These are the places I visited on Roadfood

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Originally posted by buffetbuster

Davydd-
All the places on my list have appeared in one of Jane & Michael's restaurant guide books or reviewed here on Roadfood. There are a few in which I ate, like Breakfast Club in Dayton, in which the review has been archived for one reason or another.

If you ever did decide to make up a list of all the places you have sampled the pork tenderloin, I'm sure many of us here, including me, would love to see it.

Not quite a list but I think I have posted just about every pork tenderloin review with pictures in the thread I did not even start...

http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=423

I've done the same with the walleye sandwich in a thread that I did start...

http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9729

I also keep my own web site photo gallery and blog on them.

In the future I kind of like the new Trips forum especially now that I have boosted my band width to see the many posted pictures. You might gather I am a picture guy.

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Originally posted by tamandmik

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Originally posted by wanderingjew

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Originally posted by Davydd

I've never kept lists but I have photographed pork tenderloin sandwiches and walleye sandwiches in the past couple of years so could count up those places. I know I am over 50 in pork tenderloins photographed alone and have about a half dozen where I never got a picture.

The question. Do you only count those in a Stern's book or review here or do you count all places you consider roadfoad?

Davydd,

I count all the restaurants that have been reviewed here as well as the restaurants from the Roadfood books. The only ones I don't include are the restaurants posted for the first time on Roadfood as a result of a review that I completed (so far there are only 2)

BTW, thanks for the info on the Lake Superior Circle tour

WJ,

I think you should include your 2 as well. As one of the premier posters on this forum, I've followed some of your suggestions (most recently Ichiban in PB) and have to say you know what you are writing about. I trust your judgment.

Thanks for the compliment Tam,
however I want to thank the Sterns for writing about it in their Eat Your Way Across the USA book

Davydd,

Speaking of tenderloins,

I will be in Indianapolis over labor day weekend and will have time for one BPT. I can't get the photo of the BPT from Billy O'Neals out of my head so I guess that's where I'll be going!

I added two stops to my "Roadfood Places I have visited" list this week:

COFFEE AN, Westport, CT- I had some time to kill before a meeting in Darien, so I found this place using the maps feature that came with my new "Insider" membership. The coffee was just so-so, but the chocolate donuts were outstanding. Well worth the visit.

WESTFAIR FISH AND CHIPS, Westport, CT- I chose this place for a quick lunch over Swanky's because I had a lot of driving to do the rest of that day, and deep fried franks don't always sit so well. MAN OH MAN did I ever choose wrong. Everything at Westfair was tasty and seemingly fresh (I had a hot lobster roll and a small order of fried belly clams), but I got VERY, VERY sick later that night. Fresh shellfish is a bit of a crapshoot, and I understand that it's not possible for restaurants to find every bad clam, but BOY did I get a bad one. I have not been that sick in a long time. I'm not slamming Westfair Fish and Chips over this, but take if for what it's worth, I did get sick from their food.

Note: I was considering starting a new thread in the seafood forum to notify potential visitors to this place based on this negative experience, but I'm not sure that it's the proper thing to do, since it was an isolated incident. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

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Originally posted by wanderingjew


Davydd,

Speaking of tenderloins,

I will be in Indianapolis over labor day weekend and will have time for one BPT. I can't get the photo of the BPT from Billy O'Neals out of my head so I guess that's where I'll be going!

Billy O'Neal's would be a great choice. Its location is not the greatest in a neighborhood strip center but it is definitely a neighborhood place and not a high-powered place to go place. There is a story behind the name. It used to be called Major Toohey's. A high school classmate of mine, Billy O'Neal, used to be a regular every day after work for many years. He was a great guy and a great athlete in his time as an Indiana All-Star high school basketball player and great running back on our undefeated football team. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago. In his honor the pub changed its name. It makes for a better Irish pub name as well.

I'm returning in at the end of this for the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race so hopefully will have a couple more to report on. Then I will be there again in October.

