I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
toast? Which continent are they talking about?

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
> full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
> say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> toast? Which continent are they talking about?
>
> Jill
>

Coffee, orange juice, and toast. Sometimes you also get cereal and/or a
stale donut.

Best regards,
Bob

jmcquown wrote:

> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
> full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
> say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> toast? Which continent are they talking about?

It's the European continent, and the "continental breakfast" varies from one
place to another. It is generally coffee or tea, juice and some sort of
bread.. In Italy, I had coffee, juice and a crusty roll with butter and jam. In
Belgium we had coffee, juice, a wonderful soft roll and a sweet bun. In
Switzerland we had coffee, juice, cheese and wonderful freshly backed bread. At
a cafe in Paris we has coffee, juice and a selection of fresh baguettes and
croissants with butter and strawberry jam.

More often than not, the hotels that I have stayed in over there offered a
buffet breakfast that included a variety of cold cereals, yogurt, breads, rolls,
croissants, sweet rolls, wonderful cold cuts and cheese, soft boiled eggs,
bacon, sausages, sometimes even fresh gravlox.

Continental breakfasts in Canada and the US have usually been a disappointing
cup of coffee and muffins, just something to tide you over until you can find
some real food.

In article >, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating.
> Some have full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full
> breakfast menu. Others say "continental breakfast provided". What
> is that? Coffee, fruit and toast? Which continent are they talking
> about?

> Jill

Bread, butter, rolls, beverage, sometimes hard-cooked eggs; cheese, cold
meats, perhaps cold cereals with milk available. My experience on the
continent of Europe.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-10-04.

zxcvbob wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating.
>> Some have full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full
>> breakfast menu. Others say "continental breakfast provided". What
>> is that? Coffee, fruit and toast? Which continent are they talking
>> about?
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> Coffee, orange juice, and toast. Sometimes you also get cereal
> and/or a stale donut.
>
> Best regards,
> Bob

Oh goodie! (laughing)

Jill

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >, "jmcquown"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating.
>>Some have full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full
>>breakfast menu. Others say "continental breakfast provided". What
>>is that? Coffee, fruit and toast? Which continent are they talking
>>about?
>
>
>>Jill
>
>
> Bread, butter, rolls, beverage, sometimes hard-cooked eggs; cheese, cold
> meats, perhaps cold cereals with milk available. My experience on the
> continent of Europe.

It used to be coffee, milk, sugar, a roll or croissant, butter and
jam. If it was in a fancy hotel, there might have been a bread basket
instead of the single roll or croissant and several preserves and honey.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:48:47 -0600, jmcquown > wrote:
> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
> full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
> say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> toast? Which continent are they talking about?

It can vary from a nice light meal of coffee, OJ, a
pastry/bagel and yogurt to Folger's instant and a stale doughnut,
depending on where you're staying. Since many places have different
ideas of what a "continental breakfast" is, you're really better off
asking them what it means rather than us.

Ariane

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:57:57 -0600, zxcvbob wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
>> full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
>> say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
>> toast? Which continent are they talking about?
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> Coffee, orange juice, and toast. Sometimes you also get cereal and/or a
> stale donut.

It is of course supposedly what you would get in Europe. Some places have
just served egg, croissants or some form(s) of bread and yoghurt, but most
have various cheeses, cold meats, a couple of types of eggs, several
breads, yoghurts, etc -- a nice spread.

Doug

jmcquown wrote:

> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
> full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
> say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> toast? Which continent are they talking about?

It varies. Usually means cold food, not much of it, not much variety
and serve yourself. Juice, coffee, pastries freshly thawed.

I've stayed at a couple Mariott Residence Inn suite hotels recently
where they put out a real-food breakfast buffet as part of the room
charge. Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, make-your-own waffles, breads,
muffins, beverages, etc. Good every time. Also a light evening meal
buffet. Not uptown, but the price is right if convenient fuel is what
you want. All the foods were at least palatable and some were rather good.

Room rates from $89 to $119 per night, all food included. Kitchen (if
you want to cook your own) in the rooms. Space and sleeping
accommodations for wife, kid and me, *and* free high speed computer
connections, too. Hard to beat it.

