Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

"A more accurate description than “100% natural whole-grain oats,”
“plump raisins,” “sweet cranberries” and “crisp fresh apples” would be
“oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients
you would never keep in your kitchen.”

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...meal-wrong/?hp

He goes on in the article to talk about why take a perfectly easy,
natural thing to cook and make it unhealthy by adding stuff most
people wouldn't eat if they knew what it was.

It's a good skewering of the fast food giant.

.....

The last paragraph is a doozy.

"Here’s the thing: McDonald’s wants to get people in the store. Once a
day, once a week, once a month, the more the better, of course, but
routinely. And if you buy oatmeal, they’re o.k. with that. But they
know that, once inside, you’ll probably opt for a sausage biscuit
anyway.

And you won’t be much worse off. "

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

In article <b458f25d-963b-4a54-8add-35b893c87dc3
@o7g2000prn.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
> "A more accurate description than ?100% natural whole-grain oats,?
> ?plump raisins,? ?sweet cranberTries? and ?crisp fresh apples? would
be
> ?oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients
> you would never keep in your kitchen.?
>
> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...meal-wrong/?hp
>
> He goes on in the article to talk about why take a perfectly easy,
> natural thing to cook and make it unhealthy by adding stuff most
> people wouldn't eat if they knew what it was.
>
> It's a good skewering of the fast food giant.
>
> ....
>
> The last paragraph is a doozy.
>
> "Here?s the thing: McDonald?s wants to get people in the store. Once a
> day, once a week, once a month, the more the better, of course, but
> routinely. And if you buy oatmeal, they?re o.k. with that. But they
> know that, once inside, you?ll probably opt for a sausage biscuit
> anyway.
>
> And you won?t be much worse off. "

I grew up a half mile from one of the very first McDonalds in my state.
I remember 15 cent burgers and 10 cent shakes, I remember the signs when
they were still talking about hundreds of thousands sold, now it's
"billions and billions". My dad took me there at least once a week, I
was hooked for decades to big macs.

The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
dollars! Man, me and the wife and kid can get a sit down meal for 30
right next door at Red Robin, Fridays, etc., so McDonalds is just a
memory..

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:04:04 -0500, I_am_Tosk
> wrote:

>In article <b458f25d-963b-4a54-8add-35b893c87dc3
>, says...
>>
>> "A more accurate description than ?100% natural whole-grain oats,?
>> ?plump raisins,? ?sweet cranberTries? and ?crisp fresh apples? would
>be
>> ?oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients
>> you would never keep in your kitchen.?
>>
>> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...meal-wrong/?hp
>>
>> He goes on in the article to talk about why take a perfectly easy,
>> natural thing to cook and make it unhealthy by adding stuff most
>> people wouldn't eat if they knew what it was.
>>
>> It's a good skewering of the fast food giant.
>>
>> ....
>>
>> The last paragraph is a doozy.
>>
>> "Here?s the thing: McDonald?s wants to get people in the store. Once a
>> day, once a week, once a month, the more the better, of course, but
>> routinely. And if you buy oatmeal, they?re o.k. with that. But they
>> know that, once inside, you?ll probably opt for a sausage biscuit
>> anyway.
>>
>> And you won?t be much worse off. "
>
>I grew up a half mile from one of the very first McDonalds in my state.
>I remember 15 cent burgers and 10 cent shakes, I remember the signs when
>they were still talking about hundreds of thousands sold, now it's
>"billions and billions". My dad took me there at least once a week, I
>was hooked for decades to big macs.
>
>The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
>go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
>dollars! Man, me and the wife and kid can get a sit down meal for 30
>right next door at Red Robin, Fridays, etc., so McDonalds is just a
>memory..

That's so true. They're not cheap anymore and don't taste anything
like what they did when I was a kid. When I was in high school I
loved quarter pounders with cheese. The bun was soft, the meat was
juicy, and the cheese was melted. I tried one a few years ago and the
friggin cheese wasn't even melted. The bun was bad and the meat was
like half of what it was years ago. I only got half of it down. It
was at a tollway oasis and it was about $3.50. What a joke.

