I went into a Rite Aid pharmacy a couple days
ago. Select a couple items from the close out
section. The perky young thing on the register
asks for my Wellness Card. Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot, I tell her I don't have one.
"We can sign you right up for free! Just fill out...."
and I told her that's not going to happen. Well,
find out the only way they will give me the sale
price, if I have a "Wellness card". Which of course
requires my name, adress, etc. I do not wish to be
tracked, tagged, marketed, suggestive sold, and
registered with their super computer. I told them
to put thier own stuff back. Today I checked with
a different Rite Aid, and find out that's the same
policy.

They just lost a customer.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

On Jan 14, 6:49*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I went into a Rite Aid pharmacy a couple days
ago. Select a couple items from the close out
section. The perky young thing on the register
asks for my Wellness Card. Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot, I tell her I don't have one.
"We can sign you right up for free! Just fill out...."
and I told her that's not going to happen. Well,
find out the only way they will give me the sale
price, if I have a "Wellness card". Which of course
requires my name, adress, etc. I do not wish to be
tracked, tagged, marketed, suggestive sold, and
registered with their super computer. I told them
to put thier own stuff back. Today I checked with
a different Rite Aid, and find out that's the same
policy.

They just lost a customer.

--
Christopher A. Young

On a good day I'm George Washington and live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington DC 20500
Here's my ID ....

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

On 2011-01-15, Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Jan 14, 6:49?pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I went into a Rite Aid pharmacy a couple days
ago. Select a couple items from the close out
section. The perky young thing on the register
asks for my Wellness Card. Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot, I tell her I don't have one.
"We can sign you right up for free! Just fill out...."
and I told her that's not going to happen. Well,
find out the only way they will give me the sale
price, if I have a "Wellness card". Which of course
requires my name, adress, etc. I do not wish to be
tracked, tagged, marketed, suggestive sold, and
registered with their super computer. I told them
to put thier own stuff back. Today I checked with
a different Rite Aid, and find out that's the same
policy.

They just lost a customer.


On a good day I'm George Washington and live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington DC 20500
Here's my ID ....

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist



ROTFLMAO

On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:33:45 -0800 (PST), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

On Jan 14, 6:49*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I went into a Rite Aid pharmacy a couple days
ago. Select a couple items from the close out
section. The perky young thing on the register
asks for my Wellness Card. Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot, I tell her I don't have one.
"We can sign you right up for free! Just fill out...."
and I told her that's not going to happen. Well,
find out the only way they will give me the sale
price, if I have a "Wellness card". Which of course
requires my name, adress, etc. I do not wish to be
tracked, tagged, marketed, suggestive sold, and
registered with their super computer. I told them
to put thier own stuff back. Today I checked with
a different Rite Aid, and find out that's the same
policy.

They just lost a customer.

--
Christopher A. Young

On a good day I'm George Washington and live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington DC 20500
Here's my ID ....

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

Yes! Saved for my own use!!!

Gunner

--

"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once."
Robert A. Heinlein

On Jan 15, 6:30*am, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:33:45 -0800 (PST), Jim Wilkins
wrote:



On Jan 14, 6:49*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I went into a Rite Aid pharmacy a couple days
ago. Select a couple items from the close out
section. The perky young thing on the register
asks for my Wellness Card. Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot, I tell her I don't have one.
"We can sign you right up for free! Just fill out...."
and I told her that's not going to happen. Well,
find out the only way they will give me the sale
price, if I have a "Wellness card". Which of course
requires my name, adress, etc. I do not wish to be
tracked, tagged, marketed, suggestive sold, and
registered with their super computer. I told them
to put thier own stuff back. Today I checked with
a different Rite Aid, and find out that's the same
policy.

They just lost a customer.

--
Christopher A. Young

On a good day I'm George Washington and live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington DC 20500
Here's my ID ....

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

Yes! *Saved for my own use!!!

Gunner


I too detest those loyalty cards.
Here in Texas, CVS Pharmacy and Kroger are off my list for that
reason, and I used to spend a good deal of money at both.

