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I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:51:51 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote: a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. That's odd - when I lunch or fish with my card carrying lefty commie long haired pinko friends, they always pay - something about being obligated to them for a free lunch. :) Later, Tom S. Woodstock, CT ---------- "The wildness and adventure that are in fishing still recommend it to me." Henry David Thoreau "Walden" (1854) |
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. That's the way things usually work...conservatives paying for liberals. Not to worry, though, 'cause he's used to it by now. |
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That's odd - when I lunch or fish with my card carrying lefty commie long haired pinko friends, they always pay - something about being obligated to them for a free lunch. :) How can you look at Hairball and still eat? |
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. That's the way things usually work...conservatives paying for liberals. Not to worry, though, 'cause he's used to it by now. Hey, that's why I let him pay! -- Email sent to is never read. |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:30:42 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:51:51 -0500, Harry Krause wrote: a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. The most expensive "free lunch" I've ever had was when I picked up my P.Eng Certificate. After the "free dinner", we had to sit in uncomfortable chairs for 2 hrs listening to lawyers explaining our liability insurance options to us. Lloyd |
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And I was stupid enough to think this was a boating newsgroup.
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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Don't get used to it...at least for the next four years :)
JR Harry Krause wrote: a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. -- Email sent to is never read. -- Remove X to reply -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth |
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"Moe" wrote in message ... And I was stupid enough to think this was a boating newsgroup. You should have just stopped typing after the word "stupid". |
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"NOYB" wrote in message link.net... "Moe" wrote in message ... And I was stupid enough to think this was a boating newsgroup. You should have just stopped typing after the word "stupid". Sorry NOYB but that was uncalled for. |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:56:19 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:30:42 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:51:51 -0500, Harry Krause wrote: a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. The most expensive "free lunch" I've ever had was when I picked up my P.Eng Certificate. After the "free dinner", we had to sit in uncomfortable chairs for 2 hrs listening to lawyers explaining our liability insurance options to us. LOL!!! Tell it like it is brother, tell it like it is. ;) Later, Tom S. Woodstock, CT ---------- "The wildness and adventure that are in fishing still recommend it to me." Henry David Thoreau "Walden" (1854) |
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Moe wrote:
And I was stupid enough to think this was a boating newsgroup. "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. -- Email sent to is never read. How are Larry and Curly? -- Email sent to is never read. |
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My most expensive 'free breakfast' happened when I took one of the 'time
share' look sees in Orlando, Florida in '93. The rest of the morning our saleman worked us trying to sell a week in the development. Sure was glad to get out of there. Lloyd Sumpter wrote in message ... On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:30:42 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:51:51 -0500, Harry Krause wrote: a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. The most expensive "free lunch" I've ever had was when I picked up my P.Eng Certificate. After the "free dinner", we had to sit in uncomfortable chairs for 2 hrs listening to lawyers explaining our liability insurance options to us. Lloyd |
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Harry Krause wrote in message ...
NOYB wrote: "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... a card-carrying Conservative... I survived. We did fight over the check, but I let him win. After all, according to Conservatives, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But mine was. At least to me. That's the way things usually work...conservatives paying for liberals. Not to worry, though, 'cause he's used to it by now. Hey, that's why I let him pay! You eat like a bird too. A vulture! Seriously The Sworn Enemy of Right-Wingers Everywhere did not order the most expensive items on the menu, and did not order an alcoholic beverage. There actually were three of us for lunch, since The Sworn Enemy brought along someone he thought I would enjoy meeting and I did. The Sworn Enemy has two offices. One is across the street from the AFL-CIO on Sixteenth street and the other is in what locals call the Darth Vader building near the train station. The first is in a suite that houses his company and the second is a work-from office inside an insurance company. His company office has a Hammond organ in it and a lot of photos of The Sworn Enemy with all sorts of people, including some whose faces I recognized. I had a good time. |
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Glad you had a nice lunch. I recall a statement I made some time ago "if
you're ever in Richmond, look me up", but then it was just left at that. The Sworn Enemy.... LOL!!! That's a funny nickname! But to me, he isn't "The Sworn Enemy". He's just a guy with a different viewpoint than mine. I can politely and respectfully disagree without the flames and insults. I just hope he does the same. It would be fun to sit down with him and put a face to a name, as the saying goes. Perhaps I could explain things in plain speak to him and counter any rebuttal with my usual "...yeah, but"! Ha ha ha. Butch Ammon |
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"Mad Dog Dave" wrote in There actually were three of us for lunch, since The Sworn Enemy brought along someone he thought I would enjoy meeting The ever-paranoid Harry was probably a little bit afraid of entering a situation one-on-one with a conservative. Don't you know that it takes *two* liberal brains to equal *one* conservative brain? |
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Heh....
