Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-06 Thread Gary Hurst
it's not for everyone.

On Jan 4, 2008 10:28 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried banned for a bit but got tired of pudgy white guys using the
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>
> -Dave Walton
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 10:21 PM, Redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Oh, this is so much tamer than the discussion we had on the topic
> > over on banned.
> >
> > Yawn
> >
> > clay
> >
> >
> > On 4 Jan 2008, at 11:14, Mitch Haley wrote:
> >
> > > dave walton wrote:
> > >> Uninsured people that show up at the ER
> > >> hopefully get at least some treatment but pay little or nothing for
> > >> it.
> > >
> > > Speak for yourself. As an uninsured person, I pay $1000 for an ER
> > > visit
> > > that an insurance company might have allowed them $300 for. Best I can
> > > do is negotiate a 10% cash discount at my local hospital. Then I only
> > > pay $900 for a $300 visit.
> > >
> > > Mitch.
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-05 Thread Fmiser
> > From: "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> > Baloney phoney.  Food never tasted better.  We are in a
> > renaissance where healthful food tastes great - period.  We
> > can eat better AND live longer. I
> > grow heirloom vegetables from the last century and they make
> > summer worth waiting for.

> Where do you get the seeds for these vegetables?
> 
> My understanding, very limited, was that the conglomerate
> farms were putting the seed business out of business so that
> they could monopolize the market with genetically altered non
> seeding plants
> 
> Dave H...

Just google for "heirloom open-pollinated vegetable seed". 

Open-pollinated means that the seed will grow the same plant as
the one the seeds came from. It is the "opposite" of hybrid.

Heirloom plants are those open-pollinated variates that have
existed for at least a few decades.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heirloom_plant

-- Philip

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Kevin
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH

On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:28:41PM -0500, dave walton wrote:
> I tried banned for a bit but got tired of pudgy white guys using the
> "n"-word for punctuation. I have better things to waste my time on...

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread dave walton
I tried banned for a bit but got tired of pudgy white guys using the
"n"-word for punctuation. I have better things to waste my time on...

-Dave Walton

On Jan 4, 2008 10:21 PM, Redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oh, this is so much tamer than the discussion we had on the topic
> over on banned.
>
> Yawn
>
> clay
>
>
> On 4 Jan 2008, at 11:14, Mitch Haley wrote:
>
> > dave walton wrote:
> >> Uninsured people that show up at the ER
> >> hopefully get at least some treatment but pay little or nothing for
> >> it.
> >
> > Speak for yourself. As an uninsured person, I pay $1000 for an ER
> > visit
> > that an insurance company might have allowed them $300 for. Best I can
> > do is negotiate a 10% cash discount at my local hospital. Then I only
> > pay $900 for a $300 visit.
> >
> > Mitch.
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Redghost
Oh, this is so much tamer than the discussion we had on the topic  
over on banned.

Yawn

clay

On 4 Jan 2008, at 11:14, Mitch Haley wrote:

> dave walton wrote:
>> Uninsured people that show up at the ER
>> hopefully get at least some treatment but pay little or nothing for
>> it.
>
> Speak for yourself. As an uninsured person, I pay $1000 for an ER  
> visit
> that an insurance company might have allowed them $300 for. Best I can
> do is negotiate a 10% cash discount at my local hospital. Then I only
> pay $900 for a $300 visit.
>
> Mitch.
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread archer
From: "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>i don't need any bypass surgery.  that is for people who eat margarine.  i 
>eat pure and healthy animal fats in large quantities, so no need for any 
>bypass.
...
Gerry wrote:
Surprisingly, Gary may be right.  It depends on how many cholesterol 
receptors he has on the cells that comprise his body.  It would be very 
simple for Gary to find out;  get a fasting cholesterol panel test.  (Not 
cheap, by the way.)

Many, many generations ago people who lived along the coast ate fish which 
have "good" fat and usually not much of it.  People who lived inland ate 
animals and drank their milk; consuming large quantities of "bad" fat. 
Gradually, as the inland people with few cholesterol receptors died off, an 
inland generation was formed that had many cholesterol receptors.
As civilization, travel, and commerce grew; coast dwellers began eating 
animal fat, got clogged arteries, and died.  You know the rest of the story.

Gerry 


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Peter Frederick
One neglected source of lung cancer is the rather large amounts of 
plutonium that have burned up in the earth's atmosphere from 
thermo-electric satellite power plants.  The USSR was the chief 
offender, but the US and Britain (to my certain knowledge) have had a 
few fall too.  We are talking several hundred pounds of plutonium metal 
in total -- it burns to make a nicely breathable oxide powder.  These 
particles enter deep into the lungs, and then promptly kill off the 
cilia that would normally expel them back up the bronchia.  That 
several hundred (up to a thousand pounds, IIRC) is more than enough to 
kill every single person on the planet if evenly distributed.  Healthy 
living won't help much.

I suspect this, along with whatever leaked out from underground testing 
in the 50's in Nevada, account for a lot of the non-smoker's lung 
cancer.  I believe the cancers are similar.

Lots of nasties lurking about that have been broadly deposited since 
WWII, including the tidal wave of floating plastic trash in the 
Pacific.

Peter


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread LarryT
My 64 year old brother passed away earlier this year from esophageal 
cancer - not a pleasant thing.
Not that anything is - but some are more peaceful than others.

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> My paternal grandfather smoked two packs of Marlboros
> a day along with consuming at least 2-3 shots of
> Canadian Club.  While infirm in his last few years, he
> lived to 98.
>
> My Dad died at 54, almost 25 years ago, the victim of
> esophageal cancer.  He was a pipe smoker.  Go figure.
> The 5 year survival rate for esophageal cancer is
> still pretty lousy today, too.
>
> Dan (non-smoker)
>
>
>
> --- andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Yes, and there are some (probably a handful of)
>> lifetime smokers who never
>> get cancer or heart disease, are incredibly healthy,
>> and if they do die it's
>> in their sleep on account of old age rather than
>> disease.  Chalk it up to
>> genetics, like those athletes who when praised demur
>> by attributing their
>> prowess to "God-given talent".  What they really
>> mean is that they were
>> blessed with awesome genes.
>
>
>
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread LarryT
And, unfortunately the reverse is also true - people who eat healthy, never 
smoke, exercize regularily, yada, yada - and get *lung* cancer and die 
quickly!

As you said, the genes  - my Mom lived to 94 ;-) and my dad til 76 so 
hopefully I got more of my Moms genes for long life.

BTW, what cntrols which parent passes down the genes?  I'm sure it has 
something to do with dominant and regressive genes but not sure how it 
works.

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From: "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot


> Yes, and there are some (probably a handful of) lifetime smokers who never
> get cancer or heart disease, are incredibly healthy, and if they do die 
> it's
> in their sleep on account of old age rather than disease.  Chalk it up to
> genetics, like those athletes who when praised demur by attributing their
> prowess to "God-given talent".  What they really mean is that they were
> blessed with awesome genes.
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 3:20 PM, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Remember Jim Fixx died of a heart attack
>>
>> ;)
>>
>> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:08:16 -0600
>> From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot
>> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" 
>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> Your logic can be applied to just about any lifestyle. For example, do
>>  you
>> ride a bicycle or run? If so then why should my insurance pay for your
>> hospital stay just because you decided to participate in this high risk
>> activity and you were hit by a car? After all, it's your decision to go
>>  out
>> & ride or run on public streets, correct?
>>
>> My real point is that insurance works because the associated risk &
>>  cost are
>> spread across all policy holders. In other words, those receive bypass
>> surgery & chemotherapy get the same treatment as someone who's run over
>>  by a
>> car & the cost is shared by all.
>>
>> Go to a health insurance program that sets rates by lifestyle analysis
>>  &
>> family history and you might find yourself in an expensive, high risk
>>  group
>> for no other reason than a few distant relatives died from of heart
>>  disease
>> or cancer! How fair would this scenario be to you?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom Hargrave
>> www.kegkits.com
>> 256-656-1924
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Dave H...
Two things really P  me off concerning auto insurance.

Do they really think I can drive more than one vehicle at a time?  They must 
because the only difference between the first, second, third and so on 
vehicle is maybe $20.00

How dare they run a credit history to determine if I am worthy of insurance 
or not!


Dave H...

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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 2:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

> "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Go to a health insurance program that sets rates by lifestyle
>> analysis & family history and you might find yourself in an
>> expensive, high risk group for no other reason than a few distant
>> relatives died from of heart disease or cancer! How fair would this
>> scenario be to you?
>
> Probably more than you might think, almost everyone has a relative
> somewhere close in the family tree who has had cancer or heart
> disease, it might not have that much predictive significance.
>
> The Auto insurance industry seems to have figured this out, your rate
> is partly based on broad risk factors and partly based on your
> individual behavior (past accidents, speeding tickets, etc.)
>
> Allan
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread John M McIntosh

On Jan 4, 2008, at 9:37 AM, R A Bennell wrote:

>
> The one really good thing about McD is that it is pretty consistent.

Also they have aggressive food safety rules which is not to be sneezed  
at, chances of dropping in at a random one and getting food poisoning  
is low.
Sadly pick your random restaurant in any town america and chances  
might be good, let alone issues like hepatitis exposure.

  in some countries (ie russia) they own the process from the field to  
the frier.
Similar safety also at Red Lobster, met the food safety officer on a  
plane flight one day, her job was to eat out alot, then take samples,  
temp measurements and review all the records
at each restaurant in the chain.

John
1983 300TDt  386k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1990's 300TDt  216k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
i only quit smoking in earnest because it gave chest pains and i took that
as an indicator that it was time to give it up.  otherwise, i'd smoke to
this day.

