Re: [MBZ] OT - B-52 tale - DON'T DRINK THE WATER

2014-10-30 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
As Marvin Zindler in Houston used to say in the Slime Report, "Slahm inna Ice Machine!" Marvin was famous, not only for his large collection of toupees and pastel suits and 40+ plastic surgeries, but also for busting that home out on the range. If you have ever heard ZZTop's Lagrange, or of Th

Re: [MBZ] OT - B-52 tale - DON'T DRINK THE WATER

2014-10-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
This wasn't at a restaurant. It was at my customer's house. Better, his palatial estate. > On Oct 30, 2014, at 9:49 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > >> I had dysentery. Got it from the ice cubes in the Diet Coke. Lost almost >> 20 pounds in two

Re: [MBZ] OT - B-52 tale - DON'T DRINK THE WATER

2014-10-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I had dysentery. Got it from the ice cubes in the Diet Coke. Lost almost 20 pounds in two weeks. I don't take restaurant ice. I'd rather have my fountain pop water main temperature than with restaurant ice in it. I've seen too many ice machine pics on the W

Re: [MBZ] OT - B-52 tale - DON'T DRINK THE WATER

2014-10-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Our consumptive rule, especially in third world countries, was don't drink it if it doesn't go "fzzzt" when you open it I only got sick a couple of times when traveling to the far corners. Once, while doing a month long stint in Cairo, we were leaving the next day and the guys we worked wit

Re: [MBZ] OT - B-52 tale - DON'T DRINK THE WATER

2014-10-30 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
In Uganda, I was told "don't drink the water" and don't drink the milk whatever you do" Going to work, we passed the modern sanitary dairy twice a day. It looked better than most in the USA. The milk was bagged in 1 or 2 L bags, Euro style. I got up enough nerve to try the butter with no