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This is one for the citizens of the US of A, I am curious to know how much you guys would pay on average for a medium Pizza?
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Why don't you just take a look at the web site of a Pizza Store?
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bloodline wrote:
Why don't you just take a look at the web site of a Pizza Store?
Because that would be too logical wouldn't it???
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Hum,
as a quick test; the search for "pizza prices" in Mongolia turned up nothing...though, they do have them, and they`re supposed to be quite cheap...
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Medium Deluxe from Big Ed's Pizza (the best Pizza in Huntsville) is $12.95 plus tax. There are cheaper pizzas that are good in town, but I figured I might as well post the cost for the best tasting pizza.
-Tig
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:-o
That's gotta be a large one!
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You see, downunder, the concept of ordering a Pizza online hasn't quite caught on, hence thats why I never thought of it at first.
I asked because my sister-in-law is currently visiting the states, in LA as we speak. On her first night in the country, she ordered a medium Pizza for dinner and ended up paying US$35 for it, now that equates to about AU$50, which is damned expensive, considering you can get a family size delivered for around AU$20 way down here. I was merely curious as to why she paid so much, thats all.
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LA is expensive!
I would guess she got charged with a $20 delivery fee
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metalman wrote:
LA is expensive!
I would guess she got charged with a $20 delivery fee
:-o :-o :-o
Haven't they discovered the concept of free delivery yet???
For AU$20 I could send a Pizza all the way to the top end of Australia and still have change, but cold congealed Pizza isn't all that appetising :-P
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I would die from starvation if I lived where you guys live :-o :-(
(a normal pizza here in nl costs about 4-8 Euros)
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a super mix pizza in Japan from a local shop costs 1050 JPY (which is about 9.64985 US$ ). It has lots of bacon, sausages, mushroom and stuff, 25 cm diameter. free delivery. :-)
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I don't like pizza... I almost staved to death in Canada :-D
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I would die from starvation if I lived where you guys live :-o :-(
(a normal pizza here in nl costs about 4-8 Euros)
Same in Sweden...
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Pizza Hut will deliver as many mediums as you want for $5 each on Saturday. They've been known to deliver a half dozen or so to my house when the gang is there. The pizza at Big Eds is bigger (probably more the size of a large at most places) plus better so worth the difference.
-Tig
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bloodline wrote:
I don't like pizza... I almost staved to death in Canada :-D
the only good pizza is in New York.
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adz wrote:
You see, downunder, the concept of ordering a Pizza online hasn't quite caught on, hence thats why I never thought of it at first.
I asked because my sister-in-law is currently visiting the states, in LA as we speak. On her first night in the country, she ordered a medium Pizza for dinner and ended up paying US$35 for it, now that equates to about AU$50, which is damned expensive, considering you can get a family size delivered for around AU$20 way down here. I was merely curious as to why she paid so much, thats all.
:-o
From Pizza Planet in Blackburn for £10(US$20) you get the following:-
12" Pizza with as many toppings as you like
10" Pizza with as many toppings as you like
10" Garlic Bread
Bag of chips (Fries to the Americans present!)
2 Litre bottle of Coke
A Vienetta Ice-cream come cake type desert that easy feeds four people.
Oh, and the delivery is free.
Best Pizza shop in the world I reckon! :-)
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i.e. CZ prices are:
€2.5 - €5
But i dont like pizza :(
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by cecilia on 2005/6/23 14:52:52
the only good pizza is in New York.
Now, now Cecilia, let's not start dragging ourselves into yet another classic fight over who's got the better pizza (Chicago pizza vs. New York pizza is an oft repeated battle).
I'm willing to acknowledge that there is good pizza elsewhere if you're willing to do the same. Otherwise, I'm sorry, but you're going to have to start sending me some of your pizza in order for me to really potentially believe you (though it's not likely with Pequads down the street and their outer crust being made of carmelized cheese).