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Originally posted by wanderingjew

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Originally posted by tamandmik

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Originally posted by wanderingjew

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Originally posted by Davydd

I've never kept lists but I have photographed pork tenderloin sandwiches and walleye sandwiches in the past couple of years so could count up those places. I know I am over 50 in pork tenderloins photographed alone and have about a half dozen where I never got a picture.

The question. Do you only count those in a Stern's book or review here or do you count all places you consider roadfoad?

Davydd,

I count all the restaurants that have been reviewed here as well as the restaurants from the Roadfood books. The only ones I don't include are the restaurants posted for the first time on Roadfood as a result of a review that I completed (so far there are only 2)

BTW, thanks for the info on the Lake Superior Circle tour

WJ,

I think you should include your 2 as well. As one of the premier posters on this forum, I've followed some of your suggestions (most recently Ichiban in PB) and have to say you know what you are writing about. I trust your judgment.

Thanks for the compliment Tam,
however I want to thank the Sterns for writing about it in their Eat Your Way Across the USA book

Crap! I own that book, just haven't read it in a while. Thanks for letting me know, I have to update my list now on this very thread!

Absolutely nothing to add to my measly list from 2005, except maybe three from different states I travelled through years and years ago that I forgot to put on the original post. I'm not even gonna bother. WJ is definitely the "go-to" guy for recommendations, and gives me inspiration, always giving me that "urge for goin'". Whoever said this thread was boring should have just clicked out; you saw the thread's title.

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Originally posted by Sandy Thruthegarden

My list so far:

Camp Washington Chili Parlor - Cincinnati, OH
Graeter's - Cincinnati, OH
Hathaway's Coffee Shop - Cincinnati, OH
The Golden Lamb - Lebanon, OH
Kaelin's - Louisville, KY
The Moonlite B-B-Q - Owensboro, KY
Charlie Vergo's Rendzvous - Memphis, TN
Dyer's Burgers - Memphis, TN
Bern's Steakhouse - Tampa, FL
Abe's - Clarksdale, MS
Hicks' - Clarksdale, MS
Ground Zero Blues Club - Clarksdale, MS
Prejean's - Lafayette, LA
Helen's - Machias, ME
Plaza Cafe - Santa Fe, NM
Mom's - Salina Ut.
Update as of 09/18/06:
Little Tea Shoppe - Memphis, TN
The Blue and White - Tunica, MS.
Update as of 09/14/07
Arthur Bryant's - Kansas City

Hoping to visit the Loveless Cafe in Nashville and Doe's Eat Place in Greenville, MS on one of our vacations through the south.

Sandy

PS: This is BillC's list too, except for Kaelin's and Bern's. But he's been to Blue Ash Chili in Cincinnati.

We just added Arthur Bryant's Kansas City

We also went to Gates Barbeque in Kansas City, which I notice, isn't among the Roadfood "chosen".

I'm having a difficult time tracking down the old posts for all who add places you visit on Roadfood. Rather than editing your old posts and adding a new place, couldn't you just do an update? Buffetbuster and Wanderjew, I'm talking to you guys in particular.

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Originally posted by zataar

I'm having a difficult time tracking down the old posts for all who add places you visit on Roadfood. Rather than editing your old posts and adding a new place, couldn't you just do an update? Buffetbuster and Wanderjew, I'm talking to you guys in particular.

Zataar, any updates on my part are usually in "red" unless it's a "newly added to roadfood" restaurant which I previously visited, then it will be in "green"

I recently just took a hard look at my favorites (*) and dissapointments (?) and re-edited same, so nothing new on my part.

Thanks WJ. That's very helpful!
There are 5 pages so far for this topic now. It's great to see where everyone has been.

