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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:41:47 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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The high:

Today is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian
genius whose work epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal and whose
Last
Supper (1495?98) and Mona Lisa (1503?06) are widely influential
paintings.
Born in 1452.

The low:

On this day in 1955, Roy Croc opened the first McDonald's franchise
in
Des
Plaines, Illinois, and in that same year started the McDonald's
Corporation.


:)
I believe it was Ray Croc. First store was about 2 miles from my
childhood
home.

Any White Castles there? I was delivering papers on my bike when I
saw my first MacDonalds, around 79th and Jeffery.
There was an old White Castle a couple blocks east. I tried one of
the McDonald burgers - it was 15 cents. Liked the smaller White
Castle much better - it was 12 cents.
That was '59 I think. Maybe '60.
I still eat 8 White Castles once in a while, when I get the craving, 3
or 4 times a year. Of course I always regret it for a couple days.
Never cared at all for McDonalds. Best thing they have is the
breakfast sandwiches. I'll stop when we travel for that if that's how
our schedule is working, but otherwise stay away.
None of my kids got hooked on that, either, because I only took them
there if we were on the road.
A good hamburger is easy to make.
Now fried chicken - that's another story.

--Vic

ps. I worked in Mac's marketing department for a couple years.
Corporate HQ in Oak Brook.
Amazing business, and a super operation.


Ray Croc bought McD's for the softserve milkshake machine patent at
first.
Not for the burger and fries part. The good thing about McD's is the
senior
coffee. Very good coffee and I have paid from $0.25 to $0.59 for it.
Lot
better price than the big chains and better coffee also.


Try not to spill it, I hear its HOT!

AFAIK,

McDonald's (thee original) was one of the first restaurants to
make hamburgers, cheeseburgers and fries in advance of
the actual purchase, hence "Fast Food"

db






I've had the MickeyD's coffee and Ca Bill is correct, it is good coffee.
But...I hate going into the stores because the damned place always smells
like *heavy* fried food, even first thing in the morning, and that aroma
is a personal turn off for me.

I'm not a fan of the "boutique" coffee shops, because I find their coffee
too heavy or strong for my taste. So, when I am out and about and need a
caffeine fix, I just go into an ordinary sandwich/breakfast shop and get
coffee. Regular, ordinary coffee. I like WaWa coffee.


I go through the drive through. Is one at where I have to turn on to the
major road near my house, so works out well when going somewhere with the
boat. Have to pass McD's to get to storage yard. If just morning coffee,
meet some friends at time at the local Donut shop.




The two Mickey D's near us have 20-minute lines during morning rush. The
WaWa does not.

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Don White wrote:
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Don White wrote:
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Don White wrote:
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Your jealousy shines through again Don.

Have you received a picture of Harry's 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat
yet?


Interested in lobster boats??
http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehi...QAdIdZ38323883
Yes, Harry's Lobsta' boat in particular. Aren't you the least bit
curious about Harry's Lobsta' boat? Does it exist? Did it ever exist?
Was it just another one of Harry's lies?
You should be talking to the poster here who was invited out on one of
Harry's boats.
If he had played his cards right, he could have solved your question.
Since I live way up here and have little chance of seeing any of Harrys
boats, I'll take his word on what he sails.
Don, I was invited out on one of Harry's boat's. It wasn't on his "Lobsta'
boat".

Why didn't you take him up on it? You could have done some close
investigating rather than accuse him of lying while you sit hundreds or
thousands of miles away.

I had other priorities that came up.

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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:17:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Apr 15, 11:06*am, "Don White" wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message

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Don White wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
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Your jealousy shines through again Don.

Have you received a picture of Harry's 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat
yet?

Interested in lobster boats??
http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehi...Boat-For-Sale-...

Yes, Harry's Lobsta' boat in particular. Aren't you the least bit curious
about Harry's Lobsta' boat? Does it exist? Did it ever exist? Was it just
another one of Harry's lies?

You should be talking to the poster here who was invited out on one of
Harry's boats.