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actually, Wain, I've been to Chicago and have eaten at Pizzaria Uno (the original - altho i don't know if it's still there now) and found that deep dish pizza is certainly interesting.
even good.
I don't consider it "pizza", just a different category. deep dish style. It's a pie alright, with tomato sauce.
having been in LA and had THAT, i can tell you that is NOT pizza and it does suck badly. there is one place in LA that has quite good pizza, but that's an accident as there just aren't enough Italians in LA to really show people how it's done. and people are used to inferior stuff.
mostly in LA the sauce is all wrong. it's too sweet, not flavorful, weird. and they don't know how to make bread. yuk! it's too thin. i once called it "mexican pizza".
there's a real art to making pizza. people who think "fast-food" pizza is real pizza are just kidding themselves.
at least in Chicago a good place will know how to make the bread right.
what I first had in Chicago (since we are on the topic of food) is Thai. WOW! that was great!
I also went to te place that was made famous on Saturday Nite Live, the "CheeeechBerger-CheeeechBerger-CheeeechBerger-NoCokePepsy" place.
and the guy really DID say that!
Chicago is a nice little town, but it's way too cold for me except in August.
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Hum,
i prefer Neapolitan pizza,
(you know the realthing, from Italy)
otherwise, its just cheese on toast…
:-)
See
Italy mulls pizza protection law (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3753575.stm)
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Chicago is a nice little town, but it's way too cold for me except in August.
Chicago gave birth to House Music, so that makes it the best city on Earth for me. I've never been either. :-)
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blobrana wrote:
Hum,
i prefer Neapolitan pizza,
(you know the realthing, from Italy)
otherwise, its just cheese on toast…
:-)
See
Italy mulls pizza protection law (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3753575.stm)
Mmmmmm.... Just reading that page made me salivate.
Must eat pizza soon! :-)
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Although I love Chicago, there's nothing like my home town of San Diego for me, or even Hollywood.
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woerden Rocks ! :lol: :-P :-D
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TedDanson wrote:
Although I love Chicago, there's nothing like my home town of San Diego for me, or even Hollywood.
Wasn't "Becker" set in Chicago?
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bloodline wrote:
TedDanson wrote:
Although I love Chicago, there's nothing like my home town of San Diego for me, or even Hollywood.
Wasn't "Becker" set in Chicago?
Data Becker?
/I'll get my coat.........
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i prefer Neapolitan pizza,
(you know the realthing, from Italy)
The original "Margherita", the pizzetta (little one) costs about 1 EURO in Naples ;-) .
________
Outdoor xxx (http://www.fucktube.com/categories/30/outdoor/videos/1)
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bloodline wrote:
TedDanson wrote:
Although I love Chicago, there's nothing like my home town of San Diego for me, or even Hollywood.
Wasn't "Becker" set in Chicago?
No. Becker was set in New York City.
Best wishes,
Ted Danson
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TedDanson wrote:
Although I love Chicago, there's nothing like my home town of San Diego for me, or even Hollywood.
i only got to spend 2 days in San Diego and it was stunning! really quite a wonderful little place.
I went to the island - wow.
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seer wrote:
woerden Rocks ! :lol: :-P :-D
why do they actually use the 'r' in a placename, when they cannot even pronounce it correctly over there :lol:
no, ppl. Groningen is the city of the future!
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why do they actually use the 'r' in a placename, when they cannot even pronounce it correctly over there :lol:
Still beat Utrecht when the T doesn't make it...
no, ppl. Groningen is the city of the future!
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
I said "Far out, - What a day, a year, a laugh it is!"
You know, - Well you know you had it comin' to you,
:-D
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seer wrote:
no, ppl. Groningen is the city of the future!
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
I said "Far out, - What a day, a year, a laugh it is!"
You know, - Well you know you had it comin' to you,
:-D
Well, at least our pubs and bars aren't closed at 1o'clock. :-P
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If you got a "volcano special" from the now sadly out-of-buisness Pizza place just down the road you could expect to pay with your life...
or at least a few painful hours of it ;-)
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I also went to te place that was made famous on Saturday Nite Live, the "CheeeechBerger-CheeeechBerger-CheeeechBerger-NoCokePepsy" place.
and the guy really DID say that!
