Did you perhaps have the chance to grab a grilled cheese at the counter in a Woolworths or a free slice of cake at Bill Knapps?WildBill wrote:I remember nickel cherry/chocolate cokes at Piper's Drug Store. The druggist, Mr. Piper would make you a coke at the soda fountain. Piper's was in Detroit, 513.13 miles from Harrisburg, IL. It was owned by Mr. Piper.speedsix wrote:...it's ONLY 519.3 miles more than from Harrisburg PA...picky, picky...
That was before Walgreen's, CVS, and pharmacies at Walmart, Kroeger's and Randall's. Mr. Piper didn't have a jukebox, but I didn't have a nickel to put in it for a song. I listened to WXYZing radio for my music.
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"Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues", Thomas Fuller
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Not back then. I was in Mexico City a couple of years ago and had lunch at Woolworths!rwg3 wrote:Did you perhaps have the chance to grab a grilled cheese at the counter in a Woolworths or a free slice of cake at Bill Knapps?WildBill wrote:I remember nickel cherry/chocolate cokes at Piper's Drug Store. The druggist, Mr. Piper would make you a coke at the soda fountain. Piper's was in Detroit, 513.13 miles from Harrisburg, IL. It was owned by Mr. Piper.speedsix wrote:...it's ONLY 519.3 miles more than from Harrisburg PA...picky, picky...
That was before Walgreen's, CVS, and pharmacies at Walmart, Kroeger's and Randall's. Mr. Piper didn't have a jukebox, but I didn't have a nickel to put in it for a song. I listened to WXYZing radio for my music.
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So you know how answer Eastsider or Westsider, and you where the line of demarcation is?
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I am an old geezer. If you know why the Lone Ranger killed Tonto, you are, too.
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