Subj : Repairs [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Wed Aug 07 2024 13:29:02 Hi Dave, RH> McD's had better PR folks. (G) Seriously, it was probably the Golden RH> Arches and the fact you could get the same cheap meal at whatever RH> franchise you went to, whether it be in Peoria, IL or Peoria, AZ. DD> Sandy's didn't have Ronald McDonald or the Hamburglar. Just a figure DD> in a kilt w/bagpipes. And nothing remotely Scottish on the menu. None of the kitsch, just good, inexpensive food. DD> I've got apps for Hardee's, Wendy's, Popeyes, Arby's, Domino's Pizza DD> and Jimmy John's (subs). They are a convenience for me. Not to mention DD> there are a lot of "app/on-line only" specials I take adbvantage. RH> We've got no apps for any of the above and will keep it that way. Of RH> your listing, we go to Arby's and Popeyes, but neither one one of them RH> that often. DD> As I said, they're a convenience. I can order while at work and DD> pick-up on my way home ... or order from home and then do the quick DD> trip. That DD> works especially well with Popeyes on Tuesdays when the drive thru DD> lines a "around the block" long due to the "Tuesday" special. I order DD> from my confuser, drive to my nearby Popeyes and park right by the DD> door, nip DD> inside and go to the Door Dash station. I tell the clerk who I am, DD> pick up my food and beat feet for the house. Nearest Popeyes for us is Raleigh so not convenient to do that. Especially since northbound late afternoon/early evening traffic is very slow going,chicken would be cold by the time we got home. Not worth going down just to eat in either, more of "if we're in the area, we'll stop" kind of place. Same plaza as Harbor Freight, an occaisional stop. DD> Popeyes just wound up a "Buy 6 wings ($5.99) and get another 6 for DD> $1." That was supper last night for both me and Dennis - and the DD> mutts loved the bones. RH> We went to Alpaca's (Peruvian chicken) yesterday after church, split a RH> half chicken and several sides. Brought some chicken home that we had RH> for supper. DD> Never had Peruvian chicken. What is the distinguishing characteristic DD> that makes it "special"? Charcoal grilled, not sure what spices they use but it's good. RH> Yes, we get the recycle bag flyer with all sorts of coupons. Haven't RH> seen the Hardee's one in a while, last set was for Subway and BK. DD> I give the Subway sheet to Dennis as he prefers them over Jimmy DD> John's. The BK goes into the clipper pile. Every couple of months I go DD> through DD> the pile and send the expired sheets to the newspaper pile for another DD> trip through the system. DD> The bundle also contains window, siding and gutter hutles. As well as DD> a BelTone hearing aid flyer and general beauty & bath merch coupons. Same here, also some for several of the local Mexican restaurants. RH> Fodder for the recycle bag. DD> True dat. RH> Our recycle can is usually fuller than the regular trash can. DD> Sprig-a-leak's recycle program uses blue totes and the disposal DD> company that has the contract with the city runs "sorter" trucks that DD> aluminum cans, etc. where the pay $$$ for your old cans. Sadly, DD> neither takes plastic grocery sacks. You have to haul those back to DD> one of the grocers who do recycle them. Our trucks do a trash run, empty out and do a recycle run. We can't do plastic bags either, and are limited in recyclable plastics. Used to have a smaller recycle can but a few years ago we were allowed to get a larger one, use the old can for yard waste, increasing the amount we could dispose of there. DD> Hy-Vee is the only one of my local stupormarkups that offer paper or DD> plastic at their check-outs. We have to buy paper or plastic at Aldi's or Lidl, buy paper at Wegman's (no plastic for sale) so we usually bring our own reuseable bags. We've quite a collection, including several insulated and a couple that are regular one side, insulated the other. DD> 8<----- SNIP----->8 RH> with a proper salad bar. (We stopped there in May, on our way to Ohio RH> from visiting family in the Rochester, NY area & had lunch there.) DD> Was this at your college? Most campus dining halls don't do DD> "walk-ins". Unless it's run as a concession by an outside party. RH> It is run by an outside company with supplimental student staff. We RH> were there over graduation week end/class of '74 reunion but we've RH> been able to have a meal there other times. DD> So, it was/is a concession. Graduation time is pretty crazy at most of DD> the colleges/universities I've been around. True, but this is a smaller school. Student population is @1200+/- bodies. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Some are so educated they can bore you on almost any subject --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .