Just replied to a post on Fark about McDonald's in FL having Valentine's Day dinners.
Smeggy Smurf: Funny thing is, for some people this would be special. Imagine the old couple that had nothing when they first got together. Some of them are going to fondly remember their first splurges while dating by going there. My folks do the same with Taco Johns.
Mrs p6 and I have been married over 35 years...how much more I forget. Three great kids and 5 grand kids at last count. I suggested we go to McDonald's for Valentine's dinner tonight but we settled on China Buffet King.
Turned out pretty good. After we were seated a car caught fire and exploded right outside the window where we were. After a FARKING THIRTY DOLLAR + tip meal and the fiery entertainment I got to stop at Beer World (where our oldest son is the manager) and get a case.
Next stop was to gas the car and play a couple of lottery tickets. When we went to leave a Granny Clampett look a like with a heavy, deep Appalachian accent got out of an older red Grand Am pleading for help.
The story was her car wouldn't start and she had to get to Pittsburgh International Airport but was lost. She was EXTREMELY nervous and panicky and didn't have a ticket but HAD to get to California tonight. Weird miss matched luggage in her car too.
We gave her SIMPLE directions, which she had a hard time grasping. When we started to leave she jumped out of her car again crying that it wouldn't start. We were in our old Saturn not our Durango so I didn't have jumper cables with me but I tried to start it.
First thing was the key lock was messed up....really messed up. Almost like it had been jimmied. Opening the hood I found a newish battery but the positive cable was almost rotted off and the negative cable wasn't screwed down.
Long story short I got the car going and she left....IN A HURRY!
Almost as good a Valentine's day as 4 years ago when I was taking mrs prisoner6 to work and a tree fell on top of our Druango. Managed to swerve through the branches but the tree hit power lines, started a pretty good fire and the road was closed and power was out for the area all day.
So how was YOUR Valentine's day????
Ha! Sounds like you had an exciting evening! So you guys had a ringside seat to see the exploding car! I hope nobody was hurt! Did you get to sit there and watch while the firefighters came and put it out (as you sipped your Chinese tea?) LOL!
Sounds like the granny lookalike was either off her meds or ON something. Maybe she needed to get to California so she could get her next supply of gunja-grass! Nice of yunz to stop and help her.
Our Valentines day was very, ah, ‘sedate’? compared to yours. Mr S grilled beef tenderloin with garlic and mushroom green beans, candied carrots and mashed potatoes on the side. I made strawberry shortcake for dessert. We watched “The King’s Speech” via the Roku. Old folks at home!
I remember the tree across the road! You posted a picture of it on here!
I’m up early. Stressing about my job. Our microfilm is messed up. The girls who scanned the images (part-timers) missed shots - or entire filings. The developer has all of them out of order and in different sizes or just plain unreadable. Does nobody take pride in a job well done any more?? And my boss won’t hire a full time person because of budget constraints. Stupid stuff to be lying awake stressing about!
WOW...you had quite the exciting Cupid day. We had a dinner I made (tuna casserole...a request from 16 yr old who has the orthodontic expanded from Hell in his mouth right now). Then I went to Pinochle w/my Card Club (none of the 8 of us had plans :( ). Sigh.
Exploding car!?! Nutty lady quickly leaving the 412?!? I really do have a boring life...though I AM getting a DQ sundae later (belated Cupid Day).
I too remember P6 driving thru the branches...that is an amazing story...I remember thinking (when you posted it) “your Gaurdian Angel was w/you both.”
Sneakers...I am convenienced that very few workers take pride in their work. I always remember the MLK quote “if you are a street sweeper, sweep your streets like Michaelangelo painted pictures.” We don’t use planograms where I work, so I get to “creatively display” the shelves/end caps. But then again I could just be OCD ...
:) yinz have a good Sunday n’@!