MD/DC/VA Golfers - Twelve Monkeys Mental Divergence

[siegel159]

Have we had a chicken thread war before? Is this new territory?

[misplacedtexan83]

> @ceejay81 said:

> > @dcmidnight said:

> > > @ceejay81 said:

> > > Obviously just my humble opinion, but a business is never going to want to intentionally run out of food and **** off customers.

> >

> > Couldn't disagree more, respectfully of course. IMO you answered your own question by using "social media" three times in the first paragraph of your post. What they are doing is the very definition of guerilla marketing. And yes - selling out in this case feeds the buzz and drives more sales than just selling a sandwich normally would. If the sandwich got one good review that would be one thing. But all you see on social media is pictures of sold out signs. Pictures of lines. Pictures of the sandwich. Oh wait now the news is covering it with b-roll feed of the lines. And the sold out signs.

> >

> > It feeds itself - people see that they ran out of sandwiches so they think it must be good, therefore they drive all over town to find one.

>

> Agree to disagree, as always.

>

> ::Deletes post with valid points that won't change your opinion::

 

> @thechief16 said:

> Chickens are not breakfast food. WTF is wrong with you people?

 

In the words of DC — you are wrong- respectively

 

Breakfast can be whatever you like..

 

Geat protein, low in fat— breakfast of champions

[top.h]

shake shack's chicken shack is superior. fight me.

[TheCityGame]

Who is keeping the master list of horrible thread fights? Popeye chicky sando is definitely going on that list.

 

Let's all agree that people are pounding the chicky sando from Popeye.

 

What's not clear is whether Popeye knew demand would be great and intentionally under-ordered for the buzz, or whether he really had no idea demand would be this high. This is not a world in which I tread.

 

But just because it's great _hashTag content_ doesn't mean it was intentional.

 

 

 

[TheCityGame]

Also, chickens are great for breakfast. They are absolutely the best breakfast food, with one caveat : AS LONG AS THEY'RE STILL IN THE G D SHELL!!!!!.

 

Chicken for breakfast. Absurd.

[HighBoomingDraws]

 

[top.h]

followup: here's a list of better chicken sandwiches in the dc area:

1) any of the chicken options at lucky buns

2) royboys

3) hot lola's

4) kith and kin ethiopian chicken sandwich

5) bindaas spiced chicken sandwich

6) mason dixie biscuit company chicken and biscuit sammiches

7) anything else where i dont have to wait in a line for a chicken sandwich

[ceejay81]

> @TheCityGame said:

 

>

> But just because it's great _hashTag content_ doesn't mean it was intentional.

>

 

Definitely was my point. Popeyes didn't have genius marketers that saw this coming and planned this. They lucked into this and they were under-prepared for demand. But what do I know, right? I'm just a consumer.

 

 

[SullGolf]

People can eat whatever the heck they want to, but chicken is not a breakfast food in my house.

 

I haven't been up to the Gus's Fried Chicken in Greenbelt, but have been meaning to. I went to the original in Memphis a handful of years ago and it was one of the best meals I ever had. This was the night after a bachelor party and the wait was 2 hours to get inside, so I need to confirm if it's actually good or if the circumstances just elevated the taste. Anyone eating at a GD POPEYES over that place is out of their mind.

 

 

[TheCityGame]

> @SullGolf said:

> People can eat whatever the heck they want to, but chicken is not a breakfast food in my house.

>

> I haven't been up to the Gus's Fried Chicken in Greenbelt, but have been meaning to. I went to the original in Memphis a handful of years ago and it was one of the best meals I ever had. This was the night after a bachelor party and the wait was 2 hours to get inside, so I need to confirm if it's actually good or if the circumstances just elevated the taste. Anyone eating at a GD POPEYES over that place is out of their mind.

>

I didn't know Gus' expanded. I've been to the original.

 

Been to Prince's Hot Chicken in Nashville, too. That was more to my liking. We hit Gus' before the rush and the wait wasn't bad.

 

Anyone heard of this place "Winnfield golf" way out in Western Maryland? Like 3 hours from Baltimore. They have a facebook page but not a webpage.