I may have to try the fake address. Thanks for that.

Rex wrote:

I too detest those loyalty cards.
Here in Texas, CVS Pharmacy and Kroger are off my list for that
reason, and I used to spend a good deal of money at both.

I may have to try the fake address. Thanks for that.

I find this whole thing kind of puzzling. At the Rite-Aid, the
girl asked, "Do you want to sign up for our card?" I said, "Nah,
I don't feel like filling out a form." She said, "That's OK. Got
a phone number?" I said, "Sure," gave her the shop phone #, and
she said, "Here's your card!"

I used it on the spot. I don't know what value it has, but they
ask for it, and I've got my wallet out anyway, to pay for my
schtuff, so what's the harm? Maybe one of these days, they'll
say, "OOh! You've got X dollars in purchases, you're eligible
for Y dollars in credit!" or something.

But I certainly don't find it such a big freakin' deal.

Maybe it's the grumpy old crank factor. :-

Cheers!
Rich

On 1/15/2011 6:30 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

Yes! Saved for my own use!!!

Gunner

I've used Sidney Reilly and Sigmund Rosenblum.

David

On Jan 15, 6:36*pm, "David R. Birch" wrote:
..
I've used Sidney Reilly and Sigmund Rosenblum.
David

If I sign up as both, will you double the discount?

"David R. Birch" wrote in message
...
On 1/15/2011 6:30 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

Yes! Saved for my own use!!!

Gunner

I've used Sidney Reilly and Sigmund Rosenblum.

David

D:

I was in a hospital once when the P.A. announcer called for
Doctor Yuth N. Asia to lead thanatoptic rounds. They say
laughter makes you feel better.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Edward Hennessey wrote:

"David R. Birch" wrote in message
...
On 1/15/2011 6:30 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

Yes! Saved for my own use!!!

Gunner

I've used Sidney Reilly and Sigmund Rosenblum.

David

D:

I was in a hospital once when the P.A. announcer called for
Doctor Yuth N. Asia to lead thanatoptic rounds. They say
laughter makes you feel better.


Calling Dr. Fine! Dr. Howard! Dr. Fine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVdUsgYA_D4


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a band-aid on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

Edward Hennessey wrote:
"David R. Birch" wrote in message
On 1/15/2011 6:30 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

Yes! Saved for my own use!!!

I've used Sidney Reilly and Sigmund Rosenblum.

I was in a hospital once when the P.A. announcer called for
Doctor Yuth N. Asia to lead thanatoptic rounds. They say
laughter makes you feel better.

I had a GF once who had worked at a hospital; she said they'd
page "Doctor Blue" when there was somebody who was having a
heart attack or something.

Cheers!
Rich

"David R. Birch" wrote in message
...
On 1/15/2011 6:30 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

Yes! Saved for my own use!!!

Gunner

I've used Sidney Reilly and Sigmund Rosenblum.

David
I use Lamont Cranston from "The Shadow (and his alter ego, Lamont
Cranston)"
Even though it was before my time.
Mikek

On Jan 17, 10:24*am, "amdx" wrote:
"David R. Birch" wrote in ... On 1/15/2011 6:30 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
...
*I use Lamont Cranston from "The Shadow (and his alter ego, Lamont
Cranston)"
Even though it was before my time.
* * * * * * * *Mikek

Thankfull Dzerzhinsky was before mine, too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dzerzhinsky
He would have liquidated most of the left-wing malcontents who post
here.
"A revolution eats its own children."

jsw

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:24:09 -0600, "amdx" wrote:


"David R. Birch" wrote in message
...
On 1/15/2011 6:30 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

Yes! Saved for my own use!!!

Gunner

I've used Sidney Reilly and Sigmund Rosenblum.

