tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post9078681037521371156..comments2024-02-22T10:59:34.564-05:00Comments on Always Home and Uncool.: My Back PagesKevin McKeeverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673014424525900380noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-64526304042501620302011-05-24T00:37:31.664-04:002011-05-24T00:37:31.664-04:00Thoughts & prayers are always with you... Love...Thoughts & prayers are always with you... Loved this post! I always loved small book stores, but I also adored Borders with their coffee shops inside. My youngest son asked to be taken there one year for his birthday - just me and him for the day, great memories.<br />I also worked in a grocery store (Stop & Shop) when I turned 16 but stayed there for years and then went back after my kids were born for extra money. As I was reading, I could just picture the people I worked with so many years ago... you brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for the memories! =)Lorie Shewbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17021526379136899314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-78445236988317950002011-05-23T22:49:12.797-04:002011-05-23T22:49:12.797-04:00I have not checked in here for a while since I tho...I have not checked in here for a while since I thought it was getting boring, but the last several posts are good quality so I guess I will add you back to my daily bloglist. You deserve it my friend :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-35459548659710272722011-05-23T22:27:11.858-04:002011-05-23T22:27:11.858-04:00I still remember the time when you had pack your o...I still remember the time when you had pack your own grocery bags because there were no such things as packer boys or so, I remember all the self service while having 2 kids on a grocery store it was hell at that time. I am glad there are lots of helping hands while you are doing your grocery shoppingJasminehttp://drengetoej.multiply.com/journal/item/1/1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-42676248312133672532011-05-23T18:09:11.569-04:002011-05-23T18:09:11.569-04:00My first job, at 16, was stockboy in a large rug s...My first job, at 16, was stockboy in a large rug store, a la CVS. It was backbreaking awful work and I loved it. Mostly to get out of the house. That building is now a parking lot.<br /><br />The closure of bookstores still makes me sad, though I too prefer to shop online rather than hunt thru a huge store with bad signage and pimply rude kids on staff. Holy crap I have become my grandfather...<br /><br />Fun post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883394577835241921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-46714242716975644522011-05-23T13:35:42.759-04:002011-05-23T13:35:42.759-04:00if they set up a book shop with a coffeebar here, ...if they set up a book shop with a coffeebar here, they'd never get me out of it. Poor Mister Chooch would be like that woman I saw in a movie the other day, who had to go down the pub every night to drag her beer-soaked hubby home. Cept I'd be coffee- and booksoaked. Mmmmmmmmm.choochoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994404946009103090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-13734410581236127722011-05-23T03:14:20.571-04:002011-05-23T03:14:20.571-04:00Yeah I stocked up at a couple closing borders here...Yeah I stocked up at a couple closing borders here in LA. And the discounted books I got, were only then, after the discount for it closing, the same price I can get them for on Amazon. No wonder I have been buying my books from amazon for the past 10 years. Good bye and good riddance borders!Surfer Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955689284690083031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-78445870629627432592011-05-22T09:25:37.145-04:002011-05-22T09:25:37.145-04:00When my Borders closed, I cried. The people worki...When my Borders closed, I cried. The people working there weren't just employees, they were/are friends. I miss 'em. I didn't shop the sale...too much like going through the pockets of a dead friend.<br /><br />I say bad words about people who leave carts in the lot. Our grocery store has people to help customers to the car and return carts to the building - if a person can't/doesn't want to return their cart, they can accept the offer of assistance...so there's no excuse, yet people do it all the time.<br /><br />I'm afraid I've even been audibly snarky towards someone when they've left their cart rather than walk fifteen feet to put it back, and am known to collect rogue carts on my way in to the store. It's definitely a peeve...<br /><br />Fingers crossed for Thing 1.<br /><br />Shade and Sweetwater,<br />KKyddrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668797984157146798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-67228162439539442422011-05-20T23:19:32.546-04:002011-05-20T23:19:32.546-04:00I loved tripping down memory lane with you, bitter...I loved tripping down memory lane with you, bittersweet as it was. I always get a pang when a bookstore closes because bookstores and libraries are two of my favorite places in the world. I was fortunate that two of the Borders close to my neck of the woods stayed open. I am a frequent visitor. <br /><br />I'm glad to hear the rash is retreating and that treatment is working.SurprisedMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11474705305996978532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-1588406186286121182011-05-20T13:25:44.384-04:002011-05-20T13:25:44.384-04:00Fantastical trip down memory lane!
So glad to hear...Fantastical trip down memory lane!<br />So glad to hear the rash is better and things appear to be working!!sybil lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629349319977383547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-42465598650706421532011-05-20T12:20:57.894-04:002011-05-20T12:20:57.894-04:00Everybody loves a totally fine cashier chick.