Why? He was invited on Harry's Parker, not his 36' Zimmerman like
lobster boat.

If he had played his cards right, he could have solved your question.

No, because Harry's never invited anyone on his alleged lobster boat.
Don't you find it odd that Harry will take a picture of his laptop
computer, his cat, his printer, his fat hand, the hotel he stayed at,
just to prove that he has those things, but there's no such picture of
his 36' Zimmerman like lobster boat, or any history of his father's
fireboat welcome to NY city (even the NYFD chief historian says there
is no account of such), no pictures of his infamous single handing
around the horn, his sailing from SF to Hawaii, and all of his other
lies?


FWIW, Harry invited me for a ride on his Parker. I declined.

Playing cards would have solved nothing.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:50:18 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:41:47 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
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The high:

Today is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian
genius whose work epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal and whose
Last
Supper (1495?98) and Mona Lisa (1503?06) are widely influential
paintings.
Born in 1452.

The low:

On this day in 1955, Roy Croc opened the first McDonald's franchise in
Des
Plaines, Illinois, and in that same year started the McDonald's
Corporation.


:)

I believe it was Ray Croc. First store was about 2 miles from my
childhood
home.

Any White Castles there? I was delivering papers on my bike when I
saw my first MacDonalds, around 79th and Jeffery.
There was an old White Castle a couple blocks east. I tried one of
the McDonald burgers - it was 15 cents. Liked the smaller White
Castle much better - it was 12 cents.
That was '59 I think. Maybe '60.
I still eat 8 White Castles once in a while, when I get the craving, 3
or 4 times a year. Of course I always regret it for a couple days.
Never cared at all for McDonalds. Best thing they have is the
breakfast sandwiches. I'll stop when we travel for that if that's how
our schedule is working, but otherwise stay away.
None of my kids got hooked on that, either, because I only took them
there if we were on the road.
A good hamburger is easy to make.
Now fried chicken - that's another story.

--Vic

ps. I worked in Mac's marketing department for a couple years.
Corporate HQ in Oak Brook.
Amazing business, and a super operation.



Ray Croc bought McD's for the softserve milkshake machine patent at first.
Not for the burger and fries part. The good thing about McD's is the senior
coffee. Very good coffee and I have paid from $0.25 to $0.59 for it. Lot
better price than the big chains and better coffee also.


Their new coffee is much better than the old. When in Disney World, where
coffee was over $2.00, I asked, in the McDonalds, for a senior coffee. Sure
enough, I got it for $0.59. Not a bad deal.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

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HK wrote:
The high:

Today is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian
genius whose work epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal and whose
Last Supper (1495–98) and Mona Lisa (1503–06) are widely influential
paintings. Born in 1452.

The low:

On this day in 1955, Roy Croc opened the first McDonald's franchise in
Des Plaines, Illinois, and in that same year started the McDonald's
Corporation.


:)

Wrong name, wrong dates, dumbass.

Ray Kroc and 1961.

http://www.time.com/time/time100/bui...file/kroc.html

Good thing you weren't a journalist.

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Don White wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
. ..
Your jealousy shines through again Don.

Have you received a picture of Harry's 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat
yet?



Interested in lobster boats??
http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehi...QAdIdZ38323883
Yes, Harry's Lobsta' boat in particular. Aren't you the least bit curious
about Harry's Lobsta' boat? Does it exist? Did it ever exist? Was it just
another one of Harry's lies?

You should be talking to the poster here who was invited out on one of
Harry's boats.
If he had played his cards right, he could have solved your question.
Since I live way up here and have little chance of seeing any of Harrys
boats, I'll take his word on what he sails.



Good boy!

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"HK" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
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D-unit wrote:
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:41:47 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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The high:

Today is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian
genius whose work epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal and
whose
Last
Supper (1495?98) and Mona Lisa (1503?06) are widely influential
paintings.
Born in 1452.

The low:

On this day in 1955, Roy Croc opened the first McDonald's franchise
in
Des
Plaines, Illinois, and in that same year started the McDonald's
Corporation.


