George,

I do like my red meat, that's a definite. No idea why -- just do --
grew up eating whatever meat was best priced (mostly pork &chicken --
my bro & I fought over the the bits of fat on the fried pork chops.

Years ago, the local Cracker Barrel served boneless pork chops on Monday night, but that was discontinued long ago. There was another restaurant
chain (no longer in the area) called Steak-Out. They had the best beef
sirloin tips and baked potatoes I've ever had. My late wife and I would
order from there about as much as we'd order pizza. When we got pizza, she wanted "every anchovy they had in the place". I told her "you can have
those nasty things"...they're like a massive salt lick. :P

I could usually trade my peas to him for his meat -- a great deal for
us both, taste-wise!

I prefer the English peas myself. I would get a deal of macaroni and
cheese, plus the peas and carrots, then add hot dogs to it...combining
all into a nice casserole.

Yup, & those PTC coold remeires asre designed to make others sick (you clear your symptoms & you think you're fine, but you go spread it far
& wide, & wehn others speak of how brand x helped them, you & others
try it & feel better & go out & spreasd -- Big Pharma is making
billions & all you'all are sick & the economy sags, because so many
sick days (whether paid or not -- we just got a bnew law gsantyeeing 5 free sick days/year for every emp-loyed person)

Big Pharma has the deal where "a cured or dead patient is a lost customer". So, they give you enough only to keep you alive, not to make you well.

Can't make money sitting at home & watching tv!

Would be nice...but you could make money if you were into counterfeiting... but the government hates competition. <G>

Over 550 poems to God's Glory.

Wow!

The Good Lord gave me 3 more today alone.

I met a woman in a bar, she said her name was Venus But when I reached
up 'tween her legs, I found she had a. . . It's those little things,
those little things, that p*** me off

That's what my anger management class is doing. <G>

Daryl

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There was another restaurant

chain (no longer in the area) called Steak-Out. They had the best beef sirloin tips and baked potatoes I've ever had. My late wife and I would
order from there about as much as we'd order pizza. When we got pizza, she wanted "every anchovy they had in the place". I told her "you can have
those nasty things"...they're like a massive salt lick. :P

I wouldn't ind them so much if there was a higher meat to salt ratio!

Just heard this about Outback Steakhouses in Texas: If you go into Outback Steakhouse in Texas & order anything but a sdteak, they take you "out back." (ouch!)

I prefer the English peas myself. I would get a deal of macaroni and
cheese, plus the peas and carrots, then add hot dogs to it...combining
all into a nice casserole.

At the farmer's market; my fave booth's owner gave mea fresh pod of English peas -- too fibrous for me -- I prefer the garden peas , raw in pods -- nice & sweet & when I chew it, it disintegrates, unlike the English variety, when I'm left with a wad of gum that's seemingly made of sisal.

Yup, & those OTC cold remeires asre designed to make others sick (you
clear your symptoms & you think you're fine, but you go spread it far
& wide, & wehn others speak of how brand x helped them, you & others
try it & feel better & go out & spreasd -- Big Pharma is making
billions & all you'all are sick & the economy sags, because so many
sick days (whether paid or not -- we just got a bnew law gsantyeeing 5
free sick days/year for every emp-loyed person)

Big Pharma has the deal where "a cured or dead patient is a lost customer". So, they give you enough only to keep you alive, not to make you well.

Of course. & then if they do accidentally cure the one thing, they generate another health problem that they're conveniently about to release a new drug for. . .

Can't make money sitting at home & watching tv!

Would be nice...but you could make money if you were into counterfeiting... but the government hates competition. <G>

I get my disabnility - I could be watching tv all day, but I don't care for it that much.

I met a woman in a bar, she said her name was Venus But when I reached
up 'tween her legs, I found she had a. . . It's those little things,
those little things, that p*** me off

That's what my anger management class is doing.

Pissing you off? Or feeling like you've grabbed holt of a rhymes-with-Venus?


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George,

Just heard this about Outback Steakhouses in Texas: If you go into
Outback Steakhouse in Texas & order anything but a steak, they take
you "out back." (ouch!)

Never mind wanting the bloomin' onion. :P

That reminds me of the joke where this guy walks into a bar, and there
is this rather calm bull, just laying on the floor. There is a huge jar
of money on the counter, and the customer asks the bartender what's going
on. The bartender says "It costs you $5 to enter the drawing...if you make
the bull laugh, you win all the money".

