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Lunch sliders . . .

Sorry for not replying promptly. Had to slide out for an appointment & errands.
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Gasshog: [Lu] ?

The element with atomic number 71 is Lutetium [Lu].

Little-know lutetium – discovered by French chemist Georges Urbain in 1907 – is the hardest & densest element in the lanthanide series of "rare-earth metals" [obsolete term], listed as a horizontal row at the bottom of the periodic table.

For many years, lutetium was the most expensive chemical element in the periodic table, fetching up to $2,125 / ounce.
Annual production is ~ 10 tons.
It's important in positron emission tomography (PET scanning), to produce 3-D images of the human body's interior.

Posting: I chose post # 70 as the upper limit for landing, since the elemental arithmetic in the symbol list totaled 71 + 7 − 6 − 1 = 71. Landed on post # 69, OK.
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ppd: "What's for lunch?"

Not chopped liver!

I had a few memorable lunches in 1972 Q1 during basic training to become a NYSE Registered Representative [stockbroker].

The two top executives at Shearson, Hammill at the time were R. C. Van Tuyl & Alger B. Chapman ["simple as A.B.C."]

They invited some of the trainees for a fancy lunch in the corporate dining room at 14 Wall.
That building is steps away from the NYSE at Broad & Wall, and a few more steps away from Morgan Guaranty Trust, [almost] catercorner at 23 Wall.

The main point was to interrogate the trainees, gently, as another test to pass.

R.C. made a grand entrance, clutching his ever-present bottle of gin like a football.
No mere three martinis for him!

The waiters wore a uniform of white shirts, green vests, & white gloves.
They served us sliced roast beef & other delicacies on silver platters, placed atop rolling carts.

Ah! Capitalism at its finest!

Here at the Lab, my schedule is shifted later into the day, so I have time for a relaxed breakfast.
I rarely eat lunch now, and rarely attend business lunches.

The finest brunches & lunches in recent years:
Rutherford Grill – the most delicious roast beef sandwich au jus anywhere, ever, with wild rice & braised red cabbage, paired with a Rutherford Cabernet or Zinfandel. No corkage fee!
Solbar / Solage / Calistoga – fresh grapefruit juice, lemon-ricotta pancakes with blueberry syrup, crisp bacon, French-pressed dark coffee.
Bouchon / Yountville – roast duck in a thick broth of lentils & onions.
Brasswood / St. Helena / duck Bolognese fettucine, or seared scallops on saffron rice.
REDD / Yountville / lobster club sandwich, frites.
REDD is gone forever, alas.

Thanks for asking & listening.