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dye

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Apr 3, 2013, 12:39:45 PM4/3/13
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Kenjo mentioned mentioned getting a variety of fish/chicken/etc.
at Chinese buffets....I had been going to the one he recommended
on Harlem and Irving for a while, but for 11.99 for lunch, it is
hard to beat the newly opened Ginza in Golf Mill (Golf and
Milwaukee)

Oysters in black bean sauce, frog legs (tastes like chicken),
several kinds of fish dishes, clams, grilled pork ribs Korean
style, grilled shrimp, shrimp and walnuts were all good.

I usually steer clear of the uncooked sushi at buffets, but
the stuff here looked and tasted great, and they had a huge
selections of maki too. They also had a selection of Koran
appetizers (taken out of H-mart boxes), smelt roe and occasional
sashimi.

Yelp likes them:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginza-steak-and-sushi-niles

The place has become hugely popular, so either come early,
late, or be prepared to wait for a table. If you don't
want to wait, you can eat at their huge bar section.

--Ken

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dye

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Apr 3, 2013, 1:27:46 PM4/3/13
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In article <kk-78E1E2.12...@167-253-251-66-GOV.emcbc.doe.gov>,
kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
>In article <kjhm0g$b9p$1...@dont-email.me>,
> d...@adsl-64-108-193-191.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net (dye) wrote:
>
>> Kenjo mentioned mentioned getting a variety of fish/chicken/etc.
>> at Chinese buffets....I had been going to the one he recommended
>> on Harlem and Irving for a while, but for 11.99 for lunch, it is
>> hard to beat the newly opened Ginza in Golf Mill (Golf and
>> Milwaukee)
>>
>> Oysters in black bean sauce, frog legs (tastes like chicken),
>> several kinds of fish dishes, clams, grilled pork ribs Korean
>> style, grilled shrimp, shrimp and walnuts were all good.
>>
>> I usually steer clear of the uncooked sushi at buffets, but
>> the stuff here looked and tasted great, and they had a huge
>> selections of maki too. They also had a selection of Koran
>> appetizers (taken out of H-mart boxes), smelt roe and occasional
>> sashimi.
>>
>> Yelp likes them:
>>
>> http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginza-steak-and-sushi-niles
>>
>> The place has become hugely popular, so either come early,
>> late, or be prepared to wait for a table. If you don't
>> want to wait, you can eat at their huge bar section.
>>
>> --Ken
>
>GTFOH
>
>you can eat oysters and raw fish at this place for 12 bucks for lunch?
>
>I've never chanced raw fish at any Chinese buffet, ever.
>
>I wonder being the name "Ginza" means it's Korean or Jap owned?

http://tinyurl.com/bppddze
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max

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Apr 4, 2013, 11:13:55 AM4/4/13
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In article <alpine.DEB.2.02.1...@sghcrg.sghcrg.pbz>,
barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, dye wrote:
>
> > Kenjo mentioned mentioned getting a variety of fish/chicken/etc.
> > at Chinese buffets....I had been going to the one he recommended
> > on Harlem and Irving for a while, but for 11.99 for lunch, it is
> > hard to beat the newly opened Ginza in Golf Mill (Golf and
> > Milwaukee)
> >
> > Oysters in black bean sauce, frog legs (tastes like chicken),
> > several kinds of fish dishes, clams, grilled pork ribs Korean
> > style, grilled shrimp, shrimp and walnuts were all good.
> >
> > I usually steer clear of the uncooked sushi at buffets, but
> > the stuff here looked and tasted great, and they had a huge
> > selections of maki too. They also had a selection of Koran
> > appetizers (taken out of H-mart boxes), smelt roe and occasional
> > sashimi.
> >
> > Yelp likes them:
> >
> > http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginza-steak-and-sushi-niles
> >
> > The place has become hugely popular, so either come early,
> > late, or be prepared to wait for a table. If you don't
> > want to wait, you can eat at their huge bar section.
>
> Wish we were closer... All the "chinese" buffet places near me really
> suck. There was a place that did a decent buffet over on Ashland at
> Wellington, but the place was gigantic, and they couldn't support the
> space. It changed hands at least once, then it closed.
>
> they had crablegs. Unfortunately, there'd always be the vultures, who
> would wait for a batch to come out, load up their plate, and leave none
> for anyone else. That's the kind of product you kind of have to have
> "served" from the buffet by soem enforcer, who will only give you one at a
> time...

One day, on the way home from GAT Guns, I took brabs to the buffet at
the Grand Victoria casino in Elgin. One of their feature foods was the
clab regs.

