----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 2:12 AM Subject: Re: Fast Food, was Bleacher Bums
> At 09:51 AM 10/17/01, Julia wrote: > >or go to the nearest Sonic. (That's a drive-in, regional, and the > >first one of those I saw was in Texas.) > > > Those ARE in Alabama. > > One almost next door to the grocery store where I stopped on my way home a > couple of hours or so ago. > > Admittedly, between there and here, there is a Milo's (another local > hamburger chain), a Golden Arches Supper Club, a Taco Hell, a Wendy's, an > IHOP, a Captain D's (fish), a Mrs. Winner's (chicken), and a couple of > sit-down restaurants, as well as the food court at the mall and the snack > bar at K-Mart. (And I may have forgotten something.) > > And this is the closest grocery store to my house. In fact, I've walked > there to shop. > > In the other direction, there's a KFC, an Omelet Shoppe, a Jack's, a > Krystal, a Hamburger Heaven, a Mexican restaurant, the restaurant at the > Holiday Inn, a Waffle House, the Golden Rule barbecue, and another > McDonalds, all before you get to the Burger King and the Subway by the > Wal-Mart. > > Isn't this sad when we can name all the fast-food joints within a mile of > our respective homes? I dunno. I think its pretty cool that we have such a variety of places to eat for cheap. If I want "GOOD" food there is an even greater selection in my town. I should never have to worry about starving! xponent rob
