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Sunoverbeach
Herf-A-Holic

3 years ago

#521

For cooking I like the Granny Smiths. For eating I'm a fan of Fujis.

8trackdisco
Herf-A-Holic Topic Starter

3 years ago

#522

Jimi Hendrix was in the Army. Part of the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles.
Was in for a year and got a general discharge under honorable conditions.

HockeyDad
Herf-A-Holic

3 years ago

#523

hmmmm...what is the sweet spot of stars in Yelp for best Mexican restaurants in the area?

years ago, I went to a Mexican place that was rated by Yelp as the best in the town (Escondido)...my friend, Charlie, (RIP) a Mexican, said don't bother with Yelp, just look for the Mexican restaurant that is crowded with Mexican diners...he said the first clue is a parking lot full of older American cars...then look for Mexicans leaving with bags in their hands...and a few waiting outside...

we went to that Yelp restaurant, half empty parking lot with more newer Japanese cars...mostly Gringo diners...place sucked...

delta1 wrote:

I’ve always gone by the theory that if I’m the only whitey in the place, it’s good and authentic.

The theory on picking authentic Chinese restaurants came from some video that started off with the fact that Yelp reviewers are just awful people. They trash restaurants for poor service and disregard great food and this downgraded the overall rating.

DrMaddVibe
Herf-A-Holic

3 years ago

#524

It’s just disrespectful to prolong an old 500 thread.

HockeyDad wrote:

I just learned that.

[frypan]

deadeyedick
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3 years ago

#525

By replacing your potato chips with grapefruit as a snack you can lose up to 90% of what little joy you still have left in your life.

Sunoverbeach
Herf-A-Holic

3 years ago

#526

I think I knew that

Cheno
Herf-A-Holic

3 years ago

#527

3.5 stars is the sweet spot for Chinese restaurants. Any lower is bad food, and higher is gonna be decent food but great service. 3.5 or close to is gonna be great authentic food and mediocre service which is actually how service is done where they came from. We have a different mind set here for service that we come to expect and people give bad reviews for it. The food will get 5 stars and the service will get much less stars and why 3.5 evens out to be the sweet spot for authentic good Chinese food.

delta1
Herf-A-Holic

3 years ago

#528

By replacing your potato chips with grapefruit as a snack you can lose up to 90% of what little joy you still have left in your life.

deadeyedick wrote:

I am grateful that grapefruit is incompatible with my blood pressure med, so potato chips remain high on my list of snack foods...which prolly splains my elevated blood pressure...

Sunoverbeach
Herf-A-Holic

3 years ago

#529

Not exactly recent knowledge, but I was amazed at the number of drugs grapefruit can mess with

8trackdisco
Herf-A-Holic Topic Starter

3 years ago

#530

A wolf can bite 5 times stronger than that of a pit bull.

izonfire
Herf-A-Holic

3 years ago

#531

A wolf can bite 5 times stronger than that of a pit bull.

8trackdisco wrote:

Your personal experience does not comprise a statistically significant sample.
Though I appreciate your willingness to sacrifice your appendages for this study…