 

https://www.facebook.com/Winnfield.Golf/

 

Apparently some dude just turned part of his farm into a golf course. The work jerks played there the other day. Had a good time. $20 for 18 with cart.

 

The google map page has some pics of it. Not great ones.

 

[davechen]

OK, somebody explain to me 'Chicken & Waffles'. I guess they're a breakfast thing, but I just don't get it. To me they just don't go together.

[FAbb]

> @TheCityGame said:

> > @SullGolf said:

> > People can eat whatever the heck they want to, but chicken is not a breakfast food in my house.

> >

> > I haven't been up to the Gus's Fried Chicken in Greenbelt, but have been meaning to. I went to the original in Memphis a handful of years ago and it was one of the best meals I ever had. This was the night after a bachelor party and the wait was 2 hours to get inside, so I need to confirm if it's actually good or if the circumstances just elevated the taste. Anyone eating at a GD POPEYES over that place is out of their mind.

> >

> I didn't know Gus' expanded. I've been to the original.

>

> Been to Prince's Hot Chicken in Nashville, too. That was more to my liking. We hit Gus' before the rush and the wait wasn't bad.

>

> Anyone heard of this place "Winnfield golf" way out in Western Maryland? Like 3 hours from Baltimore. They have a facebook page but not a webpage.

>

> https://www.facebook.com/Winnfield.Golf/

>

> Apparently some dude just turned part of his farm into a golf course. The work jerks played there the other day. Had a good time. $20 for 18 with cart.

>

> The google map page has some pics of it. Not great ones.

>

 

Need to do more recon. I'm intrigued

[TheCityGame]

> @davechen said:

> OK, somebody explain to me 'Chicken & Waffles'. I guess they're a breakfast thing, but I just don't get it. To me they just don't go together.

 

I used to make a type of corn bread waffle, with roasted chicken, and I'd make gravy in the chicken pan. Pull the chicken, put it on the waffle, drizzle with gravy. Ridiculous.

 

Often times, you see it with fried chicken and syrup. That's classic chicken and waffles. I don't totally get that.

 

Place near me has a chicken sandwich with waffles as the bun, but it's savory.

[davechen]

But I did love me a Chicken, Egg & Cheese Biscuit from Time-Out in Chapel Hill, NC. Although that was more of a late night, hangover thing than a breakfast thing.

[FAbb]

I've yet to find a time of day I can't find joy in eating fried chicken.

[ceejay81]

> @davechen said:

> OK, somebody explain to me 'Chicken & Waffles'. I guess they're a breakfast thing, but I just don't get it. To me they just don't go together.

 

It's pretty awesome and that is the only way I know how to describe it to you. I thought it was weird until I tried it. Then I understood. I'm a fan of the salt/sweet thing, especially with breakfast (think bacon + syrup) so I love it.

 

The chicken for breakfast thing was also weird before trying it. I tried CFA's chicken, egg, and cheese sammich on a bagel well over a decade ago and that was all that was needed to confirm that chicken works for breakfast. There's no law that says chickens can only be consumed in shell form before 11am. Come to think of it, chicken parm for breakfast needs to be a thing.

 

I've never seen a bunch of dudes be so picky about food. Do I even know you all anymore?

[misplacedtexan83]

Besides golf .. a bunch of foodies and specific beer drinkers/alcohol in here.

 

Sophisticated

[eagle1997]

action bronson would eat the F out of a chicken-waffles-syrup based breakfast.

 

he draws the line at watching ancient aliens before 10:33 am however.

[SullGolf]

While I'm ranting about breakfast, can I throw out there that home fries are NOT hash browns? If I order hash browns from a place and get a plate of diced potatoes, I am not going back there unless there are extenuating circumstances.

 

I could eat hash browns and fried eggs 8 meals a day. No chicken required.

[Terphack]

Hattie B's in Nashville is worth waiting in line for. We stayed at the Marriott across the street, lined formed at lunch and was there into the late night. Awesome

[SoloShot84]

what about brunch? I don't usually eat breakfast.

have you tried BonChon?

[baddomes]

Speaking of bonchon:

 

At challendon: what's your favorite Buffalo wing in DC?

