Ryan B
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Ryan B
@SouthBayRyan
Hockey, cigars, bourbon, heavy metal music, military history. San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Twins.
California Katılım Mart 2023
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@USSGoodGirl It ranks up there with getting a phone call when a text would suffice. Or someone knocking on the door.
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@USSGoodGirl @RetroNewsNow ..and there we see Andrea, always there to be annoying. Didn't like her.
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@SouthBayRyan @RetroNewsNow I chant “push her down the stairs again!” 😂
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@tanpukunokami I know of this place. There's one in Cupertino, CA not far from me.
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There's a chain in Japan called Yoshinoya.
You walk in.
You sit down.
You say "gyudon nami."
Thirty seconds later, there's a bowl of beef and rice in front of you.
Three bucks.
I moved to Tokyo at 18.
Some months, after rent, I had nothing.
Yoshinoya kept me alive.
One bowl.
That was dinner.
That was enough.
Three days before payday, if I had three bucks on me, I knew I'd be fine.
The counter was always the same kind of crowd.
A salaryman with his tie pulled loose.
A guy in work boots, still covered in dust.
A student who missed the last train.
Sometimes a man who clearly had nowhere to be.
Nobody spoke.
Nobody looked up.
Everyone just ate.
It was strange, but the place felt safe.
No winners.
No losers.
Just people eating the same bowl, at the same counter, for the same price.
Yoshinoya opened in 1899, inside the old Tokyo fish market.
The guys working those pre-dawn shifts needed something hot, fast, and cheap.
That's what Yoshinoya gave them.
It's been doing it for 127 years.
There's a Japanese phrase: umai, yasui, hayai.
Tasty, cheap, fast.
Used to be the Yoshinoya slogan.
Most places can pull off one.
Maybe two.
Yoshinoya's done all three for 127 years.
Three bucks.
One bowl.
Kept someone alive every night for 127 years.


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@USSGoodGirl @RetroNewsNow "Donna Martin graduates!" Who amongst us has not chanted this? 🤣
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@hoshizorarock I'm going to finish up with work in 15 minutes and go touch grass. It will be glorious.
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What bands took a change for the worse after getting popular?
#mikesquestions
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