So, the customer pays his $5, goes over to the bull, and whispers
something in his ear. The bull starts laughing uncontrollably...like
when you've heard a hilarous joke. The bartender says "Well, it looks
like you're the winner"...and he gives him the jar full of money.

The following week, he goes back in there, and there's the bull, as
calm as ever...and another jar full of money. Again, the customer asks
him what's going on, and the bartender says "It's a new contest...this
time, you have to make the bull cry". So, the guy pays his $5, and asks
the bartender if he can take the bull to the bathroom. Apprehensive, the bartender says "You're not going to hurt him??", and is told "Of course
not". So, he takes the bull in the bathroom, and moments later, he and
the bull come out, and the bull is sobbing like his favorite heifer had
died.

The bartender says "Well, it looks like you win again. But, before I
let you have the money...would you mind telling me how you won??".

The customer smiled, and said "First, I told the bull I had a bigger
pecker than he did...then, I proved it". <BG>

At the farmer's market; my fave booth's owner gave mea fresh pod of English peas -- too fibrous for me -- I prefer the garden peas , raw
in pods -- nice & sweet & when I chew it, it disintegrates, unlike the English variety, when I'm left with a wad of gum that's seemingly made
of sisal.

I forgot to get a deal like that for a casserole the other day, as I was limited on funds, and wanted to get good deals. So, I got these 3 minute pizzas, bags of chicken nuggets, lunch meat, single cheese slices, and
ketchup. It still cost $75, but with bonus fuel points, and filling out a survey, I'll have 20 cents a gallon off the next time I have to get gas for
the car. The other day, at $4.20 a gallon (mid-grade), it took $46 to fill
up the car. It'll probably be above $5 a gallon the next time I fill up.
I saw a meme that noted "I got gas for 99 cents, but it was at Taco Bell".

Of course. & then if they do accidentally cure the one thing, they generate another health problem that they're conveniently about to release a new drug for. . .

Yep. A cured patient is a lost customer, according to Big Pharma.

Pissing you off? Or feeling like you've grabbed holt of a rhymes-with-Venus?

I thought I'd lose mine after all that Lasix in water the last time
I was in the hospital after bladder stone surgery.

Daryl

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George,

Just heard this about Outback Steakhouses in Texas: If you go into
Outback Steakhouse in Texas & order anything but a steak, they take
you "out back." (ouch!)

Never mind wanting the bloomin' onion. :P

I know abot his thing -- nearly 5,000 calories! Looks like it'd taste delicious as all, but not worth it for me -- I'll try to fake it in sallow oil in a fryingpan -- dust some onion wedges with seasoned flour & immerse & fry.

The fanm wants to try it, to, but not at that cvalorie count! (Io seriously hope people don't treat that thing as a single serving appetizer! -- a group of 4-5, maybe, & only order light meals (not my usual 16-32oz steak with potato, unlimited sourdough bread with herbed &/or garlic butter!)

As an appy for a group of 8, it's likely perfect -- just enough to whet the appetite, then have a basic meal (not the surf & turf, & no pasta on the side of your steak)

But rumour has it that many of your fellow Americans aren't quite that delicate when ity comes to food.

An order, for one person of:
Blooming Onion starter, plate of prawns as a starter, caesar salad with chicken, steak, lobster, pan of lasagna, baked potato(loaded), washing it down with plenty of beer or wine. Then desserts(plural) including cheesecake & Mississippi Mud Pie, & maybe ice cream.

Get an order of dry ribs to eat in the car on the way home. . .

I'm sure it's happened. & they consider the walk from the restaurant door to their car to be sufficient exercise to burn off all those calories.

As a 16-year-old I once had, in one meal: order of nachos for 4 ( to myself) 3-4 plates from the salad bar (mostly potato salad & deviled eggs, & luncheon meats)
32-ounce prime rib (medium rare, cooked to perfection! *kisses finger tips*) loaded baked potato
Mississippi Mud Pie a la Mode (anybody tried to steal a taste, I stabbed them with my unused salad fork!)

I use the same ONE FORK when I eat. (I've washed enough dishes over the years, even by then, to know that using fewer is always appreciated)

Buyt if I didn't eat around 6,000 calories a day then I lost weight from my already nearly anorexic loknig frame.

