I don't mind Taco Bell on the rare
occasion but eating it 9 times in
one day while also running sounds
like hell. LOL

It's also quite expensive these days. The dang burritos that you used to be able to get several of with the change you find in the drivethru are now almost $3. Ridiculous!


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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: phigan to slacker on Tue Oct 21 2025 03:23 am

I don't mind Taco Bell on the rare

It's also quite expensive these days. The dang burritos that you used to be able to get several of with the change you find in the drivethru are now almost $3. Ridiculous!

Lately when I get food from Taco Bell, I've often been ordering one of their value boxes from their mobile app. Even those prices have been going up a bit, but it's still less expensive than ordering the combo meals or items individually.

Other fast food apps are similar in providing deals with their mobile apps. I was sometimes getting Burger King with deals in their mobile app, until a couple years ago when even their app deals started to get fairly expensive. Burger King had some pretty good deals too, such as 2 Whopper meals w/ small fries & drinks for $9 (US), etc.. But not anymore.

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phigan wrote to slacker <=-

It's also quite expensive these days. The dang burritos that you used
to be able to get several of with the change you find in the drivethru
are now almost $3. Ridiculous!

We were lucky to have grown up in the age of car ashtrays full of
change, cheap cars, cheap gas and cheap drive-thru fast food. :)




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expensive. Burger King had some pretty good deals too, such as 2 Whopper meals w/ small fries & drinks for $9 (US), etc.. But not anymore.

For some reason, I'm really not a fan of ordering food through an app or a website or basically anything other than talking to a person. It's weird that I'm not, because I love computers and tech and all that shit.. but I also don't like talking to computers. Giving them commands through a keyboard is sufficient for me... but I digress. People talk about the deals through the apps and such.. I suppose I don't eat at fast food places enough to take advantage of those things. When you are saying $9 for two Whopper meals is cheap, I'm thinking that used to be $6, and it wasn't worth it THEN.

Have you noticed that Jack In The Box tacos are still 2 for 99cents, like they have been for like 40 years or something? That's a little weird.


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We were lucky to have grown up in the age of car ashtrays full of
change, cheap cars, cheap gas and cheap drive-thru fast food. :)

Totally. I could ride my bike to the Taco Bell drive-thru and find enough change on the ground for at least one, sometimes two, 29 cent burritos! Even when the price kept going up to 59 cents!


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PHIGAN (21:3/193) wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

We were lucky to have grown up in the age of car ashtrays full of
change, cheap cars, cheap gas and cheap drive-thru fast food. :)

Totally. I could ride my bike to the Taco Bell drive-thru and find
enough change on the ground for at least one, sometimes two, 29 cent burritos! Even when the price kept going up to 59 cents!

I miss that classic jingle, 59, 79, 99 cents for their key items at Taco Bell.

And then AM PM had 49 cent refills if you bought their official 32 ounce bottle back in 1990-1993.


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For some reason, I'm really not a fan of ordering food through an app
or a website or basically anything other than talking to a person. It's weird that I'm not, because I love computers and tech and all that
shit.. but I also don't like talking to computers. Giving them commands through a keyboard is sufficient for me... but I digress. People talk
about the deals through the apps and such.. I suppose I don't eat at
fast food places enough to take advantage of those things. When you are saying $9 for two Whopper meals is cheap, I'm thinking that used to be
$6, and it wasn't worth it THEN.

I don't mind ordering through a screen but I'll be damned if I want to
download an app to my phone just to order from a place. Like, McDonalds
doesn't get real estate on my phone by way of an app just so I can order a
side of fries lol.

What kills me is all the different parking apps I have had to download, what
a total pain in the ass those things are!

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What kills me is all the different parking apps I have had to download, what a total pain in the ass those things are!

I love being able to order with a well-designed, well-functioning screen, as I can see and think about the various options on the menu, with fewer pressures to respond _right now_, depend on being heard, and so on.

And I tend to hate app ordering, because the apps are there to try and figure out what kind of customer you are, have differential pricing, gather data, and so on.

And to top that off, I oftentimes _can't_ use an app, because I've never bothered to change my Google location from the US to Germany, so a variety of apps wind up being region locked.

Even worse than that, though, was when I went to Norway, we rented an electric car for part of it, and struggled with trying to charge it, as there was a set of stations where charging was available _only_ to Norwegian residents with a certain payment thing (and app) set up, and nowhere did it _say_ this; just that you'd figure it out after spending half an hour trying to get it to work.

