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Open Question: Whatever happened to the old Lineup Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco?

March 9th, 2010

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I believe it was South of Market. Went there a few times with friends during the 80’s but don’t know whatever became of the place. Where was it located? Whatever happened to it? What is it now?

Open Question: help with wording invitation please?

March 9th, 2010

bride name and groom name
Will be married in a private ceremony
In St. Phillip, Barbados
Please join us for a dinner reception
to celebrate our union
On August 14, 2010
At 5 o’clock
At restaurant Name
city, state

is this ok r should I change something ?
know I don’t want have the will be married in … But the invitation consultant told me that if my invites are going out before my ceremony i need to say that I’m going to Barbados I have no clue?

Open Question: Read this story and tell me your reaction.?

March 9th, 2010

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho(AP) Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan bragged to his 8-year-old captive during more than six weeks on the run, telling her how he used a shotgun and hammer to kill her family after staking out their home for days, court documents show.

Shasta Groene remembered it all and has been providing authorities with details that are building a strong case against Duncan.

Duncan was charged Tuesday with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree kidnapping in the deaths of Shasta’s mother Brenda Groene, 40, her brother Slade, 13, and Groene’s boyfriend Mark McKenzie, 37. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.”He told her he was out driving around looking for children to kidnap,” Kootenai County sheriff’s detective Brad Maskell testified during a probable cause hearing. “He … saw her playing in the yard with her brother and wearing a bathing suit. At that point he chose them as possible kidnap victims.”

Public defender John Adams declined to comment after the hearing. “We try to do our litigation in the courtroom,” he said.

Shasta’s ordeal began when she heard her mother call her into the living room early on the morning of May 16. Her mother, brother and McKenzie were bound with zip-ties and duct tape.

Duncan then bound her and Dylan and left them on the ground outside near a swing set. Shasta said she heard McKenzie yell out several times, and at one point they saw Slade stagger, incoherent and bleeding profusely from the head, out of the home. The children yelled for Slade to untie them, but he was unable to respond.

Shasta remembered that Duncan wore dark gloves and had a shotgun and night-vision goggles. She also recalled the brand name of the hammer used to bludgeon the victims, which Duncan showed her after the attacks.

During weeks of captivity at a remote campsite in western Montana, Duncan told Shasta that he cased the family’s home for two to three days, using his goggles to look in the windows and study the family’s habits and the layout.”Shasta was very specific that Mr. Duncan is the only person responsible for these acts,” Maskell added.

Shasta was rescued early in the morning of July 2, when employees at a Denny’s restaurant in Coeur d’Alene recognized her and called police. She has since been reunited with her father.

Dylan was found dead in Montana last week.

Duncan had been charged with kidnapping Shasta and Dylan, but those state charges will be dismissed and instead handled by the federal court system because the youngsters were taken across a state line, authorities said.

Officials have alleged that the children were repeatedly sexually molested during their ordeal, and sheriff Rocky Watson has said he believes the motive for the killings was to acquire the children for sex.

While it is The Associated Press’ policy not to identify alleged victims of sexual assault in most cases, the search for Shasta and her brother was so heavily publicized that their names were already widely known.

Duncan was released on $15,000 bail earlier this year in Becker County, Minn., after being charged with molesting a 6-year-old boy. Police in Fargo, N.D., where Duncan lived, had been looking for him since he failed to check in with a probation agent there in May.

Duncan had spent more than a decade in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at gunpoint in Tacoma, Wash.

Open Question: Does it look gay if two guys go to dinner at a restaurant but are friends?

March 9th, 2010

My friend says he wants to go eat at this cool place in town before we go to the club. But won’t it look gay if we go together?

Open Question: In your opinion, what is the BEST Fast Food Restaurant?

March 9th, 2010

And why?

I say Subway because it’s the healthiest among all the fast food restaurants, their cookies rocks too lol.

Open Question: Is it ilegal to bring and eat outside food in a restaurant?

March 9th, 2010

What is the big deal…Can they realy throw you out of their restaurant just because you want to finish your work sandwich?It is a stupid rule,but is it ilegal?I asked some owners,and they did not tell me,so…im asking…you!Is it ilegal to bring outside food?Thank you!

Open Question: how can you get a girls number when she is with her parents?

March 9th, 2010

i work at a small restaurant and today this really cute girl went there with her parents and i know she liked me but i couldnt do anything cuz she was with her parents… how would u get her number?

Open Question: Does anyone work or have worked for a grocery store or a restaurant that throws away food every night?

March 9th, 2010

I’m looking for a company for a research paper that either…

1. Throws away perfectly good food at the end of the shift or night.
2. Won’t let employees take home any slightly expired food or day-old paper.
3. Doesn’t donate any food to charity

Please list companies you have worked for or still work for and what they do.

Thanks!

Open Question: thai crepe with curry sauce?

March 9th, 2010

I once tried the crepe with the curry sauce at the Thai restaurant in San Jose. I am not sure that was exactly American crepe, but It was delicious, and i just wonder anyone who knows that crepe and the recipe, and share it with me. Thanks

Open Question: I am 22 years old. How may I show my 31 year old female friend that I would like us to be something more?

March 9th, 2010

She is my sister’s governess, and I know she is currently unattached–she ended a relationship of five years last fall (as did I). We usually converse for three to four continuous hours, twice a week, about themes ranging from the trivial to very personal life experiences. She hugs me tightly both when greeting and leaving, and when we talk she ‘mirrors’ my gestures, which I am led to believe is a sign of attraction. I have invited her to lunch next week under the pretence of ‘discussing my sister’, and she agreed. Should I bring up any particular theme for conversation? Should I behave in a particular manner in the restaurant? How could I subtly show her that I am very seriously interested in her? Would this last strategy be conductive to my–honourable–goals? I am utterly lost at this, so I thank you beforehand for any well intentioned and constructive guidance you may provide.

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