Chick-Fil-A has just started opening up in the Chicago burbs and one
is about a mile from me. I used a coupon for the basic $2.99 sandwich
and I have to say it was excellent for fast food. And it didn't give
me the shits like mCshitteis did.

Lou

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

In article >,
says...
>
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:04:04 -0500, I_am_Tosk
> > wrote:
>
> >In article <b458f25d-963b-4a54-8add-35b893c87dc3
> >, says...
> >>
> >> "A more accurate description than ?100% natural whole-grain oats,?
> >> ?plump raisins,? ?sweet cranberTries? and ?crisp fresh apples? would
> >be
> >> ?oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients
> >> you would never keep in your kitchen.?
> >>
> >> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...meal-wrong/?hp
> >>
> >> He goes on in the article to talk about why take a perfectly easy,
> >> natural thing to cook and make it unhealthy by adding stuff most
> >> people wouldn't eat if they knew what it was.
> >>
> >> It's a good skewering of the fast food giant.
> >>
> >> ....
> >>
> >> The last paragraph is a doozy.
> >>
> >> "Here?s the thing: McDonald?s wants to get people in the store. Once a
> >> day, once a week, once a month, the more the better, of course, but
> >> routinely. And if you buy oatmeal, they?re o.k. with that. But they
> >> know that, once inside, you?ll probably opt for a sausage biscuit
> >> anyway.
> >>
> >> And you won?t be much worse off. "
> >
> >I grew up a half mile from one of the very first McDonalds in my state.
> >I remember 15 cent burgers and 10 cent shakes, I remember the signs when
> >they were still talking about hundreds of thousands sold, now it's
> >"billions and billions". My dad took me there at least once a week, I
> >was hooked for decades to big macs.
> >
> >The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
> >go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
> >dollars! Man, me and the wife and kid can get a sit down meal for 30
> >right next door at Red Robin, Fridays, etc., so McDonalds is just a
> >memory..
>
> That's so true. They're not cheap anymore and don't taste anything
> like what they did when I was a kid. When I was in high school I
> loved quarter pounders with cheese. The bun was soft, the meat was
> juicy, and the cheese was melted. I tried one a few years ago and the
> friggin cheese wasn't even melted. The bun was bad and the meat was
> like half of what it was years ago. I only got half of it down. It
> was at a tollway oasis and it was about $3.50. What a joke.
>
> Chick-Fil-A has just started opening up in the Chicago burbs and one
> is about a mile from me. I used a coupon for the basic $2.99 sandwich
> and I have to say it was excellent for fast food. And it didn't give
> me the shits like mCshitteis did.
>
> Lou
>

Just give me a bucket from the Colonel and I am good, maybe two to three
times a year at most though;)

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ImStillMags wrote:
> "A more accurate description than “100% natural whole-grain oats,”
> “plump raisins,” “sweet cranberries” and “crisp fresh apples” would be
> “oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients
> you would never keep in your kitchen.”
>
> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...meal-wrong/?hp
>
> He goes on in the article to talk about why take a perfectly easy,
> natural thing to cook and make it unhealthy by adding stuff most
> people wouldn't eat if they knew what it was.
>
> It's a good skewering of the fast food giant.
>
> ....
>
> The last paragraph is a doozy.
>
> "Here’s the thing: McDonald’s wants to get people in the store. Once a
> day, once a week, once a month, the more the better, of course, but
> routinely. And if you buy oatmeal, they’re o.k. with that. But they
> know that, once inside, you’ll probably opt for a sausage biscuit
> anyway.
>
> And you won’t be much worse off. "
>
>


One of the better (nutritionally) breakfasts at McD's is the Egg
McMuffin. That's what I get when I'm stuck going there for breakfast.
BK has a sandwich almost just like it on their dollar menu, but I
think it's made with sausage. The important thing is getting an
English muffin sandwich and not a biscuit sandwich. That, and not
ordering fries or hashbrowns with it. ;-)

I usually eat rolled oats raw when I have them for breakfast. Just
soak them in milk for a few minutes, then stir in a little bit of
something sugary and crunchy to make it interesting -- like frosted
raisin bran.