There was a mad rush for clabregs when they brought them out, unfucking
believable. unFUCKing believable.

sticks

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Apr 4, 2013, 1:24:37 PM4/4/13
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Yes, I've done the same thing. I'm not tiny, but I don't have it in me
to push people around in the fashion that was happening there. They
were asians of some sort. Not sure which, but you'd have thought they
hadn't eaten all week by the rudeness exhibited.

Cydrome Leader

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Apr 4, 2013, 1:36:12 PM4/4/13
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people fighting over chopped water bugs is disgusting.


Adam H. Kerman

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Apr 4, 2013, 2:29:59 PM4/4/13
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barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, dye wrote:

>>Kenjo mentioned mentioned getting a variety of fish/chicken/etc.
>>at Chinese buffets....I had been going to the one he recommended
>>on Harlem and Irving for a while, but for 11.99 for lunch, it is
>>hard to beat the newly opened Ginza in Golf Mill (Golf and
>>Milwaukee)

>>Oysters in black bean sauce, frog legs (tastes like chicken),
>>several kinds of fish dishes, clams, grilled pork ribs Korean
>>style, grilled shrimp, shrimp and walnuts were all good.

>>I usually steer clear of the uncooked sushi at buffets, but
>>the stuff here looked and tasted great, and they had a huge
>>selections of maki too. They also had a selection of Koran
>>appetizers (taken out of H-mart boxes), smelt roe and occasional
>>sashimi.

>>Yelp likes them:

>>http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginza-steak-and-sushi-niles

>>The place has become hugely popular, so either come early,
>>late, or be prepared to wait for a table. If you don't
>>want to wait, you can eat at their huge bar section.

>Wish we were closer...

I go to Golf Mill all the time, given that it's just a bus ride from
Jeff Park away. I noticed that place had opened, but haven't had an
opportunity to try it.

Ts of Og

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Apr 4, 2013, 8:09:13 PM4/4/13
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On Apr 4, 10:13 am, max <betat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <alpine.DEB.2.02.1304040856390.16...@sghcrg.sghcrg.pbz>,
You end up in the desert in vegas if you pulled that move.
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dye

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Apr 10, 2013, 6:44:56 PM4/10/13
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In article <kk-896D03.13...@167-253-251-66-GOV.emcbc.doe.gov>,
kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
>In article <kjhoqh$usc$2...@dont-email.me>,
>chinese guy cuttin up fish for 8 years.
>
>Hmmm?
>
>Were you one of the only Occidentals in the place? If the place is
>loaded with white people I'm very leery.

80% asian, the rest seem to be eastern europeans.

The salt/pepper squid was fantastic yesterday.

$12 lunch, what do you have to lose?

max

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Apr 10, 2013, 7:12:02 PM4/10/13
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In article <kk4q18$lo5$1...@dont-email.me>,
we will put it on our rist.

My nearly defunct mall, Charlestowne, has had a gigantor banner
promising a New! Seafood! Sushi! Buffett! for about a year.

I think it's not going to happen, ever.
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Cydrome Leader

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Apr 11, 2013, 1:49:58 AM4/11/13
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kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> In article <betatron-F1D993.18120210042013@[66.246.138.5]>,
> you guys do stuff in Niles a gaziilion miles away from 2200 N.
> Milwaukee Ave.?
>
> I'd think you never get West of Cicero Ave., once you drive in for your
> tang from out West.

speaking of googky shit, I may pay a visit to h-mart or bong gook chink
market or whatver it is that fills the former Omni in niles.

I want some of that korean spicy ramen. Amazon has a "ships in 3 to 5
weeks" backorder situation on it.



Michele

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Apr 11, 2013, 2:26:58 AM4/11/13
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On 4/10/2013 8:57 PM, kenji wrote:
> In article <kk4q18$lo5$1...@dont-email.me>,
> It's outta my ring of normal lunchtime travel and would require a
> special jaunt. I ran it up the flagpole to the gourmands here for a
> dinner escape and they balked at the 25 buck price, but I then countered
> with the history of mediocre thai/sushi places they've made me pay for
> on places like LIncoln and Ashland Ave. that end up costing 20+ bucks
> person and I'm wincing while I'm there and wincing more when I pay for
> it.
>
> I've told them Ken Dye says it's great but they don't budge.
>
> What shall I do?
>


Go on your own and brag about it to everyone at home, even if it sucks.

Michele

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Apr 11, 2013, 2:27:31 AM4/11/13
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What's the brand? Might be able to find it at the Korean grocery store
on Bryn Mawr.
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dye

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Apr 11, 2013, 4:37:51 PM4/11/13
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In article <kk5iu6$rpn$2...@reader1.panix.com>,
Love the korean stuff that has "Hot Taste!" on the packages...

dye

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Apr 11, 2013, 4:41:29 PM4/11/13
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In article <kk-0A9410.07...@167-253-251-66-GOV.emcbc.doe.gov>,
kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
>In article <kbWdncm6I7lPyvvM...@giganews.com>,
>I think he means a cooked bowl of food not the stuff made from powders
>in a box.