Pastorio

"Bob (this one)" wrote:
>
> jmcquown wrote:
>
> > I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
> > full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
> > say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> > toast? Which continent are they talking about?
>
> It varies. Usually means cold food, not much of it, not much variety
> and serve yourself. Juice, coffee, pastries freshly thawed.
>
> I've stayed at a couple Mariott Residence Inn suite hotels recently
> where they put out a real-food breakfast buffet as part of the room
> charge. Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, make-your-own waffles, breads,
> muffins, beverages, etc. Good every time. Also a light evening meal
> buffet. Not uptown, but the price is right if convenient fuel is what
> you want. All the foods were at least palatable and some were rather good.

Given my choice of any five given motel chains, I'd pick Marriott.
I also had a good experience with Embassy Suites (the one in
San Diego), and they included a similar 'free' breakfast buffet as
well.

> Room rates from $89 to $119 per night, all food included. Kitchen (if
> you want to cook your own) in the rooms. Space and sleeping
> accommodations for wife, kid and me, *and* free high speed computer
> connections, too. Hard to beat it.

(laugh) I used to get excited if a motel had an ironing board.

nancy (that sounds kinky, but ironing on a towel with a travel iron
isn't as much fun as it looks)

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Bob (this one)" wrote:
>>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating.
>>> Some have full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full
>>> breakfast menu. Others say "continental breakfast provided". What
>>> is that? Coffee, fruit and toast? Which continent are they
>>> talking about?
>>
>> It varies. Usually means cold food, not much of it, not much variety
>> and serve yourself. Juice, coffee, pastries freshly thawed.
>>
>> I've stayed at a couple Mariott Residence Inn suite hotels recently
>> where they put out a real-food breakfast buffet as part of the room
>> charge. Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, make-your-own waffles,
>> breads, muffins, beverages, etc. Good every time. Also a light
>> evening meal
>> buffet. Not uptown, but the price is right if convenient fuel is what
>> you want. All the foods were at least palatable and some were rather
>> good.
>
> Given my choice of any five given motel chains, I'd pick Marriott.
> I also had a good experience with Embassy Suites (the one in
> San Diego), and they included a similar 'free' breakfast buffet as
> well.
>
>> Room rates from $89 to $119 per night, all food included. Kitchen (if
>> you want to cook your own) in the rooms. Space and sleeping
>> accommodations for wife, kid and me, *and* free high speed computer
>> connections, too. Hard to beat it.
>
> (laugh) I used to get excited if a motel had an ironing board.
>
> nancy (that sounds kinky, but ironing on a towel with a travel iron
> isn't as much fun as it looks)

Funny story... when I went to Atlanta on a business trip I was travelling
with two male co-workers. We stayed at the Residence Inn, which had a very
nice breakfast buffet and also cook-outs by the pool after work with free
wine and beer. We check in, the male clerk says "Are you travelling on
business?" "Yes." He gives each of them their room keys, then looks at me
and says, "How many keys will you need?" EXCUSE ME?! They are still
talking about that at the office!

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in
:

> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating.
> Some have full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full
> breakfast menu. Others say "continental breakfast provided". What is
> that? Coffee, fruit and toast? Which continent are they talking
> about?
>
> Jill
>
>
>

Usually this is a semi cold breakfast. The hot or warm item might be toast.
A bowl of whole fruit and several types of rolls/buns and a selection of
jams/honey/peanut butter. Some juice and coffee. Usually these things are
placed where you can serve yourself. Possibly a toaster and you make your
own toast. Usually this is cause the restuarant isn't open in the mornings
or there isn't one.

--
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
--------
FIELDS, W. C.

Nancy Young > wrote in
:

> (laugh) I used to get excited if a motel had an ironing board.
>
> nancy (that sounds kinky, but ironing on a towel with a travel iron
> isn't as much fun as it looks)
>
>

You have an iron? What exactly does it do? I've heard about these "iron "
things but never really ever saw one.

--
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
--------
FIELDS, W. C.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message

> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. (snip)
Others
> say "continental breakfast provided". (snip) Which continent are they
talking about?

Well at least we know where you AREN'T going (or at least should avoid given
that comment).

> Nancy Young > wrote in
> :
>
>
>>(laugh) I used to get excited if a motel had an ironing board.
>>
>>nancy (that sounds kinky, but ironing on a towel with a travel iron
>>isn't as much fun as it looks)
>>


Hands up all those who have ironed a shirt on a towel and found they had
melted the varnish on the desk, which glued the towel to the desktop.

