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  1. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Such is the de-formalization of German society. Perhaps you should snap back at such casualness. I had an aesthetics teacher in grad school. A old German fuddy dutty. Actually I think he may have been Viennese, but he acted Prussian, anyway close enough. He would always admonish me in his thick...
  2. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    One must take all the TV cooking personalities with a grain of salt (no pun intended) and see them for the entertainment role as hard-asses they play. They are supposed to come across as being the top of the profession, And we're supposed to believe their experience and bona fides justify their...
  3. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Apropos to all this talk of cheese recently, I think I'm pretty much done with cheese for a while. At least brick parmesan that you grate yourself. I had a rather horrific encounter with a cheese grater last evening and my left index finger is now missing about a quarter inch square patch of...
  4. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Our local grocery store used to offer fancy burgers that had cheeses and other things mixed into them. But I think that would just make a mess in the pan. What I do is grab a fist full of ground beef and smash it out on our impeccably clean whoop-di-do quartz counter so that it is a thin...
  5. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    One of our favorites is a blue cheese burger, though we put the cheese (sometimes gorgonzola and I think we did feta once too) in a pocket inside the burger. Damn! All this talk of burgers is making me hungry. I'll have a Rubin waiting for me when I get home, but that won't be for another 2 hours!
  7. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Oooo that sounds good! Though any more I prefer my burgers more towards medium. It's a texture thing. And every once in a great while I even like a very well done burger - lots of salt and pepper on well buttered white bread. As a kid whenever we had burgers, my mom would pour water in the pan...
  8. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I've long been led to understand that McD went to great length to assure that their "products" tasted the same wherever you had them. Maybe so. I have not so fond memories of a Big Mac in Amsterdam some 20 years ago. As I remember it tasted just as nasty (in a good way, of course) as they do...
  9. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I suspect that's pretty much it. Actually, the thought of MacDonalds having a secret menu is kind of scary if you think about it. It's already bad enough as it is, and ordering anything with special instructions is iffy enough. As my son's kindergarten teacher was wont to say "you get what you...
  10. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Order a "quarter-pounder-ham" and that's what you'll get. Just a burger and a bun. "Ham" is apparently their cue to not put anything on it.
  11. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Re burger joints. My son really likes Steak-n-shake for, of all things, their chicken tenders. It was alright, very cheap and actual shoestring fries. Very retro. They've all but disappeared around here. I think it was their business model that did them in. It really isn't feasible to maintain...
  13. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    We aren't overly fond of Five Guys. I guess their burgers are ok. But what I hate is that they put your order inn a paper bag then dump more (loose) fries (usually over salted too) in the bag.
  14. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I've never understood that. People take quick, well focussed photos all the time - on roller coasters, on the street etc, you name it, but there NEVER seems to be any clear photos of bigfoot, UFOs etc.!
  15. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    And another thing . . . clothes. I really haven't had to dress up for work in years so, oddly enough, I really haven't had to buy new shirts for quite a while. I've had a collection that, until recently, hasn't shown undue wear and tear. But my supply has started to dwindle. They fit just fine...
  16. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I’m still reeling (an understatement) from a bad haircut yesterday (whoever said three days is the difference between a bad and a good haircut never had to live with one!) and I’m having a cranky day so I’ll take this opportunity to vent a little. We went grocery shopping this morning, and of...
  17. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    One refers to earplugs (hence the "Ohr") and the other (without the H) is the name of a German comedy duo.
  19. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    But those are two different things.
  20. Hercule

    Your first job

    Soldering Tiffany-style lampshades.
  21. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Speaking of knocking on doors - 2 points: In our new house and neighborhood, we have been amazed at the number of door to door solicitations there have been. Mostly they've been bug control type people, and the story is always "we're doing work at one of your neighbors and would like to give...
  22. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I've always had an aversion to any observance that is purposely crafted in a way intended to tug at the heart strings and elicit an emotional response. It's just so cheap to hear the sad story told with the sappy music playing in the background. I run the other way whenever I see Gary Sinise...
  23. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    A work colleague of my wife gave us an orchid when we moved in to our new house. Surprisingly the thing has thrived and has bloomed twice since we got it! The cat hasn't bothered it either. All we've done is put 3 ice cubes in it every Sunday, and despite the dusty and cracked leaves it seems...

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