why I won't buy a k3 (Warning: Satire Thread)

dbs · 12-15-2021, 02:42 PM - **1 Like**

Ah ... doughnuts .............

The newish kid on the block is ....

Krispy Kreme.

Trying to take over the country

Tried some .... ah .... meh

robtcorl · 12-15-2021, 03:21 PM - **4 Likes**

They're $5.19 for 4, but I'm addicted to these chocolate eclairs.
A childhood friend's mom made excellent eclairs.
(not my pic)

dbs · 12-15-2021, 03:27 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

They're $5.19 for 4, but I'm addicted to these chocolate eclairs.
A childhood friend's mom made excellent eclairs.
(not my pic)

Hi Bob

Don't mistake them for par cooked sausages and put them back on the barbie !

lesmore49 · 12-15-2021, 05:44 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by robtcorl

They're $5.19 for 4, but I'm addicted to these chocolate eclairs.
A childhood friend's mom made excellent eclairs.
(not my pic)

When I was in elementary school and junior high, I loved Eccles Cakes and Jam Busters. There was a small bakery in the district I grew up in, run by a baker, originally from Britain. His bakery was on the way to school, and he knew what baked goods, kids with loose pocket change liked.

For me, back then, as a kid, a Eccles Cake or a Jam Buster was a treat, a treat to be celebrated, a treat to be savoured...slowly.

Although , I recall I didn't savour it for too long...usually two, big, messy bites and it was gone.

Eccles Cake:

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8...v8tZ6_V7KVxlZb

Jam Buster:

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8...VReJIrDi_p149z

Some of the large grocery chains out here, try to make a Jam Buster, but I don't know what kind of 'jam' they're using for filling. It doesn't taste like the old fashioned Jam Buster I loved....the grocery chains, I think use ersatz jam...as a filling.

Ersatz:

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8...dG0UnJiO60ra1y

Racer X 69 · 12-15-2021, 08:13 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by lesmore49

Anyway, he discontinued his Dunkin' Donut runs after about 10 weeks. I'm not sure, why. It is a good product, but I'm guessing there probably wasn't enough profit in them, considering his time, effort and mileage he racked up, once a week.

Not to mention the smuggling of commodities across an international border and then smuggling his (meager) profits back the other way.

cheesy

lesmore49 · 12-15-2021, 08:58 PM

Originally posted by Racer X 69

Not to mention the smuggling of commodities across an international border and then smuggling his (meager) profits back the other way.

:cheesy:

I never thought of that ! It's hard to imagine though...I mean isn't it...that a humble ' merican donut purveyor would attempt to sneak across an international border, with a few trays of donuts, and avoid customs duties, and all other fees associated . I would say that if he had to pay duties, fees, etc...over and above...it would eat into his profits.

Maybe he threw an old dog blanket over them or something.....while the donuts were piled up in the back of his Dodge Caravan minivan....or maybe he just piled his old mutt-ski (canine of unknown parentage)... particularly if it was one of them big, rangy dogs...over the donuts...as he fast talked the customs guy.

The fact that he came every early Saturday morning, for 10 weeks, was bound to alert the customs officials, that maybe something nefarious was going on.

Years ago, one week I went through a little border crossing at a North Dakota -Manitoba border. The next week I went through another small border crossing at the Manitoba-Minnesota border...and was I ever scrutinized, at the second border crossing.

**rod_grant** · 12-15-2021, 10:35 PM - **5 Likes**

This talk of donuts and stuff isn't doing Mark (or Mark's waistline) any favours, boys.
Knock it of for Mark's sake.

**rod_grant** · 12-15-2021, 10:46 PM - **1 Like**

In other news;
The 2nd cricket test is on in Adelaide.
Australia's captain is not playing; he got to close to a Covid infected person!
Australia won the toss and batted first.
First wicket fell with only 4 runs on the board.
It is slow going; 1 for 38 after 21 overs (ie 126 balls bowled).

tim60 · 12-15-2021, 11:03 PM

Originally posted by Racer X 69

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Pie

Looks very much like what I have seen call a ChocoPie.

tim60 · 12-15-2021, 11:11 PM

Originally posted by robtcorl

They're $5.19 for 4, but I'm addicted to these chocolate eclairs.
A childhood friend's mom made excellent eclairs.
(not my pic)

If people get addicted then they can charge anything they like and take in the loot. Till someone can make an adequate copy.

dbs · 12-15-2021, 11:44 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by rod_grant

This talk of donuts and stuff isn't doing Mark (or Mark's waistline) any favours, boys.
Knock it of for Mark's sake.

It's ok Rod. Mark has plenty of hills to climb so extra carbo's I think are welcome

tim60 · 12-15-2021, 11:45 PM

Originally posted by StiffLegged

Cough cough cough, Burns Night is the 25th in Scotland Tim; can't think why Oz should wish to change that?

A wandering we will go, eh?

Because 25/1 celebrations are conducted in the evening the holiday is needed on 26/1.

This is similar to celebrating New Year on the last night of the old year thus requiring a holiday on the first day of the new year.

MarkJerling · 12-16-2021, 01:40 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by rod_grant

This talk of donuts and stuff isn't doing Mark (or Mark's waistline) any favours, boys.
Knock it of for Mark's sake.

And we've not even got to Christmas turkey yet!

Racer X 69 · 12-16-2021, 05:26 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by tim60

Looks very much like what I have seen call a ChocoPie.

The Moon pie was conceived in 1917, long before NASA and any aspirations of traveling to space, or the moon.

robtcorl · 12-16-2021, 05:43 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by rod_grant

In other news;
The 2nd cricket test is on in Adelaide.

Oh for joy, for joy!!