David
I use Lamont Cranston from "The Shadow (and his alter ego, Lamont
Cranston)"
Even though it was before my time.
Mikek

Gerald Fitzpatrick and visa versa
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
...
On Jan 14, 6:49 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I went into a Rite Aid pharmacy a couple days
ago. Select a couple items from the close out
section. The perky young thing on the register
asks for my Wellness Card. Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot, I tell her I don't have one.
"We can sign you right up for free! Just fill out...."
and I told her that's not going to happen. Well,
find out the only way they will give me the sale
price, if I have a "Wellness card". Which of course
requires my name, adress, etc. I do not wish to be
tracked, tagged, marketed, suggestive sold, and
registered with their super computer. I told them
to put thier own stuff back. Today I checked with
a different Rite Aid, and find out that's the same
policy.

They just lost a customer.

--
Christopher A. Young

On a good day I'm George Washington and live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington DC 20500
Here's my ID ....

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist


You liar!
George Washington never lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
You should have claimed to be John Adams.

Paul K. Dickman

On 1/15/2011 8:00 AM, Paul K. Dickman wrote:

George Washington never lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

As if your average register operator today would have a clue....


Jon

On Jan 15, 11:34*am, Jon Anderson wrote:
On 1/15/2011 8:00 AM, Paul K. Dickman wrote:

George Washington never lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

As if your average register operator today would have a clue....

Jon

Without looking, what was Pierre L'Enfant famous for?

jsw

On 1/15/2011 9:47 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

Without looking, what was Pierre L'Enfant famous for?

I have no clue. Last time I sat in a history class was 1975, and I'd bet
good money Pierre's name never once came up in any history class.

My reading mostly sticks to my interests, metalworking, Basque history
both here and the Pyrenees, Death Valley history, SciFi, and lately,
Australia.


Jon

Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Jan 15, 11:34*am, Jon Anderson wrote:
On 1/15/2011 8:00 AM, Paul K. Dickman wrote:

George Washington never lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

As if your average register operator today would have a clue....

Without looking, what was Pierre L'Enfant famous for?

Being terrible?

Thanks,
Rich

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:47:45 -0800 (PST), Jim Wilkins wrote:

On Jan 15, 11:34*am, Jon Anderson wrote:
On 1/15/2011 8:00 AM, Paul K. Dickman wrote:

George Washington never lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

As if your average register operator today would have a clue....

Jon

Without looking, what was Pierre L'Enfant famous for?

WAG: Involved in burning the structure at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue before it
had its modern name? Seems like this was around 1812...
--
William

"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
...
On 1/15/2011 8:00 AM, Paul K. Dickman wrote:

George Washington never lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

As if your average register operator today would have a clue....


Jon

JA:

Here's a good one. I went to the post office to mail a parcel to New
Zealand. The clerk asked me where that was in Africa.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

On 1/15/2011 9:51 AM, Edward Hennessey wrote:

Here's a good one. I went to the post office to mail a parcel to New
Zealand. The clerk asked me where that was in Africa.

LMAO....

What's scary to me is, I consider myself not especially knowledgable
about such subjects as geography. As per my previous post, my reading
sticks mostly to my topics of interest. But by today's standards, I tend
to come across in discussions as knowing a lot about a lot.
Things are slipping. My daughter showed me an English paper earlier this
year that she scored a A on. I congratulated her, but also told her that
when I was in high school, that paper would have been very lucky to
garner a C...

Ah, the decline of civilization...


Jon

On Jan 15, 12:51*pm, "Edward Hennessey"
wrote:
...
Here's a good one. I went to the post office to mail a parcel to New
Zealand. The clerk asked me where that was in Africa.

Edward Hennessey

Everyone knows it's close to Austria.

Edward Hennessey wrote:
"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
On 1/15/2011 8:00 AM, Paul K. Dickman wrote:

George Washington never lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

As if your average register operator today would have a clue....

Here's a good one. I went to the post office to mail a parcel to New
Zealand. The clerk asked me where that was in Africa.

Some years ago, and I swear I am not making this up, there was some
guy who was doing the talk show circuit who had had a ticket to Oakland,
CA, and somehow found himself on a plane to Aukland, NZ. His segment
on the talk shows consisted mainly of the travelogue showing how the
airlines got him back to CA on their own dime because it was their
screwup. Obviously, the guy was a brick or two short of a full load,
but still!

