I'm a little under the weather today. Last night I used my $15 food credit at Rampart Casino to partake in their Saturday Night T-Bone steak buffet. I miss their Filet Mignon and Shrimp Scampi Tuesday night buffet, but since Rampart rolled back their buffets a buck or two, they have eliminated the Surf and Turf. Every Vegas buffet strives for one Steak and/or Seafood night, so the Saturday T-Bones have remained.
I ate around 8pm, and it was still crowded -- I was seated next to the noisy bus station. I didn't really bother me though, the steak was well cooked, the mashed potatoes well seasoned, and I always have appreciated the real bacon in the salad bar. I ended my meal with giant strawberries dipped in the chocalate fountain, and a small slice of German Chocolate Cake. All in all it was a really fine meal, and the waitress even checked on my three times, even though I was set with the beer I had brought in, the water and lemon she brought, and the coffee from the self serve bar. I was pretty happy with myself, and I even broke even in the casino.
This morning was a very different story. Let me just say I have new sympathy for people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I slept most of the morning to avoid the intense stomach cramps, and Thank God I could sleep. Last time I felt like this I didn't eat anything for 36 hours, surviving on tiny sips of water.
In times like these I also wonder how long food stays in your stomach. Let's ask Google, shall we? The first thing that pops up is yahoo.answers from 2 years ago. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070827050216AAzC98z
I ate around 8pm, and it was still crowded -- I was seated next to the noisy bus station. I didn't really bother me though, the steak was well cooked, the mashed potatoes well seasoned, and I always have appreciated the real bacon in the salad bar. I ended my meal with giant strawberries dipped in the chocalate fountain, and a small slice of German Chocolate Cake. All in all it was a really fine meal, and the waitress even checked on my three times, even though I was set with the beer I had brought in, the water and lemon she brought, and the coffee from the self serve bar. I was pretty happy with myself, and I even broke even in the casino.
This morning was a very different story. Let me just say I have new sympathy for people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I slept most of the morning to avoid the intense stomach cramps, and Thank God I could sleep. Last time I felt like this I didn't eat anything for 36 hours, surviving on tiny sips of water.
In times like these I also wonder how long food stays in your stomach. Let's ask Google, shall we? The first thing that pops up is yahoo.answers from 2 years ago. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070827050216AAzC98z
The consensus seems to be anywhere from 3 to 8 hours until food travels on through your intestines. I certainly will not be doing the beet test anytime soon. Personally, I've always thought food travels completely through my system in roughly 12 to 24 hours.
This makes me wonder what happened to Ask Jeeves? Let's ask Google. Ask Jeeves was founded in 1996 and became Ask.com in 2005. It is headquartered in Oakland, California (Go Raiders!) I Asked Ask my stomach question but really didn't care for the stuff it gave me. I read one page that talked all about new imaging equipment used to watch the stomach digest food, but it came to no conclusion about how long it takes (it varies). My answers.yahoo.com link was about half way down the page.
So it appears that Google does still have some competition out there in the form of Yahoo, and Ask but really I used Google to get to those sites, so yes, Google dominates the web, and I will sue them for Antitrust if I can find a decent lawyer.
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