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Skriven 2008-02-18 21:07:34 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: VIET SAUCES  80218
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 -=> Quoting Jim Weller to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> Do they just have the one type of chili sauce or do you get a
 GJ> choice?
 JW> Just one. A garlicky medium, hot fairly, thick chile sauce much like
 JW> Sriracha. There is also a squeeze bottle of Hoisen sauce at every
 JW> table as well as the standard Canadian ketchup and vinegar.
 
 GJ> Perhaps their chili sauce _is_ sriracha.

 JW> I suspect it is. Tastes the same. And it's cheap, good and readily
 JW> available.

There are several brands of Sriracha, some even made in California.
 
 GJ> No soy sauce?  I'm surprised.

 JW> Oh yes, of course, I just forgot. 5 condiments on the table in all.
 
Slap!  I do not think I have been in any Asian restaurant, of any
ethnicity, which does not include soy in the table condiments.

 JW> I wouldn't want to live in this town on just $22-28,000 a year!
 GJ> Or if you lived with parents, paying your way, while studying for
 GJ> better things in the future, it would be possible.

 JW> Yep, it's a good rate for a student.

Students _should_ starve in garrets and ride old bicycles to school; it
is good for the soul.  You can't be a proper student if you drive a
large car, paid for by daddy, and dine in expensive restaurants.
 
 JW> Canadian buffets
 
 GJ> And for what purpose is that tip?

 JW> For attentiveness taking drink orders, delivering said drinks and
 JW> clearing plates promptly. 10% is probably too much considering the
 JW> low work load and the large number of patrons per dining section.

I would expect that sort of behaviour to be normal.  If the wait staff
could not come up to that standard they should be summarily fired.

 JW> But since half the jerks that show up don't tip at all I have to tip
 JW> 10% not 5% to balance it all out. As long as I get my coffee before
 JW> the jerk does I'm OK with it.

Pah!  Humbug!  I'm with the jerks.  I don't give money to street
beggars, so why should I give charity to people on wages?
 
 GJ> On the basis of all that, your Roslind is in the same class as, or
 GJ> higher than the Mafia bosses in Italy!  As someone who had the leaders
 GJ> and shakers in the Canuk government literally by the short and
 GJ> curlies, she was in a position to subvert and influence both domestic
 GJ> and foreign policies of the country.  And she gave all that up for
 GJ> teaching and YOU!
 GJ> (Or did she?)  Does she still take assignments to special
 GJ> order?

 JW> A select few.

 JW> In a standard salon, hairdressers make 50% and the shop keeps 50%.

So your haircut takes 10 minutes, you pay $16, and the barber gets $8
of it.  If s/he does an average of 4 haircuts an hour, he grosses $32
an hour.  Probably more than you make, and certainly several times my
income.  Surely you would not add a tip to that amount?!

 JW> She charges 75% of the going rates at the better places when she
 JW> works out of our home on a part-time basis. Today, Saturday, she took
 JW> care of 5 old friends, one of whom flies in from Kelowna, British
 JW> Columbia six times a year for a colour, and made $480 between noon
 JW> and five PM. Unlike commercial salons she offered them white wine,
 JW> Advocaat snowballs and Bailey's with their coffee.

With that rate of income, I should think so!!  That would certainly
soften them up and make them even more generous.   As it is obvious
that Roslind is the mover and shaker of the movers and shakers, and
highly influencial, as long as you behave, your future is assured.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: "Ranee Mueller's Mothers' Halawa Hair Remover"
 Categories: Newsgroups
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
      1 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Water
    1/2    Lemon- juice of...
 
  Heat sugar and water to dissolve.  Bring to rapid boil and stir.  Add
  lemon juice and take off heat.  Pour small quantity on cold surface
  and scrape up.  This shouldn't be too sticky, or too stiff.  I can't
  really describe the texture that well, but if you've used another
  similar wax product, you'll know what to look for.  You can test it
  on a small part of your arm if you're not sure.  I don't even use the
  fabric strips, just pull up a small amount of the sugar stuff and
  spread it and pull. My mother once did my armpits for me so I
  wouldn't have to shave, I'm sure the neighbors thought she was
  beating me from the sound of my screams. It doesn't really hurt on
  your legs, though. From: Ranee Mueller <raneem@harbornet.com>
 
MMMMM
 

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