Cheers!
Rich

Paul K. Dickman wrote:
"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
On Jan 14, 6:49 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
some " miserable,
cantankerous old coot," rant

On a good day I'm George Washington and live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington DC 20500
Here's my ID ....

On a bad one it's
Name: Felix E. Dzerzhinsky,
Address: Lubyanskaya Ploshchad, Moskva.
Occupation: Chekist

You liar!
George Washington never lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
You should have claimed to be John Adams.

Yeah, gosh! If they'd checked, he'd have been in big trouble! ;-D

Cheers!
Rich

On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:49:14 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I went into a Rite Aid pharmacy a couple days
ago. Select a couple items from the close out
section. The perky young thing on the register
asks for my Wellness Card. Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot, I tell her I don't have one.
"We can sign you right up for free! Just fill out...."
and I told her that's not going to happen. Well,
find out the only way they will give me the sale
price, if I have a "Wellness card". Which of course
requires my name, adress, etc. I do not wish to be
tracked, tagged, marketed, suggestive sold, and
registered with their super computer. I told them
to put thier own stuff back. Today I checked with
a different Rite Aid, and find out that's the same
policy.

They just lost a customer.

Don't be difficult. The clerk is collecting information because they
get paid to do so. Make up a possible name and address and give it to
them. Everybody is happy when you do this. Want my telephone number?
just call 678-555-1212

Don't be difficult. The clerk is collecting information because they
get paid to do so. Make up a possible name and address and give it to
them. Everybody is happy when you do this. Want my telephone number?
just call 678-555-1212

I've always given phony info when signing up for discount cards and the
like... haven't had an issue yet.

Erik

Erik wrote:

Don't be difficult. The clerk is collecting information because they
get paid to do so. Make up a possible name and address and give it to
them. Everybody is happy when you do this. Want my telephone number?
just call 678-555-1212

I've always given phony info when signing up for discount cards and the
like... haven't had an issue yet.

Once some decades ago, while going through some "financial difficulties,"
I was shopping for something I needed at some department store. I got
accosted by some salesdroid who was exhorting people to sign up for a
credit account, and you'll get a prize! I said, "My credit is in the
toilet, and I know in advance I'll be denied. Are you telling me that,
even knowing in advance that there's no way I could be approved, I'll
still get the prize just for filling out the form?" And he said, "Yup."
(or words to that effect.)

He came back in about five minutes and said, "Yup, you're denied, but
here's your prize!" It was some kind of screwdriver set or something -
not a bad reward for two minutes filling out a form and five minutes
sitting on my butt! :-)

Cheers!
Rich

Stormin Mormon wrote:

Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot,

Is this another one of those trolls I'm supposed to stop
baiting? :-

It took me about three seconds to get my Rite-Aid card, and
I've found that their house-brand "D" cells last almost twice
as long in my flashlight as the "Copper-Top" ones. Seriously,
I was really amazed when I discovered that! I'm never going
to buy anything but Rite-Aid alkalines again! (except maybe
CVS - they have a house brand too, and it also took about
three seconds to get their card. But the Rite-Aids I'm using
now are holding up so well that It'll probably be awhile
before I have the opportunity to do the test.)

Maybe it's because I'm charming and happy-go-lucky, rather than
some cranky old grump (grumpy old crank?). I'm only old on the
outside, and I smile a lot. I wonder if there's something wrong
with somebody who's so happy at age 61 7/8. But even if so, who
cares? ;-D

But I AM boycotting "Carl's Jr." - one day, when I went out to
get the paper, I was walking by the CJ, looking for something
breakfasty. They had a "breakfast burger" on the menu, and I
asked, "What goes into that breakfast burger?" The Kounter
Kiddie said, "Fench fie, coak,..." I stopped her and said,
"No, what goes into the burger itself?" She looked at me like
a deer in headlights. There were a couple of other people
chatting away in Barbarianese toward the end of the counter,
and I asked them, "Say, can you answer a simple question?"
they kid of snooted at me and went back to their yammering.
I yelled at the top of my lungs, "DOES ANYBODY IN HERE SPEAK
ENGLISH????" The place fell silent. Even the half-dozen or
so customers in the place looked at me like I was some kind
of intruder, but NOBODY spoke up. I said, "Well, **** ya
then, if you don't want my money!"

