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WiseOldOwl wrote:
Warner Brothers...W.B. Yeates etc.... etc...
Hey I hear W.B. goes well with Gator Vegemite.... do you have some of that at work?
WiseOldOwl wrote:
So are you working today? what cha cooking... I was considering cornish game hens...
Rasty wrote:
WiseOldOwl wrote:
What is WB? Never heard of it.
BirdBrain wrote:
Rasty wrote:
WiseOldOwl wrote:
What is WB? Never heard of it.
I think it stands for Web Browser. There is no other acronym useful to this site that I can think of.
WiseOldOwl wrote:
Hey BB while I have your attention... where is a good light weight pot stand instead of three ti Tent Pegs? The coat hanger sucks!
WiseOldOwl wrote:
The only stainless steel wire I have is from antenna's which is unsuitable. That's a great design! I like the extra leg on the hing.
Rasty wrote:
Buying food has always been a nasty business. Prices change weekly and the salesmen are using every gotcha trick in the book. We use old school bidding on the entire inventory list. It takes forever as it is 600 items times three companies all packing slightly different stuff. We have a purchasing contract with one but it's not worth the paper it's written on because it's % above cost but they play games with how much their cost is and hid rebates they are receiving from manufactures and paying a higher initial cost so they can change more. It is all BS but they all lie and cheat so the only thing that works is weekly bids
WiseOldOwl wrote:
I have the electrical connectors used on the space shuttle. And the wire is from bicycle wheels? I think I can get jiggy with it!
WiseOldOwl wrote:
Yea I saw that post... Don't know any welders. Well one... but he hasn't been to the pub in a while. Did you heat to make the bends?
WiseOldOwl wrote:
Rasty wrote:
Buying food has always been a nasty business. Prices change weekly and the salesmen are using every gotcha trick in the book. We use old school bidding on the entire inventory list. It takes forever as it is 600 items times three companies all packing slightly different stuff. We have a purchasing contract with one but it's not worth the paper it's written on because it's % above cost but they play games with how much their cost is and hid rebates they are receiving from manufactures and paying a higher initial cost so they can change more. It is all BS but they all lie and cheat so the only thing that works is weekly bids
What worked for one of my businesses - I sent an email that asked for last months price and guarantee it for 90 days...or I will shop. Its a Grocery Store with the three cups and penny under the cup mentality. but don't send it unless you have the competitors. And don't reply to it for a week. Let them sweat.
We had similar problem last year where our supplier didn't tell us we hadn't paid a bill in three months but we paid the second & third. They suddenly didn't ship one week.We lost business not having a critical supply. We cease all transactions as we had just moved to a larger facility and now had loading docks. A larger supplier was brought in and we cut them out for three months... they came begging. Got better prices for a while and less noise. We are still seeing a small increase over last years pricing. But that is due to gas pricing and Federal Regulation.
OzJacko wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
The voices are telling me to "Go take a hike"
Most of my voices do too, but the one alongside me in the bed says go get a job you bum....
Rasty wrote:
Restaurant food is more volatile then the grocery food. No one is getting guaranteed pricing anymore. Even McDonald's has lost its guaranteed pricing.
WiseOldOwl wrote:
Rasty wrote:
Restaurant food is more volatile then the grocery food. No one is getting guaranteed pricing anymore. Even McDonald's has lost its guaranteed pricing.
Ok here is my take and see if you agree - We drive our cars with enough corn to feed two third world nations. (many thanks to the Global Warming environmentalists) Volatility of gas speculation is 6-7 times higher Corn is up and down and it too is 10 times higher in speculation due to drought over the last two years. Its the feed for cattle and Chicken... Purdue is importing cheap natural corn from Turkey to get a better price. Here is a quote.
For the restaurant business, Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op's Kurt Collins noted that beef products will be difficult to manage due to higher prices. “Many in the restaurant industry are promoting fish items and chicken items,” he said. “Beef items are being less promoted.”
McDonalds issues are different...http://money.msn.com/now/post--why-mcdonalds-franchisees-are-simmering
jimmyjam wrote:
WiseOldOwl wrote:
Rasty wrote:
Restaurant food is more volatile then the grocery food. No one is getting guaranteed pricing anymore. Even McDonald's has lost its guaranteed pricing.
Ok here is my take and see if you agree - We drive our cars with enough corn to feed two third world nations. (many thanks to the Global Warming environmentalists) Volatility of gas speculation is 6-7 times higher Corn is up and down and it too is 10 times higher in speculation due to drought over the last two years. Its the feed for cattle and Chicken... Purdue is importing cheap natural corn from Turkey to get a better price. Here is a quote.
For the restaurant business, Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op's Kurt Collins noted that beef products will be difficult to manage due to higher prices. “Many in the restaurant industry are promoting fish items and chicken items,” he said. “Beef items are being less promoted.”
McDonalds issues are different...http://money.msn.com/now/post--why-mcdonalds-franchisees-are-simmering
You know I have heard that ethanol is 10% less fuel efficient than straight gas. If that is true, then what are we gaining with it? The stuff will ruin your small engine fuel lines and carbs if you let it sit in it too long.
BirdBrain wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
WiseOldOwl wrote:
Rasty wrote:
Restaurant food is more volatile then the grocery food. No one is getting guaranteed pricing anymore. Even McDonald's has lost its guaranteed pricing.
Ok here is my take and see if you agree - We drive our cars with enough corn to feed two third world nations. (many thanks to the Global Warming environmentalists) Volatility of gas speculation is 6-7 times higher Corn is up and down and it too is 10 times higher in speculation due to drought over the last two years. Its the feed for cattle and Chicken... Purdue is importing cheap natural corn from Turkey to get a better price. Here is a quote.
For the restaurant business, Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op's Kurt Collins noted that beef products will be difficult to manage due to higher prices. “Many in the restaurant industry are promoting fish items and chicken items,” he said. “Beef items are being less promoted.”
McDonalds issues are different...http://money.msn.com/now/post--why-mcdonalds-franchisees-are-simmering
You know I have heard that ethanol is 10% less fuel efficient than straight gas. If that is true, then what are we gaining with it? The stuff will ruin your small engine fuel lines and carbs if you let it sit in it too long.
The ability to reason has been supplanted with clichés. I could list a pile of useless ones that remove a persons ability to think on their own. In this case the word is biofuel.
Biofuel - a fuel derived directly from living matter.
What the hell do these idiots think crude oil is made of? Rocks? Uranium? I guess matter that was alive and is now dead is somehow evil. Somehow it is smarter to burn our food and rot our fuel delivery systems.
This is what happens when people think politicians are experts. The only thing they are good at is convincing voters that they know more about things than the people whose lives are dependent on getting it right.
TrafficJam wrote:
I heard this while I was sitting on the couch tonight; "My mom likes wine and her food dehydrator." :blush:
OzJacko wrote:
A lot of ham and cheese rolls appear to be on my horizon.
Trying to transfer my love of Hungarian salami to chorizo.
May not have success until I get there and lose the choice....
