The day I had a $100 meal, I watched:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
The day I had a $100 meal, I watched:
Prime rib? The big cut?
You could easily drop that at a steakhouse or Benihana here. $100 meal at Benihana would require you to order something from Jack-in-the-Box to fill your tummy.
I had no DVR yesterday which match I couldn’t watch anything except via the fire stick and I left elementary running on it in the background mostly.
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
The day I had a $100 meal, I watched:
Prime rib? The big cut?
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
The day I had a $100 meal, I watched:
Prime rib? The big cut?
No, the "Thai experience" dinner at a local restaurant, plus two beers ($18) and two scoops of banana ice cream ($12). This came with a automatic tip for our large group and a 5% (I think) charge for not paying in cash.
I enjoyed it but these people seem to like eating out at expensive places, but next month it'll be at Big House.
On 7/23/25 6:22 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
The day I had a $100 meal, I watched:
Prime rib? The big cut?
You could easily drop that at a steakhouse or Benihana here. $100 meal at
Benihana would require you to order something from Jack-in-the-Box to fill >> your tummy.
I had no DVR yesterday which match I couldn’t watch anything except via the
fire stick and I left elementary running on it in the background mostly.
My brother has been watching "The Fall Guy" on H&I lately. I told him I
can't watch standard-def TV shows anymore because of the OLED.
If they hadn't remastered "Baywatch" to be in high-def, I would be a
very, very sad person!!
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
The day I had a $100 meal, I watched:
Prime rib? The big cut?
No, the "Thai experience" dinner at a local restaurant, plus two
beers ($18) and two scoops of banana ice cream ($12). This came
with a automatic tip for our large group and a 5% (I think) charge
for not paying in cash.
That is, or at least used to be, against credit card rules.
I enjoyed it but these people seem to like eating out at expensive places, >> but next month it'll be at Big House.
Glad you enjoyed it
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
The day I had a $100 meal, I watched:
Prime rib? The big cut?
No, the "Thai experience" dinner at a local restaurant, plus two
beers ($18) and two scoops of banana ice cream ($12). This came
with a automatic tip for our large group and a 5% (I think) charge
for not paying in cash.
That is, or at least used to be, against credit card rules.
Credit cards charge venders for using them. It's usually a sign of trouble when a business tries to persuade its customers to pay with cash.
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
The day I had a $100 meal, I watched:
Prime rib? The big cut?
No, the "Thai experience" dinner at a local restaurant, plus two beers ($18) >> and two scoops of banana ice cream ($12). This came with a automatic tip for >> our large group and a 5% (I think) charge for not paying in cash.
That is, or at least used to be, against credit card rules.
On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:56:31 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:Perhaps but many restaurants in our area advertise that they require a percentage (usually 15%) for larger groups particularly as larger
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
The day I had a $100 meal, I watched:
Prime rib? The big cut?
No, the "Thai experience" dinner at a local restaurant, plus two beers ($18)
and two scoops of banana ice cream ($12). This came with a automatic tip for
our large group and a 5% (I think) charge for not paying in cash.
That is, or at least used to be, against credit card rules.
groups often has separate bills.
You can of course go higher if you wish.
But I confess I was mightily browned off when I saw the credit card
machine at McD's showing 10%/15%/20% - in Canada pretty much
everything is covered by the GST (in BC that's 7% provincial, 5%
federal) and I adamantly oppose tipping the tax so I enter the amount
option and mentally calculate the percentage based on before tax.
(Being a former math graduate one tends to be good at mental
calculation)
Any server who complains gets zero - and I've only done that once in
the years since they've imposed the GST on food. (It used to be they
only applied the tax on booze but not now...)
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