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Re: [MBZ] OT - but so very funny

2016-05-09 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes

I was wondering about that myself.  An apology is hardly adequate
compensation.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I would hope the manager comped the meal and fired the servers.
>
> Dan
>
>
> > On May 9, 2016, at 4:07 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > I just had to share this from the Washington post.  Peter Chang is
> > supposedly THE best Chinese restaurant in the DC area, but their serves
> > could use some basic IT training.
> >
> > Servers trash customers in private note on check — then forget to delete
> it
> > By Tim Carman  May 9 at
> > 12:58 PM
> > <
> tim.car...@washpost.com?subject=Reader%20feedback%20for%20%27Servers%20trash%20customers%20in%20private%20note%20on%20check%20%E2%80%94%20then%20forget%20to%20delete%20it%27
> >
> >
> > Four diners, three of them wearing plaid, were ready to enjoy a meal
> > Saturday night at Peter Chang in Arlington <
> http://peterchangarlington.com/>,
> > the authentic Sichuan outpost opened by the Chinese embassy chef turned
> > serial restaurateur
> > <
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/how-chef-peter-chang-stopped-running-and-started-empire-building/2015/03/16/66ff2378-c750-11e4-aa1a-86135599fb0f_story.html
> >.
> > But the dinner took a left turn when the server brought out a
> family-style
> > bowl of rice.
> >
> > The offending check at Peter Chang in Arlington, courtesy of a diner.
> >
> > One of the diners, who had lived in Beijing for much in the 2000s, was
> > surprised by the rice presentation and made a comment to the server,
> saying
> > "'Oh, you guys don't serve them in individual rice bowls?'," related
> > another diner in the party, who asked to go by his first name,*Matt*.
> >
> > The server told the group that when rice is served to three or more
> diners
> > at Peter Chang, it comes in a large bowl. The former Beijing resident
> > thought that was odd, considering the family-sized portion ran counter to
> > the personalized bowls he encountered in China. The server then asked if
> > the foursome would like individual rice bowls instead. They declined.
> >
> > *[Peter Chang restaurant review: A master's cooking, times two
> > <
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/peter-chang-restaurant-review-a-masters-cooking-times-two/2015/12/02/fd7f2b88-8c79-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html
> >]*
> >
> > "She said, 'No, no, I can bring it for you,'" Matt related. "He said,
> 'No,
> > no, don't worry about it. It's fine. Just wanted to let you know that's
> the
> > way it's done in China. It's not a big deal.' . . . It just got really
> > awkward."
> >
> > The diners thought that was the end of the episode until it came time to
> > pay. The group asked to split the check four ways, to which the
> > server apparently said, "That's totally how they do it in China."
> >
> > "I obviously had no idea what that meant, because I'm just a white guy
> from
> > Arlington," Matt said. "But my friend from China, he told us after she
> > left, 'In China, one person pays for it. That's not at all the way things
> > are done in China, so she's being sarcastic.' Then we saw the receipt."
> >
> > At the bottom of check were two comments, each obviously typed into the
> > system from the restaurant's point-of-sale, or POS, system. The first:
> "im
> > a plad a--." The other: "i have a small penis."
> >
> > The former comment, despite misspelling "plaid," was clearly a shot at
> the
> > diner's attire. The second, a cheap shot, period. The diners were not
> > amused and immediately summoned a manager. The manager, in turn, summoned
> > the server and another server who had apparently typed the comments into
> > the system. The manager apologized and explained the servers were just
> > joking with one another via the POS system. They meant to delete the
> > comments before presenting the check.
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Peach crop wiped out I NE States

2016-05-09 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes

Dwight, Curt, et al.
I'm not too sure that my pahtz are pun worthy most P U.
Fred.

