On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:12:16 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:54:40 -0500, hk wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:22:00 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:34:38 -0500, hk wrote:

Gold has a bit of history as a valuable item. Beads, too. Paper?
No thanks.
You should own a bag or two of silver coins if you are looking for
hard money. It is hard to make change for a Krugerrand when you are
buying groceries
While gold and silver can be a valuable hedge against inflation or a
server recession and/or depression, it would have no value if there was
a complete breakdown in government and society. Barter for real goods
and services would be the new coin. Gold only has value if people
believe it has value, the same as with our paper money.

Whoa. You're saying my VISA card won't work. Even the platinum?
Oh ****.

--Vic

Gold has been highly valued for thousands of years. If there is a
general collapse, it will be something easily traded for valuable goods
and services.

What are you, a survivalist?
Hey, I'm not going to do it. You don't take my VISA, you can jump in
the lake. If things get where you're talking about, I'll team up with
the neighbors, form a tribe, build a fire and roast some marshmallows.
Won't need gold. Just marshmallows. And maybe some brats.

--Vic

If you are only eatting Marshmellows, you may need some Ex-Lax, so make
sure you bring enough gold to trade for Ex-Lax

That's why I added brats. But I'll just trade some marshmallows to
get the brats. Don't need gold. Unless I run out of marshmallows.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:12:16 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:54:40 -0500, hk wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:22:00 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:34:38 -0500, hk
wrote:

Gold has a bit of history as a valuable item. Beads, too. Paper?
No thanks.
You should own a bag or two of silver coins if you are looking for
hard money. It is hard to make change for a Krugerrand when you are
buying groceries
While gold and silver can be a valuable hedge against inflation or a
server recession and/or depression, it would have no value if there
was
a complete breakdown in government and society. Barter for real
goods
and services would be the new coin. Gold only has value if people
believe it has value, the same as with our paper money.

Whoa. You're saying my VISA card won't work. Even the platinum?
Oh ****.

--Vic

Gold has been highly valued for thousands of years. If there is a
general collapse, it will be something easily traded for valuable goods
and services.

What are you, a survivalist?
Hey, I'm not going to do it. You don't take my VISA, you can jump in
the lake. If things get where you're talking about, I'll team up with
the neighbors, form a tribe, build a fire and roast some marshmallows.
Won't need gold. Just marshmallows. And maybe some brats.

--Vic

If you are only eatting Marshmellows, you may need some Ex-Lax, so make
sure you bring enough gold to trade for Ex-Lax

That's why I added brats. But I'll just trade some marshmallows to
get the brats. Don't need gold. Unless I run out of marshmallows.

--Vic

I'll bet you've been to the Brat Stop on Wisc Hwy 50 and the Interstate just
over the Illinois Wisconsin line.

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:31:55 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



I'll bet you've been to the Brat Stop on Wisc Hwy 50 and the Interstate just
over the Illinois Wisconsin line.

No, haven't been to Wisconsin it years. Wife's been bugging me to go
up on a weekend so maybe I'll take her up there this spring.
You talking 90 or 94? I'll check it out. Been eating those
Smithville(?) or Jonesville(?) brats. Not bad.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:31:55 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



I'll bet you've been to the Brat Stop on Wisc Hwy 50 and the Interstate
just
over the Illinois Wisconsin line.

No, haven't been to Wisconsin it years. Wife's been bugging me to go
up on a weekend so maybe I'll take her up there this spring.
You talking 90 or 94? I'll check it out. Been eating those
Smithville(?) or Jonesville(?) brats. Not bad.

--Vic

Actually it's I-94 and Wisconsin 50, just a couple of miles north of the
border. I haven't been there in probably 25 years but we started eating
there in the '60s. Hwy 50 is the route we took to Camp Lake where we had a
home on the lake.

Just for fun I Goggled it, low and behold, it's still there after 46 years.

Three things I miss since leaving Chicago area are brats, good pizza and
Italian beef sandwiches.

http://www.bratstop.com/contact.htm

If you do stop there, have a couple for me.