:)
I believe it was Ray Croc. First store was about 2 miles from my
childhood
home.

Any White Castles there? I was delivering papers on my bike when I
saw my first MacDonalds, around 79th and Jeffery.
There was an old White Castle a couple blocks east. I tried one of
the McDonald burgers - it was 15 cents. Liked the smaller White
Castle much better - it was 12 cents.
That was '59 I think. Maybe '60.
I still eat 8 White Castles once in a while, when I get the craving,
3
or 4 times a year. Of course I always regret it for a couple days.
Never cared at all for McDonalds. Best thing they have is the
breakfast sandwiches. I'll stop when we travel for that if that's
how
our schedule is working, but otherwise stay away.
None of my kids got hooked on that, either, because I only took them
there if we were on the road.
A good hamburger is easy to make.
Now fried chicken - that's another story.

--Vic

ps. I worked in Mac's marketing department for a couple years.
Corporate HQ in Oak Brook.
Amazing business, and a super operation.


Ray Croc bought McD's for the softserve milkshake machine patent at
first.
Not for the burger and fries part. The good thing about McD's is the
senior
coffee. Very good coffee and I have paid from $0.25 to $0.59 for it.
Lot
better price than the big chains and better coffee also.


Try not to spill it, I hear its HOT!

AFAIK,

McDonald's (thee original) was one of the first restaurants to
make hamburgers, cheeseburgers and fries in advance of
the actual purchase, hence "Fast Food"

db






I've had the MickeyD's coffee and Ca Bill is correct, it is good coffee.
But...I hate going into the stores because the damned place always
smells like *heavy* fried food, even first thing in the morning, and
that aroma is a personal turn off for me.

I'm not a fan of the "boutique" coffee shops, because I find their
coffee too heavy or strong for my taste. So, when I am out and about and
need a caffeine fix, I just go into an ordinary sandwich/breakfast shop
and get coffee. Regular, ordinary coffee. I like WaWa coffee.


I go through the drive through. Is one at where I have to turn on to the
major road near my house, so works out well when going somewhere with the
boat. Have to pass McD's to get to storage yard. If just morning
coffee, meet some friends at time at the local Donut shop.


The two Mickey D's near us have 20-minute lines during morning rush. The
WaWa does not.

I am mostly retired. Why go at commute hour?

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"JimH" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:41:47 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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The high:

Today is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian
genius whose work epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal and
whose
Last
Supper (1495?98) and Mona Lisa (1503?06) are widely influential
paintings.
Born in 1452.

The low:

On this day in 1955, Roy Croc opened the first McDonald's
franchise in
Des
Plaines, Illinois, and in that same year started the McDonald's
Corporation.


:)
I believe it was Ray Croc. First store was about 2 miles from my
childhood
home.

Any White Castles there? I was delivering papers on my bike when I
saw my first MacDonalds, around 79th and Jeffery.
There was an old White Castle a couple blocks east. I tried one of
the McDonald burgers - it was 15 cents. Liked the smaller White
Castle much better - it was 12 cents.
That was '59 I think. Maybe '60.
I still eat 8 White Castles once in a while, when I get the craving,
3
or 4 times a year. Of course I always regret it for a couple days.
Never cared at all for McDonalds. Best thing they have is the
breakfast sandwiches. I'll stop when we travel for that if that's
how
our schedule is working, but otherwise stay away.
None of my kids got hooked on that, either, because I only took them
there if we were on the road.
A good hamburger is easy to make.
Now fried chicken - that's another story.

--Vic

ps. I worked in Mac's marketing department for a couple years.
Corporate HQ in Oak Brook.
Amazing business, and a super operation.


Ray Croc bought McD's for the softserve milkshake machine patent at
first.
Not for the burger and fries part. The good thing about McD's is the
senior
coffee. Very good coffee and I have paid from $0.25 to $0.59 for it.
Lot
better price than the big chains and better coffee also.


Try not to spill it, I hear its HOT!

