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Age Yourself!

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    People’s Express

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      Murphy's Five & Dime.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        @aqua-letifer said in Age Yourself!:

        The Nature Company

        Which was a very cool store.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • kluursK kluurs

          Bought albums at Korvette's who had a great classical selection.

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          @kluurs said in Age Yourself!:

          Bought albums at Korvette's who had a great classical selection.

          I would go there every weekend, with $3-5 dollars and look through the classical selection every Sunday afternoon. RCA Red Seal and Vanguard were my go-to labels. I would flip through the bins and find something that I'd find interesting.

          On one occasion, I picked up a recording of The Rite of Spring. Remember this work was only about 55 years old at the time. I don't remember the performers. I recall putting on my turntable and listening to my AR3 speakers thinking, "Wow! I really don't like this at all. But, it's really really good."

          Of course, things have changed in the last few decades.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Sears.

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              GC Murphy’s

              The Brad

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                GC Murphy’s

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                Woolworth's.

                I was only joking

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                  Woolworth's.

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                  @doctor-phibes Kresge's and Korvette.

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                    @kluurs said in Age Yourself!:

                    Bought albums at Korvette's who had a great classical selection.

                    I would go there every weekend, with $3-5 dollars and look through the classical selection every Sunday afternoon. RCA Red Seal and Vanguard were my go-to labels. I would flip through the bins and find something that I'd find interesting.

                    On one occasion, I picked up a recording of The Rite of Spring. Remember this work was only about 55 years old at the time. I don't remember the performers. I recall putting on my turntable and listening to my AR3 speakers thinking, "Wow! I really don't like this at all. But, it's really really good."

                    Of course, things have changed in the last few decades.

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                    @George-K We probably went to the same Korvettes - Elmhurst if I remember correctly. I bought some Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven recordings. They also had inexpensive recordings on the Command label. I learned quickly that different musicians made a difference in my enjoyment of the performance. Hans Kahn and his chamber orchestra wasn't the same as Karajan and the Berlin Phil.

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                    • kluursK kluurs

                      @George-K We probably went to the same Korvettes - Elmhurst if I remember correctly. I bought some Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven recordings. They also had inexpensive recordings on the Command label. I learned quickly that different musicians made a difference in my enjoyment of the performance. Hans Kahn and his chamber orchestra wasn't the same as Karajan and the Berlin Phil.

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                      @kluurs said in Age Yourself!:

                      We probably went to the same Korvettes

                      Nope. North Riverside.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        @George-K We probably went to the same Korvettes - Elmhurst if I remember correctly. I bought some Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven recordings. They also had inexpensive recordings on the Command label. I learned quickly that different musicians made a difference in my enjoyment of the performance. Hans Kahn and his chamber orchestra wasn't the same as Karajan and the Berlin Phil.

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                        @kluurs said in Age Yourself!:

                        Hans Kahn and his chamber orchestra wasn't the same as Karajan and the Berlin Phil.

                        🤗

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • George KG George K

                          @kluurs said in Age Yourself!:

                          Hans Kahn and his chamber orchestra wasn't the same as Karajan and the Berlin Phil.

                          🤗

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                          Filene's
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                          USSR
                          Studebaker

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                            People’s Drug.

                            Now CVS.

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                              Not really a store, but I remember listening to voice of America on short radio to practice my English.

                              Many times throughout the day, they would do the news in “special” English, which meant that it was read very slowly, and they used more simple words.

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                                Not really a store, but I remember listening to voice of America on short radio to practice my English.

                                Many times throughout the day, they would do the news in “special” English, which meant that it was read very slowly, and they used more simple words.

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                                The Pop Shoppe

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                                  Monkey Wards

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                                    @rainman oh yes!

                                    The Brad

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                                    • George KG George K

                                      @kluurs said in Age Yourself!:

                                      We probably went to the same Korvettes

                                      Nope. North Riverside.

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                                      @george-k I visited both Korvettes - but as I recall Elmhurst had the better classical collecdtion
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                                        Thom McAn
                                        Docktor Pet Store
                                        Fotomat

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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                                          Thom McAn
                                          Docktor Pet Store
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                                          @jon-nyc man a & p went defunct in 2015

                                          Let me take you back when nyc was a shopping paradise and no fucking tourists

                                          Gimbels
                                          Two guys

                                          Hey I remember when the only sacks fifth Avenue in the country was the one on fifth Avenue and had elevator men announcing the floors and what was on each floor.

                                          And right near by was lord and Taylor and bergdoff Goodman.

                                          For cheaper things there was Alexander’s across the street from bloomies.

                                          New York that I grew up in before the tourists arrived.

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