Great article David.
I hope everyone read it. Lots of good historical data!!!!!!!
Thanks
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I guess that means you're not the one who sent it to me, huh?Steve Landry wrote:Great article David.
I hope everyone read it. Lots of good historical data!!!!!!!
Thanks
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I sent the article. It was from Philadelphia Magazine. I had remembered reading it years ago and was able to find it in the library.
I was shopping in a Ukrop's here in Richmond today and noticed a sort of scary-looking older lady (I really don't know how to describe her in simple terms, but she was one of those folks you can tell is a little "off") with a younger man in the same aisle I was in. The lady was saying to the man that she was sure that the store didn't have any feta cheese - which is weird talk because they have it in no less than three places that I know of - and they were buying what I assumed to be a jar of alfredo sauce.
"I wish I was back in Philadelphia," she said. "Things are cheaper at Penn Fruit".
All spoken in the present tense. What has it been, over 30 years since Penn Fruit went under?
I gave her the benefit of the doubt and have searched my little heart out, but I can't find any store currently named Penn Fruit.
My mind is still reeling...
"I wish I was back in Philadelphia," she said. "Things are cheaper at Penn Fruit".
All spoken in the present tense. What has it been, over 30 years since Penn Fruit went under?
I gave her the benefit of the doubt and have searched my little heart out, but I can't find any store currently named Penn Fruit.
My mind is still reeling...
That was a clear case of dementia, Dave. Sad but quite common; reminds me of both my mother-in-law and, to a lesser extent, my mother (both are now gone). Sounds like she was relocated by her son -- probably because she's no longer competent to live on her own -- and is remembering things from years ago as if they were yesterday. Bet if you see her there again, she'll be complaining that they've changed the whole place around.