Nope. They were never going to close. They were just going to move.
From this week's NYT:
"STAYING PUT Lease difficulties have scotched Tony Luke's plans to move to a nearby location. So the Philadelphia cheese steak spot will stay where it is. It will reopen on Sept. 1: 576 Ninth Avenue (41st Street), (212) 967-3055."
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People who don't do what I do trying to do what I do and not trusting that I know better than them how to do what I do. 
| QUOTE (StephanieL @ Aug 25 2005, 03:52 PM) |
| People who don't do what I do trying to do what I do and not trusting that I know better than them how to do what I do. |
Welcome to my world.
radiotherapy.
| QUOTE (StephanieL @ Aug 23 2005, 05:52 PM) |
| People who don't do what I do trying to do what I do and not trusting that I know better than them how to do what I do. |
Ah, Stephanie! A rhetorical masterpiece.
| QUOTE (StephanieL @ Aug 25 2005, 03:52 PM) |
| People who don't do what I do trying to do what I do and not trusting that I know better than them how to do what I do. |
I hear ya! Like the MD who kept insisting I not change his "cocoa-based chocolate"
to something that made sense food-wise.I won.
The assholes on my block who play the "let's see who has the loudest car stereo and can set off the most car alarms" game every day from 5 to 8 PM.
I can't wait until winter, but they will probably find another game then.
I can't wait until winter, but they will probably find another game then.
| QUOTE (NeroW @ Aug 25 2005, 05:25 PM) |
| The assholes on my block who play the "let's see who has the loudest car stereo and can set off the most car alarms" game every day from 5 to 8 PM. I can't wait until winter, but they will probably find another game then. |
that's a citywide competition.
what music do they play? in our neighborhood the nortena polkas are being replaced by [/I]reggaeton; this is a good thing. We also hear lots of dancehall (buju banton, bounty killer etc) and 50c. the other night a guy drove by (at least 60 times) playing a killer cumbia[I].
| QUOTE (guajolote @ Aug 25 2005, 11:36 PM) | ||
that's a citywide competition. what music do they play? in our neighborhood the nortena polkas are being replaced by [/I]reggaeton; this is a good thing. We also hear lots of dancehall (buju banton, bounty killer etc) and 50c. the other night a guy drove by (at least 60 times) playing a killer cumbia[I]. |
I also get 50, and I get The Game and really bad remixes of "Rapper's Delight." There is a lot of nortena and a lot of merengue.
The music doesn't annoy me, it is the car alarms that result.
What's cumbia?
| QUOTE (NeroW @ Aug 25 2005, 06:51 PM) |
| What's cumbia? |
a colombian rhythm. i really like it.
car alarms suck, and there are so many of them that don't really alarm anyone
possible bacterial infection that has turned my stomach into a hyper-efficient liquidizer, and 102 fever (at least it was last night).
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Aug 25 2005, 07:32 PM) |
| possible bacterial infection that has turned my stomach into a hyper-efficient liquidizer, and 102 fever (at least it was last night). |
Sorry, Mongo. I hope you recover quickly.
Is that 102 Celsius?
| QUOTE (tanabutler @ Aug 25 2005, 08:43 PM) | ||
Sorry, Mongo. I hope you recover quickly. Is that 102 Celsius? |
i'm hot, but not that hot. i think death happens in the low 40s celsius. temperature's down to normal now, and the stomach seems to be fixing itself slowly as well. but now i have to finish this course of antibiotics, which means no drinking for the next few days...
| QUOTE (Rail Paul @ Mar 31 2004, 08:29 PM) |
| For many years, Southern state licenses, which allowed 15 year olds to drive, were much prized in the North where 17 was often the required age. |
I just read the beginning of this thread for the first time. Can you imagine how much it did for my social life when I moved back to Lebanon (driving age 18) with a perfectly legal American driver's license after visiting my grandparents in Florida at the age of 15?
Best. highschool. experience. ever.
Current annoyance: I'm reading this paper and I can't for the life of me figure out how they computed their result. Which is bad, because I need to do the same computation for my paper.
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Aug 25 2005, 08:02 PM) | ||||
i'm hot, but not that hot. i think death happens in the low 40s celsius. temperature's down to normal now, and the stomach seems to be fixing itself slowly as well. but now i have to finish this course of antibiotics, which means no drinking for the next few days... |
And what have we learned about eating food in foreign countries? Hmmmm? Or did you finally consume that jar of organic mayonnaise that went (possibly) rancid?
If death happens in the low 40s, I have dodged a bullet.
| QUOTE (tanabutler @ Aug 26 2005, 04:05 AM) | ||||||
And what have we learned about eating food in foreign countries? Hmmmm? Or did you finally consume that jar of organic mayonnaise that went (possibly) rancid? If death happens in the low 40s, I have dodged a bullet. |
Don't know if Mongo has learned his (her?) lesson, as for myself I'm still willing to gamble on eating food in New York.
| QUOTE (The Scream @ Aug 26 2005, 12:22 AM) | ||||||||
Don't know if Mongo has learned his (her?) lesson, as for myself I'm still willing to gamble on eating food in New York. |
I think it's well established at this point that mongo didn't watch enough Seinfeld
Annoyance: that there are entire sites set up with Seinfeld lines.
