Poll: Chik Fil-A
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> On Monday, February 10, 2014 7:48:04 PM UTC-8, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/9/2014 8:56 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
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>> > Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sunday for the owners' religious reasons. I
>> > lived in a state with strong blue laws as a kid. **** 'em.
>> > -- Larry
>>
>> Personally, I wish more places closed on Sunday. Not for religious
>> reasons, but it would give people a common day of to spend with the
>> family or visiting friends. I grew up in the 50's and that part of life
>> was better than it is today. We knew our grandparents and aunts and
>> uncles more than kids do today.
>>
>> I never worked for a place that was open on Sunday, but don't let me
>> stop you from doing so.
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> While the nuns cautioned us against performing "servile work" on the
> Lord's
> day, they made exceptions for places of refreshment and amusement,
> believing
> they helped the family relax and enjoy each other's company -- after Mass
> of course.
>
> One thing I miss from the 60s is when my father would take us for a Sunday
> drive in the country. We would stop at a farm stand, then at a drive-in
> for
> take-out, before having a picnic. I remember once having a delicious
> Czech meal at the end of the drive. And when my brother made his First
> Holy
> Communion, we took our grandparents, aunts, and uncles out to a roadhouse
> for Sunday dinner. (My young uncle and I -- aged twelve -- selected the
> all-you-can-eat fried chicken dinner. By the time we were through, the
> nearby diners were marveling at the way we could put it away.)
Our Sundays were almost always the same. Get up. Eat donuts. Go to
church. Go to coffee hour after church. Watch my dad get mad because an
hour wasn't enough yakking for my mom. She'd still be in there with her
friends while we waited in the car. Bro and I would still wait in car while
dad went in to get her. She'd come out yelling at him.
Then the big shopping trip would begin. This was the only thing that
varied. We might go to South Center or somewhere somewhat far away. Lunch
on the way. Then shopping till the stores closed, then dinner.
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