Oh, did I mention that they were all Mexicans? OOps! Guess
I'm a racist now! grrrrrrr...

Cheers!
Rich

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:55:30 -0800, Rich Grise
wrote:

Stormin Mormon wrote:

Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot,

Is this another one of those trolls I'm supposed to stop
baiting? :-

It took me about three seconds to get my Rite-Aid card, and
I've found that their house-brand "D" cells last almost twice
as long in my flashlight as the "Copper-Top" ones. Seriously,
I was really amazed when I discovered that! I'm never going
to buy anything but Rite-Aid alkalines again! (except maybe
CVS - they have a house brand too, and it also took about
three seconds to get their card. But the Rite-Aids I'm using
now are holding up so well that It'll probably be awhile
before I have the opportunity to do the test.)

Maybe it's because I'm charming and happy-go-lucky, rather than
some cranky old grump (grumpy old crank?). I'm only old on the
outside, and I smile a lot. I wonder if there's something wrong
with somebody who's so happy at age 61 7/8. But even if so, who
cares? ;-D

But I AM boycotting "Carl's Jr." - one day, when I went out to
get the paper, I was walking by the CJ, looking for something
breakfasty. They had a "breakfast burger" on the menu, and I
asked, "What goes into that breakfast burger?" The Kounter
Kiddie said, "Fench fie, coak,..." I stopped her and said,
"No, what goes into the burger itself?" She looked at me like
a deer in headlights. There were a couple of other people
chatting away in Barbarianese toward the end of the counter,
and I asked them, "Say, can you answer a simple question?"
they kid of snooted at me and went back to their yammering.
I yelled at the top of my lungs, "DOES ANYBODY IN HERE SPEAK
ENGLISH????" The place fell silent. Even the half-dozen or
so customers in the place looked at me like I was some kind
of intruder, but NOBODY spoke up. I said, "Well, **** ya
then, if you don't want my money!"

Oh, did I mention that they were all Mexicans? OOps! Guess
I'm a racist now! grrrrrrr...

Cheers!
Rich

Im a big big fan of Carls. And know where a significant number of them
are in So. Cal.

Ive started eating in them, rather than Micky Ds or Jacks, or Burgerking
simply because of the size of the items sold. MickyDs sells a burger
that will literally fit in a shirt pocket for more money than Carls
sells the Big Carl ($2.89)..which is indeed a damned good and BIG burger

Jack and Burgerking are in line between MickyDs and Carls.

Frankly..I dont care if they can speak English or not. In a perfect
world..they would all be native born, or have green cards...but..this is
indeed Kalifornia.

Gunner

--

"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once."
Robert A. Heinlein

On Jan 16, 7:58*am, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:55:30 -0800, Rich Grise



wrote:
Stormin Mormon wrote:

Being a miserable,
cantankerous old coot,

Is this another one of those trolls I'm supposed to stop
baiting? :-

It took me about three seconds to get my Rite-Aid card, and
I've found that their house-brand "D" cells last almost twice
as long in my flashlight as the "Copper-Top" ones. Seriously,
I was really amazed when I discovered that! I'm never going
to buy anything but Rite-Aid alkalines again! (except maybe
CVS - they have a house brand too, and it also took about
three seconds to get their card. But the Rite-Aids I'm using
now are holding up so well that It'll probably be awhile
before I have the opportunity to do the test.)

