My niece is in town for her 39th birthday, and I suggested a pot luck at my
place. No one wanted to do that. Too much trouble a couple people said.
(What?? How is a potluck too much trouble?) Anyway, it is like trying to
get Jews and Muslims to decide on something when my family tries to get
together for dinner... So, for her birthday, we are going to Subway. It
was the only "restaurant" we could all agree on going to. (I threw it out
there as an option half-joking.)... My dad says he's flexible to go
anywhere but turns out only if you want to go where he wants... Eh, Subway
is okay; I actually like the veggie patty sub. But really, is that special
for someone that traveled 1000 miles and you only see once a year? I guess
it will be memorable for it's pedestrian mundaneness.

On 05/07/2012 6:43 AM, Somebody wrote:
My niece is in town for her 39th birthday, and I suggested a pot luck at my
place. No one wanted to do that. Too much trouble a couple people said.
(What?? How is a potluck too much trouble?) Anyway, it is like trying to
get Jews and Muslims to decide on something when my family tries to get
together for dinner...


With my wife's family it was like trying to herd cats. She loves to
dress up the house with seasonal decorations and to set a beautiful
table. She would start calling and asking brother and sister and their
grown children. Most would be unable to commit and wanted to check and
call back. Her sister would invariably get back to her after several
others had confirmed and try to change the date.

The only one who we can always count on accepting an invitation without
any hesitation is the Big Niece.

On 2012-07-05, Somebody wrote:
My niece is in town for her 39th birthday, and I suggested a pot luck at my
place. No one wanted to do that. Too much trouble a couple people said.
(What?? How is a potluck too much trouble?) Anyway, it is like trying to
get Jews and Muslims to decide on something when my family tries to get
together for dinner... So, for her birthday, we are going to Subway. It
was the only "restaurant" we could all agree on going to. (I threw it out
there as an option half-joking.)... My dad says he's flexible to go
anywhere but turns out only if you want to go where he wants... Eh, Subway
is okay; I actually like the veggie patty sub. But really, is that special
for someone that traveled 1000 miles and you only see once a year? I guess
it will be memorable for it's pedestrian mundaneness.

Uhmmm.... silly me, but what's the "LCD"?

nb

--
vi --the heart of evil!
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain
the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the
government." -- Patrick Henry

On Jul 5, 8:02*am, Andy wrote:
Subway came to town one day. They bought a tiny store with no seating. You
walked in one door, ordered and left through another door.

Thanks to the county courthouse, between jurors, lawyers, paralegals, etc..,
the restaurants in town do a busy lunch service. Who wants to stand on the
sidewalk and gobble down a sub?!! They left town about six months later.

Also, when the courthouse closes, the town just about does too. If you can't
be profitable at lunch you're not gonna make it. The locals support local
business rather than greedy fast food giants.

They also skimp on their ingredients in how they slice the rolls. Instead of
a clean cut straight through the middle, rather they cut out a V-shaped strip
of bread, leaving much less space to fill, leaving customers to eat more
bread instead.

Andy

Once upon a time, Subway used to V-cut here too. Now they slice their
bread normal.
I think their cold cut quality is not very good. I had a roast beef
sub there once. Not enough roast beef.
They're the world's largest fast food franchise.

On 7/5/2012 8:54 AM, A Moose in Love wrote:
On Jul 5, 8:02 am, Andy wrote:
Subway came to town one day. They bought a tiny store with no seating. You
walked in one door, ordered and left through another door.

Thanks to the county courthouse, between jurors, lawyers, paralegals, etc.,
the restaurants in town do a busy lunch service. Who wants to stand on the
sidewalk and gobble down a sub?!! They left town about six months later.

Also, when the courthouse closes, the town just about does too. If you can't
be profitable at lunch you're not gonna make it. The locals support local
business rather than greedy fast food giants.

They also skimp on their ingredients in how they slice the rolls. Instead of
a clean cut straight through the middle, rather they cut out a V-shaped strip
of bread, leaving much less space to fill, leaving customers to eat more
bread instead.

Andy

Once upon a time, Subway used to V-cut here too. Now they slice their
bread normal.
I think their cold cut quality is not very good. I had a roast beef
sub there once. Not enough roast beef.
They're the world's largest fast food franchise.


I am definitely sure there is an inverse proportionality between how
much a company spends on telling you how good they are vs the truth.

In article , "Somebody"
wrote:

My niece is in town for her 39th birthday, and I suggested a pot luck at my
place. No one wanted to do that. Too much trouble a couple people said.
(What?? How is a potluck too much trouble?) Anyway, it is like trying to
get Jews and Muslims to decide on something when my family tries to get
together for dinner... So, for her birthday, we are going to Subway. It
was the only "restaurant" we could all agree on going to. (I threw it out
there as an option half-joking.)... My dad says he's flexible to go
anywhere but turns out only if you want to go where he wants... Eh, Subway
is okay; I actually like the veggie patty sub. But really, is that special
for someone that traveled 1000 miles and you only see once a year? I guess
it will be memorable for it's pedestrian mundaneness.

In my family, the person who's celebrating their birthday decides where
to go. The others can either go there or not.

On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:42:37 -0400, Stan Horwitz wrote:

In my family, the person who's celebrating their birthday decides where
to go. The others can either go there or not.

