I see we have another closing in Ruston!

[Champ967]

I dont eat any less grease. But last summer I cut the sugar and white flour. I am about down to where I was the summer we lived in Graham and stayed up all night playing WarCraft and keeping the Brass Lantern in business.

So while I'm not running marathons or anything, I bet I could still make the hike from that shack on the White River (with the outhouse that time forgot) up the mountain to Uncle Ricky's place.

I still hit Griffs whenever I can, but now I toss the bun and just enjoy those tasty fried mystery-meat patties. (That's what I was going there for anyway.)

[Rooster]

Well..... I'm not from Ruston, I just work here! lol lol It just took me by surprise when I saw that they were closed! Thanks for the update! and thanks for reminding me about Griff's !!!!!!

Man, Griff's. My body just got excited when I read that word. I once had a freind who ate 3 Hungry man meals. Unbelievable.

[DallasDog]

That's cool. I don't run marathons, but I do a lot of local 5k's. The true test of your endurance and strength would be if we went back up there and had to A.) Push a truck that is centered on rocks out of the river again B.) Hike the mountains to find two pasty white city folk who walked over the wrong mountain C.) had to give Kat a complete body wax!!!!! D.) and as an added bonus for hand eye coordination, knock kids out of trees with bottle rockets.

[Champ967]

Your memory of that trip is obviously clearer than mine!

Was there, by any chance, rum involved? Surge?

[DallasDog]

I believe there was captain morgan and surge, plus large amounts of beer also. Be honest though is there anyway my mind wouldn't be clearer from our college experience???:zthinking

[NathanDarby]

I KNOW!!! What the heck is up with that?!?!

(The chocolate ones ARE, the best though!)

Man, that is one of my pet-peeves. I'll tell you what is up when ANY fast food joint's shake machine is "broke". It's not broke....the lazy-ass workers just didn't feel like setting it up and cleaning it. I worked as a bartender at the pool-side bars at one of the casinos in Tunica during summers in college. We had a soft serve ice cream machine, which is really similar to a shake machine. They have to be completely stripped and taken apart every day and all the inner parts cleaned and sterilized, which takes a long time and is a lot of hassle, but we had to do it. If it is within 4 hours of closing time at a typical fast food place with the typical lazy workers, that shake machine is "broke" so they can go ahead and break it down and not be stuck there after closing time cleaning it. Or maybe they just didn't feel like messing with it at all if it is a slow day, so they never even set it up. Plus those machines are basically a freezer with ONE moving part (the mixing blade). They don't just "break". Ask yourself how ofter your home freezer "breaks" for no reason.....it doesn't happen.

Probably more than you wanted to hear about shake machines! But now the secret is out!

[TulsaDawg]

Probably more than you wanted to hear about shake machines! But now the secret is out!

Actually, that's good to know. I think a talk with the manager/owner just may be happening the next time I'm in Ruston and the machine is "broke". I want my Griffs shake!!

[daybreaker2]

Freshman year it was tradition for my roommate and I to run to Griff's Sunday nights. Not only was the Monster Meal cheaper than the double burger meal (for some reason, though I noticed by my senior year they fixed it) but on Sundays you got a free Apple Turnover!

I could hear my arteries screaming in agony. Man, those were great burgers.

Burger King closing is no big loss. I think I ate there one time maybe, like when my parents visited.

[duckbillplatty]

Probably more than you wanted to hear about shake machines! But now the secret is out!

Anytime you would like to comment on shakes or other ice cream related topics, please feel uninhibited in doing so, for I will read it. :-)

[Tech96]

I lived in Graham while at Tech and my roommate and I used to go Griff's once a week. When I graduated one of the first things I really missed was Griff's burger and shake. I ate at the Burger King on California TWICE in the three years I was there. No one will miss it.

[DallasDog]

I ate there once all the way through grad school so 5 years. I never even thought about it when thinking of a place to eat.

[JAY]

"because the folks there were more concerned about visiting with their fellow coworkers than taking an order"

i have that problem at both bk's, wendys, and griffs. you can be 2nd or 3rd in line and spend 15 minutes in one of those stores.

[Catch22]

Then why didn't the managers just fire the workers and hire more---why close down the joint just because of a few bad employees----must have been something more to the closing!!!!

[Choudawg86]

well, the ma'yo incident was along time ago so I doubt they were still feeling the rath from that.

[Catch22]

Ok---please don't laugh....but I know nothing about the ma'yo incident, and I really have a feeling I would rather not know!!!! I think I am going to be sick

If that is true they should just burn the place down----Oh Lord please don't tell me any thing bad about Taco Bell!!!!