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Treated my friend to steak, potatoes and slaw at the Serb today, (Friday is steak day), tomorrow he'll be removing the 2 tires I had slashed last night and haul them to the shop for changing. I only have use of 1 arm right now so not much help but at least I have my impact and sockets here for him.

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What is the Serb?

Did someone actually slash your tires?!

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Regina's Serbian Club, (what you folks would call 'old man's drinking club').
Yes, I lost my 2 passenger side tires Thursday night, there were about a half dozen others or more slashed down the block. I had a few not-too-bad tires in storage so hopefully I'll get away for about $50 to have them mounted, balanced, and new valve stems.

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You seem fairly blasé about it, are tire slashings common on that street?

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Probably more common than in the suburbs, (I'm in the middle of North Central Regina). Over the years we've lost a few, and a few more car windows. If I get my hands on one of the little vandals you'll read about how blase' I am.

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Using the Sirloin Uncle Burger coupon before it expires, it's the only burger I really like at A&W.:)

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Partial to the Mozza Burger myself...I do like A&W...:):)

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Is just my English cynicism kicking in or does anybody else think that the way A&W names their hamburgers is creepy to the extreme?

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Yeah, it's just you. After 50 + years of the burger family it is what it is.

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It's a bit creepy, but they do taste good. Probably due to their marketing which primarily targets seniors.

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The layout is comfy, you always see groups of retirees hanging out, they get a free refill, they can get bacon and eggs, and the motif is often nostalgic with old photos of the drive-ins on placemats and as wallpaper. Roadside highway stops are often at A&W when I'm travelling. The last 2 times I went there were no plastic trays, just small aluminum pans that wouldn't be out of place in an army field mess. It's possibly a trick of perspective, but when I was 15 the teen burger was bigger and the beef was better. At $3 + tax with coupon the sirloin is decent value and delicious. I'd still rather eat the regular A&W burgers than either McDonald's or Burger King, (I found a piece of chain-mail butcher's glove in a Whopper Jr one time), and I think Dairy Queen burgers are ok but don't have them often.

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I was in Fort Mcleod Ab yesterday very briefly and tried a Spicy Guacamole Teenburger. Not bad! Barely worth the $5 introductory price either, but when it gets a $3 or $3.25 sale coupon like the Uncle Burger I'll buy it.

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You do get around! Real guacamole is great, not that keen on the commercial stuff (often not much more than green mayo). Have not tried the A&W version (yet).

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with my cup of coffee after lunch today I had possibly the best biscuit ever. SWMBO made a batch of chocolate-chip-and-bacon cookies yesterday. Imagine a proper, gooey-in-the-middle, cookie, with semisweet chocolate chips and little nuggets of crispy bacon all mixed in together. I brought two large ones in with me this morning, intending to have the second one later on. No chance - I scarfed them both down in quick succession. Mmmmmmm.

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Congratulations. You have now fully assimilated. Kindly return your British passport to the nearest consulate for cancellation. ;)