OT: Bullshitting at the Barbershop part deux

[mattola]

Nothing was better than when I was a young kid and came home and saw a note on the table. It usually said my mother was working late, heres money for McDondalds, get your own dinner.

I remember when the McDonald's finally was built where I grew up. We had to ride our bikes about 2-3 miles along a highway to get to it. Fun times!

Prior to that the only thing near us was a Burger King and Winky's, but there was no way you could get those w/o being driven to them.

my first introduction to McDonalds was actually through school where they brought in the dry McDonalds Character Cookies and the waters down Orange Drink (not pop but Orange Drink) in those big plastic McDonalds dispensers.

also WTH is Winkys?

the school i went to in kindergarten and grade 1 had one just around the corner. So about once a week i used to bring $0.25 and treat myself to a box of McDonaldland cookies.
My friend used to come with me and just get about 10 packets of ketchup to eat.

i drove by there several years later, and had completely forgotten that I had to walk for a bit down the shoulder of the #7 Highway to get there. I was so laser focused on those cookies, i mustn't have noticed.

Being able to afford a hamburger was one thing but MAN was getting a cheesburger SPECIAL when I was a kid They literally taste exactly the same as then lol

I can't be the only one who burned his tongue quite badly on the McDonald's hot apple pie

I can actually feel that by reading your post

 

[thedddd]

also WTH is Winkys?

LOL...it was a local Burger chain in the 60's, 70's and early 80's in Pittsburgh.
My mom actually worked there so I spent plenty of time in one right before it closed down.

Winky's - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[mattola]

LOL...it was a local Burger chain in the 60's, 70's and early 80's in Pittsburgh.
My mom actually worked there so I spent plenty of time in one right before it closed down.

Winky's - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

lol I thought it was a rip off of Wendys like McDowells (While McDonald's has the golden arches, McDowell's has the golden arcs. McDonald's has the Big Mac, but McDowell's has the Big Mick. )

 

[forty_three]

McDonald's was not the go to place where I grew up because we had a place called Gino's that was head and shoulders above AND had Kentucky Fried Chicken as a menu item. They tried to bring it back a few years before I moved away and they failed pretty hard.

Plus the Hardee's was a shorter bike ride from my house than Mickey D's was.

The big event was when Taco Bell opened. Good lord the lines were insane.

 

[Comeds]

my first introduction to McDonalds was actually through school where they brought in the dry McDonalds Character Cookies and the waters down Orange Drink (not pop but Orange Drink) in those big plastic McDonalds dispensers.

also WTH is Winkys?



Being able to afford a hamburger was one thing but MAN was getting a cheesburger SPECIAL when I was a kid They literally taste exactly the same as then lol



I can actually feel that by reading your post

I loved the orange drink as a kid. Nice, all natural no artificial color, orange drink and McDonaldland cookies and I was set.

 

[dash]

I remember when Krispy Kreme opening up a store (one time in Sacramento and a second time in Calgary) there there were lines for miles. Is Krispy Kreme still in business today?

 

[Comeds]

McDonald's was not the go to place where I grew up because we had a place called Gino's that was head and shoulders above AND had Kentucky Fried Chicken as a menu item. They tried to bring it back a few years before I moved away and they failed pretty hard.

Plus the Hardee's was a shorter bike ride from my house than Mickey D's was.

The big event was when Taco Bell opened. Good lord the lines were insane.

I loved Gino's as a kid! It just wasn't at the end of my street like McDonalds was.

Gino's opened about a 1/2 mile near me a few years ago and it tasted like school cafeteria food. Really expensive cafeteria food.

 

[forty_three]

I loved Gino's as a kid! It just wasn't at the end of my street like McDonalds was.

Gino's opened about a 1/2 mile near me a few years ago and it tasted like school cafeteria food. Really expensive cafeteria food.

I was so excited to go to the new Gino's and maybe ate there twice. The second time was "Maybe the first was a fluke". It wasn't.

 

[Comeds]

I remember when Krispy Kreme opening up a store (one time in Sacramento and a second time in Calgary) there there were lines for miles. Is Krispy Kreme still in business today?

That happened here too. One opened near an apartment I had and for 6 months it created traffic jams and had police directing traffic. For donuts. It eventually died down and I think it was gone in two years. I see them in stores but there are no locations in my area that I know of.

