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happytrailstoyou Oct 11th, 2007 11:57 AM

Astonishing Things I've Learned Here
 
<i>Here are some of the things I've learned.</i>

If you don't want pay $28 for an entree, your only other option is to go to McDonald's.

All Kroger brand food is &quot;inedible.&quot;

First-time visitors to San Francisco shouldn't go to Fisherman's Wharf because it is tacky.

If you are unwilling to give waiters 20% for inferior service, you should eat all your meals at home.

The worst seats in a theater are the ones close to the stage.

<i>Have you learned anything at this forum that is contrary to what you previously believed to be true?</i>




nytraveler Oct 11th, 2007 02:10 PM

Don't know about some of your other items, but in many theaters the first couple of rows of seats are bad - you're so low that you sometimes can;t see the back of the stage - and if performers work right at the front of the stage and are singing or enunciating loudly you can be spit on.

suze Oct 11th, 2007 02:13 PM

&lt;All Kroger brand food is &quot;inedible.&quot;&gt;

Well it's true ;-)

FainaAgain Oct 11th, 2007 02:15 PM

Hello from San Francisco :))

Oh, yeah, and you must stay in a boutigue hotel!

And if you don't take at least one City Guides walking tour you'll be deported.

FainaAgain Oct 11th, 2007 02:20 PM

Now, seriously. I shop in Cala Foods often, and Kroger is their generic name. Cheese is bad, really bad taste. As for instant coffee (yes, I use instant, you don't even have to shake my hand!) it's better then Folger's.

I try not to seat in the first few rows for 2 reasons: music is too loud, and the awful makeup is too visible. I enjoy it more sitting somewhere in the middle.

Also sometimes in the first few rows you have to look up and your neck hurts.

beachbum Oct 11th, 2007 02:29 PM

And this has all been in the last day or two, right htty?

I've learned that nothing on this site astonishes me anymore.

Scarlett Oct 11th, 2007 02:55 PM

I have learned that nothing is that much fun if you do it all the time.
Taking a break is often helpful.

ckwald Oct 11th, 2007 04:22 PM

The one &amp; only time I sat in the second row of a theater in NYC was for a performance of a group of very hard-working dancers who at one point all gathered at the front of the stage and suddenly whipped around in a fast circle-- and a sheet of perspiration flew off the stage and enveloped the audience in the first couple of rows. It was ... um ... memorable.

suze Oct 11th, 2007 04:38 PM

I've learned that some people will post absolutely ANYTHING on a public forum.

happytrailstoyou Oct 11th, 2007 05:32 PM

Oh, suze, what next?

MikeT Oct 11th, 2007 06:40 PM

I've learned that trolls will do anything for attention

ilovetulips Oct 11th, 2007 07:40 PM

I've learned that if you pan a vacation destination in your title posters will tell you that you are closed minded and should have just stayed at home.

happytrailstoyou Oct 12th, 2007 07:02 AM

I just learned that if an elderly person writes books, is capable of penetrating analysis, and travels the world promoting human rights that is evidence that he is &quot;senile.&quot; (See the post about JC.)

CAPH52 Oct 12th, 2007 07:13 AM

Wasn't the lounge created for threads like this?

Scarlett Oct 12th, 2007 07:47 AM

I have learned that some people are easily Astonished lol

Yes, CAPH..definitely lounge material.

happytrailstoyou Oct 12th, 2007 07:57 AM

From time to time I and other post a thread on the wrong forum.

What is the procedure for moving threads from one forum to another?

CAPH52 Oct 12th, 2007 08:06 AM

Yeah, I've done that a couple of times too.;) I just reposted on the right forum. Otherwise, the editors will occasionally move a thread.

happytrailstoyou Oct 12th, 2007 08:20 AM

<b>THIS THREAD, AS REQUESTED, HAS BEEN RE-POSTED ON THE &quot;LOUNGE.&quot;</b>


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