Steel-cut oats get cooked the night before, then warmed up in the
morning with dried fruit and a little cream.

-Bob

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:51:05 -0600, zxcvbob >
wrote:

> One of the better (nutritionally) breakfasts at McD's is the Egg
> McMuffin. That's what I get when I'm stuck going there for breakfast.

I used to stop there occasionally for a McMuffin & coffee on my way to
work, but I learned quickly that although I like their hash browns
(after blotting well)... the old adage "a moment on the lips, a
lifetime on the hips" was all too true.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

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On 2/23/2011 2:51 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
>> "A more accurate description than “100% natural whole-grain oats,”
>> “plump raisins,” “sweet cranberries” and “crisp fresh apples” would be
>> “oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients
>> you would never keep in your kitchen.”
>>
>> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...meal-wrong/?hp
>>
>>
>> He goes on in the article to talk about why take a perfectly easy,
>> natural thing to cook and make it unhealthy by adding stuff most
>> people wouldn't eat if they knew what it was.
>>
>> It's a good skewering of the fast food giant.
>>
>> ....
>>
>> The last paragraph is a doozy.
>>
>> "Here’s the thing: McDonald’s wants to get people in the store. Once a
>> day, once a week, once a month, the more the better, of course, but
>> routinely. And if you buy oatmeal, they’re o.k. with that. But they
>> know that, once inside, you’ll probably opt for a sausage biscuit
>> anyway.
>>
>> And you won’t be much worse off. "
>>
>>
>
>
> One of the better (nutritionally) breakfasts at McD's is the Egg
> McMuffin. That's what I get when I'm stuck going there for breakfast. BK
> has a sandwich almost just like it on their dollar menu, but I think
> it's made with sausage. The important thing is getting an English muffin
> sandwich and not a biscuit sandwich. That, and not ordering fries or
> hashbrowns with it. ;-)
>
> I usually eat rolled oats raw when I have them for breakfast. Just soak
> them in milk for a few minutes, then stir in a little bit of something
> sugary and crunchy to make it interesting -- like frosted raisin bran.
>
> Steel-cut oats get cooked the night before, then warmed up in the
> morning with dried fruit and a little cream.
>
> -Bob

The two breakfast meals at Mickey Dee's with the least calories are the
Egg Mac and the sausage burrito (just one). They're each 350 calories
with the majority of that being fat. I eat at the local spot one or two
times a week with the ROMEO's, Retired Old Men Eating Out. All veterans,
all retired from the oil patch like me, and all running from about 70 to
near 90. Good crew, we have solved all the problems of the world several
times now but no one listens.

Generally at home I either eat a whole what bagel with some whipped
cream cheese, or a bowl of oatmeal with cinnamon and skim milk plus a
shot of Splenda. Sunday mornings I usually make a hash brown, fake egg,
bacon or sausage, sweet chiles and onions, fritata for DW and I. If not
it is just scrambled fake eggs with toast.

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

I_am_Tosk wrote:

> The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
> go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
> dollars!

Those numbers just don't compute? How many burgers were you ordering for
each person???

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

In article >,
says...
>
> I_am_Tosk wrote:
>
> > The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
> > go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
> > dollars!
>
> Those numbers just don't compute? How many burgers were you ordering for
> each person???

Well, If I remember correctly it was three "meals" (big mac, quarter
pounder, etc..), Supersized, with Shakes instead of soda, and probably
three extra regular sized cheesburgers. We usually threw the extra
sandwiches in the fridge for later in the week or as a quick snack.
which was our usual order. I guess If I could have described it as
"four" meals, but proprietary interstate stops are always a buck or two
higher than those off the interstates. Either way, we have not been back
since although I have stopped at BK for dollar value lunches here and
there on the road... I was going to have a bigmac meal for my B'day a
while back but I wasn't feeling all that hot that day anyway so I
didn't.

