Flintlock76Lady Firestorm's addendum to the Morton's tale... "NEVER go to a restaurant recommended by people with expense accounts!"
"NEVER go to a restaurant recommended by people with expense accounts!"
Unless you are going with THEM on THEIR expense account.
Went to dinner with our computer system CEO and their Chief Salesman with my boss. Went to a French restaurent that had been rated as 'Best in the USA'. Dinner was 'good', serving size was small, sauces were HEAVY. The bill for the four of us was well over $400 in 1983-84 plus tip. I was sick to my stomach for the next two days - those sauces seem to lay there like a lead weight!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Clue #1 as to pricing at Morton's for me was the "meat cart" that included live lobsters. I was curious though why they didn't just parade a heffer through the dining room. ( or take your pick! )
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Lady Firestorm's addendum to the Morton's tale...
One of her sisters thought she'd have to sell her first-born to help cover the tab!
"Pay for a steak, get only a steak..." Sounds like Ruth's Chris Steak House. We've been there as well, everything's al la carte. Still, Ruth's is cheaper than Mortons. In 1992 $100 covered the both of us. Can't imagine what it costs now.
There was a Morton's here for a while. I walked by it once. There's other high-end steak houses here that I can't afford. You order a steak, that's what you get. No spuds, no veg, no nothin' just a steak on a plate. I did that once at Smith and Wollensky's in New York. Ordered a steak at $42.00 1983 dollars. Just a lump of meat on a plate. For what it would cost now, I could probably buy a car. Or a decent bicycle, anyway.
BaltACD Flintlock76 "If you have to ask..." Oh yeah, I know the feeling. Therein lies a tale. When Lady Firestorm's mom turned 85 Lady F's brother and sister-in-law suggested a family dinner at Morton's Steak House. Not knowing anything about Morton's all agreed. There we were, and then the waiters handed out the menus. Uh-oh, NO prices listed! Not quite "If you have to ask..." but almost there. Little brother got quite an earful after the evening, let me tell you! Little brother didn't pick up the check? How pleabian!
Flintlock76 "If you have to ask..." Oh yeah, I know the feeling. Therein lies a tale. When Lady Firestorm's mom turned 85 Lady F's brother and sister-in-law suggested a family dinner at Morton's Steak House. Not knowing anything about Morton's all agreed. There we were, and then the waiters handed out the menus. Uh-oh, NO prices listed! Not quite "If you have to ask..." but almost there. Little brother got quite an earful after the evening, let me tell you!
When Lady Firestorm's mom turned 85 Lady F's brother and sister-in-law suggested a family dinner at Morton's Steak House. Not knowing anything about Morton's all agreed.
There we were, and then the waiters handed out the menus. Uh-oh, NO prices listed! Not quite "If you have to ask..." but almost there.
Little brother got quite an earful after the evening, let me tell you!
Little brother didn't pick up the check? How pleabian!
No he didn't. His reaction? "Oh, didn't you know?"
Everybody elses reaction (once Mom was out of earshot) was unprintable!
Lady F told her mother "Mom I love you, but when you turn 85 we're going out for pizza!"
I'll tell you man, I'd rather go to a good diner where you can get a platefull of good chow at a decent price than all the high-end places combined! Who needs high-end when you're hungry?
Flintlock76"If you have to ask..." Oh yeah, I know the feeling. Therein lies a tale. When Lady Firestorm's mom turned 85 Lady F's brother and sister-in-law suggested a family dinner at Morton's Steak House. Not knowing anything about Morton's all agreed. There we were, and then the waiters handed out the menus. Uh-oh, NO prices listed! Not quite "If you have to ask..." but almost there. Little brother got quite an earful after the evening, let me tell you!
"If you have to ask..." Oh yeah, I know the feeling. Therein lies a tale.
When Lady Firestorm's mom turned 80 Lady F's brother and sister-in-law suggested a family dinner at Morton's Steak House. Not knowing anything about Morton's all agreed.
Yeah, Purdey shotguns are expensive, but it comes under the category of, "if you have to ask, you can't afford it." Last year, I was in London and looking for a model train shop in an arcade, I found myself outside Purdey on South Audley Street. I went in and like the time my ex-wife and I wandered into Van Cleef and Arpels on Fifth Avenue at 58th street, I knew I was out of my league. But yow, those shotguns were gorgeous!
I have to say, that steam punk is not without it's charm!
Well that sure raises "Steampunk" to a whole new level!
Not an expert, but it looks to me like the animators really did their homework on that Brit locomotive, especially the cab.
A scene from one of my favorite anime films:
Purdeys are gorgeous, just the thing for a Victorian gentleman of means, but yow, they are expensive!
For dealing with Morlocks a good .455 Webley revolver would probably be a lot more practical.
Shotguns? I'd rather have a good, rugged American Parker, or a Fox-Sterlingworth, the shotgun Teddy Roosevelt took to Africa.
(I've got personal experience with both! )
It just may have been an early prototype of the time machine, seen in the film from 1966 with Rod Taylor. It looks about as comfortable but you have to be careful to avoid the Morlocks. Better bring a gentleman's fowling piece such as a fine Purdey shotgun. You can buy them here:
https://www.purdey.com/#undefined
Miningman Ok now .. what do we have here? Hot Rod steam speeder? I could go for one of these.
Ok now .. what do we have here? Hot Rod steam speeder?
I could go for one of these.
19th Century "Batmobile?" I don't know. It looks more like something this distinguished gentleman might have used to get around.
OK, you can see this one coming...
www.basilrathbone.net/gallery/sherlockholmes/sh50.jpg
Hey, he was one of Batman's heroes anyway!
Is there anything those DeLoreans can't do?
"Dad, can I borrow the car? I have to take Betty-Lou to the drive-in!" Now think of O.Winston Link's photo of the drive-in movie.
Newer version
19th century batmobile?
Isn't THAT cool! Probably a great way to meet girls too!
Even better than a Corvette!
For information on motorized motorcars go to Narcoa.org and railspeeders.com
Flintlock76The popular name for those primitive pre-rubber tire bicycles was "Boneshakers," for obvious reasons! Ouch!
But the seat looks to be mounted on spring mechanism.
54light15Penny- isn't that a "boneshaker?"
Bone, head, spleen....
Flintlock, I think you're on to something. I was at The Concours of America in Plymouth, Michigan last year, a very high-end classic car show. At the show was a 1930 Packard with a body designed and built by a Swiss firm from Zurich. I've been to Zurich and they have a large fleet of side-wheel steamers to get you to the other side of the lake. The rear wheel treatment was just like on the locomotive, or the ships. I asked the owner about that and he really didn't know. But, it sure looked like the paddle boxes of a side-wheeler just like the Stirling. Also, there were side-wheelers in the Royal Navy until well into the 20th century so that might have influenced the Stirling's styling.
Penny- isn't that a "boneshaker?"
The popular name for those primitive pre-rubber tire bicycles was "Boneshakers," for obvious reasons! Ouch!
But any kind of human powered land vehicle with 2 or more wheels was also referred to as a velocipede:
I wonder if that's the kind of velocipede that W.C. Fields was referring to in the famous "Carl LaFong" scene in "It's a Gift?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41SFTn9xHus
Yeah but.. she's a beauty!
54light15I thnk that last photo is a model- here's the McCoy: Nice or what?
A lot of the weight of the locomotive NOT ON DRIVERS. No wonder it was 'slippery'.
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