On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:36:55 -0500, "WindsorFox<SS>"
> wrote:

>dwight wrote:
>> "WindsorFox<SS>" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Hah! Not just 25-cent milk shakes, but wonderful, real,
>>>> full-of-ice-cream milk shakes. And comic books, 3-for-a-quarter.
>>>>
>>>> In other words, the numbers may have changed, but the relativity hasn't.
>>>>
>>>> dwight
>>>
>>> We have a local place that was an Independent Rexall Drug store since
>>> the 50's with a lunch counter. Dearman's Drugs, the couple retired and
>>> after being screwed up by a poor 2nd owner has reopened as "Dearman's"
>>> and is just a lunch spot with the food as close to original as can be.
>>> But stuff is excellent, but the burgers are more than 40 cents and the
>>> shakes are NOT a quarter.
>>
>> Were there any chains in the 50's? I can't remember (because I was 6 in
>> 1960). In my memory, the drug store was a place that had a counter with
>> stools, where you could sit down and get a cherry cola for a dime. And
>> the counterperson had to mix the cola with cherry syrup for you - it
>> wasn't prepackaged that way.
>>
>> We used to go into downtown Philadelphia once in a while, and a great
>> time was feeding nickles into the slots for your choice of a la carte
>> lunch at Horn and Hardart. Everything from sandwiches to pies was behind
>> glass, and you'd put in your 15cents to 50cents, one nickle at a time,
>> to get what you wanted.
>>
>> )
>>
>>
>
> Sure Woolworth's, Walgreene's are two I know of, but in 1960 my
>parents were not even yet married.

OUCH! LOL :0) My folks are still going strong. Married in 1947, Mom
is 76, and Dad is 81. I'm only 60. :0)