Maybe it's because I'm charming and happy-go-lucky, rather than
some cranky old grump (grumpy old crank?). I'm only old on the
outside, and I smile a lot. I wonder if there's something wrong
with somebody who's so happy at age 61 7/8. But even if so, who
cares? *;-D

But I AM boycotting "Carl's Jr." - one day, when I went out to
get the paper, I was walking by the CJ, looking for something
breakfasty. They had a "breakfast burger" on the menu, and I
asked, "What goes into that breakfast burger?" The Kounter
Kiddie said, "Fench fie, coak,..." I stopped her and said,
"No, what goes into the burger itself?" She looked at me like
a deer in headlights. There were a couple of other people
chatting away in Barbarianese toward the end of the counter,
and I asked them, "Say, can you answer a simple question?"
they kid of snooted at me and went back to their yammering.
I yelled at the top of my lungs, "DOES ANYBODY IN HERE SPEAK
ENGLISH????" The place fell silent. Even the half-dozen or
so customers in the place looked at me like I was some kind
of intruder, but NOBODY spoke up. I said, "Well, **** ya
then, if you don't want my money!"

Oh, did I mention that they were all Mexicans? OOps! Guess
I'm a racist now! grrrrrrr...

Cheers!
Rich

Im a big big fan of Carls. *And know where a significant number of them
are in So. Cal.

Ive started eating in them, rather than Micky Ds or Jacks, or Burgerking
simply because of the size of the items sold. MickyDs sells a burger
that will literally fit in a shirt pocket for more money than Carls
sells the Big Carl ($2.89)..which is indeed a damned good and BIG burger

Jack and Burgerking are in line between MickyDs and Carls.

Frankly..I dont care if they can speak English or not. In a perfect
world..they would all be native born, or have green cards...but..this is
indeed Kalifornia.

Gunner

--

"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once."
* * * * * * * * * * *Robert A. Heinlein

I like Carl's but the one I went to is gone now.

How did you determine this? I'd be curious to know. Might
even pay retail for thier D cells, it they are this
fantastic.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Rich Grise"
wrote in message
...

I've found that their house-brand "D" cells last almost
twice
as long in my flashlight as the "Copper-Top" ones.
Seriously,
I was really amazed when I discovered that! I'm never going
to buy anything but Rite-Aid alkalines again! (except maybe
CVS - they have a house brand too, and it also took about
three seconds to get their card. But the Rite-Aids I'm using
now are holding up so well that It'll probably be awhile
before I have the opportunity to do the test.)

Maybe it's because I'm charming and happy-go-lucky, rather
than
some cranky old grump (grumpy old crank?). I'm only old on
the
outside, and I smile a lot. I wonder if there's something
wrong
with somebody who's so happy at age 61 7/8. But even if so,
who
cares? ;-D

Cheers!
Rich

You're a Nazi racist! You probably use WD-40 as a water
displacer, too!

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"Rich Grise"
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But I AM boycotting "Carl's Jr." - one day, when I went out
to
get the paper, I was walking by the CJ, looking for
something
breakfasty. They had a "breakfast burger" on the menu, and I
asked, "What goes into that breakfast burger?" The Kounter
Kiddie said, "Fench fie, coak,..." I stopped her and said,
"No, what goes into the burger itself?" She looked at me
like
a deer in headlights. There were a couple of other people
chatting away in Barbarianese toward the end of the counter,
and I asked them, "Say, can you answer a simple question?"
they kid of snooted at me and went back to their yammering.
I yelled at the top of my lungs, "DOES ANYBODY IN HERE SPEAK
ENGLISH????" The place fell silent. Even the half-dozen or
so customers in the place looked at me like I was some kind
of intruder, but NOBODY spoke up. I said, "Well, **** ya
then, if you don't want my money!"

Oh, did I mention that they were all Mexicans? OOps! Guess
I'm a racist now! grrrrrrr...

