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04-05-2012, 07:29 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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04-05-2012, 08:12 PM
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Coffee and they had better be pretty convincing that it would hurt me.
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04-05-2012, 08:24 PM
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Coffee for me as well. I compromised and gave up all artificial sweeteners and sugar in my coffee and teas several years ago. Didn't miss it after about 3 days...
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04-05-2012, 08:38 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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I agree - BACON.
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04-05-2012, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Nords
I was reading this thread with growing disbelief that it took 28 posts to get to the subject of chocolate.
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I actually said chocolate in post 2. And here I am thinking no-one ignores me 
Thanks to Major Tom for also pointing this out in post 32
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04-05-2012, 09:47 PM
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I have a thing for good Italian bread from Brooklyn. When I moved to Florida 6 years ago I went to the local supermarket and asked for Italian bread. The lady handed me a loaf of what looked and felt like white bread. I had a good laugh but I'm still searching for a good crusty loaf of Italian bread. Pretty much convinced at this point it doesn't exist down here.
The other thing is also bread related, it's a bagel in Florida, good luck with that. They do have these rolls with holes in them that they try to pass of as a bagel but I'm not buying it. I did find one place in West Palm, about 2 hours away that has a good bagel but I don't get down there that much. Come to think of it I'm going down that way tomorrow to go to the Barrett Jackson auto auction, ah bagels!
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04-05-2012, 10:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 73ss454
I have a thing for good Italian bread from Brooklyn. When I moved to Florida 6 years ago I went to the local supermarket and asked for Italian bread. The lady handed me a loaf of what looked and felt like white bread. I had a good laugh but I'm still searching for a good crusty loaf of Italian bread. Pretty much convinced at this point it doesn't exist down here.
The other thing is also bread related, it's a bagel in Florida, good luck with that. They do have these rolls with holes in them that they try to pass of as a bagel but I'm not buying it. I did find one place in West Palm, about 2 hours away that has a good bagel but I don't get down there that much. Come to think of it I'm going down that way tomorrow to go to the Barrett Jackson auto auction, ah bagels!
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Mazzaro's Italian Market in St. Pete? www.mazzarosmarket.com
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04-05-2012, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Buckeye
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Funny but I drove there last year for the bread. It was OK but the crust was too thin so I crossed it off my list. The bread did look great though, I was so excited when I first saw it. I actually bought every loaf they had on the shelves. With out a doubt it was the best bread I have had down here, just not like Brooklyn.
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04-05-2012, 10:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
I actually said chocolate in post 2.
Thanks to Major Tom for also pointing this out in post 32
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Originally Posted by Major Tom
Alan mentioned chocolate in post #2 actually but yes, bacon is still a no-show amazingly.
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I must've stopped reading at "red wine", thinking that would be a distant #2 behind chocolate.
I stand corrected... as long as by the word "square" you mean "a hunk at least six inches on a side".
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04-05-2012, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan
I actually said chocolate in post 2. And here I am thinking no-one ignores me
Thanks to Major Tom for also pointing this out in post 32 |
And there I was in that other concurrently running thread, making out that I was ignoring you.
My cover's blown 
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04-06-2012, 03:24 AM
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I was reading this thread with growing disbelief that it took 28 posts to get to the subject of chocolate.
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We were too busy eating...
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04-06-2012, 08:51 AM
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gone traveling
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Originally Posted by 73ss454
Come to think of it I'm going down that way tomorrow to go to the Barrett Jackson auto auction, ah bagels!
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Buying or kicking tires? I've never been to one of these but would like to go as a buyer if I had more garage space.
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04-06-2012, 09:23 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Yabbut, you also said this: "There is really nothing I would refuse to eat or drink if I thought it was bad for me"..........
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04-06-2012, 12:45 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 73ss454
The other thing is also bread related, it's a bagel in Florida, good luck with that. They do have these rolls with holes in them that they try to pass of as a bagel but I'm not buying it. I did find one place in West Palm, about 2 hours away that has a good bagel but I don't get down there that much. Come to think of it I'm going down that way tomorrow to go to the Barrett Jackson auto auction, ah bagels!
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The bagels at Panera bread company are the best I have found . Now if I could only find decent pizza .
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04-06-2012, 12:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nords
I must've stopped reading at "red wine", thinking that would be a distant #2 behind chocolate.
I stand corrected... as long as by the word "square" you mean "a hunk at least six inches on a side".
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I only buy bars that come in single squares 
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Originally Posted by Major Tom
And there I was in that other concurrently running thread, making out that I was ignoring you.
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so it is 
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Originally Posted by Nemo2
Yabbut, you also said this: "There is really nothing I would refuse to eat or drink if I thought it was bad for me"..........
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Guilty as charged 
I used to think that I could never give up beer, but I did when I wanted to lose weight and now rarely drink it. I suppose that is when I got to really like red wine as it made a very tasty, lower calorie, substitute. I was delighted when, a few years back, it was cited as being good for you 
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04-06-2012, 01:45 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Coffee, bacon & motorcycles. Separately, of course.
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04-06-2012, 01:54 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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French fries....not a daily thing for me but I sure like an order of really good fries once or twice a week. (I know....bad girl!)
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04-06-2012, 04:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DFW_M5
Buying or kicking tires? I've never been to one of these but would like to go as a buyer if I had more garage space.
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Kicking tires, I can't afford a divorce. 
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04-06-2012, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Moemg
The bagels at Panera bread company are the best I have found . Now if I could only find decent pizza .
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When I was a kid and lived on Long Island my Dad used to come home late from work on Fridays. He would stop of in Brooklyn and pick up a dozen fresh hot bagels and they would be still warm when he got home. I'd wake up and sit with him and have a bagel. I can tell you from experince that Panera bagels have nothing to do with bagels from Brooklyn.
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04-06-2012, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 73ss454
When I was a kid and lived on Long Island my day used to come home late from work on Fridays. He would stop of in Brooklyn and pick up a dozen fresh hot bagels and they would be still warm when he got home. I'd wake up and sit with him and have a bagel. I can tell you from experince that Panera bagels have nothing to do with bagels from Brooklyn.
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Great story.
Although we frequent our Panera Bread quite regularly, we go to Brooklyn Cafe at least once a week for bagels. No idea if they are anything like bagels you get in Brooklyn but they are the best by far in our area.
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