Everything on the menu was 95 cents or less... Front end of the place was indescribably filthy, mostly populated by the down and out, homeless, etc... but the food was *surprisingly* good... think of everything being a'la carte...
I would think they're long gone by now, but it was one of those "you have to experience it to believe it" kinds of places... My reminiscences of it were back in the early-to-mid 1980's...
When I lived in Houston area I had an after-market sunroof added to the car. Park car outside office in morning, then rain shower, then sun again. When I went to lunch I backed the car out of its space and had a surprise 'hot shower' inside the car. (Couldn't it have waited til after lunch to wash the spots off my tie?) (Fixed the leak that evening ;^)
Sorry I missed the 128. Left in '91 and didn't return to Phoenix til '99.
I experienced 128 in 1994...I was driving around looking for work. My post-factory installed sunroof liner shrunk from the heat and fell on my head. It was hideous.
I recall flying into Phoenix Sky Harbor one summer in the 80's (I think) and the guy next to me asked about the heat in Phoenix and I said the highest on record had been 115F so nothing to worry about. A few minutes later the pilot announced we were beiing delayed due to high temperatures earlier that day of 121F. The airport was closed for a while because the aircraft manufacturers had only certified most planes for below 120F and the engineers were apparently required to estimate how much difference a few degrees mattered. I loved Phoenix in the 80s and early 90s. Still a haven of conservative individualism then.
That meteorologist should be anchoring the news based on his ability to ad lib under pressure.
I wonder what SPF Sun Screen is recommended for Arizona. I especially liked the, "I think steel boils at" comment. If only Romney could have reacted similarly during that last debate. President put on his best mean and nasty face, tells a total lie, confirmed by stupid reported, and Romney all but chokes. Oh well, I just heard he's dropped out for the next cycle.
What utter aplomb. This weatherman deserves a bonus. I've visited Arizona on several occasions and while it felt hot it did manage to stay below the figures on that weather map..
Yeah...the music was obnoxious... I don't recall the inattentive waitress, but I'm one of those I'd rather you not be too attentive kind of customers. And didn't you write a review of the place right then too? lol Hey, maybe the waitress saw your bumber sticker.
it was less the quality of coffee (which wasn't very good) as much as it was piss poor inattentive customer service and obnoxious music. Yeah, I'm picky.
I would think they're long gone by now, but it was one of those "you have to experience it to believe it" kinds of places... My reminiscences of it were back in the early-to-mid 1980's...
(Couldn't it have waited til after lunch to wash the spots off my tie?)
(Fixed the leak that evening ;^)
Sorry I missed the 128. Left in '91 and didn't return to Phoenix til '99.
A few minutes later the pilot announced we were beiing delayed due to high temperatures earlier that day of 121F. The airport was closed for a while because the aircraft manufacturers had only certified most planes for below 120F and the engineers were apparently required to estimate how much difference a few degrees mattered.
I loved Phoenix in the 80s and early 90s. Still a haven of conservative individualism then.
That meteorologist should be anchoring the news based on his ability to ad lib under pressure.
Brain-eaters from Venus like meals with a toasted taste.
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