The Off Topic Topic

[derspiess]

Btw for some reason it makes the Indian owner of the downtown Subway nervous that I keep banking my Subway rewards points & won't spend them. 

[Barrister]

I think you may enjoy what the "Der Mann" bakeries sell as "Soft Italo": it's a soft Italian bread, about a foot long, with Italian salami, prosciutto, dried peppers, olives, cheese and tomato sauce and rucola (or rocket salad). Of course it sells for the whopping price of EUR 3.10. I sometimes pick it up as my lunch.

I'm obviously not as up on all the options as a native, but it sems a lot of those sort of sandwiches don't have a lot of meat and veggies.

GF, it really depends what you get. They usually have options in the $5-6 range, as specials. When I go, I usually get the special of the day, which is a foot long, chips, and a drink for $6.

At one point when I was eating out almost every day Subway was a staple - cheap, reasonably nutritious, and fast.

But good God man, cut out the daily chips and soft drink.  That stuff is empty calories.

[derspiess]

They recently got sued because someone measured their subs and found they were, on average, more like 11 inches. Subway was arguing that their "foot long" advertising wasn't meant to convey a measurement, but was a marketing slogan. Or something like that.

I heard about that.  Unless somehow they were skimping on the meat, cheese, or veggies, I don't care if the bread is sometimes less than 12".  I usually don't eat the ends of the bread anyway.

[derspiess]

But good God man, cut out the daily chips and soft drink.  That stuff is empty calories.

I go with the baked barbecue chips and coke zero

[Grey Fox]

How much is a foot long in the US nowadays?

Still 12 inches.

They recently got sued because someone measured their subs and found they were, on average, more like 11 inches. Subway was arguing that their "foot long" advertising wasn't meant to convey a measurement, but was a marketing slogan. Or something like that.

It's a good defence.

I wonder how it would go down here since it's expressely spelled out has 12 inches and 6 inches.

[Josquius]

I've never got how other people call subway cheap. It has always struck me as pretty expensive for just a sandwich

[derspiess]

I've never got how other people call subway cheap. It has always struck me as pretty expensive for just a sandwich

Compared to pretty much all the other sub options out there, it's cheap.  Plus, for lunch I'll usually get a $5 sub to go, bring it back to the office and wash it down with a soda I brought from home.  ~$5.50 for a filling lunch is pretty cheap.

[Iormlund]

Well, there's plenty vegetarian places around, too. And instead of hunting one of our four Subway shops, you might just walk into a regular bakery, most of which will also sell sandwiches, salads and more.

I may have a different take on healthy. I need to cram as many calories into myself as possible--salads and vegetarian food doesn't cut it.

Your puny Euro sandwiches don't cut it either. Also, the processed subway bread, while in every tangible way inferior to what is sold in a standard euro bakery, I sort of prefer (I am a barbarian  ). A foot long sub from subway, with a bag of chips and coke, is a decent sized lunch, fast, cheap, and while not really all that healthy, isn't as bad as it could be.

I don't know about Austria, but pretty much all over Spain you can eat rather well for at most 10€. It should be a crime to go to a fast food joint.

As for portions, if my mate - an ex basketball pro with ridiculously high metabolism - has enough, it should certainly be enough for you.

[Ed Anger]

Btw for some reason it makes the Indian owner of the downtown Subway nervous that I keep banking my Subway rewards points & won't spend them.

White devil.

[alfred russel]

But good God man, cut out the daily chips and soft drink.  That stuff is empty calories.

I need calories any way I can get them. They aren't ideal, but better than nothing.

[Grey Fox]

I've never got how other people call subway cheap. It has always struck me as pretty expensive for just a sandwich

It's Euro bias. Our cheap food is fast food food, not pakis selling on street corner 2£ sandwiches.

[Grey Fox]

Btw for some reason it makes the Indian owner of the downtown Subway nervous that I keep banking my Subway rewards points & won't spend them.

He's pretty sure the day is coming that he's going to have to eat a 400-500$ orders on your points sometime soon.

[derspiess]

Hey, Ronald McDonald got a new outfit. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/23/mcdonalds-ronald-mcdonald-fast-food/8067483/

No love for Grimace, though?  WTF

[Ed Anger]

I still have a Grimace glass from the 70's.

Birdy can die in a fire.

[Brazen]

Hey, Ronald McDonald got a new outfit. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/23/mcdonalds-ronald-mcdonald-fast-food/8067483/

A onesie would be more modern.