Re: 80th Celebration

On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:03:35 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On Fri Oct 25 11:40:19 2024 John B.  wrote:

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:51:54 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
 

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:29:10 -0000 (UTC), Tom Kunich
<cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
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I celebrated my 80th

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Congratulations.
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I had Dinner at the Clairemont Hotel.

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That's odd.  You posted the your message to RBT at 3:29PM (PDT).  Yet,
the restaurant opens at 4PM on Thursdays:
<https://www.fairmont.com/claremont-berkeley/dining/limewood-bar-and-restaurant/>
"Sunday through Thursday | 4:00pm - 9:00pm
with bar service until 11:00pm"
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Check Please bay area had said that
it was reasonably priced and good food. Well, I would hardly call a $250
bill reasonably priced...

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I couldn't find a current menu.  The most recent I could find was for
July 14, 2023.  I assume prices may have increased in the last 17
months:
<https://theclaremont.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CLA-DiningRoomMenu-14July23.pdf>
By carefully selecting the most expensive main courses, you would have
difficulties reaching $120/person (including tax and tips), unless
you're including the bar tab.
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and that was the noisiest restaurant I have EVER
been in. I had to lean across the table and shout into Ann's face to be
heard and we were in the quieter section.
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Then to top it off, somehow I lost my credit card and the "Limewood"
restaurant hasn't had the decency to even respond about whether it got
left there.
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But it was nice to go to all of the great restaurants ikn the bay area
except the Top of the Mark. And I wouldn't even bother with that now.

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Most of your adventures include something gone wrong, where you were
the innocent victim.  If I have a problem with someone making too much
noise (usually kids), I walk over to their table and ask them to
reduce their noise level.  It doesn't work every time, but enough that
it's worth the effort.
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Think I'll go up to the bank and order a new credit card.

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Do you have as many credit cards as you have bicycles?  Getting a new
credit card every time something goes wrong is not a sustainable
solution.

 
 
80 years old...  Hearing loss...
 
It's called "Presbycusis"
 
"Untreated hearing loss has also been associated with increased rates
of anxiety, depression, poor mental health and lower life expectancy."
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Cheers,
 
John B.
 

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Only someone that has never had a brain would think that a restaurant that is so loud that even the man at the etrance who asks for your reservation has to lean foreward and ask you to speak up is a hearing loss. On your best day, Slocomb you can't even pretend to be as smart as an idiot.

I can only assume that noisy restaurants is an "American" thing as
I've eaten in restaurants in a number of countries and never found any
of then to be as noisy as you describe. And, I might add, U.S.
tourists are well known for being noisy, talking in very loud voices,
although I've always assumed that was what seems to be a U.S.ian
belief that if you just talk louder the stupid (can't speak English)
foreigners will understand you.
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Cheers,

John B.