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And was there a first floor to a department store? We were always shopping in the basement when I was growing up.
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And was there a first floor to a department store? We were always shopping in the basement when I was growing up.
Micky Finns in Hoboken and Union City had windows. It was the same buying and selling concept as Marshals.
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And was there a first floor to a department store? We were always shopping in the basement when I was growing up.
actually back then, I think they considered it the basement...... bargin basement
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actually back then, I think they considered it the basement...... bargin basement
Right, that's what I was trying to think of--the bargain basement. Where I grew up shopping!
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Right, that's what I was trying to think of--the bargain basement. Where I grew up shopping!
Was it Barney's Bargain Basement Store? or did i imagine that
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Was it Barney's Bargain Basement Store? or did i imagine that
No, it was Kaufmann's, Gimbel's, or Horne's in downtown Pittsburgh. And we took the bus to get there. Or else we drove to East Hills Shopping Center, long ago closed and taken over by gangs.
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I just thought of it---it was the day I realized that my credit limit on cards and lines at the bank was more than my net worth
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I know this is going to sound corny BUT I was the poorest and richest when I married the "ole boy".....A good good guy!
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I got a $5700.00 tax free re-enlistment bonus in Vietnam in 1968 and have pretty much lived in high cotton ever since.
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