I smoked 30 strong cigs/day & walked anywhere from 10-80 miles a day, all at a fixed 6MPH pace.

So, yeah, I could break the eatinjg rules whe4n needed.

I sdropiusly got kicked out of an al you can eat Chinese buffet restaurant becaise Io'd pay my $5 & eat 78 plates of only meat, piled high!

He(owner) tried to get me to eat some bread, rice, veggies, etc., buty nope, I ate what I liked & needed to fuel me for what could be a 2-10 day fast (I never knew until afterward); like the tiger - the best way to have longterm strength is an all meat diet & lots of it!

Looking back it's amazing I was never constipated! (not til my late 20s, post paralysis)

let you have the money...would you mind telling me how you won??".
The customer smiled, and said "First, I told the bull I had a bigger
pecker than he did...then, I proved it". <BG>

Oh come ON now, that was over 30 fleeping years ago -- will you people EVER let this story die down?! The money's all spent -- I even donated a quarter of it to various charities. Neve returned to that bar again,. though, as resentment rtan high from those who hasd helped fill the jars.

I forgot to get a deal like that for a casserole the other day, as I was limited on funds, and wanted to get good deals. So, I got these 3 minute pizzas, bags of chicken nuggets, lunch meat, single cheese slices, and ketchup. It still cost $75, but with bonus fuel points, and filling out a survey, I'll have 20 cents a gallon off the next time I have to get gas for the car. The other day, at $4.20 a gallon (mid-grade), it took $46 to fill
up the car. It'll probably be above $5 a gallon the next time I fill up.
I saw a meme that noted "I got gas for 99 cents, but it was at Taco Bell".

There you go.

Like the gas station cum diner sign said: "Eat here. Get gas."

Why not grow a little garden patch? You can do it in containers or raised beds to put it at your height when sitting down, for safety, if needed.

Just a grew basics will elevate your nutrition levels while reducing your grocery bills -- carrots, spinach, lettuce, corn (bury a small fish(e.g. pompano) with the seed for each).

Spinach(or Kale, your choice) is critical for the sddark leafy greeens; vitamins (the B complex); you only need to have a serving a week, as it processes in your liver, not your kidneys

If I have a saladf, I use babuy s[inach leaves, as lettuce has zero nutrients - - it's just crunch water held together by a thin layer of minimal fiber.

Yep. A cured patient is a lost customer, according to Big Pharma.

Indeed. Ditto research (donate to cure cancer/AIDS/et al/etc); there's no money for researchers in cures -- only in research.

Universities can't say, "Hey, we cured X, give us money for that." as people'd laugh & ask "What are you doing NOW?"

Pissing you off? Or feeling like you've grabbed holt of a
rhymes-with-Venus?

I thought I'd lose mine after all that Lasix in water the last time
I was in the hospital after bladder stone surgery.

Me, too, when I had the laser blasting thing once & the doctor was a cruel puppy (son of a she-dog)

Hecame to see me in the recovery (post-op/step doweb unit) room & said I was good to leave, they needed the bed. I pointed out that the cathetyer & stent were sti9ll in my shmeckle. He wanted ME to pull them out. I said, bnot from this angle!

So her groaned & yanked everyuthing out in one fast rip, shredding the nose cone of my formerly well defined missile.

For a week I had zero control over urination, as the irritating pain/itch would get it spraying(& THAT! No more straight stream)

So I wasstucj at home, naked, with a dispensible juice jug nearby. Naturally, I started easing back on water consumption as I knew it would hurt like a
*pause* (*&^(*^(*^&(^*()&)!!! *unpause* when it exited.

Eventually I figured out I had to drink extra water to have maximum new flow, to clean things up as my body slowly healed. (urine, befioore it hits airm, is perfectly hygienic & an excellent antiseptic)

A week later I was normal again (ahh, I really thought my rocket's nose cone looked like an exploded hollow point & would be forever)

I like being able to pee like a man -- that was MY first landmark benchmark in the hospital -- when I could stand up & pee normally again, after my stroke.

The docs & physios had other ideas, like when I could kick my left leg outward, while seated. I was still using a disposable bottle hung on my bed, as I didn't like it when a nurse had to help me transfer to SIT (gahhhhaarrrgghhh!) to go. One male nuse liked to 'accidentally', every time, without fail, brush his hand over top of "me" over my robe! Ick.