I LOVE the Billy Goat's Tavern! good food, funny ppl.
Uno's is one of the "Chicago Style Pizza" places, good stuff there are quite a few others in town too. We've got some damn good more traditional pizza places around town too, just takes some surveying...in the end though I agree with you...the fast-food type pizza you get in most places completely SUCKS.
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So, Billy Goat's Tavern is STILL there!
cool!
not really surprised as it's in "downtown", surrounded by office buldings and full of newspaper people (or it was last time i was in Chi Town).
I still remember the walls were lined with photos of everyone in the universe (it seemed) :-P
and, even though it had been months since St. Patty's day, the "river" was still green.
ah, memories of my youth! :-)
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seer wrote:
why do they actually use the 'r' in a placename, when they cannot even pronounce it correctly over there :lol:
Still beat Utrecht when the T doesn't make it...
no, ppl. Groningen is the city of the future!
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
I said "Far out, - What a day, a year, a laugh it is!"
You know, - Well you know you had it comin' to you,
:-D
Remind me, what's the deal with the placenames like s'Gravenhage, with the s' at the beginning?
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's Hertogenbosch =
The forest of the dukes
's Gravenhage =
The hague of the earls
('s = des = old Dutch for "the - of")
It's very archaic, nowadays these places are called Den Bosch for 's Hertogenbosch and Den Haag for 's Gravenhage.
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Thanks.
Heh, I couldn't even get the apostrophe the right side of the s!
[I wrote s', but its obviously 's]
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Hum,
Batman `s Gotham city ?
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Cyberus wrote:
Thanks.
Heh, I couldn't even get the apostrophe the right side of the s!
[I wrote s', but its obviously 's]
I bet a vast majority of Dutch will make that mistake, so I really can't blame ya. Btw. I was kinda surprised you know these old names. I was tought these names at the same time as I learned 'Chechoslovakia' and - no it's NOT Russia! - it's 'Soviet Union' and it's not just 'Germany' it's 'DDR/BRD'
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Karlos wrote:
If you got a "volcano special" from the now sadly out-of-buisness Pizza place just down the road you could expect to pay with your life...
or at least a few painful hours of it ;-)
E.coli? Listeria? Botulism? Campylobacter? Clostridium perfringens?...or something more nasty?
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I've got an old school mate who lives in Leeds. I visited him up there years ago, and the local kebab shop also delivered pizzas, as well as burgers etc.
One of their specialities was donner meat pizza. Rank as {bleep}. Can you imagine what is looked like the next day, when all the fat had congealed??
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Cyberus wrote:
I've got an old school mate who lives in Leeds. I visited him up there years ago, and the local kebab shop also delivered pizzas, as well as burgers etc.
One of their specialities was donner meat pizza. Rank as {bleep}. Can you imagine what is looked like the next day, when all the fat had congealed??
Ah, brings back memories of going to the kebab shop at 3am in my late teens.
9 inch Garlic bread with cheese, donner meat, chilli sauce and garlic sauce.
Tastes good when you are bladdered! :-)
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blobrana wrote:
Hum,
Batman `s Gotham city ?
it would be, if it was located in the UK (considering the amount of sun-hours in a year)
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Hmm, is the climate in the Netherlands really that different to that here?
Whenever I go to the low countries, it always seems to rain...not too different to here then!
(In fact, I was in Belgium about 4 weeks ago, and there were hailstones as big as garden peas!)
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According to my sis who lives in Aberdeen, it rains a lot more there than here in nl.
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Ah, you see I live in South East England, where the climate is noticeably warmer than Scotland.
See this map (apologies,dialup users):
(http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/Maps/Eur-pol.gif)
I live in the bit of England just above the 'LG' of the word BELGIUM. Compare that to Aberdeen...
