In an effort to cut down on the use of my credit card debt I started trying to operate on a cash economy. A pull out a couple of hundred bucks of cash to live on through the month there by using my credit cards to a minimum. That's kind of worked. However, I noted this weekend that this I was running low on cash and thought it would be a good exercise this morning to run down to Mountain America pull out its hundred and 20's and quarters just to be sure I have enough. Either way I guess is no big deal except though I believe I save some money somehow not using the credit card as I have been and keeping my credit line at 0. If nothing else is comforting.
Another beautiful day for public transit. With no particular place to go or time to be anywhere I did mine waiting for the buses. I to the credit union without incident of course and is able to make my transactions. The credit union is actually across the street from a defunct shopping center that still has a couple of businesses on the periphery. I actually thought these establishments were defunct as well but neighbor across the hall is been talked about this Chinese restaurant's for a couple weeks now. I noticed indeed a couple weeks ago that the establishment was still in business and doing business so I figured I would stop by today for lunch. I forgot around to getting to the restaurant about 12:30 PM and of course I was the only one there except for management which I I gathered were the the 2 people that were in the back when I rolled in. The place is obviously a bare-bones operation probably just by one family. I found later that is the case my neighbor who knows these great mysteries. It seems I have a couple of daughters who work with the operation after school and on weekends.
I it was kind of cute the woman who waited on me barely spoke English but was totally excited to serve me. She was confused that I was there by myself she could not believe that I had arrived by bus totally by myself. I ordered by standard egg foo young and my constant search for the puffy egg patties that I used to enjoy as a child from the Chinese restaurant we went to in Boise. I was the only one in the restaurant so I was this woman's total focus. I doubt that she is trying to upsell me so much as make me comfortable. I didn't want anything to drink except water this was hard for her to comprehend but she finally brought mighty water and then brought the Styrofoam cup with And straw because she thought it would be easier for me to handle and drink from. I think I was the 1st customer of the day because my waitress kept apologizing that they were just getting the kitchen going. I tried to convey that that was okay. Eventually I got a plate of 3 good-sized patties, the closest but for young I've had said speed in Utah to what I remember from Idaho. She fretted that I did not have enough white rice so she brought me out another helping of white rice plus another cup of gravy for my patties. By the time she was finished it looked like a whole new orde. I was toying with the idea of just leaving what I didn't eat there on my plate and leaving because it would be just too difficult to carry Styrofoam packages in plastic bags on my wheelchair to the apartments. She ended up stuffing my Styrofoam package with more rice and gravy and sweet-and-sour (which I did not order and she knew that she was just being nice) and she also threw in a bag of crispy noodles/chow mein noodles. The lunch was $12 to start which seems high but now with inflation shirts just regular what used to be $6.95 for lunch to $9 for lunch and now $12. I figure I have a least 2 meals now counting lunch and then everything she sat with me so I figure the price was just $6 a meal how lucky am I?
I don't know what it is about vendors of items that get stuck in white plastic bags but I've noticed that at the market and especially at the Chinese place these guys like to put the item in the white plastic bags and then type handles and knots. At the market I can convince the guy not to do that to leave the bags just as they are in fact I usually don't use bags because it's just more clutter when I get home and the knot issue. At the Canton Wok there is no way to make her stop from tying up my plastic bags which he saw my 1st request for gnome knots she then stuck the ordered another white plastic bag and I finally convinced her not to tie the bag up and let me hang it off my control box which actually works pretty good and I got a home.
I just had another Chinese meal with what the lady sent home and it was great but I still have another meal if not more. Today I've been totally Chinese blessed
In an effort to cut down on the use of my credit card debt I started trying to operate on a cash economy. A pull out a couple of hundred bucks of cash to live on through the month there by using my credit cards to a minimum. That's kind of worked. However, I noted this weekend that this I was running low on cash and thought it would be a good exercise this morning to run down to Mountain America pull out its hundred and 20's and quarters just to be sure I have enough. Either way I guess is no big deal except though I believe I save some money somehow not using the credit card as I have been and keeping my credit line at 0. If nothing else is comforting.
Another beautiful day for public transit. With no particular place to go or time to be anywhere I did mine waiting for the buses. I to the credit union without incident of course and is able to make my transactions. The credit union is actually across the street from a defunct shopping center that still has a couple of businesses on the periphery. I actually thought these establishments were defunct as well but neighbor across the hall is been talked about this Chinese restaurant's for a couple weeks now. I noticed indeed a couple weeks ago that the establishment was still in business and doing business so I figured I would stop by today for lunch. I forgot around to getting to the restaurant about 12:30 PM and of course I was the only one there except for management which I I gathered were the the 2 people that were in the back when I rolled in. The place is obviously a bare-bones operation probably just by one family. I found later that is the case my neighbor who knows these great mysteries. It seems I have a couple of daughters who work with the operation after school and on weekends.
I it was kind of cute the woman who waited on me barely spoke English but was totally excited to serve me. She was confused that I was there by myself she could not believe that I had arrived by bus totally by myself. I ordered by standard egg foo young and my constant search for the puffy egg patties that I used to enjoy as a child from the Chinese restaurant we went to in Boise. I was the only one in the restaurant so I was this woman's total focus. I doubt that she is trying to upsell me so much as make me comfortable. I didn't want anything to drink except water this was hard for her to comprehend but she finally brought mighty water and then brought the Styrofoam cup with And straw because she thought it would be easier for me to handle and drink from. I think I was the 1st customer of the day because my waitress kept apologizing that they were just getting the kitchen going. I tried to convey that that was okay. Eventually I got a plate of 3 good-sized patties, the closest but for young I've had said speed in Utah to what I remember from Idaho. She fretted that I did not have enough white rice so she brought me out another helping of white rice plus another cup of gravy for my patties. By the time she was finished it looked like a whole new orde. I was toying with the idea of just leaving what I didn't eat there on my plate and leaving because it would be just too difficult to carry Styrofoam packages in plastic bags on my wheelchair to the apartments. She ended up stuffing my Styrofoam package with more rice and gravy and sweet-and-sour (which I did not order and she knew that she was just being nice) and she also threw in a bag of crispy noodles/chow mein noodles. The lunch was $12 to start which seems high but now with inflation shirts just regular what used to be $6.95 for lunch to $9 for lunch and now $12. I figure I have a least 2 meals now counting lunch and then everything she sat with me so I figure the price was just $6 a meal how lucky am I?
I don't know what it is about vendors of items that get stuck in white plastic bags but I've noticed that at the market and especially at the Chinese place these guys like to put the item in the white plastic bags and then type handles and knots. At the market I can convince the guy not to do that to leave the bags just as they are in fact I usually don't use bags because it's just more clutter when I get home and the knot issue. At the Canton Wok there is no way to make her stop from tying up my plastic bags which he saw my 1st request for gnome knots she then stuck the ordered another white plastic bag and I finally convinced her not to tie the bag up and let me hang it off my control box which actually works pretty good and I got a home.
I just had another Chinese meal with what the lady sent home and it was great but I still have another meal if not more. Today I've been totally Chinese blessed
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