Oh come on Shammy.  We all know about the southern food which is so yummy.  I think you'll find some food here equally exciting.  Just depends on what you like.  Funny enough one of the best pizza's I've ever eaten was out at Coober Pedy in outback South Australia.  They mine Opals there and we spent the night in an underground hotel.  Wouldn't want to live there but worthy of a visit.

ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: stayer wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: acacia alba wrote: Passing Through wrote: Some days I think it is even about the state of Australian roads Shammy  Now that IS a good topic to discuss   Our roads are goat tracks. Also great yank TV entertainment watching those road trains nautically circumnavigate your highways without sinking or requiring man overboard drills. "Outback Trucker" is right up there with the Weather Channel series about Canada's "Highway Thru Hell." https://youtu.be/NokwepgrlpM You should google Tom Kruse, Shammy - outback mailman of the war era. Great aussie story and plenty of stuff on youtube. I am checking his Last mail from birdville site. Tough living in the outback. Been to a Outback Steakhouse here a couple times. Now I feel like Mrs Shammy and I should roll in dirt and mud to look the part before eating there again. So much great food in the USA and you choose to go to a dumpy chain joint like Outback Steakhouse...... more than once. You are right. I can see why you would see it as nonsensical. Why would anyone want to eat at a dumpy chain restaurant immortilzing a primitive heathen 3rd world sparsely populated environment with no paved roads located on a yuuge island that uses goat trails to circumnavigate its coast? I guess the attraction was that it is called "Outback" and I knew even if the food sucked the primitive experience would be fun and we could at least drive to it on a paved road and park our pickup on a paved lot. . .. Talk about a gastronomical pea brain! Hold that thought. As the Chinese take more of an interest in OZ and your dietary needs are modified to noodles, dumpy red meat chain resturants might become a fleeting delight for the Ozzie taste buds and your desire for cut and ground meat might only be found in the grocery refrigeration aisle in boxes named Chung King or General Tsao. Pass the Soy Sauce mate. We’ll deal with that if and when your delusions become reality. As it stands currently though the only dietary reality we have is that the USA has any manner of culinary delights yet your palate chooses poor quality garbage which you’re stupid enough to think is a high end experience. And you go back again and again. Gold! OK. Ok. Where do you suggest we take out discriminating palates to eat here in the states if you think Outback doesn’t measure up? You really don’t have any idea do you? As I said, there are any number of fantastic food options. You are spoilt for choice. Take your pick but avoid chains are you will generally get rubbish. Not that you seem to care. No. Give me some suggestions. Oh, please, I want to surprise Mrs Shammy with my culinary talents. You don’t know how to use google either? I guess I’m not entirely surprised. No idea where you are located and I’m certainly not going to bother searching for you. There are great places to eat in almost every town, often at almost every price range. I’m sure if you try really hard you’ll be able to find something suitable. You want a good one that she will appreciate though? Take her to Napa for a significant anniversary/birthday and book a table at The French Laundry. You’re welcome. We don't have either. Can't you come up with something else. Please. We are in central VA. Your are the expert on fine dining. Suggest you read my post again. I’m not going to do a google search for you. I already gave you a great option for a significant celebration. That’s as good as you’re going to get. If you want one on the east coast go to Per Se. It’s on Columbus Circle in Manhattan. Same owner.

Oh come on. You denigrate our dining choices making us look stupid and then you can't google us reasonable culinary choices nearby that upgrades our palates. All we get is don't go to a chain restaurant. You are such a disappointment for a supposely informed food critic. Sounds to me like you are a phony and you don't know what you are talking about.

   Shammy :- Thanks. Southern cuisines are the best, just as you suggest. Crab cakes, barbecue, seafood, all are great.
If we make it to OZ I will be sure to have you as my dining guide, your daughter as our tour guide, and probably make sure AA is along to insure we visit the best pubs. We might even get her to buy a few rounds.

QUOTE:-      Make sure you bring some electricity with you Shammy . & some Petrol.        > Your budget will suffer big time if you don't.

Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: ExceedAndExcel wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: stayer wrote: Shammy Davis wrote: acacia alba wrote: Passing Through wrote: Some days I think it is even about the state of Australian roads Shammy  Now that IS a good topic to discuss   Our roads are goat tracks. Also great yank TV entertainment watching those road trains nautically circumnavigate your highways without sinking or requiring man overboard drills. "Outback Trucker" is right up there with the Weather Channel series about Canada's "Highway Thru Hell." https://youtu.be/NokwepgrlpM You should google Tom Kruse, Shammy - outback mailman of the war era. Great aussie story and plenty of stuff on youtube. I am checking his Last mail from birdville site. Tough living in the outback. Been to a Outback Steakhouse here a couple times. Now I feel like Mrs Shammy and I should roll in dirt and mud to look the part before eating there again. So much great food in the USA and you choose to go to a dumpy chain joint like Outback Steakhouse...... more than once. You are right. I can see why you would see it as nonsensical. Why would anyone want to eat at a dumpy chain restaurant immortilzing a primitive heathen 3rd world sparsely populated environment with no paved roads located on a yuuge island that uses goat trails to circumnavigate its coast? I guess the attraction was that it is called "Outback" and I knew even if the food sucked the primitive experience would be fun and we could at least drive to it on a paved road and park our pickup on a paved lot. . .. Talk about a gastronomical pea brain! Hold that thought. As the Chinese take more of an interest in OZ and your dietary needs are modified to noodles, dumpy red meat chain resturants might become a fleeting delight for the Ozzie taste buds and your desire for cut and ground meat might only be found in the grocery refrigeration aisle in boxes named Chung King or General Tsao. Pass the Soy Sauce mate. We’ll deal with that if and when your delusions become reality. As it stands currently though the only dietary reality we have is that the USA has any manner of culinary delights yet your palate chooses poor quality garbage which you’re stupid enough to think is a high end experience. And you go back again and again. Gold! OK. Ok. Where do you suggest we take out discriminating palates to eat here in the states if you think Outback doesn’t measure up? You really don’t have any idea do you? As I said, there are any number of fantastic food options. You are spoilt for choice. Take your pick but avoid chains are you will generally get rubbish. Not that you seem to care. No. Give me some suggestions. Oh, please, I want to surprise Mrs Shammy with my culinary talents. You don’t know how to use google either? I guess I’m not entirely surprised. No idea where you are located and I’m certainly not going to bother searching for you. There are great places to eat in almost every town, often at almost every price range. I’m sure if you try really hard you’ll be able to find something suitable. You want a good one that she will appreciate though? Take her to Napa for a significant anniversary/birthday and book a table at The French Laundry. You’re welcome. We don't have either. Can't you come up with something else. Please. We are in central VA. Your are the expert on fine dining. Suggest you read my post again. I’m not going to do a google search for you. I already gave you a great option for a significant celebration. That’s as good as you’re going to get. If you want one on the east coast go to Per Se. It’s on Columbus Circle in Manhattan. Same owner. Oh come on. You denigrate our dining choices making us look stupid and then you can't google us reasonable culinary choices nearby that upgrades our palates. All we get is don't go to a chain restaurant. You are such a disappointment for a supposely informed food critic. Sounds to me like you are a phony and you don't know what you are talking about.

I didn’t make you look stupid. You did that all by yourself when you tried to make some crack about Outback Steakhouse. Of course you didn’t think it through to realise that telling us you have been there multiple occasions would be a side-splitter we’re unlikely to forget in a hurry. I can just imagine the thrill Mrs Shammy would be feeling when you turn out of your driveway and she realises where you’re taking her for the surprise birthday dinner. I’d love to see the look on her face some time!

Now, I gave you two excellent choices (one of which I have been to) for a special occasion and you were lucky to get that. I’ve already pointed you in the right direction so it’s up to you if you want to do that or continue going to Outback Steakhouse.

I could give you plenty more examples of good places I’ve been to over there (and a few shockers too) but why would I?Ever heard the saying “never wise up a chump”? This is a perfect example. Why would I want to wise you up when you’re so happy to tell us the hilarious places you like to eat? Like your other self-inflicted comedy routines, this one will be a gift that keeps on giving.

furious wrote: Just to be fair Exceed and Excel plenty of chains have good and bad ones with the same food but very different quality.  We found that in Canada when we loved a place at banff and found the one at Whistler only alright!  And were warned against the one in Victoria.  Good on the run holiday food at one but excellent at another.  Did have some lovely Indian food in Whistler though!

Agree. There are definitely different levels of chains. Not all created equally. Bagging Outback Steakhouse (justifiably) while in the same sentence admitting going there multiple times is a definite LOLZ moment though.

Oh maccamax.  I'm aware of troubles.  I not rich or even retired.  Have a son out of work and another son in law fighting illness with little assistance although that has finally improved.  I wan't our government to work to get Australia working again and not sending everything overseas to be done.  I don't like the way they sell everything and then blame each other when things go wrong.  I don't like the way Trump treats people but that doesn't mean we have to be arrogant either.  All I was saying was come and see Australia.  Fair enough.  Any racing lover would love to see Winx so come and do it.

No need have a wonderful man already

‘MAGA teen’ Nick Sandmann launches $350 million defamation suit against The Washington Post

A “MAGA hat” wearing teenager who was falsely accused of harassing a Native American activist has launched a $350 million defamation case.

if you bothered to watch and read this piece you may actually think there is hope for humanity as displayed by these young folk.

Isaac soloman wrote: if you bothered to watch and read this piece you may actually think there is hope for humanity as displayed by these young folk. certainly the adults put on a disgusting display. Furious may find some hope after all.

Done to death?

Isaac soloman wrote: Done to death? like this thread?

you would Have to agree that it  is more serious than american food and eating habits 

Isaac soloman wrote: ... the indigenous person was lying his a@se off, the other adults were yelling really derogatory stuff

or was he vindicated because it was shown he wasnt quite "there"?