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    Doug Psaltis

    in Cookbooks & References

    Posted · Edited by winesonoma (log)

    Touching someone is the kiss of death. Your gone, period. It's called battery, as in Assault and Battery.

    "A battery is the willful or intentional touching of a person against that person’s will by another person, or by an object or substance put in motion by that other person. Please note that an offensive touching can constitute a battery even if it does not cause injury, and could not reasonably be expected to cause injury. A defendant who emphatically pokes the plaintiff in the chest with his index finger to emphasize a point may be culpable for battery (although the damages award that results may well be nominal). A defendant who spits on a plaintiff, even though there is little chance that the spitting will cause any injury other than to the plaintiff's dignity, has committed a battery".

    Road Trip: Numero 4

    in Food Traditions & Culture

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    Daniel, I see that you passed by Olympia, home of one of my cousins. The thing that I remember most about Olympia is the wonderful fragrance of the tall cedar trees. But I guess that isn't food-related.

    It's cool that you visited the Tillamook factory, a place I actually recognized the name of! Good cheddar cheese.

    He hit Olympia, Ranch House BBQ

    10841 Kennedy Creek Road Southwest, Olympia, WA 98512

    :biggrin:

    Sonoma Restaurant Scene

    in California: Dining

    Posted · Edited by winesonoma (log)

    [quotfiggirl,Sep 9 2005, 11:08 AM]

    A new tacky looking cheese thing has appeared in The Girl and The Fig. ...

    ??? Not sure I understand...

    Boy - winesonoma - your opinions are offensive and hurtful, Maybe I am being thin-skinned right now, but a lot of hard work, thought and money went into building our custom red oak (not plywood) cheese bar. Luckily, opinions like yours don't stop us from trying out new things. Though I don't expect everyone to like everything we do there are certainly constructive ways of stating your opinion.

    I love Sonoma, I love our restaurant community and I truly appreciate all of the hard work that all of the restaurants are doing on a day to day basis. We all work very hard, live this life 24 hours a day and sharp, biting remarks hardly support a community feeling or a sense of maturity :sad::sad::sad: .

    Sondra "figgirl" Bernstein

    Sonoma Restaurant Scene

    in California: Dining

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    If you do go to Healdsberg and to Willi's Raw Bar do not order the lobster roll. Never in 30 years have I ever felt so ripped off. Fill the bun 3/4 with lettuce and mayo, put on top a small helping of Lobster in garlic butter. $13. It's cold with mayo or hot with butter folks, but not both and gimme some lobster. I am now convinced that all their places are a rip-off and I have eaten at all of them. Much better places to eat in the county than there.

    Sonoma Restaurant Scene

    in California: Dining

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    A new tacky looking cheese thing has appeared in The Girl and The Fig. ...

    ??? Not sure I understand...

    A rather large cheaply made plywood thing has appeared in the bar waiting room area of a classy old place. Couches are gone and access to the Patio is somewhat restricted. A cheesy cheese bar in my opinion.

    :sad:

    Automatic Unauthorized Tips

    in Restaurant Life

    Posted · Edited by winesonoma (log)

    Someone I know works for BofA, and we had a HUGE argument about this just the other night.  He had come home from work, full of frustration at having had to repeatedly explain this exact situation to people in his help desk capacity.

    The point he kept trying to hammer home (to me during the discussion - not to callers) is that it's all in your member agreement when you sign up for a credit or debit card, and also expained in detail in the agreement you sign when you (as a vendor) contract with BofA to provide your credit card processing.  So it's completely "legal and fair".  Okay, conceded.

    However, the point I kept trying to make is that (at least in the case of the debit card transaction) during that day or two or five, somebody somewhere (probably BofA, possibly Visa/Mastercard) is earning interest off that "blocked off" amount while it's parked temporarily in a general ledger account somewhere.  Sure, the interest in the example transaction would be miniscule.  Let's see... $40 at, let's be generous and say 1% interest for two days:  I'm coming up with something like US $.00219etc., or just a little more than one-fifth of a penny. (Somebody please, check my math.)

    BUT:  Multiply one fifth of a penny times a paltry, oh... fifty million transactions a day.  That's over $109,000 US in a single day!  Not to mention all the overdraft charges and over-credit-limit charges the banks are raking in when people don't realize those funds are set (temporarily) aside.

    Anyone remember "Office Space"?  Damn, it must feel good to be a gangsta.

    This suprises you? It's how business is done. When I was a contractor I bought on the first week of the month because I used their money for 30 days. They all do it and it's part of the contract. Beware of fast food and mini marts because they will put a hold for 30 days.
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