Where are the COLAs??

Are they waiting until after the mid-terms or something??

In the soda aisle with all the other carbonated and non-carbonated drinks.

27 minutes ago, austin3515 said:

Are they waiting until after the mid-terms or something??

Isn't everything?  Life has come to a total halt for the next week, right?

Well the new 415 limits might influence which party will win!!!! 

I think Trump fired everybody and there is no one left to publish them.

Lo, the mountain moves --

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What the heck is a soda? They're not sold here in the South, I 'spose.

It has always amused me - I've heard them referred to as soda, tonic, pop, cola, fizz, and probably other things I can't recall. Kind of like grinders, subs, and hoagies...

44 minutes ago, Belgarath said:

It has always amused me - I've heard them referred to as soda, tonic, pop, cola, fizz, and probably other things I can't recall. Kind of like grinders, subs, and hoagies...

And heros, if on Long Island!

Is a hero just a form of a Greek Gyro, or is it a type of sandwich not in a pita/pocket type of bread? I've never known, as up here, we have subs or grinders, or a gyro in a Greek place, but no hero sandwiches.

2 hours ago, Belgarath said:

Is a hero just a form of a Greek Gyro, or is it a type of sandwich not in a pita/pocket type of bread? I've never known, as up here, we have subs or grinders, or a gyro in a Greek place, but no hero sandwiches.

Where are you?  When we moved to CT in 1975, we had no idea what a "grinder" was.  Turned out it was a hero sandwich, which is also a sub sandwich.  Luckily, a gyro is a gyro is a gyro (but not a rose!).

I think forever now I am going to be asking "Where are the sodas for next year?"  I like that a lot...

I have a sneaking suspicion the Secretary of the Treasury reads these boards (because why wouldn't they after all (isn't that the new standard for truth?)) and picked up the  phone and made this happen.  A lot of people are saying that's what happened.

next some of you folks will insist on changing the term to 'catsup' limit instead of 'ketchup' limit.

..............

I did at least correct the calculation in my spreadsheet for SIMPLE plans, which since I have never worked on such a plan I never cared about. oh well.

15 hours ago, Larry Starr said:

Where are you?  When we moved to CT in 1975, we had no idea what a "grinder" was.  Turned out it was a hero sandwich, which is also a sub sandwich.  Luckily, a gyro is a gyro is a gyro (but not a rose!).

We lived in CT for a while! Glad to be out of that awful state! I always called it a sub sammich.  :)

15 hours ago, Larry Starr said:

Where are you?  When we moved to CT in 1975, we had no idea what a "grinder" was.  Turned out it was a hero sandwich, which is also a sub sandwich.  Luckily, a gyro is a gyro is a gyro (but not a rose!).

No no no!  A Hero sammich isn't a grinder nor a sub (and definitely not a gyro)!  A hero is a hot meat sammich on a sub bun, usually with lots of toppings of the kind one might find on a philly cheese steak sammich - but the meat is more likely a hamburger patty (or three) or meat balls, etc.  If you are ever in NE Ohio, look up a Mr. Hero restaurant.  Definitely not a Subway....

1 hour ago, MoJo said:

No no no!  A Hero sammich isn't a grinder nor a sub (and definitely not a gyro)!  A hero is a hot meat sammich on a sub bun, usually with lots of toppings of the kind one might find on a philly cheese steak sammich - but the meat is more likely a hamburger patty (or three) or meat balls, etc.  If you are ever in NE Ohio, look up a Mr. Hero restaurant.  Definitely not a Subway....

Mojo - I am now in Indiana so I may it to Ohio! I wouldn't touch Subway with a 10 foot pole, lol!!

3 minutes ago, Karoline Curran said:

Mojo - I am now in Indiana so I may it to Ohio! I wouldn't touch Subway with a 10 foot pole, lol!!

I actually split my time between OH and IN (I'm in Indy right now), but this discussion has me hankerin for a Mr. Hero....

I have been a Midwestern boy all my life and a grinder to me has always been served in "fast Italian" places.  it is a meat (most common ordered is meatball or Italian sausage) on good Italian bread  with a marinara sauce and cheese all baked together.  The bread gets crusty and a little hard on the outside but is still soft on the inside.  The best ones I got were in the Chicago area.    I don't know if it is still there but there used to be this place in Hoffman Estates, IL called Garibaldi's.  My wife would get the Italian beef or turkey sandwich and I got their meatball grinder.   You would wash it down with their frozen Italian lemonade.   That was a meal for a young couple on a budget back in the day! 

2 hours ago, MoJo said:

I actually split my time between OH and IN (I'm in Indy right now), but this discussion has me hankerin for a Mr. Hero....

I'm in Indy. And now I'm hungry!!!