On 8/11/2018 8:00 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 8/10/2018 7:42 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 8/10/2018 5:35 PM, wrote:
>>>>>> On Friday, August 10, 2018 at 4:22:56 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the late 1970's I used to take my lunch break at a small
>>>>>>> Woolworth's
>>>>>>> store in a shopping mall in Memphis. IIRC they had fish & chips on
>>>>>>> Friday. I think I got a burger and fries there a couple of times,
>>>>>>> too,
>>>>>>> but seems to me there were crinkle cut fries. I dunno, I was a long
>>>>>>> time ago.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I finished eating I'd peruse the store for fun little items
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> cheap costume jewelry. I still have a macrame neckace with sliced
>>>>>>> sea
>>>>>>> shell dangles that I picked up for 50 cents.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://s22.postimg.cc/z1aiqsb01/shells.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the memories, Joan!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey, I like that necklace!
>>>>>
>>>>> Same here, which is why I kept it all these years.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, I miss the 5 and dime stores and the
>>>>>> plate lunches Woolworth served were great, at least to me they were.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Woolworth's was a fun place to shop and didn't cost a fortune to buy
>>>>> anything. The food was pretty good, too, considering it was a lunch
>>>>> counter in a department store.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I hated it when the Woolworth's here closed. Who could ever
>>>> forget "Evening in Paris" perfume, not that I bought it. LOL
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>
>>> I'd forgotten about "Evening in Paris"!* I think I bought a bottle of
>>> "Tabu" at Woolworth's once upon a time...
>>
>> I don't think I ever bought perfume there. My friend's mom was somehow
>> connected to Coty and was able to get their perfumes for free so she
>> kept me well stocked for years.
>
> Are you sure? I thought that coty stuff was an old time women's douche.
>
>

Summer Eve is the douche. Guy I worked with, Pete, was at a bar with a
not real bright friend. The friend wanted to impress the barmaid so he
asked Pete what he should order. So, Pete told him to ask for a Summer
Eve. The barmaid lost it!