Cheers!
Rich

Rich Grise wrote:

But I AM boycotting "Carl's Jr." - one day, when I went out to
get the paper, I was walking by the CJ, looking for something
breakfasty. They had a "breakfast burger" on the menu, and I
asked, "What goes into that breakfast burger?" The Kounter
Kiddie said, "Fench fie, coak,..." I stopped her and said,
"No, what goes into the burger itself?" She looked at me like
a deer in headlights. There were a couple of other people
chatting away in Barbarianese toward the end of the counter,
and I asked them, "Say, can you answer a simple question?"
they kid of snooted at me and went back to their yammering.
I yelled at the top of my lungs, "DOES ANYBODY IN HERE SPEAK
ENGLISH????" The place fell silent. Even the half-dozen or
so customers in the place looked at me like I was some kind
of intruder, but NOBODY spoke up. I said, "Well, **** ya
then, if you don't want my money!"


I am really not sure why different fast food chains tend to have
different hiring practices but I am with you on Carls Jr. I also note
that as a rule McDonalds tends to have really stupid workers, Burger
King has Mexicans also but they tend to speak English and the best
seems to be In and Our Burgers. In talking to one of the 20 something
clerk there one late evening I commented on the difference I noted in
the attitude and hustle that the kids working there displayed. He
said that it was a great place to work, and I found out that the place
has seven levels of staff. Starting out they pay minimum wage and
once a person masters level one (cleaning, and bussing) then they move
up the food chain ending up as the burger flipper getting paid $15 an
hour.

Evidently with the competition to make the better wages and more
hours, the weak do not survive.

RS at work wrote:



Rich Grise wrote:

But I AM boycotting "Carl's Jr." - one day, when I went out to
get the paper, I was walking by the CJ, looking for something
breakfasty. They had a "breakfast burger" on the menu, and I
asked, "What goes into that breakfast burger?" The Kounter
Kiddie said, "Fench fie, coak,..." I stopped her and said,
"No, what goes into the burger itself?" She looked at me like
a deer in headlights. There were a couple of other people
chatting away in Barbarianese toward the end of the counter,
and I asked them, "Say, can you answer a simple question?"
they kid of snooted at me and went back to their yammering.
I yelled at the top of my lungs, "DOES ANYBODY IN HERE SPEAK
ENGLISH????" The place fell silent. Even the half-dozen or
so customers in the place looked at me like I was some kind
of intruder, but NOBODY spoke up. I said, "Well, **** ya
then, if you don't want my money!"


I am really not sure why different fast food chains tend to have
different hiring practices but I am with you on Carls Jr. I also note
that as a rule McDonalds tends to have really stupid workers, Burger
King has Mexicans also but they tend to speak English and the best
seems to be In and Our Burgers. In talking to one of the 20 something
clerk there one late evening I commented on the difference I noted in
the attitude and hustle that the kids working there displayed. He
said that it was a great place to work, and I found out that the place
has seven levels of staff. Starting out they pay minimum wage and
once a person masters level one (cleaning, and bussing) then they move
up the food chain ending up as the burger flipper getting paid $15 an
hour.

Evidently with the competition to make the better wages and more
hours, the weak do not survive.

I agree that McD's are stupid - I once ordered a "saugage muffin with
cheese only," meaning I didn't what the egg. I got a muffin with a slice
of cheese on it. I said very loudly, "Do you think I could have a piece
of sausage on my sausage muffin?" the kiddie (who spoke English) said,
"Well, you said 'cheese only.'" I said, also very loudly, "Well, I thought
the sausage would be kinda automatic on something called a SAUSAGE
MUFFIN!!!"

And In-n-out is tied with Wendy's in my book for the best burgers ever.

Well, I take that back - the best burgers ever are greasy sliders, the
affectionate name for White Castle. But it's terribly regional; I guess
the family that owns it is kinda neurotic. But you can get them frozen
in the grocery store; I haven't tried one of them yet, but I mean to
sometime before I die. :-)

Wendy's also has great burgers and the chili is "to die for." Anyway,
I was at an In-n-out, watching the kid make fries. They had a bin of
fresh, peeled potatoes, and one of those fry cutters with the matrix of
blades - the kid put a potato on the cutter, vertically, and CHUNK!
shoved the thing down and the fresh fries fell into the basket; when
they came out of the oil, they dumped them into a towel, threw a
bunch of popcorn salt on top, and picked up the towel, hammock-
style, and kind of sloshed them back and forth. Best fries I've ever
had!

