On our takeout Chinese restaurant menu - We delivery! lol

• That's hot - your not? - SM
  • How about what everybody uses wrong - me and I. - Me, myself and I
    • I have a pvt md who always says - sm - sm
  • On the door of our in-house MT DEPTARTMENT - sm - Still laughing.....
    • lol, I was laughing so hard, I thought the sign read MT DEPTARTMENT! - sm
    • how about.... - PAMT~MDM
  • On our takeout Chinese restaurant menu - We delivery! lol - nm
    • In our town, the Chinese restaurant has a painted sign on window: Hot Wing sold here. nm - me
      • LOL - I guess they run out often!! - nm
  • The worst one yet (sm) - nm
  • Son's HS grad program listed the "Class Moto." - nm
  • Using 's for multiples of something makes me crazy! "Those paper's over there..." etc. n - Language Lovah
    • Oh, I agree. Did no one learn about plurals in elementary school?? - txmt
  • A local restaurant had on its sign outside - sm
  • Divine intervention needed.... sm - AnnieM!AnnieM!
  • A big sign at a local business that had moved said - PAMT~MDM
  • How about this one... - HappyCat
    • I saw the same thing, on a travel ad - Jill
  • I see these mistakes all the time - Able to see words in a single bound, look its a bi
  • You know what's sad? A lot of people won't even notice the mistake! - sm
  • Our local ice cream stand never did change their sign - offering ice cream sundays. :) nm
    • PRINTING AND COPING - Lillybelle

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And my husband is trying to tell me that means I already have everything.

Hmmm......

I save every packet of sauces from my Chinese food delivery.  Whether I'm cooking bar-b-q (ribs, chicken, pork chops, etc), or baking whatever or grilling, broiling, or boiling, I can usually throw together something from those packets depending on what flavoring I want to achieve.  My dad taught me not to look at recipes, but just to think about how flavors work together and trust your guts.  That doesn't work for everyone, but I've made some delicious dinners when I didn't have any other seasonings in the house but those Chinese food packets :)  Try to remember to balance out a sweet with a sour (or salty) flavor.  I remember how I was horrified when he put cinnamin in a pot roast once, but it was the best roast I ever had.  He had been doing it for years...he just hid it from me.  Once I knew he used it, I enjoyed it more than I ever had!

once or twice a month and rarely go over $15 a meal.

For nights that I'm too tired to cook, I pull a precooked meal out of the freezer.

When I'm energetic, I double my meals and freeze a portion for another meal. I also stock up on Banquet frozen dinners (2 fers) when they're on sale and use those, too. Hubby loves their salisbury steak and meatloaf.

We are having ribs, brats, hot dogs, burgers, potato salad, deviled eggs, drinks, cake

What other side dishes would work?

start with your parents first (i'm assuming their still with you).  They're usually the most understanding of these situations.  Explain that you're simply strapped for cash, but would love to have everyone come together at your place for dinner.  Suggest to your parents (if they're on board with you) that the others want to exchange gifts, they can meet at someone else's place later for that.  I don't see anything wrong with it as long as everyone knows up front that you're not exchanging gifts. 

I usually give them 3 or 4 dollars.

But I got to thinking with the cost of gas, maybe that's not enough? Don't they usually pay for their own gas?

How much do you tip?

Why doesn't our country do more about this crap!  Lead in toys, poisonous drywall, and I once saw a Chinese business woman on TV bragging about her drug business ... how she uses ingredients other than the real drug (often poisonous to humans) and is getting rich on this business.  She said she sells to many other countries with the U.S. being a top buyer.  WHAT?!  This woman was literally bragging on TV about it.

I don't understand why we haven't done something MAJOR about this. 

I never go to the doc or get RXs, but does anyone know if one can tell if they came from China? 

My neighbor uses it every week.  She works as a nurse but does like to 18hr shifts twice a week.  She has 9yr old twins, a 4yr old, and an 18mo old.  She home schools her children.  He DH works for the railroad. 

I am just curious if it really is a benefit and worth the money.  Maybe for that size family it is more practical for them but maybe not for a smaller family.  Is the food ready made and frozen, how much work is there in fixing a meal, etc.

Anyone familar with this?  Just wondering!

were involved with ball playing by women too.....here's a link for their culture and their sports history....they were always thought of as weak but they were not weak....

http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm

Hi all:  I've recently noticed that a prominent pizza chain that begins with a D has started charging me a 1.50 delivery charge.  I normally tip the delivery guy anywhere between 3 and 6 depending on amount of order, weather conditions, etc.  I'm wondering who this 1.50 goes to and why are they charging me 1.50.  If goes to the delivery guy, great, more power to him. 

Also, do you tip higher on Superbowl Sunday?  Just curious.  TIA

Since language is "our thing" - and particularly ESL - I thought you'd like to get a head start on what to expect from future Chinese dictators.  Get a load of these Chinese-to-English learning blocks (I'll post this as an URL you can paste into your browser since some are reluctant to click on links):

http://peer-see.com/blog/chumble-spuzz/2006/07/09/

I suggest we practice by forming sentences, such as:  "The patient is a construction worker who was operating a navvy when a crustacea flew into the cab.  Mistaking it for a darning needle, he swatted at the crustacea and lost control of the navvy, which crashed.  Unfortunately, he was not wearing a safety armet at the time and was knocked unconscious..."

in line for a bathroo stall.  Finally a lady came out of onel and I went inside.  There was urine ALL OVER the seat.  I was just livid.  Okay lady, if you are too scared to sit down to pee because of the germs, then for crying out loud, WIPE UP YOUR PEE so it's not there for some total stranger to have to deal with.  Or hold it until you get home. 

Gross, gross, gross. 

You should've asked for your money back! 

I've met folks from all over the world and learned different types of cooking here and there...just home cookin'...nothin' fancy.

They're are so many different varieties of southern cooking as in every other part of the country.  I'm from NY and didn't know squat about jowl meat in the beans and the greens....salted everything...fat on top of fat...or deer for that matter.  I was voted least likely to ever whack, hack, pack and stack a deer for the freezer...and name the parts (including making deer sausage and bambi burgers with an old-timey hand grinder) and deer jerky.        

Lamb would be a delicacy on anyone's table these days and isn't usually used in southern cooking. 

Don't get me started on seafood...lived near the ocean and bay and I didn't realize how expensive that stuff was until I moved inland 'cause I just went out and fished or harvested it.       

Now, give me a bambi burger and I know what to do with that!  Cat