[78-L] Paging Dave Burnham [FWD]

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Fri Feb 18 20:29:31 PST 2011


From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> On 2/18/2011 10:42 PM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Harkin"<xxm.harkin at yahoo.com>>
>>> --- On Thu, 2/17/11, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>>>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>> DB..I just had a message to you
>>>> bounce back with the note that you don't have a
>>>> Rogers.com account. Seeing as I had just replied to the
>>>> note you sent me, I'm
>>>> sure this will come as a surprise to you..not to me nor to
>>>> the millions of
>>>> folks who wouldn't have a Rogers account if they paid us.
>>>> Place is staffed by
>>>> imbeciles who couldn't pass the intelligence test at
>>>> McDonald's.
>>> They HAVE an intelligence test!!!???
>>>
>> Yup...it is THIS is a hamburger...THESE are "french fries"
>> and THIS is how to get a soft drink from the machine!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>> (who recalled when hamburgers were 10 cents, french fries
>> were a nickel, and my lunch was under a dollar...
>
> And once upon a time, Rogers hired some intelligent folk, Mr. Barr being 
> one of
> 'em. But those of use who are still alive and who once at ten-cent 
> hamburgers
> are wondering how we did it..(don't remember ten-cent burgers but the ones 
> at
> Frank's, next to the Brown Derby, were a quarter, as were the milkshakes, 
> and
> they were great..not off topic, I'd dine there while doing my 78 hunting 
> in the
> sixties)
And all of this was based on the "White Castle" chain...who used to sell
small hamburgers for (IIRC) a dime...! I really liked their hamburgers,
and used to deop off the highway right after I ceossed the state line
to buy their burgers...!

Steven C. Barr 



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