I walked into the kitchen and saw my wife chopping onions which made me cry Onions was a good dog

Q: What do you call an onion that likes to beat-rhyme? A: A Rapscallion!

I thought I heard an onion singing a Bee Gees song. But it was just a chive talking.

Q: What do you call an onion that wonÆt hold water? A: A leek.

Q: Where did the onion find his family history? A: In the ar-chives

Q: What do you get if you cross a donkey and an onion? A: A piece of ass that will bring a tear to your eye


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George,

I know abot his thing -- nearly 5,000 calories! Looks like it'd taste delicious as all, but not worth it for me -- I'll try to fake it in
sallow oil in a fryingpan -- dust some onion wedges with seasoned
flour & immerse & fry.

You don't want to have your blood work drawn after grazing like that!!

I use the same ONE FORK when I eat. (I've washed enough dishes over the years, even by then, to know that using fewer is always appreciated)

If I can eat at home with paper plates and plastic silverware, and
disposable microwave cooked items, that means no dishes to wash.

Buyt if I didn't eat around 6,000 calories a day then I lost weight
from my already nearly anorexic loknig frame.

I need to lose weight, but it's easier said than done.

I smoked 30 strong cigs/day & walked anywhere from 10-80 miles a day,
all at a fixed 6MPH pace.

With the arthritis now, as well as the heat and insects, I don't do
good with walking outside.

I seriously got kicked out of an al you can eat Chinese buffet
restaurant becaise Io'd pay my $5 & eat 78 plates of only meat, piled high!

That's exactly what happened to my brother and a friend of his years ago.

Oh come ON now, that was over 30 fleeping years ago -- will you people EVER let this story die down?! The money's all spent -- I even donated
a quarter of it to various charities. Neve returned to that bar
again,. though, as resentment ran high from those who had helped
fill the jars.

Especially when they found out how you won. <G>

Like the gas station cum diner sign said: "Eat here. Get gas."

Eat Beans -- America Needs The Gas.

Or another sign that noted "We have gas and worms in the rear". :P

Why not grow a little garden patch? You can do it in containers or
raised beds to put it at your height when sitting down, for safety, if needed.

I was never one for gardening...I do my gardening at Kroger. <G>

Indeed. Ditto research (donate to cure cancer/AIDS/et al/etc); there's
no money for researchers in cures -- only in research.

They have to pay all the drug reps, and for their ads...that's why they're
so expensive.

Hecame to see me in the recovery (post-op/step doweb unit) room & said
I was good to leave, they needed the bed. I pointed out that the cathetyer & stent were sti9ll in my shmeckle. He wanted ME to pull
them out. I said, bnot from this angle!

Darn right!!

So her groaned & yanked everyuthing out in one fast rip, shredding the nose cone of my formerly well defined missile.

Ouch!!

So I wasstucj at home, naked, with a dispensible juice jug nearby. Naturally, I started easing back on water consumption as I knew it
would hurt like a *pause* (*&^(*^(*^&(^*()&)!!! *unpause* when it
exited.

Since I quit drinking carbonated beverages, I haven't had a single
kidney stone.

it hits airm, is perfectly hygienic & an excellent antiseptic)

I've absorbed so much sanitizer that when I pee, I clean the toilet. <G>

I like being able to pee like a man -- that was MY first landmark benchmark in the hospital -- when I could stand up & pee normally
again, after my stroke.

The little girls are so disappointed that they can't pee like Daddy
does. :P

Q: What do you get if you cross a donkey and an onion?
A: A piece of ass that will bring a tear to your eye

In a word, really. <G>

Daryl

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George,

I know abot his thing -- nearly 5,000 calories! Looks like it'd taste
delicious as all, but not worth it for me -- I'll try to fake it in
sallow oil in a fryingpan -- dust some onion wedges with seasoned
flour & immerse & fry.

You don't want to have your blood work drawn after grazing like that!!

I would, just to get my doctor to flip out temporarily, until I explained my overall diet plan, then she'd calm down. . .

