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Post by Cynder on Feb 25, 2006 2:26:17 GMT -5
There's a bookstore in Eugene OR that has a sign in its window: We make house calls.  |
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Post by Hermione on Feb 25, 2006 2:34:51 GMT -5
Strontium actually gets USED.
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kilomon
First Year, Second Semester
I like cereal
Posts: 56
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Post by kilomon on Feb 25, 2006 2:45:48 GMT -5
Useless McDonalds Knowledge:
The lifetime of bacon for sandwiches is six hours. This means it sits out in the open, on a rack, just sitting there for up to six hours. Gives you a good idea of what you should get fresh on your next premium chicken sandwich.
Cheese has to 'temper'(sit outside in the stores normal temperature) for two hours. I completely forget and don't know what this is for, but it's pure hell to peel the cheese apart when it's actually been tempered. We try to keep it chilled for our convenience. And no, this won't prevent your cheese from melting. By the time your sandwich is bagged and taken to your window, the heat from the meat, the toasted bun, and the holding zone will melt it plenty.
Apple Pies must cool for 15 minutes before being boxed, and have a cook time of 12 minutes, they also last in a heated cabinet for up to four hours.
When getting a Fish Filet, if you ask for extra cheese, you should have one and a half pieces of cheese on your sandwich. This is because some stores charge extra for more toppings, and you are paying for a full piece of cheese, not just an extra half.
When getting a "two cheeseburgers" meal, if you want those to be hamburgers, they have to be rung up as cheeseburgers without cheese, because there isn't a button that will make a value meal from two hamburgers.
There is such a thing as a hamburger value meal. It simply isn't given a number. This goes for virtually every sandwich.
McDonalds doesn't sell a four piece nugget in anything other than happy meals. The reasoning for this is they couldn't price it to make proper profit.
At the McDonalds I work at, you're not allowed to tell anyone(employee or customer) that you dislike your job or any of the sandwiches. Your job is amazing and all of the sandwiches are effin delicious as long as you're on the clock.
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Post by Hermione on Feb 25, 2006 2:50:12 GMT -5
Lol.
I know that at the Dairy Queen nearest the U of OR, a cheeseburger without the burger is cheaper than a grilled cheese sandwich by about half.
Or at least, it was the time I went in. But since I laughed about it and the person who was taking the order was the manager, I'm not certain that's still true...
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kilomon
First Year, Second Semester
I like cereal
Posts: 56
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Post by kilomon on Feb 25, 2006 2:55:49 GMT -5
Oh, that reminds me.
A Quarter Pounder with Cheese(or without, don't think it costs extra), Large Fries and a Large Drink costs less than a Quarter Pounder meal that has the fries and drink upgraded to large. (May or may not be true pending on if prices and taxes vary through states.)
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asaria
Second Year, First Semester
Sorry, mind out of order until further notice
Posts: 136
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Post by asaria on Feb 25, 2006 8:47:11 GMT -5
While we're on a Mickey D's topic, there are 7 McDonalds within a 20 mile radius in my area. One person owns 5 of them.
No, I didn't work there, I did my time at Taco Hell..erm....I mean Bell. lol
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Post by justthisgirl on Feb 25, 2006 20:43:16 GMT -5
did you know: you cannot buy alcohol on election day? can't be done.
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Post by Hermione on Feb 26, 2006 0:55:34 GMT -5
By coincidence or law?
Rather amusing, actually, that.
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Post by Cynder on Feb 26, 2006 1:53:25 GMT -5
In 1902.....
The average life expectancy in the US was 47.
Only 14 Percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A
There were only 8,000 cars in the US, only 144 miles of paved roads and the maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The average wage in the US was 22 cents an hour. The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the US took place at home.
90 percent of all US physicians had no college education.
Sugar cost 4 cents a pound. Eggs were 14 cents a dozen.
Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was 30.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores.
18 percent of households in the US had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US.
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Post by frizzer on Feb 26, 2006 20:51:08 GMT -5
Wow, I love those useless facts. OK. In your country in advertising you can mention another brand, so you can say,,errm Pepsi is better than Coke, in the UK you can't
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asaria
Second Year, First Semester
Sorry, mind out of order until further notice
Posts: 136
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Post by asaria on Feb 27, 2006 13:23:18 GMT -5
useless knowledge...i'm related to the outlaw jesse james, whcih makes me related to that weird guy who does monster grage and builds motorcycles. *wonders why he hasn't shared the $$ yet* lol
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Post by veela on Feb 27, 2006 17:15:14 GMT -5
I'm from Stillwater, MN where Jessie James was held in the local prison. Also, Al Capone had his hideout in the caves downtown.
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Post by frizzer on Feb 27, 2006 22:50:47 GMT -5
I'm drinking a new food supplement called Vie and it makes me smell like the dog
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Post by Hermione on Feb 28, 2006 1:25:09 GMT -5
Criminals used to congregate in Minnesota because we had a no-extradition law (to the other territories and/or states). Of course, this was back when states could actually DO things like that...
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Post by justthisgirl on Feb 28, 2006 1:40:04 GMT -5
I am from the same town as Mark Twain's study and his grave site, and the notorious Tommy Hilfiger... who by the way is NOT respected at all by his fellow locals in Elmira, NY. also, Elmira is the Soaring Capital of somewhere... anyway, if you go there in the summer, you will see (on a nice day of course) the sky filled with hang gliders! its pretty cool, actually. lemme see... there is a maximum state prison there, and the Bud at the Glen is held near there, for all you Race Fans! oh. and near the race track is wine country for all you drunks... SO, nowhereville USA isn't really as bad as it seems.
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Post by Hermione on Feb 28, 2006 2:38:38 GMT -5
Hm, more useless knowledge: Mingling in the Queen's Castle in DC will bring you into contact only with people of the following names: Amberdrake Bellifont Carroway Delacourt Evans Ferris Golan Hardawake Insult Jasper Killingfield Lambert MacDougal Norbert Oswald Pembroke Quail Richards Sandoval Trevor Umbert Van Hogan Walters Xavier Yolanda and Zelda. Their ranks may vary, but I spy a pattern... |
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Post by frizzer on Feb 28, 2006 18:22:27 GMT -5
wow, Herm you are a very perseptive person, have an exalt
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Post by Hermione on Feb 28, 2006 18:29:43 GMT -5
Lol, it's the same for the gambling. One I might miss, but when they both did it to me, the pattern emerged pretty quickly.
(And, Mr. Mighty Charmer, don't think you're going to get away without an exalt back! It's just, er, delayed in transit... yeah, that's it! -stupid hour waiting period.)
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Post by frizzer on Feb 28, 2006 18:40:53 GMT -5
Have you ever smitten anyone, or is it smoten, smitten doesn't sound right and you're the wordsmith
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Post by Hermione on Feb 28, 2006 19:22:03 GMT -5
I once smote someone by accident, I've forgetten who it was. Hit the wrong button, then stayed up another three hours to exalt them back up and past to make up for it.
(And you were right; it just sounds odd because of the colloquial meaning for "smitten".)
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