Where I am is actually further South than you in Groningen
Incidentally, WTF is 'The West Bank' doing marked on a map of Europe!!!!
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Cyberus wrote:
Ah, you see I live in South East England, where the climate is noticeably warmer than Scotland.
ctually further South than you in Groningen
I know the UK, Cyberus, but I daresay on avarage, British weather is a LOT more wet than Dutch
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I know the UK, Cyberus
But its always cool to see a map of Europe :-)
but I daresay on avarage, British weather is a LOT more wet than Dutch
I suppose you might be right, as it stretches from the Shetland Isles, which has a similar latitude as Oslo and Helsinki, down to the Channel Islands near Normandy, France.
It's just that my experience of where I live, compared to the time I've been in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, is that weather seems very similar. I think we both see the effects of the gulf stream, which is uncharacteristically warm weather for our latitude, and rain.
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Cyberus wrote:
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I know the UK, Cyberus
But its always cool to see a map of Europe :-)
Yup, to see where I still have to go to for vacation 8-)
but I daresay on avarage, British weather is a LOT more wet than Dutch
I suppose you might be right, as it stretches from the Shetland Isles, which has a similar latitude as Oslo and Helsinki, down to the Channel Islands near Normandy, France.
It's just that my experience of where I live, compared to the time I've been in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, is that weather seems very similar. I think we both see the effects of the gulf stream, which is uncharacteristically warm weather for our latitude, and rain.
You actually lived in these countries?
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Apart from France, no. I haven't lived in Belgium or Netherlands, but merely spent periods visiting them. Agreed, I have only probably spent a few weeks in each country, its just that everytime I've been, its rained! [Yes I know that doesn't mean its always like that]
If you look HERE (http://aol.countrywatch.com/aol_regions.asp?REGION=3)
You will see a clickable map of Europe. If you click on UK and the Netherlands, and look at the annual rainfall figures, you will see that in Netherlands, annual rainfall is 831.6mm, while in UK it is 752.1mm.
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bloodline wrote:
Karlos wrote:
If you got a "volcano special" from the now sadly out-of-buisness Pizza place just down the road you could expect to pay with your life...
or at least a few painful hours of it ;-)
E.coli? Listeria? Botulism? Campylobacter? Clostridium perfringens?...or something more nasty?
Only if you were lucky. Terminal necrotizing rectal inflamitis with secondary degree burns to the sphincter were a common cause of fartalities...
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A local pizza place called Pizza Time is that last time I remember ordering a pizza via the phone. It was greasy, doughy, and delicious and cost about £9.95 for a large meat feast. That was like 10-15 years ago.
I think I had to order some coke and garlic bread to bump it up to £15 to get free delivery.
Since then Lidl have provided the best pizza I've eaten at a damned cheaper price, and it doesn't take a genius to bung it in the oven and set the timer for 20 minutes. :-)
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Mike_Amiga wrote:
A local pizza place called Pizza Time is that last time I remember ordering a pizza via the phone. It was greasy, doughy, and delicious and cost about £9.95 for a large meat feast. That was like 10-15 years ago.
I think I had to order some coke and garlic bread to bump it up to £15 to get free delivery.
Since then Lidl have provided the best pizza I've eaten at a damned cheaper price, and it doesn't take a genius to bung it in the oven and set the timer for 20 minutes. :-)
Too right!
My local Lidl has an offer on the mozarella pizzas, £1.29 for two, just been there an hour ago actually and stocked up...
Lidl and Netto are genius.
By the way, I just remembered, when I was a student in Manchester, there was a pizza place right down the town end of Oxford Rd, Babylon Pizza I think it was, and it was like 2 quid for a 9" pizza with three toppings - perfect post-pub munch...
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countzero wrote:
a super mix pizza in Japan from a local shop costs 1050 JPY (which is about 9.64985 US$ ). It has lots of bacon, sausages, mushroom and stuff, 25 cm diameter. free delivery. :-)
Oh, only ABOUT 9.64985 :lol: