Cheap Lunch

jerm138 · 02-23-10, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JScones

The Australian tipping system is best...

My favorite is Japan, where you don't tip at all because it is considered an insult (like you're saying "here's some money, go to school and learn how to do your job properly")

THE_MASK · 02-23-10, 06:10 AM

Family meal at lone star steak house for 2 adults and 2 kids $100 . This is SH5 , why am i talking about steak houses ?

Méo · 02-23-10, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by sober

why am i talking about steak houses ?

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

This forum hits new lows every day.

Sailor Steve · 02-23-10, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by sober

Family meal at lone star steak house for 2 adults and 2 kids $100 . This is SH5 , why am i talking about steak houses ?

That's a nice dinner, not a cheap lunch.

My lunch today will be at Burger King:

1 Double Cheeseburger - $1

1 Value Fries - $1

1 Value drink - $1

Total = $3.24 with tax.

If I can get SH5 for that price, I just might change my mind.

No, I won't.

609_Avatar · 02-23-10, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's a nice dinner, not a cheap lunch.

My lunch today will be at Burger King:

1 Double Cheeseburger - $1

1 Value Fries - $1

1 Value drink - $1

Total = $3.24 with tax.

And you actually consider that food?!

You couldn't pay me enough to eat that kind of "food"!

Noren · 02-23-10, 02:48 PM

Actually Burger king is the only decent tasting francise out there...their whooper actually taste like something from a grill and the french fries are very tasty. But its a treat I only indulge perhaps once a month.

5 full meals at BK, is equivavelt to one standard edition SH5.

I just saw the features:

• WAR STRATEGIES: Choose your own strategy and select your targets with a new objective-driven, dynamic campaign.
• ENEMY REACTIONS: Open new locations, upgrades and resupply possibilities, while the Allied ships adjust dynamically to your approach. Your actions will directly impact the evolution of the campaign.

Sounds like quite open-enden approach if you ask me. Not scripted in any way? I wonder how free the timeline and new ports/locations will be.

Sailor Steve · 02-23-10, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 609_Avatar

And you actually consider that food?!

You couldn't pay me enough to eat that kind of "food"!

Actually it's not bad at all, especially for the price. And as for paying you, try being homeless and out of work, and having to eat most of your "food" at soup kitchens. After enough of that, what you look down your pristine condescending nose at now might start to look pretty darned good.

JU_88 · 02-23-10, 05:59 PM

Er... yeah, a £30 lunch for two in the UK is a: GOING-OUT-FOR-A-MEAL-IN-A-DECENT-RESTURANT price, not for a sandwich/salad or fastfood meal that you might eat on any given day of the week, (which is around £3 to 5 here in over priced London anyway)

@Steve,you sure know how to put things in to perspective mate....
When you think about it, while we sit here bitching about things like OSP and bugs, some people dont even have food, sanitation or medicine.... Sometimes its easy to forget how well most of us here actually live. We live like kings compared to many.
....but I guess thats a GT disussion.

Heretic · 02-23-10, 06:04 PM

I practically lived on Ramens back in the lean times but I always seemed to be able to afford my game habit. Nothing like a good set of misplaced priorities.

IanC · 02-23-10, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Actually it's not bad at all, especially for the price. And as for paying you, try being homeless and out of work, and having to eat most of your "food" at soup kitchens. After enough of that, what you look down your pristine condescending nose at now might start to look pretty darned good.

For a long while if I got to eat burgers and fries everyday I considered myself one lucky sob. I guess It's like high speed internet, one forgets how good he has it after a while.

609_Avatar · 02-23-10, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Actually it's not bad at all, especially for the price. And as for paying you, try being homeless and out of work, and having to eat most of your "food" at soup kitchens. After enough of that, what you look down your pristine condescending nose at now might start to look pretty darned good.

Wow, Sailor Steve, you really took that to heart, huh? Food really is a touchy subject for most I guess. Seeing we're being all serious here. You assume way too much... In my younger years I was very close to homeless, and did eat in soup kitchens, and was out of work a lot until I got back on my feet, just so you know... I was actually trying to be funny, thus the wink and smilie. Guess it didn't do much good. My nose is far from pristine and I wasn't trying to be condescending at all, just trying to make a joke. But since I've done much better in my older years I have more respect for my body and what I put into it, but I would actually eat that type of "food" again if under similar circumstances....

So were you actually talking from experience or just trying to make a point and assume more than you should have?

Sorry for derailing the thread... I'm done doing that.

Sailor Steve · 02-24-10, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by 609_Avatar

Wow, Sailor Steve, you really took that to heart, huh? Food really is a touchy subject for most I guess. Seeing we're being all serious here. You assume way too much... In my younger years I was very close to homeless, and did eat in soup kitchens, and was out of work a lot until I got back on my feet, just so you know... I was actually trying to be funny, thus the wink and smilie. Guess it didn't do much good. My nose is far from pristine and I wasn't trying to be condescending at all, just trying to make a joke. But since I've done much better in my older years I have more respect for my body and what I put into it, but I would actually eat that type of "food" again if under similar circumstances....

So were you actually talking from experience or just trying to make a point and assume more than you should have?

Sorry for derailing the thread... I'm done doing that.

Sorry if I misunderstood, but yeah, I spent a year-and-a-half homeless, got things fixed up, spent two years in my own place, lost my job, got invited by a friend to live with him. He took my money and didn't pay the rent. I've been on the streets again for about a month now.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=homeless
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=homeless

02-23-10, 05:59 PM	#8
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,813 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Er... yeah, a £30 lunch for two in the UK is a: GOING-OUT-FOR-A-MEAL-IN-A-DECENT-RESTURANT price, not for a sandwich/salad or fastfood meal that you might eat on any given day of the week, (which is around £3 to 5 here in over priced London anyway) @Steve,you sure know how to put things in to perspective mate.... When you think about it, while we sit here bitching about things like OSP and bugs, some people dont even have food, sanitation or medicine.... Sometimes its easy to forget how well most of us here actually live. We live like kings compared to many. ....but I guess thats a GT disussion. Last edited by JU_88; 02-23-10 at 06:10 PM.

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02-23-10, 06:10 AM	#2
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Family meal at lone star steak house for 2 adults and 2 kids $100 . This is SH5 , why am i talking about steak houses ?

02-23-10, 02:48 PM	#6
Noren 中国水兵 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 284 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Actually Burger king is the only decent tasting francise out there...their whooper actually taste like something from a grill and the french fries are very tasty. But its a treat I only indulge perhaps once a month. 5 full meals at BK, is equivavelt to one standard edition SH5. I just saw the features: • WAR STRATEGIES: Choose your own strategy and select your targets with a new objective-driven, dynamic campaign. • ENEMY REACTIONS: Open new locations, upgrades and resupply possibilities, while the Allied ships adjust dynamically to your approach. Your actions will directly impact the evolution of the campaign. Sounds like quite open-enden approach if you ask me. Not scripted in any way? I wonder how free the timeline and new ports/locations will be.