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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
My wife and I eat at Dell Taco at least once a week and often more like three times a week. We love it, and, because we are the cheapest couple in
Orange County, CA, we have a great low-costing lunch on the fly while tooling about town doing errands, |
 3x per week?? 
life is too short to eat bad food that often 
buy good food, pack a good lunch, enjoy eating instead of swallowing food substitutes for convenience 
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wessongroup
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bad food...
Beans = Beans
lettuce = lettuce
tomatoes = tomatoes
meat = meat
taco shell = taco shell
Its all organic ... relax...
[Edited on 2-1-2011 by wessongroup]
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MitchMan
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$.25 for onions? Man, I'm bringing my own onions. When I go to the movies, my wife takes a big black leather purse that we bought for $3 at a swap
meet and fill it with our own popcorn we make at home, then I make us some lemon aid flavored with peach syrup and put it in two Sobe bottles that I
conceal by hiding them in my brown corduroy sport coat that I bought used in Cambria for $.60 at a thrift shop. I am not payin' $6.50 for popcorn nor
$5.50 for a Coke!
Goat, I don't know what to say. I like the tacos. I am a good cook. I like my food cooked properly, al dente pasta, good marinara, rare steak only,
perfectly cooked vegies, perfectly made soups, etc., but I like the Dell Taco tacos and the bean and cheese burritos. There, I said it, and I'm not
proud.
[Edited on 2-1-2011 by MitchMan]
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
$.25 for onions? Man, I'm bringing my own onions. When I go to the movies, my wife takes a big black leather purse that we bought for $3 at a swap
meet and fill it with our own popcorn we make at home, then I make us some lemon aid flavored with peach syrup and put it in two Sobe bottles that I
conceal by hiding them in my brown corduroy sport coat that I bought used in Cambria for $.60 at a thrift shop. I am not payin' $6.50 for popcorn nor
$5.50 for a Coke! |
Mitchman....you ain't related to Jack Benny by any chance are you?
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desertcpl
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sanquintinsince73
| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
$.25 for onions? Man, I'm bringing my own onions. When I go to the movies, my wife takes a big black leather purse that we bought for $3 at a swap
meet and fill it with our own popcorn we make at home, then I make us some lemon aid flavored with peach syrup and put it in two Sobe bottles that I
conceal by hiding them in my brown corduroy sport coat that I bought used in Cambria for $.60 at a thrift shop. I am not payin' $6.50 for popcorn nor
$5.50 for a Coke! |
Mitchman....you ain't related to Jack Benny by any chance are you? |
really, that is cheap
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MitchMan
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sanquintinsince73, No. Desertcpl, yes.
[Edited on 2-1-2011 by MitchMan]
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mcfez
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What a tight wad you are
| Quote: | | When I go to the movies, my wife takes a big black leather purse that we bought for $3 at a swap meet and fill it with our own popcorn
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What a silly idea you came up with. Being on the cheap to save a buck or two. Just think of the money the theater is loosing by folks like you. I only
fill my coat pockets with a candy bar and a can of soda....my kid too. Never would I sneak in Popcorn 
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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MitchMan
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I know what your mean, mcfez. The purse is kind of bulky, but it works every time.
I rationalize it this way, I make low fat microwave popcorn which is infinitely more healthy than the oil rich theatre popcorn, I save $4.50 each time
I go to the movies, and thats about a $170 annual savings on popcorn alone. We've had the purse for over 10 years. I rationally opt for the savings.
Also, just exactly who related to the theatre is losing money by my specific actions? You know the $170 loss of revenue yields about a $160 dollar
for dollar reduction to the bottom line profits/yr after deductiong the $10 of the variable cost of the popcorn, oil, box, and salt. Less money for
the CEO's lavish income, benes, perks, and bonus. If it comes out of investors dividends, it shouldn't. The CEO should take it in the shorts.
Here's another tip. Get some of the yellow mustard plastic packets and try putting a dab of mustard on some popcorn ... it's delicious. I love going
to the movies.
[Edited on 2-1-2011 by MitchMan]
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wessongroup
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MitchMan, mcfez .... like your style.. my wife does the same thing..
She likes going to the movies.. and she likes popcorn along with a few other things... used to just stop by the theater and buy popcorn for home "use"
To cut down the cost on the popcorn, and to get the "taste" of theater popcorn I purchased a commercial popcorn popper... a number of years ago..
