Subj : Golden Corral To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Wed Sep 24 2025 12:13:49 Hi Dave, DD> Sean Dennis' "Outpost" is my 'main' board. When Ed Koon had Dos's up DD> and running (and available via interweb browser) I called a couple of DD> regular boards and used Dov's to check that what I had posted made it DD> to the rest of the world. Then he went so far to the right politically DD> that his BBS fell of the edge of the world. And Janis died, so her DD> Prizm BBS went away. BBS *and a couple mailing lists) is about my only DD> form of "social media. That probably qualifies me as a "gen uine old DD> phart". Bv)= I tend to stay with one board unless something happens to take it down. Hurricane Katrina knocked Marc off the air for a bit so we downloaded thru a set up that Dale Shipp put together for us. That was our in case of need back up, which, IIRC, we used maybe a couple of times. RH> Not a big deal this week as we're working on pulling everything in RH> place to celebrate our 50th anniversary on Saturday. All sorts of odds RH> and ends to do like figuring amounts of food/drink and ordering/buying, RH> number of tables to set up in the Legion building main room, buying RH> decorations, and so on. Couldn't get a reservation for dinner afterward DD> Golden anniversaries are *always* a big deal. The really rare one is DD> the Diamond Jubilee. I can remember only one in this area. He was DD> near his personal century mark and she was abot five years younger. DD> I can't get my mind wrapped around doing anything for 50 years. At the DD> same time I just realised last week that I've been at my current job DD> for 20 years. RH> One day at a time adds up. We tried a new to us steakhouse in Raliegh RH> for dinner Saturday night. Food was good but they had so many tables RH> crowded into it, and a low ceiling, made hearing even the person beside DD> If I visit an eatery and there is a noise level so as to make DD> conversation difficult you can bet I'll not return there voluntarily. DD> Dining out is as much a social occasion as a fuelling the body event. Very much so! We'd been to the place we wanted to go to so knew that it was set up much better for groups, and even couples. Last time we went there was for our 40th anniversary and were seated in a semi private room, seating was such that there was a good space between tables. First time we went was with the other deacons/wives/pastoral staff at our church some years ago. That time we were treated by one of the older gentlemen of the church and knew it was a place we wanted to go back to. We will, going to try to, in the next month or so. RH> you a challenge. Also, parking in that part of Raleigh is a challenge, RH> especially when there's an event going on. But, we did well by the RH> meal; Steve ordered a NZ elk chop, something we'd never seen on a menu RH> before. The place is pricy--order your meat, then sides for the table RH> plus appetisers, some of them by the piece. Our son in law grabbed the RH> check before Steve could so we've no idea of the final total. DD> Non-chain steak joints are getting thin on the ground in these parts. DD> And the chains, Alexander's, Longhorn, Ponderosa, Bonana, etc. are now DD> using their (former) locations for something else - even if still in DD> the food business. Like our now former Golden Corral. Thankfully Texas Roadhouse is still going strong; we get over there every so often. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... OH NO! Not ANOTHER learning experience! --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .