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Team SCAAMP's Pub





Team members
❅Carmen
❅Plethora
❅Alison (Lady Coffin)
❅Shelby
❅M Beal
❅Angie

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Hi team. Oh we'll need to get start by naming our restaurant. So does anyone have any suggestions?

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Hi team. Oh we'll need to get start by naming our restaurant. So does anyone have any suggestions?"

Yup! Spent time yesterday rather than reading. Crazy I know, but sometimes I go off on crazy side trips. lol!

My Restaurant Rocks ★edited version★
Challenge Dates There will be 3 rounds which are four weeks each.
• • • Starting 19 Sept 2020, 9pm UTC and finishing 12 Dec 2020, 9pm UTC. • • •

• Round 2 ~
~ Starts October 17, 9pm UTC Time
~ Finishes November 14, 9pm UTC Time
Customers arrive! You have 48 hours to feed them and finalise round 2. (You can start reading for round 3 while this is occuring).
Remember: Your meals are set at the end of the round and once customers arrive can't be changed. i.e. You can't change meals around to suit the customers you receive

• Round 1 ~
~ Starts September 19, 9pm UTC Time
~ Finishes October 17, 9pm UTC Time
Customers arrive! You have 48 hours to feed them and finalise round 1. (You can start reading for round 2 while this is occuring).


• • HOW TO PLAY • •
◈ At end of round, each team get randomised customers to eat their meals. Leftovers expire if fresh (although the team can decide to preserve, more details below)
◈ Meals you create can be changed around at any time during the round, but once the round finishes and customers arrive, the meals are set and can not be changed.
◈ Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count (“read date” is what counts, provided it started after the challenge started)
◈ Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since you last read the book.
◈ Each Book can be used for either scavenger hunt words or as spell-it-outs.

• • CREATING MEALS • •
Scavenger hunt for words in titles or text or items on cover, or spell-out, words as follows:

Fresh meals (must be used within the month - page count of 50 pages or more. No restriction on using children's, graphic novels, poetry, cookbooks etc.)

◈ sandwiches items which would be suitable on a sandwich (for example: bread, butter, lettuce, tomato, ham, chicken, salami, cheese, carrot, cucumber, salt, pepper, beetroot or beets, gherkins or pickles, peanut butter, jam or jelly, vegemite, mustard, honey, pastrami, devon, egg, bacon)
Sandwiches have a minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 items.

◈ fish and chips (fish, or any types of fish, potato, salt, lemon) Note for scavenger hunt only: Must contain all these items (4), add vinegar for bonus points.
Fish and chips have a minimum of 4 and maximum of 5 items.

◈ coffee (coffee or anything coffee related, e.g. latte) ; milk, sugar, cream, water) Can be items to make a coffee, the word coffee, or just a coffee word (e.g. "cappuccino").
Coffee has a minimum of 1 and maximum of 6 items.

◈ tea(tea, milk, sugar, water, cream) Note for scavenger hunt only: Must contain at least tea and water. Other items are optional.
Tea has a minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 items.

◈ salad (e.g. salad, lettuce, cucumber, any cheese, tomato, olives, carrot, cucumber, beans, peas, nuts, pear)
Salads have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 15 items.

Frozen meals Can be used in the following month. Page count of 160+. No graphic novels, cookbooks, poetry or childrens books unless audio version is more than 5 hours or wordcount can be verified with arbookfind as more than 40,000 words
◈ pasta (e.g. pasta types, cheese, cream, salt, pepper, chicken, chilli, basil, tomato, garlic)
Pasta have a minimum of 3 and maximum of 10 items.

◈ quiche (e.g. eggs, bacon, leeks, ham, spinach, salt, pepper, pastry)
Quiche have a minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 items.

◈ curries (e.g. beef, lamb, chicken, lentils, potato, sweet potato, carrot, beans, curry powder or paste, turmeric, chilli, cloves, coriander, cumin, ginger, garlic)
Curries have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 15 items.

Desserts, drinks and cocktails can be shelved/frozen and used at any point through the challenge. 500+pages. No children's, poetry, graphic novels, plays, cookbooks.
◈ Champagne, wine, liqueur, beer (generic term or a specific brand/type)
◈ Chocolate, fruit, marshmallow, ice cream, custard or any dessert (generic term or a specific type, e.g. “tart”)
◈ Water, Juice, soda, soft drinks (generic term or a specific type, for e.g. Lemonade)
Desserts, drinks and cocktails have a minimum of 1 and maximum of 5 items.

• • POINTS • •
10 points per book read
2 points per scavenger word / spell-it-out letter used per book (maximum numbers shown below)

Points are also given per meal eaten:
Sandwich 50
Fish and Chips 50
Fish and Chips with Vinegar 55
Coffee 30
Tea 40
Salad 45
Pasta 30
Quiche 35
Curry 40
Alcoholic drink 20
Dessert 20
Non-Alcoholic Drink 20

up to 2 scavenger words / spell-it out letters per book >50 pages and <=160 pages
up to 4 scavenger words/ spell-it out letters per book >161 and <=300 pages
up to 8 scavenger words/ spell-it out letters per book >301 pages and <=500 pages
up to 12 scavenger words / spell-it-out letters per book >501 pages

• • CUSTOMERS • •
» Children ; only eat fish and chips, sandwiches, quiche, juice and water.
» Teenagers ; eat all frozen meals, soda/soft drinks and desserts.
» Adults ; eat everything. May even give you a tip (which allows you to preserve fresh food for next month)
» Pensioners only eat fresh food and pasta

Customers are randomised at the end of the month to eat the team meals. (This will impact your points as meals eaten will depend on your customers. Waste can also be expensive for restaurants!)

• • SPELL-IT-OUT RULES • •
Spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book's title, the first letter in the author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter of the series name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
If the first letter of a title is a numerical digit, then you use the first letter of that digit for your spell out (i.e. 1984 is N; 2046 is T; 1Q84 is O)
If you are listening to an audiobook, the first letter in the narrator's first or last name also can be used.
We're also allowing for Translators names, as long as the edition you are reading is a translation version.
For non-fiction books, character names can NOT generally be used unless it is written more as a story (for example, memoirs).

Off to send the others this way to start getting the party started .... well September 19th, but we shall blink and it will be here!

I put a handful of cozies with food items on the cover on hold from the library....but I think I should have thought about the date..they'll be ready for a renew before the game starts. lol

Got to run, back in a few or more hours.
Hope my crazy name side trip yesterday helps you all brainstorm.

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Hi team. Oh we'll need to get start by naming our restaurant. So does anyone have any suggestions?"

Yup! Spent time yesterday rather than reading. Cr..."

If only I had extra time to think ... lol

I'm always trying to do things like pick my next book while listening to the tail end of the previous one at stop signs. (ssshhhh)

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Hi team. Oh we'll need to get start by naming our restaurant. So does anyone have any suggestions?"

Yup! Spent time yesterday rather than reading. Cr..."

Hahahaha thats too funny. I was trying read but then my son asked for help with his youtube page stuff and time flew by and it was 2am.

Wait a kid ask mom to help with YouTube??? LOL

Plethora wrote: "Wait a kid ask mom to help with YouTube??? LOL"

Well with picture stuff. Everything else he's good with. I didn’t even know what he was doing but he's good and once my part was done I left. I was confused watching him, hahahaha

Hi everyone!

*Waves Hi*

Saw all the former teamies and needed to pay a visit!

Sammy and I are busy cooking in Team Trouble. Feel free to visit anytime, we'll make sure to save a table for you at our restaurant. After all Carnal Cravings caters to a very special clientele.

Sonia wrote: "*Waves Hi*

Saw all the former teamies and needed to pay a visit!

Sammy and I are busy cooking in Team Trouble. Feel free to visit anytime, we'll make sure to save a table for you at our restauran..."

No, no, no, you'll just try to distract with pictures so we don't read! LOL

I think you're typing on your phone and autocorrect misfire... You meant reading motivation and inspire you to read, right?

lol!

Sonia wrote: "I think you're typing on your phone and autocorrect misfire... You meant reading motivation and inspire you to read, right?"

Nope, Carmen gets distracted.

(And I actually typed that response from my work desktop... This is from my phone.)

Hey guys! Super excited to play with you all. :)

No getting distracted by pictures! Though...they can be so pretty...No Shelby, stay away from the shiny!

There is also the factor that at times we have to be careful to not short-out our electronic reading devices, nor make the pages of our real paper books too soggy.
It is a REAL issue to be aware of.

Shelby wrote: "Hey guys! Super excited to play with you all. :)

No getting distracted by pictures! Though...they can be so pretty...No Shelby, stay away from the shiny!"

Sonia can be very distracting.... Look at what she did in the Harry Potter thread for wheel.... But come right back!

As for names...

Playing on Alison's ideas what about something like...

Scamps Pub or Scamps Place.


Also do we need to come up with a team name as well?

It wasn't me. I behaved quite nicely, actually

Shelby wrote: "As for names...

Playing on Alison's ideas what about something like...

Scamps Pub or Scamps Place.


Also do we need to come up with a team name as well?"

Oh! I thought the Team name and the Resturant name were one in the same.

Oh and personally I like Pub better than Place in general and I with that forsure.

Sonia wrote: "It wasn't me. I behaved quite nicely, actually"

Oh, I don't know if I would go that far.🤔😉
But yeah, it was Sammy offering us all the EYE CANDY. (Do you want some candy little girl?!?)
🤓😁

Kind of like, "come to the darkside, we have cookies"
Hahaha!

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Oh and personally I like Pub better than Place in general and I with that forsure."

Me too. :) I'm all for us being the Pub out to serve all the undesirables with our scamp type behavior. ;)

Hahahaha I see Sonia worked her way over and yes Sammy did provide the eye candy but damn those were some good candy. I still have to try some though. Oh darn she’s trying to distract me again. Oh well I’ll have to try and stay away. Hmm, will it be bad to just take a peek 🤔 🤨

I like pub as well. It sounds catchy 😁

Lol - all this chatter is hilarious!

I like Pub....every establishment can't be fancy, some have to just be fun!!

SCAAMPs Pub ~ A Scamp's Pub

We could drop an A - I wouldn't mind

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Hahahaha I see Sonia worked her way over and yes Sammy did provide the eye candy but damn those were some good candy. I still have to try some though. Oh darn she’s trying to distract me again. Oh ..."

Yeah! She total is trying to distract us.
Like Shelby said "stay away from the shiny!"

Angie ☯ wrote: "Lol - all this chatter is hilarious!

I like Pub....every establishment can't be fancy, some have to just be fun!!

SCAAMPs Pub ~ A Scamp's Pub

We could drop an A - I wouldn't mind"

I think we should put it just that way Angie. Keep the additional A in the name of the pub, but since we have to provide a description of our establishment as well why not make it...

SCAAMP's Pub ~ A Scamp's pub, home to all scallywags, scoundrels, ne'er-do-wells, & rogues. All black-sheeps welcome. Come in and have a pint or two. Just beware...parties are responsible for all damages to the establishment.

Heck we could be... Team Scamps, Scallywags, & Scoundrels

I like how you think, Shelby!!

Shelby wrote: "Angie ☯ wrote: "...
SCAAMP's Pub ~ A Scamp's pub, home to all scalawags, scoundrels, ne'er-do-wells, & rogues. All black-sheeps welcome. Come in and have a pint or two. Just beware...parties are responsible for all damages to the establishment.

Heck we could be... Team Scamps, Scalawags, & Scoundrels"

Great discription.
I am cool with all the above.

