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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited October 2009
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    So... the discourse above begs the question... how do youse guys feel about Five Guys burgers?

    Excellent!!! I just tried them for the first time a few weeks ago. Didn't know they existed until then. We were dropping our son at U.C. and there's one 1/2 a block from his dorm.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    96th Street Steakburgers in Indianapolis is about as close to In-and-Out as I have had in the midwest... They are GOOOOD too.

    We just got a 5 Guys burgers a few months back... they're fantastic.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I was just there this weekend. Sometimes I make an excuse to have to go to Indy just to stop in there and grab a burger.

    Dammit John. Tell me next time you're going to be around. I'll buy you a beer or five.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,715
    edited October 2009
    There's a 5 Guys in Westminster, MD (where our son goes to school) and in Shelby,NC (where my father lives). I just learned last night that there are a few in southern MA (not too close to me, but closer than the aforementioned locales).

    I like their burgers and their fries (unfortunately)...
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2009
    I would rather have an In & Out burger than a Chinese tube amp.


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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited October 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Excellent!!! I just tried them for the first time a few weeks ago. Didn't know they existed until then. We were dropping our son at U.C. and there's one 1/2 a block from his dorm.

    There is one on the ground floor of the building I work in. Bad news for my diet!

    But Five Guys, they must dust their burgers with crack or something. They are insanely bad for you but soooooooo good in your tummy! The hot dogs ain't bad either.

    That and for all you people who ain't never done been to Atlantic City and gotten yourself some boardwalk fries, the fries that Five Guys makes is about as close as it gets without actually being from Atlantic City.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,715
    edited October 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    There is one on the ground floor of the building I work in. Bad news for my diet!

    But Five Guys, they must dust their burgers with crack or something. They are insanely bad for you but soooooooo good in your tummy! The hot dogs ain't bad either.

    That and for all you people who ain't never done been to Atlantic City and gotten yourself some boardwalk fries, the fries that Five Guys makes is about as close as it gets without actually being from Atlantic City.

    I associate the boardwalk french fries experience with Ocean City, MD, but that's just my history. Gotta put some malt vinegar on 'em, for best results.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I associate the boardwalk french fries experience with Ocean City, MD, but that's just my history. Gotta put some malt vinegar on 'em, for best results.

    Mmmmmmm malt vinegar on fries mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    Dammit. Now i'm going to have to get 5 guys tonite...
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited October 2009
    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    Exactly, if the discussion goes the right way, I see it more as an economic thread than a political thread. Loyalty to the employees has been long gone as this is not exactly feasable when dealing with a global economy. Automation is in fact one way if not the only way for America to deal with the fierce competition of global market. There is no way for any American countries to compete with wages for employees in countries like China our only way out is efficiency of dropping costs through the best technology possible.

    Cheers!
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    Another possiblity is that the price of oil will continue to increase. It was $4 a gallon a while ago. If the price continues to increaase and I see no reason why it won't, then it will become more expensive for China or India to ship and sell low priced goods in the US. There is only so much oil on the earth that can be used and as it becomes less avaible the cost will increase. Progress/growth in any country requires lots of cheap oil or some other cheap energy sourse.

    Of course the price of air travel and many others items will increase also.

    There will be chages in the future.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited October 2009
    bikezappa wrote: »
    Another possiblity is that the price of oil will continue to increase. It was $4 a gallon a while ago. If the price continues to increaase and I see no reason why it won't, then it will become more expensive for China or India to ship and sell low priced goods in the US. There is only so much oil on the earth that can be used and as it becomes less avaible the cost will increase. Progress/growth in any country requires lots of cheap oil or some other cheap energy sourse.

    Of course the price of air travel and many others items will increase also.

    There will be chages in the future.
    Increasing the price of fuel might kill Norht American business more than theirs. It would take some very substantial fuel increase to take care of the huge offset between their labor costs an our North American costs. Dropping costs by means of best technologies also means technologies that will move us away from fuel dependency and that of course works both ways.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,381
    edited October 2009
    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    Increasing the price of fuel might kill Norht American business more than theirs. It would take some very substantial fuel increase to take care of the huge offset between their labor costs an our North American costs. Dropping costs by means of best technologies also means technologies that will move us away from fuel dependency and that of course works both ways.

