Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Baymule]

I'll tell that to my neighbor. He might try that next year.

 

[Devonviolet]

Stopped on the way home for a "real" (as you can get down here) Philly cheese steak sub. It was actually quite good

You’ll have to tell me where you got this “Real Philly Cheesesteak”. I haven’t had one of those since I last went to Philadelphia many, many moons ago.

We are in our DO NOT GO TO PLACES WITH CROWDS mode right now due to flu rearing up around us so it would have to be an excellent meal to go out now.

The thing about eating out during flu season, is that you don’t only have to worry about getting sick from the people you come in contact with, you have to worry about the people you never even see . . . Meaning the ones in the kitchen, cooking your food. You don’t know if they are coughing and sneezing all over your food before it’s delivered to your table.

Our daughter used to work at Outback in Rochester, MN. She told a story about a disgruntled employee, who spit into the food before it was served to customers. DD was in management, and someone saw it and reported it to her, after the fact. Every once in a while I think of that when we go out to eat. During flu season, it does stop me from going out to eat.

A few years after DD told us about the above inncident, we went out to eat during the worst of a bad flu season. Three days afterwards (perfect incubation time), I got REALLY sick with the flu. It was before I knew about Elderberry Syrup, and I was sick for several weeks. After that, I could just not bring myself to eat at Outback again.

 

[Latestarter]

https://www.yelp.com/biz/cheesesteak-house-dallas?osq=Philly+Cheesesteak Son & I are going to stop there on the way to drop him at the airport.

 

[Devonviolet]

Thanks LS. I found it on the map, and looks like we will never get there. It is 48 minutes South of where we go to visit our daughter.

Maybe I’ll see if I can find some frozen sliced meat, like I used to do, when I lived in PA. It IS possible to make a fairly good replication, of the real deal, with the right ingredients.

 

[Bruce]

Ah heck, 48 minutes in Texas is nothing!

 

[Baymule]

48 minutes in Dallas traffic ain't no picnic. I am spoiled to my little town.

 

[Mike CHS]

We are about 10 miles from Lewisburg and I doubt that we pass more than 4 or 5 other vehicles going down Hwy 31A. It spoils us for the times we go into Franklin to the warehouse stores.

 

[Baymule]

LS were you able to get anything done outside today? it was cold and windy, thought about you. WE sure didn't do much outside. I did chores, let the puppy run around and I went to the dentist. I made orange bran muffins to heat for breakfast, was in the cooking mood.

 

[Latestarter]

It was cold, windy, misty and lousy out till early afternoon. At that point it was just damp, no longer misty. Got all the outside water issues handled to prepare for the coming freeze. The area around the bldg is all mud, slippery as wet ice, and miserable to walk/work in. Didn't want my son to get his footwear all nasty and soaked and have to fly home that way. Though the clouds have cleared over Dallas and points west of here, it's STILL cloudy here. At this point though, it's a good thing as it will keep the temp from plummeting. Says 36° right now, but doesn't feel that cold.

I did get to have another cheese steak sub with my son before dropping him at the airport. Got home well after dark so the animals were extremely happy to see me. Guess they thought I'd forgotten them and they were gonna starve... Hands and wrists are getting a little better each day. Weather is supposed to clear with a warming trend through the end of the week. If/when the ground dries out enough, I'll get back to work. Framing up walls is relatively easy and lighter work.

I like heavy traffic about as much as the next person... That being said, sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. A 1 hour drive for me, even in traffic is not a big deal. I don't "like" it, but it's not like the end of the world... If I'm in the general area of something I'd like to do, I'll find a way to do it. Maybe offer to take your DD and fam to "late lunch" there, or an early dinner, plan it for a time when traffic is typically at its lowest. I'll absolutely drive an hour for a good cheese steak sub. Two+ hours is a bit too much however.

 

[greybeard]

hough the clouds have cleared over Dallas and points west of here, it's STILL cloudy here.

Same here but the good side is, the cloud cover will keep the temps a little higher for a little longer.
I did the freeze preventative routine this afternoon, then fixed a leak under the house. Sharkbite plumbing fittings.

I ain't crazy about em.