In article >,
says...
> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>
>

History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!


--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths pages at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 +0000, Peter A wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
>> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>
>>
>
> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!

Different tastes is what makes a market place. If I listed products that
were targeted at what I think is poor taste, the list would be long enough
to wrap around Wall Street. The American auto industry would be at the
top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!

I mean flip the channel and you will get Dancing with the
Stars..AHAHAHAHAHAHA

"jay" > wrote

> top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!

Just curious, how old do you have to be before you're not
a young girl any longer? Or is it relative.

nancy

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:52:51 -0400, Monmouth Internet Newsgroups wrote:

>
> "jay" > wrote
>
>> top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
>> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!
>
> Just curious, how old do you have to be before you're not
> a young girl any longer? Or is it relative.
>
> nancy

Definately relative. She looks good.. and younger than her age to me.

>Just curious, how old do you have to be before you're not
>a young girl any longer? Or is it relative.

In Rachael's case, it's when you have to quit calling it "baby fat"
and just say "chunky."

jay wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 +0000, Peter A wrote:
>
>
>>In article >,
>>says...
>>
>>>I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>>taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>>shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>>with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>>oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>
>
> Different tastes is what makes a market place. If I listed products that
> were targeted at what I think is poor taste, the list would be long enough
> to wrap around Wall Street. The American auto industry would be at the
> top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!
>
> I mean flip the channel and you will get Dancing with the
> Stars..AHAHAHAHAHAHA
Don't get me wrong, I really like RR, but a 'young girl'? C'mon! :-)

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:56:41 -0700, Jim Davis wrote:

> jay wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 +0000, Peter A wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article >,
>>>says...
>>>
>>>>I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>>>taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>>>shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>>>with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>>>oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>>
>>
>> Different tastes is what makes a market place. If I listed products that
>> were targeted at what I think is poor taste, the list would be long enough
>> to wrap around Wall Street. The American auto industry would be at the
>> top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
>> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!
>>
>> I mean flip the channel and you will get Dancing with the
>> Stars..AHAHAHAHAHAHA
> Don't get me wrong, I really like RR, but a 'young girl'? C'mon! :-)

Ok.. she was born in 1968.. so she is a middle age woman carring a LARGE
bag of money.. <G> She still looks good to me.

jay wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 +0000, Peter A wrote:

> Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!
>

I like her attitude too. "I don't leave the house unless they pay me",
so she works hard and then she totally relaxes.

Peter A wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
> >
> >
>
> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>

If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
fit in the budget.

sf, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
typed out:

>
> Peter A wrote:
>> In article >,

>> says...
>> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>> >
>> >
>>
>> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>>
>
> If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
> fit in the budget.


sf,

While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
a day?!?

The show's a joke.

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> sf, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
> typed out:
>
> >
> > Peter A wrote:
> >> In article >,
>
> >> says...
> >> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> >> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> >> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> >> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> >> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
> >>
> >
> > If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
> > fit in the budget.
>
>
> sf,
>
> While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
> a day?!?
>
> The show's a joke.
>
> Andy


A lot of the time my hub and I eat for about that when we're on vacation
....depending on where we are. We love real ethnice restaurants and they
tend to be very inexpensive. We like "dives" at home too. Well, our town
is not known to be rife with fancy restaurants so we frequent our own
special haunts. They're long on food and we love the atmosphere but it's
definitely mom n' pop.

helen

>
> A lot of the time my hub and I eat for about that when we're on vacation
> ...depending on where we are. We love real ethnice restaurants and they
> tend to be very inexpensive. We like "dives" at home too. Well, our town
> is not known to be rife with fancy restaurants so we frequent our own
> special haunts. They're long on food and we love the atmosphere but it's
> definitely mom n' pop.
>
> helen

We used to go to Florida for a month or two in the winter, staying in
an rv park. There is this little restaurant in St. Cloud, just south of
Orlando, that we went to at least once a week. It was recommended by
friends, because we wouldn't have gone there on our own. It used to be
a gas station from the looks of it. "Bonnie Lee's" has the best fried
chicken I've had anywhere. They don't open until 4 pm. but if you're
not there by quarter to, you have a wait. They have a limited menu, and
if you go there after the supper hour, you run the risk that they are
out of something. They buy their chicken every day and the quality is
top notch. Anyone that's in the area, I'd recommend you give it a
try....But they aren't open Sunday or Monday. It's family run, and I
miss it.....we haven't been south for more than two years....Sharon

< snip>


> > special haunts. They're long on food and we love the atmosphere but
it's
> > definitely mom n' pop.
> >
> > helen
>
> We used to go to Florida for a month or two in the winter, staying in
> an rv park. There is this little restaurant in St. Cloud, just south of
> Orlando, that we went to at least once a week. It was recommended by
> friends, because we wouldn't have gone there on our own. It used to be
> a gas station from the looks of it. "Bonnie Lee's" has the best fried
> chicken I've had anywhere. They don't open until 4 pm. but if you're
> not there by quarter to, you have a wait. They have a limited menu, and
> if you go there after the supper hour, you run the risk that they are
> out of something. They buy their chicken every day and the quality is
> top notch. Anyone that's in the area, I'd recommend you give it a
> try....But they aren't open Sunday or Monday. It's family run, and I
> miss it.....we haven't been south for more than two years....Sharon


See now this is the type of place that we would love! A good friend
chicken with some good creamed potatoes and/or real mac n' cheese is a thing
of beautiful.

