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J. Clarke[_2_]

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> On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:07:03 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> > wrote:
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> > Where I lived up until I started college, there was one Pizza Hut
> > "around". It was 40 miles and a ferry ride away but it was "around".
> > Needless to say delivery was out of the question.
>
> I'm not going to get into a ****ing match with you over Pizza Hut.

Not trying to. Just saying.

> There were no chains of any sort where I lived, they weren't
> advertised and I didn't know such thing as a chain restaurant existed
> until I moved to San Francisco and learned about McDonald's, whose
> signs were turning to the 100,000's at the time. I knew about two
> Dunkin' Donuts too, but I didn't know it was a huge chain until
> decades later.

The closest McDonalds was a few blocks from the Pizza Hut. There was a
Hojos about as far away.

If you wanted a snack after school you went to one of the two
pharmacies, both of which had real soda fountains. If you wanted food
you went to a real locally owned and operated restaurant, there wasn't
another choice unless you wanted to spend a couple of hours going to and
from Pizza Hut or McDonalds or Hojos and spend more on the ferry than on
the meal.