now go eat it!
>
> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my
> mother to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with
> iceburg lettuce. Seems I was just as stubborn as they were. Why on
> earth would you insist I eat something I don't like? Why tell the
> staff they HAVE to put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>
> I've haven't eaten in a school cafeteria since. Where I went to High
> School did have a cafeteria and I went through the line a couple of
> times to check it out. Steam tables involved. Slices of pizza and
> hamburgers. Limp little crinkle fries to go with the burgers. I
> skipped lunch and ate when I got home from school in the early
> afternoon. Meals at school cafeterias hold no fond memories for me.
>
> Jill

I wasn't a military brat (though Charlotte was) but we moved a lot.
There was always a cafeteria. Most of my life it was a packed lunch
because school ones were too expensive. Once I got a job, I bought my
own school lunches (grin, they were not bad but Mom wasn't a cook).

By the time I had a job, we'd upscaled home food with this new thing
called 'Hamburger Helper' and 'Tuna Helper'. For *us* that was good
eating! I might add, I got my first job at age 15 and by 14 or so my
brother and I were making most of the meals from whatever Mom had
defrosted while we were in school.

Laugh all you folks want, but culinarily I come from humble beginnings
and money was always tight with a woman raising 3 kids alone in the
60s/70s.

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:04:16 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-01-24 9:14 a.m., Gary wrote:
>>
>> The entire reason I call you a "princess."Â* Your finicky eating is
>> second only to your best friend, Julie.
>>
>
>
>There is no similarity. There are some things that Jill doesn't like. It
>is not unusual for people to dislike some foods, even though others like
>them. Jill is not in the habit of posting messages looking for help or
>advice and then shoot down every bit of help offered.

Dave's still talking about Julie. Don't expect that to stop any time
soon.

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:41:38 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>BTW.... take note of Gary's attempt to incite comments about someone
>who has left the group. He is one of a small group who often said that
>if that person left we would still be talking about her.

You are.

wrote:
> On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 12:32:36 PM UTC-6, GM wrote:
> > wrote:
> > > On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 11:53:19 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > Yes, but note his attempt to draw us into making comments about the
> > > > absentee.
> > > She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
> > Does Dave know what an "irony meter" is, lol...???
> >
> A bar made of ferrous metal that is ~39.3701" long?


;-D

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Best
Greg

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 1/24/2021 9:57 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 1/24/2021 9:14 AM, Gary wrote:
> > > On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity.Â* I recall when I
> > > > was about 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA.Â* I saw a sign
> > > > saying they were going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria.Â* I
> > > > begged my mother, could I please buy my lunch?Â* She warned me,
> > > > "They'll have lettuce on them." Silly me, I don't know why but
> > > > I thought going through the lunch line would be like going to
> > > > Taco Bell.Â* (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell back in 1967
> > > > and she specified "no lettuce".)Â* I tried to say that and the
> > > > lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy.Â* She can't possibly
> > > > NOT add lettuce!Â* I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
> > > >
> > > > I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my
> > > > mother to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with
> > > > iceburg lettuce. Â*Seems I was just as stubborn as they were.Â*
> > > > Why on earth would you insist I eat something I don't like?Â*
> > > > Why tell the staff they HAVE to put shredded lettuce on every
> > > > single taco ordered?
> > >
> > > That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
> > > They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and
> > > your mother had to come pick you up after school.Â* All because
> > > you refused to eat your taco?
> > >
> > > Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
> > >
> > I was six years old, Gary.Â* First grade, Olive Elementary School in
> > Vista, CA.Â* I don't know why I didn't pick the lettuce off.Â* I also
> > don't know why they insisted they had to put lettuce on the taco.
>
> Probably some stupid regulation. Without lettuce it would not meet
> the standards for a nutritious meal. Besides, you don't screw with
> the lunch ladies!

LOL, I was always bean-pole thin (clocking at 106 right now after
dropping to 103) so once I could get lunches, I'd get whatever was
least popular and they'd feed me extra. Sara in particular (lunch lady
in Clemson SC) would 'feed me up right' (grin). I was probably 89lbs
then at age 16? I like me better at 110 but I'm still well within
healthy charts for my height and size.

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:51:55 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 1/24/2021 9:57 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 1/24/2021 9:14 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity.* I recall when I was about
>>>> 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA.* I saw a sign saying they were
>>>> going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria.* I begged my mother, could I
>>>> please buy my lunch?* She warned me, "They'll have lettuce on them."
>>>> Silly me, I don't know why but I thought going through the lunch line
>>>> would be like going to Taco Bell.* (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell
>>>> back in 1967 and she specified "no lettuce".)* I tried to say that and
>>>> the lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy.* She can't possibly NOT
>>>> add lettuce!* I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
>>>>
>>>> I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my mother
>>>> to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with iceburg lettuce.
>>>> *Seems I was just as stubborn as they were.* Why on earth would you
>>>> insist I eat something I don't like?* Why tell the staff they HAVE to
>>>> put shredded lettuce on every single taco ordered?
>>>
>>> That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
>>> They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and your
>>> mother had to come pick you up after school.* All because you refused
>>> to eat your taco?
>>>
>>> Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
>>>
>> I was six years old, Gary.* First grade, Olive Elementary School in
>> Vista, CA.* I don't know why I didn't pick the lettuce off.* I also
>> don't know why they insisted they had to put lettuce on the taco.
>
>Probably some stupid regulation. Without lettuce it would not meet the
>standards for a nutritious meal. Besides, you don't screw with the
>lunch ladies!

Looking back there were some I would have only then I was seven years
old. There was very little food at the school cafeteria I wouldn't
eat, especially since there was never lamb. I enjoyed all their
soups, especially tomato with frankfurter coins. The only Item I
didn't like were those tiny containers of milk, they were too warm but
not as warm as breast milk on tap... some of those cafeteria ladies
offered I'd suck it up... I still dream of one freckled redhead with
soccer balls under her smock.

Master Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:41:38 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> BTW.... take note of Gary's attempt to incite comments about someone
>> who has left the group. He is one of a small group who often said that
>> if that person left we would still be talking about her.
>
> You are.
>

And you''re still sniffing his ass!

Hank Rogers wrote:

> Master Bruce wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:41:38 -0500, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> BTW.... take note of Gary's attempt to incite comments about someone
> >> who has left the group. He is one of a small group who often said that
> >> if that person left we would still be talking about her.
> >
> > You are.
> >
> And you're still sniffing his ass!


"Six Degrees of Ass - Sniffing Separation"...!!!

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Best
Greg