I weighed myself today, for my weeklly weigh-in & I'm only 1.5lb away from my goal of losing 60! So next week, I switch tacks & speed up the rate of loss until I lose my final 80lbs

I owe it all & only to my own created diet (being paralized, I can't excercise to a useful level) & God, of course. Nothing I aim to do gets done without first inviting Him to be in on it.

I use the same ONE FORK when I eat. (I've washed enough dishes over the
years, even by then, to know that using fewer is always appreciated)

If I can eat at home with paper plates and plastic silverware, and
disposable microwave cooked items, that means no dishes to wash.

Problem with that is it contributes to waste, & takling too large of an eco footprint.

I used to do such, but I'd wash t he cutlery & re-use hundreds of times, until they gt broken or lost. & I only used paper plates, as they compost well enough back into the earth from when they came. . .

Now they are making compostable plastic for this kind of use (disposable cutlery)

I don't like eating plastic -- I prefer a large, solid fork to eat with.

Like how I don't like my coffee in paper or styrofoam cups, so I carry my travel mug with me, which has a metal brim where I sip from, though the lid is mostly plastic.

I looked long & hard to find one that had a metal sipping rim, could hold a medium takerout coffee, & kept co9ffee hot, even for 8 hours (it does! Contigo is the brand you want for this) & it had to have a handle, so I could hang it on my chair somewhere when I need my one & only working hand free (like for moving around)

Got my first perfect one for $15 at the catchall supermarket I go to, but whenj it broke they had bnoine for a long time, then back on the shelf, but now $30 apop, so my wife, genius when it comes to shopping online, found the same on Amazon for $12, free overnight delivery right to our door!

Why pay greedheads' prices, I say!

Our name is Pope, not dope!

But if I didn't eat around 6,000 calories a day then I lost weight
from my already nearly anorexic loknig frame.

I need to lose weight, but it's easier said than done.

The way I finally got a plan that worked is mynetdiary -- you can google it & sign up on their site for free -- if you have a smarhone, you can install the app to have it always with you so every time you eat you can enter what you had.

It's all math. Fat = stored energy (measured by calories) (also the measurement for taste)

3,500 calories or so is a pound of energy.

You need x calories to maintain your weight as-is (& not get anorexic., which can be deadly)

The website page calculates that "x" & after you tell it how much you want to lose & how quickly (I started with 1lb/week); then gives you tyhe new total per day you need to stay below to achieve your target.

Doctors & Nuteritionisdts agree that just losing 10-% of your fat will result in health gains.

I was over 360lbs (I'm 6', so it was not as noticeable as you might think), so I aimed for an even 300 for my first round, at 1lb/week, mostly as a proof of concept & to see if I could do it.

Firt thing I notioced is the new total was well within my normal habits -- I just had to be careful to quit with the extras.

My dad said, "It's not the minutes you spen ast the table that make you fat -- it's the SECONDS." & "The best exercise to lose weight is push-ups - push up from the table after you've had a good meal."

I put both of these into my plans & also the tiny bit I'd heard if, from ads on my phone, about intermittant fasting; this has me take 16-hour breaks from eating altogether, which works better than dieting & reducing portion/taste quality.

For me, my breakfadt was most iportant, so I fixed 10h00-06h00 for my non- eating time on 3 days a week, avoiding the 2 days we tend to have our lavish meals & dessert, & making one meal a day days alternate with normal days.

So actually I was losing at a quicker rate than only 1lb/week, more like 1.5 (no complaint here)

& I wasn't hungry -- the first few fast days, yeah, as my stomach had to shrink to normal size. I considered these small hunger pains a gift, telling me I was in ketosis (where my body is sucking fat to get its calories, since the stomach was empty.); soon enough, my stomnach shrink back toa normal size, so I can feel full faster, & thus naturally reduce my eating without thinking about it.

Sibnce tyou have to weigh everything & enter it, before eating it, you see, very quickly, where your problem areas are, & you can make an adjustment immediately. (like I'll split a chocolate bar between two days' afternoon snack instead of eating it all at once. I've quit pop, as you already have,

Uf I want a cold carbonated beverage that tastes good (the flavoured sparkling water doesn't to me) I have a non-alcoholic beer (my fave is Budweiser Prohibition Ale(geddit?) which, when I looked a the nutrition label, shows zero sugars. It's good for the kidneys, to give a quick flush, & it has more nutrients than water (not as much as actual dark Stout, say, bu that costs extra moola)

The app is free to use for its basic purposes, as I've used it & described, but if you want to see an analysis of all nutrients going into your body, you can pay for it. Otherwise you can only look at Sodium. (a good one to watch these days, for anyone)

Try it out -- it worked for me & is working for others in my family just as well, but they can speed up the weight loss but doing a daily exercise regimen.

