‘What a country!,’ Russian immigrant Yakov Smirnoff used to say about America, but I think he meant it in a positive way. What has happened in 20 years is very sad. Never worse! – and I’ve been
around a long time. I think even Yakov has left town. Let’s get back on track I say. Even the Brits seem to be reuniting. See MORE below at ‘Rest of Story.’ -JB
JB’s Coupon Country and Yellow Pages Coupons ‘A’ List – September 2022
Oldies Country presents
‘Stay Cool, Man!’ -The Fonz
That was quite a week. Over 100 degrees in Margaritaville, Lafayette, CA – Too hot to labor on Labor Day. No cheeseburgers . Lemonade only – or a margarita to
beat this rare, repressive heat. But that ain’t nothin’. We’ve got r reports of 110 in Concord and Livermore and 111 in Lodi, CA – I’d hate to be stuck there! I know why they call it BAKERSfield, 114! California was definitely the hottest place in the world . Want to cool off? Check out Juneau, Alaska – 53 or Reykjavik, Iceland – 50 Degrees. Hopefully,
by the time you read this things are, or cooler where you are after four days in the 100s in much of CA
Bay Area Backroads presents…
Who Said ‘Life Is Short’ – Well, It Can Be A lot Shorter If This Happens
to You!
That’s not our car – still got the ol’ Maxwell – but a friend’s who was recently involved in a fatal-he’s ok, thankfully. Not so for one of the five other drivers in this chain reaction crash
in Hayward, CA. Just a reminder how quickly and unexpectedly a life can be snuffed out, to drive safely and defensively (as much as possible). Or, stay locked down to really stay safe. Or…read below (JB reporting )
Safest and Most Energy -Efficient Car for the Times?
Maybe borrowing one from Barney Rubble of the Flintstone gang is the best bet to not only stay safe, healthier AND TRULY energy-efficient while saving some sheckles in this day and age. Are we regressing? Maybe so, but not necessarily a bad thing in
some ways. No worries of gas inflation, pollution or restrictions on times you can recharge your Tesla.
Which New Years Do You Perfer – the 1950s/60s or the 2000’s ?
In 2021- 2022, The Economy is so bad: -My neighbor got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. -Wives are having sex with their husbands because they can not afford batteries. -CEOs are now playing miniature golf. -Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen. -A stripper was killed when her audience showered her with rolls of pennies while she danced. -“If the bank returns your check marked ?Insufficient Funds,” you call them and ask if they meant you or them. -McDonald’s is selling the 1/4 ouncer. -Angelina Jolie adopted a child from America. -Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children’s names. -A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico. -A picture is now only worth 200 words. The Dollar Store is now the $1.25 Store. This last one is a fact. -SS +! > MORE LIKE THIS
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BONUS: Bay Area Backroads and Beyond:
MAGIC FOOD
MAGIC FOOD- Wouldn’t it be amazing if one could snap his or her fingers and get any kind of food they want- and top quality, affordable, too. Well, there’s a place in Lafayette Ca, where I live, that was last a decent sub sandwich shop and many other things before that. Several months ago a new shop opened up called ‘Local Kitchens.’ I could have sworn it was a kitchen appliance store like the one that used to be across the street. So, I ignored the place for months until…
I read about some newish restaurants selling potato lakes, brisket and other delicacies in this last night of Hanukah. I’d already made an amazing discovery of ‘Revival’, in Berkeley, days earlier from same news article: maybe the best brisket and crispy latkes I’d ever had and in a beautifully renovated old building.