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

On 23/02/2011 1:04 PM, I_am_Tosk wrote:


>> And you won?t be much worse off. "
>
> I grew up a half mile from one of the very first McDonalds in my state.
> I remember 15 cent burgers and 10 cent shakes, I remember the signs when
> they were still talking about hundreds of thousands sold, now it's
> "billions and billions". My dad took me there at least once a week, I
> was hooked for decades to big macs.
>
> The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
> go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
> dollars! Man, me and the wife and kid can get a sit down meal for 30
> right next door at Red Robin, Fridays, etc., so McDonalds is just a
> memory..
>


First thing..... I can't figure why they wouldn't just sell good old old
large flake rolled oats. Oats are cheap and easy enough to cook that
MacDonalds should be able to figure a way to come up with an idiot proof
system for cooking it.Heck, they could even get steel cut for the same
price and hype it as the good stuff.

Oatmeal would suit people like me. I don't do bacon, sausage and/or eggs
for breakfast. I rarely go out for breakfast because I like hot or cold
cereal for breakfast. It is too fast and easy to make at home, so there
is no point in going out for it.

I don't know how anyone could get hooked on MacDonalds. I never did like
their food. I didn't like their burgers or their fries. I wokred on the
road for years and made the mistake of eating at MacDonalds a few times.
I didn't like the food and liked the after effects of eating them even
more.





Second.... don't understand how anyone could be hooked on Ma

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"I_am_Tosk" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> I_am_Tosk wrote:
>>
>> > The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked
>> > in
>> > go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to
>> > 26
>> > dollars!
>>
>> Those numbers just don't compute? How many burgers were you ordering for
>> each person???
>
> Well, If I remember correctly it was three "meals" (big mac, quarter
> pounder, etc..), Supersized, with Shakes instead of soda, and probably
> three extra regular sized cheesburgers.
(snippage)

I'm with Goomba on this. What the heck is an "extra regular sized
cheeseburger"?

Jill

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In article > ,
says...

>
> I don't know how anyone could get hooked on MacDonalds. I never did like
> their food.

Some folks have different taste? When you grew up as poor as some of us,
McDonalds was a BIIIIGGGG DEAL! and few and far between...

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

In article >,
says...
>
> I_am_Tosk wrote:
>
> > The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
> > go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
> > dollars!
>
> Those numbers just don't compute? How many burgers were you ordering for
> each person???

Sounds about right to me. Quarter pounder with cheese, large fries, and
a large shake come to somewhere around 8 bucks.

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

On 23/02/2011 6:35 PM, I_am_Tosk wrote:
> In .com>,
> says...
>
>>
>> I don't know how anyone could get hooked on MacDonalds. I never did like
>> their food.
>
> Some folks have different taste? When you grew up as poor as some of us,
> McDonalds was a BIIIIGGGG DEAL! and few and far between...


I can't say that we were poor, but money was tight. We at well at home
and rarely went out for any restaurant meals. I don't find MacD's to be
cheap, considering how tasteless the food is and how small the portions
are. Even when I was working on the road and on a expense account there
was no way I would go there.

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

In article >,
says...
>
> "I_am_Tosk" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> I_am_Tosk wrote:
> >>
> >> > The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked
> >> > in
> >> > go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to
> >> > 26
> >> > dollars!
> >>
> >> Those numbers just don't compute? How many burgers were you ordering for
> >> each person???
> >
> > Well, If I remember correctly it was three "meals" (big mac, quarter
> > pounder, etc..), Supersized, with Shakes instead of soda, and probably
> > three extra regular sized cheesburgers.
> (snippage)
>
> I'm with Goomba on this. What the heck is an "extra regular sized
> cheeseburger"?
>
> Jill

I am starting to wonder if you do this on purpose.

"Three", as in three, as in the number three, like 3. Used in a
sentence, I ordered three cheeseburgers.

"Extra" as in more than the normal amount. Used in a sentence, we
ordered "extra" cheeseburgers.

And "cheeseburgers" (plural like I posted, not singular as your quoted)
are little patties of beef, with cheese and a bun, sometimes condiments
and such too, generally eaten with the hands, a form of a sandwich. Used
in a sentence, we ordered three extra, regular sized cheeseburgers!