But, yeah, in general I like using things that remove a problem or two for me, and detest using things that are designed a certain way because it's better for the company.

I may have to take that sort of behavior with various things on the internet, but I certainly don't have to take it with restaurants.

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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: phigan to Nightfox on Sat Oct 25 2025 11:38 pm

expensive. Burger King had some pretty good deals too, such as 2 Whopper
meals w/ small fries & drinks for $9 (US), etc.. But not anymore.

For some reason, I'm really not a fan of ordering food through an app or a website or basically anything other than talking to a person. It's weird that I'm not, because I love computers and tech and all that shit.. but I also don't like talking to computers. Giving them commands through a keyboard is sufficient for me... but I digress.

I'd rather just talk to a person too, but if I'm able to save some money by ordering through their app, then I'll probably do that. Also, ordering through their app is often more accurate.. When you talk to someone (especially at a drive-thru via the speaker), sometimes they can hear you wrong and then your order ends up incorrect.

People talk about the
deals through the apps and such.. I suppose I don't eat at fast food places enough to take advantage of those things.

I figure anything you spend still all adds up, and I'd rather save money.

When you are saying $9
for two Whopper meals is cheap, I'm thinking that used to be $6, and it wasn't worth it THEN.

$6 for 2 meals? I suppose yeah, a long time ago, you could get a fast food meal for around $3 or so, and I wish it was still that cheap. When I said $9 for 2 meals was cheap, I meant that's cheaper than what they charge without the app & the deal. And that came out to $4.50 per meal, which I think isn't bad. These days, a fast food meal can often be $10 or more, which I think is a bit ridiculous. I always used to think fast food tended to be both fast and inexpensive (or at least, could be inexpensive, depending on the items you order).

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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: Adept to esc on Sun Oct 26 2025 11:33 am

And to top that off, I oftentimes _can't_ use an app, because I've never bothered to change my Google location from the US to Germany, so a variety of apps wind up being region locked.

That reminds me: When Amazon sends me an alert notification (via email or text) due to logging in on a different device or something, for some reason the alert comes to me in German. I vaguely remember seeing a language setting for that quite a while ago and changing it to see what it would look like (and I studied German in high school), though now I don't know where the setting is to change the language for security alerts on Amazon.

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Totally. I could ride my bike to
the Taco Bell drive-thru and find
enough change on the ground for at
least one, sometimes two, 29 cent
burritos! Even when the price kept
going up to 59 cents!

Man, I too miss the days where you could gather a whole bunch of loose change or have a few bucks and get more burritos and tacos than you knew what to do with.

My go-to back in the late 2000s was just a bean burrito and a soft taco. I think it was less than $2.. maybe even cheaper.

Now if I get something, it's one of those boxes they offer. Still not super cheap but the best bang for th e buck.

I'm also not an 'app' person. I didn't even end up getting a smart phone until around 2016 when my third LG Rumor died.


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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: phigan to Nightfox on Sat Oct 25 2025 23:38:17

Hi, Phigan.

When you are saying $9 for two Whopper meals is cheap

Wow, a Whopper meal here is about £9 (that's GBP in case the symbol doesn't work, or 12 USD) for one. That's strictly in "only when there's no better option and work are paying for it" territory for me.

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phigan wrote to Nightfox <=-

For some reason, I'm really not a fan of ordering food through an app
or a website or basically anything other than talking to a person. It's weird that I'm not, because I love computers and tech and all that
shit.. but I also don't like talking to computers. Giving them commands through a keyboard is sufficient for me...

The services all add a surcharge and charge the restaurant - and in
some cases they're taking orders on behalf of the restaurant and
charging them for the privilege.

I grew up with a kitchen junk drawer full of takeout/delivery menus,
that seemed to work just fine, gave all the money to the resataurant
and worked well.

I heard someone call that the "sauce drawer", because all of the to-go
condiments left over went there.







but I digress. People talk

about the deals through the apps and such.. I suppose I don't eat at
fast food places enough to take advantage of those things. When you are saying $9 for two Whopper meals is cheap, I'm thinking that used to be
$6, and it wasn't worth it THEN.

Have you noticed that Jack In The Box tacos are still 2 for 99cents,
like they have been for like 40 years or something? That's a little
weird.

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slacker wrote to phigan <=-

Man, I too miss the days where you could gather a whole bunch of loose change or have a few bucks and get more burritos and tacos than you
knew what to do with.

