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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / November 2005BURGERS LOVE THE 20D !!!
How many hamburgers can you eat in 8 minutes? The World's Greatest Eater ate 67 today. http://www.pbase.com/bret/krystal > How many hamburgers can you eat in 8 minutes? > The World's Greatest Eater ate 67 today. > > http://www.pbase.com/bret/krystal I heard he also has the record for the highest cholesterol count....... only in the USA  SignatureAll outgoing emails are scanned with Norton Antivirus 2004 > How many hamburgers can you eat in 8 minutes? > The World's Greatest Eater ate 67 today. > > http://www.pbase.com/bret/krystal > only in the USA You'd be amazed at what they get up to in the Far East. I've sen some wild sh.t on television that was not American. SignatureDD www.dallasdahms.com Central Scrutinizer > How many hamburgers can you eat in 8 minutes? > The World's Greatest Eater ate 67 today. > > http://www.pbase.com/bret/krystal BUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRP!!!!!!!!! > How many hamburgers can you eat in 8 minutes? > The World's Greatest Eater ate 67 today. Is he anywhere near the world record for biggest dookie by a human being, by any chance ? > How many hamburgers can you eat in 8 minutes? > The World's Greatest Eater ate 67 today. > > http://www.pbase.com/bret/krystal Soy or meat? > Soy or meat? Dead cow matter. >> Soy or meat? > >Dead cow matter. If goD wanted us to be vegetarians hE wouldn't of made cows out of beef. RP© > >> Soy or meat? > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > RP© Is that what they mean by intelligent design? :) >>> Soy or meat? >> >> Dead cow matter. > > If goD wanted us to be vegetarians hE wouldn't of made cows out of > beef. Hear! :) >>>> Soy or meat? >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Hear! > :) I had a nice plate of cow just this evening. Lovely meal it was, too. Lowest # there, you just ate somebodys religious symbol! Have you no shame? I never saw anybody pray for soy or protest it's consumption. Repent blasphemer!!! P.S., Sams club has a terrific sale on choice filet mignon this week, check it out. > Lowest # there, you just ate somebodys religious symbol! Have you no > shame? I never saw anybody pray for soy or protest it's consumption. > Repent blasphemer!!! P.S., Sams club has a terrific sale on choice > filet mignon this week, check it out. Ya, but I'm not Hindu... Plus...for gods, -they sure flatulate a lot. Heck...the environmental analysts have shown that cow gases have a HUGE impact on the ozone layer. New slogan: Save the world...Kill a cow! (and a fine meal they'll make as well) > Soy or meat? FYI : I read (somewhere) that McD's is only 15% meat, and 85% fillers, among them soy! ~Robert C. >> Soy or meat? > > FYI : I read (somewhere) that McD's is only 15% meat, and 85% > fillers, among them soy! > > ~Robert C. Ever eat a "Big Mac"?? -It's actually a BREAD SALAD sandwhich...with a wee bit of meaty substance spread on for a touch of "beefy flavoring." ...You think I'm kidding?? Not really...no. :) >>> Soy or meat? >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Not really...no. > :) I believe you. Last time I was at McD's with the family, four meals cost us just over $30 (Canadian) and the BIG MAC wasn't that big any more. The patties were just shy of 1/8" thick. (Even my daughter, at 13, is starting to to notice the economics of "downsizing".) I remember going to McD's and ordering the 1/4-pounder and getting 1/4-pound of hamburger (cooked weight!). Maybe it's for the better? Less meat... Less fat? Wait! More Salad? More "Special Sauce" (Mayonaise???) Who Knows? ~Robert C. They don't taste bad as is, but if the soy % is true it sure would make them healthier, but I doubt they are. It would be false advertising to portray them as beef if they aren't. > They don't taste bad as is, but if the soy % is true it sure would make > them healthier, but I doubt they are. It would be false advertising to > portray them as beef if they aren't. Ah! But look at how they advertise; they are clever: "100% REAL BEEF" This is true! Of the % that is beef, this they do not tell you. Many years ago, McD's Canada advertised that their hamburgers were made with "100% Canadian Beef." They were correct: The company which supplied them with the beef was called "Canadian Beef", so the were correct to advertise that they were using 100% "Canadian Beef." They are very clever at their advertising. They will sponsor a movie, sometimes their product will appear in the movie, or they will have the rights to special pictures on their cups or fry boxes. One of their schemes is the "Kids-Meal" and the "Toys". It is related to a movie and the kids will beg their parents to get the set, ususally 4 or 5 products... 4 or 5 family meals! You have to remember, McD's is perhaps #1 when it comes to figuring out how to market a product and make the fastest "BUCK". It is also done at the resaurant level: Have you seen how a hamburger is made? It is cooked from frozen on a pressure-double-sided grill, timed exactly, with the grill popping open at exactly the right time, the kitchen staff pour (with these "cauking-gun"-type dispensers) exactly the same amount of condiments into every bun, the exact number of pickles go into every burger (2). It takes exacly X seconds to prepare each burger. Every item in a McD's restaurant is designed to be timed so that nothing is wasted. That's efficiency! ~Robert C. >> They don't taste bad as is, but if the soy % is true it sure would make >> them healthier, but I doubt they are. It would be false advertising to [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >onion