Cheers!
Rich

On 1/17/2011 9:40 PM, Rich Grise wrote:

Well, I take that back - the best burgers ever are greasy sliders, the
affectionate name for White Castle.

Best burgers I've ever had is at Ikeda's just off north bound I-80 in
Auburn, CA. Not cheap, a cheeseburger, fries and chocolate shake will
run somewhere around $12. Worth every penny, but I don't eat there very
often...

And yeah, for fast food, In-n-Out has the best fries. They are not only
still edible after getting cold, but still taste decent.

Anyone here read and remember From the Saddle written by Rick Sieman
(aka Super Hunky) for Dirt Bike Magazine? That guy wrote some seriously
funny ****. The magazine had a yellow El Camino affectionately called
the GYDBT (Great Yellow Dirt Bike Truck), and in one column, he detailed
cleaning out the accumulated mung and drool. He described finding half a
package of fossilized McD french fries that were hard enough to be used
as nails. I thought that funny, until years later when I found some
buried under the seat of my truck. Well, hard as nails might be pushing
it, but loaded into shotshells, they would have been lethal...


Jon

Jon Anderson wrote:
On 1/17/2011 9:40 PM, Rich Grise wrote:

Well, I take that back - the best burgers ever are greasy sliders, the
affectionate name for White Castle.

Best burgers I've ever had is at Ikeda's just off north bound I-80 in
Auburn, CA. Not cheap, a cheeseburger, fries and chocolate shake will
run somewhere around $12. Worth every penny, but I don't eat there very
often...

And yeah, for fast food, In-n-Out has the best fries. They are not only
still edible after getting cold, but still taste decent.

Anyone here read and remember From the Saddle written by Rick Sieman
(aka Super Hunky) for Dirt Bike Magazine? That guy wrote some seriously
funny ****. The magazine had a yellow El Camino affectionately called
the GYDBT (Great Yellow Dirt Bike Truck), and in one column, he detailed
cleaning out the accumulated mung and drool. He described finding half a
package of fossilized McD french fries that were hard enough to be used
as nails. I thought that funny, until years later when I found some
buried under the seat of my truck. Well, hard as nails might be pushing
it, but loaded into shotshells, they would have been lethal...

Did he try to resurrect them by steaming them? ;-)

Oh, and BTW, White Castles are about 89 cents a pop, but you need from
four to ten of them at a time to make a decent meal. ("Buy 'em by the
SACK!") ;-)

Thanks!
Rich

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:10 -0800, Rich Grise
wrote:

And In-n-out is tied with Wendy's in my book for the best burgers ever.

Well, I take that back - the best burgers ever are greasy sliders, the
affectionate name for White Castle. But it's terribly regional; I guess
the family that owns it is kinda neurotic. But you can get them frozen
in the grocery store; I haven't tried one of them yet, but I mean to
sometime before I die. :-)

I eat maybe one burger a year, and that's only when I'm starving and
pass a restaurant cooking them (and fries) and it gets to me.


Wendy's also has great burgers and the chili is "to die for." Anyway,
I was at an In-n-out, watching the kid make fries. They had a bin of
fresh, peeled potatoes, and one of those fry cutters with the matrix of
blades - the kid put a potato on the cutter, vertically, and CHUNK!
shoved the thing down and the fresh fries fell into the basket; when
they came out of the oil, they dumped them into a towel, threw a
bunch of popcorn salt on top, and picked up the towel, hammock-
style, and kind of sloshed them back and forth. Best fries I've ever
had!

Yeah, In'n'Out Burger had the best fries ever. Check out the moldout
test at ebaum, then research "carbon monoxide food" to see why.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ljW...eature=related

And watch the movie "Food, Inc" if you dare. You may never eat
another hamburger (or chicken) again.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/us/31meat.html

http://generationgreen.org/2010/02/h...-and-cow-****/


Enjoy your burgers, guys. urp

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