The Coffee House

[table1349]

Why McDonald's Workers May Not Be Entitled to $15/hr

In a hurry this evening so we went through the drive through on the way home. My wife was driving, so she did the ordering, as we pulled up to the speaker. Now my wife is the epitome of the graceful southern woman, who does not get flustered, nor speak ill of others.

Wife: I'd like two Big Mac Meals and two Diet Cokes, please
Order Girl: Pepsi?
Wife: Ok diet Pepsi then
Order Girl: I'm sorry but we don't have Pepsi, would Coke be ok
Wife: (holding temper), yes that's fine
Order Girl: Ok two regular Cokes
Wife: (Teeth clenching) I said DIET COKE
Order Girl: Ok that's two Big Macs and two DIET cokes, that'll be $$$$ please drive to the first window.
Wife: YOUNG LADY!!!!
Order Girl: Yes Ma'am
Wife: I told you from the start I wanted MEALS.
Order Girl: Oh
Speaker goes dead and we sit, and we sit, and we sit
Wife: YOUNG LADY ARE YOU STILL THERE?
Order Girl: Yes Ma'am we're trying to figure out how to change your order
Speaker noise in the background we hear multiple people trying to explain to the girl how to cancel and re-enter the order. Finally multiple heads prevailed and we think they've got it.
Order Girl: Ok Ma'am I have two Big Macs and two diet Cokes
Wife: I WANT MEALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Order Girl: Oh I'm sorry I meant meals, that'll be $$$$ please drive around
We drive to the window, and the lo and behold here is the Order Girl
Order Girl: that's two Big Macs and two diet Cokes
Me & Wife: IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MEALS!!!!
Order Girl: That's what I meant.

When we pulled to the second window, couldn't help but look to see if Abbot and Costello were behind the counter!!!

Sounds like she got her college degree in Art History.

 

[jcdeboever]

My new girlfriend.... She's pretty....Having two cameras at the same time is nice. The wife rolled her eyes and let out a big sigh when she noticed it. I have a feeling this one is gonna cost me some new kitchen counter tops... Dang, camera gear is expensive. I want the square metal hood for this 16mm, $69 bucks though.... What a super piece of glass.

 

[smoke665]

I have a feeling this one is gonna cost me some new kitchen counter tops...

Good looking lines on that new girlfriend. I see you have the one of those equal pay to play clauses in your house also!!!

 

[jcdeboever]

I have a feeling this one is gonna cost me some new kitchen counter tops...

Good looking lines on that new girlfriend. I see you have the one of those equal pay to play clauses in your house also!!!

Somehow, she gets the cars, countertops, massages, hair, eyelashes, nails. I could buy 4 GFX fujis for what she got in the past year.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary's been attempting to lose weight as well. He's just not willing to give up enough of his lifestyle to be more successful. Too much work where he's stationary, while he doesn't eat any fast food, the his food is on the rich side and the biggest barrier between him and his weight loss is vino. He has a couple of glasses three to four days a week which combined with all the spider webs on his exercise equipment ... makes losing weight more of a dream than a reality.

 

[Gary A.]

My new girlfriend.... She's pretty....Having two cameras at the same time is nice. The wife rolled her eyes and let out a big sigh when she noticed it. I have a feeling this one is gonna cost me some new kitchen counter tops... Dang, camera gear is expensive. I want the square metal hood for this 16mm, $69 bucks though.... What a super piece of glass.

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Yes, with the square hood you will be mistaken for Henri Cartier-Bresson. The XP2 is simply beautiful. I much prefer the larger viewfinder of the XT2, but the XP2 is great to have hanging around your neck or shoulder. (Sorta like dating the cutest cheerleader in school.)

 

[jcdeboever]

My new girlfriend.... She's pretty....Having two cameras at the same time is nice. The wife rolled her eyes and let out a big sigh when she noticed it. I have a feeling this one is gonna cost me some new kitchen counter tops... Dang, camera gear is expensive. I want the square metal hood for this 16mm, $69 bucks though.... What a super piece of glass.

