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to: JOE MACKEY
from: Daryl Stout
date: 2021-12-04 14:52:00
subject: Comp breakfasts (was: Re:

Joe,

 JM>   When I was on my cross country trip in '19, a few places I stayed in
 JM> had comp breakfasts.

  That's what most of the hotels have now. But, with COVID-19, some don't 
even offer that anymore. When I traveled to Arkadelphia, Arkansas...about
75 miles southwest of Little Rock, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express (that's
why I'm so smart )...but there was a Cracker Barrel across the street,
where I did all my "grazing".

 JM>   When I travel all I am interested in is a clean room and bath.  I
 JM> don't care for all the extras, have no interest in them.

  Even if they have a swimming pool, many of those were closed due to the
COVID-19 crap.

 JM>   The comp breakfasts all varied.  Some were full breakfast buffets
 JM> with all the breakfast foods, another might be a bowl of cereal or
 JM> breakfast roll.

  The latter is "a continental breakfast".

 JM>   One place offered waffles you made on the waffle grill.
 JM>   The first time I had no idea how it operated and this teen-aged boy
 JM> came over and said you put the batter on then turn the handle and
 JM> showed me.  I felt so stupid.  But the next one I stayed at I knew what
 JM> to do.

  You weren't waffling about that ever again. 

 JM>   I always took a small can of ground coffee with me.  I use a funnel
 JM> like device you put on top of the cup with a filter and coffee and pour
 JM> water into to make on cup of drip coffee.  I used the small packs they
 JM> had at the coffee maker then made more with my

  You got cut off there...I guess you need more coffee. 

Daryl

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