    Cheers!
    TK

    But.... If we all convert french fry oil into biodiesel for our cars, we can go to burger joints more often to fill up and fuel up:p
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  • Rodeo0530
    Rodeo0530 Posts: 797
    edited October 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    But.... If we all convert french fry oil into biodiesel for our cars, we can go to burger joints more often to fill up and fuel up:p

    We then would be doing our part to help America...Yum!


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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,381
    edited October 2009
    Rodeo0530 wrote: »
    We then would be doing our part to help America...Yum!

    I can see the headlines...

    Burgers Avert Economic Disaster
    ...:D PETA sues to save the BEEF!
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited October 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    But.... If we all convert french fry oil into biodiesel for our cars, we can go to burger joints more often to fill up and fuel up:p
    The conversion is good for the environment but not for the economy. Filling up at the burger joint maybe good for the economy but not good for the environment since you wind-up overweight therefore your car consume more to carry you around and your own foot print on the environment is higher... Bigger and larger are your dumps and therefore the more you pollute :p
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,381
    edited October 2009
    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    The conversion is good for the environment but not for the economy. Filling up at the burger joint maybe good for the economy but not good for the environment since you wind-up overweight therefore your car consume more to carry you around and your own foot print on the environment is higher... Bigger and larger are your dumps and therefore the more you pollute :p
    and who was it that said Canadiens have no sense of humor...:rolleyes:
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    I'm going to eat and then pollute. It's my OTHER hobby.

    The eating part. Not the polluting. Although every once in awhile you get a REALLY good polluting session and it's amazing.

    Almost as good as "Waxing The Amazings."
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited October 2009
    I think we need some PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited October 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    I think we need some PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Ask and ye shall receive. Just to tie pie in with a discussion of China....Actually I served up a slice of this on another thread, but I thought I'd offer seconds.


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    As for burgers and fries, having just read Fast Food Nation, the idea of eating from any fast food joint won't be appealing to me for quite some time, though I'm sure In-N-Out's practices are better than most.
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  • Rodeo0530
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    edited October 2009
    I like ^^^^^


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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited October 2009
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,715
    edited October 2009
    SKsolutions wrote: »
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    That is the best pie chart I've seen to date.
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited October 2009
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    That is the best pie chart I've seen to date.

    +1 on superb pie chart usage.

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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited October 2009
    everpress wrote: »
    There aren't any around here. Cincinnati could use a good, solid burger or hotdog joint. We have Cincinnati-chili on every corner (which is weird the first time you have it, but strangely addicting) but if you want a good burger, you have to go to some stuffy upper-middle-class environment and pay out the nose for it... Which I don't do.

    There's a Five Guys by U.C. in Calhoun St, You have to go try it.
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  • everpress
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    edited October 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    There's a Five Guys by U.C. in Calhoun St, You have to go try it.

    Damn! I'm on it. Lunchtime Monday.

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  • rayslifecycle
    rayslifecycle Posts: 511
    edited October 2009
    I had Five Guys today for lunch.

    mmmmmmmmm five guys - the potatoes today were from Wisconsin
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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited October 2009
    Never been to an In and Out. I guess I need to check out one next time I can.
    Always love a good burger. :)
    If they are in vegas I'll have to try em out when I go in May.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,952
    edited October 2009
    Maybe I'm getting too old but " in and out " in my day,was not associated with burgers.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,154
    edited October 2009
    tonyb wrote: »
    Maybe I'm getting too old but " in and out " in my day,was not associated with burgers.
    Yes. This has been bothering me too, ever since this thread started. Let's get it right.

    Firtsly, it's In-N-Out Burger: http://www.in-n-out.com/history.asp

    In and out = phornication, debauchery, generalized sodomy in the streets and the end of civilization as we know it.

    In-N-Out = Blue state burgers, President Obama, and the great void of space.

    Phornication burgers = happiness and everlasting bliss for Americans everywhere.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    I had much the same "lost in translation" experience when i moved to the midwest.

    "Cornhole" means something ENTIRELY different on the East Coast. It is NOT, i repeat NOT a fun game that you play with your buddies.
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited October 2009
    concealer404 wrote: »
    I had much the same "lost in translation" experience when i moved to the midwest.

    "Cornhole" means something ENTIRELY different on the East Coast. It is NOT, i repeat NOT a fun game that you play with your buddies.

    +1,000,000
    I moved from the Deep South to this weird mid-west... Someone said something about 'cornhole' in their yard... I've been looking South ever since...

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