On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:11:38 -0800, sf > wrote:

>Sometimes I crave a quarter pounder (nothing else will do),
>so I eat one. However, that's not daily, weekly or monthly
>and I'm also not complaining, finger pointing and sueing
>them over my lack of self control.

When you crave McDonalds, you crave McDonalds. I ate McDonalds every
Saturday while I was pregnant -- usually the cheeseburger Happy Meal,
sometimes the Quarter Pounder meal, always with lots of ketchup on my
fries. When it's good, it's good!

The boys were born 12/29, by the way, at 38 weeks. They weighed 6
pounds 5 ounces and 6 pounds 2 ounces. They ate all those fries for
me -- I already weigh less than I did prepregnancy. It's the twins
diet -- you don't sit down and you don't eat!

Tara

Tara McClown wrote:
> sf > wrote:
>
> >Sometimes I crave a quarter pounder (nothing else will do),
> >so I eat one. However, that's not daily, weekly or monthly
> >and I'm also not complaining, finger pointing and sueing
> >them over my lack of self control.
>
> When you crave McDonalds, you crave McDonalds. I ate McDonalds every
> Saturday while I was pregnant -- usually the cheeseburger Happy Meal,
> sometimes the Quarter Pounder meal, always with lots of ketchup on my
> fries. When it's good, it's good!
>
> The boys were born 12/29

Donald and Ronald... you gave birth to the McClown twins!

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:48:44 -0500, "Dee Randall"
<deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote:

>
> There's an ad by an Italian restaurant in our area and the guy says, "If you
> want food like your mamma used to make, go to your mamma's house, but if you
> want ... (and I really can't remember what he says that you will want want)
> come to our restaurant."
>
> Needless to say, this ad's meaning is lost on me.

Really? I get it.

sf

On Mon 14 Feb 2005 06:25:54a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> "Dee Randall" <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote in
> :
>
>>
>> "JimLane" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Dog3 wrote:
>>>> "Sheldon" > wrote in
>>>> ups.com:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>...Ronald McDonald is worse than the Marlboro Man...
>>>>>---
>>>>>
>>>>>McDonald's to Pay $8.5M in Trans Fat Suit
>>>>>
>>>>>SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - McDonald's Corp. will pay $8.5 million to
>>>>>settle a lawsuit accusing the fast-food giant of failing to inform
>>>>>consumers of delays in a plan to reduce fat in the cooking oil used
>>>>>for its popular french fries and other foods.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <snipped out of disgust>
>>>>
>>>> What an absurd lawsuit. Never have I heard of anything so
>>>> ridiculous. Like McDonalds forces people to eat the food at the
>>>> McDonald's establishments. Michael
>>>
>>> Waiting for a place that says, "If you want healthy stuff, it's out
>>> the door, you will not find it here."
>>
>>> jim
>>
>> There's an ad by an Italian restaurant in our area and the guy says,
>> "If you want food like your mamma used to make, go to your mamma's
>> house, but if you want ... (and I really can't remember what he says
>> that you will want want) come to our restaurant."
>>
>> Needless to say, this ad's meaning is lost on me. You can take it
>> either way.
>> Dee
>
> LOL... An extremely popular wing joint in my old neighborhood has a sign
> on the front door saying something like "No one under 12 admitted. We do
> not entertain kids... NFK" 'The Management'. NFK means "No ****ing
> Kids." The CWE is not a child friendly place.
>
> Michael

There should be more!

Wayne (who detests being subjected to kids...and running like hell)

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> Katra >, if that's their real name,
wrote:
>
> >I visit McDonalds _maybe_ once per year at most for chicken nuggets
when
> >I'm in a hurry for a low-carb meal, and I peel all the breading off
of
> >them. <sigh>
>
> They've got good salads, too. And they'll leave the buns off of
their
> burgers if you request it.
>
> Carol

Watch "Supersize Me." Some of their new salads have more calories and
fat than their Big Macs, as I recall. Which is not to say I don't eat
McD's at all...maybe a couple times a year, if I'm in my car, I'm
hungry, and I have some cash. ;-)

N.