Talk about the Not Funny Diarrhea Club.
But to bring it back to food. "You didn't see nothing old man. We're just five happy party clowns, sitting down to a plate of beef. White. Powdery. Beef."
Talk about the Not Funny Diarrhea Club.
But to bring it back to food. "You didn't see nothing old man. We're just five happy party clowns, sitting down to a plate of beef. White. Powdery. Beef."
well, you know, people get tummy upsets and stomach bugs in the u.s as well....i suspect it was a spoon of bean sprout chaat on wednesday night that did it. it wasn't worth it, if it was. on the other hand, gol-guppas/paanipuris consumed in other places have done me no harm. i am, however, a little nervous now about the fruit-chaat stand in connaught place that i was eyeing on wednesday afternoon.
normal body temperature in celsius: 37 degrees. conversion table: c/5=(f-32)/9. so 45 degrees celsius=113 degrees fahrenheit. i don't think the body can handle very much time at over 106.
normal body temperature in celsius: 37 degrees. conversion table: c/5=(f-32)/9. so 45 degrees celsius=113 degrees fahrenheit. i don't think the body can handle very much time at over 106.
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Aug 25 2005, 11:02 PM) | ||||
i'm hot, but not that hot. i think death happens in the low 40s celsius. temperature's down to normal now, and the stomach seems to be fixing itself slowly as well. but now i have to finish this course of antibiotics, which means no drinking for the next few days... |
Say, that really is an annoyance. Given your present domestic arrangements.
Jackhammers and earthmovers across the street at 7 effing AM.
| QUOTE (Cathy @ Aug 26 2005, 08:45 AM) |
| Jackhammers and earthmovers across the street at 7 effing AM. |
Jackhammers and assholes on my building at 7 am for about a year, so there. Quit your complaining.
| QUOTE (Rose @ Aug 26 2005, 09:29 AM) | ||
Jackhammers and assholes on my building at 7 am for about a year, so there. Quit your complaining. |
That's horrendous, Rose and Cathy.
No laws about start times?
In our area, all power equipment outdoors, even lawn mowing, power leaf blowers, etc have an 8 am start time (M-F) and 9 am (S-S)
| QUOTE (Rose @ Aug 26 2005, 07:29 AM) | ||
Jackhammers and assholes on my building at 7 am for about a year, so there. Quit your complaining. |
perhaps jackhammers could be brought in closer relationship with assholes?
1. new zealand: 215 all out on a good batting track
2. india 44/8 in response at which point i turn off the tv
3. i turn it back on to find the score is now 152/8 with 16 overs to spare and a possible great escape in sight
4. two sad shots later it is all over and i feel like i've been sucker punched twice
2. india 44/8 in response at which point i turn off the tv
3. i turn it back on to find the score is now 152/8 with 16 overs to spare and a possible great escape in sight
4. two sad shots later it is all over and i feel like i've been sucker punched twice
I just found myself shouting my answers to an automated response system at the phone company. URK.
I just did the exact same thing and then was put on hold for 15 minutes because the bloody union that runs the phone company is on strike. It actually made me feel better to cancel my phone.
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Aug 25 2005, 10:02 PM) |
| but now i have to finish this course of antibiotics, which means no drinking for the next few days... |
That's a myth. A good glass of scotch will kill the bugs in your stomach and help the antibiotics do their job.
people who act dumb and think it's cute.
| QUOTE (Stone @ Aug 29 2005, 09:58 PM) | ||
That's a myth. A good glass of scotch will kill the bugs in your stomach and help the antibiotics do their job. |
Not always true... clicky.
The last antibiotic prescription I received for metronidazole, which I presumed was an ironic comment on my alcohol consumption until the pharmacist presented me with the applicator.
| QUOTE (johnboy @ Aug 30 2005, 09:57 AM) | ||||
Not always true... clicky. |
My understanding is that alcohol acts as a diuretic, which can, er, speed up the removal of certain meds from your system in a way that may not be ideal for your recovery.
Fly
| QUOTE (Tamar G @ Aug 30 2005, 01:52 PM) |
| people who act dumb and think it's cute. |
People who are cute. And dumb.
| QUOTE (NeroW @ Aug 30 2005, 10:33 PM) | ||
People who are cute. And dumb. |
You really must have it all,eh?
| QUOTE (Miguel Gierbolini @ Aug 31 2005, 02:30 PM) | ||||
You really must have it all,eh? |
Here's an annoyance: since becoming a barista, I've burned myself in many funky ways that I never imagined possible when I was a line cook. Yesterday I was filling a pint glass with 192-degree water from my coffee machine for a hot tea order. The glass cracked in my hand and 16 oz. of scalding hot water gushed out and splashed onto my upper thigh, soaking through my shorts and burning me in the leg
Not NEARLY as bad as the steam-wand burn, but still, bright-red and painful.