rings and anything people threw at him for the first year of his >life......... >> They don't taste bad as is, but if the soy % is true it sure would >> make them healthier, but I doubt they are. It would be false [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > be timed so that nothing is wasted. That's efficiency! > ~Robert C. Not only that, but their portions of meat are so small...that they create very little "human WASTE" too! :) Unfortunately, they DO create excessive human WAIST. :( > You have to remember, McD's is perhaps #1 when it comes to figuring out how > to market a product and make the fastest "BUCK". I seem to recall doing a McDonald's case study at marketing college and the bulk of their revenue was derived not from burger sales, but believe it or not, property rentals. When MD enters an area they buy up all the surrounding real estate and then lease it out to other businesses who want to be nearby a McDonalds. Might explain why they have not been very successful in certain parts of SA. When they entered the market here they opened up outlets all over the place. I think we had about 7 of them in Durban at one point. There are now only two remaining. SignatureDD www.dallasdahms.com Central Scrutinizer >When MD enters an area they buy up all the surrounding real estate and >then lease it out to other businesses who want to be nearby a McDonalds. Similar to what Walmart does today. They've been known to flood the market with Walmart stores, and then close one or two after the competition dries up. >> When MD enters an area they buy up all the surrounding real estate >> and then lease it out to other businesses who want to be nearby a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > They've been known to flood the market with Walmart stores, and then > close one or two after the competition dries up. I've never heard of that. Do you have documentation/evidence of this? I've never seen ANY WalMart that closed like that. For that matter, I've never seen ANY Wal Marts be closed at all. More likely...they found the market didn't support that many stores...or that they simply miscalculated the willingness of people to travel a bit farther to a more convenient location...or they simply chose a poor location to begin with. I don't have a problem with people bashing Wal Mart, but in that instance, I suspect there are MANY other legitimate explanations. They would have to sell a GO-Zillion items to pay for the huge lost revenue of opening a store simply for "planned failure." Besides...it's not like they would tear down the building...it would like be sold to another retailer (competition). >> Similar to what Walmart does today. >> They've been known to flood the market with Walmart stores, and then >> close one or two after the competition dries up. >I've never heard of that. >Do you have documentation/evidence of this? No, I made it all up. >I've never seen ANY WalMart that closed like that. >For that matter, I've never seen ANY Wal Marts be closed at all. You must not get out much. Our closest Walmart, for example, was the typical Walmart, surrounded by other businesses in the big Walmart shopping center. That area was largely empty before the Walmart store arrived. Now it's sprawl. There was once a McDonald's in the parking lot outside the Walmart, but later it was forced to move inside the store itself. Then they decided to build a newer, bigger, store (and Walmart Shopping Center) on the same street less than a mile from the original store. The businesses surrounding the original Walmart were forced to either go with them (and pay higher rent, of course) or stay there in a dead shopping area which now has little or no business. Some of them, like the Winn-Dixie supermarket had to close up since the new Walmart would now be selling groceries as well. I shop at Walmart for the convenience. I can go at 2:00 AM if I need something and pick up a few groceries while I'm there. I don't think the prices are much different than anywhere else. However, their little portrait studios have killed the local photographers who can't come close to matching their prices. Walmart can take a loss on small stuff like that just to get people into the store. Economically, Walmart wields a very big stick. >>> Similar to what Walmart does today. >>> They've been known to flood the market with Walmart stores, and then [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Economically, Walmart wields a very big stick. Yes. Which is why I see people's reason for concern. I just doubt they intentionally open stores they know they'll shut down in short order... >>> Similar to what Walmart does today. >>> They've been known to flood the market with Walmart stores, and then [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Economically, Walmart wields a very big stick. I heard Roger Ebert say, (on the J. Leno show, I think) that he wouldn't deal with Wal Mart, because they buy a lot of their stuff from China and other foreign places where the wages are very low. This is easy for people like Ebert to say.....With the money he makes, he could afford to buy his groceries at Tiffanies.....But if you are trying to raise a family on a $2500 a month income, you will be buying a lot of your stuff at Wal Mart and similar places. Wal Mart fills a need. Here in Salem, a town of about 125,000 population, we have Three Wal Marts, and two of them are the "super" WM's that sell groceries....... > >When MD enters an area they buy up all the surrounding real estate and > >then lease it out to other businesses who want to be nearby a McDonalds. > > Similar to what Walmart does today. > They've been known to flood the market with Walmart stores, and then > close one or two after the competition dries up. Unfortunately that strategy didn't work for MacDonalds here. They had some serious competition from existing fast food burget outlets like Wimpy and Steers, who provide a considerably better product than MacDonalds do. SignatureDD www.dallasdahms.com Central Scrutinizer >>>When MD enters an area they buy up all the surrounding real estate and >>>then lease it out to other businesses who want to be nearby a McDonalds. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Wimpy and Steers, who provide a considerably better product than > MacDonalds do. Well, with the exception of the Frankfurt Airport location, you can walk into any McDonalds in the world and get a reasonably drinkable cup of coffee. >>>>When MD enters an area they buy up all the surrounding real estate and >>>>then lease it out to other businesses who want to be nearby a McDonalds. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > into any McDonalds in the world and get a reasonably drinkable cup of > coffee. And it's (or at least used to be) nice and hot! >>>>> When MD enters an area they buy up all the surrounding real >>>>> estate and then lease it out to other businesses who want to be [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > And it's (or at least used to be) nice and hot! ...And makes up a nice hot plate of steaming human flesh in a jiffy... -Easiest road to riches out there! > Well, with the exception of the Frankfurt Airport location, you can walk > into any McDonalds in the world and get a reasonably drinkable cup of > coffee. You call that COFFEE?????? Not in McDonalds in Canada at least. You want good coffee, try Tim Horton's. > You call that COFFEE?????? Not in McDonalds in Canada at least. You want > good coffee, try Tim Horton's. > > Try anyplace. McDonalds has the worlds worst coffee. Burnt to death. Krispy Creme ain't bad. Bob Hickey >>Well, with the exception of the Frankfurt Airport location, you can walk >>into any McDonalds in the world and get a reasonably drinkable cup of >>coffee. > > You call that COFFEE?????? Not in McDonalds in Canada at least. You want > good coffee, try Tim Horton's. Yes, I call that coffee. You can drink it as is. No need to add a whole lot of crap to make some coffee like drink. I'm looking for coffee I can drink with nothing in it but coffee. They use that same drip coffee maker pretty much world wide. I'm looking for consistency, i.e. "reasonably drinkable". Everybody's definition of "good" would be different. Some might even consider the coffee at the Frankfurt Airport McDonalds good (too bitter, and harsh). > Yes, I call that coffee. You can drink it as is. No need to add a whole > lot of crap to make some coffee like drink. I'm looking for coffee I can [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > consider the coffee at the Frankfurt Airport McDonalds good (too bitter, > and harsh). Was it not McDonald's that was sued because someone spilled their coffee and burned themselves due to their coffee being too hot? >> Yes, I call that coffee. You can drink it as is. No need to add a whole >> lot of crap to make some coffee like drink. I'm looking for coffee I can [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Was it not McDonald's that was sued because someone spilled their > coffee and burned themselves due to their coffee being too hot? Yes, Only it wasn't because the coffee was, "too hot". It was because of their own stupidity. (IMO) However, society saw fit to reward that stupidity by awarding them lots of money......... >Yes, Only it wasn't because the coffee was, "too hot". It was because of >their own stupidity. (IMO) However, society saw fit to reward that stupidity >by awarding them lots of money......... I believe that it was a jury that awarded them the money, not society. And if the coffee is so hot that it sears the flesh, then maybe it wasn't such a bad decision. >>Yes, Only it wasn't because the coffee was, "too hot". It was because of >>their own stupidity. (IMO) However, society saw fit to reward that stupidity [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >And if the coffee is so hot that it sears the flesh, then maybe it >wasn't such a bad decision. "A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer." - Robert Frost - >"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better >lawyer." I had a nice visit this afternoon with my friend, Mr. C., who has been practicing law for 71 years now. (With all that practice you'd think he'd be good at it by now.) He still goes to the office every work day. He doesn't walk so good anymore without his cane, but his mind is still sharp as a tack, recalling incidents that happened back in the 1920's as if they happened yesterday. Mr. C. lamented the way the legal profession has evolved. Instead of trying to help people, he said the first thing a lawyer does now is go over his rate schedule. "Who can we bill this hour to?" I mentioned that the medical profession seems to have followed down the same path. Greed rules. >> "A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the >> better lawyer." [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > followed down the same path. > Greed rules. Greed? The other idea that seems to "rule" is that doctors and lawyers should, for some reason, work for free... >Greed? >The other idea that seems to "rule" is that doctors and lawyers should, for >some reason, work for free... People used to want to be doctors, lawyers, and teachers so that they could help other people. Nowadays, they want to be doctors and lawyers cause that's where the big bucks are made. As you know, the pay scale for teachers hasn't kept up. It's