On Jan 4, 2008 4:01 PM, LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My paternal grandfather smoked two packs of Marlboros
> a day along with consuming at least 2-3 shots of
> Canadian Club.  While infirm in his last few years, he
> lived to 98.
>
> My Dad died at 54, almost 25 years ago, the victim of
> esophageal cancer.  He was a pipe smoker.  Go figure.
> The 5 year survival rate for esophageal cancer is
> still pretty lousy today, too.
>
> Dan (non-smoker)
>
>
>
> --- andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Yes, and there are some (probably a handful of)
> > lifetime smokers who never
> > get cancer or heart disease, are incredibly healthy,
> > and if they do die it's
> > in their sleep on account of old age rather than
> > disease.  Chalk it up to
> > genetics, like those athletes who when praised demur
> > by attributing their
> > prowess to "God-given talent".  What they really
> > mean is that they were
> > blessed with awesome genes.
>
>
>
>
>  
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread andrew strasfogel
Dave,

I have a stack of catalogs at home - too many to list.  Try Shumways,
Pinetree Gardens (superseeds.com), Jung seeds in Wisconsin, even Burpee.
They all sell heirloom as well as organic seeds.

There is also an organization called seed savers that collects old varieties
before they go extinct, and the greatest magazine on earth, Mother Earth
News, which is full of great ideas and stories (published 6 times/year).

On Jan 4, 2008 12:33 PM, Dave H... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Where do you get the seeds for these vegetables?
>
> My understanding, very limited, was that the conglomerate farms were
> putting
> the seed business out of business so that they could monopolize the market
> with genetically altered non seeding plants
>
>
> Dave H...
>
> --
> From: "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:30 PM
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot
>
> > Baloney phoney.  Food never tasted better.  We are in a renaissance
> where
> > healthful food tastes great - period.  We can eat better AND live
> longer.
> > I
> > grow heirloom vegetables from the last century and they make summer
> worth
> > waiting for.
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2008 10:45 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> > which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
> >> > there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
> >> > cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.
> >>
> >> McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
> >> tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
> >> fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
> >> shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted better
> >> that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
> >> arriving at perfection.
> >>
> >> Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
> >> fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
> >> of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in vegetable-based
> >> oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
> >> for you either.
> >>
> >> Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
> >> and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
> >> concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
> >> school glue.
> >>
> >> Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
> >> feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The health
> >> food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
> >> not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell you
> >> triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.
> >>
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Re: [MBZ] coffee is hot, milkshakes are cold, and it's all about profit

2008-01-04 Thread Allan Streib
Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I'll admit they maintain high quality control over their beef but its
> like 50% lean...

No, it's actually around 80% lean.  I think the quarter pounders are a
little less lean and the 10:1 are a little more.  There was the awful
"McLean" patty that they tried for a while, it was really low fat but
tasted terrible and nobody bought it.

> Oh and to go with Hursty, McD's was the worst job I ever had. I
> ended my tenure there by getting good and drung and blowing chunks
> all over the drive thru...

hm.  I thought it was a pretty good job for a high school/college kid
when I was there.  We had a fun bunch of people working there, I guess
experiences vary.

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread LWB250
My paternal grandfather smoked two packs of Marlboros
a day along with consuming at least 2-3 shots of
Canadian Club.  While infirm in his last few years, he
lived to 98.

My Dad died at 54, almost 25 years ago, the victim of
esophageal cancer.  He was a pipe smoker.  Go figure. 
The 5 year survival rate for esophageal cancer is
still pretty lousy today, too.

Dan (non-smoker)



--- andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Yes, and there are some (probably a handful of)
> lifetime smokers who never
> get cancer or heart disease, are incredibly healthy,
> and if they do die it's
> in their sleep on account of old age rather than
> disease.  Chalk it up to
> genetics, like those athletes who when praised demur
> by attributing their
> prowess to "God-given talent".  What they really
> mean is that they were
> blessed with awesome genes.



  

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Re: [MBZ] coffee is hot, milkshakes are cold, and it's all about profit

2008-01-04 Thread andrew strasfogel
Eating there once in awhile isn't the problem.  It's the cumulative effect
of dining there on a daily basis.  Go see "Supersize me" (not a Michael
Moore film, BTW).

On Jan 4, 2008 3:50 PM, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> I'll admit they maintain high quality control over their beef but its like
> 50% lean...
>
> I lifted a box of quarter pounder meat when I worked there. We tried
> cooking it over charcoal but a couple patties could make 6' high flames.
>
> It was good fun until the fire department came.
>
> Oh and to go with Hursty, McD's was the worst job I ever had. I ended my
> tenure there by getting good and drung and blowing chunks all over the drive
> thru...
>
> -Curt
>
> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:22:33 -0500
> From: Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] coffee is hot, milkshakes are cold, and it's all
>  about profit
> To: Mercedes Discussion List 
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Sunny Letot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >   During the 1980s and early 1990s, McDonald's contracted with my
> >   firm to write, maintain, and update all their handbooks, training
> >   manuals, food prep protocols, regional supply source order forms,
> >   ingredient disclosure forms, and franchise packets, as well as all
> >   bulletins (info that needed to be distributed to company stores
> >   and franchises before the next full update).
>
> Hm, well I can tell you for sure that when the switch was made to
> vegetable oil for french fries, at least in the domestic stores, the
> vegetable oil was partially hydrogentated, solid, and came in a
> plastic liner inside a cardboard box.  It was not liquid soy oil,
> which is not even really suitable for deep frying.
>
> As far as I know it still is, but I suppose they could have switched
> to something else recently.
>
> I've never seen any evidence that McDonalds would sacrifice taste or
> quality solely to save money.  They use real fresh eggs, real butter,
> and generally better quality beef, cheese, and produce than most
> people buy for themselves in the grocery store.
>
> The veg oil switch for french fries, and the reformulation of the ice
> cream and milkshake mixes, was driven by pressure from health advocacy
> groups and negative media attention, not cost savings.
>
> Allan
> --
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> 1966 230
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread dave walton
Yes, he lived just outside of Oberlin, Ohio for a while. Not far from
Cleveland.
He had a family history of heart disease and NEVER went to the see the
doctor until his autopsy.

-Dave Walton


On Jan 4, 2008 3:20 PM, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Remember Jim Fixx died of a heart attack
>
> ;)
>
> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:08:16 -0600
> From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot
> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" 
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Dave,
>
> Your logic can be applied to just about any lifestyle. For example, do
>  you
> ride a bicycle or run? If so then why should my insurance pay for your
> hospital stay just because you decided to participate in this high risk
> activity and you were hit by a car? After all, it's your decision to go
>  out
> & ride or run on public streets, correct?
>
> My real point is that insurance works because the associated risk &
>  cost are
> spread across all policy holders. In other words, those receive bypass
> surgery & chemotherapy get the same treatment as someone who's run over
>  by a
> car & the cost is shared by all.
>
> Go to a health insurance program that sets rates by lifestyle analysis
>  &
> family history and you might find yourself in an expensive, high risk
>  group
> for no other reason than a few distant relatives died from of heart
>  disease
> or cancer! How fair would this scenario be to you?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> 256-656-1924
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread andrew strasfogel
Yes, and there are some (probably a handful of) lifetime smokers who never
get cancer or heart disease, are incredibly healthy, and if they do die it's
in their sleep on account of old age rather than disease.  Chalk it up to
genetics, like those athletes who when praised demur by attributing their
prowess to "God-given talent".  What they really mean is that they were
blessed with awesome genes.




On Jan 4, 2008 3:20 PM, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Remember Jim Fixx died of a heart attack
>
> ;)
>
> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:08:16 -0600
> From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot
> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" 
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Dave,
>
> Your logic can be applied to just about any lifestyle. For example, do
>  you
> ride a bicycle or run? If so then why should my insurance pay for your
> hospital stay just because you decided to participate in this high risk
> activity and you were hit by a car? After all, it's your decision to go
>  out
> & ride or run on public streets, correct?
>
> My real point is that insurance works because the associated risk &
>  cost are
> spread across all policy holders. In other words, those receive bypass
> surgery & chemotherapy get the same treatment as someone who's run over
>  by a
> car & the cost is shared by all.
>
> Go to a health insurance program that sets rates by lifestyle analysis
>  &
> family history and you might find yourself in an expensive, high risk
>  group
> for no other reason than a few distant relatives died from of heart
>  disease
> or cancer! How fair would this scenario be to you?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> 256-656-1924
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] coffee is hot, milkshakes are cold, and it's all about profit

2008-01-04 Thread Curt Raymond

I'll admit they maintain high quality control over their beef but its like 50% 
lean...

I lifted a box of quarter pounder meat when I worked there. We tried cooking it 
over charcoal but a couple patties could make 6' high flames.

It was good fun until the fire department came.

Oh and to go with Hursty, McD's was the worst job I ever had. I ended my tenure 
there by getting good and drung and blowing chunks all over the drive thru...

-Curt

Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:22:33 -0500
From: Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] coffee is hot, milkshakes are cold, and it's all
 about profit
To: Mercedes Discussion List 
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Sunny Letot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>   During the 1980s and early 1990s, McDonald's contracted with my
>   firm to write, maintain, and update all their handbooks, training
>   manuals, food prep protocols, regional supply source order forms,
>   ingredient disclosure forms, and franchise packets, as well as all
>   bulletins (info that needed to be distributed to company stores
>   and franchises before the next full update).

Hm, well I can tell you for sure that when the switch was made to
vegetable oil for french fries, at least in the domestic stores, the
vegetable oil was partially hydrogentated, solid, and came in a
plastic liner inside a cardboard box.  It was not liquid soy oil,
which is not even really suitable for deep frying.

As far as I know it still is, but I suppose they could have switched
to something else recently.

I've never seen any evidence that McDonalds would sacrifice taste or
quality solely to save money.  They use real fresh eggs, real butter,
and generally better quality beef, cheese, and produce than most
people buy for themselves in the grocery store.

The veg oil switch for french fries, and the reformulation of the ice
cream and milkshake mixes, was driven by pressure from health advocacy
groups and negative media attention, not cost savings.

