26 years w/o a single bite of chili cheese fries .
its been tough,

It all started shortly after the 1994 Northridge earth quake,

I started working in a hunting /fishing goods store in Reseda ,Ca ,
on VanOwen street.

The bar across the street , Webers , offered a wonderful pile of very good french fries under some much better than average beef and bean chili

topped with freshly grated and melted cheese.

I wasn't long before I was getting it twice a week
then three times a week .

and on came the pounds. I was 240 when I started there, not horrible for a guy 6 ft. 4 in.

I wanted to blame it all kinds of stuff , but truth be told , I was weak and made bad decesions.

Weber's is closed now , I wish I never would have found it.

Similar, but somewhat off topic (if that's possible).

Due to Sudden Onset Lactose Intolerance I'm unable to eat even a spoonful of ice cream, I have to severely limit my intake of chocolate and have cut my cheese ration drastically.

Even a slice of pizza with "extra cheese" will have me running for the Porcelain Throne.

As a result, I'm slowly losing weight which is a Good Thing. Otherwise, it just sucks.

In Oct of 1996 I quit smoking. The first w-end quit was the Colt collectors annual meeting held in Atlanta that year. I was doing better than expected until the drive home to Louisville and I-65 turned into a parking lot. Nerves were frazzeled but I made it and am smoke free today. Doctors say my lungs are as clear as a non-smoker.

Long Island ice tea for me......over 25 years ago I mixed a brew of Long Island ice tea in a Coleman water cooler and took it out with me on a co workers pontoon for a day of fun on Prior Lake. I don’t recall who escorted me back to my house, how my swim shorts got put on with the strings on my back, but I do remember kneeling to the porcelain God “Ralph”!! To this day I can’t consume a Long Island ice tee.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

Due to Sudden Onset Lactose Intolerance I'm unable to eat even a spoonful of ice cream

I need my maple walnut ice cream fix from time to time.

I find that taking a Lactaid tablet (or generic equivalent) before indulging in the ice cream, is a big help.

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Originally posted by bendable:
I started working in a hunting /fishing goods store in Reseda ,Ca ,
on VanOwen street.

The bar across the street , Webers , offered a wonderful pile of very good french fries under some much better than average beef and bean chili

topped with freshly grated and melted cheese.

Never been to Webers, but got chili cheese fries at Tommy's on Roscoe.

Miss Tommy's Burgers.

Well shoot! Now I will have to go to Tommy's for lunch! Combo #2 with chili cheese fries enhancement...

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Never been to Webers, but got chili cheese fries at Tommy's on Roscoe.

Original Tommy's
Yeah we would eat there as well, at least once a week.

either a Double cheeseburger, Hot dog or a
chili cheese fry .


Man if I ever get back to Cali,
Tommy's and Neptune's net , up on county line
will be two gotta revisit's.

oddball did you ever eat at Howards Deli ?

on Topanga cyn. blvd
across from the
Robinson's mall?

I was diagnosed with brain cancer in my early 20's. After many rounds of chemotherapy, I was declared cured, and I tried to resume normal life. Prior to being treated for cancer, I was a Univ student, and I was on the Univ's Track and X-Country teams. So, I was used to eating like I was running about 25 miles a day, so, consuming at least about 8000 calories a day. POst the cancer therapy, I continued toeat like I was still running seriously, without doing any exercise whatsoever. I at what I saw. Ate without any limits. And I gained weight, a lot of weight. I topped out at 312lbs!!!!! And I am only about 5'8" tall!!!!
My coaches and other responsible adults did a sort of intervention on me, and I began to get exercise, and I cut down in eating like a perpetually hungry pig. Slowly, as my health improved, I lost most of the weight, and came down to 185lbs.
Since then, I have had a few pizzas, but, no hot dogs, no chili-cheese fries etc. The only hot dogs I eat nowadays are the hippie ones, made of tofu!!!! They taste pretty good

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Originally posted by bendable:
oddball did you ever eat at Howards Deli ?

on Topanga cyn. blvd
across from the
Robinson's mall?

No, but I ate at Brent's Deli in Northridge a couple of times when I was in the area back in the 80s. Old school deli with an excellent cheeseburger and very good pastrami from what I can remember.

This seems to be a usage of the word "chip" that I am not familiar with. Could someone provide an explanation, please?

flashguy

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Originally posted by flashguy:
This seems to be a usage of the word "chip" that I am not familiar with. Could someone provide an explanation, please?

flashguy

In AA, you get "chips" for periods of sobriety, like 30 days, 6 months, then years.... sorta of like the challenge coin concept for periods of accomplishment or abstinence.

Mine is Big Macs, which I love against all logic. I haven't had one since my heart attack in 2014.

I also gave multiple bottles per day of Mountain Dew, figuring I didn't need the massive amount of caffeine and sugar.

I got a buddy that won't give up the Pepsi for any reason you give him.

Three cans day some times four

When he eventually retires, he's going to blow up like a balloon

I haven't eaten at McDonald's in over 16 years and I don't miss it.

I quit smoking in 99 when I left active duty right around the end of June...so I guess I’m 20 years clean!

odd ball
I remembered another place

The weiner factory on ventura blvd at kester.

it's closed now as well

man that was a hoot and a half.

8 kinds of hot dogs and 8 toppings
for $7.00 + tip

Thank you, kidcop.

MikeinNC, wouldn't that be 21 years?

flashguy

12 years of no nicotine. Well worth the effort.

I quit smoking 43 years ago and quit drinking 41 years ago. (Yes, I was a young child. Still counts!)

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Originally posted by flashguy:
Thank you, kidcop.

MikeinNC, wouldn't that be 21 years?

flashguy

Since my stroke, numbers have not been my friends.....even simple math.