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Your typical lunch at work?

Poll ended at Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:09 am

Fast food/takeout (burgers etc)
9
21%
Pub meal
4
9%
Healthy sandwich
19
44%
A "greasy-spoon" cafe
0
No votes
Last night's leftovers
2
5%
Microwave meal
3
7%
Other
6
14%
 
Total votes: 43

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Post by John Cartwright »

moose wrote:theres a McDonald's, Burger King, Subway, Arby's, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Chic-Fil-A, Checker's, and a Five Guys all within 2 miles of me here at work.
I live very nearly at the doorstep of the third largest mall in Canada, equipped with two seperate food courts. Do I need to explain any furthur? :twisted:
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I usually go to the gym and workout at lunch...

then I eat a protein bar to put something in my belly.
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Post by bdlang »

I'm fortunate for the moment to live about 2 miles from work, so I come home and fix an egg white omelet (or scrambled with some salsa on top), fruit, whole grain bread, yogurt, etc. I'll have a burger or something fatty once a week, no more, and when I do I make sure it's worth it (Fatburger vs McDonalds, in other words).
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

@JC: have you tried the Salad King across the street? I've heard good things... Also, if there's a "fit for life" in the EC food court - try the chicken kabob dinner - very tasty, and enough food for 2 meals!

These days I've been eating a salad, a tuna/chicken/turkey salad sandwich and a pickle or two. I tend to eat the same thing for weeks.. don't know why.
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@KH, I am been looking for a new place.. getting sick of my usual meals. Thanks for the tip! :)
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I work above a 27km network of underground paths. I'm surrounded by office towers, each one having at least one food court. Within 5 minutes of walking underground, I can reach 5 different food courts. :D Go downtown Toronto! Needless to say, I eat a lot of junk food. Speaking of that, it's lunchtime! (Look at time of post)

BTW, my Torontonian friends: what's the third largest mall in Canada? :oops:
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Post by jayshields »

I live about 1 minute walk from where I go to lectures so I usually come home and cook something. 90% of the time it consists of grilled chicken and something else. Can't beat a bit of chicken.

On a side note (completely OT), I just got my first web technology assignment result; I got 67%! Haha. I have emailed the tutor asking him to point out what happened to the other 33%, because honestly, I don't know where it went. His example solution doesn't even validate as XHTML or CSS whereas mine did.
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I have emailed the tutor asking him to point out what happened to the other 33%, because honestly, I don't know where it went.
Interesting. Tell us what you missed out when you find out. I remember my web development tutor teaching me the "correct" way to use the img tag

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<img src="file.gif" width="100" height="100"></img>
He said width and height should be specified to improve performance and there must be a closing tag always. He didn't say that alt was required.
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Post by Maugrim_The_Reaper »

I see there is at least one other person who goes to the pub for lunch ;). Bit surprised, are pub lunches really that rare?
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Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:I see there is at least one other person who goes to the pub for lunch ;). Bit surprised, are pub lunches really that rare?
I go to the pub probably once a fortnight just to treat myself to a pint and a plate of hot food. There's a really nice pub called The Didsbury near where I work so if the sun's out we'll sometimes go and sit in the beer garden :) I couldn't afford to eat in the pub all the time though :(
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evilmonkey wrote:BTW, my Torontonian friends: what's the third largest mall in Canada? :oops:
Hope your joking! The Eaton Center of course!
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Post by Luke »

Not.... not the John Eaton center?? 8O :D
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I thought I told you to stop making that stuff Ninja Goat. :twisted:
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Jcart wrote:
evilmonkey wrote:BTW, my Torontonian friends: what's the third largest mall in Canada? :oops:
Hope your joking! The Eaton Center of course!
Ah, alright. I'm not too far from there. Seriously, I didn't know...It could be Yorkdale for all I know. :lol: I know that West Edmonton mall is the largest and the PATH system is about the same size, though not officially a "mall".
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Post by Mightywayne »

I'm still in school... aye... but it goes like this.

First choice is the meal of the day. If I don't like it (today was mexican day :() I get a hamburger. I always get salad with italian white stuff... and a chocolate milk. Sometimes if they have buffal0 chicken pizza, I'll get that.

When I go to my next job, there's a Tim Horton's that I used to work at (lawl) and I assume I'll be buying sammiches there.

Aye.
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