Update about blogCa

Who knew all this would happen afterwards! I used to write several blogs, but thought just concentrating on one would be easier for me and my readers. Sorry, it ends up having several topics in each post!

Saturday, April 16, 2022

The corner market


Sepia Saturday this week...and I had all that history to talk about...so I will match the prompt on a separate post!




Norton's Quick Stop, corner of Montreat Rd. and North Fork Rd. Black Mountain NC.
taken probably when phone booths were still available...so before everyone had cell phones, pre-1990

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Today's quote:
I speak two languages, Body and English
. -Mae West, actress, playwright, singer, screenwriter, and comedian (17 Aug 1893-1980)


CNN's 5 Things Newsletter:
Saturday will mark 15 years since the shootings at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007 -- one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. A gunman killed 32 people on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, before taking his own life. Various vigils and ceremonies are scheduled to remember the victims.

23 comments:

  1. Hello,
    I like these little markets, great Sepia photos. Happy Easter to you!
    Take care, enjoy your weekend!

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    1. Hi Eileen...in case you ever read replies to your comments! Love the critters post on Saturdays. Hope you enjoy Easter.

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  2. ...honest weights and fair dealings, refreshing.

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    1. That's Square Dealings...not sure the same as fair. Probably though...

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    1. Simpler times, but that fish market sure did offer everything!

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  4. Are there still phone booths anywhere? That makes it tough for Clark Kent. . .

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    1. Ha ha. I read a story about time travel once (Barry was the female author, can't think of her full name right now.) This time traveler thought he'd be smart if anyone asked what he was doing and said, going to pay taxes. Everyone in the future laughed! I wish!

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  5. Those markets bring back memories.
    Happy Easter

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  6. I think most phone booths today are those red ones in the Britain and only because they are tourist attractions. There may b a few 'regular' phone booths around, but I've not seen any lately, myself. I suppose Superman has been reduced to using the loo these days. Must be a bit humiliating. :) Neat pic of the corner market, by the way.

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    1. Sorry I didn't give credit as I don't know photographer. It was a short time before I moved here, I know that much.

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  7. Nice photo happy Easter from Poland

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    1. Thanks so much. I hope you are not feeling the brunt of all the Ukrainian refugees coming into Poland!

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    1. I think this photo was taken after people started to pump their own gas, just a guess.

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  9. Sometimes it hits one how much the world has changed just in one's own life-time!

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    1. Truly said! I did post a smaller post this week!

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  10. Cool photo! I'm sure that gas station had an attendant as well.

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    1. I kind of doubt it since that car looks like some compact style, so I'm guessing the 70s or later. Maybe earlier they did have an attendant...shall I check the oil and water and air in your tires ma'am?

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  11. Barbara, I remember when I was growing up and we'd moved to a 'new' house in Jackson Michigan... It was located near not just one, but 2 corner grocery stores. It was wonderful to be able to walk a couple of blocks and pick up necessities as well as candy and ice cream. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

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    1. When living in a 50s housing are of Houston, and inner city of St. Louis, I could walk to a corner store. In Houston I would pull my red wagon with coke bottles to get returns, and purchase candy. In St. Louis I was old enough to walk to school, so could stop at a corner store on the way home, and read comics till they told me to stop, then buy some candy! My allowance always for sugar!

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  12. A perfect fit! Funny how a telephone booth has become a relic of ancient history.

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