It makes excellent popcorn.. and per unit cost.. well, who's counting right now...
24-21.2 oz paks.. $23.00 includes yellow popcorn, colored coconut oil, and yellow salt... each case makes 336 one once servings...
Right now, she has gotten into "snow cones" along with the popcorn... so far we haven't moved on a dispenser for soft drinks...
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fishabductor
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We used to wear our big puffy down jackets into the theatre when we live in MT. We'd each bring in a 6 pack of our favorite beer. Worked each and
every time and we never got caught.
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LaloinBaja
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Awhile ago...I stopped on the way to Cabo Pulmo...Late in the day...stopped by a roadside "cafe"...Had burritos...After asking what the tasty meat
was...Our answer was "carne frita"...Might have been road kill...dog or crow...but it dressed up nice...Better than chemical compounds that that the
"comida corrida joints put in their products...No after effects...Guess it was "real" whatever it was...
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Brian L
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Pretty sure most of them burned through a bucks worth of gas in the process. |
On the same subject.
Last month we stood in a line of cars about 10 blocks deep at Mexicali for 3 hours waiting to cross the border. I thought to myself, what a total
waste of gas. Does anyone have any idea how much gas is collectively burned by a group like that during a crossing? It must be mind boggling. In an
age when we're scrambling to keep the fossil fuels coming we allow such waste. |
Read this for information on border waiting economic impacts:
http://www.sandag.org/index.asp?projectid=253&fuseaction...
Brian
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DENNIS
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Tried the link to no avail. I C&Pd it into my browser and it worked. The last word has a hang up.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Brian L
Read this for information on border waiting economic impacts:
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From the US side only. The full damage is astronomical.
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
MitchMan, mcfez .... like your style.. my wife does the same thing..
She likes going to the movies.. and she likes popcorn along with a few other things... used to just stop by the theater and buy popcorn for home "use"
To cut down the cost on the popcorn, and to get the "taste" of theater popcorn I purchased a commercial popcorn popper... a number of years ago..
It makes excellent popcorn.. and per unit cost.. well, who's counting right now...
24-21.2 oz paks.. $23.00 includes yellow popcorn, colored coconut oil, and yellow salt... each case makes 336 one once servings...
Right now, she has gotten into "snow cones" along with the popcorn... so far we haven't moved on a dispenser for soft drinks...
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You've got the popcorn maker and shaved ice, alls you need now is one of these bad boys in your back yard with a bunch of Nomads in convertibles
making out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIzQGKNFJgg
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mcfez
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$11.00 Ticket
$ 4.50 Soda
$ 5.00 Popcorn
$20.50 per person
Yeah....I told the kids no more at the concession stand a few years back. We went every Sunday for 12 years. No more. Once in a blue moon because I
feel the cost aint worth it.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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captkw
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mcfez,,,where is that 2222222222nd pic???????
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bajabound2005
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i happen to LOVE Taco Bell.
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabound2005
i happen to LOVE Taco Bell. |
She cute?
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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MitchMan
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I hear you, Mcfez. 'The cost of going to the movies is getting ridiculous. I only go to matinees where I get in for $8.50 and I go only to Regal /
Edwards theaters using my Regal card where I get a free admission and a free popcorn coupon about every 8 admissions. We use Netflix alot more these
days and have even made a nuisance of ourselves at our local library by checking out every dvd in sight for free. Also, I use my DVR to record all
kinds of movies and shows.
We got a flat screen for Christmas this year and we are going to figure out how to download movies from Netflix and other sources and watch them at
home.
I go to La Paz about 9 times a year for 1 to 3 weeks each time and I check out about 10 dvds for free from the library and take them with me . It's
only about a $5 late fee when I get back.
Since we pay $8.50 for each movie ticket, that's $17 for my wife and I as we smuggle in our own drink and popcorn. Heck, that's 4 lunches for us at
Del Taco! One thing I am starting to do when I can remember is to take (smuggle) our own home made drinks to Del Taco and then we can have a hot
lunch for only $2.85! Man that beats paying $9 for one dam hamburger at CoCo's or Carrow's. Oh yeah, I like the chicken sandwich at McDonald's, $1.
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