RW>I forgot to put a smilely on that one. I know of the case. 8^)   
      
   RW>Dunno if you have any Jack-in-the-Box restaurants around your area, but   
   RW>they too were sued by a person who got ill from eating one of their   
   RW>hamburgers that was tainted with the E Coli bacteria/virus(?)...The end   
   RW>result was that 'Jack' decided that you couldn't get a hamburger cooked   
   RW>'your way' anymore; it had to be cooked 'well done' (burnt in my book) to   
   RW>kill the E. Coli. Tom is probably well aware of this, as JitB used to be   
   RW>owned by Ralston-Purina in San Diego and has since gone privately owned by   
   RW>their employees.   
      
   I sure do rembember them. their place was up on Kerny Mesa and thet had   
   a water tower with their logo on it. I used to kid people that they   
   stored their "Secret Sause" in it.   
   Thh wife of the founder was the Mayor of San Diego for a while and after   
   he died and Inherted the monew she Gambled it ALL away plis a million of   
   so.   
      
      
   "SAN DIEGO - Maureen O'Connor was a physical education teacher who won a   
   seat on the San Diego City Council when she was only 25 years old,   
   later winning two terms as the city's first female mayor as she charmed   
   voters with a populist flair.   
      
   But her rapid rise was matched by her fall, culminating Thursday when   
   she acknowledged in federal court that she took $2.1 million from her   
   late husband's charitable foundation during a decade-long gambling spree   
   in which she won - and lost - more than $1 billion."   
      
   O'Connor, 66, once had a personal fortune that her attorney estimated   
   between $40 million and $50 million, inherited from her husband of 17   
   years, Robert O. Peterson, founder of the Jack in the Box Inc. fast-food   
   chain. She is now virtually broke, living with a sister."   
      
   This From - http://tinyurl.com/k7j49jk   
      
      
      
   RW>We went in their store here in Texas last week and it was a very big   
   RW>disappointment from their glory days. The place smelled like an old greasy   
   RW>diner and it was filthy. They had no iced tea fountain drinks and the   
   RW>service was very poor, like the counter gal was out back taking a bathroom   
   RW>break with no one to take her place while she was gone. We didn't want to   
   RW>stay, so we ordered to go. When we got the burgers open, the buns were   
   RW>soaked in grease and the burgers were burnt to a crisp. I took the receipt   
   RW>and used the website given on it for 'visiter review' and gave them a   
   RW>piece of my mind, telling 'Jack' that we wouldn't be back for more of the   
   RW>same crap.   
      
   I occasionaly go to one once in a while but they have come down a long   
   was since their prime.   
   My biggest problem is that most of the counter clerks speak borderline   
   understandable English.   
   I am sure you have a lot of that in Texan also   
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