"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
...
> jmcquown wrote:
>
> > I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some
have
> > full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu.
Others
> > say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> > toast? Which continent are they talking about?
> >
> > Jill
> >
>
> Coffee, orange juice, and toast. Sometimes you also get cereal and/or a
> stale donut.
>
> Best regards,
> Bob

Maybe where you stay but not everywhere. In my experience it means
fruit/fruit juice, bread/toast/pastries, and coffee/tea. It can be great or
horrid depending on the quality of the ingredients. BTW the term
"continental" is understood to refer to the continent of Europe less Great
Britain.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

Peter Aitken wrote:
> "zxcvbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some
>
> have
>
>>>full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu.
>
> Others
>
>>>say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
>>>toast? Which continent are they talking about?
>>>
>>>Jill
>>>
>>
>>Coffee, orange juice, and toast. Sometimes you also get cereal and/or a
>>stale donut.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Bob
>
>
> Maybe where you stay but not everywhere. In my experience it means
> fruit/fruit juice, bread/toast/pastries, and coffee/tea. It can be great or
> horrid depending on the quality of the ingredients. BTW the term
> "continental" is understood to refer to the continent of Europe less Great
> Britain.


I forgot to mention the little basket of teabags next to the 550W
microwave oven. (styrofoam cups are next to the coffee pot.)

Best regards,
Bob

hahabogus wrote:

> Nancy Young > wrote in
> :
>
>>(laugh) I used to get excited if a motel had an ironing board.
>>
>>nancy (that sounds kinky, but ironing on a towel with a travel iron
>>isn't as much fun as it looks)
>>
> You have an iron? What exactly does it do? I've heard about these "iron "
> things but never really ever saw one.

I think you hit golf balls with them. There's another kind called a
"would."

Pastorio

Fran wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>
>> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating.
>> (snip) Others say "continental breakfast provided". (snip) Which
>> continent are they talking about?
>
> Well at least we know where you AREN'T going (or at least should
> avoid given that comment).

You obviously don't know me, Fran. I'm a smart-ass. BTW, "continental"
shouldn't refer to the 48 contiguous states but apparently in some hotels it
does.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message >. ..
> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
> full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
> say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> toast? Which continent are they talking about?
>
> Jill

Continental Europe, where (aside from the Netherlands) a light
breakfast consisting mainly of coffee or chocolate and pastry is
widely standard.

A U.S. "continental breakfast" can vary greatly in quantity and
quality, from cheap coffee and pre-staled donuts to elaborate spreads
with good coffee, assorted juices, several kinds of pastry, fruit, and
other goodies. What it normally won't have is cooked foods such as
eggs. If you don't already know the hotel, it is pretty hard to
predict what you will find.

--
Chris Green

Flora wrote:
>> Nancy Young > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>
>>> (laugh) I used to get excited if a motel had an ironing board.
>>>
>>> nancy (that sounds kinky, but ironing on a towel with a travel iron
>>> isn't as much fun as it looks)
>>>
>
>
> Hands up all those who have ironed a shirt on a towel and found they
> had melted the varnish on the desk, which glued the towel to the
> desktop.

Er, no, but I'd like to play! I'll give it a try and let you know how long
it takes for the smoke alarm to go off!

>
>
>I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
>full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
>say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
>toast? Which continent are they talking about?
>
>Jill


In my experoence the breakfast buffet sometimes has more food on it than
anyone could eat. I like my breakfast, and I usually get the Continental
Breakfast, it usually, but not always has, coffee, juice , bagels etc, cereal,
fruit , yogurt , and maybe some pastries. The buffet may have bacon eggs ,
pancakes and sometime salmon, hot breakast cassaroles , omlets , etc . It
really sort of depends, if I eat the buffet , there is a lot more than I can
handle.
Rosie

>
>Nancy Young > wrote in
:
>
>> (laugh) I used to get excited if a motel had an ironing board.
>>
>> nancy (that sounds kinky, but ironing on a towel with a travel iron
>> isn't as much fun as it looks)
>>
>>
>
>You have an iron? What exactly does it do? I've heard about these "iron "
>things but never really ever saw one.
>


Alan, I was going to ask that question myself, but you beat me to it !!!

Rosie

hahabogus wrote:
>
> Nancy Young > wrote in
> :
>
> > (laugh) I used to get excited if a motel had an ironing board.
> >
> > nancy (that sounds kinky, but ironing on a towel with a travel iron
> > isn't as much fun as it looks)

> You have an iron? What exactly does it do? I've heard about these "iron "
> things but never really ever saw one.

