Dutch McDo's 'wrong' to fire worker over cheese slice...
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From: Donna Evleth on 31 Jan 2010 06:47 > From: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> > Organization: NewsGuy - Unlimited Usenet $19.95 > Reply-To: evgmsop(a)earthlink.net > Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe,alt.activism.death-penalty > Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:22:53 -0700 > Subject: Re: Dutch McDo's 'wrong' to fire worker over cheese slice... > > > > Mxsmanic wrote: >> Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) writes: >> >>> Food tends to be the cheapest thing going. Of course if you insist >>> on buying pre-made TV dinners, your costs will skyrocket. >> >> Food costs have skyrocketed in recent years, and balanced foods with good >> general nutritional value and expensive ingredients like protein are always >> more expensive than cheap carbohydrates. > > I don't think it does any good to confuse this jerk with facts, Mxxi! Evelyn, the main problem with Bill is that he believes he is always right. No argument can touch him. Bill is always right. Donna Evleth
From: John Rennie on 31 Jan 2010 06:52 Magda wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:20:34 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, John Rennie > <john-rennie(a)talktalk.net> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > > ... Magda wrote: > ... > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:26:59 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth <evleth(a)wanadoo.fr> > ... > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > ... > > ... > ... On 30/01/10 19:46, in article xt6dnXdk4Onm4_nWnZ2dnUVZ8jti4p2d(a)giganews.com, > ... > ... "John Rennie" <john-rennie(a)talktalk.net> wrote: > ... > ... > ... > ... > And both those classes eat better food. > ... > ... > ... > ... American eating habits are somewhat influenced by TV advertising. > ... > ... Junk foods have high profits and get a big play. Poor kids > ... > ... see the ads and get their parents to buy the item. > ... > ... > ... > ... This brain washing even extends higher. We still remember when > ... > ... a new breakfast cereal came on the market when our daughter > ... > ... was young. It was called "Banana Wackies" and pushed by a crazy > ... > ... looking animal pushing in one one of the programs our > ... > ... daughter watched. She bugged us to get it and we did. > ... > ... One bite and she refused to eat the rest, its banana odor > ... > ... was too powerful. We tried to give it to our dog who refused > ... > ... it too! This was of course and experimental marketing try > ... > ... by whoever, and it failed and was off the market in a couple > ... > ... of days. > ... > ... > ... > ... Various junk food providers have to fight for shelf space > ... > ... in the markets, and if a product does not sell they lose > ... > ... their shelf space. So brain washing advertising is > ... > ... essential in the business. > ... > ... > ... > ... An American super market will have a large section devoted > ... > ... to breakfast cereal. Both Donna and my generation were brought > ... > ... up on Wheaties, Cornflakes, etc. which are eated with milk > ... > ... and lots of sugar. In retrospect it was a poor diet > ... > ... but basically breakfast is not that an interesting meal. > ... > ... Donna has it better than me, she gets a healthy slice > ... > ... of smoked salmon every morning, a good dose of omega 3 > ... > ... and a low blood cholesterol. I have orange juice and > ... > ... a croissant with jam + coffee. When traveling in the USA > ... > ... we gorge on unhealthy bacon and eggs, but that is > ... > ... brief. We have not had breakfast cereals in 30 years or > ... > ... more and they don't represent to us a comfort food > ... > ... from our youths. > ... > > ... > When I was 10, all skin and bones, I bugged my folks to get me cornflakes. I ate it every > ... > morning for about a month - and then I found out I had gained a pound. That did it, I > ... > never touched "breakfast cereal" again in my life. > ... > > ... > If you ask me, cereal serves one and only one purpose: fattening up cattle. > ... > ... Out of interest does your blanket hatred of cereals include > ... shredded wheat and good old porridge oats? > > What's your interest? > Huh! Fairly obviously I was interested to know whether "your blanket hatred of cereals include shredded wheat and good old porridge oats?". They are after all cereals but both surely 'good' foods.
From: John Rennie on 31 Jan 2010 06:54 Earl Evleth wrote: > On 31/01/10 11:22, in article sdmam5pi15to3t7tj61i60gv06vribc6c8(a)4ax.com, > "Magda" <no-spam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> What's your interest? > > I imagine John is an English breakfast type, kippers and that sort of > thing. I don't know if bangers are also breakfast fair? > Forty grams worth of Porridge Oats is good enough for me.
From: John Rennie on 31 Jan 2010 06:58 Magda wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:48:10 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth <evleth(a)wanadoo.fr> > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > > ... On 31/01/10 11:22, in article sdmam5pi15to3t7tj61i60gv06vribc6c8(a)4ax.com, > ... "Magda" <no-spam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > ... > ... > What's your interest? > ... > ... I imagine John is an English breakfast type, kippers and that sort of > ... thing. I don't know if bangers are also breakfast fair? > > People who think that things like plants deserve any "hatred" must be deeply mentally > deranged. No other explanation. > > I don't "hate" cereals, I just don't eat them. I am very grateful for their sustaining and > fattening up the animals I eat. > > What's Crazy John complaining about - I'll never touch his lifetime share of porridge & > Co... > Complaining? I wasn't aware that I raised a complaint. And why the insult?
From: John Rennie on 31 Jan 2010 07:01
Donna Evleth wrote: > >> From: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> >> Organization: NewsGuy - Unlimited Usenet $19.95 >> Reply-To: evgmsop(a)earthlink.net >> Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe,alt.activism.death-penalty >> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:22:53 -0700 >> Subject: Re: Dutch McDo's 'wrong' to fire worker over cheese slice... >> >> >> >> Mxsmanic wrote: >>> Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) writes: >>> >>>> Food tends to be the cheapest thing going. Of course if you insist >>>> on buying pre-made TV dinners, your costs will skyrocket. >>> Food costs have skyrocketed in recent years, and balanced foods with good >>> general nutritional value and expensive ingredients like protein are always >>> more expensive than cheap carbohydrates. >> I don't think it does any good to confuse this jerk with facts, Mxxi! > > Evelyn, the main problem with Bill is that he believes he is always right. > No argument can touch him. Bill is always right. > > Donna Evleth > But we regulars are a wee bit fond of him aren't we? |