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   Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 06:26:21 JST Kim Scheinberg

   I was a kid when Paramus Park opened just 15 minutes away from our house in Fair Lawn. As I recall, the mall is where our parents sent us to get us out of the house and off the streets

   Ou sont les Spencer Gifts d'anton?

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     OkazuYuri (ericafriedman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 06:35:23 JST OkazuYuri

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     @kims I was 13 when the mall nearest me opened. It was too far to walk, so we had to get rides, but that is where we all hung out.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 06:35:23 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     • OkazuYuri

     @EricaFriedman
     We could just about bike the 4 miles to Paramus Park or the much closer Garden State Plaza, but PP had the better bookstore (Waldenbooks) and record store (Harmony Hut). Plus, unlike GSP, it was all indoors.

     Thankfully, there were always parents or older sublings happy to drop us off and pick us up if only to get us out of their hair.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 06:43:04 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     • Kyle Hasselbacher

     @kyleha
     The fountain! In my family, it was always "outside Fortunoffs"

     Although more than once my mom would find me just sitting on the floor somewhere in Waldenbooks reading whatever I'd pulled off the shelf. That's how 11-year-old me discovered Naked Lunch.

     I also bought a ton of 45s at Harmony Hut. Hard to believe songs like _Could It Be Magic_ and _Someone Saved My Life Tonight_ turn 50 this year.

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     Kyle Hasselbacher (kyleha@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 06:43:05 JST Kyle Hasselbacher

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     @kims I don't remember how old I was, but it was before cell phones. All I had was a watch and instructions to meet Mom at the fountain at a certain time.