O/T: NYC Net54 Dinner Thread

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

Barry,

I thought the ring of 50% discount might persuade a few NYC loyalists..

Theres nothing like seeing a $1,400 bill for 10 or so guys get chopped in half to $700...

well let me know where it will be ...even if not at rothmans ...and I will try to get there..

We could also try a long island dinner another night and get to rothmans that time.

Holy crap! You could feed 50 at a good steakhouse in Nebraska for $1400.

Dan

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Holy crap! You could feed 50 at a good steakhouse in Nebraska for $1400.

Dan

Yes, but the problem is you need to eat that steak in Nebraska.

[barrysloate]

Doesn't Nebraska have a lot of cows?

[calvindog]

Yes, exactly.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Yes, but the problem is you need to eat that steak in Nebraska.

Yep....and we're buried under two feet of snow and at the moment teetering on disaster as the temperature is hovering at 33F and it's raining. One degree from total doom.

[calvindog]

Seriously -- two feet of snow?

[barrysloate]

It's like early spring in New York these days. Sunny and in the 40's.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Seriously -- two feet of snow?

We had the worst December in my lifetime...25" combined in two knockout punch storms in back to back weeks. My kid has had SIX snow days already, add in Xmas break and he's only been to school a handful of days in the last month...it's also been as cold as I can ever remember, getting down to -20F...add on about 10 more inches of snow in two or three other minor storms and we've got a lot of snow still on the ground...fortunately the rain in the last two days has melted some of it, but it could be really bad if the temp drops down.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

We had the worst December in my lifetime...25" combined in two knockout punch storms in back to back weeks. My kid has had SIX snow days already, add in Xmas break and he's only been to school a handful of days in the last month...it's also been as cold as I can ever remember, getting down to -20F...add on about 10 more inches of snow in two or three other minor storms and we've got a lot of snow still on the ground...fortunately the rain in the last two days has melted some of it, but it could be really bad if the temp drops down.

Somewhere to the east, a little man laughs and laughs with glee.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Somewhere to the east, a little man laughs and laughs with glee.

That's okay, Karma will get Barry in the end.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

We had the worst December in my lifetime...25" combined in two knockout punch storms in back to back weeks. My kid has had SIX snow days already, add in Xmas break and he's only been to school a handful of days in the last month...it's also been as cold as I can ever remember, getting down to -20F...add on about 10 more inches of snow in two or three other minor storms and we've got a lot of snow still on the ground...fortunately the rain in the last two days has melted some of it, but it could be really bad if the temp drops down.

That is totally insane, I don't know how you guys deal with this every year. The biggest misnomer living in NYC is that because it's in NY we get a lot of snow -- the opposite is true. We had a bizarrely huge snowstorm right before Christmas last month, about 10 inches or so; however, sometimes we go through an entire winter in NYC with no appreciable snowfall. The outer boroughs obviously get a lot though not Nebraska-like. Though if I recall, when I was a kid, I loved the snow and the snow days so your kid must be psyched. It just sucks as an adult.

[mcap100176]

I have never been but everyone raves about this place. If I am not mistaken, the last coal oven in the City:

http://www.grimaldis.com/2/Index.htm

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by calvindog

That is totally insane, I don't know how you guys deal with this every year. The biggest misnomer living in NYC is that because it's in NY we get a lot of snow -- the opposite is true. We had a bizarrely huge snowstorm right before Christmas last month, about 10 inches or so; however, sometimes we go through an entire winter in NYC with no appreciable snowfall. The outer boroughs obviously get a lot though not Nebraska-like. Though if I recall, when I was a kid, I loved the snow and the snow days so your kid must be psyched. It just sucks as an adult.

This is as bad as I can ever remember. We don't normally have more than one or two big snowfall events in any given Winter. We also had the coldest Summer in my lifetime...I was wearing a freaking jacket on the 4th of July and it was too cold to get into the lake. I must have made it out to about 15 minor league games and don't remember a single one where I didn't have to bring a jacket...normally I never would unless it's in May.

As far as the snow days go my kid was definitely psyched about them, but now he has to make one up already and the school system has opted to extend the school day by 36 minutes for 10 days....not quite as fun now.