Planning a Trip to Washington

[Bob Schroeck]

I was about to comment on that -- just a year or two back there was a heavy advertising campaign on radio promoting tourism in Ireland that emphasized how visitors would be welcomed almost like distant family coming back home.

Eating out is interesting. Especially portion sizes thatre clearly intended to be left unfinished

Oh, no. That's because restaurants believe (with some justification) that Americans are gluttons and that if they don't get enough food in a meal to leave them stuffed and rolling in semiconscious torpor on the floor they'll complain endlessly and ruin that restaurant's reputation/word-of-mouth.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.