 

[forty_three]

I remember when Krispy Kreme opening up a store (one time in Sacramento and a second time in Calgary) there there were lines for miles. Is Krispy Kreme still in business today?

There's a few Krispy Kremes around here. People went ballistic when Dunkin showed up. Lines were nuts.

In the next year we'll be getting Bojangles and Torchy's tacos. Which will also cause chaos. If we got an In-N-Out Burger the city would have to shut down for 3 days.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I remember when Krispy Kreme opening up a store (one time in Sacramento and a second time in Calgary) there there were lines for miles. Is Krispy Kreme still in business today?

The one (and only one around here) in North Delta still has lineups I think. They definitely did during covid - for some odd reason it was a destination.

I preordered 20 dozen donuts from KK for a hockey tournament last March and people were standing in a line going out the door

 

[puckhead]

The one (and only one around here) in North Delta still has lineups I think. They definitely did during covid - for some odd reason it was a destination.

I preordered 20 dozen donuts from KK for a hockey tournament last March and people were standing in a line going out the door

those covid lineups were largely because the customers were standing 6 feet apart. And there was nothing else to do. Grab a box and hang out at the park was the limits of socialization.
and people taking FOREVER when it's their turn to choose.

no lineups any more, the last couple of times I was there.
people still take FOREVER to choose though.

I'm on my way as quick as possible, to limit that chances of getting tagged by a stray drive-by bullet from the parking lot

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I remember when Krispy Kreme opening up a store (one time in Sacramento and a second time in Calgary) there there were lines for miles. Is Krispy Kreme still in business today?

When they opened the first spot in Ontario (and I think Canada) at Heartland Mississauga the lines of cars down Mavis Rd. were so bad it caused offramp backups on two highways that had exits to it nearby.

I was in high school and my school did this huge thing to get a shit ton of donuts and sell them in the caf for like 5x their sale price. Probably funded the football team for 5 years based on that one sale.

There's a few Krispy Kremes around here. People went ballistic when Dunkin showed up. Lines were nuts.

In the next year we'll be getting Bojangles and Torchy's tacos. Which will also cause chaos. If we got an In-N-Out Burger the city would have to shut down for 3 days.

When they opened Chick-Fil-A in Toronto there were a shit ton of protestors and a shit ton of people lined up to go in. It was pretty funny.

Hindsight I'm not sure why they chose that spot for one of their earliest locations in Ontario when they could've stuck to the suburbs for a while and avoided any of the negative press but it's still there so I guess it's working out.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Also, they closed all the Carl Jr.'s around me (except one in Surrey which no thanks) and that kinda sucks although anytime I went to either the Coquitlam or Maple Ridge locations they were absolutely empty. They had become my once every couple weeks thing. Too bad.

Meanwhile the 18 A&W's between the two are always packed

/Fatburger sucks.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

those covid lineups were largely because the customers were standing 6 feet apart. And there was nothing else to do. Grab a box and hang out at the park was the limits of socialization.
and people taking FOREVER when it's their turn to choose.

no lineups any more, the last couple of times I was there.
people still take FOREVER to choose though.

I'm on my way as quick as possible, to limit that chances of getting tagged by a stray drive-by bullet from the parking lot

iirc their drive through was insanely jammed up too when covid first started. People couldnt do anything around here and they chose to go to Krispy Kreme for some reason.

 

[Comeds]

It has begun....

MSN

 

[buffhockey]

6’11” doesn’t fit in car…

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Being able to afford a hamburger was one thing but MAN was getting a cheesburger SPECIAL when I was a kid They literally taste exactly the same as then lol

I dont think I paid for McDonalds when I was in highschool. Our McDonalds was the Cassiar and Hastings location near the PNE and I swear to god, kids got jobs there for the sole reason to give out free food to friends. I think there was a running list of "which kid is next to apply for a job at McDonalds". That McDonalds location had the pies and the (employee) turnover


/btw ... anyone who says kids today are worse needs to re-evaluate their own childhood lol

 

[mattola]

/btw ... anyone who says kids today are worse needs to re-evaluate their own childhood lol

i got stories.. lol

 

[buffhockey]

i got stories.. lol

I plead the 5th - statute of limitations and no cel phones...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_limitations​