Allan
-- 
1983 300D
1966 230

   
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Re: [MBZ] coffee is hot, milkshakes are cold, and it's all about profit

2008-01-04 Thread Allan Streib
Sunny Letot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>   During the 1980s and early 1990s, McDonald's contracted with my
>   firm to write, maintain, and update all their handbooks, training
>   manuals, food prep protocols, regional supply source order forms,
>   ingredient disclosure forms, and franchise packets, as well as all
>   bulletins (info that needed to be distributed to company stores
>   and franchises before the next full update).

Hm, well I can tell you for sure that when the switch was made to
vegetable oil for french fries, at least in the domestic stores, the
vegetable oil was partially hydrogentated, solid, and came in a
plastic liner inside a cardboard box.  It was not liquid soy oil,
which is not even really suitable for deep frying.

As far as I know it still is, but I suppose they could have switched
to something else recently.

I've never seen any evidence that McDonalds would sacrifice taste or
quality solely to save money.  They use real fresh eggs, real butter,
and generally better quality beef, cheese, and produce than most
people buy for themselves in the grocery store.

The veg oil switch for french fries, and the reformulation of the ice
cream and milkshake mixes, was driven by pressure from health advocacy
groups and negative media attention, not cost savings.

Allan
-- 
1983 300D
1966 230

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Curt Raymond

Remember Jim Fixx died of a heart attack

;)

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:08:16 -0600
From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot
To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" 
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Dave,

Your logic can be applied to just about any lifestyle. For example, do
 you
ride a bicycle or run? If so then why should my insurance pay for your
hospital stay just because you decided to participate in this high risk
activity and you were hit by a car? After all, it's your decision to go
 out
& ride or run on public streets, correct?

My real point is that insurance works because the associated risk &
 cost are
spread across all policy holders. In other words, those receive bypass
surgery & chemotherapy get the same treatment as someone who's run over
 by a
car & the cost is shared by all.

Go to a health insurance program that sets rates by lifestyle analysis
 &
family history and you might find yourself in an expensive, high risk
 group
for no other reason than a few distant relatives died from of heart
 disease
or cancer! How fair would this scenario be to you?

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924

   
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Re: [MBZ] coffee is hot, milkshakes are cold, and it's all about profit

2008-01-04 Thread Sunny Letot
Message: 2
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:23:21 -0500
From: Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Discussion List: coffee is hot, milkshakes
 are cold, and it's all about profit
To: Mercedes Discussion List 
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Your account does not correlate to my knowledge.  Have you worked in a
McDonalds?

Allan
-- 
1983 300D
1966 230

  =
   
  No, I've never worked in a McDonald's. 
   
  During the 1980s and early 1990s, McDonald's contracted with my firm to 
write, maintain, and update all their handbooks, training manuals, food prep 
protocols, regional supply source order forms, ingredient disclosure forms, and 
franchise packets, as well as all bulletins (info that needed to be distributed 
to company stores and franchises before the next full update). 
   
  Since then, I've never had any doubt whatsoever about what I was putting in 
my mouth when I ate at McDonald's. 
   
  And it's not where I go for coffee, or for a milkshake! 
   
  Sunny 
   
  

 


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Dave H...
John,

That is a response anyone could be proud of   :


Dave H...

--
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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 2:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

> Allan Streib wrote:
>> Based on the source, I'd guess that the "facts" in that movie are few
>> and far between, and carefully chosen to support an agenda.
> 
> I'm sure there are lots of valid facts in there... the problem is that 
> the counterargument doesn't have *any*.  MM is the last person I would 
> call fair and balanced, but he does still bring up issues that should be 
> talked about by more logical people.
> 
> John
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Allan Streib
"Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Go to a health insurance program that sets rates by lifestyle
> analysis & family history and you might find yourself in an
> expensive, high risk group for no other reason than a few distant
> relatives died from of heart disease or cancer! How fair would this
> scenario be to you?

Probably more than you might think, almost everyone has a relative
somewhere close in the family tree who has had cancer or heart
disease, it might not have that much predictive significance.

The Auto insurance industry seems to have figured this out, your rate
is partly based on broad risk factors and partly based on your
individual behavior (past accidents, speeding tickets, etc.)

Allan
-- 
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread John Robbins
Allan Streib wrote:
> Based on the source, I'd guess that the "facts" in that movie are few
> and far between, and carefully chosen to support an agenda.

I'm sure there are lots of valid facts in there... the problem is that 
the counterargument doesn't have *any*.  MM is the last person I would 
call fair and balanced, but he does still bring up issues that should be 
talked about by more logical people.

John


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Dave H...
Allen,

To each his own - TG.

My belief is that we are swallowing what the media tells us to digest 
without bothering to check on anything ourselves.

There can be no doubt of Michael's previous history of employment but that 
does not necessarily mean that his current offerings are meant to entertain. 
If history demanded the way the future treated us I suppose each and 
everyone of us would be termed fools as I am sure at one time or another we 
have all played the "class clown" or at least its equivalent.

If history demanded my future I would be a continuous liar, drug addict, 
thief, etc.  Who would have ever believed that this high school drop out 
would have ended up with a Master's degree and a certified addiction/family 
counseling therapist?

This "class clown" changed some aspects of his life and actually helped some 
people help themselves.:)


Dave H...




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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 2:27 PM
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

> "Dave H..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Without attempting to be political, I am not clever enough, I might
>> suggest that you all view Michael Moore's DVD entitled Sicko.  I
>> believe it does an excellent job of laying out the facts of
>> America's vs. many other nation's health/insurance policies.
>
> Based on the source, I'd guess that the "facts" in that movie are few
> and far between, and carefully chosen to support an agenda.
>
> No I haven't watched it and don't plan to.
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
i don't need any bypass surgery.  that is for people who eat margarine.  i
eat pure and healthy animal fats in large quantities, so no need for any
bypass.

On Jan 4, 2008 2:14 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> So does that mean you are going to refuse the bypass surgery?
>
> -Dave Walton
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 2:09 PM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > anything but.  you are the drain on the system, not me.  hell, i'm not
> even
> > in the system all that much and am trying to figure out how to get out
> > entirely.
> >
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2008 2:07 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, statistically speaking, I will earn income and pay taxes
> > > longer than you, will remain active for more years and will require
> > > less total medical care than an unhealthy person that dies at a
> > > younger age. But don't let me stop you from ignoring the facts if that
> > > makes you feel better.
> > >
> > > -Dave Walton
> > >
> > > On Jan 4, 2008 1:54 PM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > healthy lifestyle people cost more than unhealthy because they get
> old.
> > >  you
> > > > spend the last 5 or 10 years of your life under constant care at
> huge
> > > > expense.  i'm long dead by then.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 4, 2008 12:57 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility
> to
> > > > > eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
> > > > > Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> > > > > health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health
> insurance
> > > > > plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and
> treatment
> > > > > for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring
> upon
> > > > > themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> > > > > medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not
> exercise?
> > > > > Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> > > > > plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it.
> Should
> > > > > we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
> > > > >
> > > > > Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> > > > > national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> > > > > matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> > > > > treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to
> force
> > > > > them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's
> for
> > > > > the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry
> or
> > > > > to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung
> cancer?
> > > > >
> > > > > -Dave Walton
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > > > > "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > > > > > > McDonald's at all.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Rich Thomas
My neighbor was an ER Trauma Surgeon at the Level 4 Trauma Hospital here 
in Houston, where they fly in all the people they scrape up from car 
accidents, shootings, stabbings, etc.  His boss took him aside one day 
to go over his numbers (which for some impractical reason they track).  
They were only getting paid for 10% of the cases he handled, not that he 
had any choice in the matter or could do much about it anyway.  But that 
was higher than the overall average, which was at 8%.  While he was an 
extremely dedicated and compassionate doctor, he did have to wonder if 
spending that money on some of his patients was worthwhile, as he did 
see a fair number of repeat customers who had not learned from their 
previous experiences with wielders of guns, knives, and baseball bats.  
Oh, and most of his patients were not citizens of the country either -- 
they seem to have a higher incidence of life-threatening behavioral 
experiences, like not wearing seat belts, not buckling in their kids 
(they came in in multiples usually), and using guns, knives, and blunt 
instruments to add additional interesting dimensions to their social 
encounters.

Just empirical reality, YMMV.

--R

Mitch Haley wrote:
> dave walton wrote:
>   
>> Uninsured people that show up at the ER
>> hopefully get at least some treatment but pay little or nothing for
>> it. 
>> 
>
> Speak for yourself. As an uninsured person, I pay $1000 for an ER visit
> that an insurance company might have allowed them $300 for. Best I can
> do is negotiate a 10% cash discount at my local hospital. Then I only
> pay $900 for a $300 visit. 
>
> Mitch.
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Mitch Haley


"Dave H..." wrote:
> that you all view Michael Moore's DVD  entitled Sicko. 

Sorry, Dave, you can pay me enough to make me watch anything
directed by that lying sicko. Just so you know, he has produced
deliberate falsehoods and called it documentary in the past.
(not a comment on "Sicko", which I know nothing about, just
commentary on Michael Whore and his prior works)


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
better, as the fresh ones are often hot and might burn you

On Jan 4, 2008 1:00 PM, archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> ROFL!  Probably not much different than fresh ones, eh?
> Gerry
>
> From: "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > you are right.  i had some heirloom mcdonald's fries i found under that
> > car seat.  they tasted pretty good too!
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Baloney phoney.  Food never tasted better.  We are in a renaissance
> where
> >> healthful food tastes great - period.  We can eat better AND live
> longer.
> >>  I
> >> grow heirloom vegetables from the last century and they make summer
> worth
> >> waiting for.
> >>
> >> On Jan 4, 2008 10:45 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> >
> >> > > which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
> >> > > there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
> >> > > cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.
> >> >
> >> > McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
> >> > tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
> >> > fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
> >> > shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted
> better
> >> > that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
> >> > arriving at perfection.
> >> >
> >> > Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
> >> > fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
> >> > of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in
> vegetable-based
> >> > oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
> >> > for you either.
> >> >
> >> > Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
> >> > and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
> >> > concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
> >> > school glue.
> >> >
> >> > Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
> >> > feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The
> health
> >> > food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
> >> > not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell
> you
> >> > triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.
>
> >> > 1983 300D
> >> > 1966 230
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread dave walton
You are quite correct, and I don't mind paying more for my activities
that increase risk of injury. I don't agree that the current health
insurance system "works", however.