like the guy who called his plumber to unclog a drain. The plumber was there only 5 minutes and billed the guy $100. The guy says, "$100 for 5 minutes? Man, I'm a doctor and I don't even make that kind of money!" The plumber answered, "Yeah, and when I was a doctor I didn't make that kind of money either." > >Greed? >>The other idea that seems to "rule" is that doctors and lawyers should, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > The plumber answered, "Yeah, and when I was a doctor I didn't make that > kind of money either." You can understand the doctor's salary. There is a huge dirth of medical schools.....Huge stainless steel buildings that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build can only graduate like 100 doctors a year.....but the lawyers I don't understand. Anyone can start a law school....There must be a zillion of them in the US alone. All you need is a library and a room with some desks and lots of pencils........Lawyers should be starving to death......... >> Greed? >> The other idea that seems to "rule" is that doctors and lawyers [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > The plumber answered, "Yeah, and when I was a doctor I didn't make > that kind of money either." My college roommate and long-time friend is a doctor now...but he is far from wealthy. In fact, he's still paying down his $750K medical school debt. Add to this that he's only just now getting to make any money at all after 10+ years of school/training. Up until recently, it's been money OUT...rather than IN for him. Doctors work very hard to FINALLY make their money, and it's getting tougher and tougher for them to be the "automatic money machine" that the title "doctor" used to carry with it. >>> Greed? >>> The other idea that seems to "rule" is that doctors and lawyers [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >and tougher for them to be the "automatic money machine" that the title >"doctor" used to carry with it. A pal graduated Marquette last year as a ophthalmologist... or some kind of eye doctor(?) He cannot believe how much money he's making one year out! His biggest concern is which Benz to buy. RP© >>>> Greed? >>>> The other idea that seems to "rule" is that doctors and lawyers [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > He cannot believe how much money he's making one year out! > His biggest concern is which Benz to buy. Good for him. I wish I could afford those things...but then I didn't go to 10 years of extra school/training. >>Yes, I call that coffee. You can drink it as is. No need to add a whole >>lot of crap to make some coffee like drink. I'm looking for coffee I can [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Was it not McDonald's that was sued because someone spilled their > coffee and burned themselves due to their coffee being too hot? Yes, and it's already been argued out here. AFAIK, no one's mind was changed. [coffee] >Everybody's definition of "good" would be different. Absolutely - asking for a "standard" coffee in France, Germany, Italy and the UK would result in four quite different beverages. > [coffee] > >>Everybody's definition of "good" would be different. > > Absolutely - asking for a "standard" coffee in France, Germany, Italy > and the UK would result in four quite different beverages. Good coffee, to me, is made by pouring boiling hot water through freshly ground beans and a filter, into a pot only once. the character of the resulting coffee depends on the beans. - I personally like dark French roasted beans. Over my lifetime, There have been several types of coffeemakers that were popular. The worst, (IMO) was the "percolator", which continuously boiled the coffee and repeatedly cycled it through the grounds until it had achieved a burned taste that you wouldn't believe. I never minded the "Silex" style makers of the 40's. They boiled the water, and forced it up into an upper chamber that contained the grounds, and then, when the fire was turned off, "sucked" it back down through a filter into the lower chamber again. If one then didn't reheat it, it turned out to be pretty good coffee. McDonalds coffee could be quite good, because the Bunn-style coffeemakers they use work just like drip style pots. They simply pour boiling hot water through grounds only once. The problem is the grounds.....You can use cheap grounds, or good quality freshly ground coffee beans. I doubt if very many McDonalds places use good quality freshly ground beans. But there is nothing inherently wrong with the Bunn coffeemakers. One could make very high quality coffee with them, if one went to the trouble....... > They don't taste bad as is, but if the soy % is true it sure would make > them healthier, but I doubt they are. It would be false advertising to > portray them as beef if they aren't. Yes. - I was talking about the meat. Not the whole burger. >> Soy or meat? > > FYI : I read (somewhere) that McD's is only 15% meat, and 85% fillers, > among them soy! > > ~Robert C. I don't think so. It's more like 85% beef, 10% fat, and selected additives for the other 5%......See here: http://www.ag.auburn.edu/aaes/webpress/1992/lowfat.htm Isn't he the same guy who won the HotDog and Matza ball eating contests?? He seems to have "bulked" up a bit.hehe Draco Getting even isn't good enough. >Isn't he the same guy who won the HotDog and Matza ball eating >contests?? He seems to have "bulked" up a bit.hehe Kobayashi, aka "The Tsunami,' has won the Nathan's 4th of July hot dog eating contest 5 years in a row. And yes, he's a workout freak and is now up to a buff 170 pounds. Still got a ways to go to catch me, though. |
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