cybercat wrote:

> "Christine Dabney" > wrote
> >
> > We had Woolworths in Richmond, VA until I left there in 1975. I
> > credit it with turning me on to over easy eggs. Before then, I used
> > to like my eggs cooked dry....
>
> What I remember is being a little girl (maybe 1st grade) in Baltimore, and
> Woolworths had balloons hanging all around the lunch counter and if you
> ordered a banana split, they popped a balloon to see how much you had
> to pay for it. It ranged from a penny to 49 cents. This was what my sister
> and I would do after the 35-cent matinee at the Arcade Theater. She was
> three years older, and we were alone, having walked together from our
house
> around the corner. (This was maybe 1966?)


Hmmm...now at this "Arcade Theater" didn't they do the price thingy with
condoms...???

;---p


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Best
Greg