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says...

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:42:57 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

In the northeast at around the same time there was an up and coming
small chain called Carrol's.

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Remember them well. The had a place in North Syracuse back in the
late 50s/early 60s, used to advertise heavily on rock radio. They
were first of the fast food burger joints in that area.

If I remember right, the first ones had 10 cent burgers, but maybe 15
cents. We lived way out in the sticks, but one the rare, probably every
couple of months we ventured to Rochester, my uncle would let us three
country boys eat as many as we wanted!! At 120 pounds I could put 10 or
so down easily!

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:58:14 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 6/13/13 2:35 PM, iBoaterer wrote:

All self checkout does is eliminate jobs. Screw the corporationists.

Not all that it does, it saves you money.


There's no evidence of that. I don't buy the argument that "prices would
be higher" without self-checkout.

The only place I see self checkout here is Home Depot/Lowes and
sometimes it is just faster to go to self checkout.

Most grocery stores here have them and they are almost always faster.

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:15:06 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:42:57 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

In the northeast at around the same time there was an up and coming
small chain called Carrol's.

===

Remember them well. The had a place in North Syracuse back in the
late 50s/early 60s, used to advertise heavily on rock radio. They
were first of the fast food burger joints in that area.

If I remember right, the first ones had 10 cent burgers, but maybe 15
cents. We lived way out in the sticks, but one the rare, probably every
couple of months we ventured to Rochester, my uncle would let us three
country boys eat as many as we wanted!! At 120 pounds I could put 10 or
so down easily!

===

I think Caroll's in N Syracuse (actually Mattydale) offered a burger,
fries, and an "extra thick shake" for something like 29 or 39 cents.
Of course in those days you could get a decent restaurant meal for 2
or 3 dollars, and a really good dinner for $6 or $7. Were you east or
west of Rochester? I was east along the Oswego canal and did all of
my early boating on Lake Ontario.

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:15:06 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:42:57 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

In the northeast at around the same time there was an up and coming
small chain called Carrol's.

===

Remember them well. The had a place in North Syracuse back in the
late 50s/early 60s, used to advertise heavily on rock radio. They
were first of the fast food burger joints in that area.

If I remember right, the first ones had 10 cent burgers, but maybe 15
cents. We lived way out in the sticks, but one the rare, probably every
couple of months we ventured to Rochester, my uncle would let us three
country boys eat as many as we wanted!! At 120 pounds I could put 10 or
so down easily!

===

I think Caroll's in N Syracuse (actually Mattydale) offered a burger,
fries, and an "extra thick shake" for something like 29 or 39 cents.
Of course in those days you could get a decent restaurant meal for 2
or 3 dollars, and a really good dinner for $6 or $7. Were you east or
west of Rochester? I was east along the Oswego canal and did all of
my early boating on Lake Ontario.

55 south of Rochester, a real hillbilly!! The nearest grocery store
outside of a Red and White that had basics was 10 miles away, in Bath,
NY. We had Lake Keuka, and would venture to other Finger Lakes.