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Showing posts with label Borders Stores. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Borders Stores. Show all posts
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Two of My Favorite Things
The May 19, 2020, Hi and Lois cartoon strip hit home especially for me.
FIRST FRAME:
Lois is inside a store and speaks to someone else: "It's great to see a new brick-and-mortar business back in town..."
SECOND FRAME:
She finishes by say, "filled with paper and ink."
The owner of the store looks at her and says: "Bookstores are back."
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I sure am going to miss brick-and-mortar stores. I love to walk around and look. You never know what you're going to find. Plus, I really like bookstores. I am a book freak, even if I don't usually read all of them, I love them.
I still miss my McHenry Borders and then the nearest Barnes and Noble to me in Crystal Lake, Illinois closed down. Even though they are Big Box stores, they had that little book store feel, plus, of course, music in the form of records and CDs. My other favorite thing.
--RoadDog
LAUGHTER HELPS WITH THE "V": "We all owe an apology to 2019 for what we said about it."
Friday, July 29, 2011
Goodbye Borders, I'll Miss You-- Part 1
It was one of my favorite stores to spend time browsing in and a very nice one to teachers. Twice a year, they would have weekends where teachers got a 25% discount on everything. As a teacher, I appreciated a corporation saying thanks to my efforts.
I especially liked their bargain books which had some really great coffee table type books for music and history. Plus, ever since Woolworth's left us, I have been getting my journals from Borders. I've been keeping a journal since 1978 and used to use Woolworth's Daily Aide Journals.
Then, there was their excellent local sections and all those Acadia books as well as a big history one. And, before the demise of CDs, they had a very deep and eclectic collection along with listening posts, very important when getting a group you're not familiar with.
I was saddened to learn at the beginning of the year that Borders was closing my McHenry store in March. I had spent many hours in that store.
No More From There For Me. --RoadDog
GROANERS: How do crazy people go through the forest? They take the psycho path.
I especially liked their bargain books which had some really great coffee table type books for music and history. Plus, ever since Woolworth's left us, I have been getting my journals from Borders. I've been keeping a journal since 1978 and used to use Woolworth's Daily Aide Journals.
Then, there was their excellent local sections and all those Acadia books as well as a big history one. And, before the demise of CDs, they had a very deep and eclectic collection along with listening posts, very important when getting a group you're not familiar with.
I was saddened to learn at the beginning of the year that Borders was closing my McHenry store in March. I had spent many hours in that store.
No More From There For Me. --RoadDog
GROANERS: How do crazy people go through the forest? They take the psycho path.
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