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Exactly. I've e-mailed a handful of distributors over the last couple of years trying to track down their products. Without fail, the responses have been prompt and friendly.
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At the risk of exhibiting my mis-knowledge (but for Porcupine to educate me) - I'd object to the word "forcing". She slammed on the brakes and turned the steering wheel to the left. Slam on the brakes and keep the wheel straight - you may slide, but you won't rotate the car. But, yes, steering into the skid is a good thing. I've had an automatic AWD (plus ABS) for four years now and I'm still figuring out how the thing acts in bad weather as opposed to the old front wheel drive, four banger, stick shifts that I drove for most of my life. Now inspired to go learn how to really drive it (or at least find an empty parking lot and have some fun worthy of a newly licensed 16 year old).
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I'll be interested to see how KKR is going to use its new 13% ownership of Sysco (SYY) to maximize its profit as it unwinds the position. They're not exactly buy and hold.
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Psst - Very Old Barton is readily available at Magruder's in Chevy Chase as well. Easily my favorite bargain bourbon. -
John, I love my AllClad LTD pots and pans, but you just hit on my Number One complaint about them. Especially when dealing with pots full of hot stock/sauce.
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Employees Drinking On The Job - How Do You Handle It?
JPW replied to DonRocks's topic in News and Media
Stealing = Stealing = Termination + If they're stealing booze, they're stealing other shit too. I guarantee it. PS - I wish I could like Dave's post twice -
Hans Riegel
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The two biggest sources of sodium are the tortilla and the rice (?). So I either get a burrito bowl or a burrito without rice.
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Welcome! It's hard enough to run a restaurant. What's it like to run a restaurant that is also a national institution?
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Langley Park. Google maps says that it's Silver Spring and that Langley Park stops at University east of Carroll. Culturally and psychologically, I'd call it the western edge of Langley Park and put the fuzzy boundary at the corner of University and Piney Branch (also to include the businesses and apartments down Piney Branch to Sligo Creek)
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Probably the best of the Sal-Mex places in the neighborhood. Really solid food. I agree with dinoue on the parking hassles.
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Yes, the feds were "made good" in '95-'96. No guarantee that they will be this time. It'll be a minor negotiating point.
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I'm lucky in that all of my contracts had previously obligated funding, so I can continue work. Too many of my friends and neighbors are not so lucky. I originally put the betting line at a week. Revising that to bet that they'll put together something in a bundle with the debt ceiling. So I think the feds will be out until mid-October.
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To the Pirates for reaching the *real* playoffs for the first time in 21 years! (and also for keeping our minds off that pitiful football team while we're waiting for the Penguins opener on Thursday)
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Sorry, can't recall.
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Because, in the end, it really wasn't all that good.
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As a regular visitor to ABQ, I concur. I usually stay at Hotel Andaluz or the Doubletree downtown. Favorite downtown spots to eat - The Artichoke Cafe (http://www.artichokecafe.com/) - Bistro with a decent wine list Slate Street Cafe (http://www.slatestreetcafe.com/) - Upscale comfort food with a decent wine list Q Burger (http://www.qburgerabq.com/) - Upscale dive bar (if such a thing actually exists) with a decent burger and good local beers on tap and finally Marble Brewery (http://www.marblebrewery.com/) - A dive in the best sense of the word.
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I was the first ever customer at Ray's the Classics and I plan on being the last. During the week, my beer sometimes appears before I even sit down at the bar. Peanut's going on her fourth or fifth year of being their Junior Hostess in Training when we go in on Friday nights.
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Based on my meals at 8407 over the time that he was there, Ed never really had the chance to put too much of an imprint on the menu.
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Shows you how much I know. I quit trying to book a table for 1 on opentable years ago because it never appeared to be an option.
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I'd put it at very douchey. However, it drives me nuts, too, that opentable won't let you book a table for one. That said as someone who frequently travels for work alone and who tends to dine alone when traveling for work because my colleagues have tastes that lean towards Olive Garden, I give a huge thumbs up to restaurants that let you book for one. However, usually I call ahead and ask about space at the bar.
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To J.F. - gone way too soon at 44. Having a Manhattan in your honor. Public Service Announcement: To all the guys out there -- Get your annual check-up before you end up on a slab too young!
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Glad that this has finally been completed. Nick and Elliott are great guys. Looking forward to what they plan on adjusting. That said, it'll still be the same steaks that they serve at the mothership.
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After many years of sampling the vineyards around C'ville during our frequent treks up and down 29, we finally had a chance to stop by Glen Manor. (To make the old timers feel, well, old, we dropped Peanut off at her first sleep-over camp out by Woodstock). Granted Nutty Buddy and I haven't been to every vineyard in VA, but we've probably been to 30 or 35. For my money there is no one making better wine from top to bottom than Glen Manor. I usually cringe at the prices charged in VA vineyards because they represent absolutely awful price for quality values. That said, we always buy a couple of bottles because we want to support the folks who are putting everything into their business. At Glen Manor, I had no hesitation in paying $20 - $25 for a mixed case of Sauv Blanc, Rose, and Cab Franc (OK, I hesitated for a moment on the rose). The 2011 Cab Franc is quite simply one of the best VA wines that I've ever put in my mouth (I was driving so I was spitting). It's also one of the best tasting experiences in VA with knowledgeable pourers (including Jeff's lovely wife). I gush because I think that it is that much better than most VA wine. Will most definitely be buying more of their juice. Looking forward to heading back out for the promised fall re-release of the 2010 Hodder Hill.
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read the recent review of ... in the WaPo and TS mentioned the inventiveness of the kung pao sweetbreads. I immediately began to reminisce about devouring the kung pao sweetbreads that Brendan Cox made 5 or 6 years ago...