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dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,563	Ah ... doughnuts ............. The newish kid on the block is .... Krispy Kreme. Trying to take over the country Tried some .... ah .... meh

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robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	They're $5.19 for 4, but I'm addicted to these chocolate eclairs. A childhood friend's mom made excellent eclairs. (not my pic)

12-15-2021, 03:27 PM - 3 Likes	#94098
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,563	Originally posted by robtcorl They're $5.19 for 4, but I'm addicted to these chocolate eclairs. A childhood friend's mom made excellent eclairs. (not my pic) Hi Bob Don't mistake them for par cooked sausages and put them back on the barbie !

12-15-2021, 05:44 PM - 1 Like	#94099
lesmore49 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western Canada Posts: 12,342	Originally posted by robtcorl They're $5.19 for 4, but I'm addicted to these chocolate eclairs. A childhood friend's mom made excellent eclairs. (not my pic) When I was in elementary school and junior high, I loved Eccles Cakes and Jam Busters. There was a small bakery in the district I grew up in, run by a baker, originally from Britain. His bakery was on the way to school, and he knew what baked goods, kids with loose pocket change liked. For me, back then, as a kid, a Eccles Cake or a Jam Buster was a treat, a treat to be celebrated, a treat to be savoured...slowly. Although , I recall I didn't savour it for too long...usually two, big, messy bites and it was gone. Eccles Cake: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8...v8tZ6_V7KVxlZb Jam Buster: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8...VReJIrDi_p149z Some of the large grocery chains out here, try to make a Jam Buster, but I don't know what kind of 'jam' they're using for filling. It doesn't taste like the old fashioned Jam Buster I loved....the grocery chains, I think use ersatz jam...as a filling. Ersatz: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8...dG0UnJiO60ra1y

12-15-2021, 08:13 PM - 2 Likes	#94100
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,067	Originally posted by lesmore49 Anyway, he discontinued his Dunkin' Donut runs after about 10 weeks. I'm not sure, why. It is a good product, but I'm guessing there probably wasn't enough profit in them, considering his time, effort and mileage he racked up, once a week. Not to mention the smuggling of commodities across an international border and then smuggling his (meager) profits back the other way.

12-15-2021, 08:58 PM	#94101
lesmore49 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western Canada Posts: 12,342	Originally posted by Racer X 69 Not to mention the smuggling of commodities across an international border and then smuggling his (meager) profits back the other way. :cheesy: I never thought of that ! It's hard to imagine though...I mean isn't it...that a humble ' merican donut purveyor would attempt to sneak across an international border, with a few trays of donuts, and avoid customs duties, and all other fees associated . I would say that if he had to pay duties, fees, etc...over and above...it would eat into his profits. Maybe he threw an old dog blanket over them or something.....while the donuts were piled up in the back of his Dodge Caravan minivan....or maybe he just piled his old mutt-ski (canine of unknown parentage)... particularly if it was one of them big, rangy dogs...over the donuts...as he fast talked the customs guy. The fact that he came every early Saturday morning, for 10 weeks, was bound to alert the customs officials, that maybe something nefarious was going on. Years ago, one week I went through a little border crossing at a North Dakota -Manitoba border. The next week I went through another small border crossing at the Manitoba-Minnesota border...and was I ever scrutinized, at the second border crossing.

12-15-2021, 10:35 PM - 5 Likes	#94102
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	This talk of donuts and stuff isn't doing Mark (or Mark's waistline) any favours, boys. Knock it of for Mark's sake.

12-15-2021, 10:46 PM - 1 Like	#94103
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	In other news; The 2nd cricket test is on in Adelaide. Australia's captain is not playing; he got to close to a Covid infected person! Australia won the toss and batted first. First wicket fell with only 4 runs on the board. It is slow going; 1 for 38 after 21 overs (ie 126 balls bowled).

12-15-2021, 11:03 PM	#94104
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Originally posted by Racer X 69 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Pie Looks very much like what I have seen call a ChocoPie.

12-15-2021, 11:11 PM	#94105
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Originally posted by robtcorl They're $5.19 for 4, but I'm addicted to these chocolate eclairs. A childhood friend's mom made excellent eclairs. (not my pic) If people get addicted then they can charge anything they like and take in the loot. Till someone can make an adequate copy.

12-15-2021, 11:44 PM - 2 Likes	#94106
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,563	Originally posted by rod_grant This talk of donuts and stuff isn't doing Mark (or Mark's waistline) any favours, boys. Knock it of for Mark's sake. It's ok Rod. Mark has plenty of hills to climb so extra carbo's I think are welcome

12-15-2021, 11:45 PM	#94107
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Originally posted by StiffLegged Cough cough cough, Burns Night is the 25th in Scotland Tim; can't think why Oz should wish to change that? A wandering we will go, eh? Because 25/1 celebrations are conducted in the evening the holiday is needed on 26/1. This is similar to celebrating New Year on the last night of the old year thus requiring a holiday on the first day of the new year.

12-16-2021, 01:40 AM - 3 Likes	#94108
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,406	Originally posted by rod_grant This talk of donuts and stuff isn't doing Mark (or Mark's waistline) any favours, boys. Knock it of for Mark's sake. And we've not even got to Christmas turkey yet!

12-16-2021, 05:26 AM - 1 Like	#94109
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,067	Originally posted by tim60 Looks very much like what I have seen call a ChocoPie. The Moon pie was conceived in 1917, long before NASA and any aspirations of traveling to space, or the moon.

12-16-2021, 05:43 AM - 3 Likes	#94110
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by rod_grant In other news; The 2nd cricket test is on in Adelaide. Oh for joy, for joy!!