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[djsFlames]

Half the appeal of fast food was convenience. The other half was the price (compared to restaurants/grocery shopping).

Now it's flipped. You can put together a week's worth of lunches easily from the grocery store for cheap, just need to set a little time aside to prep them.

Now fast food is about if you want to bite the bullet and enjoy a bit of convenience in exchange for really overpriced food.

Now I think the appeal has shifted to sides. Wraps, soups, side sandwiches, etc. because they usually have have lowest caloric content and are the only things priced anywhere near what they're worth.

$13 for a burger (forget the combo) with tiny, thin patties that you'll wolf down in two minutes is a joke.

My hack: get a couple double buddy burgers from A&W if you need to indulge and don't have time. Two of them come to $7 and you get more than you would in one of their other burgers that individually come out to $10-15.

[GGG]

Fast food has never been cheaper than the grocery store.

Even 20 years ago it was $5 a day for fast food. You can still pack your own lunches for less than that.

[albertGQ]

I have still never went to A&W without a coupon. They are expensive!

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

Parents who don't wear helmets when they ride bikes (or similar activities) with their kids. Great behaviour modelling.

The woman I just saw looked like she'll probably need one given her tenuous control of her bike.

Also, adults who ride their bikes through pedestrian crossings and expect cars to stop for them in the middle of the street. You're not a pedestrian.

... wait, I feel like we've bitched about this before.

[Fuzz]

Has anyone noticed blatant red light running(vehicles) has gotten a lot worse in the past year? Pretty much daily I see someone blast through a red, and I only cross about 14 controlled intersections a day.

[puffnstuff]

Ive noticed a lot more people unable to stay in their lane lately. Meandering over the lane lines only to jerk back too far as an overcorrection. Whether its distracted driving or just bad drivers, I dont know, but it GMG

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I was literally like "oh sorry, just the 20 golden crispy wings". He was like yeah that's the price now, we just upped it last week due to inflation. Like wow.

There should be some relief on this end (assuming restaurants follow suit), as atleast in the US, the price of chicken wings have halved compared to late 2021:

USDA data of wholesale chicken wing prices in the Northeast US have halved from a whopping $3.30 per pound in late 2021 to $1.53 per pound this week.

https://tradeforprofit.net/2022/08/c...of-nfl-season/

https://twitter.com/user/status/1552735557335261184

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

... wait, I feel like we've bitched about this before.

Only on days that end with a y.

[GrrlGoalie33]

For all you microclover folks, will it grow in places where grass seed won't?

I had 8 dying spruce trees taken out 3 years ago and getting grass to take has been very hit and miss, even with bringing in multiple loads of screened loam with the seed, so I have very patchy front and back lawns. I just want things to look nice.

[stone hands]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

Also, adults who ride their bikes through pedestrian crossings and expect cars to stop for them in the middle of the street. You're not a pedestrian.

... wait, I feel like we've bitched about this before.

What if the intersection connects 2 bike/multi-use paths? Would you rather wait for them to walk their bike across the street vs just riding and taking a fraction of the time for both of you?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

I find that fast food has gone up way past inflation. If you're really savvy at the grocery store (and shop at least 3 separate places) you can really limit the damage inflation does there. Fast food meanwhile seems like it's gone up 50% higher than inflation.

Source: trust me bro

I only just found out that all DQ's prices aren't set by Corporate. I had always assumed they were, but the different locations can change them as they see fit.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Table 5

There should be some relief on this end (assuming restaurants follow suit), as atleast in the US, the price of chicken wings have halved compared to late 2021:


https://tradeforprofit.net/2022/08/c...of-nfl-season/

https://twitter.com/user/status/1552735557335261184

Weird that article is from July 28 and Pizza 73 apparently just upped their price of wings by 20% shortly after.

[Wormius]

This requires a bit of pre-planning but...

Step 1) Buy an air fryer.
Step 2) Go to Costco and buy the 4kg box of frozen split wings.
Step 3) Cook and toss in whatever sauce or spices float your boat.
Step 4) Eat cheap wings.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Ive noticed a lot more people unable to stay in their lane lately. Meandering over the lane lines only to jerk back too far as an overcorrection. Whether its distracted driving or just bad drivers, I dont know, but it GMG

I saw some tinted window Audi doing this yesterday in the left lane on Deerfoot, kept just veering over into the shoulder. If I had the opportunity, I would have pulled in front of him and mirrored his actions everytime he went off-road. That stuff annoys the hell out of me. Like I need more rock chips.

[MoneyGuy]

We got an air fryer a couple of months ago and use it pretty much every day. I can’t believe we went so many years without this wonderful appliance.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Wormius

This requires a bit of pre-planning but...

Step 1) Buy an air fryer.
Step 2) Go to Costco and buy the 4kg box of frozen split wings.
Step 3) Cook and toss in whatever sauce or spices float your boat.
Step 4) Eat cheap wings.

I like this game plan. I may have to borrow it.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Table 5

There should be some relief on this end (assuming restaurants follow suit), as atleast in the US, the price of chicken wings have halved compared to late 2021:


https://tradeforprofit.net/2022/08/c...of-nfl-season/

https://twitter.com/user/status/1552735557335261184

Back in the day before wings were all the rage, weren't they just treated as scraps that were thrown out and you could essentially pick them off from the butcher for free or dirt cheap?

We have sure come quite a ways from that.

Not ten years ago on any given night you could find a 5, 10 or 25 cent wings night somewhere around the city. Those were the good times.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Back in the day before wings were all the rage, weren't they just treated as scraps that were thrown out and you could essentially pick them off from the butcher for free or dirt cheap?

We have sure come quite a ways from that.

Not ten years ago on any given night you could find a 5, 10 or 25 cent wings night somewhere around the city. Those were the good times.

Not 100% sure about wings but that is how dry ribs started

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Has anyone noticed blatant red light running(vehicles) has gotten a lot worse in the past year? Pretty much daily I see someone blast through a red, and I only cross about 14 controlled intersections a day.

You know...I do wonder at times if WFH may have eroded people's driving skills since they use them so sparingly now.

And I dont mean that disparagingly. Its a perishable skill if you let it atrophy.

Now that a huge chunk of people dont drive nearly as much anymore it is entirely possible that their skills or reflexes just arent what they once were.

Add again to that WFH element, is maybe a degree of impatience?

[Wormius]

I couldn’t imagine paying over $1 per wing.