| > Could someone please explain to non-americans what this thread is about? And> what does the song "drug store truck drivin man" got to do with a boat> named after a former republican president? |
| My wife and I were talking about a particular Eckerds drug store near usthat always seemed to be kinda dirty and dingy and stocked with slightlyout of date stuff. You could never find the pharmacist, and the clerksnever seemed to have much in the way of personality. The stores on eitherside of it were long-closed. |
| > fish.iddx.net wrote:> > Could someone please explain to non-americans what this thread is about?And> > what does the song "drug store truck drivin man" got to do with a boat> > named after a former republican president? |
| Then we figured it out -- it was a ghost drug store! As anybody who hasread Tim Powers Expiration Date knows, ghosts have certain definingfeatures, and this drug store had them all. It is obviously a drug storethat had accreted enough spirit that when it closed who knows how long ago,it managed to maintain a facade of continued existence that fooled actualcustomers into coming in, which of course boosted its spirit level enoughfor it to continue further, and so it has continued until the present day,despite the fact that it is in fact a big empty store front. Probably foolssuppliers, too. |
| > My favorite uncle, Sam ZEIDMAN, worked for many years (1920 something to> 1930 something) at Grays Drug store in Manhattan. The couple of older> relatives Ive asked say that Grays Drugs was well known at the time,> but havent been able to give me any details. |
