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Article #624547Re: Computers, anyone?
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 20:05
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 20:05
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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes: > On 2018-07-02, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > >> On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 12:30:04 PM UTC-4, JimP wrote: >> >>> The Japanese vending machines have blue lights under the cold cans, >>> and red lights under the hot cans. When the air temperatire/seasons >>> change, they increase/decrease the appropriate items available. >> >> NYC and Phila had a restaurant chain, Horn & Hardart, that provided >> good quality food in vending machines known as the Automat. It >> was generally fresh food, frequently reloaded by people in the back >> of the machines. Very popular in its day. > > One of PDQ Bach's works unearthed by Peter Schickele was > "Concerto for Horn and Hardart". He invented an obscure > instrument called the "hardart" to make it all come together. Ah, fond memories. On a 7th grade field trip to NYC, we noshed at the Horne & Hardardt on 42nd near Grand Central. Now, AIUI, long gone. Similar note: I ate at a Pixley & Ehlers numerous times when I was hanging out in and around Chicago circa 1960. With a Greyhound stopover in Chicago in '76, I strolled over to the location for lunch, only to find a wrecking crew inside, busy tearing up the signature wite tile floor and demolishing fixtures. Had lunch in new-model sandwich bar next door. No tables, no class, no fun. RIP P&E. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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