We're like that, too, with the added caveat that the birthday person
doesn't pay for their meal.

--

-Jeff B.


"Freedom Through Vigilance"

"Stan Horwitz" wrote in message
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In my family, the person who's celebrating their birthday decides where
to go. The others can either go there or not.


That's how it should be. Couple years ago my dad told me where he would
take me for my birthday (wasn't a place I would choose.) But whaddya gonnna
do.

"notbob" wrote in message
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Uhmmm.... silly me, but what's the "LCD"?

Lowest...

"Somebody" wrote in message
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"notbob" wrote in message
...

Uhmmm.... silly me, but what's the "LCD"?

Lowest...

At first, like nb, I thought 'liquid crystal display' and wondered what the
heck that had to do with restaurants Oh well. Subway isn't a place I'd
choose to go. But if it is the choice of the birthday person, why not?

An Aside: my father had altzheimers. One day he got in the car and just
sat there. When Mom and I asked why, he said he wanted a meatball sub from
Subway. It was 9AM; Subway wasn't open. But he wasn't going to get out of
the car unless we drove him somewhere. So I told Mom, let's just go into
town. So I drove us to the grocery store. I ran in and bought prepared
meatballs. I bought a jar of marinara sauce. I bought some mozzarella and
a package of "Italian rolls". We went home, I made a meatball sub for Dad.
He was happy.

Just goes to prove you can do this at home. If you want to.

Jill

On 2012-07-05, jmcquown wrote:

heck that had to do with restaurants Oh well. Subway isn't a place I'd
choose to go. But if it is the choice of the birthday person, why not?

I'll do Subway, if the stuffing looks good and I'm in the mood fer a sub
sandwich and there's none available elsewhere. They have discounts on
certain types on certain days. Better than the burger meat at most
chains, which usually gives me indigestion.

nb

--
vi --the heart of evil!
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain
the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the
government." -- Patrick Henry

On Jul 5, 6:43*am, "Somebody" wrote:
My niece is in town for her 39th birthday, and I suggested a pot luck at my
place. *No one wanted to do that. *Too much trouble a couple people said.
(What?? *How is a potluck too much trouble?) *Anyway, it is like trying to
get Jews and Muslims to decide on something when my family tries to get
together for dinner... *So, for her birthday, we are going to Subway. *It
was the only "restaurant" we could all agree on going to. (I threw it out
there as an option half-joking.)... *My dad says he's flexible to go
anywhere but turns out only if you want to go where he wants... *Eh, Subway
is okay; I actually like the veggie patty sub. *But really, is that special
for someone that traveled 1000 miles and you only see once a year? *I guess
it will be memorable for it's pedestrian mundaneness.

Special? No, it stinks. I would've just made the plan for the
potluck and to hell with those who didn't want to participate. I
guess they expected you to do all the cooking.

Bet that was a first for Subway. - Ha. Did they serve a little cake
and sing?

On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 06:43:05 -0400, "Somebody" wrote:

My niece is in town for her 39th birthday, and I suggested a pot luck at my
place. No one wanted to do that. Too much trouble a couple people said.
(What?? How is a potluck too much trouble?) Anyway, it is like trying to
get Jews and Muslims to decide on something when my family tries to get
together for dinner... So, for her birthday, we are going to Subway. It
was the only "restaurant" we could all agree on going to. (I threw it out
there as an option half-joking.)... My dad says he's flexible to go
anywhere but turns out only if you want to go where he wants... Eh, Subway
is okay; I actually like the veggie patty sub. But really, is that special
for someone that traveled 1000 miles and you only see once a year? I guess
it will be memorable for it's pedestrian mundaneness.

Will she be there long enough for the two of you to go someplace less
mundane or for you to cook her something special at your house?
Getting together with loved ones you haven't seen in a long time is
usually a noisy occasion where food takes a back seat anyway; so maybe
Subway is the best choice because the food will be forgotten if it all
goes the way it should.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Stan Horwitz wrote:

In my family, the person who's celebrating their birthday decides where
to go. The others can either go there or not.

Now you're talking! Thank you!

G.

On 7/5/2012 12:43 AM, Somebody wrote:
My niece is in town for her 39th birthday, and I suggested a pot luck at my
place. No one wanted to do that. Too much trouble a couple people said.
(What?? How is a potluck too much trouble?) Anyway, it is like trying to
get Jews and Muslims to decide on something when my family tries to get
together for dinner... So, for her birthday, we are going to Subway. It
was the only "restaurant" we could all agree on going to. (I threw it out
there as an option half-joking.)... My dad says he's flexible to go
anywhere but turns out only if you want to go where he wants... Eh, Subway
is okay; I actually like the veggie patty sub. But really, is that special
for someone that traveled 1000 miles and you only see once a year? I guess
it will be memorable for it's pedestrian mundaneness.



Ha ha, I get hassled if I suggest that we go to a Chinese restaurant for
a special or semi-special occasion. "It's not special enough!" is what I
get.

You can bet your ass that I'm gonna suggest going to Subways on the next
birthday or funeral. I can see it now: a dead, stunned, silence for
about 5 seconds and then a roar of laughter, followed by ridicule. I
love it! Thanks for the idea pal! :-)