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From: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
Date: 12 Oct 1992 19:39:55 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
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In a previous article, aar001@acad.drake.edu () says:

>
>	I have heard many jokes about Mc(this) and Mc(that), but what are some
>	of the more bizzare McDonalds experimental foods that have been 
>	regionally tested in your areas?    (I.E. Pizza's, Pastas etc...)
>	
>	And, How were they (If you had enough nerve to try them  :)?

They have the McPizza in a few Cleveland area McD's, I think it's pretty 
good, not as greasy as Pizza Hut. I also had a McSteak in Pittsburgh one
or two years ago. It was on a hoggy bun with onions, mushrooms, and steak
sauce. Don't know what kind of steak it was, but it definatly wasn't ground
beef. It tasted ok if you got extra steak sauce.

-- 
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From: grady@world.std.com (Dick Grady)
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 04:33:20 GMT

In the New England states, McD's has the McLobster, a roll (sort of like a
hot-dog bun) filled with a lobster salad. About US$4.00. I tried one once.
Not much taste.
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From: aar001@acad.drake.edu
Subject: <<<** McCondoms **>>>
Organization: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:20:09 GMT


	Oh   My  Gawd....  I don't believe what I heard...

		In an effort to improve and protect (LITERALLY) its customers,
	certain inner-city McDonnalds stores will begin featuring McCondom
	machines in BOTH the women's and Men's bathrooms.  Due to the fact 
	that most McDonalds Customers are Middle to Lower Class American 
	citizens, McDonalds employess have decided that protecting the youth
	of this world from Aids and other Social diseases, They re,
        in a way protecting their own business interests.  The Dead Can't Buy 
	Burgers!

		Please Say it ain't SO!!!!  Do the condoms have McDonnald-land
		charactors on them?  How much will they cost?  Can anyone 
		confirm this?  Is this just a rumor? 

	Inquiring minds want to know!

							-=[Andy Russell]=-
							AAR001@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU
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From: trubik@triton.unm.edu (S. M. Trujillo)
Subject: Whither Cheddar Melt?
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 15:57:49 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

What are your opinions of the Cheddar Melt?

Was it just my imagination, or was it bigger (maybe a
third-of-a-pound, or just flatter) in its very first
go-around?

I *liked* that burger.

- s t e v e n
From: trubik@triton.unm.edu (S. M. Trujillo)
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re: Whither Cheddar Melt?
Date: 12 Oct 92 17:30:15 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

bell@cs.tamu.edu (Will Bell) writes [about the cheddar melt]:

>When it was tested in DFW a couple years ago it was a regular quarter-pound
>patty with those nasty grilled onions and that nasty cheese . . . 

My first recollection of the cheddar melt, though, was pre-1984.  A couple
of years ago, the [alleged-by-me] down-sizing had already occurred.

- s t e v e n

  and I *like* those nasty grilled o's and nasty cheese.
From: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
Date: 16 Oct 1992 14:19:20 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
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In a previous article, bes@solan.unit.no (Bent Erik Skaug) says:

>I went to Sevilla in Spain this summer, and they had a McPolice at McDonalds. I haven't seen tis any other places in Europe. Do you have it in the States?

Never heard of a McPolice. What is it made of?


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From: jpaul@locus.com (James Hensley)
Subject: Re: Forwarded article.
Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 20:14:15 GMT

In article <10357@dims.demon.co.uk> dingram@dims.demon.co.uk writes:
>
>This article was forwarded to you by dingram@demon.co.uk (Darren P. Ingram):
>
>--------------------------------- cut here -----------------------------
>
>        HOUSTON (UPI) -- A new McDonald's restaurant adjacent to the
>University of Houston breaks the mold for the famous hamburger franchise
>by offering its customers a computer study room along with the standard
>fare of burgers.
>        It's the inspiration of Houston businessman John Tillman, who already
>had one McDonald's franchise. He interviewed students and neighorhood
>residents south of downtown Houston to learn what they wanted in a new
>restaurant.
>        Students from the nearby Texas Southern University also are expected
>to frequent the restaurant. The dining room features neon-covered
>pillars and television sets carry news broadcasts from CNN.
>        Tillman said he recalled his own experiences as a UH student and
>decided that he wanted to create a gathering place for studnts to have
>fun and to pursue their studies.
>        ``I tried to put together, in a single snapshot, what everyone was
>asking for,'' Tillman said. ``Think of it as a college student's
>Playland. It is an opportunity for college students to have a hot
>sandwich and fresh [???] food, then huddle together in a study group to work
				     ^^^^^^
	Ok, huddle up!  Go long, 3 wide recievers.
	10-24-yellow32!! Hike! Hike!!
>on whatever problems they may have.''