Yeah, Amazon has the best cooked food in the world.

My current fave at Hmart is the center vendor, the #10 pork belly, which
also very spicy with peppers/onions...yum!

Cydrome Leader

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Apr 11, 2013, 6:45:43 PM4/11/13
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nong shim


Cydrome Leader

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Apr 11, 2013, 6:48:31 PM4/11/13
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kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> In article <kbWdncm6I7lPyvvM...@giganews.com>,
> Michele <eatshi...@spammers.com> wrote:
>
> I think he means a cooked bowl of food not the stuff made from powders
> in a box.

no, I mean the cake of noodles and packets of colored salt with the token
vegetable flakes.

Use less than suggested water, add an egg and you're golden.

FWIW, the Jack Burton induction hotplate still works and is the only
device I've seen that can maintain a violent boil of water even after
tossing in stuff.



Cydrome Leader

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Apr 11, 2013, 6:50:10 PM4/11/13
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kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> In article <kk5iu6$rpn$2...@reader1.panix.com>,
> Cydrome Leader <pres...@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
>
> if it's just korean food cooked by koreans you are after there's always
> Joong Boo, way near to you.

Hmm, chicago food in my mind.

I like watching the old people pay for stuff with giant sacks of coins. Do
they not believe in cash?

Cydrome Leader

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Apr 11, 2013, 6:53:33 PM4/11/13
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Ha, good one.

I still want to know when polack feast is at kenji's house. I'm inviting
myself over.

There needs to be a vienna hot dog fest soon, for me to sleep through too.

I think the last mini-gathering was at Manny's last year.


dye

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Apr 11, 2013, 7:53:54 PM4/11/13
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In article <kbWdnc66I7ktyvvM...@giganews.com>,
A++
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Michele

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Apr 11, 2013, 11:44:01 PM4/11/13
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The place on Bryn Mawr west of Kedzie has a lot of spicy ramen stuff.
Might be worth a look-see.

> FWIW, the Jack Burton induction hotplate still works and is the only
> device I've seen that can maintain a violent boil of water even after
> tossing in stuff.
>
>

Awesome on the boiling water. Any issues with it maintaining a steady temp?

Cydrome Leader

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Apr 12, 2013, 3:13:38 AM4/12/13
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barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
> heh. What I do is less "flavor packet" and MORE water. then some egg,
> lettuce, whateve weirdo veg I've got around...

I guess you don't want to overpower the natural flavor of your iceberg
lettuce soup.

fried up ramen is good to, but I'm at a loss in how you add the colored
salt flavor back to it. If you add some of those to heat, they melt (must
be made of antifreeze, DEET and sugar or something) and burn and fuck it
all up. Sprinking it back on later is like taking a a bad bite out of a
prezel where get a pound of salt in your mouth.

Cydrome Leader

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Apr 12, 2013, 3:22:15 AM4/12/13
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It's pretty good. The power leves of 1 through 10 are misleading though.
It's more of a 6 though 10 type deal. 4 will incinerate anything but a pot
of water. There's a temperature mode too, where it idles at a temp you
set. Of couse the thermometer is under the sheet of glass, so I have no
idea what it's picking up, but it seems to magically function.

Cydrome Leader

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Apr 12, 2013, 3:27:51 AM4/12/13
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barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
> If it's near the end of the month, maybe their SS checks have run out and
> they're digging into the coin jar?

It's some type of korean behavior that's just strange, like with how old
people collect and save plastic bags because they were hungry during the
great depression or something.

These people will buy tens of dollars of stuff and pay in nothing but
coins. The cashiers will sit there forever counting the stuff, which is
fine, it's their job.



Cydrome Leader

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Apr 12, 2013, 3:29:57 AM4/12/13
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barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2013, Cydrome Leader wrote:
>
> This weekend has possibilities, unless it's too short of notice.

A trip to gook-mart or hot dog land?

spamtrap1888

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Apr 12, 2013, 10:40:09 AM4/12/13
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On Apr 12, 12:13 am, Cydrome Leader <prese...@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
> barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 11 Apr 2013, Cydrome Leader wrote:
>
> >> kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> >>> In article <kbWdncm6I7lPyvvMnZ2dnUVZ5hcAA...@giganews.com>,
> >>> Michele <eatshitand...@spammers.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> On 4/11/2013 12:49 AM, Cydrome Leader wrote:
> >>>>> kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> In article <betatron-F1D993.18120210042013@[66.246.138.5]>,
> >>>>>> max <betat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> In article <kk4q18$lo...@dont-email.me>,
> >>>>>>>   d...@adsl-64-108-193-191.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net (dye) wrote:
>
> >>>>>>>> In article <kk-896D03.13304203042...@167-253-251-66-GOV.emcbc.doe.gov>,
> >>>>>>>> kenji  <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> In article <kjhoqh$us...@dont-email.me>,
> >>>>>>>>> d...@adsl-64-108-193-191.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net (dye) wrote:
>
> >>>>>>>>>> In article <kk-78E1E2.12003903042...@167-253-251-66-GOV.emcbc.doe.gov>,
> >>>>>>>>>> kenji  <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> In article <kjhm0g$b9...@dont-email.me>,
Dissolve in some boiling water, stir in at the end of frying.
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Michele