wrote:
> Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>
>>Katra >, if that's their real name,
>
> wrote:
>
>>>I visit McDonalds _maybe_ once per year at most for chicken nuggets
>
> when
>
>>>I'm in a hurry for a low-carb meal, and I peel all the breading off
>
> of
>
>>>them. <sigh>
>>
>>They've got good salads, too. And they'll leave the buns off of
>
> their
>
>>burgers if you request it.
>>
>>Carol
>
>
> Watch "Supersize Me." Some of their new salads have more calories and
> fat than their Big Macs, as I recall. Which is not to say I don't eat
> McD's at all...maybe a couple times a year, if I'm in my car, I'm
> hungry, and I have some cash. ;-)
>
> N.
>


I really like McD's ice cream cones when I'm driving cross-country.
IIRC they are low-fat, and the ice cream is better than Dairy Queen's
and it's cheaper.

The chicken fajitas are pretty good too, but they are not always available.

Bob

"Dog3" > wrote in message
1...
> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
> :
>
>> Katra >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>>
>>>I visit McDonalds _maybe_ once per year at most for chicken nuggets when
>>>I'm in a hurry for a low-carb meal, and I peel all the breading off of
>>>them. <sigh>
>>
>> They've got good salads, too. And they'll leave the buns off of their
>> burgers if you request it.
>>
>> Carol
>
> I have stopped at the drive up and gotten a salad to take to work for
> lunch. I use my own dressing so I do not even use the "low fat" packet
> they
> serve up. I'll do this maybe once a month. The salads are not bad.
>
> Michael

LOL...Michael, how hard is it to **** up a salad?!?!?

Sorry, had to say it.

The sad part is, the 1 McD's here (little town of 7k people) can screw up a
salad. Hell, they can screw up those little packets of ketchup. Now, from
what I've seen, Arby's has some healthier food on their menu but they
are -THE- most expensive fast food place in town.

I wish I could go home for lunch everyday but that is just not practical
time-wise and I'm the type of person that has got to get out of the office
or I get buggy.

Wow. I'm rambling here. Sorry, Michael!

Bret
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"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon 14 Feb 2005 06:25:54a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

<<snip...a bit much I think...>>

>> LOL... An extremely popular wing joint in my old neighborhood has a sign
>> on the front door saying something like "No one under 12 admitted. We do
>> not entertain kids... NFK" 'The Management'. NFK means "No ****ing
>> Kids." The CWE is not a child friendly place.
>>
>> Michael
>
> There should be more!
>
> Wayne (who detests being subjected to kids...and running like hell)

I'm a parent myself and I'll proudly tell anyone, "I have two kids. I'm
counting the days till they move out!" I love my kids but there are moments
when I wish the wife would've just said NO!

This is humor people. Ladies, please don't string me up.

Bret



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"Maverick" >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>I love my kids but there are moments
>when I wish the wife would've just said NO!

Gotcha.

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:19:11 -0700, "Maverick"
> wrote:

> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Mon 14 Feb 2005 06:25:54a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> <<snip...a bit much I think...>>
>
> >> LOL... An extremely popular wing joint in my old neighborhood has a sign
> >> on the front door saying something like "No one under 12 admitted. We do
> >> not entertain kids... NFK" 'The Management'. NFK means "No ****ing
> >> Kids." The CWE is not a child friendly place.
> >>
> >> Michael
> >
> > There should be more!
> >
> > Wayne (who detests being subjected to kids...and running like hell)
>
> I'm a parent myself and I'll proudly tell anyone, "I have two kids. I'm
> counting the days till they move out!" I love my kids but there are moments
> when I wish the wife would've just said NO!
>
> This is humor people. Ladies, please don't string me up.
>
Call yourself human, all parents have those moments! There
are those who either don't try or give up trying and those
who persevere. You know the saying:
Winners never quit and quitters never win.

sf

>On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:19:11 -0700, "Maverick"
> wrote:

> I'm a parent myself and I'll proudly tell anyone, "I have two kids. I'm
> counting the days till they move out!" I love my kids but there are moments
> when I wish the wife would've just said NO!