I thought this was what the commons (cafeteria) was for.


Of course at SDSU, your car will get towed if you're not eating there in less
that 30 minutes.  I wonder it the same holds true here.  I bet.   That would 
mean that the students have to park far away, and trudge to MD's.  Why not go
to the computer labs where it's closer and you don't have to smell fried food
all day.




-- 

jpaul@locus.com  | ..ucsd!lccsd!jpaul   :  all views expressed are mine.
Clouds filled with blood rain on the water
While Nightime's fingers clench the light shut...
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From: s91001ra@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Rie Aizawa)
Subject: Re: Intelligent STANDARD menu items...
Organization: Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus.
	<1992Oct11.212020.10829@muddcs.claremont.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 12:56:04 GMT

sorry, this is a mistake.
From: santafe@watnxt07.ucr.edu (michael a parisi)
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: ZESTABURGER
Date: 9 Oct 92 23:40:17 GMT



Have you tried the new Zestaburger?  It's supposed to be some kind
of a Mexican thing that has monterey jack cheese with peppers, 
a bun with something or another baked into it (more peppers I think),
and then some kind of a spicy sauce.  It's kind of like a mutated
Big Mac (mutated for the worst of course).  I tried the thing in 
Buttonwillow, CA on Interstate 5.  I haven't seen the thing at any 
other McDees..........
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From: trubik@triton.unm.edu (S. M. Trujillo)
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials . . .
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 00:31:01 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

drs@okcforum (Daryl Schwemley) writes:

#  At the McD's that I used to work at in southeastern Oklahoma we had
#  McRib's... They sold really well and we got a few complaints when
#  we quit selling them. Now I'm in Oklahoma City and we have the
#  Southwestern Homestyle Burger here, too...

I think the McRib is a bit odd . . . the fact that the pork is somehow
compressed into that rib shape is strange.  Different trial areas seem
to vary on whether or not pickles are included.

Oh, I just thought of another one.  Last year, I stopped at a McD's in
Missouri (:the Show-Me State) and they were testing Hot Dog McNuggets.
Basically, little corn dogs.  They were, well, just like little corn
dogs.

- s t e v e n

  really, just a rearrangement of 'setenv'
From: niceswangern@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re: Helllo
Date: 10 Oct 92 18:10:11 CDT
Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA

In article <1992Oct10.212259.5533@leland.Stanford.EDU>, yunus@loro-next.Stanford.EDU (Jonas Sami Celebiler) writes:
> 
> alt.mcdonalds.ketchup...
> ..Sounds interesting.  I love ketchup, but especially when mixed with  
> tabasco or any other hot sauce.  Do they have spice ketchup at mcD's ?
> 
> Again sounds interesting.  But is it?

You've got to be kidding.

				Nate
				Somers, Iowa, U.S.A.
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
From: aar001@acad.drake.edu
Subject: Intelligent STANDARD menu items...
Organization: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 08:36:00 GMT


	Ok, so McDonalds has Good low cost Hamburgers and Cheeseburgers, but
	I there are still two items that I go to Hardee's for:

				Hot Ham & Cheese's
				Bacon CheeseBurgers

	Perhaps (and this is only a hint)  instead of trying to design totally
	new and potentially nautious (sp?) creations that usially flop (like
	the McPizza, McFried Chicken,  And of the McPasta  etc.. etc...) they
	should try these two SIMPLE combinations.  I know the Ham and Cheese
	might be kind of difficult to add into production, but couldn't they
	fry a little bacon?  Wendy's, Arby's, Hardee's and most small cafe's
	and restraunts can!

							Anyone care to comment?
							Andy Russell
							DesMoines, IA

	P.S	Why are most of these posts coming from Iowa?