I *just* did that while on my fall road trip to Fla to pick up some outboards and rebuild one on the fly. We had 2 days free to go to Disney. So we did the timeshare thing to get a couple of cheap two day Parkhoppers. We got the free breakfast too. At the end of the tour I multiplied the price of one week x 52 and got the "actual" price they were selling each condo for. It was like 1.5 million per condo! And since they did their own financing they netted more like 3 million per unit via "total of payments". Their "closer" didn't stay too long at all with me......... evil grin We were in Disney by 10am. Kinda hectic doing all 4 parks in 2 days. Did Magic Kingdom and Epcott on Day one. Day two we did the Animal Kingdom and Disney MGM studios. We hit all the good stuff though. -W "Don White" wrote in message ... My most expensive 'free breakfast' happened when I took one of the 'time share' look sees in Orlando, Florida in '93. The rest of the morning our saleman worked us trying to sell a week in the development. Sure was glad to get out of there. |
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Heh, Heh...:)
Back in the '70's when I was 17, I got a personal invitation in the mail to a time share scheme in Ocean Shores, WA. My friend and I drove down there from Seattle, enjoyed the free breakfast and bussed tour. When the salesman sat down to talk to us, I calmly explained I was only 17, and didn't have any money. *Boy* was he mad :) JR Clams Canino wrote: Heh.... I *just* did that while on my fall road trip to Fla to pick up some outboards and rebuild one on the fly. We had 2 days free to go to Disney. So we did the timeshare thing to get a couple of cheap two day Parkhoppers. We got the free breakfast too. At the end of the tour I multiplied the price of one week x 52 and got the "actual" price they were selling each condo for. It was like 1.5 million per condo! And since they did their own financing they netted more like 3 million per unit via "total of payments". Their "closer" didn't stay too long at all with me......... evil grin We were in Disney by 10am. Kinda hectic doing all 4 parks in 2 days. Did Magic Kingdom and Epcott on Day one. Day two we did the Animal Kingdom and Disney MGM studios. We hit all the good stuff though. -W "Don White" wrote in message ... My most expensive 'free breakfast' happened when I took one of the 'time share' look sees in Orlando, Florida in '93. The rest of the morning our saleman worked us trying to sell a week in the development. Sure was glad to get out of there. -- Remove X to reply -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth |
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Heh, Heh...:)
Back in the '70's when I was 17, I got a personal invitation in the mail to a time share scheme in Ocean Shores, WA. My friend and I drove down there from Seattle, enjoyed the free breakfast and bussed tour. When the salesman sat down to talk to us, I calmly explained I was only 17, and didn't have any money. *Boy* was he mad :) JR Gotcha beat.... 1981. New York City. 45th and Broadway. Payday weekend off duty from the U.S. Coast Guard on Governors Island. I waltzed into Beefsteak Charlie's restaurant and sat down and wanted to have a nice dinner. I ordered a small house salad, the shrimp buffett, and a nice thick New York style steak. While I was up at the shrimp buffett, the waiter brought a whole pitcher of Sangria for me. One thing led to another and I drank the whole pitcher. They brought another one along with my steak. So, I sat there eating the steak, getting blitzed on Sangria, and kept on going. They brought a THIRD pitcher of Sangria! By that time, I had no idea who I was, where I was, what I was doing... To this day: I have no idea of the rest of the details. I have no idea if I even paid for my dinner. I just remember getting up and leaving the restaurant!! I remember walking down to Time's Square to catch the #1 train down to Battery Park. Along the sidewalk, I overheard a couple of "the brothers" razzing me because "some dumb-a$$, whitebread, honkey, mo-fo, was on some good sh**!!!" That's the last I can really remember. Somehow I found the #1 train, somehow I made it back to Battery Park and the Governors Island ferry terminal. I think one of the fellow "Coasties" knew me, saw my condition, and helped get me back safe and sound. Thank God!!!! I wonder how much my bill was at Beefsteak Charlies after all these years!?!? Butch Ammon |
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On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:45:15 +0000, Butch Ammon wrote:
I wonder how much my bill was at Beefsteak Charlies after all these years!?!? I couldn't tell you specifically, but Beefsteak Charlie's was "all the beer or sangria" you could drink. I can personally attest that you weren't the only person to walk out in that condition. ;-) |