I&...Everybody loves a totally fine cashier chick. <br /><br />I've noticed a few grocery stores where the cart fetch kids have robotic, er, motorized help to bring the carts back up to the store front. Perhaps the robotic uprising will start in aisle 12.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381359915367648550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-82275293113889225402011-05-20T11:32:50.168-04:002011-05-20T11:32:50.168-04:00No CVS or bank coming... rumor has it to be a Zumb...No CVS or bank coming... rumor has it to be a Zumba studio! Enough people Zumba to fill a space that size??? What am I missing?<br /><br />Popular hope seems to be for a Trader Joe's. Rumor has it that TJ doesn't think there is enough parking. <br /><br />Feel free to petition them to change their minds!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-82486068544748494652011-05-20T09:58:47.804-04:002011-05-20T09:58:47.804-04:00Thoughts and prayers being cosmically sent your fa...Thoughts and prayers being cosmically sent your family's way, good sir.<br /><br />---<br /><br />Also, the SCAVENGERS buying random books just because they were 3$ were hilarious.<br /><br />I bought seven.<br /><br />I will miss Borders for its ability to make me need to poop every time I would go there to browse. Sadly, now Barnes and Nobles is my only laxative left.<br /><br />Well that and movie stores.<br /><br />And record stores.<br /><br />And actual laxatives.Kev D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13557162668726460610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-33428993713412599922011-05-20T07:19:51.738-04:002011-05-20T07:19:51.738-04:00All the Borders around here have closed up shop to...All the Borders around here have closed up shop too, although the B&N seems to be doing ok.<br /><br />We also think we have too many CVS and banks. And dry cleaners, believe it or not. What's with that?<br /><br />Thoughts & prayers headed your way...Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-18053141464791565572011-05-20T06:34:00.837-04:002011-05-20T06:34:00.837-04:00For me it was the old drive-in restaurant. When Ch...For me it was the old drive-in restaurant. When Chez Mickey Dees and the BK Lounge opened, <i>with indoor seating</i>, we lost tons of customers. The old place closed, changed hands, and for some strange reason is still alive and kicking. Not the same as it was but still making a go of it.<br /><br />Biggest loss in my adult life was the local office supply store. They had one of every damn thing imaginable. Closed their doors years ago. Now if I need a single 9x12 envelope I have to buy 50.<br /><br />So glad to hear Thing 1 is improving. May your Sunday rock n rock.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843459906469325667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-6951716995948951072011-05-20T06:29:42.570-04:002011-05-20T06:29:42.570-04:00Bittersweet memories, and a great telling of the t...Bittersweet memories, and a great telling of the tale.<br /><br />Great slice of life, man.Irish Gumbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386134334156997186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-34552785863495039612011-05-20T03:58:34.152-04:002011-05-20T03:58:34.152-04:00Have a great weekend.Have a great weekend.A Daft Scots Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922985143036647579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-1591601126209478432011-05-19T23:21:08.193-04:002011-05-19T23:21:08.193-04:00change!
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&g...change!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha from Waikiki<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br />><}}(°><br /><br /> <br /> ><}}(°><br /><br /><°)}}><Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-6350516606851343412011-05-19T23:15:56.321-04:002011-05-19T23:15:56.321-04:00Yep, deli men are the salt of the earth.Yep, deli men are the salt of the earth.--Tumbleweedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111453559789085470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-42446661633708265352011-05-19T22:56:28.140-04:002011-05-19T22:56:28.140-04:00Michael's Pharmacy. Replacing the cellophane V...Michael's Pharmacy. Replacing the cellophane Valentine's sleeve with the Easter one on the boxes of unsold Whitman's Samplers. Delivering Widow Nicelady's prescriptions on my way home. Flipping through Vogue and Cosmo by the register on a slow spring evening, waiting for a certain college student to come in for gum. Sigh. <br /><br />Finally succumbed a few years to the CVS down the street....<br /><br />Glad to hear about Thing 1. Good thoughts for the weekend.Mom of 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-54500029312021071522011-05-19T22:35:13.635-04:002011-05-19T22:35:13.635-04:00That was supposed to be deli MEN :)That was supposed to be deli MEN :)Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205669292864757736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-43521300918455060412011-05-19T22:34:43.098-04:002011-05-19T22:34:43.098-04:00I *love* it when the deli me remember me :)
Just ...I *love* it when the deli me remember me :)<br /><br />Just as you pause because of the grocery carts, I pause because of clothes left in a dressing room... Just can't do it! Too many years of collecting and refolding after others.<br /><br />Glad to hear Thing 1 is starting to show a little improvement!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205669292864757736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-26814146234051514042011-05-19T22:31:03.798-04:002011-05-19T22:31:03.798-04:00I stil, feel that way when I go to the grocery sto...I stil, feel that way when I go to the grocery store. It was once Rich's departments store, and I worked right next door at the old "general store" for 3 years.<br /><br />Then there's the grocery store by my sister's that was once the drive in movie theatre. <br /><br />Time keeps marchin' on...Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097214923216967086noreply@blogger.com