	PARTS IS PARTS -- Statment over heard from manager at Kentucky F**ked
			  chicken.
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From: bes@solan.unit.no (Bent Erik Skaug)
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
Reply-To: bes@solan.unit.no (Bent Erik Skaug)
Organization: University of Trondheim
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 09:38:38 GMT

Here in Norway we have a special burger called the McLaks, translated into english it should be something like McSalmon. It consists of Salmon, fished here in Norway. It's very good, though not as good as the Salmon you get at real restaurants or make by yourself.

I went to Sevilla in Spain this summer, and they had a McPolice at McDonalds. I haven't seen tis any other places in Europe. Do you have it in the States?

Bent Erik Skaug
NTH, Trondheim
Norway

PS! Trondheim had it's first McDonald opened yesterday. Yeaaaah!
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From: rpearman@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ryan Pearman)
Subject: Re: Helllo
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 09:24:58 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.181011.2296@bvc.edu> niceswangern@bvc.edu writes:
>In article <1992Oct10.212259.5533@leland.Stanford.EDU>, yunus@loro-next.Stanford.EDU (Jonas Sami Celebiler) writes:
>> 
>> alt.mcdonalds.ketchup...
>> ..Sounds interesting.  I love ketchup, but especially when mixed with  
>> tabasco or any other hot sauce.  Do they have spice ketchup at mcD's ?
>> 
>> Again sounds interesting.  But is it?
>
>You've got to be kidding.
>
>				Nate
>				Somers, Iowa, U.S.A.

Actually, I hear that barbeque sauce with pepper is quite good.....

	--RyanMan
-- 
Email address: rpearman@jarthur.claremont.edu
Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery.
From: ch667@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Manfred K. Hanley)
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
Date: 12 Oct 1992 22:11:18 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Back home (in the wonderful land of Oz. where I hail from) we
frequently get `subjected' to their  new product trials. By
far the most notable of those is the `McRib' - a really
disgusting looking pork rib (we think) complete with regulation
bun. So far, only one of my friends has been game enough to try
it. His verdict... edible (barely). As long as all the other shops
have closed, McDonalds have sold out of every other item, you're
on your 25th day without food AND you douse it in any other sauce
you can find!

Cheers,
Manfred.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:10:57 EDT
From: Sime <TJS107@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
 <1bckabINNqpa@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Oct16.183451.7746@iscsvax.uni.edu>

Fraid not...
The burrito is one of the better things they have.
Hardees eats it. Bad.
Man does Hardees bite.
Hardees is THE worst fucking fast food I have _ever_  had.
Whatever I had there, and I think it was the roast beef, it sucked major.
Sime
From: trubik@triton.unm.edu (S. M. Trujillo)
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
Date: 12 Oct 92 17:06:59 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Oct11.215957.1@acad.drake.edu> aar001@acad.drake.edu writes:
 
>	I have heard many jokes about Mc(this) and Mc(that), but what are some
>	of the more bizzare McDonalds experimental foods that have been 
>	regionally tested in your areas?    (I.E. Pizza's, Pastas etc...)
>	
>	And, How were they (If you had enough nerve to try them  :)?

Texas McD's have a "Texas Homeestyle Burger" which is a ragged 1/4 lb. 
patty with lettuce, mustard, onions, and (I think) a tomato slice.  Pretty
good, a bit dry.

As posted earlier, green chile is a $0.10 add-on at a lot of franchises
here, really adding a lot to a 1/4 lb'er w/chz.

A lot of McD's in Indiana were testing a TX-style chili a couple of years
ago . . . it was a lot like Wendy's chili and a bit too tomato-y.

That's all I can think of off the top.

-steven
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
From: trubik@triton.unm.edu (S. M. Trujillo)
Subject: Re: Intelligent STANDARD menu items...
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 15:54:21 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

rpearman@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ryan Pearman) writes:

>	The reason McD's doesn't implement the baconburger is that there
>simply not enough grill space to cook the bacon.  During any rush, all of
>the grills are taken up cooking those "good" hamburgers.  I worked at a 
>McDonalds when they had some bacon double cheesburger special, and we 
>couldn't keep up with cooking the bacon.  The only way Hardee's and Wendy's 
>and the like can do it is because they are not nearly as busy as McD's gets.
>It's just too impractical.

