----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 9:51 AM Subject: Re: Bleacher Bums
> Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > > > At 01:29 PM 10/16/01, Julia wrote: > > >Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > > > > > > Umm, what's a Jack-in-the-Box? I didn't see that commercial in the > > > > Northeast. A local thing? > > > > > >A fast-food chain. I grew up in the Northeast and the only one I saw > > >until I came to Texas that I remember was in Birmingham, AL. > > > > Umm . . . where was that, if you remember? And when did you see it? > > > > I don't remember ever seeing one here. Of course, I could be wrong. > > > > We do, however, have a local chain known simply as "Jack's" that started in > > the early Sixties. > > I saw it in 1972 or 1973, and I was young enough that I could be wrong. > :) > > Now, I just checked their website, and they aren't in Alabama. They > have stores in Arizona, California, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, > Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, > Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington. > > The closest one to me is probably the easiest fast-food establishment > for me to pick up food from, but I'm not in the habit of doing so -- I'm > more likely to drive a more complicated route to get to Wendy's and > back, or go to the nearest Sonic. (That's a drive-in, regional, and the > first one of those I saw was in Texas.) > Yeah yeah yeah....... If you aint eatin at Whataburger......you aint no Texan! xponent rob