 

Xhoop: bonchon

 

Everyone: *booo gif of your choice*

[Ogre41]

> @eagle1997 said:

> action bronson would eat the F out of a chicken-waffles-syrup based breakfast.

>

> he draws the line at watching ancient aliens before 10:33 am however.

 

Don’t know who this Action Bronson fella is, but I could definitely see me eating a chicken sandwich with a waffle bun while watching Ancient Aliens at like 8:30 am. Unless the Premiere League is on, then Ancient is for 1/2 time only.

 

[HighBoomingDraws]

> @Ogre41 said:

> > @eagle1997 said:

> > action bronson would eat the F out of a chicken-waffles-syrup based breakfast.

> >

> > he draws the line at watching ancient aliens before 10:33 am however.

>

> Don’t know who this Action Bronson fella is, but I could definitely see me eating a chicken sandwich with a waffle bun while watching Ancient Aliens at like 8:30 am. Unless the Premiere League is on, then Ancient is for 1/2 time only.

>

 

If a huge, mid 30's white rapper who sounds almost exactly like Ghostface Killa on mic, is a world class pot head, and has an affinity for fine cuisine and wine strikes you as interesting, you should watch. It's a little bit of an acquired taste humor wise, but they certainly make it work. One of the greatest hip hop producers all time, The Alchemist is a frequenter of the show. They have a lot of random interesting celebrity guests as well. They basically sit around eat, get effed up and shoot the ish.

[davechen]


 

Oh man! There it is. The Time Out Chicken Cheese Biscuit, in all it's heart attack inducing glory!

 

https://www.yelp.com/biz/time-out-restaurant-chapel-hill-3

[tboh]

> @TheCityGame said:

> > @SullGolf said:

> Anyone heard of this place "Winnfield golf" way out in Western Maryland? Like 3 hours from Baltimore. They have a facebook page but not a webpage.

>

> https://www.facebook.com/Winnfield.Golf/

>

> Apparently some dude just turned part of his farm into a golf course. The work jerks played there the other day. Had a good time. $20 for 18 with cart.

>

Correct ... farmer, land, bulldozer, golf course ... think clubhouse is still some kinda trailer, may be byob too (don't remember) ... been around 10ish years ... somewhere between Frostburg Grantsville ... it's a blast if youre stopping on the way thru & dont want to get all serious bout your golf

[Sterling_247]

> @Terphack said:

> Hattie B's in Nashville is worth waiting in line for. We stayed at the Marriott across the street, lined formed at lunch and was there into the late night. Awesome

 

Can confirm. Family went down a few months ago and loved it

[TheCityGame]

There aint' no Marriott across the street from Prince's Hot Chicken.

 

Princes and Hattie B's and one more are the big Nashville hot chicken spots. They're all supposed to be good, from what I've heard. Princes is just in a not-great neighborhood.

 

There was a great article at the Ringer a few years back about eating hot chicken in Nashville. He gets into the whole "eating hot foods" thing in the article. Talks about how the insanity of it is part of the fun.

 

[Link to article. ](https://www.theringer.com/2016/8/31/16041202/the-burning-desire-for-hot-chicken-bf87446b4dda "Link to article. ")

[siegel159]

I'm actually headed to Nashville this weekend. Will have to try spicy chicken

[dcmidnight]

Any of our resident Excel geniuses - so basically Sully - good with advanced VLOOKUP functions? I use them pretty frequently but never in a case where the data set you are searching has leading data that you want to ignore.

 

Lets say the dataset you copy into Excel has a field that looks like this:

 

123 BLUE

124 RED

125 GREEN

126 RED

 

And the lookup table has the requisite lookup values of each data field.

 

BLUE 20

RED 30

GREEN 40

 

Is there a way to tell the lookup cell to ignore the first "3 digits + space" in the data field and *then* lookup that data value in the table? I've tried the * and & wild cards - and the TRIM function it looks like only works for spaces. What I'm doing right now as a workaround is just using the Text to Columns function to breakout the data into two columns. Its really not that time consuming but now this is sort of become a puzzle that I'm trying to solve.

 

hashtag excelWRX