Subj : Repairs [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Aug 03 2024 19:28:07
Hi Dave,
RH> There's a Roy Rogers in Winchester, VA. We stopped there last November
RH> on our way up north and yes, we got (good) roast beef sandwiches. Might
RH> make it a more often stop.
DD> The chain started in Ft. Wayne, IN as an outgrowth of Azar's Big Boy.
DD> The Roy Rogers chain was sold in 1990 to Imasco, then the parent
DD> company of Hardee's, and experienced severe decline as many
locations DD> converted to Hardee's. In 2002, the trademark was
purchased by DD> Plamondon Companies.
So they've been around a while, not as long as McD's. Found out Zaxbys
(another southern chain) was founded in the 90s, still a youngster
compared to some.
RH> It has been a while since we've been in a Carl's Jr; having the
camper RH> we now usually fix our own lunches. IIRC, the menua are
similr, but, RH> as you say, slight differences. I can't recall
specific ones tho.
DD> The one thing that Carl's Jr. brought to Hardee's that I think is a
DD> plus is the "Frisco" burger - a 1/3-pound charbroiled Black Angus
DD> beef patty covered in Swiss cheese, mayo, tomatoes, and bacon
DD> sandwiched between toasted sourdough.
DD> And now they have a BLT version which adds lettuce and more tomato and
DD> bacon. Right now they're offering 50% off in their app so I've had a
DD> few of those. By itself it's a meal.
RH> I've seen it advertised on tv, both a chicken version and a beef
RH> version. I think I'd go for the chicken, but take the chicken out and
RH> have it on the side. We don't have the app so would pay full price if
RH> we went for it. Today's lunch was splitting a chicken bake at Costco; I
RH> had an appointment down in Raleigh, ran some other errands (including
RH> Costco) before going to the dr. Not the greatest but it beats a burger
RH> or their pizza.
DD> Do the Hardee's in your area do coupons? I get a monthly mailing from
DD> some marketing outfit. Yesterday's haul had coupons for Popeyes,
DD> Subway, Burger King, Hardee's and Little Caesar's (who have improved
DD> their pizza greatly). Once in a while there is even a McD's sheet of
DD> coupons.
Yes, we get the recycle bag flyer with all sorts of coupons. Haven't
seen the Hardee's one in a while, last set was for Subway and BK.
DD> The bundle also contains window, siding and gutter hutles. As well as
DD> a BelTone hearing aid flyer and general beauty & bath merch coupons.
Fodder for the recycle bag.
DD> 8<----- SNIP----->8
RH> We put probably 100,000+ miles on the Frontier, know we did 135,00+/-
RH> with the Honda in late 70s to early 80s.
DD> I had an '87 Honda Accord I'd likely still be driving had that tool
DD> truck (Mac Tools dealer) not blown a stop sign just as I was entering
DD> the intersection. 30 mph to zero in a jiffy. And a dandy cut on my
DD> forehead. I did have my seatbelt on which no doubt saved more hurts.
DD> At the time it was wrecked it had over 200,000 miles on it.
DD> My current ride, Bruno the Beemer has been to the moon and is on his
DD> way home - 250,000 miles and still going strong.
We're still working on the frist hunderd thousand on the F-150, bought
it with about 58,000 on and I think we're somewhere in the 80s now. Got
the truck end of February/beginning of March last year.
RH> Mom did other things to stretch the budget but never S.O.S.
DD> Since your Dad was in Unc's Yacht Club he probably put the kibosh on
DD> that.
RH> Most likely so. (G) First time I had it was in college, made with
RH> ground beef and served on a gritty roll. At the time, the school
RH> newspaper printed menus for the week ahead; they called it S.O.S. to
RH> nobody's (that I was aware of) objection. When the school opened up
RH> their new campus center with a cafeteria (instead of the under the
RH> dorms family style meals), they stopped printing the menus.
DD> Well, yeah. But a list of available choices would have been nice. I'm
DD> not, and never have been a fan of cafeteria-style eating. If I'm doing
DD> "pick it yourself" pre-made dishes give me the wretched excess of a
DD> good ol' buffet.
It was (at that time) basically offer of 2 entrees, about 4 sides, a
couple of desserts. Lunch time always had a tossed salad available also.
Now there's all kinds of choices, traditional, vegan and so on, with a
proper salad bar. (We stopped there in May, on our way to Ohio from
visiting family in the Rochester, NY area & had lunch there.)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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