BigBoy

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I grew up with Bob's in Cantafordya. When I moved to Utah it was JB's Big Boy. Interesting.

The whole Big Boy thing including menu & mascot was originally franchised out to a bunch of regional franchisees which is why people in one part of the country remember "Bob's Big Boy" and others remember "Frisch's Big Boy." I also remember it as "Shoney's Big Boy" and it's probably because that's what it was in a lot of states we either visited or traveled through on a regular basis when I was growing up. I seem to remember being very confused as a child over the whole Shoney's/Frisch's thing, because where I came from the Big Boy "belonged" to Frisch's and I couldn't understand why these people with the funny accents kept calling him "Shoney."

What I didn't know until just now is that, according to Wikipedia, Frisch's was not only the first regional franchisee but is also the only one still holding franchise rights. Man, I haven't eaten inside a Frisch's in years, but I had some of their vegetable soup last week when someone at work picked up stuff there for lunch. Still tastes just like I remember and definitely makes the all-time Comfort Food list. Plus they always had the best Cherry Cokes, some people used to (and still do) go there just for that. And IIRC the onion rings... oh and this grilled ham and cheese sandwich on dark rye bread... and the pumpkin pies, a local tradition this time of year.

Dammit you guys now I want Frisch's.

Maybe I'll get some carryout from there this weekend. I wonder if they have online ordering?

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by sidslotm

Interesting pictures I found.

http://englishrussia.com/2009/01/25/...ng-fortresses/

Of all the aircraft Ive ever seen that looks like the least likely to fly! (maybe it doesnt? I havent read up on it.... yet.)

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by JU_88

Of all the aircraft Ive ever seen that looks like the least likely to fly! (maybe it doesnt? I havent read up on it.... yet.)

To quote the Chrono-troopers from Red Alert 2

"Never existed."

And even if it had, I think it would need a nuclear explosion to get off the ground. Don't get me wrong, it looks like something the Russians would build, they're into that sort of thing, and they probably would have made it fly somehow, and then it probably would have crashed and been abandoned or been too expensive to fly and abandoned left to rust in a hangar somewhere.

In regards to the real Big Boy, the 4-8-8-4, yeah...even though I'm not a big a fan of US locos as I am of UK locos...I'd still love to see one at full bore working a steep gradient with a max load...what a sight and sound that would be!