Topic: HIT THE ROAD, HACK, AND DON'T YOU COME BACK (Read 376 times)

Jrand75 · « **Reply #30 on:** **Today** at 05:36:01 AM »

Page Two page turn.

Jrand75 · « **Reply #31 on:** **Today** at 05:37:18 AM »

Yesterday I asked my brother Kent for a favor.

He came by and took the old five year old battery out of Petey the PT Cruiser....took it over to AutoZone and bought a new three-year battery for $204.

He then put it back into Petey and now once again I have TWO cars!

John G. · « **Reply #32 on:** **Today** at 05:38:06 AM »

Good morning, all.

Jrand75 · « **Reply #33 on:** **Today** at 05:38:16 AM »

It is now 20 degrees with feels like of 18 degrees and temps headed down to 5 degrees before morning.

John G. · « **Reply #34 on:** **Today** at 05:38:27 AM »

Hugs and vibes for Iris!

Jrand75 · « **Reply #35 on:** **Today** at 05:38:36 AM »

And SN*W for Friday and Saturday.

John G. · « **Reply #36 on:** **Today** at 05:39:18 AM »

What a review, BK!

Jrand75 · « **Reply #37 on:** **Today** at 05:39:29 AM »

I made some fried chicken and salsa corn for lunch for my brother yesterday. - my sister Paula will be by today and we shall consume the rest with gusto and wine.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #38 on:** **Today** at 05:43:34 AM »

I think it's timely that just yesterday it was announced that Nathan's Famous (which I believe includes the flagship location in Coney Island plus all other Nathan's outlets) has been SOLD for over $400 million. If its new owner, Smithfield Foods, touches so much as a hair on the Coney Island site, it will be the end of civilization as we know it.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #39 on:** **Today** at 05:43:55 AM »

By the way, I don't know if DR singdaw or anyone else is aware of the latest disastrous news from Connecticut. As of last week, maybe two weeks ago, the Sycamore Drive-In IS NO MORE. It's unthinkable. The restaurant (or the lease to operate there, it's all kind of murky) was bought by the owner of another restaurant in Bethel, and the makeover has begun. There are a lot of details to unpack, but America has lost one of its primo mid-century food spots that still had car hop service, home to the most delicious "smash burgers" for half a century before anyone invented the term. And the most delicious homemade root beer. All of it. Gone. Just like that.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #40 on:** **Today** at 05:45:27 AM »

We're under that storm watch, too. And the freeze that accompanies it. Our local guy just pointed out how that storm's projected mass reaches from Arizona to New England.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #41 on:** **Today** at 05:47:31 AM »

Quote from: John G. on Today at 05:38:27 AM

Hugs and vibes for Iris!

Ditto!

Freddie · « **Reply #42 on:** **Today** at 05:48:53 AM »

Quote from: Jrand75 on Today at 04:41:44 AM

The clerk would hold the bun in her hand and then grab a dog as it spun!

Food AND entertainment!

a/k/a going out for dinner and a show

ChasSmith · « **Reply #43 on:** **Today** at 05:49:34 AM »

Coincidentally (like, a day or two before the news broke), I bought an 8-pack of Nathan's "bun size" hot dogs, and, in a moment of insanity (these things happen), a package of what have to be the SHITTIEST hot dog buns ever created. Store brand. They hold up to, literally, nothing. They just manage to get a few bites of flavor up to my pie hole before disintegrating. Next time I'm going for whichever ones look to be the BEST. If I can find anything close to the Vienna poppy seed buns (cf. BK's reference to same), I'll get those. They may or may not be carried here, but I'll try.

singdaw · « **Reply #44 on:** **Today** at 06:03:35 AM »

PAGE TWO. LADIES FOUNDATIONS.

singdaw · « **Reply #45 on:** **Today** at 06:03:49 AM »

Good morning, friends.

singdaw · « **Reply #46 on:** **Today** at 06:03:56 AM »

And others.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #47 on:** **Today** at 06:09:53 AM »

That's a great review. Hey, I'd go to see it!

singdaw · « **Reply #48 on:** **Today** at 06:10:38 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on Today at 05:43:55 AM

By the way, I don't know if DR singdaw or anyone else is aware of the latest disastrous news from Connecticut. As of last week, maybe two weeks ago, the Sycamore Drive-In IS NO MORE. It's unthinkable. The restaurant (or the lease to operate there, it's all kind of murky) was bought by the owner of another restaurant in Bethel, and the makeover has begun. There are a lot of details to unpack, but America has lost one of its primo mid-century food spots that still had car hop service, home to the most delicious "smash burgers" for half a century before anyone invented the term. And the most delicious homemade root beer. All of it. Gone. Just like that.

I was not. That is so sad.

singdaw · « **Reply #49 on:** **Today** at 06:11:25 AM »

I hope Orem's Diner (Norwalk/Wilton line) is still going strong. They had the best split pea soup on Thursdays.

singdaw · « **Reply #50 on:** **Today** at 06:12:39 AM »

For commercial dogs, I've always preferred Nathan's. In a physical store. I don't know how the supermarket version stacks up.

singdaw · « **Reply #51 on:** **Today** at 06:13:02 AM »

Looking forward to the upgraded HHW.

singdaw · « **Reply #52 on:** **Today** at 06:13:17 AM »

So good to see ya, DR Iris!

Jrand75 · « **Reply #53 on:** **Today** at 06:35:23 AM »

Academy Awards Nominations.

Once again I am slighted.....along with the new WICKED movie....zero zilch.

https://consequence.net/2026/01/2026-oscar-nominations-full-list/

ChasSmith · « **Reply #54 on:** **Today** at 06:43:40 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on Today at 06:11:25 AM

I hope Orem's Diner (Norwalk/Wilton line) is still going strong. They had the best split pea soup on Thursdays.

They're going very strong as far as I can tell. Were you here when they moved some years ago to their newly designed building farther south on Route 7? It's a beauty, and I always see lots of cars in the parking lot.

The "greater Danbury" area has lost a couple of diners in the 30 35 years I've been here, but only one of which really mattered to me. As far as I know, New England (and NJ and NY) diners, bless their little souls, are still a strong viable institution.

Jrand75 · « **Reply #55 on:** **Today** at 07:36:11 AM »

That is sad DR CHAS SMITH.

Jrand75 · « **Reply #56 on:** **Today** at 07:36:32 AM »

Oh....and does Nathan's have hot dogs on a spinner?

Freddie · « **Reply #57 on:** **Today** at 07:38:38 AM »

Is it worth filling a page with the Oscar nominations?

Freddie · « **Reply #58 on:** **Today** at 07:41:15 AM »

Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams

Freddie · « **Reply #59 on:** **Today** at 07:41:41 AM »

Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

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