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[singdaw]

PAGE TWO!!

[ChasSmith]

A quick digression for BK:

I need a tuna pasta salad recipe that's easy and tasty, and based on its popularity I am quite sure yours fills the bill. Do you mind posting it? I'm fairly certain you've done so, as with so many other things, but I've never copied that one down for whatever reason. Thanking you in advance...

[elmore3003]

When I picked up the mail yesterday morning, there was a disturbing one that needs immediate action this morning, so I expect to be tied up in a bureaucratic telephone call most of the morning.

Vibes for an easy resolution!

Thank you. I'm on the New York HRA (Human Resources Administration) program for help with utilities, food, and Medicaid. I had to be recertified byan application and submission of documents running from birth certificate and Social Security card to proof of SS and pension payments, bank statement, and rent receipt. I re-application was accepted in late July, and I had until Sept. 30 to submit my copies of documents. So, yesterday there was a piece of mail from HRA telling me that I was turned down for HRA assistance because I had not submitted my documents by Sept. 15 - not Sept. 30!  So, I needed to speak to an agent ASAP.

[elmore3003]

Jen had mailed te socuments for me in the first week of September, which meant they had either been lost in the mail or they were sitting on some agent's desk waiting to be entered into the system. So, I looked online at my HRA account, which said nothing about the account being dead, then around 7:45 I started calling the HRA phone number.

[elmore3003]

Finally, at 8:00 the number allowed me to wait to speak with an agent. I waited 35 minutes and then I was asked if I wanted to leave my number for an agent to call me back. I did that and began kitty cleanup. Around 9:15 I got a return call. The lady was great, and she told me they had everything and I should be okay. I hope so, but I won't be certain until Oct. 1 when the new term begins.

[Freddie]

Finally, at 8:00 the number allowed me to wait to speak with an agent. I waited 35 minutes and then I was asked if I wanted to leave my number for an agent to call me back. I did that and began kitty cleanup. Around 9:15 I got a return call. The lady was great, and she told me they had everything and I should be okay. I hope so, but I won't be certain until Oct. 1 when the new term begins.

That sounds very promising, though!

[ChasSmith]

Thank Goddesses!

Nothing more infuriating than a piece of critical information being DIFFERENT in two communications from the same place. And of course it becomes YOUR problem to resolve.

Sounds good, though, DR Elmore. Whew.

[Rodzinski]

Yikes! All’s well that hopefully ends well.

[Rodzinski]

I grew up in a house that knew no other way than Oscar-Meyers boiled in a pot.

[Rodzinski]

Probably my favorite hot dogs now are your average NYC street cart dogs.

[Rodzinski]

I did get to try Tony Packo’s in Toledo a couple times, made famous by Jamie Farr.

[John G.]

I think DR John G. and DR Jane should have one of these; don't you?

But my name's not Linda

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[Freddie]

I did get to try Tony Packo’s in Toledo a couple times, made famous by Jamie Farr.

I had to google to be reminded about that, but wow, a treasure trove of information !


MASH and Tony Packo's
In a famous line from a 1976 episode, Klinger declared, "If you are ever in Toledo, Ohio, on the Hungarian side of town, Tony Packo's got the greatest Hungarian hot dogs".
The fictional MASH* unit also ordered sausage casings from Packo's to use in a blood-filtering machine.
A grateful soldier from Toledo sent Klinger a shipment of Packo's hot dogs as a thank-you gift, a moment also highlighted in the show.

[John G.]

San Antonio has a local favorite, the crispy dog. Take a hotdog, slice it almost in half lengthwise, stuff it with cheese. Wrap in in a corn tortilla and then pan fry until crispy. Serve with yellow mustard. A local joint has upped the ante by using Alauski beef hotdogs. Mighty fine.

[John G.]

I also love New York street and ballpark dogs, Chicago dogs, corn dogs, Cincinnati chili dogs, Costco dogs, you name it.

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep so far. May try for two more, but I have to write a little note to the Group Rep actors to rustle up some excitement about the play we're doing.

[bk]

I'm a broiler of hot dogs. In fact, I've never boiled one, but I have used the frying pan but just don't like the way they come out.

[Freddie]

I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep so far. May try for two more, but I have to write a little note to the Group Rep actors to rustle up some excitement about the play we're doing.

Excitement among the actors, or excitement to sell tickets, or something else?

[bk]

For me, it's chili, cheese, and onions, mustard and onions, and red cabbage and cheese - red cabbage meaning the kind you get in a jar. I've had others, but those have usually been one-offs.

[bk]

I, too, have never had Tail o' the Pup - funnily, I think Uber Eats has that for delivery and I've been tempted.

[bk]

As to a chili, cheese, and onion omelet, Jerry's had the best ever and boy do I miss it. No beans in their chili - everywhere I've tried it recently - beans. NO DAMN BEANS. That said, I haven't tried it at House of Pies and I should - no BEANS there. Yes, that sounds pretty good to me, but I'd only do it IN the restaurant, not delivery.

[bk]

I occasionally buy Nathan's at Gelson's but they just don't taste the same at home.

[bk]

Jerry's also did a great chili, cheese, and onion hot dog - NO BEANS - I got that quite often, too.

[elmore3003]

I also love New York street and ballpark dogs, Chicago dogs, corn dogs, Cincinnati chili dogs, Costco dogs, you name it.

New York street hot dogs are wonderful, the best since the Liberty in Middletown closed!

[bk]

Carney's, if you GO there, isn't bad but I've never found it great - their burgers are, however.

[bk]

There were a couple of Valley jernts that always looked good, but they're long gone now. The Wiener Factor really knew how to make a hot dog. I think the car food idiots call it "snap".

[elmore3003]

I just watched the most wonderful documentary about Room 8, the cat who for sixteen years never missed a day of school at Elysian Heights Elementary in Los Angeles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHjuMEztzow

[ChasSmith]

I also love New York street and ballpark dogs, Chicago dogs, corn dogs, Cincinnati chili dogs, Costco dogs, you name it.

New York street hot dogs are wonderful, the best since the Liberty in Middletown closed!

I like the street cart ones, but I don't much care for what they call "onions" there, meaning the cooked onions in that sauce. (You can buy a jar of it in stores, btw, Kristi especially likes it.) So I know now to order them in one of my many "my ways".

[ChasSmith]

I, too, have never had Tail o' the Pup - funnily, I think Uber Eats has that for delivery and I've been tempted.

Well, now that you've done Pink's, you HAVE to. And we'll need a full report.