Wises and Sons deli was supposed to be open according to the article but their website said ‘closed’ but there was a referring address in Lafayette. As a good old journalist I was not one to ignore a lead
I was nearly resigned to cooking my own dinner but being nearby I thought I’d drive by the given Lafayette address. Amazingly, this place was open and well lit.at 7 pm on a Sunday night . I parked in their lot not expecting much. As I walked in the door good smells emanated and an ambience like something from the future . I’ve heard of new restaurants in places like Japan where there were no workers. ..well, that was the case here. There were no people to take orders but instead, just three kiosks with computer screens beaming pictures of attractive food including that of Wise and Sons Deli. How could this little box of a place put out quality food from not only Wise and Sons but many other restaurants – and with no employees. At the kiosks You are instructed to key in your fave dishes and whatever ‘extras ‘ you want. There was not only Wise and Sons but menus from eight or nine other restuarants. How the hell do nine restaurants put on food in this little cracker jack box with no workers? I chose a pastrami Rueben sandwich, coleslaw and order of latkes . Total came to less than $25, for which I was instructed to pay by credit card with my phone. I could barely handle the ‘tech’. What would someone do here who wasn’t tech savvy?
Within seconds I was notified by text that my order would be ready in 10-15 minutes. Incredible, I thought. Was I really about to get a delicious deli dinner from this non-descript location seemingly devoid of people? Who was cooking the food and where were they cooking it. I’ll believe it when I see it. This is something from science fiction, I thought. If it works , great. But I had my doubts.
Another text…’your order ready in 5 minutes,’ then, sure enough, in exactly five minutes a bag of food appears out of nowhere in a small square opening. Then a voice announced my name and that my order was ready. A robot?
I got to my car and checked to make sure this was no joke and, yes, Charley, there was real, delicious food that I had ordered- food for which I might have had to otherwise travel to New York or Los Angeles to eat,- and at much more expensive prices!
Surreal , yes. On one hand I would have scoffed at impersonal ‘robot food’ but, no, after all, this is 2121 , well beyond 1984. Let’s leave it as a mystery how they do it and even offer up the address for your now very curious self to try. As an old Nostalgist maybe some things in this technological age today aren’t so bad.
This was the best dinner, along with the aforementioned Revival, that I had had in a long time and I didn’t have to drive far, wait long or leave a tip as I did at Revival. Perfectly timed for the pandemic, this type of restaurant may become a trend. Go now before the lines form.
LOCAL KITCHENS: 3455 Mt Diablo Blvd Lafayette, CA 94549
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‘Hello Gang, No, that’s not me in the picture, below. I’m not quite that old. That’s the guy who without him we all might not be here today. So, as ‘Retha and Rodney would say, let’s show the man a little RESPECT. Columbus used coupons, too, I hear, while selling his wares. Healthy, too – He beat the scurvy to make it to America. Enjoy the $avings and tips while we remember the man you made it all possible.’-JB
Columbus Week Specials
THE UNTOLD STORY of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Most know Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus‘s arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. But, there’s been a growing trend of late to do away with the most famous explorer’s day. For example, Columbus, Ohio will not observe the ‘controversial’ federal holiday honoring its namesake, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, for the first time this year.
COLUMBUS LIKELY A ‘HIDDEN’ JEW, FLEEING PERSECUTION
Critics say the holiday honors the mass genocide and colonization of Native Americans, who lived in the Americas long before Christopher Columbus arrived in October 1492 . Yet, Columbus, himself, was likely a victim of persecution.
During Columbus’ lifetime, Jews became the target of fanatical religious persecution. On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella proclaimed that all Jews were to be expelled from Spain. The edict especially targeted the 800,000 Jews who had never converted, and gave them four months to pack up and get out. The Jews who were forced to renounce Judaism and embrace Catholicism were known as “Conversos,” or converts. There were also those who feigned conversion, practicing Catholicism outwardly while covertly practicing Judaism, the so-called “Marranos,” or swine.
Recently, a number of Spanish scholars, such as Jose Erugo, Celso Garcia de la Riega, Otero Sanchez and Nicholas Dias Perez, have concluded that Columbus was a Marrano, whose survival depended upon the suppression of all evidence of his Jewish background in face of the brutal, systematic ethnic cleansing.MORE
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