-Dave Walton


On Jan 4, 2008 2:08 PM, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Your logic can be applied to just about any lifestyle. For example, do you
> ride a bicycle or run? If so then why should my insurance pay for your
> hospital stay just because you decided to participate in this high risk
> activity and you were hit by a car? After all, it's your decision to go out
> & ride or run on public streets, correct?
>
> My real point is that insurance works because the associated risk & cost are
> spread across all policy holders. In other words, those receive bypass
> surgery & chemotherapy get the same treatment as someone who's run over by a
> car & the cost is shared by all.
>
> Go to a health insurance program that sets rates by lifestyle analysis &
> family history and you might find yourself in an expensive, high risk group
> for no other reason than a few distant relatives died from of heart disease
> or cancer! How fair would this scenario be to you?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> 256-656-1924
>
>
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of dave walton
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 11:58 AM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot
>
>
> I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
> eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
> Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
> for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
> themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
> Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
> we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
>
> Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
> them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
> the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
> to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
>
> -Dave Walton
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > > McDonald's at all.
> >
> > So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Allan Streib
"Dave H..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Without attempting to be political, I am not clever enough, I might
> suggest that you all view Michael Moore's DVD entitled Sicko.  I
> believe it does an excellent job of laying out the facts of
> America's vs. many other nation's health/insurance policies.

Based on the source, I'd guess that the "facts" in that movie are few
and far between, and carefully chosen to support an agenda.

No I haven't watched it and don't plan to.

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
yeah, that really is what gets me kicked out of the few medical offices i've
been to.  why the hell do they ask me to pay $125 for something that costs
another customer only $37?  can you imagine the outcry if you were on line
at a department store and the person in front of you gets charged $37 for
his item and you then get charged $125 for the exact same item a moment
later?

i tend to bust out $37 at these moments and the fight is on.  needless to
say, i've been kicked out of quite a few places, but usually i make them
bring the police before i leave.

personally, if i were them, i'd have just compromised with me at $59, but
medical office front offices seem to lack any such ability at working stuff
out.

On Jan 4, 2008 2:14 PM, Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> dave walton wrote:
> > Uninsured people that show up at the ER
> > hopefully get at least some treatment but pay little or nothing for
> > it.
>
> Speak for yourself. As an uninsured person, I pay $1000 for an ER visit
> that an insurance company might have allowed them $300 for. Best I can
> do is negotiate a 10% cash discount at my local hospital. Then I only
> pay $900 for a $300 visit.
>
> Mitch.
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread archer
ROFL!  Probably not much different than fresh ones, eh?
Gerry

From: "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> you are right.  i had some heirloom mcdonald's fries i found under that 
> car seat.  they tasted pretty good too!

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Baloney phoney.  Food never tasted better.  We are in a renaissance where
>> healthful food tastes great - period.  We can eat better AND live longer.
>>  I
>> grow heirloom vegetables from the last century and they make summer worth
>> waiting for.
>>
>> On Jan 4, 2008 10:45 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >
>> > > which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
>> > > there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
>> > > cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.
>> >
>> > McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
>> > tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
>> > fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
>> > shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted better
>> > that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
>> > arriving at perfection.
>> >
>> > Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
>> > fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
>> > of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in vegetable-based
>> > oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
>> > for you either.
>> >
>> > Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
>> > and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
>> > concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
>> > school glue.
>> >
>> > Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
>> > feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The health
>> > food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
>> > not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell you
>> > triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.

>> > 1983 300D
>> > 1966 230


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
healthy lifestyle people cost more than unhealthy because they get old.  you
spend the last 5 or 10 years of your life under constant care at huge
expense.  i'm long dead by then.

On Jan 4, 2008 12:57 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
> eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
> Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
> for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
> themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
> Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
> we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
>
> Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
> them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
> the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
> to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
>
> -Dave Walton
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > > McDonald's at all.
> >
> > So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
> >
> >
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> >
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> > 1966 230
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Dave H...
Folks,

Only my opinion and worth every penny it costs you - NOTHING!

Without attempting to be political, I am not clever enough, I might suggest 
that you all view Michael Moore's DVD  entitled Sicko.  I believe it does an 
excellent job of laying out the facts of America's vs. many other nation's 
health/insurance policies.

Let me know what you all think after viewing it.   :)


Dave H...

--
From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 2:08 PM
To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" 
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

> Dave,
>
> Your logic can be applied to just about any lifestyle. For example, do you
> ride a bicycle or run? If so then why should my insurance pay for your
> hospital stay just because you decided to participate in this high risk
> activity and you were hit by a car? After all, it's your decision to go 
> out
> & ride or run on public streets, correct?
>
> My real point is that insurance works because the associated risk & cost 
> are
> spread across all policy holders. In other words, those receive bypass
> surgery & chemotherapy get the same treatment as someone who's run over by 
> a
> car & the cost is shared by all.
>
> Go to a health insurance program that sets rates by lifestyle analysis &
> family history and you might find yourself in an expensive, high risk 
> group
> for no other reason than a few distant relatives died from of heart 
> disease
> or cancer! How fair would this scenario be to you?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> 256-656-1924
>
>
> -Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of dave walton
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 11:58 AM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot
>
> I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
> eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
> Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
> for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
> themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
> Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
> we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
>
> Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
> them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
> the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
> to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
>
> -Dave Walton
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
>> > McDonald's at all.
>>
>> So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>> 1966 230
>>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Tom Hargrave
Dave,

There is actually some well founded data behind Gary's statement. Those who
smoke tend to die earlier & draw less funds from the SS system and are less
of a burden on the system. But this logic only works if we all decide to
retire at the same age. If all healthy people continued to work until they
can't then it flips the other way and those who get sick from smoking become
a burden on the system.

So, those of you who smoke - please keep puffing away so that there will be
more benefits left for me!

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:08 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

Actually, statistically speaking, I will earn income and pay taxes
longer than you, will remain active for more years and will require
less total medical care than an unhealthy person that dies at a
younger age. But don't let me stop you from ignoring the facts if that
makes you feel better.

-Dave Walton

On Jan 4, 2008 1:54 PM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> healthy lifestyle people cost more than unhealthy because they get old.
you
> spend the last 5 or 10 years of your life under constant care at huge
> expense.  i'm long dead by then.
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 12:57 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
> > eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
> > Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> > health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> > plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
> > for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
> > themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> > medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
> > Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> > plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
> > we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
> >
> > Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> > national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> > matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> > treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
> > them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
> > the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
> > to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
> >
> > -Dave Walton
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > > > McDonald's at all.
> > >
> > > So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
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> > > 1966 230
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread dave walton
So does that mean you are going to refuse the bypass surgery?

-Dave Walton


On Jan 4, 2008 2:09 PM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> anything but.  you are the drain on the system, not me.  hell, i'm not even
> in the system all that much and am trying to figure out how to get out
> entirely.
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 2:07 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Actually, statistically speaking, I will earn income and pay taxes
> > longer than you, will remain active for more years and will require
> > less total medical care than an unhealthy person that dies at a
> > younger age. But don't let me stop you from ignoring the facts if that
> > makes you feel better.
> >
> > -Dave Walton
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2008 1:54 PM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > healthy lifestyle people cost more than unhealthy because they get old.
> >  you
> > > spend the last 5 or 10 years of your life under constant care at huge
> > > expense.  i'm long dead by then.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 4, 2008 12:57 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
> > > > eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
> > > > Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> > > > health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> > > > plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
> > > > for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
> > > > themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> > > > medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
> > > > Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> > > > plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
> > > > we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
> > > >
> > > > Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> > > > national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> > > > matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> > > > treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
> > > > them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
> > > > the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
> > > > to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
> > > >
> > > > -Dave Walton
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > > > > > McDonald's at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
> > > > >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Mitch Haley
dave walton wrote:
> Uninsured people that show up at the ER
> hopefully get at least some treatment but pay little or nothing for
> it. 

Speak for yourself. As an uninsured person, I pay $1000 for an ER visit
that an insurance company might have allowed them $300 for. Best I can
do is negotiate a 10% cash discount at my local hospital. Then I only
pay $900 for a $300 visit. 

Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Tom Hargrave
Dave,

Your logic can be applied to just about any lifestyle. For example, do you
ride a bicycle or run? If so then why should my insurance pay for your
hospital stay just because you decided to participate in this high risk
activity and you were hit by a car? After all, it's your decision to go out
& ride or run on public streets, correct?

My real point is that insurance works because the associated risk & cost are
spread across all policy holders. In other words, those receive bypass
surgery & chemotherapy get the same treatment as someone who's run over by a
car & the cost is shared by all.

Go to a health insurance program that sets rates by lifestyle analysis &
family history and you might find yourself in an expensive, high risk group
for no other reason than a few distant relatives died from of heart disease
or cancer! How fair would this scenario be to you?

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?

Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?

-Dave Walton

On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > McDonald's at all.
>
> So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
anything but.  you are the drain on the system, not me.  hell, i'm not even
in the system all that much and am trying to figure out how to get out
entirely.

On Jan 4, 2008 2:07 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Actually, statistically speaking, I will earn income and pay taxes
> longer than you, will remain active for more years and will require
> less total medical care than an unhealthy person that dies at a
> younger age. But don't let me stop you from ignoring the facts if that
> makes you feel better.
>
> -Dave Walton
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 1:54 PM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > healthy lifestyle people cost more than unhealthy because they get old.
>  you
> > spend the last 5 or 10 years of your life under constant care at huge
> > expense.  i'm long dead by then.
> >
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2008 12:57 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
> > > eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
> > > Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> > > health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> > > plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
> > > for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
> > > themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> > > medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
> > > Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> > > plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
> > > we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
> > >
> > > Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> > > national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> > > matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> > > treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
> > > them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
> > > the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
> > > to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
> > >
> > > -Dave Walton
> > >
> > > On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > > > > McDonald's at all.
> > > >
> > > > So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
> > > >
> > > >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread dave walton
Actually, statistically speaking, I will earn income and pay taxes
longer than you, will remain active for more years and will require
less total medical care than an unhealthy person that dies at a
younger age. But don't let me stop you from ignoring the facts if that
makes you feel better.

-Dave Walton

On Jan 4, 2008 1:54 PM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> healthy lifestyle people cost more than unhealthy because they get old.  you
> spend the last 5 or 10 years of your life under constant care at huge
> expense.  i'm long dead by then.
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 12:57 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
> > eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
> > Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> > health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> > plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
> > for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
> > themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> > medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
> > Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> > plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
> > we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
> >
> > Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> > national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> > matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> > treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
> > them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
> > the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
> > to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
> >
> > -Dave Walton
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > > > McDonald's at all.
> > >
> > > So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
> > >
> > >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Timothy Robinson
I personally don't like the "HOT" McDonald's coffee. Then again, last time I
tried it was many years ago when the local DID have an old water jacketed
urn and perhaps I did get the idea they just continued to add and never
brewed fresh. It was so hot I couldn't taste it. I'll admit that was in the
1970's about when we first started getting drive-throughs here. I don't
begrudge anyone having their McD's coffee. I simply told myself I didn't
like it and wouldn't waste the cost of it again.

As far as healthy, my brother is obese. I can't help but contribute it to
the fact that he was selected for the McDonald's All-American Band when he
was in high school. The local franchise was so excited they gave him a
year's free "carte blanche" at their stores. Mike developed the habit of
eating fast food. Now after thirty years of that being his "comfort food"
he'd "hoof out" at about 325#. The sight of the "golden arches" gets his
juices flowing. Between meals he can "woof" down a couple of quarter
pounders, usually two or three bites each. I don't think he chews.

Habits are difficult to change, but they're his habits and they're
"weighing" (pun) on him. I think he likes their coffee too.

T  

> From: "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List 
> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:57:30 -0500
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot
> 
> I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
> eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
> Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
> for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
> themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
> Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
> we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
> 
> Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
> them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
> the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
> to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
> 
> -Dave Walton
> 
> On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> 
>>> People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
>>> McDonald's at all.
>> 
>> So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
>> 
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
i'm inclined to let everyone pay their own way for everything. that way my
descendants won't have to subsidize you and your longevity after i'm gone

On Jan 4, 2008 1:46 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The current system is covering up huge inequities in coverage and
> costs in providing care. Uninsured people that show up at the ER
> hopefully get at least some treatment but pay little or nothing for
> it. Those costs are absorbed into the system. Once those treatments
> are itemized and accounted for in a national plan, you will find that
> Joe the smoker would have to pay 20x more than me to full cover the
> cost of his treatments. More to the point - you will find that
> covering healthy people like myself costs 20x less than Joe once the
> current overhead absorbed by the system is accounted for.
>
> No matter how you account for it - Joe cannot afford to pay for his
> own lung cancer treatments. His increased premiums do not come close
> to making up the difference.
>
> -Dave Walton
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 1:27 PM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility
> > > to eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.  Should we
> > > extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> > > health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> > > plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and
> > > treatment for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs
> > > bring upon themselves?
> >
> > Yes, in fact it already works that way.  If you go out and buy an
> > individual health insurance plan, as I do, you get a better rate if
> > you are young, and not a smoker.  You can save a lot if you don't want
> > maternity coverage.  Even if you get insurance through your employer,
> > your employer pays the insurance provider based on claims history.  In
> > a small company, one sickly person with a lot of claims can really
> > blow the budget at next year's renewal.  This is not immediately
> > obvious if your employer averages the cost across all employees.
> >
> > It's the idea that everyone is entitled to a one-size-one-cost health
> > insurance plan that has removed a lot of the consequences of unhealthy
> > behavior from the market.
> >
> > Joe, a smoker who weighs 250 lbs: "man, I'm paying $X for my insurance
> > that's crazy"
> >
> > Jim, his colleague, a non-smoker who weighs 180 lbs: "really?  I only
> > pay half that..."
> >
> > Pretty good incentive for Joe to get healthy.
> >
> > > Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> > > national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> > > matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> > > treatment to prevention.
> >
> > It will only make matters worse, by further removing responsibility
> > from the individual.  Why should I try to stay healthy when I can go
> > to the doctor anytime I want for "free"?
> >
> > > We now tax polluters in an effort to force them to clean up their
> > > act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for the increased costs
> > > they are causing the health insurance industry or to tax cigarettes
> > > for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
> >
> > Yes, because generally you can't avoid pollution as a matter of
> > personal choice.  What you eat and what you deliberately inhale *are*
> > your choices.
> >
> > Allan
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread dave walton
The current system is covering up huge inequities in coverage and
costs in providing care. Uninsured people that show up at the ER
hopefully get at least some treatment but pay little or nothing for
it. Those costs are absorbed into the system. Once those treatments
are itemized and accounted for in a national plan, you will find that
Joe the smoker would have to pay 20x more than me to full cover the
cost of his treatments. More to the point - you will find that
covering healthy people like myself costs 20x less than Joe once the
current overhead absorbed by the system is accounted for.

No matter how you account for it - Joe cannot afford to pay for his
own lung cancer treatments. His increased premiums do not come close
to making up the difference.

-Dave Walton

On Jan 4, 2008 1:27 PM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility
> > to eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.  Should we
> > extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> > health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> > plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and
> > treatment for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs
> > bring upon themselves?
>
> Yes, in fact it already works that way.  If you go out and buy an
> individual health insurance plan, as I do, you get a better rate if
> you are young, and not a smoker.  You can save a lot if you don't want
> maternity coverage.  Even if you get insurance through your employer,
> your employer pays the insurance provider based on claims history.  In
> a small company, one sickly person with a lot of claims can really
> blow the budget at next year's renewal.  This is not immediately
> obvious if your employer averages the cost across all employees.
>
> It's the idea that everyone is entitled to a one-size-one-cost health
> insurance plan that has removed a lot of the consequences of unhealthy
> behavior from the market.
>
> Joe, a smoker who weighs 250 lbs: "man, I'm paying $X for my insurance
> that's crazy"
>
> Jim, his colleague, a non-smoker who weighs 180 lbs: "really?  I only
> pay half that..."
>
> Pretty good incentive for Joe to get healthy.
>
> > Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> > national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> > matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> > treatment to prevention.
>
> It will only make matters worse, by further removing responsibility
> from the individual.  Why should I try to stay healthy when I can go
> to the doctor anytime I want for "free"?
>
> > We now tax polluters in an effort to force them to clean up their
> > act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for the increased costs
> > they are causing the health insurance industry or to tax cigarettes
> > for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
>
> Yes, because generally you can't avoid pollution as a matter of
> personal choice.  What you eat and what you deliberately inhale *are*
> your choices.
>
> Allan
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Allan Streib
"dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility
> to eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.  Should we
> extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and
> treatment for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs
> bring upon themselves?

Yes, in fact it already works that way.  If you go out and buy an
individual health insurance plan, as I do, you get a better rate if
you are young, and not a smoker.  You can save a lot if you don't want
maternity coverage.  Even if you get insurance through your employer,
your employer pays the insurance provider based on claims history.  In
a small company, one sickly person with a lot of claims can really
blow the budget at next year's renewal.  This is not immediately
obvious if your employer averages the cost across all employees.

It's the idea that everyone is entitled to a one-size-one-cost health
insurance plan that has removed a lot of the consequences of unhealthy
behavior from the market.

Joe, a smoker who weighs 250 lbs: "man, I'm paying $X for my insurance
that's crazy"

Jim, his colleague, a non-smoker who weighs 180 lbs: "really?  I only
pay half that..."

Pretty good incentive for Joe to get healthy.

> Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> treatment to prevention.

It will only make matters worse, by further removing responsibility
from the individual.  Why should I try to stay healthy when I can go
to the doctor anytime I want for "free"?

> We now tax polluters in an effort to force them to clean up their
> act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for the increased costs
> they are causing the health insurance industry or to tax cigarettes
> for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?

Yes, because generally you can't avoid pollution as a matter of
personal choice.  What you eat and what you deliberately inhale *are*
your choices.

Allan
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1966 230

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Rich Thomas
I'm off to get me some chili cheese fries for lunch, with a Big Gulp 
Coke and a coupla candy bars for dessert.  Man that 7-11 serves up some 
tasty vittles!

--R

dave walton wrote:
> Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
> health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
> plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
> for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
> themselves? 
Yes
> Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
> medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
>   
Yes
> Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
> plans that only cover fat slobs? 
Yes (but its called Medicare or just go to your local ER)
> I bet you could not afford it. Should
> we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?
>   
Hmmm...you forgot "slow" in there, but I like your drift
> Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
> national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
> matter of time. 
Yes (see auto manufacturers)
> Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
> treatment to prevention. 
No

> We now tax polluters in an effort to force
> them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
> the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
> to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?
>   
No, but the taxes are used for other things, not those purposes
> -Dave Walton
>
> O
>

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Rich Thomas
Man I love a 6pack of BudLaht tallboys and a can o' CheezWhiz and a big 
ol' box of Ritz crackers -- man dat be some fine eatin! 

