5 area Fuddruckers.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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5 area Fuddruckers.
Tempting it is!
The Cuban sandwich I eated last night and this morning is no Cuban sandwich as I experienced in Miami. But there was mustard, and ham, and pickles, and Swiss cheese, so close enough.
It is the petite madeleine every French school child learns about, because Proust is a point of national pride. The butter cake and tea is the departure point of an immersive pleasant memory. In my experience, it's cutting open a grapefruit. The smell triggers memories of Christmases long ago, and I'm momentarily present to this experience of joy.
I find there aren't too many objects that trigger a petit madeleine moment for me. It's the brushed steel Sheaffer Targa fountain pen that may be closest. It definitely dates to 1975. What it speaks to me of is sepia ink. That was my signature ink. It's a bottle exactly like this
on my desk at the paper
where I wear an editor's hat
it's the dawn of my alleged career
Those plastic bottles are collectable now. Never gave mine much thought. When I'm out of ink, I buy another bottle.
Some objects are just part of us
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First Cuban sandwich I ever had was at a fairly well known club in Alexandria VA called the Birchmere. I really look forward to having one when I see a show there. With COVID it's been a while since I've been there and hopefully the menu hasn't changed!
eated? Everyone knows it's ated! Geez, send you to school, buy you books, and all we get is disappointment.
Spot on with objects being a part of us. I am firmly attached to my hands and feet.
Hmm. In my area it's et. Like "have ya et yet?"eated? Everyone knows it's ated! Geez, send you to school, buy you books, and all we get is disappointment.
Where I grew up and in TX it's "jeet yet?" Did you eat yet? When we moved to StL I was accused of not wearing shoes among other things.
Instead of salty pickle, small cucumber in the sandwich makes a nice healthy replacement. It can be cut longwise like a pickle and layered in.
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Well if it ain't time for cucumber sandwiches. 
We got a meal on our gig last nite. I ordered the cold cucumber salad and a burger. The staff brought them out while we were playing. By the time I got to eat, both items were the same temperature. Blecch!Well if it ain't time for cucumber sandwiches.
We got a meal on our gig last nite. I ordered the cold cucumber salad and a burger. The staff brought them out while we were playing. By the time I got to eat, both items were the same temperature. Blecch!
Timing is everything except for the wait staff.
Well if it ain't time for cucumber sandwiches.
You're right - it ain't. In a salad, eh, take it or leave it. Take it and I'll be tasting it in the backwash for several hours.
Speaking of timing... I saw an interview of a comedian the other day.
Interviewer: What do you think makes you succes...TI-
Comedian: -MING!
Tell us about real English muffins compared to the Uh-Mur'I'Khaaaaaan
Here is something that should be in the "Unbelievable Internet Stories". Yesterday my wife and I ordered a bouquet of tulips from the FTD website. The order was accepted with a promise of delivery today in Northern California. I just received an email from them which stated:
"We’re sorry but due to civil unrest near our farms in Colombia, we are unable to deliver Order ########## on the date you requested for _________ (recipient).
We can still deliver a fresh arrangement of equal/greater value within the next 4 days with a $10 refund applied to your order.
We know this isn’t what you expected, and we’d like to make this right. Please decide what you’d like us to do with your order based on the following options:
A) Deliver my order at the next available date:
We can still deliver an arrangement of equal/greater value within the next 4 days with a $10 refund applied to your order and a $20 discount off a future on _________ their website". And a couple of other options included cancelling the order for a full refund.
I find it difficult to belief that they would deliver a bunch of flowers, direct from Columbia, in less than 24 hours for less than $60. I could believe it if they said is was because of COVID, like everyone else...
"We’re sorry but due to civil unrest near our farms in Colombia, we are unable to deliver Order ########## on the date you requested for _________ (recipient).
We can still deliver a fresh arrangement of equal/greater value within the next 4 days with a $10 refund applied to your order.
We know this isn’t what you expected, and we’d like to make this right. Please decide what you’d like us to do with your order based on the following options:
A) Deliver my order at the next available date:
We can still deliver an arrangement of equal/greater value within the next 4 days with a $10 refund applied to your order and a $20 discount off a future on _________ their website". And a couple of other options included cancelling the order for a full refund.
I find it difficult to belief that they would deliver a bunch of flowers, direct from Columbia, in less than 24 hours for less than $60. I could believe it if they said is was because of COVID, like everyone else...
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Since everything comes out the same color and temp, they were just saving you some time!We got a meal on our gig last nite. I ordered the cold cucumber salad and a burger. The staff brought them out while we were playing. By the time I got to eat, both items were the same temperature. Blecch!
Well, Thomas' English muffins are real, because they said they were and, in English.
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I don't know the number now, but at one point, over 70% of the cut flowers sold east or west of the Mississippi River (can't remember which side) came from Colombia. Bogotá is way over 8,000 feet; the mountain is surrounded by flower fields. Gorgeous. But it's a labor-intensive industry. And of course they need full airline schedules. Flowers for mom. Soaked in sweat for the workers.
Ah, so the "civil unrest" is caused by the workers. Hard to sweat at 8,000 feet unless you are over-dressed. Since they were tulips, I should have just ordered them from Holland.
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Wrong on one point. It's EASY to sweat at 8,000 feet. I lived at 7,000 in Flagstaff for 8 years. When it gets over 80 at that elevation, it's HOT. A different kind of hot than, say, south Florida in August, but I had no problem sweating when walking the forests with my dogs. Very high UV levels. Still way better than the 3 times/day I was having to change my clothes down in Scottsdale during the summer. Their 100+ days of 100+ degree temps became too much for me.
One look at the density and dress of the workers and the humidity added by all those cut flowers suggested a sweat shop atmosphere to me.
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