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Posted on November 21 at 8:37 a.m.
Oh yes, it is religious oh4. Everytime I see one of those tree rats walking along my roof looking for a place to make a hole I scream, OMG!
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Posted on November 20 at 7:53 p.m.
You're not insensitive at all, Mr. O. You're just plain observant and willing to be frank.
Posted on November 20 at 8:59 a.m.
What a warm-hearted thing to say, methusla. You have impressed me.
As have you, Henry. I often disagree with you, and have even called you a jerk a time or two, but I find your discussions here to be interesting and engaging.
At the beginning of this thread, I avoided it because discussions of religion often go awry. But this one was kept at a good level. Thanks to all of you. I've enjoyed reading this very much.
Again methusla, I really like what you said. I wish all children could have good parents by which to pattern themselves.
Another thing I do fervenly wish is that people not use their religious ideology like weapons. We know this to be true historically from such events as the Crusades and what happened to the peoples of the new world after discovery to name a couple. We have experienced the hatred first hand when those planes slammed into the towers. We have also witnessed up close Fred Phelps and his band of bigots. These kinds of things sour me against organized religion as did my early education in a convent school where the fear factor was used liberally.
I do believe that a person need not be a member of any religion in order to live a proper life which simply means not harming others in any way. (Please, I don't include squirrels in that one because once they broke into my house, those squirrels and I have an understanding; we are at war.)
Posted on November 19 at 1:32 p.m.
Still silent and the story has moved almost to the bottom of the list, all out of the clear, blue sky. I think you're right, giggles.
On A NEW THREAD FOR THOSE POSTERS TOLD TO SHUT-UP, BUTT OUT, OR YOU DON'T KNOW!
Posted on November 19 at 8:08 a.m.
Or you could sit outdoors on many Kansas days, Steve. BTW, spell check won't help if you've used a real word like "wind."
Like methusla, I too have often wondered how so many restaurants stay alive. Many take-out places do a very good business because people like to just drive up, pick up their dinner and go home to eat it. It's the convenience factor, especially if you've got kids who are hungry and you've been working all day, OR you want "wind" with your dinner. I used to make good use of a crock pot when my kids were still at home.
What's for dinner tonight? How about some swiss steak with the cube steaks I found on sale yesterday?
Posted on November 18 at 4:06 p.m.
Well thank you, biscuit, but alas, this old gal is growing old. I've got the wannado but the giddyup just ain't what it used to be. I must now reserve my talents for dinner guests.
I think the mistake so many newbies make is too many menu offerings. The secret is to offer the very best you can with a few dishes. No short cuts. Plenty of time for expansion once the place takes off and you have to move to a bigger place.
I remember a little Italian place on Commercial where Uppers is located now, but the owner was using bottled sauce and buying packaged salad greens. (shudder) That place didn't make it either.
The worst thing aside from bad food is a lazy wait staff. I've seen plenty of them in this town. What a killer that is. I have cousins in Hawaii that have been professional waiters and waitresses for hotels in Waikiki. All except one are retired now. They have reared families and purchased homes on what they have made in the tourist trade, all because they know how to wait a table. It's amazing what you can do with a warm smile and top-knotch service.
Thanks again for the compliment.
Posted on November 18 at 3:43 p.m.
The main story on the other thread has suddenly gone silent. There are not even complaints. ???
On A NEW THREAD FOR THOSE POSTERS TOLD TO SHUT-UP, BUTT OUT, OR YOU DON'T KNOW!
Posted on November 17 at 2:50 p.m.
I'm just sorry to hear about Italian Gardens. If it's true, then perhaps that building was just too much. Imagine the heating and cooling bills. Early on during the summer, their a/c went out. I can imagine what that must have cost to fix.
I think a small place, real small, just a small storefront place on Commercial that just serves a few really good traditional dishes and nothing more would be a better bet. Develop your own sauce, one red, one white. Develop your own salad dressing and serve only that, period! Serve three entrees and the best house salad you can muster up for the cost. Keep that salad fresh and cold and crisp at all times. Never serve any of that stuff from a plastic bag! Ever! Prepare your own from scratch with fresh greens. Learn how to keep greens fresh at all times.
Bake your own bread, with real bread flour not the junk you get in the store. Make it the very best peasant style bread you can. Forget pizza. If you try to do too much, it won't work. Serve a lunch special, just one dish. Make it so good, people will automatically think of going there once they've tried it. Change the lunch special once a month for variety. At dinnertime, put everything on nice linen and serve wine if you can afford the license. Provide the very best wait staff you can and train them yourself. Train them to dress a salad with panache at the table. Class it up -- no street clothes. You provide the tops; they provide the black slacks, no jeans or hip huggers.
Ever had homemade meat ravioli made from scratch? Freshly grated parmesan, not the stuff in the green (retch) can? Dandelion greens in the salad and a hunk of warm bread with a crispy crust and soft chewy middle?
Dessert? Only one. Tira misu.
In New Orleans, some bistros just serve one dish. But that one dish is so well made, and they're so well known for that one dish that people go only there and no where else for that one dish. Happily, some of the bistros have begun to return after Katrina.
If Italian Gardens has truly gone, I'm sorry to hear about this loss to Emporia because we have bellyached for a real Italian restaurant for a long time. It takes a lot of money to open and maintain a business. Closing is such a great loss both monetarily and emotionally. Good luck to them.
Posted on November 16 at 8:15 a.m.
Here's somebody. I'm surprised his name didn't pop out earlier. Mark Shook of Water's Hardware is my nomination for someone who is always helping Emporia in one way or another. He always offers heavy equipment to use in various charity projects around town. What comes to mind immediately is the time volunteer Justin Klumpe of Olpe was painting the helicopter at the Veteran's Memorial. The lift Justin used to attain height was provided at no cost by Mark Shook from Water's Hardware. That's just one time. There have been many, many others when Mark offered his time or equipment to help out.
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Posted on November 21 at 8:37 a.m.
Besides, isn't morphing a form of evolution?
On Religion - What's up with that?