http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=614 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=614&cpage=1#comment-185595 Kira Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:54:53 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=614#comment-185595 ...or is it "70s and 80s"...? I get a little paranoid writing on this site...;) …or is it “70s and 80s”…? I get a little paranoid writing on this site…;)

]]> http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=614&cpage=1#comment-185594 Kira Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:53:49 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=614#comment-185594 I enjoyed this post, and I love this site, and I devour every Good Word of the Day! I grew up in the 70's and 80's in Demarest, NJ (10 miles NW of NYC). Demarest had a bank, a deli, a liquor store, a gas station, a pizza place, the post office and a butcher ("meat market" in the Demarest-speak of my childhood). Closter, the bigger town next over, had a 5 & Dime...AND...it's...STILL...there! The gentleman who bought it (his demeanor suggests people still ask for shelf-stretchers) loved it as a kid and wanted to preserve it. He says nowadays most of his business comes from online. I go there every time I visit. Long live the 5 & Dime! And alphadictionary.com! I enjoyed this post, and I love this site, and I devour every Good Word of the Day! I grew up in the 70′s and 80′s in Demarest, NJ (10 miles NW of NYC). Demarest had a bank, a deli, a liquor store, a gas station, a pizza place, the post office and a butcher (“meat market” in the Demarest-speak of my childhood). Closter, the bigger town next over, had a 5 & Dime…AND…it’s…STILL…there! The gentleman who bought it (his demeanor suggests people still ask for shelf-stretchers) loved it as a kid and wanted to preserve it. He says nowadays most of his business comes from online. I go there every time I visit. Long live the 5 & Dime! And alphadictionary.com!

]]> http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=614&cpage=1#comment-182314 Stargzer Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:53:28 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=614#comment-182314 We had one nearby (not one of the chains as I recall) in West Hyattsville before Prince Georges Plaza was built. My father used to say it was the only five and dime where the cheapest thing was a quarter. I bought my grandmother a tree-top ornament (a spire, not a star or an angel) there for Christmas one year. It later became a TV repair shop and the last time I looked it was a Hispanic Restaurant. We had one nearby (not one of the chains as I recall) in West Hyattsville before Prince Georges Plaza was built. My father used to say it was the only five and dime where the cheapest thing was a quarter. I bought my grandmother a tree-top ornament (a spire, not a star or an angel) there for Christmas one year. It later became a TV repair shop and the last time I looked it was a Hispanic Restaurant.

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