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Apr 12, 2013, 2:18:46 PM4/12/13
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Very cool. Sounds a hell of a lot better than an electric burner.
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Cydrome Leader

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spamtrap1888 <spamtr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 12, 12:13?am, Cydrome Leader <prese...@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
>> barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, 11 Apr 2013, Cydrome Leader wrote:
>>
>> >> kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
>> >>> In article <kbWdncm6I7lPyvvMnZ2dnUVZ5hcAA...@giganews.com>,
>> >>> Michele <eatshitand...@spammers.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>>> On 4/11/2013 12:49 AM, Cydrome Leader wrote:
>> >>>>> kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>> In article <betatron-F1D993.18120210042013@[66.246.138.5]>,
>> >>>>>> max <betat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>>>>>> In article <kk4q18$lo...@dont-email.me>,
>> >>>>>>>> kenji ?<k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> In article <kjhoqh$us...@dont-email.me>,
>> >>>>>>>>> d...@adsl-64-108-193-191.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net (dye) wrote:
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> In article <kk-78E1E2.12003903042...@167-253-251-66-GOV.emcbc.doe.gov>,
>> >>>>>>>>>> kenji ?<k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>> In article <kjhm0g$b9...@dont-email.me>,
>> >>>>>>>>>>> d...@adsl-64-108-193-191.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net (dye) wrote:
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Kenjo mentioned mentioned getting a variety of fish/chicken/etc.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> at Chinese buffets....I had been going to the one he recommended
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> on Harlem and Irving for a while, but for 11.99 for lunch, it is
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> hard to beat the newly opened Ginza in Golf Mill (Golf and
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Milwaukee)
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Oysters in black bean sauce, frog legs (tastes like chicken),
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> several kinds of fish dishes, clams, grilled pork ribs Korean
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> style, grilled shrimp, shrimp and walnuts were all good.
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I usually steer clear of the uncooked sushi at buffets, but
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> the stuff here looked and tasted great, and they had a huge
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> selections of maki too. ?They also had a selection of Koran
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> appetizers (taken out of H-mart boxes), smelt roe and occasional
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> sashimi.
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Yelp likes them:
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginza-steak-and-sushi-niles
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The place has become hugely popular, so either come early,
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> late, or be prepared to wait for a table. ?If you don't
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> want to wait, you can eat at their huge bar section.
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> --Ken
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> GTFOH
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> you can eat oysters and raw fish at this place for 12 bucks for lunch?
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> I've never chanced raw fish at any Chinese buffet, ever.
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> I wonder being the name "Ginza" means it's Korean or Jap owned?
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>http://tinyurl.com/bppddze
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> --Ken
>>
>> >>>>>>>>> chinese guy cuttin up fish for 8 years.
>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Hmmm?
>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Were you one of the only Occidentals in the place? If the place is
>> >>>>>>>>> loaded with white people I'm very leery.
>>
>> >>>>>>>> 80% asian, the rest seem to be eastern europeans.
>>
>> >>>>>>>> The salt/pepper squid was fantastic yesterday.
>>
>> >>>>>>>> $12 lunch, what do you have to lose?
>>
>> >>>>>>>> --Ken
>>
>> >>>>>>> we will put it on our rist.
>>
>> >>>>>>> My nearly defunct mall, Charlestowne, has had a gigantor banner
>> >>>>>>> promising a New! Seafood! Sushi! Buffett! ?for about a year.
>>
>> >>>>>>> I think it's not going to happen, ever.
>>
>> >>>>>> you guys do stuff in Niles a gaziilion miles away from 2200 N.
>> >>>>>> Milwaukee Ave.?
>>
>> >>>>>> I'd think you never get West of Cicero Ave., once you drive in for your
>> >>>>>> tang from out West.
>>
>> >>>>> speaking of googky shit, I may pay a visit to h-mart or bong gook chink
>> >>>>> market or whatver it is that fills the former Omni in niles.
>>
>> >>>>> I want some of that korean spicy ramen. Amazon has a "ships in 3 to 5
>> >>>>> weeks" backorder situation on it.
>>
>> >>>> What's the brand? Might be able to find it at the Korean grocery store
>> >>>> on Bryn Mawr.
>>
>> >>> I think he means a cooked bowl of food not the stuff made from powders
>> >>> in a box.
>>
>> >> no, I mean the cake of noodles and packets of colored salt with the token
>> >> vegetable flakes.
>>
>> >> Use less than suggested water, add an egg and you're golden.
>>
>> >> FWIW, the Jack Burton induction hotplate still works and is the only
>> >> device I've seen that can maintain a violent boil of water even after
>> >> tossing in stuff.
>>
>> > heh. ?What I do is less "flavor packet" and MORE water. ?then some egg,
>> > lettuce, whateve weirdo veg I've got around...
>>
>> I guess you don't want to overpower the natural flavor of your iceberg
>> lettuce soup.
>>
>> fried up ramen is good to, but I'm at a loss in how you add the colored
>> salt flavor back to it. If you add some of those to heat, they melt (must
>> be made of antifreeze, DEET and sugar or something) and burn and fuck it
>> all up. Sprinking it back on later is like taking a a bad bite out of a
>> prezel where get a pound of salt in your mouth.
>
> Dissolve in some boiling water, stir in at the end of frying.

