This morning’s TV news carried a story about the Tom Sawyer Diner in Paramus, NJ having been destroyed by fire last night. If it’s the work of Tommy The Torch, he is certainly getting around a lot nowadays!

Sounds like a guy that you may or may not want to hire. Just a thought. Chow Jim

UncleVic, was your ‘toast’ post an honest mistake or a deliberate pun? [8D]

Hello All,
Perhaps some people do set fire to businesses for insurance.
But my grandfather had a general store in the country for over 50 years, and
a fire put him out of business.
Let me tell you, insurance money never pays enough for what you’ve lost.
The smell a place has, the particular places regulars sat, unique and treasured
memorabilia, and the secure feeling of a home away from home is all gone.
Add to that his accounts which showed who he has given credit to until payday or
til they had better days, which many people failed to remember how he carried them
through their bad times.
I don’t mean to be a downer, but we’ve become so cynical about each other.
Why do we look at a tragedy and wonder how much money someone is going to make out of it?
MilwFoodlovers, thank you for your voice that restored some dignity to this post.
Take Care,
Fieldthistle

quote:

Originally posted by MikeS.

MilwFoodlovers, your point is? I sure missed it.

MikeS.

Post he was refering to has become "Toast".

Boy! with all these fires and closeings being anounced the site administrators should start an obituary thread. Chow Jim

quote:

Originally posted by chicagostyledog

Sammy had a candy store
Business it was bad
Asked his wife for advice
This is what she said.

Take a little kerosene
Spritz it on the floor
Take a match, make a scratch
Candy store, no more, no more.

Sung to me by my grandmother, many, many, many years ago.

CSD

ROFL………………….

Sammy had a candy store
Business it was bad
Asked his wife for advice
This is what she said.

Take a little kerosene
Spritz it on the floor
Take a match, make a scratch
Candy store, no more, no more.

Sung to me by my grandmother, many, many, many years ago.

CSD

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quote:

Originally posted by Ashphalt

Not casting doubts on any of the establishments mentioned here, but when I was growing up in R.I. these types of "lightning strikes" were very common. Frequently they followed divorce, a bad partnership, failure of a horse to come in as expected, etc. As the recession and oil crises of the early 70s built they became even more common.

IMO as the economy continues to tank (and the administration ignores existing and looming crises) we will see more small businesses, mostly restaurants but also other "flammables" such as auto repair shops going up overnight.

I was thinking along the same lines. It is entirely possible that "Tommy the Torch" was hired by restaurant owners who needed money for some reason or other. Of course, all of these fires could be coincidental, but…

Not casting doubts on any of the establishments mentioned here, but when I was growing up in R.I. these types of "lightning strikes" were very common. Frequently they followed divorce, a bad partnership, failure of a horse to come in as expected, etc. As the recession and oil crises of the early 70s built they became even more common.

IMO as the economy continues to tank (and the administration ignores existing and looming crises) we will see more small businesses, mostly restaurants but also other "flammables" such as auto repair shops going up overnight.