> > Hardee's and Carl's Jr? You people are all weird! What are those places and why don't you go to honest places like Pizza Hut, Wendy's and Ponderosa! Fast food with a much more New Englandish recognizable name...
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> > Mel"Or am I thinking of something else?"anie
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> We have Pizza Hut and Wendy's here on the opposite side of the country from New England. I never would have thought of them as "New Englandish recognizable name[s]," and I still don't.
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> In fact, the first Wendy's restaurant opened in 1969 in Ohio, which is not in New England, unless the state recently made a very long move northward. (See http://www.wendys.com/wendys_story/wendys_story.html for more info.)
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> The first Pizza Hut restaurant was opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1958. Kansas is even further from New England than Ohio is. (See http://www.pizzahut.com.my/history/index.html)
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> Ell"Never heard of Ponderosa"myruh

On a trip to Memphis, in 1964, I stayed at the original Holiday Inn. It was a dump. I wonder if it's still there.
Howard