First, we are not that bad. There isn't a single shinny on our thread... yet

Second, it looks like you think I'm this troublemaker that are sabotaging the other teams.

You know THIS MEANS WAR, right?

Shelby wrote: "Angie ☯ wrote: "Lol - all this chatter is hilarious!

I like Pub....every establishment can't be fancy, some have to just be fun!!

SCAAMPs Pub ~ A Scamp's Pub

We could drop an A - I wouldn't mind..."


I love this!

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Hahahaha I see Sonia worked her way over and yes Sammy did provide the eye candy but damn those were some good candy. I still have to try some though...."

I couldn't help but take a look and there was nothing there :(

Shelby wrote: "Angie ☯ wrote: "Lol - all this chatter is hilarious!

I like Pub....every establishment can't be fancy, some have to just be fun!!

SCAAMPs Pub ~ A Scamp's Pub

We could drop an A - I wouldn't mind..."

I so like that. That sounds fun :-)

Sonia wrote: "First, we are not that bad. There isn't a single shinny on our thread... yet

Second, it looks like you think I'm this troublemaker that are sabotaging the other teams.

You know THIS MEANS WAR, ri..."


Hahahaha she had to add a pic and I liked this movie and yum. LOL

Sorry Plethora, I know I shouldn't let the distraction get me. ;-)

Oh yea.. S name is all my tired mind could recall... Sonia.... sammy..

I can't talk about distractions from reading too much I guess with all my jobs.

And yes, awesome pub description.

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Hahahaha I see Sonia worked her way over and yes Sammy did provide the eye candy but damn those were some good candy. I s..."

I did the same thing a few days ago and was also sadened by the glaring lack.
😕😞

I have a feeling this group easily exceeds 80 books in the time period just doing our typical reading.

We may want to add a tab in the spreadsheet (or create a planning one) to track all books and options and then try to come up with our meals?

Scavenger is by far the easiest since you only need to find the word versus spelling something out taking up more of the books. However, longer the book more letters we get to use from it.

Still wrapping my head around this though. I watched the video before signups-open, but need to watch it when more alert.

Plethora wrote: "I have a feeling this group easily exceeds 80 books in the time period just doing our typical reading.

We may want to add a tab in the spreadsheet (or create a planning one) to track all books and..."

Yeah! I agree we will easily out read the max, so strategically useing book will be wise. Having a list of them all in a seperate tab sounds good to me.

I had to go to Target on Friday, so I specifically purchased one of the under the dollar notebooks for this challenge. I did it so I could jot down note of any and all food or drink talked about. Primarally for when I am listening to an audiobook.

Plethora wrote: "....
I put a handful of cozies with food items on the cover on hold ..."

Word wise I was thinking those might have the best veriety, especially the food/cooking related ones.
However do to the page count they will be limited on how many can be pulled from each. Also, what meals they can be used for.

Something we might think about is more than one of us reading the same book if it have useful and unique words. I know you and I are good with cozy mysteries, so we will have to see about other team members.

So glad you guys liked my restaurant name and description idea! I kinda had fun with that. Are we all in agreement then? Should we start adding that to the spreadsheet?

Also how are we feeling on the team name? Did we need to get that turned in to update our thread here? And did we want to go with my suggested Team Scamps, Scallywags, & Scoundrels or something else?

Yeah, pretty sure we'll definitely outdistance the allowed books per round with this group. Might be better to start a separate planning spreadsheet so there's no confusion. I can play around with making one as I'm off and being lazy today if you guys want. :) -- I was bored...Example

Carmen does cozies as well. We are both doing a cozy mystery bingo.

Agreed that they are a little short, but can work for things maybe unique since they have so many foodie ones.

Shelby I like everything and if everyone else is good with it we can go for it :)

Plethora wrote: "Carmen does cozies as well. We are both doing a cozy mystery bingo.

Agreed that they are a little short, but can work for things maybe unique since they have so many foodie ones."

I thought she might but did not remember for sure.