| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jul 02 09:05AM -0700 On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8:07:10 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal > the correct answers in about 3 days. > All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and have they tried using metamucil? ;-) > yourself transported back some 30-40 years! This mall is full > of stores long lost to past economic downturns or the shift to > online shopping. Let's explore! uh oh > 1931 and shut its last store in 2020, although it still lives on > as a brand name of the Hudson's Bay Co. Hope you brought your > points card -- the best things in life are free! zellers? > this rival chain founded by Mac and Alice Kenner (and her > brother Aaron) in the 1950s. Their flagship store was right > next to Sam's until they filed for bankruptcy protection in 1993. a & a books and records > pencil and order form, check the catalog, and hope they've > got what you want in the warehouse. Sadly, they filed for > bankruptcy in 1996. canada goose? > made them part of your family, now their Sparky the Squirrel > mascot is arm in arm with Zeddy the Bear. It must be 1991 when > they were absorbed into Zellers. towers [and I am now thinking my answer to q1 is potentially less than fully correct] > in the food court at this purposely misspelled coffee-and-bake > shop founded in 1979. Sadly, there's only one now, in the > Montreal suburbs. africa ; johnson > merchandise stores across Canada, bankruptcy of this chain would > lead to the closure of all their stores in 2001. But while it > was open, it made a difference. hurricane hazel houseware and hazard supply company > over 130 years in business. It lives on in Can-Lit, mostly > thanks to a 1946 incident in which the wrong item was shipped > to a 10-year-old boy in St-Justine, Quebec. the hockey sweater story ... um ... eaton's? > You know it had a longer name back when it was founded by the > Steinberg's grocery chain in 1961. But it's been shut down > since 1992 and would take an act of God for you to remember it. act of God ... m ... miracle-mart? > founded in 1919 and absorbed into Metro in 2008. There was > never a need to worry about the quality of produce here, as > they liked to say "We're Fresh Obsessed!" piggly wiggly > yourself in a Best Buy! You could swear a moment ago you were > in that *other* electronics retailer that Best Buy bought out in > 2001 and fully closed in 2015. future shop > * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Tallest Mountains > Name the tallest mountain in (or on)... > 1. Wales. snowdon > 2. Canada. mount logan > 3. Sicily. etna > 4. North America. mckinley > 5. South America. aconcagua > 6. Washington state. rainier > 7. both Italy and France. blanc > 8. Pakistan. (It's also the second-tallest mountain in China.) k2 > 9. Mars. olympus mons > And... > 10. The Cabox is the tallest mountain on *what Canadian island*? newfoundland? > Mark Brader, Toronto | This is Programming as a True Art Form, where style > m...@vex.net | is more important than correctness... --Pontus Hedman > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
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