The fire alarms are being tested here. All day. Flashing lights and sirens. It is almost unbearable.
| QUOTE (NeroW @ Aug 31 2005, 10:47 AM) | ||||||
Here's an annoyance: since becoming a barista, I've burned myself in many funky ways that I never imagined possible when I was a line cook. Yesterday I was filling a pint glass with 192-degree water from my coffee machine for a hot tea order. The glass cracked in my hand and 16 oz. of scalding hot water gushed out and splashed onto my upper thigh, soaking through my shorts and burning me in the leg Not NEARLY as bad as the steam-wand burn, but still, bright-red and painful. |
Perhaps you should become a firefighter and get paid for all these brushes with death.
| QUOTE (NeroW @ Aug 31 2005, 12:47 PM) |
| Here's an annoyance: since becoming a barista, I've burned myself in many funky ways that I never imagined possible when I was a line cook. Yesterday I was filling a pint glass with 192-degree water from my coffee machine for a hot tea order. The glass cracked in my hand and 16 oz. of scalding hot water gushed out and splashed onto my upper thigh, soaking through my shorts and burning me in the leg Not NEARLY as bad as the steam-wand burn, but still, bright-red and painful. |
I had similar problems after I became a Sandinista.
| QUOTE (Stone @ Aug 31 2005, 11:37 AM) | ||
I had similar problems after I became a Sandinista. |
At least you had the Clash.
| QUOTE (Stone @ Aug 31 2005, 06:37 PM) | ||
I had similar problems after I became a Sandinista. |
Minor annoyance compared to what's going on down South, but....
I lost my college ring and have no idea where I could have lost it. Even more annoying is not noticing that until way too late. How could I be so unaware as to not realize when my one and only ring was not on my finger?
I lost my college ring and have no idea where I could have lost it. Even more annoying is not noticing that until way too late. How could I be so unaware as to not realize when my one and only ring was not on my finger?
I've always wondered if anyone actually wears college rings after graduation.
| QUOTE (fantasty @ Sep 2 2005, 09:46 AM) |
| I've always wondered if anyone actually wears college rings after graduation. |
Might depend on the college: Paul would list to port if he didn't have his Brass Rat on; he's worn it constantly for 35+ years. That ring has been the catalyst for many interesting conversations with strangers (who wear theirs, too).
Stephanie -- could be a bright side: maybe it means you lost weight? (not that you need to)
| QUOTE (Suzanne F @ Sep 2 2005, 10:51 AM) | ||
Might depend on the college: Paul would list to port if he didn't have his Brass Rat on; he's worn it constantly for 35+ years. That ring has been the catalyst for many interesting conversations with strangers (who wear theirs, too). |
I had to Google that. Funny, I didn't notice it over dinner.
It's kind of like a secret handshake, I gather. 
Er, those folks do know that's a beaver and not a rat, right?
Fly
(A Canuck who, er, knows a beaver when she, er, sees one)
Fly
(A Canuck who, er, knows a beaver when she, er, sees one)
| QUOTE (flyfish @ Sep 2 2005, 05:46 PM) |
| Fly (A Canuck who, er, knows a beaver when she, er, sees one) |
Gosh you find out all sorts of things about people on this site don't you?
I never knew you were a Canuck!
QUOTE (NeroW @ Aug 31 2005, 12:47 PM) Here's an annoyance: since becoming a barista, I've burned myself in many funky ways that I never imagined possible when I was a line cook.
Jeez, you went from line cook to a Spanish lawyer? That' s marvelous.
I never passed the bar. I always went right in. It was my downfall. Will you represent me in my divorce? It will be in Barcelona in December and then again in Arcos de la Frontera in the bridge in February. We haven't settled on a venue for March but have been thinking of an oak forest full of pigs somewhere in Estremadura.
Thanks.
Jeez, you went from line cook to a Spanish lawyer? That' s marvelous.
I never passed the bar. I always went right in. It was my downfall. Will you represent me in my divorce? It will be in Barcelona in December and then again in Arcos de la Frontera in the bridge in February. We haven't settled on a venue for March but have been thinking of an oak forest full of pigs somewhere in Estremadura.
Thanks.
| QUOTE (Maurice Naughton @ Sep 2 2005, 10:34 PM) |
| QUOTE (NeroW @ Aug 31 2005, 12:47 PM) Here's an annoyance: since becoming a barista, I've burned myself in many funky ways that I never imagined possible when I was a line cook. Jeez, you went from line cook to a Spanish lawyer? That' s marvelous. I never passed the bar. I always went right in. It was my downfall. Will you represent me in my divorce? It will be in Barcelona in December and then again in Arcos de la Frontera in the bridge in February. We haven't settled on a venue for March but have been thinking of an oak forest full of pigs somewhere in Estremadura. Thanks. |
Kitchens are where dreams come true for illiterate mountain people from el salvador, they beat out the candy ass white college boy even in bar exams. (Bourdain told me this).
Congratulations Nero! A true story of triumph over adversity and humble beginnings.
Quote: The Scream Aug 31 2005, 11:12 PM "Kitchens are where dreams come true for illiterate mountain people from el salvador, they beat out the candy ass white college boy even in bar exams."
Thank you very much! First time I've been called a boy in fifty years. 'Preciate it.
Thank you very much! First time I've been called a boy in fifty years. 'Preciate it.
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