George wrote:So whaddya want, egg in yer beer?
I HATE beer!!!!! Get that thing away from me!!!
Setanta wrote:Hmmph . . . sounds like something some old rummy would use as a chaser . . .
Hey, can we have some nice shaved ham on these sammiches next time? How cheap can ya get . . . it bet she sliced this herself . . .
Here....hands Set a razor.......don't cut yourself shaving, wil you honey?
George wrote:Complaining about the sandwiches, again. Sheesh.
My uncles always used to say that about egg in your beer.
Must have been a WWII thing.
He's only happy when he's miserable.
And I don't care WHERE it comes from.........eggg in beer is a disgusting concept!!!!
sozobe wrote:dlowan wrote:We've never really had the whole soda fountain thing here....it is a fascinating item of American culture.
That was how my grandpa made a living -- he made the syrups for soda fountains.
Good lord! Now I know the grand daughter of a real live soda fountain man!!!!
farmerman wrote:soda fountains pretty much started disappearing in the 70's. I dont know of any soda fountains still living in our medium cities. I think that Starbuck's are todays surrogate.
There you go.....the emblem of an anxious, overly hurried, zeitgeist.
George wrote:When I was kid in East Boston, soda fountains were often called "spas."
There's that American language again!!! That's just weird!
Setanta wrote:I worked as a short-order cook in the "snack bar" at the university i attended (the "snack bar" could seat 400 people). We had a soda fountain, which did a hefty business (late 1960s). On shifts which were not staffed to maximum, i used to do the soda fountain as well as the grill. What i really enjoyed was doing the sodas--which there and then meant ice cream, syrup and phosphate water. What i enjoyed was using the phosphate spigot just right to make the scoop of ice cream spin--which produced a huge crown of foam. People used to come for a soda (chocolate being the big favorite) when i was working, and ask that i make it for them.
Personally, though, my favorite was the Green River--which i don't think you can get any longer.
And another......"short order cook".
Does that mean you had to pretend to be short? Does it mean that you were forced to skimp on the orders?
Hehe heeh...the small pleasures of the hospitality industry.
I used to like making really generous banana splits.
George wrote:Setanta wrote:...people would have looked at you as though you were odd.
Yeah, I still get that a lot.
That makes sense.
Setanta wrote:Me, too . . . i kinda consider that a badge of honor . . . hand me 'nother a them ham sammiches, will ya?
Certainly, darling, have you finished your shaving?
