31 July 2010

 Breakfast: We went to the Boot Hill Casino for breakfast (and some penny slot action). There, I had

• SOS on hash browns
• grape jelly on a powder biscuit
• scrambled eggs
• well cooked bacon (3 slices)
• 2 well cooked disk shaped sausage and
• a waffle

After eating the waffle, I had the feeling I should have skipped it. This was the 7^th breakfast we had there after joining the "breakfast club", so we got our breakfast for free. I asked the waitress for a glass of orange juice. Silly me, I thought it would come with the meal but she said "I will have to charge you for that". Later, the urge for orange juice became too much for me so I ordered a glass. I figured it couldn't be too much so I gave the waiter ^US$2⁰⁰. I went to the "wait staff" area to make sure they had gotten my ^US$2⁰⁰ and was told the actual price was ^US$2¹⁸!

218¢

I realize it is probably silly to be upset by this price but I recall the champagne and orange juice wasn't much more expensive that this. I hadn't brought much change with me but was able to find a single coin (a quarter) in one pocket. I gave this to "our" waitress and she must have assumed that I'd let her have the 7¢ as a tip...

I don't hold this price against the waitress; I think given the amount of money I later dropped on the slots, that a more proper Lost Wages attitude of keeping the food and drinks as cheap as possible or even free would have left me with a better attitude. (Ok, so it was only about ^US$7⁰⁰ that I dropped on the slots.)

About a ½ hour later, I realized the orange juice was mixing rather badly with the pancake/waffle syrup and I ended up losing my breakfast. To quote Vir Coto "it tasted so good going down, not so good coming back [up]". [or words to that effect as I remember them from watching Babylon 5]

Lunch: a turkey and roast beef on sour dough bread sandwich with coleslaw and cold water

Snack: coffee

Dinner: A Lean Crusine Swedish Meatballs: with pasta in a savory gravy, an apple and a glass of iced water

Snack:  peanut butter and jelly on sour dough