Here's my shot at recalling 18-20 years of Roadfood memories:

Arthur Bryant's - Kansas City, MO
Becky's- Portland, ME
Barney Greengrass - New York, NY
Beacon Drive In,Orangeburg SC
Brownstown Restaurant- Brownstown, PA
Millers Lamcaster PA
Cafe du Monde - New Orleans, LA
Carnegie Deli - New York, NY
Dixie Crossroads- Titusville, FL
Dreamland Bar-B-Q- Tuscaloosa, AL
Durgin-Park - Boston, MA
Butler's Colonial Donut House - Westport MA
GA Pig- Brunswick, GA
Gunning's Crab house- Baltimore, MD
Harraseeket Lobster - Freeport, ME
Hyman's Seafood - Charleston, SC
Jestine's Kitchen - Charleston, SC
Jim's Steaks - Philadelphia, PA
Joe's Stone Crab- Miami, FL
Katz's - New York, NY
Latin American Cafeteria- Miami,FL
Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House - Miami, FL
Ham & Eggery - Miami, FL
Maine Diner- Wells, ME
Mary Mac's Tea Room - Atlanta, GA
Smith House - Dahlonega, GA
Dilliard House Dilliard GA
Sprayberry’s Barbeque Newnan GA
Dan'l Boone Inn , Boone NC
Maurice's Piggy Park- Columbia, SC
Melton's Barbecue- Rocky Mount, NC
Mr. Beef - Chicago, IL
Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room - Savannah, GA
Papaya King - New York, NY
Pat's King of Steaks - Philadelphia, PA
Ray's Boathouse- Seattle, WA
Reading Terminal Market- Philadelphia, PA
Rein's - Vernon, CT
Second Avenue Deli- New York, NY
Sarabeth's - New York, NY
Ess-a-Bagel, New York, NY- See YA this Saturday
Stroud's - Kansas City, MO
The Lobster Shack- Cape Elizabeth, ME
Flo's Cape Neddick, Me
Nunan's Lobster Hut Cape Porpoise, Me
Harraseeket Lobster Freeport, Me
Cole Farms Gray, Me
Red's Eats ,Wiscasset ME
The Clam Shack Kennebunkport, Me
Bob's Clam Shack, Kittery ME
Moody's Diner Waldoboro, Me
Flo's - Cape Neddick, ME
Sea Basket - Wiscasset ME
Abbott's Lobster in the Rough, Noank CT
Durgin Park, Boston, MA
Woodman's of Essex Essex, MA
White House Sub Shop Atlantic City, NJ
Geno's Philidelphia, PA
Ponzio's Diner Cherry Hill, NJ
Windsor Diner, Pennsauken, NJ
Branch Ranch, Plant City, FL
Bern's Steak House, Tampa, FL
Cassell's Patio Hamburgers - Los Angeles, CA
Giordano's - Chicago, IL
Gino's East Chicago IL
Lou Mitchell’s Chicago IL
Laughner's - Indianapolis, IN
Original Pantry - Los Angeles, CA
Pink's - Los Angeles, CA
Roscoes Chicken and Waffles LA CA
Samoa Cookhouse - Samoa CA
Reading Terminal Market - Philadelphia, PA
Sears Fine Foods - San Francisco, CA
Peter Luger Steakhouse - Brooklyn, NY
Steak 'n Shake - various locations
The Varsity - Atlanta, GA
Pizzeria Uno - Chicago, IL
Original Pancake House Winnetka IL
Culvers Butter Burgers, Green Bay WI (and around Madison)
The Berghoff-Chicago,IL
MANNYS, CHICAGO IL
Schwartz's -Montreal, Que
Runza-Lincoln,Ne
Camp 18-Elsie,Or(
Dory Cove-Lincoln City,OR
Mo's Annex-Newport,OR
Otis Cafe- Otis,Or ******
Lambert's Cafe, Sikeston MO
Philadelphia Soft Pretzels, Inc. - Philadelphia, PA
Fralinger's - Atlantic City, NJ
Primanti Brothers - Ft Laud FL
Belle Meade Buffet - Nashville TN
Sally Bell’s Kitchen Richmond VA
Carmines NYC
H& H Bagels NYC
Zabars NYC
Manny and Isa's Islamorada FL
THe Green Turtle Inn,Islamorada FL

More to follow-its late and reading this jogs my memory

Whats place NO of Milwaukee - Whitfish Bay- -----INN

WanderingChew-
You are most likely thinking about Jack Pandl's Whitefish Bay Inn:

http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Writeup.aspx?ReviewID=375&RefID=375

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing this with us.