Maybe if some of you didn't take your selves so frekin' seriously, and
were not always looking to find a flaw in others posts or opinions,
English would be a bit less difficult. <snerk>

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In article ocal>,
says...
>
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > I_am_Tosk wrote:
> >
> > > The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
> > > go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
> > > dollars!
> >
> > Those numbers just don't compute? How many burgers were you ordering for
> > each person???
>
> Sounds about right to me. Quarter pounder with cheese, large fries, and
> a large shake come to somewhere around 8 bucks.

Yes, here in the NE prices are crazy...

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Cheryl wrote:

> Speaking of getting hooked on food, this woman's addiction to pizza
> probably saved her life. :)
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/...n_pizza_rescue

good PR for Dominoes Pizza.
I read this article the other day and just wondered about the woman that
age eating pizza daily. Obviously she has some good teeth to gnaw up the
crust, eh?
I'm picturing someone who has figured out how to eat daily at home
without cooking and at minimal cost. I wonder if she has other things
delivered too (juices? beverages?)

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

In article >,
says...
>
> "I_am_Tosk" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> I_am_Tosk wrote:
> >>
> >> > The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked
> >> > in
> >> > go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to
> >> > 26
> >> > dollars!
> >>
> >> Those numbers just don't compute? How many burgers were you ordering for
> >> each person???
> >
> > Well, If I remember correctly it was three "meals" (big mac, quarter
> > pounder, etc..), Supersized, with Shakes instead of soda, and probably
> > three extra regular sized cheesburgers.
> (snippage)
>
> I'm with Goomba on this. What the heck is an "extra regular sized
> cheeseburger"?

I believe the intent was three _additional_ regular sized cheeseburgers.
>
> Jill

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On 2/23/2011 8:21 PM, Goomba wrote:
> Cheryl wrote:
>
>> Speaking of getting hooked on food, this woman's addiction to pizza
>> probably saved her life. :)
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/...n_pizza_rescue
>
> good PR for Dominoes Pizza.
> I read this article the other day and just wondered about the woman that
> age eating pizza daily. Obviously she has some good teeth to gnaw up the
> crust, eh?
> I'm picturing someone who has figured out how to eat daily at home
> without cooking and at minimal cost. I wonder if she has other things
> delivered too (juices? beverages?)

Since it was 3 days, her neighbors either didn't think anything of her
not leaving, or didn't care, or who knows. It was still nice that at
least someone missed her and was hip to her habits.

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On 2/23/2011 9:01 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> There's an old joke that goes "call an ambulance, call the police, and
> order a pizza--see which comes first". Looks like this time the pizza
> was there before the call.
>
> Well done Dominos--give that lady a raise.
>

My own mom has a balance problem and bad knees and now that's she's
alone (dad died a year and a half ago) us kids bought her a home
security system and I insisted on one of those pendants that you push
that calls 911 if you're in trouble. We got her in the habit of keeping
her cell phone in her pocket but a button to push without having to talk
is better. We had a talk recently about it and I'm glad we did. She
thought the pendant would work everywhere, but it's wirelessly connected
to the home security system, so now she knows it won't work from a
certain distance from home.

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I_am_Tosk wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> I_am_Tosk wrote:
>>
>> > The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
>> > go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
>> > dollars!
>>
>> Those numbers just don't compute? How many burgers were you ordering for
>> each person???
>
> Well, If I remember correctly it was three "meals" (big mac, quarter
> pounder, etc..), Supersized, with Shakes instead of soda, and probably
> three extra regular sized cheesburgers. We usually threw the extra
> sandwiches in the fridge for later in the week or as a quick snack.

blech

McDonald's is meant to be eaten within 5 minutes of when it was
synthesized...leftover McD's is just one half step above barf