AFAIK,

McDonald's (thee original) was one of the first restaurants to
make hamburgers, cheeseburgers and fries in advance of
the actual purchase, hence "Fast Food"

db






I've had the MickeyD's coffee and Ca Bill is correct, it is good
coffee. But...I hate going into the stores because the damned place
always smells like *heavy* fried food, even first thing in the morning,
and that aroma is a personal turn off for me.

I'm not a fan of the "boutique" coffee shops, because I find their
coffee too heavy or strong for my taste. So, when I am out and about
and need a caffeine fix, I just go into an ordinary sandwich/breakfast
shop and get coffee. Regular, ordinary coffee. I like WaWa coffee.


I go through the drive through. Is one at where I have to turn on to
the major road near my house, so works out well when going somewhere
with the boat. Have to pass McD's to get to storage yard. If just
morning coffee, meet some friends at time at the local Donut shop.


The two Mickey D's near us have 20-minute lines during morning rush. The
WaWa does not.

Our morning home brew is fine for Mrs. H and me. 2 cups each in the
morning and we are fine for the day. ;-)


Wife does not drink coffee, so is not always worthwhile to brew a pot.

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"John H." wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:50:18 -0700, "Calif Bill"

wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:41:47 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
...
The high:

Today is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian
genius whose work epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal and whose
Last
Supper (1495?98) and Mona Lisa (1503?06) are widely influential
paintings.
Born in 1452.

The low:

On this day in 1955, Roy Croc opened the first McDonald's franchise in
Des
Plaines, Illinois, and in that same year started the McDonald's
Corporation.


:)

I believe it was Ray Croc. First store was about 2 miles from my
childhood
home.

Any White Castles there? I was delivering papers on my bike when I
saw my first MacDonalds, around 79th and Jeffery.
There was an old White Castle a couple blocks east. I tried one of
the McDonald burgers - it was 15 cents. Liked the smaller White
Castle much better - it was 12 cents.
That was '59 I think. Maybe '60.
I still eat 8 White Castles once in a while, when I get the craving, 3
or 4 times a year. Of course I always regret it for a couple days.
Never cared at all for McDonalds. Best thing they have is the
breakfast sandwiches. I'll stop when we travel for that if that's how
our schedule is working, but otherwise stay away.
None of my kids got hooked on that, either, because I only took them
there if we were on the road.
A good hamburger is easy to make.
Now fried chicken - that's another story.

--Vic

ps. I worked in Mac's marketing department for a couple years.
Corporate HQ in Oak Brook.
Amazing business, and a super operation.



Ray Croc bought McD's for the softserve milkshake machine patent at first.
Not for the burger and fries part. The good thing about McD's is the
senior
coffee. Very good coffee and I have paid from $0.25 to $0.59 for it. Lot
better price than the big chains and better coffee also.


Their new coffee is much better than the old. When in Disney World, where
coffee was over $2.00, I asked, in the McDonalds, for a senior coffee.
Sure
enough, I got it for $0.59. Not a bad deal.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

We were in a town in Italy. Maybe Siena, and we used the McD's restroom.
Couple of old people in there drinking coffee. They said, was a euro and
all the refills they wanted. As opposed to a Euro minimum a cup everywhere
else.

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"JimH" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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"BAR" wrote in message
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D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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The high:

Today is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian
genius whose work epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal and whose
Last Supper (1495-98) and Mona Lisa (1503-06) are widely influential
paintings. Born in 1452.

The low:

On this day in 1955, Roy Croc opened the first McDonald's franchise in
Des Plaines, Illinois, and in that same year started the McDonald's
Corporation.


:)

I believe it was Ray Croc. First store was about 2 miles from my
childhood home.

If McDonald's was unionized Harry would be gushing about it.

Can you imagine the increased apathy of the workers at McDonald's if it
was unionized?


Maybe as bad as a bunch of pseudo marines?


I find your comments about BAR's service to our Country with the USMC
offensive Don and ask that you drop it.


I find his comments about hard working union members offensive. Ask him to
'drop it' and I'll consider same.