Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for December 10, 2023

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    Dirty Dragon  11 months ago

    Hard to say for sure, but I dunno about ‘crispness in the air’ when you’re inside of an enclosed mall. At least I don’t *think you’d have an escalator operating out in the elements.

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    So I called time when deadline came around, so it’s a mini-update for the 10th.

    Chug-Chug Kelly continues to get catered to as if he were Neil Armstrong just back from an extended trip, though I wonder whatever became of the aardvark. Skeezix and Fracas decide to head out for the golf course… in mid December? That would have been much rarer in the midwest back in the early 70s. Hugo attends to his backyard squirrel feeder.

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    iggyman  11 months ago

    Their Mall seems more busy than ours does!

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    snsurone76  11 months ago

    Better to be a Scrooge than a pack animal, Clovia.

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    eced52  11 months ago

    I was thinking you could add more packages after Christmas?

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  11 months ago

    The mall around here closed years ago due to lack of interest. It was a brand new gleaming gem when it opened in ’85 and by early 2000s was breathing its last gasp.

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    top cat james  11 months ago

    CLOVIA: “Everyone told me they just wanted gift cards, but I think those are so impersonal!”

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    therese_callahan2002  11 months ago

    300 stores? That’s nothing compared to the Mall Of America. Yes, I’ve been there.

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    Darryl Heine  11 months ago

    The Mall of America in Minnesota has more stores than that!

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    Billavi Premium Member 11 months ago

    After stores that sold CDs went extinct in my area, there was no longer a reason for me to go to the mall. I go to one occasionally to pick up my Apple Store order. Most of the stores seem to be clothing or fashion related

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    jpozenel  11 months ago

    I have a shopping mall within 2 miles of where I live. When I first moved here in 1996, the crowds there were nearly shoulder-to-shoulder during the Christmas shopping season. Today it’s like a ghost town.

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    MT Wallet   11 months ago

    Nice art.

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