then you're back to wet noodles.


Cydrome Leader

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Apr 13, 2013, 2:26:30 AM4/13/13
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it's far more exciting than gas too.

the gas company is getting really desperate to get my attention and to get
me to sign up again. They even left a door hanger saying we're going to
shut you off, but we can't find the meter to call us, or give us the
number of your landlord.

what fucking idiots.

There must be a line of COBOL somewhere that says get pissy, mail out
increasingly threatening letters and send out drones if a meter has no
account or usage in years. Oh wait, we can't even locate the meter.


Cydrome Leader

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Apr 13, 2013, 2:30:11 AM4/13/13
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kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> In article <kk8d1n$78q$4...@reader1.panix.com>,
> my guess is some of them own retail stores and use skimmed cash register
> change for their own retail purchases.

you'd think they'd just do a coin deposit at foster bank and not waste
time they could be spending shuffling around in slippers, while trying to
look tired. koreans are weird.




Cydrome Leader

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Apr 13, 2013, 2:34:08 AM4/13/13
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> either or or whatever.

send me your telephone number. If I wake up and my posse feels like
reeking of garlic, I can summon you and we might be able to team up.

You can cause a spectacle by buying a 3 pound bag of rice or something
"funny" to a group of people that don't seem capable of laughter once they
age past 17.


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Cydrome Leader

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Apr 13, 2013, 12:33:22 PM4/13/13
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kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> In article <kkau1j$ssp$3...@reader1.panix.com>,
> if you deposit cash you have to claim it with the IRS. Duh.

that's bullshit.

the bank doesn't care where you money comes from, and they only report
interest earnings, and it's probably safe to say kim cigarettes and pop
market doesn't have 10,000 in cash in an interest bearing account either.

they could care less if I drop off a sack of coins and get cash.



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Michele

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Apr 13, 2013, 3:42:59 PM4/13/13
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Talk about not knowing your asshole from a hole in the ground.

Cydrome Leader

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Apr 13, 2013, 7:02:10 PM4/13/13
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kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> In article <kkc1ci$q0g$1...@reader1.panix.com>,
> I thought you meant deposit it.

banks don't care what money comes and goes. They only fill out forms if
you do suspicious stuff. If I tried to deposit $13,500 of quarters into my
personal checking account, that stupid federal form would be filled out.

Nobody would bat an eye bubbleland #1234 did the same. It's about out of
the norm stuff.

we get checks in the mail at work for hundreds of thousands of dollars,
not even signed by a person, they look like some sort of junk rebate. Try
cashing that over at the currency exchange.

> My dead mom had a bunch of Korean shopkeeper friends. They'd skim
> product and money from their own stores and use my mom's house and bank
> accounts to hide it. I'm not talking chump change either. Sometimes
> there'd be pallets of human hair extensions in mom's basement. They also
> had multiple phone lines installed for themselves too, to talk secretly
> back to the Korea's.
>
> It sounded goofy when I found out what mom was doing, but then I looked
> at her receipts and said holy fuck!