Uit's easy -- get a small diet scale that measures in grams, to carry with you if you eat something away from home (even one bite or taste); the app is great, you can just scan the UPC to look up the item & it'll have everything loaded in, & you just put in how much of it you ate. (try different amounts, to see what it does for the iten's calories)

Find seated exercises online & try those to start, to add some extra removal of calories (still math, x minus y is lower than just x!)

I'm praying for success & great health for you. . .

I got my activity level as the lowerst (sedentary) but I do get some just by walking around, using the power of oline leg to dragf my enmtire heavy-laden carcass around & up/down the stairs.

I do one situp a day (I sit UP in the morning, then copmlete it at bedtime by lying back)

& this is more effort than for others, as I'm hreavy & only have half side's muscles to do whatever I do,. so we beliegve even this littlebit counts as more than sedentsry because I'm doing what5 I do with extra weight, so it increases my net caloric burn. . .I'm not counting it, just watching my weight go down quicker than expected (a really good feeling!)

Also, #1 for helping your health is cutting wheat out of your diet 100% (not all carbs, just wheat); do this in combo with the mynetdiary plan & you'll be down to 'fighting weight' in quick time!

But be careful the wheat-free products are listed as "glutren-free" & taste like what "post-digested" grains likely taste like, & most gluten-free products, use abuttload of starches to make up for the wheat -- really increasing the item's ability to turn direectly into sugar in your body.

Dieticians normally do what this mynetdiary does, so here's a bit of diatician punning:

Q: What do you call a doctor for obese squirrels? A: A nutritionist

When fruit goes bad:
berry with a gun = a stRobbery.
bananas give the cops the slip.
When asked tyo speak up in court, the sweet tater just said, in his defense "I yam what I yam."
a bushel of apples = great opportunity to have an longterm affair with a doctor's wife.

Q: How did one stick of bitter call the other one? A: You're my butter from another udder!

Good host's tee-shirt idea: ROCK OUT WITH YOUR GUAC OUT!!

The 800lb gal went to see a dietician on her doctor;s advice & asked how she could get5 dowb to her college weight of 105, without cutting back on sweets, the dietician replied, in her best Dr. McCoy accent, "Dammit, Jen, I'm a dietician, not a magician!"

With the arthritis now, as well as the heat and insects, I don't do
good with walking outside.

heat in only March? Jeeze -- here it's still cool, wet most days & nights, but not bad, actually, this year.

Why not grow a little garden patch? You can do it in containers or
raised beds to put it at your height when sitting down, for safety, if
needed.

I was never one for gardening...I do my gardening at Kroger. <G>

Then you have at least one or three intermediaries, often a factory, interfering with the good food the way God grew it.

When you grow it, you know exactly what you're getting.

It's good for the blood pressure, too. Start small with just lettuce, tomatoes, or whatever you like to add to a sandwich.

I started with just lettuce, carrots, & radishes(great in soups or stews) in a raised box so I could pull up alongside in my wheelchair to do weeding & watering.

Since I quit drinking carbonated beverages, I haven't had a single
kidney stone.

I've heard this somewhere about you. . . Nice one!

I have about a can a year now, down from 2-5 a week when I was working from 06h00-16h00, & needed to be alert -- I found the caffeine kicked in fastest from downing a coke quickly than from coffee.

Now I can't be arsed to have pop. Whenin a restaurant (or McDonalds pretending to be one, I much enjoy cold water as my beverage; I finally gopt my McD;'s trained to allow me to have a supersize cup of water (hey usually only give little 8oz clear cups(used for cold coffees) as too maby people abused the self serve soda bar by asking for water yhen filing up on pop (a big gulp sized cup of coke costs the compant about 3.8c for syrup & soda water; the cup costs 5- 10c including lid & paper straw.

They charge you $2.69 for this giant tub of poison!

... My ship finally came in, but I was at the airport.

Iu was sitting at home waiting for Opportunity to knock & missed my ship, too.

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