I sure wish there was a way to tweak out a full list.

Trying to remember each one individually, without prompts, is too frustrating.

Anybody got a full list to work with.

Sorry Gregg, there are just too many for me to have a complete list. Currently, there are 1,222 here on this site alone with well over a 1,000 (I'm guessing) that have appeared in JMS books not reviewed here. Fortunately, I started checking them off in my books early on.

I believe I have most, if not all of the Roadfood, Goodfood or Eat Your Way books. If I can help, please ask!

I was simply going to suggest using buffetbuster's, wanderingjew's, and maybe a few others' posted lists as a point of origin. I know that I have been to very few places that neither of those guys have! Also, I have a hard time remembering places that I went to before I got obsessive about taking pictures of food!

All I've gotta say is WOW! Not only is every place listed in alphabetical order but color coded too!! The next task is to list each establishments signature food item buy caloric count...

Wanderingjew-
I got a big laugh from your latest "addition". And since I experienced it, too, you know I agree with you!

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Originally posted by buffetbuster

Wanderingjew-
I got a big laugh from your latest "addition". And since I experienced it, too, you know I agree with you!

Okay now that he has updated again, I think we need clarification on this one.

Which place was it??

(Say WJ isn't Tadich a recent addition to RF? Or was it just recently a ROD??)

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Originally posted by cecif

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Originally posted by buffetbuster

Wanderingjew-
I got a big laugh from your latest "addition". And since I experienced it, too, you know I agree with you!

Okay now that he has updated again, I think we need clarification on this one.

Which place was it??

(Say WJ isn't Tadich a recent addition to RF? Or was it just recently a ROD??)

Tadich has recently added to the website but has been in the roadfood books for years.

I think Buffetbuster is referring to my " " on Harold's BBQ

I've been to about a fourth of the places initially mentioned and generally agree with your ratings, with the following exceptions-

Aunt Carrie's - Narragansett, RI - over rated (especially vs. Champlins)
Corky's - Brentwood, TN - very over rated - much prefer the dry rub style of Parkers, Wilbur's, etc
Dixie Crossroads- Titusville, FL - outstanding rock shrimp - a real treat
Southern Kitchen - New Market, VA - quite disappointed
Mary Mac's Tea Room - Atlanta - a must for southern style vegetables, etc
Iggy's Doughboys - Warwick, RI - OK for its location, but inferior to Buttonwoods Fish & Chips


A few you didn't mention & very worthy of a stop:

Wien-o-Rama - Cranston, RI - gold standard for NY systems
Ridgewood - gold standard for fresh cut fries (Al's French Fries in Burlington, VT runner up) & BBQ beans with excellent BBQ
Dixie BBQ - Johnston City, TN - Excellent BBQ
Five Island Lobster - Georgetown, ME - gold standard for lobster, fried clams & scenery
Cole Farms - Gray, ME - excellent local comfort food
Moody's - Waldoboro, ME - very good pies & local comfort food, especially breakfast
Red's Eats - Wiscasset, ME - gold standard for lobster roll
The Lobster Shack - Cape Elizabeth, ME - excellent seafood, & outstanding scenery
Kelly's Roast Beef - Revere, MA - excellent roast beef - on par with Beef Baron in Woonsocket RI
Harry's Drive-In - Colchester, CT - Muckies hotdogs, burgers, shakes & even fried clams are outstanding
Jerry's Pizza - Middletown, CT - best pizza outside of New Haven
Lenny & Joe's Fish Tale - Westbrook, CT - excellent fried seafood
Melear's - Fayetteville, GA - excellent BBQ, second only to the Red Pig - also in Fayetteville, GA
Polly's Pancake Parlor - Sugar Hill, NH - excellent Pancakes - on par with Audra's in East Greenwich, RI, Modern Diner in Pawtucket, RI and Breakfast Break in Clinton, CT
Cock Of The Walk - Natchez, MS - gold standard for catfish