I hope she was getting a big cut.


dye

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Apr 19, 2013, 9:57:45 PM4/19/13
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In article <kk-B104DB.20...@167-253-251-66-GOV.emcbc.doe.gov>,
>It's outta my ring of normal lunchtime travel and would require a
>special jaunt. I ran it up the flagpole to the gourmands here for a
>dinner escape and they balked at the 25 buck price, but I then countered
>with the history of mediocre thai/sushi places they've made me pay for
>on places like LIncoln and Ashland Ave. that end up costing 20+ bucks
>person and I'm wincing while I'm there and wincing more when I pay for
>it.
>
>I've told them Ken Dye says it's great but they don't budge.
>
>What shall I do?

all the more salt and pepper squit for Ken Dye.

oh, wait, kenji can't have that!

dye

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May 15, 2013, 10:57:33 PM5/15/13
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In article <kk7een$kml$3...@reader1.panix.com>,
Cydrome Leader <pres...@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
>Michele <eatshi...@spammers.com> wrote:
>> On 4/11/2013 12:49 AM, Cydrome Leader wrote:
>>> kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <betatron-F1D993.18120210042013@[66.246.138.5]>,
>>>>> we will put it on our rist.
>>>>>
>>>>> My nearly defunct mall, Charlestowne, has had a gigantor banner
>>>>> promising a New! Seafood! Sushi! Buffett! for about a year.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it's not going to happen, ever.
>>>>
>>>> you guys do stuff in Niles a gaziilion miles away from 2200 N.
>>>> Milwaukee Ave.?
>>>>
>>>> I'd think you never get West of Cicero Ave., once you drive in for your
>>>> tang from out West.
>>>
>>> speaking of googky shit, I may pay a visit to h-mart or bong gook chink
>>> market or whatver it is that fills the former Omni in niles.
>>>
>>> I want some of that korean spicy ramen. Amazon has a "ships in 3 to 5
>>> weeks" backorder situation on it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> What's the brand? Might be able to find it at the Korean grocery store
>> on Bryn Mawr.
>
>nong shim

Go for the nong shim, stay for the spicy pork belly:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzyp_TBTkjQXNDJxVzRILTJvTGM/edit?usp=sharing

Is the "Black" label worth the extra $$$?

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzyp_TBTkjQXRDVOYUJrLVpKUDg/edit?usp=sharing

VS.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzyp_TBTkjQXRnVWY01DbTljNTQ/edit?usp=sharing

inquiring minds want to know...

Cydrome Leader

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May 16, 2013, 2:45:20 AM5/16/13
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I like the north korean ration of kimchee.
well, according to "orderramen.com"

Quick Overview

This is the premium version of NongShim's classic hit Shin ramyun and now
it's available in US! It comes with powdered beef bone extract and natural
fresh ingredients including green onion, mushroom, red chili peppers,
garlic and real pieces of freeze dried beef!

Mmm, extra bone meal and treat of real freeze dried beef.

Fertilizer and asstronaut food always make any meal better.

I say go with the plain spicy and toss in an egg for good measure. You can
also add real unfreedried beef if you're feeling really edgy.

Back to the plain spicy gourmet stuff in the red bag, it's pretty spicy.
If you slurp it down and it splashes the back of your throat, you're going
to gag and feel the burn. There's some oriental secrets in that spice
packet.

Has anybody come across any "Chinese" ramen products?

I can imagine (lead) foil packet being filled with melamine, poultry
virusses and treats like sun dried boar ligaments, rat anus and cicada
heads.
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Cydrome Leader

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May 24, 2013, 12:28:42 AM5/24/13
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kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> In article <kn1hut$idb$1...@dont-email.me>,
> you need to know about imgur:
>
> http://imgur.com
>
> beats the shit outta google docs, in terms of simplicity and ease of
> use, for sharing online photos of your food outings.
>
> Here's an example of one of my recent albums:
>
> http://imgur.com/a/M2TXV

So what does the X flag on the house mean?

Michele

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May 24, 2013, 10:15:44 AM5/24/13
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Tells firefighters if the building is safe to go into or not in the
event of a blaze.
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Cydrome Leader

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May 24, 2013, 1:50:38 PM5/24/13
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Kristian M Zoerhoff <k...@lavabit.com> wrote:
> On 2013-05-24, barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
>> You know, I've now seen those on buildings AFTER a fire, that sustained
>> enough damage to make them unsafe, but I've also seen some on what appear
>> to be abandoned or foreclosed properties, and it made me wonder if maybe
>> that could also be for some kind of environmental hazard. If they shut
>> down a meth lab, for example, wouldn't they not want anyone in there?
>
> It's a FEMA code, most likely.
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_search_and_rescue#United_States_FEMA_marking>
>
> They're pretty standard post-Katrina. The X itself means the building has
> been searched. If it's boxed, then the building is hazardous. Anything below
> the X means someone was inside at the time, probably injured or dead.
>
>

none of this makes sense.

why would a fema code be on the top of some plain house in the middle of
chicago?

the building wasn't burned out when I glanced at the photo.


max

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May 24, 2013, 5:30:36 PM5/24/13
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In article <kno99e$b4q$1...@reader1.panix.com>,
it's just a defacto standard.
<http://www.fairfield-sun.com/5122/what-do-the-markings-on-houses-mean/>

Cydrome Leader

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May 24, 2013, 7:23:58 PM5/24/13
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so who put it there? Maybe it's a decoration.