Bittman shreds McDonalds "healthy" oatmeal
 

In article >,
says...
>
> I_am_Tosk wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> I_am_Tosk wrote:
> >>
> >> > The last time I did McDonalds was about three years ago when I walked in
> >> > go get a burger, fries, and shake for the three of us, and it came to 26
> >> > dollars!
> >>
> >> Those numbers just don't compute? How many burgers were you ordering for
> >> each person???
> >
> > Well, If I remember correctly it was three "meals" (big mac, quarter
> > pounder, etc..), Supersized, with Shakes instead of soda, and probably
> > three extra regular sized cheesburgers. We usually threw the extra
> > sandwiches in the fridge for later in the week or as a quick snack.
>
> blech
>
> McDonald's is meant to be eaten within 5 minutes of when it was
> synthesized...leftover McD's is just one half step above barf

Well, having worked with Asians, I have eaten worse. And of course
unless you were raised in some kind of bubble wrap, so have you;)

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:32:15 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
> I'm with Goomba on this. What the heck is an "extra regular sized
> cheeseburger"?

It means "one more cheeseburger than we intended to eat".

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

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"Randy Johnson" > wrote in message
eb.com...
>
> On 23-Feb-2011, I_am_Tosk > wrote:
>
>> I am starting to wonder if you do this on purpose.
>>
>> "Three", as in three, as in the number three, like 3. Used in a
>> sentence, I ordered three cheeseburgers.
>>
>> "Extra" as in more than the normal amount. Used in a sentence, we
>> ordered "extra" cheeseburgers.
>>
>> And "cheeseburgers" (plural like I posted, not singular as your quoted)
>> are little patties of beef, with cheese and a bun, sometimes condiments
>> and such too, generally eaten with the hands, a form of a sandwich. Used
>> in a sentence, we ordered three extra, regular sized cheeseburgers!
>>
>> Maybe if some of you didn't take your selves so frekin' seriously, and
>> were not always looking to find a flaw in others posts or opinions,
>> English would be a bit less difficult. <snerk>
>
> The communication problem is probably rooted in difficulty understanding
> how
> three people could consume that much food. Big-ass-burgers, plus
> super-sized fries and shakes seems like way too much food for any normal
> person; however, that PLUS and additional "regular" cheeseburger just
> sounds
> gluttonous. Appaarently, that amount food seems normal to you.

When I was a kid, we didn't have McDonald's very often. In those days I
believe the only sandwich options were the regular, double burger or the
fish thing. No Big Macs. No chicken nuggets. No salads or apples. We
would each get one sandwich and we would split an order of fries between the
four of us. That would be a regular order. There was only the one size.

I have never eaten a Big Mac nor have I wanted to.

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:20:40 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> don't know how anyone could get hooked on MacDonalds. I never did like
> their food.

I could say, "Well, obviously you're not an American"... but how does
that explain how McDonald's took hold all over the world and are
supported by natives of that country?

>I didn't like their burgers or their fries. I wokred on the
> road for years and made the mistake of eating at MacDonalds a few times.
> I didn't like the food and liked the after effects of eating them even
> more.

Picky, picky, picky! When a burger is only 25¢, you can't expect it
to be the same quality as a $1 burger.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:35:44 -0500, I_am_Tosk
> wrote:

> In article > ,
> says...
>
> >
> > I don't know how anyone could get hooked on MacDonalds. I never did like
> > their food.
>
> Some folks have different taste? When you grew up as poor as some of us,
> McDonalds was a BIIIIGGGG DEAL! and few and far between...

McDonald's used to be a big deal... but that was before you saw one
every time you turned a corner.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:45:58 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> We at well at home
> and rarely went out for any restaurant meals.

That's the way it was in those days. I'm surprised you knew about
McDonald's back then. I didn't hear about it until I moved to
California in 1965.

>I don't find MacD's to be cheap

It was considered "cheap" back then.


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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:45:58 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> We at well at home
>> and rarely went out for any restaurant meals.
>
> That's the way it was in those days. I'm surprised you knew about
> McDonald's back then. I didn't hear about it until I moved to
> California in 1965.
>
>>I don't find MacD's to be cheap
>
> It was considered "cheap" back then.

I think it is cheap if you get a kid's meal which is the size that the food
was "back then".

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In article om>,
says...
>
> On 23-Feb-2011, I_am_Tosk > wrote:
>
> > I am starting to wonder if you do this on purpose.
> >
> > "Three", as in three, as in the number three, like 3. Used in a
> > sentence, I ordered three cheeseburgers.
> >
> > "Extra" as in more than the normal amount. Used in a sentence, we
> > ordered "extra" cheeseburgers.
> >
> > And "cheeseburgers" (plural like I posted, not singular as your quoted)
> > are little patties of beef, with cheese and a bun, sometimes condiments
> > and such too, generally eaten with the hands, a form of a sandwich. Used
> > in a sentence, we ordered three extra, regular sized cheeseburgers!
> >
> > Maybe if some of you didn't take your selves so frekin' seriously, and
> > were not always looking to find a flaw in others posts or opinions,
> > English would be a bit less difficult. <snerk>
>
> The communication problem is probably rooted in difficulty understanding how
> three people could consume that much food. Big-ass-burgers, plus
> super-sized fries and shakes seems like way too much food for any normal
> person; however, that PLUS and additional "regular" cheeseburger just sounds
> gluttonous. Appaarently, that amount food seems normal to you.

Apparently you can't read.

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On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:40:50 GMT, "Randy Johnson" >
wrote:

> The communication problem is probably rooted in difficulty understanding how
> three people could consume that much food.

All this talk about hamburgers is making me hungry.

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:33:32 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> I think it is cheap if you get a kid's meal which is the size that the food
> was "back then".

Cheap today is the dollar menu.... back then, burgers were 25¢ (and I
remember 19¢) which was the regular menu price.

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Lou Decruss wrote:

> That's so true. They're not cheap anymore and don't taste anything
> like what they did when I was a kid. When I was in high school I
> loved quarter pounders with cheese. The bun was soft, the meat was
> juicy, and the cheese was melted. I tried one a few years ago and the
> friggin cheese wasn't even melted. The bun was bad and the meat was
> like half of what it was years ago. I only got half of it down. It
> was at a tollway oasis and it was about $3.50. What a joke.

Unluckily, when McDonald's first came to my town we were in the end of the
90's and all was as you found it few years ago, so no
McDonald's-good-old-days for us, just what you see now.
Did I write unluckily? Heh, maybe it's been the opposite...
--
ViLco
Let the liquor do the thinking

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Cheryl wrote:
> On 2/23/2011 8:21 PM, Goomba wrote:
>> Cheryl wrote:
>>
>>> Speaking of getting hooked on food, this woman's addiction to pizza
>>> probably saved her life. :)
>>>
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/...n_pizza_rescue
>>
>> good PR for Dominoes Pizza.
>> I read this article the other day and just wondered about the woman
>> that age eating pizza daily. Obviously she has some good teeth to
>> gnaw up the crust, eh?
>> I'm picturing someone who has figured out how to eat daily at home
>> without cooking and at minimal cost. I wonder if she has other things
>> delivered too (juices? beverages?)
>
> Since it was 3 days, her neighbors either didn't think anything of her
> not leaving, or didn't care, or who knows. It was still nice that at
> least someone missed her and was hip to her habits.

It sounds like all they'd have to do is notice that Dominoes hadn't
delivered for a couple of days, she didn't go out much. I mean, how
observant are people supposed to be. Last year when we got home
from vacation, we were buried in snow, I didn't know how we'd get to
the door, never mind get the car out to retrieve the cat. Turns out my
hero neighbor did our driveway with his blower. Only a day later did it
cross his mind we weren't home. I wouldn't notice if they went away
for a few days, either.

Kudos to that woman who insisted on stopping by. She told her
manager You can take me off the clock if you want to, but I have
to check. She has a big heart.

nancy

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Julie Bove wrote:

> When I was a kid, we didn't have McDonald's very often. In those
> days I believe the only sandwich options were the regular, double
> burger or the fish thing. No Big Macs. No chicken nuggets. No
> salads or apples. We would each get one sandwich and we would split
> an order of fries between the four of us.

I know I don't have a sister or I'd think you were with my family!

nancy

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On 24/02/2011 6:18 AM, ViLco wrote:

>
> Unluckily, when McDonald's first came to my town we were in the end of the
> 90's and all was as you found it few years ago, so no
> McDonald's-good-old-days for us, just what you see now.
> Did I write unluckily? Heh, maybe it's been the opposite...