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Originally posted by mjambro

I've been to about a fourth of the places initially mentioned and generally agree with your ratings, with the following exceptions-

Aunt Carrie's - Narragansett, RI - over rated (especially vs. Champlins)
Corky's - Brentwood, TN - very over rated - much prefer the dry rub style of Parkers, Wilbur's, etc
Dixie Crossroads- Titusville, FL - outstanding rock shrimp - a real treat
Southern Kitchen - New Market, VA - quite disappointed
Mary Mac's Tea Room - Atlanta - a must for southern style vegetables, etc
Iggy's Doughboys - Warwick, RI - OK for its location, but inferior to Buttonwoods Fish & Chips


A few you didn't mention & very worthy of a stop:

Wien-o-Rama - Cranston, RI - gold standard for NY systems
Ridgewood - gold standard for fresh cut fries (Al's French Fries in Burlington, VT runner up) & BBQ beans with excellent BBQ
Dixie BBQ - Johnston City, TN - Excellent BBQ
Five Island Lobster - Georgetown, ME - gold standard for lobster, fried clams & scenery
Cole Farms - Gray, ME - excellent local comfort food
Moody's - Waldoboro, ME - very good pies & local comfort food, especially breakfast
Red's Eats - Wiscasset, ME - gold standard for lobster roll
The Lobster Shack - Cape Elizabeth, ME - excellent seafood, & outstanding scenery
Kelly's Roast Beef - Revere, MA - excellent roast beef - on par with Beef Baron in Woonsocket RI
Harry's Drive-In - Colchester, CT - Muckies hotdogs, burgers, shakes & even fried clams are outstanding
Jerry's Pizza - Middletown, CT - best pizza outside of New Haven
Lenny & Joe's Fish Tale - Westbrook, CT - excellent fried seafood
Melear's - Fayetteville, GA - excellent BBQ, second only to the Red Pig - also in Fayetteville, GA
Polly's Pancake Parlor - Sugar Hill, NH - excellent Pancakes - on par with Audra's in East Greenwich, RI, Modern Diner in Pawtucket, RI and Breakfast Break in Clinton, CT
Cock Of The Walk - Natchez, MS - gold standard for catfish

mjambro,

I'm not sure whose list you're referring to since there are several lists on this thread.
If you're referring to mine, I only mentioned roadfood places listed on the website and in the book- therefore I didn't mention places like wienorama or al's french fry.
I didn't really rate Aunt Carrie's- although I can never get passed their clamcakes and "rhode island red" chowder (and no it's not Manhattan Clam Chowder)

I've been dissapointed with Iggy's the last couple of times I went.

and I still enjoy Olneyville NY System over Wienorama. (although I'll take a Detroit Style Coney over both anyday!)

@wanderingjew

Great work! I have always avoided this thread because I thought it was just brag lists (although there are some). Your notes on closed/disappointed/favorite are a help. Am I correct in understanding that your list is Roadfood.com restaurants only? BTW, when I first read of your dining experience on Bourbon Street, I guessed that it was Cajun Cabin. I had some great crawfish there in 1990.


@The Travelin Man:

Yours is a great list, too. Is your list solely from the web site, or does it include book-only restaurants? (or vice versa)

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Originally posted by MiamiDon

@wanderingjew Great work! I have always avoided this thread because I thought it was just brag lists (although there are some). Your notes on closed/disappointed/favorite are a help. Am I correct in understanding that your list is Roadfood.com restaurants only? BTW, when I first read of your dining experience on Bourbon Street, I guessed that it was Cajun Cabin. I had some great crawfish there in 1990.