I don't see the west side covered in x flags.

the city doesn't paint Xs on collapsing garages

they don't put them on collapsing buildings either from what I've ever
seen.


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Cydrome Leader

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May 24, 2013, 11:39:27 PM5/24/13
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> There's one on a building on California, 1800 block near Cortland, on the
> west side of the street.
> It's also got one of those fluorescent orange stickers on the front
> doooor, but it's half falling off and I can't see if it's a "STOP WORK"
> order, or what. If that's what it is, then I'd suspect someone was doing
> illegal rehab and made the house structurally unstable. I'll take a
> closer look next time I'm over by there.

i'll have to check this out, or just ask the firefighters guys at the
station next time they're sitting on folding chairs by the garage.

Rudy

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May 25, 2013, 6:14:04 PM5/25/13
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In article <knmq9q$3v5$1...@reader1.panix.com>,
it's bolted on to houses as a safety measure for firefighters and other
first responders so they know the house isn't habitable and it's
structurally unsound so they need to take care once they step through
the doors or windows during an emergency response.

Rudy

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May 25, 2013, 6:20:19 PM5/25/13
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In article <slrn3vfskpv...@faeroes.freeshell.org>,
Kristian M Zoerhoff <k...@lavabit.com> wrote:

> Was it abandoned and red-tagged by the city? They might be using them now,
> though it's a nice big invitation for squatters.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-25/news/chi-city-council-panel
-oks-signs-warning-cops-firefighters-of-unsafe-buildings-20120625_1_firef
ighters-edward-stringer-vacant-buildings-reflective-signs

Rudy

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May 25, 2013, 6:20:53 PM5/25/13
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In article <knmq9q$3v5$1...@reader1.panix.com>,
> >> inquiring minds want to know...
> >>
> >> --Ken
> >
> > you need to know about imgur:
> >
> > http://imgur.com
> >
> > beats the shit outta google docs, in terms of simplicity and ease of
> > use, for sharing online photos of your food outings.
> >
> > Here's an example of one of my recent albums:
> >
> > http://imgur.com/a/M2TXV
>
> So what does the X flag on the house mean?

jus dug this up:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-25/news/chi-city-council-panel
-oks-signs-warning-cops-firefighters-of-unsafe-buildings-20120625_1_firef
ighters-edward-stringer-vacant-buildings-reflective-signs

Cydrome Leader

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May 25, 2013, 8:17:49 PM5/25/13
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Ok, so it's a new thing.

Not surprisingly, $675,000 was somehow wasted on learning how to apply
signs to buildings.


dye

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May 27, 2013, 10:52:22 AM5/27/13
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In article <kk-623794.23...@167-253-251-66-GOV.emcbc.doe.gov>,
kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
>In article <kn1hut$idb$1...@dont-email.me>,
> d...@adsl-64-108-195-41.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net (dye) wrote:
>> >nong shim
>>
>> Go for the nong shim, stay for the spicy pork belly:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzyp_TBTkjQXNDJxVzRILTJvTGM/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Is the "Black" label worth the extra $$$?
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzyp_TBTkjQXRDVOYUJrLVpKUDg/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> VS.
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzyp_TBTkjQXRnVWY01DbTljNTQ/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> inquiring minds want to know...
>>
>> --Ken
>
>you need to know about imgur:
>
>http://imgur.com
>
>beats the shit outta google docs, in terms of simplicity and ease of
>use, for sharing online photos of your food outings.
>
>Here's an example of one of my recent albums:
>
>http://imgur.com/a/M2TXV
>
>with imgur you can either create an account or upload images
>anonymously. With an account you can send images to your own "server
>space thru email. Handy for when you might create photos on your mobile
>device and as soon as you preview them on the device you click on "send
>this via email" and you send it to your imgur account. very slick and
>simple.
>
>You might like it.

was there something wrong w/my pictures?

The pics were taken w/my smartypants phone...when previewing the pics
I did a "share with google drive" (also a share with google cloud
print and share w/facebook options) and off to the cloud they went.

--Ken

PS U ever make it over to Ginza?
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dye

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Jun 4, 2013, 5:20:06 PM6/4/13
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In article <kn1va0$5cu$1...@reader1.panix.com>,
FYI, the "black" NongShim is made in the US of A!