I know that Subway, for one, microwave their bacon.  I *think* that my
local (not to be confused with lo-cal) Wendy's nukes their pig-strips
too.

Just fuel for thought,

steven
From: johnsonchris@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: The log of McJordan
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:35:16 CDT
Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA

A few weeks back when I moved to the great state of Iowa from the even 
greater state of Minnesota (what a big move, eh?) I had the (pleasure?)
of trying one of McD's new MCJORDAN Specials.  The tasty ad of the burger 
showed a Quarter Pounder with Cheese with huge (round) patty of bacon and 
barbeque sauce oozing out the sides.  I was hard.  I needed a McJordan 
Special.  My guts screamed to me in their guttural language "Buy it or we 
go on strike."  And so I did.  I returned to my formed plastic yellow seat 
and unraveled the gastronomical delight from it's waxpaper wrapping...

Needless to say, my guts do not know food as well as my mouth does.  The 
first bite brought a harrowing squishy noise to my delicate senses.  The 
barbeque sauce (that tasted suprisingly like their regular ketchup) oozed 
down my pallete and into my throat.  I gagged, but forced myself to take 
another bite.  The second was worse than the first, I could not bear it.  I 
threw the sandwich down and left the McDonald's promptly (I am not one to 
complain to managers, as they always give me the same 
I-am-god-of-this-Mcdonalds-and-you-will-obey-every-command-that-I-say-you-worth
less-consumer-of-my-meat-products look. 

Well, the strangest part of the story is that the McJordan Special made me 
so sick, that I had to remove the wastes from my system almost as soon as I 
got back to my dorm.  And I did.  For 40 minutes I emptied my lower 
intestinal track, and finally, knowing a good job was done, stood up to 
flush the toilet.  And Micheal Jordan smiled back at me.  Strange enough, 
the log of excrement I left laying in the Comode looked startlingly like 
his baldness himself.
 
Take of it what you may.

---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------
Chris Johnson                          //  "Cartoons are not real.
From the (tooth) Beaver Cave VAX Lab  //    They're...puppets!"
Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA  //    -REN, REN AND STIMPY  
------------------------------------- ------------------------------------
From: wolterp@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re:  Unexpected costs at Mikey's
Date: 9 Oct 92 11:07:16 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

I totally agree with the person from Buena Vista, IA.  McDonalds is DEFINITELY
better than Hardee's food!  Eating Hardee's food tends to make one jump at the
chance to eat at McDonalds.  ;-)

Live Long and Prosper!

Penny Wolter
University of Northern Iowa
Heartland, USA
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From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: <<<** McCondoms **>>>
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:40:22 GMT

In <1992Oct14.182009.1@acad.drake.edu> aar001@acad.drake.edu writes:



>		Please Say it ain't SO!!!!  Do the condoms have McDonnald-land
>		charactors on them?  How much will they cost?  Can anyone 
>		confirm this?  Is this just a rumor? 

>	Inquiring minds want to know!

I can't confirm this, but my mind is all aflutter with dirty "Grimace"
jokes now....

Michael
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
From: aar001@acad.drake.edu
Subject: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
Organization: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:59:57 GMT


	I have heard many jokes about Mc(this) and Mc(that), but what are some
	of the more bizzare McDonalds experimental foods that have been 
	regionally tested in your areas?    (I.E. Pizza's, Pastas etc...)
	
	And, How were they (If you had enough nerve to try them  :)?

							Just Curious,
							Andy A. Russell

	Oh. Hardee's still has the Hot Ham's and  Cheeses here in Des DesMoines
From: drs@okcforum (Daryl Schwemley)
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:25:04 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Originator: news@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

At the McD's that I used to work at in southeastern Oklahoma we had
McRib's... They sold really well and we got a few complaints when
we quit selling them. Now I'm in Oklahoma City and we have the
Southwestern Homestyle Burger here, too...

