[ExI] answer to little puzzle

[William Flynn Wallace]

I have not had carbonated water in a long time.  Even diet soda is not good
for you.

Always tell the stories - don't wait for my requests.

Seems like the Big Boy restaurant had another name but I cannot think of
it.  bill w

On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 7:45 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *…*> *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
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> >…Thanks, Spike.  There must have been some Yankees around when you were
> in Florida.  I never heard of egg cream in Mississippi until a Jewish
> friend from Rhode Island said he missed them…
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> Heh.  Where I grew up was about half yankees and half redneck.  But it
> wasn’t a yankee establishment that sold egg creams.  It was a fun redneck
> sports bar/restaurant called Big Boy’s.
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> https://www.amazon.com/Open-Road-Brands-Classic-Kitchen/dp/B0B2SJYZZN/ref=asc_df_B0B2SJYZZN/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=598351409681&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3373454197572654037&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032144&hvtargid=pla-1721878312015&psc=1
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> But that wasn’t the original sign.  That was a later version, perhaps
> about 1970.  But ours predated that sign.  We had one of these:
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> It was up on a pedestal on a turntable, atop a pole about 12 ft up.  Even
> up there, some sleazy bastard stole it.  Note the figurine is about the
> size of an actual man.  Musta been a determine thief(s.)  But a
> retro-figurine like this is now worth a cool fortune.
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> >…I am an obsessive about looking things up, but I never knew what egg
> cream was until a few minutes ago…
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> If you want to make one, there are simple recipes online:
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> https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/167351/egg-cream/
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> I learned something new as well: I never knew it was a New York thing.
> The guy down at the Fat Boy’s (that’s what we called Big Boy’s) didn’t talk
> New York.
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> It was at that Fat Boy’s that the What club came to have a slogan.  Fun
> story available on request.
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