Cydrome Leader

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Jun 4, 2013, 6:01:28 PM6/4/13
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as is the plain spicy red stuff.

we have more food in the US than we know what to do with. Any intelligent
company would make their food stuff here instead of the under-rubble slums
back at home.

dye

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Jun 8, 2013, 7:57:28 PM6/8/13
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In article <kolo3o$e3t$1...@reader1.panix.com>,
Cydrome Leader <pres...@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
>dye <d...@adsl-64-108-195-171.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net> wrote:
>>>I say go with the plain spicy and toss in an egg for good measure. You can
>>>also add real unfreedried beef if you're feeling really edgy.
>>>
>>>Back to the plain spicy gourmet stuff in the red bag, it's pretty spicy.
>>>If you slurp it down and it splashes the back of your throat, you're going
>>>to gag and feel the burn. There's some oriental secrets in that spice
>>>packet.
>>>
>>>Has anybody come across any "Chinese" ramen products?
>>>
>>>I can imagine (lead) foil packet being filled with melamine, poultry
>>>virusses and treats like sun dried boar ligaments, rat anus and cicada
>>>heads.
>>
>> FYI, the "black" NongShim is made in the US of A!
>
>as is the plain spicy red stuff.
>
>we have more food in the US than we know what to do with. Any intelligent
>company would make their food stuff here instead of the under-rubble slums
>back at home.

Trader Joe's has these large cans of soup, 28oz (not an exact
size for Europe)....I think they are $1.99 and are very good.
Lentil and Minnestrone. Aldi sells something identical,
but different flavors, same can different label.

Made in Germany, which I would think as much higher labor costs
than even in the U.S.

Seriously, WTF?
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Cydrome Leader

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Jun 9, 2013, 1:19:35 AM6/9/13
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barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
> I suspect the germans can make vats of soup and can them at way less a
> cost than we can, and since the company's kinda German based, I bet they
> get them almost for free.
>
> Germans are uber-efficient at mass production.

that's not true at all.

There's nothing they're efficient at, at least since WWII.







Mark Anderson

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Jun 9, 2013, 10:27:15 AM6/9/13
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In article pres...@MUNGEpanix.com says...
> > Germans are uber-efficient at mass production.
>
> that's not true at all.
>
> There's nothing they're efficient at, at least since WWII.

http://www.salon.com/2010/08/25/german_usa_working_life_ext2010/



Cydrome Leader

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Jun 9, 2013, 12:48:15 PM6/9/13
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nothing there indicates they're efficient, or productive.

The answer to both is they're not.




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Mark Anderson

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Jun 9, 2013, 3:00:13 PM6/9/13
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In article pres...@MUNGEpanix.com says...
> > In article pres...@MUNGEpanix.com says...
> >> > Germans are uber-efficient at mass production.
> >>
> >> that's not true at all.
> >>
> >> There's nothing they're efficient at, at least since WWII.
> >
> > http://www.salon.com/2010/08/25/german_usa_working_life_ext2010/
>
> nothing there indicates they're efficient, or productive.
>
> The answer to both is they're not.

They must be doing something right because they provide the soup.

And we can't.

Cydrome Leader

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Jun 9, 2013, 10:58:23 PM6/9/13
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barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
> I was trying to say, I bet they have a whole factory of robots and
> machines, and they need like 3 people to make a zillion gallons of soup.

wrong.

they like people sitting around doing nothing, or busy work for no real
good reason other than to have people sitting around.

No way they use robots to cut people out of the equation. It's not like
you'll get rich or anything if you cut costs or turn a profit, it all gets
taxed away by the government. There's no incentive to do anything
interesting, better, faster or cheaper.

> I mean, it's just SOUP. How hard can that be?

There's probably lots of inuries as people in blue coveralls with
reflective strips crowd together to fight over who gets to crimp a lid on
a can of soup.



Cydrome Leader

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Jun 9, 2013, 10:59:29 PM6/9/13
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Don't even try to call you+us "we". You can't even keep vermin out of your
house and condiments. Nobody wants your soup.


Mark Anderson

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Jun 10, 2013, 12:01:21 AM6/10/13
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In article pres...@MUNGEpanix.com says...
> >> >> > Germans are uber-efficient at mass production.
> >> >>
> >> >> that's not true at all.
> >> >>
> >> >> There's nothing they're efficient at, at least since WWII.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.salon.com/2010/08/25/german_usa_working_life_ext2010/
> >>
> >> nothing there indicates they're efficient, or productive.
> >>
> >> The answer to both is they're not.
> >
> > They must be doing something right because they provide the soup.
> >
> > And we can't.
>
> Don't even try to call you+us "we". You can't even keep vermin out of your
> house and condiments. Nobody wants your soup.

I don't see your name on any can of soup.

What happens when the Germans decide no soup for you?


Cydrome Leader

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Jun 10, 2013, 12:31:35 PM6/10/13
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You have a line of rat 'n maggot soup? Even a chinaman wouldn't eat
anything in your dump.

> What happens when the Germans decide no soup for you?

I don't buy german soup so I don't give a hoot what they decide.


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