[PRCo] Re: Standards

[John F Bromley]

>From the first time we ate in one your :favorite" restaurant was known to us
as Denny's Always Ucky" (a takeoff on their ad wording).  Haven't hit one in
many years, there';s always better around the corner.  If in the south (or
for Lord only knows why, Ottawa), try brekky at.Waffle House.  Cheap, good,
fast and hold the bloody grits.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred W. Schneider III" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 6:38 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Standards


>
> I can accept the needling.
>
> Philosophy you want?
>
> I'm too cheap to invest a lot of money in a fancy car just to watch it
> depreciate in the driveway.  A Volkswagen Passat is virtually identical
> to the Audi A4 for a whole lot less money ... I drive the Passat.  At
> 77,000 miles it still hasn't cost me a penny other than oil changes and
> one set of brake linings.
>
> And I'm also too cheap to rent a sauna, game room, exercise room, lobby,
> and a mediocre restaurant that looses money and adds thoses losses to
> the guest rooms, when all I really need is a bed, toilet, tub, sink, and
> television.
>
> This isn't an issue of being able to afford or not afford.  We all spend
> what we earn.  But I'd rather take one more trip somewhere than own a
> expensive car to prove how much money I had before I bought it.  But I
> will go miles out of my way for a family-owned, non-franchised
> restaurant that doesn't spend a dime on advertising because every one in
> town knows they are good.
>
> Ah, yes.  Now lets talk about "Motel 5 15/16ths." Yes, I know the sheets
> are thin, the towels are small, and the soap is microscopic (I bring my
> own liquid bath detergent which most people use in the kitchen sink).
> But the same company does a very good job elsewhere.  Motel 6 is the
> only American one of the many subsidiaries of Accor
> (www.accorhotels.com), a French corporation.  European hotels have
> customarily charged by the person ... $50 for one, $100 for two in the
> same room.  Most double rooms in Europe run $80 to $120.  The Ibis chain
> of Accor hotels charges $40 to $50 for a room -- you decide if you have
> a lover or not.  My wife and I spent two weeks in Ibis hotels all over
> France plus others in Zurich, Salzburg, Linz, Milan, and even London,
> and we never got a bad deal.  Many are American style motels, some or
> rehabilitated older urban hotels.  They are no-fringe accommodations
> that have attracted a businessman's following very rapidly.  Some have
> restaurants (and very good ones at that)but not where the surrounding
> streets are full of restaurants. You want a higher end, try Mercur
> (Mercury in English) by Accor.  And there is a cheap end ... a closet
> and sink with a toilet down the hall for about $25...great for
> university students touring Europe...but that is too far down for an old
> man who needs the WC a few times throughout the night.
>
> And we must not forget that great British chain called Holiday Inn.  You
> didn't know the Brits bought it?  Well, they did. I stayed in a very
> nice but pricy Holiday Inn Express at Gatwick, England last August ...
> $85 to $97 a night (lower on weekends) ... about half the traffic
> (judging from the coins in the charity bottle) were Americans.
>
> But I still despise Denneys.
>
>
> Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I'm confused, Titanium Fred III went on at some length earlier this year
> > about gastric
> > upheaval by eating at Denny's.  This was discussed on our West Penn trip
as
> > well as with this group.  He is right about Denny's and has a culinary
nose
> > and a good scent for food and wine that can help make a great evening
talking
> > our favorite subjects.
> >
> > But as we plan for Bromley's PRCo. slide show, he tells us Motel 6 is
just
> > fine for his back.  I always sort of associated Denny's and Motel 6
together.
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