tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1075559707650265772..comments2024-03-29T07:49:20.875-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: "Will you be enjoying Nantucket Sea, Himalayan Pink, or, ahem, common table salt tonight?"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49326191424933111472019-02-19T22:02:52.438-06:002019-02-19T22:02:52.438-06:00Everything brought to the table is on the check. T...Everything brought to the table is on the check. The old school was a basket with crackers and rolls that you hoped weren't leftovers from a previous table. Better to pay for a quality product, fresh baked bread often the best part of a meal. Finish the pasta, take home the bread, Neil JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13809652404151316342019-02-19T18:13:44.350-06:002019-02-19T18:13:44.350-06:00By "air" I meant air in our tires, not i...By "air" I meant air in our tires, not in our lungs. God help us if we ever have to pay for the very air we breathe...that would be a death sentence for millions.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76600329305995963412019-02-19T15:20:03.956-06:002019-02-19T15:20:03.956-06:00I also am geezer enough to suspect that "mone...I also am geezer enough to suspect that "monetize" is a synonym for charge more and provide less (the very old candy bar scam), but it also might be a way to recognize the hidden expense in freebies, the externalities in economic speak. Would we want to pay for air if the alternative was to breathe polluted air? To pay for water if pure water were scarce? To pay for bread rather than waste it? To pay for checking a bag if one has the choice of traveling lighter?<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1200120624924089952019-02-19T15:15:50.746-06:002019-02-19T15:15:50.746-06:00Damn, that's good writing...Lindsay Wood Davis...Damn, that's good writing...Lindsay Wood Davislwdavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302065246068704960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8528341383416408032019-02-19T14:44:05.247-06:002019-02-19T14:44:05.247-06:00Bread, being the staff of life, is worthy of conte...Bread, being the staff of life, is worthy of contemplation in itself, but in this case reminded me of how one should take care trying to speak an unfamiliar language. In a north side restaurant I complemented the management on the bread and was told they sourced it from a bakery called Casa Nostra, which I knew meant "our house." With the bread basket emptied, I sought replenishment and asked if we might have a bit more of their Cosa Nostra bread.<br /><br />Tom Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41318340551346774862019-02-19T14:33:37.562-06:002019-02-19T14:33:37.562-06:00I hate the word "monetize"...to me it al...I hate the word "monetize"...to me it always means "rip-off'"--The word means "converting non-revenue generating assets into sources of revenue." In economic terms, "monetize" means to convert any event, object or transaction into a form of currency or something with transferable value. <br /><br />What it means in Real Life is to find a new way to charge you for something that was formerly free of charge...air, water, bread, a side dish, checking your airline baggage...the list is endless.<br /><br />And I have never been one for the new and the hip and the shiny...nor have I ever been a foodie. Since I passed through the Portals of Geezerhood (five, ten, or fifteen years ago--depending on how you define a "geezer"), the 'restaurant experience' has become even more infrequent, both by choice and from financial constraints. As a fixed-income retiree, there's no such animal as being "only out $18" for a salad. Where I am coming from, $18 should buy you the whole garden.<br /><br />But, hey, I still patronize Pizza Hut and Taco Hell, happily and by choice, so maybe it's just me. Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5088382638265669952019-02-19T09:53:19.011-06:002019-02-19T09:53:19.011-06:00Reminds me of when Chinese restaurants started cha...Reminds me of when Chinese restaurants started charging extra for fortune cookies. I believe that terrible practice has stopped, though.J. Pabsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566801024154623288noreply@blogger.com