In college, Chili's had inexpensive soft tacos and free refills on
sodas - that was a goto when we'd matured past fast-food tacos.

There was a local diner, we'd get a basket of steak fries and coffees.
Perfectly fried, crispy on the outside and flakey on the inside - and
insanely hot.



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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Wed Oct 29 2025 11:03 pm

Temp - right out of the fryer. Light salt. Perfection.

I got an air fryer about 5 years ago, and I think it has been very handy. It does a great job with french fries, onion rings, chicken strips & similar snacks & foods. I've even cooked hamburger patties in it, and they came out pretty good.

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I got an air fryer about 5 years
ago, and I think it has been very
handy. It does a great job with
french fries, onion rings, chicken
strips & similar snacks & foods.
I've even cooked hamburger patties
in it, and they came out pretty
good.

I have to give my air fryer another try... I've used it a couple of times but I feel like everything just always comes out dry and overall not that good.

I've tried chicken, vegetables, and tater tots.. The tater tots were the only ones that came out okay.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any tips?


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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: slacker to Nightfox on Thu Oct 30 2025 06:14 pm

I have to give my air fryer another try... I've used it a couple of times but I feel like everything just always comes out dry and overall not that good.

I've tried chicken, vegetables, and tater tots.. The tater tots were the only ones that came out okay.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any tips?

I'm not really sure what to suggest, as I haven't had too many things come out dry & not good with my air fryer.. Not sure what I might be doing differently. But sometimes I think the recommended cooking times might be a little too long sometimes (though when cooking meats, you do still need to ensure you cook it enough to kill bacteria).

Some foods have specific air fryer instructions, but some don't. Are you experiencing this when foods have specific air fryer instructions? Maybe try cooking it a few minutes less than recommended. Also, it seems to me that compared to using an oven, the temperature for the air fryer should be less than what you'd use with an oven.

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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: slacker to Nightfox on Thu Oct 30 2025 18:14:55

Hi, slacker.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any tips?

Most stuff I air fry comes out fine. Cheese on toast is a bit iffy (sometimes if the cheese is too thin it blows off / gets sucked into the fan) but other than that 95% good.

My one recommendation is to use a low setting (bake?) to get everything hot then turn it up to a higher setting for the last couple of minutes to crisp up if you want it crunchier.

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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: slacker to Nightfox on Thu Oct 30 2025 06:14 pm

Howdy,

I have to give my air fryer another try... I've used it a couple of times but I feel like everything just always comes out dry and overall not that good.

I think we use our at least once daily, but often more. In fact our main over died about 3 months ago and we havent really missed it.

Its awesome to reheat pizza, heat a frozen (meat) pie, fish, fries, garlic bread, drumetts.

The main reason we use it, is the heating time is 1/2 to 1/3 of using the convential oven. Pie would take 50 mins in an oven, but 10 in the fryer (with a nudge by the microwave for a few mins first).


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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Wed Oct 29 2025 11:03 pm

Temp - right out of the fryer. Light salt. Perfection.

I got an air fryer about 5 years ago, and I think it has been very
handy. It does a great job with french fries, onion rings, chicken
strips & similar snacks & foods. I've even cooked hamburger patties
in it, and they came out pretty goood.

I've been looking for a new one. I got the Xiaomi one which worked fine but it's too small to handle an entire chicken so I need something bigger. I think Philips makes bigger ones that can handle what I need it for.


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Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I got an air fryer about 5 years ago, and I think it has been very
handy. It does a great job with french fries, onion rings, chicken
strips & similar snacks & foods. I've even cooked hamburger patties in it, and they came out pretty good.

Try mini tater tots. Air fryer goodness.



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Bob Worm wrote to slacker <=-

Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any tips?

Most stuff I air fry comes out fine. Cheese on toast is a bit iffy (sometimes if the cheese is too thin it blows off / gets sucked into
the fan) but other than that 95% good.

My one recommendation is to use a low setting (bake?) to get everything hot then turn it up to a higher setting for the last couple of minutes
to crisp up if you want it crunchier.

I miss having a plain ol' toaster oven. They came in handy when you wan
to make a single serving quickly.

In college dorms, toaster ovens were forbidden, and sneaking them in was
a fun challenge. Now, everyone has a microwave.

What I've always wanted was one of those little 3-in-one deals that have
a 5 cup coffee maker on the side of a toaster oven, and a little griddle
on the top. It uses the upper element of the toaster oven to heat the
element. While they're neat to look at, I doubt their practicality,
unless you live alone without a full kitchen already.





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