Cory
From: young7905@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
Subject: Re: Bizarre Regional McFood Trials...
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:34:51 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1bckabINNqpa@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic) writes:
> 
> In a previous article, aar001@acad.drake.edu () says:
> 
>>
>>	I have heard many jokes about Mc(this) and Mc(that), but what are some
>>	of the more bizzare McDonalds experimental foods that have been 
>>	regionally tested in your areas?    (I.E. Pizza's, Pastas etc...)
>>	
>>	And, How were they (If you had enough nerve to try them  :)?
> 
> They have the McPizza in a few Cleveland area McD's, I think it's pretty 
> good, not as greasy as Pizza Hut. I also had a McSteak in Pittsburgh one
> or two years ago. It was on a hoggy bun with onions, mushrooms, and steak
> sauce. Don't know what kind of steak it was, but it definatly wasn't ground
> beef. It tasted ok if you got extra steak sauce.
> 
> -- 
> Pete Babic  -  pab@po.cwru.edu          ///
> LIVE TO PARTY, SKI TO DIE!!!           ///  /\
> Member of A.C.E                  \\\  ///  /--\MIGA  
> (American Coaster Enthusiasts)    \\\/// MS-DOS or a Mac? What's that?
If anyone cares, right now McDonalds has some butt stupid thing called the
breakfast burrito. Might sound good, but it sure tastes like shit. Actually I
guess I don't really know if it's regional or not, but oh well.

LONG LIVE HARDEE'S                     Jeff
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From: dingram@dims.demon.co.uk ("Darren P. Ingram")
Organization: Darren Ingram Media Services
Reply-To: dingram@dims.demon.co.uk
Subject: Forwarded article.
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 09:03:30 +0000


This article was forwarded to you by dingram@demon.co.uk (Darren P. Ingram):

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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.local.texas,clari.tw.education,clari.biz.top,biz.clarinet.sample
Followup-to: biz.clarinet.sample
Subject: University-area McDonald's breaks the McMold
Keywords: restaurants, selling, corporate news, corporate finance,
        higher education, education
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 8:43:26 PDT
Location: texas
ACategory: financial
Slugword: tx-mcdonald's
Priority: major
Format: regular
ANPA: Wc: 417; Id: z2988; Sel: txbre; Adate: 10-2-1045acd; V: sked
Codes: ybrertx., yfcnrtx., yndhrtx., tdza....

        HOUSTON (UPI) -- A new McDonald's restaurant adjacent to the
University of Houston breaks the mold for the famous hamburger franchise
by offering its customers a computer study room along with the standard
fare of burgers.
        Slated to open Saturday, the McDonald's also is going to sell pizza
and features a new logo.
        It's the inspiration of Houston businessman John Tillman, who already
had one McDonald's franchise. He interviewed students and neighorhood
residents south of downtown Houston to learn what they wanted in a new
restaurant.
        Students from the nearby Texas Southern University also are expected
to frequent the restaurant. The dining room features neon-covered
pillars and television sets carry news broadcasts from CNN.
        Tillman said he recalled his own experiences as a UH student and
decided that he wanted to create a gathering place for studnts to have
fun and to pursue their studies.
        ``I tried to put together, in a single snapshot, what everyone was
asking for,'' Tillman said. ``Think of it as a college student's
Playland. It is an opportunity for college students to have a hot
sandwich and fresh food, then huddle together in a study group to work
on whatever problems they may have.''
        He refused to say how much he spend on the extra amenities, but the
costliest of his innovations was adding 50 square feet of floor space to
the stand McDonald's design.
        Half the space is for the computer room and a small video arcade
while the rest is used for additional tables.
        The computer room and video arcade are enclosed in separate glass
rooms to prevent the game room users from interferring with the computer
users.
        The computer room features three personal computers, a printer and an
array of software.
        Ruth Anderson, field service manager for McDonald's, said her company
was surprised when Tillman told them of his plans.
        ``It caught us off-guard when he first brought it up, but we really
like the idea now,'' she said. ``Certainly, we encourage innovative
thinking among our licensees.''
        Tillman said he sees the restaurant as an inspiring symbol to poor
inner-city residents across Houston.
        ``This is what children who grow up in the inner-city, if given a
chance, can do,'' said Tillman who grew up in a predominantly poor black
neighborhood. ``This is an opportunity for other blacks to see that if
you work hard, and the good Lord blesses you, the sky is the limit.''


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