The Travelin Man: Yours is a great list, too. Is your list solely from the web site, or does it include book-only restaurants? (or vice versa)

My list includes restaurants from the website and from the book
It's not a bragging list at all - to me it's a tracking list, however overall I think it's a list that illustrates what this website is all about.

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Originally posted by wanderingjew

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Originally posted by MiamiDon

@wanderingjew Great work! I have always avoided this thread because I thought it was just brag lists (although there are some). Your notes on closed/disappointed/favorite are a help. Am I correct in understanding that your list is Roadfood.com restaurants only? BTW, when I first read of your dining experience on Bourbon Street, I guessed that it was Cajun Cabin. I had some great crawfish there in 1990.


The Travelin Man: Yours is a great list, too. Is your list solely from the web site, or does it include book-only restaurants? (or vice versa)

My list includes restaurants from the website and from the book
It's not a bragging list at all - to me it's a tracking list, however overall I think it's a list that illustrates what this website is all about.

I didn't mean "brag" in a negative sense, what I meant was that the lists with no critical notes are not particularly helpful to me. Yours is.

BTW, are you using the old books (pre-2005), too?

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Originally posted by MiamiDon

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Originally posted by wanderingjew

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Originally posted by MiamiDon

@wanderingjew Great work! I have always avoided this thread because I thought it was just brag lists (although there are some). Your notes on closed/disappointed/favorite are a help. Am I correct in understanding that your list is Roadfood.com restaurants only? BTW, when I first read of your dining experience on Bourbon Street, I guessed that it was Cajun Cabin. I had some great crawfish there in 1990.


The Travelin Man: Yours is a great list, too. Is your list solely from the web site, or does it include book-only restaurants? (or vice versa)

My list includes restaurants from the website and from the book
It's not a bragging list at all - to me it's a tracking list, however overall I think it's a list that illustrates what this website is all about.

I didn't mean "brag" in a negative sense, what I meant was that the lists with no critical notes are not particularly helpful to me. Yours is.

BTW, are you using the old books (pre-2005), too?

Absolutely,

Going back to 1987. In fact the older books (pre 2002) hold even more value in my opinion since it includes restaurants that unfortunately are no longer with us but had more "unique regionality" than some of the restaurants included in the newer books.

I give up on trying to EVER catch BB

I have BB, WJ, CK & MrC on an exel spreadsheet

as of 5:32pm on 4-16-08

BB
Has been to 768 RF approved places
WJ
Has been to 246 RF approved places
CK
Has been to 289 RF approved places
MrChips
Has been to 158 RF approved places
plb
Has been to 151 RF approved places

Those were the top 5 that have posted their list

Cliff, YOU DA MAN!!

I think I counted (quickly, may be off a bit) 191 for myself. Granted, I've included any Stern recommended item from any of their books or this website, but that's a lot of good eatin'!

stanpnepa-
Agreed.....that is a lot of good eatin'!!!

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Originally posted by Ort. Carlton.

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Originally posted by i95

Originally posted by wanderingjew

Maybe he frequents the YMHA steam room I dreamed about last night: the Kosher steam was escaping out the crack in the door as I passed by.

Dearfolk,
Kosher STEAM?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Folks, that's what I get for eating those double livermush sandwiches just before bedtime!!!
Holy Yom Kipper Snacks, Batman!
Not Typing Under Rabbinical Supervision (he's at home, asleep right about now), Ort. Carlton in Marvelous Athens, Georgia.

Dearfolk,
That's what I get for hitting the "Edit Post" response instead of the "Reply With Quote" one!
This computer must have attended Cross Keys High School!!
Blitheringly, Ort. Carlton in 30601-land.