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Default Happy Birthday Tim!

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:06:39 -0500,
wrote:

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 21:25:40 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 11/29/18 10:35 PM, Tim wrote:
On Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 6:38:07 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
John H
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Bacon, egg, and Gouda cheese sandwiches for dinner tonight!
....

Going to Denny’s. Plenty of bacon and eggs for everyone!


Free dinner! Happy birthday.

And it was!. pretty light though. two eggs a couple pancakes and a
couple pieces of bacon. that;s it. But, i did order a side of hash
browns and sourdough toast though....


Used to like Denny's, but the one nearest us took a slide downhill. Now,
we go to Bob Evans or, if up in Annapolis, iHop. Our favorite breakfast
restaurant, though, is Waffle House, for the food *and* entertainment.
Sadly, there's none around here so we only stop at one while "on the
road." Road food, up and down I-95, is, for the most part, dreadful.

I still have fond memories from 50+ years ago, of a place in Kansas City
where you could get steak, eggs, fries, coffee, for 99 cents, and it was
open 24-7. I got off work at the paper at 1 am weeknights and Sundays
and if I was hungry, the answer was Nichols Lunch. It closed about a
decade ago.


Different times 50+ years ago. Took my wife to Paoli’s French restaurant
in San Francisco when we were dating. $21 for dinner. Two racks of lamb
and a bottle of nice wine. We still comment on that dinner.



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Yes but in those days $20K was considered a decent salary, probably
comparable to $200K today.


Yup. I remember when I first started working in Rockville HoJo had a
75 cent special, short stack and coffee. I used to stop there every
morning.