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thunder wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:45:15 +0000, Butch Ammon wrote: I wonder how much my bill was at Beefsteak Charlies after all these years!?!? I couldn't tell you specifically, but Beefsteak Charlie's was "all the beer or sangria" you could drink. I can personally attest that you weren't the only person to walk out in that condition. ;-) There is a handful of restaurants in the DC area that serve mammoth portions of beef. I don't know how anyone can eat that much at a sitting. In my cub reporter days at the KC Star, there were a number of competing steakhouses that offered a full steak dinner for $2.50 or so. That included salad, 10-12 ounce steak, baked potato(e) and a side veggie, and a couple of rolls. Lucky thing, because I was making under $100 a week in those mostly salad days. There also was a diner-restaurant that served "steak and eggs" for under a dollars. Nichols, I think it was called. Steak, eggs, homefries, toast and coffee, under a buck. We also used to hang out at a Mexican joint called Los Corrals, which I believe is still open. The proprietors back then never paid attention to "closing hours" as they pertained to booze. Good, cheap food. Bryant's Barbecue is well-known, of course, but I don't know what happened to the joint after Arthur Bryant died. Slabs of ribs served on white bread (to absorb the grease). A short hop away from the old ball park before it moved to suburbia. Kansas City had a huge number of great restaurants back then, all out of proportion to its size as a city. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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Kansas City had a huge number of great restaurants back then, all out of
proportion to its size as a city. That reminds me.... On I-70, almost to K.C., (perhaps right in Bonner Springs, KS), there was a beautiful restaurant that sat up on a hilltop, overlooking I-70. For the life of me, I can't remember the name of it, but the food was out of this world!! Butch Ammon |
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... thunder wrote: On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:45:15 +0000, Butch Ammon wrote: I wonder how much my bill was at Beefsteak Charlies after all these years!?!? I couldn't tell you specifically, but Beefsteak Charlie's was "all the beer or sangria" you could drink. I can personally attest that you weren't the only person to walk out in that condition. ;-) There is a handful of restaurants in the DC area that serve mammoth portions of beef. I don't know how anyone can eat that much at a sitting. In my cub reporter days at the KC Star, there were a number of competing steakhouses that offered a full steak dinner for $2.50 or so. That included salad, 10-12 ounce steak, baked potato(e) and a side veggie, and a couple of rolls. Lucky thing, because I was making under $100 a week in those mostly salad days. There also was a diner-restaurant that served "steak and eggs" for under a dollars. Nichols, I think it was called. Steak, eggs, homefries, toast and coffee, under a buck. We also used to hang out at a Mexican joint called Los Corrals, which I believe is still open. The proprietors back then never paid attention to "closing hours" as they pertained to booze. Good, cheap food. Bryant's Barbecue is well-known, of course, but I don't know what happened to the joint after Arthur Bryant died. Slabs of ribs served on white bread (to absorb the grease). A short hop away from the old ball park before it moved to suburbia. Kansas City had a huge number of great restaurants back then, all out of proportion to its size as a city. -- Email sent to is never read. Was a lot cheaper, maybe not in relation to pay. I used to get a pork chop dinner, soup, salad and jello dessert for $1.25 in San Francisco in the mid 1960's. Buddy's wife kept the menus from her highschool and college dates and Fisherman's Wharf had Abalone dinner for $1.25-1.50 in about 1960. Bill |
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
hlink.net... Was a lot cheaper, maybe not in relation to pay. I used to get a pork chop dinner, soup, salad and jello dessert for $1.25 in San Francisco in the mid 1960's. Buddy's wife kept the menus from her highschool and college dates and Fisherman's Wharf had Abalone dinner for $1.25-1.50 in about 1960. Bill Damn....no wonder you all bicker so much here. You're all ancient! :-) |
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Calif Bill" wrote in message hlink.net... Was a lot cheaper, maybe not in relation to pay. I used to get a pork chop dinner, soup, salad and jello dessert for $1.25 in San Francisco in the mid 1960's. Buddy's wife kept the menus from her highschool and college dates and Fisherman's Wharf had Abalone dinner for $1.25-1.50 in about 1960. Bill Damn....no wonder you all bicker so much here. You're all ancient! :-) Don't know about ancient, but damn old. 20 years old, and my first new car I bought in fall of '63, 1964 Chevy Impala SS 300 h.p. 4 speed. 142 MPH. $3341 out the door. Tax, license, etc. Made $90 week. Payments $69 / month. Assigned risk insurance $250 / year. (way too many tickets. Hopped up 55 Chevy Convertible, hopped up 56 Ford Convertible). Hooped up was different conotation then. Bill |
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