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:59:44 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



Actually it's I-94 and Wisconsin 50, just a couple of miles north of the
border. I haven't been there in probably 25 years but we started eating
there in the '60s. Hwy 50 is the route we took to Camp Lake where we had a
home on the lake.

Just for fun I Goggled it, low and behold, it's still there after 46 years.

Three things I miss since leaving Chicago area are brats, good pizza and
Italian beef sandwiches.

http://www.bratstop.com/contact.htm

If you do stop there, have a couple for me.

Thanks, I saved it. You've given me the idea to go to Kenosha
and maybe visit the waterfront. Real quick trip compared to going out
on I-90 to see farms.
You got that right about pizza and Italian beef. I hardly ate brats
until I moved to the suburbs. 'Cause I can't find decent pizza or
Italian beef nearby!

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:59:44 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



Actually it's I-94 and Wisconsin 50, just a couple of miles north of the
border. I haven't been there in probably 25 years but we started eating
there in the '60s. Hwy 50 is the route we took to Camp Lake where we had a
home on the lake.

Just for fun I Goggled it, low and behold, it's still there after 46
years.

Three things I miss since leaving Chicago area are brats, good pizza and
Italian beef sandwiches.

http://www.bratstop.com/contact.htm

If you do stop there, have a couple for me.

Thanks, I saved it. You've given me the idea to go to Kenosha
and maybe visit the waterfront. Real quick trip compared to going out
on I-90 to see farms.
You got that right about pizza and Italian beef. I hardly ate brats
until I moved to the suburbs. 'Cause I can't find decent pizza or
Italian beef nearby!

--Vic

A couple of years ago my 90 year old Aunt in Arlington Hts became terminally
ill. My brother, from Michigan and I both traveled there to be with her as
she had no other family. The three weeks I was there much of our dining was
on pizza and Italian beef. When I arrived home in Florida I jumped on the
scale only to find I had gained 13 pounds.

Haven't found a decent pizza joint here. There have been a couple of places
that opened and served pretty good Chicago style Italian beef but neither of
them lasted very long.

When I first moved to Florida I walked into a "Italian" pizza restaurant and
ordered an Italian beef to go. They looked at me like I just fell out of
tree, they had never heard of such a thing. I didn't realize it's a thing
pretty much unique to Chicago.

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:28:31 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:59:44 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



Actually it's I-94 and Wisconsin 50, just a couple of miles north of the
border. I haven't been there in probably 25 years but we started eating
there in the '60s. Hwy 50 is the route we took to Camp Lake where we had a
home on the lake.

Just for fun I Goggled it, low and behold, it's still there after 46
years.

Three things I miss since leaving Chicago area are brats, good pizza and
Italian beef sandwiches.

http://www.bratstop.com/contact.htm

If you do stop there, have a couple for me.

Thanks, I saved it. You've given me the idea to go to Kenosha
and maybe visit the waterfront. Real quick trip compared to going out
on I-90 to see farms.
You got that right about pizza and Italian beef. I hardly ate brats
until I moved to the suburbs. 'Cause I can't find decent pizza or
Italian beef nearby!

A couple of years ago my 90 year old Aunt in Arlington Hts became terminally
ill. My brother, from Michigan and I both traveled there to be with her as
she had no other family. The three weeks I was there much of our dining was
on pizza and Italian beef. When I arrived home in Florida I jumped on the
scale only to find I had gained 13 pounds.

Haven't found a decent pizza joint here. There have been a couple of places
that opened and served pretty good Chicago style Italian beef but neither of
them lasted very long.

When I first moved to Florida I walked into a "Italian" pizza restaurant and
ordered an Italian beef to go. They looked at me like I just fell out of
tree, they had never heard of such a thing. I didn't realize it's a thing
pretty much unique to Chicago.

Yep.

Another "thing" is ordering pickle on your hot dog. Nice big fat
slice of pickle. And real mustard, not the crap mustard most hot dog
places have. Properly chunked spanish onions.

mmmmmm.....