Oh, I have more than one, my man. They make you avoid looking like
you slept in your clothes.

nancy

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:14:19 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >, "jmcquown"
> wrote:
>
>> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating.
>> Some have full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full
>> breakfast menu. Others say "continental breakfast provided". What
>> is that? Coffee, fruit and toast? Which continent are they talking
>> about?
>
>> Jill
>
>Bread, butter, rolls, beverage, sometimes hard-cooked eggs; cheese, cold
>meats, perhaps cold cereals with milk available. My experience on the
>continent of Europe.

I believe the meat, cheeses, and cereals above and beyond the basic
Continental breakfast are a nod to tourists who are used to a more
substantial breakfast.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Flora wrote:

>
> Hands up all those who have ironed a shirt on a towel and found they had
> melted the varnish on the desk, which glued the towel to the desktop.

I haven't done that, but I did get in a lot of trouble when my wife ironed
her good whine blouse after I had used the iron to wax my skis :-)

"jmcquown" wrote:
> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some
have
> full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu.
Others
> say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> toast? Which continent are they talking about?

In my experience, the Continental Breakfast consists of coffee or tea with
sugar and non-dairy creamer, a cold doughnut or muffin with prepackaged
butter/margarine pats and Mixed Fruit Jelly, and perhaps some canned fruit
salad if one is (un)lucky.

<I assume that the name refers to the lost continent of Atlantis as this is
the kind of fare that could sink a civilization>

"jmcquown" > wrote in message >. ..
> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
> full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
> say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> toast? Which continent are they talking about?
>
> Jill

Unrelated, but if you ever have the chance while traveling abroad,
order the "British Breakfast". Bacon as thick as a 2 dollar stack of
quarters, eggs cooked just like the people of Pompeii were and, my
personal breakfast favorite, baked beans (sorta' sets the mood for the
rest of the day).

Happy Travels!

in article , Curly Sue at
wrote on 2/16/04 8:31 PM:

> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:14:19 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
>> In article >, "jmcquown"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating.
>>> Some have full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full
>>> breakfast menu. Others say "continental breakfast provided". What
>>> is that? Coffee, fruit and toast? Which continent are they talking
>>> about?
>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Bread, butter, rolls, beverage, sometimes hard-cooked eggs; cheese, cold
>> meats, perhaps cold cereals with milk available. My experience on the
>> continent of Europe.
>
> I believe the meat, cheeses, and cereals above and beyond the basic
> Continental breakfast are a nod to tourists who are used to a more
> substantial breakfast.
>
> Sue(tm)
> Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

I've never seen HB eggs, meats and cheeses at a complimentary continental
breakfast here in the US. It's typically muffins, danish, bagels, english
muffins and an assortment of spreads, such as butter, cream cheese and jams.
Along with coffee/tea/decaf and juices. Sometimes I've seen fruit salad.
Depends on the place. What I have seen at continental buffets in hotels
here in the US (mostly business-type hotels) is whole fruit offerings.
Apples, oranges, bananas...maybe pears.

At our hotel in Paris (ok, going back 8 years now...) we had the same
"continental" breakfast buffet every day. A croissant and a baguette roll
were set out on every place at the dining tables....(one each per place
setting) and then the buffet had a small assortment of cheeses, ham, a
salami-like meat that looked like sopressata, mortadella, don't remember
what else was there, but there definitely was an assortment of meats and
sliced cheeses. Gruyere, something like cheddar, several other choices.
There were apples, oranges, bananas, and pears to take with us. There was
cut up fruit salad, such as pineapple and melons, and FRESH FIGS! It was
the first time I'd ever had a fresh fig!

There were cereals (Kelloggs, believe it or not!) as well as both individual
yogurt cups and a big bowl of yogurt to serve yourself. And an assortment
of small danish pastries. There were individual jars of jams and spreads
too. The wait-staff encouraged people to take the whole fresh fruits for
snacking on later. I guess they didn't want it to go bad. We did that, as
did most of the other guests.

In my experience, Continental Breakfast at US hotels is typically
coffee/tea/decaf, juice, and baskets of muffins, bagels, rolls and butter,
cream cheese and/or jams. You serve yourself in a common room. Fruit only
if you're lucky, and most likely, it's whole fruit, not fruit salad.

Continental breakfast in Europe is more elaborate than it is here in the
U.S.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:06:44 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

> In
> Switzerland we had coffee, juice, cheese and wonderful freshly backed bread.

You found good bread in Switzerland ?! You must hover in higher circles
than me. :-(
--
Tim.

If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn't.

In article >, Sheryl Rosen
> wrote:

> > On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:14:19 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > > wrote:

> >>
> >> Bread, butter, rolls, beverage, sometimes hard-cooked eggs;
> >> cheese, cold meats, perhaps cold cereals with milk available. My
> >> experience on the continent of Europe.