Fred Moir.
Lynn MA.
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From: Mercedes  on behalf of Dwight Giles via 
Mercedes 
Sent: 10 May 2016 02:15
To: Mercedes Discussion List; Curt Raymond
Cc: Dwight Giles
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Peach crop wiped out I NE States

Well I thought about Fred's  pahts morphing into peach pihts

Dwight Giles Jr.
1982 300CD
1990 300D
Wickford RI
On May 9, 2016 10:13 PM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" 
wrote:

> I dunno Dwight, maybe you better plant that one and let it grow a little
> more. :)
> We haven't had a good punfest in a long time.
> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Peach crop wiped out I NE States

2016-05-09 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes


We like the white peaches from Stratford, OK . . . a bushel at a time.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
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 Nope  No peaches for the noreasters.

 Real peaches come from Southern IL and Mo anyhow.  They are too good to
 ship over 500 miles.


 > I never heard of noreast peaches.



White peaches are good.  The traditional variety is Polly.  All the 
ladies my grandmother's age loved Polly (white) peaches.


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Peach crop wiped out I NE States

2016-05-09 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes

What's important here is that north NJ peaches are still ok!

On Monday, May 9, 2016, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
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> For alleged peach lovers Fred, Dimitri, Curt et al:
>
> Northeast peach crops decimated by Valentine's coldPublished: Monday, May
> 9, 2016
>
> In mid-February, the majority of the peach crop in the Northeast was
> destroyed by subzero temperatures. One fruit tree expert is calling the
> incident the Valentine's Day massacre of peach blooms.
>
> New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts lost 90 percent
> or more of the peach crop, according to specialists.
>
> Through a combination of the February freeze and a cold spell in early
> April, the Hudson River Valley lost 90 percent of its crop, according to
> Dan Donahue, commercial fruit tree specialist with the Cornell Cooperative
> Extension.
>
> "That Valentine's Day massacre really did us in," said Mary Concklin, fruit
> tree expert with the University of Connecticut cooperative extension. "So
> much for that peach cobbler this summer."
>
> New Jersey lost about 40 percent of its crop in the southern region of the
> state, where 4,500 acres of peach trees are located.
>
> "This is not just a local event," said George Hamilton, field specialist
> for the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension in Hillsborough
> County. "We're seeing it all over the Northeast. The crop in the Hudson
> River Valley and other places in the Northeast got hammered" (Lynne Tuohy,
> AP/*Boston Globe*
> <
> http://www.boston.com/news/business/2016/05/07/northeasts-peach-crop-decimated-mid-february-freeze
> >,
> May 7).
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Peach crop wiped out I NE States

2016-05-09 Thread OK Don via Mercedes

We like the white peaches from Stratford, OK . . . a bushel at a time.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Nope  No peaches for the noreasters.
>
> Real peaches come from Southern IL and Mo anyhow.  They are too good to
> ship over 500 miles.
>
> I never heard of noreast peaches.
>
>>
>>

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Peach crop wiped out I NE States

2016-05-09 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes

Nope No peaches for the noreasters.

Real peaches come from Southern IL and Mo anyhow. They are too good
to ship over 500 miles.

I never heard of noreast peaches.

So will we have to turn to peach parts now?

Dwight Giles Jr.
1982 300CD
1990 300D
Wickford RI
On May 9, 2016 2:53 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

For alleged peach lovers Fred, Dimitri, Curt et al:

Northeast peach crops decimated by Valentine's coldPublished: Monday, May
9, 2016

In mid-February, the majority of the peach crop in the Northeast was
destroyed by subzero temperatures. One fruit tree expert is calling the
incident the Valentine's Day massacre of peach blooms.

New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts lost 90 percent
or more of the peach crop, according to specialists.

Through a combination of the February freeze and a cold spell in early
April, the Hudson River Valley lost 90 percent of its crop, according to
Dan Donahue, commercial fruit tree specialist with the Cornell Cooperative
Extension.

"That Valentine's Day massacre really did us in," said Mary Concklin, fruit
tree expert with the University of Connecticut cooperative extension. "So
much for that peach cobbler this summer."

New Jersey lost about 40 percent of its crop in the southern region of the
state, where 4,500 acres of peach trees are located.

"This is not just a local event," said George Hamilton, field specialist
for the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension in Hillsborough
County. "We're seeing it all over the Northeast. The crop in the Hudson
River Valley and other places in the Northeast got hammered" (Lynne Tuohy,
AP/*Boston Globe*
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