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Yes, with the square hood you will be mistaken for Henri Cartier-Bresson. The XP2 is simply beautiful. I much prefer the larger viewfinder of the XT2, but the XP2 is great to have hanging around your neck or shoulder. (Sorta like dating the cutest cheerleader.)

And she puts out when ever I ask....

 

[table1349]

Well I know what I'm going to this weekend since the wife is going to be gone all day tomorrow. We may be hicks in the sticks but by God we got our priorities straight:

Beer and bacon festival returns to Hartman Arena

 

[smoke665]

I have a feeling this one is gonna cost me some new kitchen counter tops...

Good looking lines on that new girlfriend. I see you have the one of those equal pay to play clauses in your house also!!!

Somehow, she gets the cars, countertops, massages, hair, eyelashes, nails. I could buy 4 GFX fujis for what she got in the past year.

Same here!!!!!!!!

 

[Gary A.]

Gary's first Fuji camera was the XP1. He was in his brick & mortar store and spotted it on a shelf. He knew nothing of Fuji ... nothing of their limited lens (at the time) or of their different non-Bayer sensor ... but he thought it was so beautiful with the aperture ring on the lens ... that it was love at first sight. He purchased the XP1 the moment he touched it and it felt like an old time metal rangefinder. Little did he know that it was a slow camera, it did everything slow. It couldn't focus worth a damn and that in low light the EVF just went smeary ... but it was beautiful. He still has the XP1.

 

[Gary A.]

BEER & BACON!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL .... what could go wrong ... (nice photo)

 

[smoke665]

He's just not willing to give up enough of his lifestyle to be more successful.

Gary, I've used this method several times, when my eating habits got out of control, and always found it to work for me. Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal | MyFitnessPal.com The nice thing about it is you don't "give up" anything. You eat what you want, when you want, you just learn to control yourself and manage your intake. By calculating your daily calorie requirement and setting small weight reduction goals, it automatically adjusts your intake down for that goal. You don't feel like your starving, and you learn that if you want that dessert, then to get the extra calories for the day, you're gonna have to get off you butt and exercise to burn off calories. Since the end of November I've lost 30# and while I'm not quite to my goal of 35, I'm getting close. More importantly I've started leveling off and maintaining as I'm approaching my goal.

 

[table1349]

I have a feeling this one is gonna cost me some new kitchen counter tops...

Good looking lines on that new girlfriend. I see you have the one of those equal pay to play clauses in your house also!!!

Somehow, she gets the cars, countertops, massages, hair, eyelashes, nails. I could buy 4 GFX fujis for what she got in the past year.

Same here!!!!!!!!

I could buy 4 of them just on the living room furniture she bought. We went to buy a single rocking chair for the bedroom as it was my Christmas present. The dogs no longer need their kennels so we have a sitting area again.

We (she) ended up buying my rocking chair, new living room furniture as well as a display hutch for the dining room. It's all hand crafted amish made stuff and will last two lifetimes, but we only went for a chair for Petes sake.

 

[table1349]

BEER & BACON!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL .... what could go wrong ... (nice photo)

The tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. At $30 a ticket THE HOUSE HAS LOST IT"S ADVANTAGE.

Show Me The Buffet.

 

[Gary A.]

@ smoke665: Thank you for the tips. Gary has a lot of expertise in weight control and losing weight. Gary has used My Fitness Pal, successfully in conjunction with activity trackers. Gary is just complaining out loud of not upping his exercise game to keep pace with his intake. The difference is the wine, if Gary didn't enjoy wine, his weight would be dropping much faster than now ... much is a very slow drop. (It took Gary about two months to dump the holiday weight gain, a month of staying even and now he is beginning to dip into 'real' weight loss. But it is slow. With the longer days and better weather, his activity levels should increase. Again, thanks for the tips.