Posted on 02/05/2005 7:02:06 PM PST by KidGlock
That is what they promise. Go to their corporate website. You'll see that.
"Gary Robinson died hungry. He wanted fried chicken, the three-piece box for $2.19. Drunk, loud, and obnoxious, he pushed ahead of seven customers on line at a fast-food chicken outlet. The counter girl told him that his behavior was impolite. She calmed him down with sweet talk and he agreed to step to the end of the line. His turn came just before closing time, just after the fried chicken ran out. He punched the counter girl so hard her ears rang, and the security guard shot him -- three times."Buchanan once said that her own idea of a successful lead is one that might cause a reader who is having breakfast with his wife to "spit out his coffee, clutch his chest, and say, 'My God, Martha! Did you read this!'”
Edna Buchanan was crime reporter for the Miami Herald for many years, and did it with gusto and a real flair for writing. She was famous for lead sentences (or paragraphs) that caused the reader to do a double-take, like her also classic, "Bad things happen to the husbands of Widow Elkin" (that one should be self-explanatory), or "His last meal was worth $30,000 and it killed him" (cocaine smuggler's bag-in-the-stomach broke open).
Buchanan was an old-fashioned reporter, the kind the world needs more of. For a really wonderful article on her and her career, see Covering the Cops.
One more classic Edna Buchanan lead paragraph for the road:
"The man she loved slapped her face. Furious, she says she told him never, ever to do that again. 'What are you going to do, kill me?' he asked, and handed her a gun. 'Here, kill me,' he challenged. She did."
I think what Sam is saying is that if Burt is traveling 80 mph on the road pavement, as soon as the back tires are on the ramp, the car would be traveling 80 mph over the back of the truck bed. Interesting question.
Takes his foot off the gas the instant he gains traction on the ramp. Then the process of going up the ramp will slow down the car enough where braking will do the rest. Done by a stuntman I'm sure.
In post #63 I explained how this works
My larger point, is what happened to civility? Have we all evolved into a bunch of wolves or vultures? Civility works both ways, Business and Customer.
What did Joe Pesci say in "Lethal Weapon" about ordering from the drive-thru?
Wow! Blast from the past with Edna...thanks!
Kansas has voted Republican... Though.. HeeHee. I want a Whataburger in Wichita, We are only 39 miles from the Oklahoma Line. Whataburger, I had one when I was in Tulsa, yummy.
People like that know better than to eat at McDonalds.
I agree the customer was a jerk and really have no problem with the fine he had to pay. I was merely pointing out that a person is most likely not going to be served in 60 seconds. Personally, I really like the Sausage McMuffin with Egg sandwich. Haven't been in a while, but the last time I went in this area, it was still only a buck.
That lady could write!
You are wrong because you ignore what has been stipulated. Burt had to be going faster than the truck in order to catch up to it and get his wheels on the ramp. Once on the ramp, he would still be going at, say, 81 mph (the incline of the ramp is irrelvant for this quiz because he is going at the stipulated speed). So, now Burt is travelling at 81 mph on a truck that is traveling at 80 mph. Therefore, he is traveling at a ground speed of 161 mph
"You have no idea of the kind of slime that comes into these places posing as customers"
Hey,you are what you eat!
It's obviously been a l-o-n-g winter so far for those up in the northern wilds of Michigan!
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