"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message 
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> And lo on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:21:27 -0000, Ross <rli### [at] speakeasynet> 
> did spake, saying:
>
>> "scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote in message
>> news:475f9dc1$1@news.povray.org...
>>>> Time is also a factor to consider.
>>>
>>> I think this is the key point, also laziness.  Why spend all the effort
>>> shopping and making stuff, when for a couple of $ more you can get it 
>>> all
>>> done for you?  I suspect for most people the extra expense for a
>>> ready-made burger is less than what they could earn in the time it takes
>>> to buy ingredients and prepare.
>>>
>>> Buying in bulk and doing it yourself is all very well, but unless you 
>>> plan
>>> to eat burgers every night your ingredients are going to go bad pretty
>>> soon, then the cost benefit is wiped out.  Don't forget you have all the
>>> other stuff in the burger, like salad, sauces, cheese etc.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> But does any part of going to McD's outweight the family bonding 
>> experience of making a meal?
>
> Perhaps the social bonding experience when most of your neighbourhood 
> treat McD's as the default family dinner location?
>

Interesting, but are these the kids who don't know where milk comes from?

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