Who used to say, "I cry for happy"?

helen

Helen Harrand wrote:
>
> < snip>
>
> > > special haunts. They're long on food and we love the atmosphere but
> it's
> > > definitely mom n' pop.
> > >
> > > helen
> >
> > We used to go to Florida for a month or two in the winter, staying in
> > an rv park. There is this little restaurant in St. Cloud, just south of
> > Orlando, that we went to at least once a week. It was recommended by
> > friends, because we wouldn't have gone there on our own. It used to be
> > a gas station from the looks of it. "Bonnie Lee's" has the best fried
> > chicken I've had anywhere. They don't open until 4 pm. but if you're
> > not there by quarter to, you have a wait. They have a limited menu, and
> > if you go there after the supper hour, you run the risk that they are
> > out of something. They buy their chicken every day and the quality is
> > top notch. Anyone that's in the area, I'd recommend you give it a
> > try....But they aren't open Sunday or Monday. It's family run, and I
> > miss it.....we haven't been south for more than two years....Sharon
>
> See now this is the type of place that we would love! A good friend
> chicken with some good creamed potatoes and/or real mac n' cheese is a thing
> of beautiful.
>
> Who used to say, "I cry for happy"?
>
> helen

Actually it's more like picnic fare with sides like mac salad, potato
salad, baked beans, cole slaw. Chicken, or fish, fried or broiled. A
three piece dinner ends up with 4-5 pieces and we always got an extra
pint of some kind of salad, a to-go container and we had another meal
for the next day. ..Sharon

Andy wrote:
> sf, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
> typed out:
>
> >
> > If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
> > fit in the budget.
>
>
> sf,
>
> While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
> a day?!?
>
> The show's a joke.
>
$40 a day per person for food? If you watch the bottom line, you can
do it... that's why she's got the show and you don't. LOL We don't
think like that anymore, I know.

On 20 Aug 2006 14:42:41 -0700, "sf" > wrote:

>
>$40 a day per person for food? If you watch the bottom line, you can
>do it... that's why she's got the show and you don't. LOL We don't
>think like that anymore, I know.

I got by on less than $40 a day for food during my recent trip to
Tokyo. Helped that the hotel had a good buffet breakfast for 800 yen
(about eight dollars).

serene
--
My blog: http://serenejournal.livejournal.com
My cooking blog: http://serenecooking.livejournal.com

Andy <q> writes:
>While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
>a day?!?

I wouldn't claim to be representative, but for me, $40/day/person would be
$160/day while traveling. Only in unusual circumstances do I seek to exceed
that.

guy klose wrote:
> Andy <q> writes:
> >While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
> >a day?!?
>
> I wouldn't claim to be representative, but for me, $40/day/person would be
> $160/day while traveling. Only in unusual circumstances do I seek to exceed
> that.


I never had a problem eating well on $40/day/person or less, (mostly
less), on vacation. I seek out the places were the locals go. I guess
if there were something really spectacular, I'd try it.

I think most overpriced joints are made for show.

$10 for a 4 ounce plate of micro-greens w/vinaigrette doesn't appeal to
me.

> Andy <q> writes:
>>While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
>>a day?!?

It is not difficult at all to spend less than $40 a day and eat well. You
have to know how to travel. and what to look for. Sure, I've spent much more
than that at times for one meal, but some of the best food I've ever eaten
was less than $10.

Last week I took a day trip with my wife. We had breakfast on the way to
Gloucester, a light lunch, and then a fantastic seafood dinner at the
Causeway restaurant. Total food for the day for the TWO of us was about $55
with tips.

Last April in Venice, a couple travelling with us had a lunch (sandwiches!)
in San Marcos square for $127, while my wife and I had lunch for $18
including wine. Lunch in Florence cost me close to $100 for the two of us
because of the location. For dinner, I walked two streets over and paid less
than $10 for a simpler , yet very good dinner for two. If you want to sit on
the piazza and dine, you pay for it and pay dearly at some places.

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> sf, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
> typed out:
>
>>
>> Peter A wrote:
>>> In article >,
>
>>> says...
>>> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>>> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>>> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>>> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>>> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>>>
>>
>> If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
>> fit in the budget.
>
>
> sf,
>
> While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
> a day?!?
>
> The show's a joke.
>
> Andy
============

I'd say we average $ 40 - 45 a day for the three of us, when on vacation.
We may go substantially over for 1 day of the trip but try to stay under
that for the remainder of it.
--
Cyndi (again)

On 2006-08-20, Peter A > wrote:

> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!

If they weren't very good, why were they picked? How does that work?

nb

"Peter A" > wrote

> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre.

I remember you said that. It's her one show I did watch after I had
to give up the 30 minute thing. Thing is, I didn't actually think I'd go
to any of the places she mentioned. I just liked to see where she went.
It's apparent you can't take her recommendations seriously.

nancy

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 GMT, Peter A >
wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>
>>
>
>History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!

I'm from central NC originally, , where were the restaurants?

Peter A wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
> >
> >
>
> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!

Yeah. Ray's "reviews" of restaurants are completely useless, because
she has the same reactions -- the rolling of the eyes, the utterance of
"delish!," "wow!" or "yum-o!"; in short, the feigned orgasm -- to
everything (I mean EVERYthing) she puts in her mouth. It's
unbelievable in the sense that no one loves the taste of everything;
and that she sometimes starts her little fake orgasm before she can
possibly have really evaluated what she has just taken a nibble of.
The uselessness of her restaurant appraisals is my most serious
complaint about RR -- although there are plenty of others (e.g., her
Pillsbury Doughboy giggle; her general cartoonishness; or the fact that
she's obviously wired on something stronger than coffee on some of her
more recent shows and TV appearances).

"Peter A" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
>> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>
>>
>
> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>
>
> --
> Peter Aitken
> Visit my recipe and kitchen myths pages at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm
==========
Maybe the restaurants ordered in for her... LOL Or since they knew they
were on TV they stepped it up and then went back to normal after she was
gone.

--
Cyndi (again)