FYI: Philly considers wireless Internet for all

[Jon maddog Hall]

bill at bfccomputing.com said:
> Be careful - from what I hear unless you ask for a "steak sandwich" (w/
> onions & cheese-sauce) you get charged the tourist price. :) 

I only get them from the Reading Terminal Market where I have been purchasing
them for over thirty-five years by calling them a "cheese-steak".  I don't
specify onions (and green peppers) because OF COURSE you want them.....and
if you are asked about "hots", don't say "sure, pile them on because
I am Italian" unless you don't want to feel your teeth for the rest of the
day.

This last act was witnessed by me in 1969 as a fellow freshman at
Drexel was declaring his manhood to the vendor behind the counter (a big, big
  My
foolish friend did not even take the hint when the counterman positioned
the PITCHER of ice water in front of him.  After one bite of the cheese-steak
my friend by-passed his glass of water and started drinking directly from
the pitcher.  A day later he could actually speak without pain.

bill at bfccomputing.com said:
> Of course, I've been known to choose a layover at Philly airport solely  for
> the pretzels...

They are stale unless you buy them directly off the little push-wagons rolling
down 34th St. from the bakery in the morning....and overpriced unless they are
$.10 each or three for a quarter.

....oh, true...that WAS thirty-five years ago.

md
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