> I've never seen HB eggs, meats and cheeses at a complimentary
> continental breakfast here in the US. It's typically muffins,
> danish, bagels, english muffins and an assortment of spreads, such as
> butter, cream cheese and jams. Along with coffee/tea/decaf and
> juices. Sometimes I've seen fruit salad. Depends on the place. What
> I have seen at continental buffets in hotels here in the US (mostly
> business-type hotels) is whole fruit offerings. Apples, oranges,
> bananas...maybe pears.

Sure. I was amazed when at the Hampton Inn in Kansas City, MO, a month
ago that they had biscuits and gravy one morning and sausage patties and
egg patties the next. Had never seen that at the kind of place that
offers up the 'continental breakfast'. More common is bread, spread,
hot or cold do-it-yourself cereal, juice, fruit.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-10-04.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:48:47 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

>I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
>full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
>say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
>toast? Which continent are they talking about?
>
>Jill
>

Basically breakfast for those who don't eat breakfast. Coffee or tea,
fruit or yoghurt, and toast or sweetroll.

"B.Server" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:48:47 -0600, "jmcquown"

> >I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
> >full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
> >say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
> >toast? Which continent are they talking about?

> Basically breakfast for those who don't eat breakfast. Coffee or tea,
> fruit or yoghurt, and toast or sweetroll.

Exactly. To put a fine point on it, it's not like someone is hanging
around waiting to cook eggs for you. Danish, muffins, coffee, tea,
cut up fruit. Help yourself kinda deal.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>>
> Oh, I have more than one, my man. They make you avoid looking like
> you slept in your clothes.
>

And why would I want to do that? If I'm on the road, I want to look the
part.

> nancy

jmcquown saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us all
about it on Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:48:47 -0600:

>I've been investigating some hotels for a trip I'm contemplating. Some have
>full breakfast buffets (my choice!) or offer a full breakfast menu. Others
>say "continental breakfast provided". What is that? Coffee, fruit and
>toast? Which continent are they talking about?

What you'll get depends GREATLY on the grade of the hotel you're
staying in. In a budget place that means a little packet of cornflakes
and a croissant/danish/toast with jam. Maybe some fruit if you're
lucky... In an expensive place then it's pastries, coffee, cold-cuts
etc.

We had one in Chicago that was a factory-made muffin (foul) and stale
cornflakes... with a little carton of orange juice to wash it down.
ugh.

"Bob Dietz" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> > Oh, I have more than one, my man. They make you avoid looking like
> > you slept in your clothes.
> >
>
> And why would I want to do that? If I'm on the road, I want to look the
> part.

I'm with you! I don't buy clothing that requires ironing. If it wrinkles it
isn't my fault. They said it didn't need it. Harumph!

Charlie

> > nancy
>
>

Bob Dietz wrote:
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> > Oh, I have more than one, my man. They make you avoid looking like
> > you slept in your clothes.
> >
>
> And why would I want to do that? If I'm on the road, I want to look the
> part.

You mean, squished with tire tracks across your back?

nancy

In article >,
Sheryl Rosen > wrote:

> In my experience, Continental Breakfast at US hotels is typically
> coffee/tea/decaf, juice, and baskets of muffins, bagels, rolls and butter,
> cream cheese and/or jams. You serve yourself in a common room. Fruit only
> if you're lucky, and most likely, it's whole fruit, not fruit salad.

From what I've seen, continental breakfast usually refers to
coffee/tea/decaf plus doughnut/pastry, and perhaps some cereal. If they
have stuff like fruit salad or minor other additions they call it a
"deluxe" continental breakfast.e

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mgeost wrote:
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> Unrelated, but if you ever have the chance while traveling abroad,
> order the "British Breakfast". Bacon as thick as a 2 dollar stack of
> quarters, eggs cooked just like the people of Pompeii were and, my
> personal breakfast favorite, baked beans (sorta' sets the mood for the
> rest of the day).

I really enjoyed the haggis & BP for brekky on the Scottish leg of my recent
European hol'.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> Bob Dietz wrote:
> >
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >>
> > > Oh, I have more than one, my man. They make you avoid looking like
> > > you slept in your clothes.
> > >
> >
> > And why would I want to do that? If I'm on the road, I want to look the
> > part.
>
> You mean, squished with tire tracks across your back?
>

I said "on the road" not "as road kill."

Bob