Hi Dave,

Whichever way it's going, we shouldn't need to obsess about it. I
figure I'll be out of here one way or another before the planet blows
into smithereens.

Kind of my take on it. But, I can still attempt to leave something for posterity. Or before some whack-o politician decides to pull the
nuclear trigger.

And best dropped there.

The only steak place I have eaten in Texas is the "Big Texan" just off
of Route 66 (now I-40) where the offer a "free 72 oz steak" (4 1/2 lb roast cooked on the grilll). To get it free you must finish it in one sitting along with the baked potato and side salad. I managed it. But

I've seen the signs for that approaching, then in, Amarillo. The place
is just off of I-40, and no, we've never stopped there. Only times
we've stopped in the city have been for fuel and visits to a (now deceased) aunt of Steve's. There's no way I could finish 4.5 pounds of meat, a potato and salad (especially if the salad is brought out first)

There used to be billboards up and down Route 66. And since Route 66
has its beginning in Chicago and terminus in Santa Monica I saw
several near my town since we were astraddle of Route 66.

Sounds like the Buc-ee's or South of the Border signs. When Steve's
parents lived in Florida, we made a number of trips there. SotB signs
all up and down I-95!

an hour
or so further west I was getting hungry again. Seems all that food got
my stomach stretched out of shapen and when it passed on down the line
it left an rmpty feeling. Bv)=

I'll stop at comfortably full, like I could eat dessert but if I did,
I'd be overfull. Taking home a lot of leftover boxes these days.

I had to finish the deal. If not I would have had to pay enough that
I couldn';t have made it to Califunny. I wouldn't even attempt it now.

I know better than to try to attempt a meal like that.

bagged peanuts (shells go into buckets) only a couple of years ago.

We used to have a chain place called "The Ground Round" a family
casual place that offered the p-nut shells on the floor deal. The

I've heard of them but don't recall ever eating at one. Sounds like
they were trying to be a TR clone.

Nope. They pre-dated Texas Roadhouse. G.R. began in 1969. T.R. in
2003. If anything T.R. is the copycat.

OK

You should know. Steve has ordered the TR chili a few times and has said
it's "ok but not as good as yours".

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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