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:28:31 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:


Haven't found a decent pizza joint here. There have been a couple of places
that opened and served pretty good Chicago style Italian beef but neither of
them lasted very long.

I've tried a few pizzas when I vacationed there. Best was a Pizza
Hut, and that says it all. I'm sure there are good Italian restaurant
down there, but I've had bad luck. Even mushy lasagna.
Got a feeling everything is too transient, and quality and consistency
never gets built up. Maybe it'll change.

When I first moved to Florida I walked into a "Italian" pizza restaurant and
ordered an Italian beef to go. They looked at me like I just fell out of
tree, they had never heard of such a thing. I didn't realize it's a thing
pretty much unique to Chicago.

As much as I miss pizzas when in Florida, it's getting good Polish rye
bread that worries me about moving there. Maybe we don't look hard
enough when on vacation, but I haven't seen it. Publix and the other
chain down ther - can't remember - have a pretty good selection of
food, and some good "gourmet" stuff, but around here there's plenty of
big groceries that are "ethno-centric." Mostly Polish/Russian. Good
bread - the Polish rye we like - is a given in all of them. Think it
comes from Baltic Bakery in the city, which has been around forever.
It's a mild rye, moderately crisp crust bread. Hmmmm.

--Vic

D.Duck wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:59:44 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:


Actually it's I-94 and Wisconsin 50, just a couple of miles north of the
border. I haven't been there in probably 25 years but we started eating
there in the '60s. Hwy 50 is the route we took to Camp Lake where we had a
home on the lake.

Just for fun I Goggled it, low and behold, it's still there after 46
years.

Three things I miss since leaving Chicago area are brats, good pizza and
Italian beef sandwiches.

http://www.bratstop.com/contact.htm

If you do stop there, have a couple for me.

Thanks, I saved it. You've given me the idea to go to Kenosha
and maybe visit the waterfront. Real quick trip compared to going out
on I-90 to see farms.
You got that right about pizza and Italian beef. I hardly ate brats
until I moved to the suburbs. 'Cause I can't find decent pizza or
Italian beef nearby!

--Vic

A couple of years ago my 90 year old Aunt in Arlington Hts became terminally
ill. My brother, from Michigan and I both traveled there to be with her as
she had no other family. The three weeks I was there much of our dining was
on pizza and Italian beef. When I arrived home in Florida I jumped on the
scale only to find I had gained 13 pounds.

Haven't found a decent pizza joint here. There have been a couple of places
that opened and served pretty good Chicago style Italian beef but neither of
them lasted very long.

When I first moved to Florida I walked into a "Italian" pizza restaurant and
ordered an Italian beef to go. They looked at me like I just fell out of
tree, they had never heard of such a thing. I didn't realize it's a thing
pretty much unique to Chicago.



Are you talking about Dago Beef?

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:14:00 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:59:44 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



Actually it's I-94 and Wisconsin 50, just a couple of miles north of the
border. I haven't been there in probably 25 years but we started eating
there in the '60s. Hwy 50 is the route we took to Camp Lake where we had a
home on the lake.

Just for fun I Goggled it, low and behold, it's still there after 46 years.

Three things I miss since leaving Chicago area are brats, good pizza and
Italian beef sandwiches.

http://www.bratstop.com/contact.htm

If you do stop there, have a couple for me.

Thanks, I saved it. You've given me the idea to go to Kenosha
and maybe visit the waterfront. Real quick trip compared to going out
on I-90 to see farms.
You got that right about pizza and Italian beef. I hardly ate brats
until I moved to the suburbs. 'Cause I can't find decent pizza or
Italian beef nearby!

I miss fresh from the farm brats.

MMMMMM.....

When I was a kid, my maternal Grandfather used to take me to the
Braves games at the old Milwaukee County Stadium - we used to sit in
the bleachers at the Old Soldier's Home which overlooked Right Field.
There was a WWI vet there who would cook up brats he got from a farmer
out in Troy Center and hand them out to the other vets and their
grandkids. He'd make up a veggie mix to go with them - sort of a stir
fry, just a tad different.

Good times man, good times.