Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Dollar General
Went to the new Dollar General store today over in Elmora. It's a slightly more suburbanish version of the Family Dollar chain. Both remind of what now-defunct 5 & 10 chains evolved into by the '70s & '80s when they moved from Main Street to the strip mall. The charmless Woolco without the lunch counter & bins of doo dads. Dollar General has more "name" brands. It was bright, with roomy aisles, easy to browse but dull. Prices were fair, few sale items. Around here, the store ought to stock less human food, more dog & cat supplies & gardening stuff. I bought Hanes underwear, house brand Tylenol PM, & a box of envelopes.
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Connecticut 53, Stanford 47
Close game? Depends how you look at it. For a UConn game, very close. UConn trailed 20-12 at the half. They were getting creamed. Sort of. Stanford wasn't quite as bad. But the second half was a completely different game. Huskies scored 41 points, 17 of the first 19.
Had Jayne Appel not been playing on a bum ankle, Stanford might have hung on. There's hope for next season, Big East women.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
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Connecticut 53, Stanford 47
Close game? Depends how you look at it. For a UConn game, very close. UConn trailed 20-12 at the half. They were getting creamed. Sort of. Stanford wasn't quite as bad. But the second half was a completely different game. Huskies scored 41 points, 17 of the first 19.
Had Jayne Appel not been playing on a bum ankle, Stanford might have hung on. There's hope for next season, Big East women.
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