MacDonalds was late arriving in our town, It is probably one of the
least profitable outlets in the franchise. Given my unappreciative view
of MacDonald's view, I am always surprised to see so many people at
them. Not this one. I can't help but notice that there is rarely anyone
there.

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In article >,
says...
>
> On 24/02/2011 6:18 AM, ViLco wrote:
>
> >
> > Unluckily, when McDonald's first came to my town we were in the end of the
> > 90's and all was as you found it few years ago, so no
> > McDonald's-good-old-days for us, just what you see now.
> > Did I write unluckily? Heh, maybe it's been the opposite...
>
>
>
> MacDonalds was late arriving in our town, It is probably one of the
> least profitable outlets in the franchise. Given my unappreciative view
> of MacDonald's view, I am always surprised to see so many people at
> them. Not this one. I can't help but notice that there is rarely anyone
> there.

The one down the street from where I grew up was one of the very first
in the State. Either way, McDonalds is not the restraunt I so loved in
the 60's;) At the same time, my favorite at the time was a Friendlys
Big Beef Burger with Cheese.

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Dave Smith wrote:
>
> On 24/02/2011 6:18 AM, ViLco wrote:
>
> >
> > Unluckily, when McDonald's first came to my town we were in the end of the
> > 90's and all was as you found it few years ago, so no
> > McDonald's-good-old-days for us, just what you see now.
> > Did I write unluckily? Heh, maybe it's been the opposite...
>
> MacDonalds was late arriving in our town, It is probably one of the
> least profitable outlets in the franchise. Given my unappreciative view
> of MacDonald's view, I am always surprised to see so many people at
> them. Not this one. I can't help but notice that there is rarely anyone
> there.

I don't think the McDonald's brand will ever go away, but I think they
are doing fairly well with their other non McD branded brands (list not
handy).

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sf wrote:
>
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:35:44 -0500, I_am_Tosk
> > wrote:
>
> > In article > ,
> > says...
> >
> > >
> > > I don't know how anyone could get hooked on MacDonalds. I never did like
> > > their food.
> >
> > Some folks have different taste? When you grew up as poor as some of us,
> > McDonalds was a BIIIIGGGG DEAL! and few and far between...
>
> McDonald's used to be a big deal... but that was before you saw one
> every time you turned a corner.

That was also before the population's collective tastes matured somewhat
and people found higher end restaurants.

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On 2011-02-24, Dave Smith > wrote:

> MacDonalds was late arriving in our town, It is probably one of the
> least profitable outlets in the franchise. Given my unappreciative view
> of MacDonald's view, I am always surprised to see so many people at
> them. Not this one. I can't help but notice that there is rarely anyone
> there.

My local burg doesn't even have one. Right after a Subway snuck in,
the town council apparently slammed close the books. Fast-food chains
not allowed! OTOH, the most popular and heavily patronized drive-in
(on the main hwy drag) gets away with serving the worst burger ever
for $3.50. Win some, lose some.

nb

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Cheryl wrote:
>
> On 2/23/2011 9:01 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> > There's an old joke that goes "call an ambulance, call the police, and
> > order a pizza--see which comes first". Looks like this time the pizza
> > was there before the call.
> >
> > Well done Dominos--give that lady a raise.
> >
>
> My own mom has a balance problem and bad knees and now that's she's
> alone (dad died a year and a half ago) us kids bought her a home
> security system and I insisted on one of those pendants that you push
> that calls 911 if you're in trouble. We got her in the habit of keeping
> her cell phone in her pocket but a button to push without having to talk
> is better. We had a talk recently about it and I'm glad we did. She
> thought the pendant would work everywhere, but it's wirelessly connected
> to the home security system, so now she knows it won't work from a
> certain distance from home.

Most current cell phones have a one button programmable 911 type
function, usually just holding the send button down for more than 3
seconds. Since all current cell phones also have position reporting,
even without saying anything, an emergency response can be dispatched.