--R

Robert Rentfro wrote:
> Dudeall I'm saying is McD's is good at what they do.
>  
> "Isn't that like saying that Bud makes the best piss-water beer on the
> planet or that Kraft makes the best Cheese-whiz in a can?"
>
> Yes that's exactly what I'm saying. I'm not telling people to eat McD's or
> drink icky beer...all I'm saying is they are good at what they do even
> though you may not like what they do.
>
> Bob R. 
>
>   
>

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-04 Thread Robert Rentfro
Dudeall I'm saying is McD's is good at what they do.
 
"Isn't that like saying that Bud makes the best piss-water beer on the
planet or that Kraft makes the best Cheese-whiz in a can?"

Yes that's exactly what I'm saying. I'm not telling people to eat McD's or
drink icky beer...all I'm saying is they are good at what they do even
though you may not like what they do.

Bob R. 


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My god people - this stuff is not good, and is not good for you.
Their coffee and milkshakes are crap at any temperature.
Maybe if they tried serving Coke at 180F it would taste good - NOT!

-Dave Walton

On Jan 3, 2008 9:27 PM, Robert Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> McD has the best fountain coca-cola on the plant...and it's the same where
> ever you go. Mark of a good franchise.
>
> Bob R.
>
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
>
> that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those drink machines are
darn
> sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits that tends to get it
> right most of the time
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 7:23 PM, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Speaking of things smelling bad - RA Bennell wrote < > bad
> > too>>
> >
> > I add - While I love Krispy Kreme donuts I never buy softdrinks there!
> >  Why?
> > They always taste like glazed donuts!  I assume the sugar in the air
gets
> > mixed with the soft drinks - Yuck!
> >
> > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
> >
> >
> > > On Jan 3, 2008 3:13 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it.
> > >>
> > >
> > > That's because they do!  Amazingly, they pitch this as an asset!
("Our
> > > unique roasting process extracts flavor from the beans that other
coffee
> > > makers don't," etc.---conveniently leaving out the fact that it's not
a
> > > flavor you normally extract intentionally.)
> > >
> > >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread dave walton
I have no problem for people accepting the personal responsibility to
eating junk food and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
Should we extend that personal responsibility to the point that
health-conscious people like my myself stop funding health insurance
plans that perform the bypass operations, chemotherapy, and treatment
for secondary complications that those fat smoking slobs bring upon
themselves? Should healthy people like me stop paying for diabetes
medications for anyone that weighs over 250lbs and does not exercise?
Make them pay for it out of pocket or try to find health insurance
plans that only cover fat slobs? I bet you could not afford it. Should
we let you die the painful death you brought upon yourself?

Face it people. The Walmarts of the world are now pushing for a
national health plan because it will save them money. It's only a
matter of time. Hopefully the focus will eventually switch from
treatment to prevention. We now tax polluters in an effort to force
them to clean up their act. Is it any different to tax McDonald's for
the increased costs they are causing the health insurance industry or
to tax cigarettes for the costs of treating people with lung cancer?

-Dave Walton

On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > McDonald's at all.
>
> So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread R A Bennell

The one really good thing about McD is that it is pretty consistent. Stop at 
any McD and the food will be about the
same. If one is travelling and has no knowledge of local restaurants then it is 
a reasonably safe bet for a quick
bite. Probably no worse than any of the other fast food chains. About the only 
time I use McD (unless travelling
longer distances by car) is when I am on the way to or from the lake. It is 
roughly 180 miles to the lake. There is
a McD on the corner near the exit onto the highway out of Winnipeg. Friday 
night on the way out, it is a quick
supper. There is a McD in Kenora, about 2 hours out on the way there or an hour 
out on the way back. I usually
stopped there last summer for a fast drivethrough Qtr Pounder, Fries and Coke. 
Have not had one since Cdn
Thanksgiving in early October and likely will not have another before Victoria 
Day long weekend at end of May when
we open up again. Hopefully, eating them only during the time of year when I am 
more active, will avoid health
issues related to junk food.

Randy


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"dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> McDonald's at all.



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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
you are right.  i had some heirloom mcdonald's fries i found under that car
seat.  they tasted pretty good too!

On Jan 4, 2008 12:30 PM, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Baloney phoney.  Food never tasted better.  We are in a renaissance where
> healthful food tastes great - period.  We can eat better AND live longer.
>  I
> grow heirloom vegetables from the last century and they make summer worth
> waiting for.
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 10:45 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
> > > there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
> > > cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.
> >
> > McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
> > tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
> > fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
> > shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted better
> > that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
> > arriving at perfection.
> >
> > Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
> > fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
> > of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in vegetable-based
> > oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
> > for you either.
> >
> > Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
> > and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
> > concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
> > school glue.
> >
> > Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
> > feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The health
> > food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
> > not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell you
> > triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Dave H...
Where do you get the seeds for these vegetables?

My understanding, very limited, was that the conglomerate farms were putting 
the seed business out of business so that they could monopolize the market 
with genetically altered non seeding plants


Dave H...

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From: "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:30 PM
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

> Baloney phoney.  Food never tasted better.  We are in a renaissance where
> healthful food tastes great - period.  We can eat better AND live longer. 
> I
> grow heirloom vegetables from the last century and they make summer worth
> waiting for.
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 10:45 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
>> > there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
>> > cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.
>>
>> McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
>> tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
>> fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
>> shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted better
>> that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
>> arriving at perfection.
>>
>> Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
>> fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
>> of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in vegetable-based
>> oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
>> for you either.
>>
>> Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
>> and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
>> concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
>> school glue.
>>
>> Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
>> feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The health
>> food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
>> not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell you
>> triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.
>>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread andrew strasfogel
Baloney phoney.  Food never tasted better.  We are in a renaissance where
healthful food tastes great - period.  We can eat better AND live longer.  I
grow heirloom vegetables from the last century and they make summer worth
waiting for.

On Jan 4, 2008 10:45 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
> > there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
> > cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.
>
> McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
> tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
> fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
> shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted better
> that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
> arriving at perfection.
>
> Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
> fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
> of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in vegetable-based
> oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
> for you either.
>
> Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
> and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
> concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
> school glue.
>
> Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
> feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The health
> food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
> not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell you
> triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.
>
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> 1966 230
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
all this talk makes me hungry.  i think i'm going to go to mcdonalds to get
some lunch

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> Well, they do have some salads I suppose you could eat and be healthy
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot
>
>
> > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with McDonald's
> > at all. Changing what they fry the food in or how they make milkshakes
> > is just a marketing gimmick to attract fat slobs that think having a
> > diet coke with their fat-burger will make a difference.  Use common
> > sense - saving a half gram of fat on your fries when the burger has
> > over 150% of the USDA recommended calories from fat for the whole
> > frigging day still leaves you obese.
> >
> > If you are on a healthy diet - McDonald's has NOTHING to offer you,
> > regardless of the serving size.
> >
> > -Dave Walton
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
Well, they do have some salads I suppose you could eat and be healthy

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- Original Message - 
From: "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot


> People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with McDonald's
> at all. Changing what they fry the food in or how they make milkshakes
> is just a marketing gimmick to attract fat slobs that think having a
> diet coke with their fat-burger will make a difference.  Use common
> sense - saving a half gram of fat on your fries when the burger has
> over 150% of the USDA recommended calories from fat for the whole
> frigging day still leaves you obese.
> 
> If you are on a healthy diet - McDonald's has NOTHING to offer you,
> regardless of the serving size.
> 
> -Dave Walton


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
that's exactly what i want to know.  there is this fundamental decency in
americans of northern european descent where if someone complains they feel
the need to be some concessions to them to be "fair."  many northern
europeans do not complain at all no matter how grievous the circumstances.

they therefore often fail to realize that that in most of the world,
complaints of "outrage" are just a tactical ploy.  when i deal with my
vendors, i will often scream over the outrage committed against me, but i
really don't believe i've been wronged and just want to get a couple of
bucks off.  somehow, for all their wit and accomplishment, germanic peoples
can't seem to grasp this and continually make concessions, thereby ruining
it for everyone.

when michael corleone moved out to nevada and was shaken down by the local
politician he knew to make him an offer of "nothing."  michael schmidt would
have made concessions and would continue to make them forever.

in summa, make no concessions to terrorists.  offer them NOTHING.

On Jan 4, 2008 11:54 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> > McDonald's at all.
>
> So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread pm7088


-- Original message -- 
From: "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 

> If you are on a healthy diet - McDonald's has NOTHING to offer you, 
> regardless of the serving size. 
> 
> -Dave Walton 
> 
Not in complete agreement here.  Mickey's salads (w/wout broiled chicken) are 
resonable lunch.  Assuming you forgo the fries
Pete, who is a heart patient and trys to be good.
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Allan Streib
"dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with
> McDonald's at all.

So why do they spoil it for the rest of us?


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
which is why it really doesn't pay to make any concessions.  fry in fat!
serve hot coffee!

On Jan 4, 2008 11:31 AM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with McDonald's
> at all. Changing what they fry the food in or how they make milkshakes
> is just a marketing gimmick to attract fat slobs that think having a
> diet coke with their fat-burger will make a difference.  Use common
> sense - saving a half gram of fat on your fries when the burger has
> over 150% of the USDA recommended calories from fat for the whole
> frigging day still leaves you obese.
>
> If you are on a healthy diet - McDonald's has NOTHING to offer you,
> regardless of the serving size.
>
> -Dave Walton
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 10:45 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
> > > there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
> > > cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.
> >
> > McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
> > tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
> > fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
> > shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted better
> > that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
> > arriving at perfection.
> >
> > Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
> > fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
> > of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in vegetable-based
> > oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
> > for you either.
> >
> > Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
> > and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
> > concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
> > school glue.
> >
> > Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
> > feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The health
> > food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
> > not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell you
> > triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Gary Hurst
and now you will get to drink cold nasty coffee as well.