I hear ya - I love my kids and will always be grateful for the
opportunity to have raised two such amazing people, but now that
they're on their own and the DH and I are on *our* own...it's utter
bliss. Kinda fun chasing each other around the house without a kid's
delicate sensibilities to worry about!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA


"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

"Dog3" > wrote in message
1...
> "Maverick" > wrote in
> :
>
>> "Dog3" > wrote in message
>> 1...
>>> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> Katra >, if that's their real name,
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I visit McDonalds _maybe_ once per year at most for chicken nuggets
>>>>>when I'm in a hurry for a low-carb meal, and I peel all the breading
>>>>>off of them. <sigh>
>>>>
>>>> They've got good salads, too. And they'll leave the buns off of
>>>> their burgers if you request it.
>>>>
>>>> Carol
>>>
>>> I have stopped at the drive up and gotten a salad to take to work for
>>> lunch. I use my own dressing so I do not even use the "low fat"
>>> packet they
>>> serve up. I'll do this maybe once a month. The salads are not bad.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>
>> LOL...Michael, how hard is it to **** up a salad?!?!?
>>
>> Sorry, had to say it.
>>
>> The sad part is, the 1 McD's here (little town of 7k people) can screw
>> up a salad. Hell, they can screw up those little packets of ketchup.
>> Now, from what I've seen, Arby's has some healthier food on their menu
>> but they are -THE- most expensive fast food place in town.
>>
>> I wish I could go home for lunch everyday but that is just not
>> practical time-wise and I'm the type of person that has got to get out
>> of the office or I get buggy.
>>
>> Wow. I'm rambling here. Sorry, Michael!
>>
>> Bret
>> <sig line for sale>
>
> Rambling shambling. You are fine. I enjoy hearing from the urban areas.
> Gawd, ya' gots to eat too
>
> Michael

Michael, I spent the first 34 years of my life in Las Vegas so I'm not
exactly what you'd call a country guy. To me, the smell of cow shit smells
just like cow shit but to the ranchers around here they say it's the smell
of money. Could be something to what they say but it still smells like cow
shit to me.



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Dog3 wrote:

>
>
> LOL... My home town has 'cow chip' festivals. Yep, you pick up a pile of
> dried cow shit and throw it like a frisbee. I've never done it myself but
> watching people throwing cow shit is strange. Big prizes too.

How town fair has cow flop bingo. A cow is released in a penned of area with
a grid. If the manure lands in your grid you win.

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:05:57 -0700, "Maverick"
> wrote:

> Michael, I spent the first 34 years of my life in Las Vegas so I'm not
> exactly what you'd call a country guy. To me, the smell of cow shit smells
> just like cow shit but to the ranchers around here they say it's the smell
> of money. Could be something to what they say but it still smells like cow
> shit to me.

You're not the one making money from cows.

sf

Maverick wrote:

> Michael, I spent the first 34 years of my life in Las Vegas so I'm not
> exactly what you'd call a country guy. To me, the smell of cow shit smells
> just like cow shit but to the ranchers around here they say it's the smell
> of money. Could be something to what they say but it still smells like cow
> shit to me.

Maybe I have lived in the country too long and spent too much time around farm
animals. I don't take a lot of offense to the smell of cow and horse manure. Pigs and
chickens are a different matter. Chickens aren't bad in small numbers but you don't
want to be anywhere near a chicken barn when it gets cleaned out. The layers are in
cages and manure is cleaned regularly, but the roasters are another matter. The
hatchlings are put into barns where they run free for however long it takes them to
reach market size. After the chickens are all caught and trucked away they send in a
crew to clean out the shit, and it makes a horrible stench. As bad as that can be, it
pales it comparison to the stick of an industrial pig farm. The pig manure goes into a
big tank and every once in a while it has to be agitated. The smell is enough to turn
you off pork.

