From: joshua lauer (jslauer@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jul 11 2007 - 20:02:11 ART
I totally agree,it's so easy to overeat here in the states, when I go to
Germany I dont notice people overeating as much. Portion control is
everything, here in the States everything has to be "big"Josh> Date: Thu, 12
Jul 2007 10:08:44 +1200> From: redkidneybeans@gmail.com> To:
bmckenzie@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: OT - 40 dollar pizza - home rack food.>
CC: gary.duncanson@googlemail.com; rguyler@shp-dayton.org; cros13@gmail.com;
gsherr@gmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com> > lol, i was going to say> > On
7/12/07, bmckenzie@hotmail.com <bmckenzie@hotmail.com> wrote:> >> > That's why
most of us Americans are built like jaba the hut> > Sent via BlackBerry by
AT&T> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: Gary Duncanson
<gary.duncanson@googlemail.com>> >> > Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:41:41> >
To:"Guyler, Rik" <rguyler@shp-dayton.org>> >
Cc:<bmckenzie@hotmail.com>,<cros13@gmail.com>,"Guy Sherr" <> >
gsherr@gmail.com>,<ccielab@groupstudy.com>> > Subject: Re: OT - 40 dollar
pizza - home rack food.> >> >> > Gas is $8.37 a gallon in the UK.> >> > 800
dollars a day contracting is a good rate here. I read contracting can> > pay
much more per hour in the States. But I guess somethings cost more> > over> >
there than here.> >> > I holidayed in Florida in 1991. One of the things that
impressed me was> > the> > food. I mean you got a ton of food for very little
money. Didn't know what> > to do with it all really.> >> > We ordered a Domino
delivered to the hotel room. This thing was like a> > freaking satellite dish
full of extra toppings and fed 4 of us! Didn't> > cost> > much either.> >> >
By comparison the Mcdonalds and Pizzas and Dunkin Donuts back home seemed> >
much smaller and way, way more expensive.> >> > Then drinks..you could buy a
'GULP' which was large..or a 'big gulp' or a> > 'super big gulp' which would
fill a lake.> >> > Have portion sizes decreased and prices increased since
then?> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: "Guyler, Rik"
<rguyler@shp-dayton.org>> > To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>> > Sent: Wednesday,
July 11, 2007 9:15 PM> > Subject: RE: OT - 40 dollar pizza - home rack food.>
>> >> > > That sounds a little high for my area...I would expect something
more> > like> > > $25-30 for that but I'm sure there are other areas in the US
where> > that's> > > right on par.> > >> > > Rik> > >> > > -----Original
Message-----> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]
On Behalf Of> > > Gary> > > Duncanson> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:50
PM> > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com> > > Subject: OT - 40 dollar pizza - home
rack food.> > >> > > Once in a blue moon I may order some food. But not often.
Anyway got a> > > domino the other week. Big pizza and it also came with 2
lots of those> > > chicken things with dips, a couple of desserts and a big
bottle of Coke.> > >> > > Plenty to eat for the two of us and tasted ok.> > >>
> > Price in the UK 20 quid. That's 40 dollars US money. To eat a bunch of> >
> food.> > >> > > How does's that stack up price and portion wise in the US?>
> >> > > I did no labs that night. Too full :)> > >> > >
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