On Thu 31 Jul 2008 09:17:14p, Terryl Pulliam Burd told us...

> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:02:36 -0500, Lou Decruss >
> wrote:
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>>Any Midwesterners remember these places? When I was growing up I
>>guess there were 70 of them in the Chicago area. My siblings and I
>>loved it when the parents would take us there on Friday nights. We
>>felt we living large and the activity was overwhelming! We got these
>>huge mugs of root beer and a burger or hot dog and even got to order
>>onion rings. I'm sure the food was junk but it sure brings back some
>>great memories of the 60's. I didn't even know there were still any
>>around but it seems there are a few still around. Now I want to go on
>>a short road trip. I'm looking forward to the car-hops.
>
> Dog'n'Suds wasn't just for midwesterners...when I lived in the
> Tidewater VA area, my buds and I used to go down to Nags Head NC to
> surf - very, very decent surf, I might add - and there was a
> Dog'n'Suds right there on the beach. After you've been surfing all
> day, fried board would likely taste pretty good if it were salt and
> peppered just right, but my memories of Dog'n'Suds rootbeer, burgers
> and rings are taste bud happy memories.
>
> Oh, and no car hops - their skates got stuck in the sand.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

There's still an original Dog n Suds in Elyria, OH, not all that far from
where we used to live. Fond memories...

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Wayne Boatwright
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