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:34:59 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:31:16 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:
>
>> 9.75% (sucks)
>
>It does When Bush "cuts" taxes and Arnie doesn't reinstate
>the appropriate "car tax" rate, short sighted people think
>they are getting a deal - what it really means is that
>revenue has to be raised some other way. Jacking up your
>local taxes is one way to do it. People want services, like
>public transportation, hospitals, fire and police - not to
>mention filling up potholes in the local roads... and they
>have to pay for them somehow.
>
>sf

not when we privatize the sidewalks!

your pal,
blake

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:37:45 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
> wrote:

(TheAlligator), if that's their real name,
>wrote:
>>
>>That's good. I tried explaining the stupidity of buying the stuff to
>>my daughter, but. . . oh, well. I'm proud to say I haven't touched
>>fast food in any form in almost a year. You can't believe what that
>>does to improve your health.
>
>If you tasted the water in our town, you'd understand the attraction of
>bottled water. Give me your address, and I'll mail you a jar of our
>wonderful water. The package would probably have to have a Toxic Waste
>sticker on it. <G>
>
>Carol

when i was in school in new york (early seventies) in manhattan the
tap water came out carbonated. you could hear it!

i just bathed in it, so i didn't care too much.

your pal,
blake

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:43:58 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Maverick wrote:
snipped
>crew to clean out the shit, and it makes a horrible stench. As bad
as that can be, it
>pales it comparison to the stick of an industrial pig farm. The pig
manure goes into a
>big tank and every once in a while it has to be agitated. The smell
is enough to turn
>you off pork.
>

My son got his degree in Animal Science, was approached by a huge pig
conglomerate, was offered lots of money, went for the interview and
was so turned off by the smell and the conditions, that he left, went
into computer work, his minor, and won't even eat pork now.

Must be nasty.

aloha,
Thunder
smithfarms.com
Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee
& other Great Stuff

smithfarms pure kona wrote:

>
> My son got his degree in Animal Science, was approached by a huge pig
> conglomerate, was offered lots of money, went for the interview and
> was so turned off by the smell and the conditions, that he left, went
> into computer work, his minor, and won't even eat pork now.

I used to pass a pig farm on my way to work. I had to remember to roll
the windows up before I got to it in case they were agitating the manure
tank. If I forgot to do that the smell got in and it took a few miles
with the windows open to clear out. When I first moved to this house my
neighbour had about a dozen pigs. On the still hot summer nights I could
smell them from my place.

The all time worst has to be seals and sea lions. I worked at a marine
park for a while and never noticed a problem because they always seemed
to do their business in the water. There was a massive filtration system
so there was never a smell. One weekend there was work done on the pool
and the seals and sealions were penned up without access to the pool for
about 36 hours. The stench in there was unbelievable. It was worse than
walking into the Pig and Sheep section of the Winter Fair.

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:47:16 GMT, smithfarms pure kona
> wrote:
>
> My son got his degree in Animal Science, was approached by a huge pig
> conglomerate, was offered lots of money, went for the interview and
> was so turned off by the smell and the conditions, that he left, went
> into computer work, his minor, and won't even eat pork now.
>
You'd think he would have had at least a little experience
in the livestock industry before he graduated!

> Must be nasty.
>


sf

On Sun 20 Feb 2005 11:39:13a, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:47:16 GMT, smithfarms pure kona
> > wrote:
>>
>> My son got his degree in Animal Science, was approached by a huge pig
>> conglomerate, was offered lots of money, went for the interview and
>> was so turned off by the smell and the conditions, that he left, went
>> into computer work, his minor, and won't even eat pork now.
>>
> You'd think he would have had at least a little experience
> in the livestock industry before he graduated!
>
>> Must be nasty.
>>
>
>
> sf
>

Just goes to show you that if you like eating pork, don't go to one of those
places! <vbg>

Wayne

On 20 Feb 2005 21:19:53 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>
> Just goes to show you that if you like eating pork, don't go to one of those
> places! <vbg>

That goes for just about everything else too, including egg
ranches and fish farms.

:/


sf

On Sun 20 Feb 2005 01:27:04p, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 20 Feb 2005 21:19:53 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> Just goes to show you that if you like eating pork, don't go to one of
>> those places! <vbg>
>
> That goes for just about everything else too, including egg
> ranches and fish farms.
>
>:/
>
>
> sf

Many years ago when there were far fewer regulations, there was a
slaughterhouse on the road leading to my grandmother's home in the country.
It was set at least 400-500 feet off the road, but in the summer the stench
was overpowering. It is said that the nearby creek ran red with blood,
since they disposed of waste there. Luckily, I was far too young to make
the connection between the slaughterhouse and hamburgers! :-)

Wayne