On Jan 4, 2008 10:45 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
> > there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
> > cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.
>
> McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
> tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
> fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
> shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted better
> that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
> arriving at perfection.
>
> Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
> fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
> of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in vegetable-based
> oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
> for you either.
>
> Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
> and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
> concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
> school glue.
>
> Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
> feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The health
> food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
> not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell you
> triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread dave walton
People who want to eat healthy food have nothing to do with McDonald's
at all. Changing what they fry the food in or how they make milkshakes
is just a marketing gimmick to attract fat slobs that think having a
diet coke with their fat-burger will make a difference.  Use common
sense - saving a half gram of fat on your fries when the burger has
over 150% of the USDA recommended calories from fat for the whole
frigging day still leaves you obese.

If you are on a healthy diet - McDonald's has NOTHING to offer you,
regardless of the serving size.

-Dave Walton

On Jan 4, 2008 10:45 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
> > there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
> > cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.
>
> McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
> tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
> fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
> shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted better
> that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
> arriving at perfection.
>
> Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
> fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
> of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in vegetable-based
> oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
> for you either.
>
> Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
> and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
> concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
> school glue.
>
> Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
> feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The health
> food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
> not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell you
> triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.
>
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> 1966 230
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot

2008-01-04 Thread Allan Streib
"Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as
> there are likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the
> cost of fast food but cannot live with crappy drink.

McDonalds for most of its history made decisions on the basis of what
tasted the best.  They caught hell for years from the health nut
fringe about their french fries because they cooked them in beef lard
shortening.  They did that because they were crisper and tasted better
that way.  They tried over 50 different blends of shortening before
arriving at perfection.

Finally they relented and switched to a vegetable oil blend, now the
fries are soggy and don't taste very good, even if they are fresh out
of the fryer.  And it turns out that the trans-fats in vegetable-based
oil that they never wanted to use in the first place aren't any good
for you either.

Same with their milk shakes, they used to be made with milk and cream
and had a really good "icy bite" now they are made with some low fat
concoction and you might as well be drinking cold flavored elmer's
school glue.

Notice that back then you did not have to get monstrous portions to
feel you were getting a good value.  The food tasted GOOD.  The health
food whiners have forced out the flavor and quality and the stuff is
not any better for you than it ever was, and now they have to sell you
triple-sized portions so at least you feel it's worth buying at all.

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Gary Hurst
obviously not

On Jan 3, 2008 10:28 PM, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Isn't that like saying that Bud makes the best piss-water beer on the
> planet or that Kraft makes the best Cheese-whiz in a can?
> My god people - this stuff is not good, and is not good for you.
> Their coffee and milkshakes are crap at any temperature.
> Maybe if they tried serving Coke at 180F it would taste good - NOT!
>
> -Dave Walton
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 9:27 PM, Robert Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > McD has the best fountain coca-cola on the plant...and it's the same
> where
> > ever you go. Mark of a good franchise.
> >
> > Bob R.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Behalf Of Gary Hurst
> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:34 PM
> > To: Mercedes Discussion List
> >
> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
> >
> > that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those drink machines are
> darn
> > sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits that tends to get it
> > right most of the time
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2008 7:23 PM, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Speaking of things smelling bad - RA Bennell wrote < smells
> > > bad
> > > too>>
> > >
> > > I add - While I love Krispy Kreme donuts I never buy softdrinks there!
> > >  Why?
> > > They always taste like glazed donuts!  I assume the sugar in the air
> gets
> > > mixed with the soft drinks - Yuck!
> > >
> > > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:41 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Jan 3, 2008 3:13 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > That's because they do!  Amazingly, they pitch this as an asset!
>  ("Our
> > > > unique roasting process extracts flavor from the beans that other
> coffee
> > > > makers don't," etc.---conveniently leaving out the fact that it's
> not a
> > > > flavor you normally extract intentionally.)
> > > >
> > > >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Gary Hurst
and it makes a huge difference.  a lot of times i want the drink right and
in those cases i can't go anywhere near most fast food places.  even though
i'd rather go to popeyes for chicken, mcdonald's is the only place i can be
confident the drinks will be right.

being a pepsi place is also an automatic disqualification.  if your diet
coke is caffeine free, you are done in my book.

which is why mcdonald's probably tried to get the coffee right, as there are
likely man people who will accept mediocre food as the cost of fast food but
cannot live with crappy drink.

On Jan 3, 2008 9:27 PM, Robert Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> McD has the best fountain coca-cola on the plant...and it's the same where
> ever you go. Mark of a good franchise.
>
> Bob R.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Gary Hurst
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:34 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
>
> that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those drink machines are
> darn
> sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits that tends to get it
> right most of the time
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 7:23 PM, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Speaking of things smelling bad - RA Bennell wrote < > bad
> > too>>
> >
> > I add - While I love Krispy Kreme donuts I never buy softdrinks there!
> >  Why?
> > They always taste like glazed donuts!  I assume the sugar in the air
> gets
> > mixed with the soft drinks - Yuck!
> >
> > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
> > www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts
> > Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil
> > PORSCHE POSTERS!  youroil.net
> > Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs
> > .
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
> >
> >
> > > On Jan 3, 2008 3:13 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it.
> > >>
> > >
> > > That's because they do!  Amazingly, they pitch this as an asset!
>  ("Our
> > > unique roasting process extracts flavor from the beans that other
> coffee
> > > makers don't," etc.---conveniently leaving out the fact that it's not
> a
> > > flavor you normally extract intentionally.)
> > >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread dave walton
Isn't that like saying that Bud makes the best piss-water beer on the
planet or that Kraft makes the best Cheese-whiz in a can?
My god people - this stuff is not good, and is not good for you.
Their coffee and milkshakes are crap at any temperature.
Maybe if they tried serving Coke at 180F it would taste good - NOT!

-Dave Walton

On Jan 3, 2008 9:27 PM, Robert Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> McD has the best fountain coca-cola on the plant...and it's the same where
> ever you go. Mark of a good franchise.
>
> Bob R.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
>
> that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those drink machines are darn
> sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits that tends to get it
> right most of the time
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 7:23 PM, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Speaking of things smelling bad - RA Bennell wrote < > bad
> > too>>
> >
> > I add - While I love Krispy Kreme donuts I never buy softdrinks there!
> >  Why?
> > They always taste like glazed donuts!  I assume the sugar in the air gets
> > mixed with the soft drinks - Yuck!
> >
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> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
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> >
> > > On Jan 3, 2008 3:13 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it.
> > >>
> > >
> > > That's because they do!  Amazingly, they pitch this as an asset!  ("Our
> > > unique roasting process extracts flavor from the beans that other coffee
> > > makers don't," etc.---conveniently leaving out the fact that it's not a
> > > flavor you normally extract intentionally.)
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Robert Rentfro
Jesus, Mary and Joseph I love Steak-n-Shake. I miss it so, When we go back
east I eat there once a day every day.

Bob R.

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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

Steak N Shake does the same thing.  You calibrate the
fountain heads daily, using a little kit that Coke
supplies to check the "throw" of each beverage mix. 
If it's off, you have to adjust it until it's right,
then the offending head has to be checked again at the
next shift change to make sure it's not screwed up.

Dan


--- Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those
> drink machines are darn
> sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits
> that tends to get it
> right most of the time



 


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Robert Rentfro
McD has the best fountain coca-cola on the plant...and it's the same where
ever you go. Mark of a good franchise.

Bob R. 

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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those drink machines are darn
sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits that tends to get it
right most of the time

On Jan 3, 2008 7:23 PM, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Speaking of things smelling bad - RA Bennell wrote < bad
> too>>
>
> I add - While I love Krispy Kreme donuts I never buy softdrinks there!
>  Why?
> They always taste like glazed donuts!  I assume the sugar in the air gets
> mixed with the soft drinks - Yuck!
>
> Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
>
>
> > On Jan 3, 2008 3:13 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it.
> >>
> >
> > That's because they do!  Amazingly, they pitch this as an asset!  ("Our
> > unique roasting process extracts flavor from the beans that other coffee
> > makers don't," etc.---conveniently leaving out the fact that it's not a
> > flavor you normally extract intentionally.)
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Tom Hargrave
The process is called brixing and the cup is a brix cup.

You remove the mix head & hold the cup under the dispenser & dispense
some soda.

The cup is split in 2 chambers, sized for a 20/80 mix (20% syrup, 80%
water). Syrup dispenses in one while carbonated water dispenses in the
other. 

If the two fill to the exact same level, the mix is right.

A properly setup soda machine only needs to be brixed once & then
verified once a month & should rarely need adjusting. If it needs
contunuous calibration then they have issues with their carbonator pump
or CO2 pressure running their BIB pumps.

Tom
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From: LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Received: 1/3/08 8:06 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List 
CC: 
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

Steak N Shake does the same thing.  You calibrate the
fountain heads daily, using a little kit that Coke
supplies to check the "throw" of each beverage mix. 
If it's off, you have to adjust it until it's right,
then the offending head has to be checked again at the
next shift change to make sure it's not screwed up.

Dan


--- Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those
> drink machines are darn
> sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits
> that tends to get it
> right most of the time



 


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread LWB250
Steak N Shake does the same thing.  You calibrate the
fountain heads daily, using a little kit that Coke
supplies to check the "throw" of each beverage mix. 
If it's off, you have to adjust it until it's right,
then the offending head has to be checked again at the
next shift change to make sure it's not screwed up.

Dan


--- Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those
> drink machines are darn
> sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits
> that tends to get it
> right most of the time



  

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Allan Streib
If they are following their PM schedule they recalibrate each  
dispenser head weekly, IIRC.

Allan

On Jan 3, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Gary Hurst wrote:

> that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those drink machines  
> are darn
> sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits that tends to  
> get it
> right most of the time

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Gary Hurst
that's another area where mcdonald's excels.  those drink machines are darn
sensitive and mcdonald's are one of the few outfits that tends to get it
right most of the time

On Jan 3, 2008 7:23 PM, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Speaking of things smelling bad - RA Bennell wrote < bad
> too>>
>
> I add - While I love Krispy Kreme donuts I never buy softdrinks there!
>  Why?
> They always taste like glazed donuts!  I assume the sugar in the air gets
> mixed with the soft drinks - Yuck!
>
> Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
>
>
> > On Jan 3, 2008 3:13 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it.
> >>
> >
> > That's because they do!  Amazingly, they pitch this as an asset!  ("Our
> > unique roasting process extracts flavor from the beans that other coffee
> > makers don't," etc.---conveniently leaving out the fact that it's not a
> > flavor you normally extract intentionally.)
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread LarryT
Speaking of things smelling bad - RA Bennell wrote <>

I add - While I love Krispy Kreme donuts I never buy softdrinks there!  Why? 
They always taste like glazed donuts!  I assume the sugar in the air gets 
mixed with the soft drinks - Yuck!

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> On Jan 3, 2008 3:13 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it.
>>
>
> That's because they do!  Amazingly, they pitch this as an asset!  ("Our
> unique roasting process extracts flavor from the beans that other coffee
> makers don't," etc.---conveniently leaving out the fact that it's not a
> flavor you normally extract intentionally.)
>
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Jan 3, 2008 3:13 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it.
>

That's because they do!  Amazingly, they pitch this as an asset!  ("Our
unique roasting process extracts flavor from the beans that other coffee
makers don't," etc.---conveniently leaving out the fact that it's not a
flavor you normally extract intentionally.)


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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Donald Snook
Andrew S. wrote: 

 

"They add nothing to the neighborhood in terms of character or
individuality.  And amazingly, the coffee tastes vile." 

 

I like the coffee, but its too hot for me. I have to add a cube of ice
to cool it down. :-) 

 

 

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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread Gary Hurst
y'know, i don't even drink coffee anymore.

On Jan 3, 2008 6:13 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it. I drink
> mine straight black though so maybe if one
> adds enough cream and sugar it is capable of being swallowed.
>
> Randy
>
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:29 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)
>
>
> Don't get me started on Starbucks.  Any time a downtown building is
> rehabbed/gutted, the new storefront always includes a Starbucks, even if
> there is already a store within a block.  They add nothing to the
> neighborhood in terms of character or individuality.  And amazingly, the
> coffee tastes vile.
>
> On Jan 2, 2008 3:40 PM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > At home I used to use a pour-over filter/funnel with a vacuum bottle
> > and pour in boiling water from a kettle.  Now I use a small
> > percolator, which also works by boiling the water.  Makes a nice
> > tasting brew, though you do tend to have a few stray grounds in the
> > bottom of your cup.
> >
> > Yes, news flash, coffee is made with hot near-boiling water.  Probably
> > not a good idea to try to drink it while driving.  McDonald's uses
> > standard restaurant style Bunn coffee makers and their coffee is/was
> > no hotter than anyone elses using the same equipment.
> >
> > Despite what your views might be on their finished product, they do
> > buy top tier ingredients and don't pinch pennies on equipment either.
> > Their coffee for years was about on par with Folgers/Maxwell House, I
> > actually think their new "premium roast" or whatever they are calling
> > it now is quite good and certainly a better value than Starbucks.
> >
> > Allan
> >
> > LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Interesting that you mention this.  There was a very spirited
> > > conversation at a party I went to this week about how Bunn
> > > coffeemakers were the only ones that made "good" coffee, and that
> > > was because of how hot they got the water.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> John Robbins wrote:
> > >> > probably some benefit to keeping the coffee that
> > >> hot
> > >>
> > >> "We've got the hottest, freshest brew in town!!!"
> > >>
> > >> The paperwork with the Bunn home brewer claims that it maintains a
> > >> tank of 190 degree water because it's the perfect brewing
> > >> temperature.  If you brew at 190 and serve it fresh, it's HOT. I
> > >> think the pre-Stella McDonald's maintenance temp after brewing was
> > >> about 160 deg F (71C), which is as hot as I can get the coolant in
> > >> my 2.3L gasser in the winter.
> > >>
> > >> Mitch.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread R A Bennell
Their coffee smells bad too. Always smells like they burned it. I drink mine 
straight black though so maybe if one
adds enough cream and sugar it is capable of being swallowed.

Randy

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Don't get me started on Starbucks.  Any time a downtown building is
rehabbed/gutted, the new storefront always includes a Starbucks, even if
there is already a store within a block.  They add nothing to the
neighborhood in terms of character or individuality.  And amazingly, the
coffee tastes vile.

On Jan 2, 2008 3:40 PM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> At home I used to use a pour-over filter/funnel with a vacuum bottle
> and pour in boiling water from a kettle.  Now I use a small
> percolator, which also works by boiling the water.  Makes a nice
> tasting brew, though you do tend to have a few stray grounds in the
> bottom of your cup.
>
> Yes, news flash, coffee is made with hot near-boiling water.  Probably
> not a good idea to try to drink it while driving.  McDonald's uses
> standard restaurant style Bunn coffee makers and their coffee is/was
> no hotter than anyone elses using the same equipment.
>
> Despite what your views might be on their finished product, they do
> buy top tier ingredients and don't pinch pennies on equipment either.
> Their coffee for years was about on par with Folgers/Maxwell House, I
> actually think their new "premium roast" or whatever they are calling
> it now is quite good and certainly a better value than Starbucks.
>
> Allan
>
> LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Interesting that you mention this.  There was a very spirited
> > conversation at a party I went to this week about how Bunn
> > coffeemakers were the only ones that made "good" coffee, and that
> > was because of how hot they got the water.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> John Robbins wrote:
> >> > probably some benefit to keeping the coffee that
> >> hot
> >>
> >> "We've got the hottest, freshest brew in town!!!"
> >>
> >> The paperwork with the Bunn home brewer claims that it maintains a
> >> tank of 190 degree water because it's the perfect brewing
> >> temperature.  If you brew at 190 and serve it fresh, it's HOT. I
> >> think the pre-Stella McDonald's maintenance temp after brewing was
> >> about 160 deg F (71C), which is as hot as I can get the coolant in
> >> my 2.3L gasser in the winter.
> >>
> >> Mitch.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-03 Thread andrew strasfogel
Don't get me started on Starbucks.  Any time a downtown building is
rehabbed/gutted, the new storefront always includes a Starbucks, even if
there is already a store within a block.  They add nothing to the
neighborhood in terms of character or individuality.  And amazingly, the
coffee tastes vile.

On Jan 2, 2008 3:40 PM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> At home I used to use a pour-over filter/funnel with a vacuum bottle
> and pour in boiling water from a kettle.  Now I use a small
> percolator, which also works by boiling the water.  Makes a nice
> tasting brew, though you do tend to have a few stray grounds in the
> bottom of your cup.
>
> Yes, news flash, coffee is made with hot near-boiling water.  Probably
> not a good idea to try to drink it while driving.  McDonald's uses
> standard restaurant style Bunn coffee makers and their coffee is/was
> no hotter than anyone elses using the same equipment.
>
> Despite what your views might be on their finished product, they do
> buy top tier ingredients and don't pinch pennies on equipment either.
> Their coffee for years was about on par with Folgers/Maxwell House, I
> actually think their new "premium roast" or whatever they are calling
> it now is quite good and certainly a better value than Starbucks.
>
> Allan
>
> LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Interesting that you mention this.  There was a very spirited
> > conversation at a party I went to this week about how Bunn
> > coffeemakers were the only ones that made "good" coffee, and that
> > was because of how hot they got the water.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> John Robbins wrote:
> >> > probably some benefit to keeping the coffee that
> >> hot
> >>
> >> "We've got the hottest, freshest brew in town!!!"
> >>
> >> The paperwork with the Bunn home brewer claims that it maintains a
> >> tank of 190 degree water because it's the perfect brewing
> >> temperature.  If you brew at 190 and serve it fresh, it's HOT. I
> >> think the pre-Stella McDonald's maintenance temp after brewing was
> >> about 160 deg F (71C), which is as hot as I can get the coolant in
> >> my 2.3L gasser in the winter.
> >>
> >> Mitch.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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[MBZ] Coffee is hot (was: Re: Stella Awards)

2008-01-02 Thread Allan Streib
At home I used to use a pour-over filter/funnel with a vacuum bottle
and pour in boiling water from a kettle.  Now I use a small
percolator, which also works by boiling the water.  Makes a nice
tasting brew, though you do tend to have a few stray grounds in the
bottom of your cup.

Yes, news flash, coffee is made with hot near-boiling water.  Probably
not a good idea to try to drink it while driving.  McDonald's uses
standard restaurant style Bunn coffee makers and their coffee is/was
no hotter than anyone elses using the same equipment.

Despite what your views might be on their finished product, they do
buy top tier ingredients and don't pinch pennies on equipment either.
Their coffee for years was about on par with Folgers/Maxwell House, I
actually think their new "premium roast" or whatever they are calling
it now is quite good and certainly a better value than Starbucks.

Allan

LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Interesting that you mention this.  There was a very spirited
> conversation at a party I went to this week about how Bunn
> coffeemakers were the only ones that made "good" coffee, and that
> was because of how hot they got the water.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> --- Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> John Robbins wrote:
>> > probably some benefit to keeping the coffee that
>> hot 
>> 
>> "We've got the hottest, freshest brew in town!!!"
>> 
>> The paperwork with the Bunn home brewer claims that it maintains a
>> tank of 190 degree water because it's the perfect brewing
>> temperature.  If you brew at 190 and serve it fresh, it's HOT. I
>> think the pre-Stella McDonald's maintenance temp after brewing was
>> about 160 deg F (71C), which is as hot as I can get the coolant in
>> my 2.3L gasser in the winter.
>> 
>> Mitch.
>
>
>
>   
> 
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